JP6184397B2 - Watch system, watch determination device, watch method, and server computer program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention determines the situation of the user to be watched based on the environmental temperature or the like related to the environment where the user is present, and presents the watching system to make it easier for the side to watch various information including the determined user situation, The present invention relates to a watching determination device, a watching method, a watching terminal device, a server computer program, and a computer program.

  Conventionally, there are various monitoring services that enable remote monitoring of the situation of a person living remotely (a person who can be watched). As an example of how to watch using a conventional watch service, watch the power operation information indicating the operation status of the power button (power switch) of the television set installed in the house of the watched person (user to be watched). By transmitting to the side, it is determined remotely on the watching side whether or not the user is energetic enough to watch the television (see Patent Document 1 below). Also, the following Patent Document 2 discloses contents for remotely monitoring whether a user's lifestyle has changed by transmitting to the watching side the operation status of a plurality of electrical devices by a watched person. Yes.

  Furthermore, in the following Patent Document 3, in addition to the presence / absence of the operation of the television device, the detection result of the human body detection sensor that detects the presence / absence of the human body is also taken into consideration, and the system that performs the watching determination based on these contents It is disclosed.

  On the other hand, although the following patent document 4 is different from the monitoring service, it acquires the indoor temperature of the house and controls the operation of the air conditioner such as an air conditioner installed in the room while monitoring the power consumption. Thus, a system for improving an unpleasant indoor environment is disclosed.

JP 2007-180987 A JP 2002-92767 A JP 2005-284815 A JP 2013-124794 A

  In Patent Documents 1 and 2 described above, the user's operation status is mainly determined remotely based on the operation status of the electrical equipment. In Patent Document 3 described above, the user's status is also monitored remotely in consideration of human body detection. Since the information (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, etc.) indicating the environment where the user is present is not included in the determination target elements, there is a problem that the user situation to be determined may deviate from the actual situation.

  In the information (temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, etc.) indicating the environment where the user is present, especially the temperature is a factor that has a great influence on the human body. It is important to judge the situation according to the actual situation. In addition, since the current monitoring service does not determine the user status from the temperature, the person watching the monitoring service (such as an operator who performs remote monitoring) takes the temperature into account and is dangerous for the user. There is also a problem that the person on the watch side cannot judge comprehensively whether the situation has fallen.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and the user is environmentally dangerous by determining the user's situation remotely based mainly on the temperature (environment temperature) of the environment where the user is present. It is an object of the present invention to provide a watching system, a watching determination device, a watching method, a watching terminal device, a server computer program, and a computer program that can determine whether or not the device is in a state.

  In addition, according to the present invention, the temperature (environment temperature) used for determination of the user situation is input by the watching side when the watching side logs in to the server of the watching service, so that the watching side pays attention to the temperature of the user. It is an object of the present invention to provide a watching system, a watching judging device, a watching method, a watching terminal device, a server computer program, and a computer program that provide an opportunity to make the situation so as to be comprehensively judged.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the user status determined from the environmental temperature or the like is a screen on which the watching side can confirm the latest status and past status for a plurality of users at once, and the detailed status for a single user is Including a watching system, a watching judging device, a watching method, a watching terminal device, a server computer program, which makes it easy for the watching side to grasp information for judging the user situation An object is to provide a computer program.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, the monitoring system according to the present invention is a monitoring system that displays information indicating a situation of a user who is a monitoring target determined by the monitoring determination device on the monitoring terminal device. Means for acquiring an environmental temperature related to the environment in which the user is present, means for determining a user's situation based on the acquired environmental temperature, and means for watching the user status information indicating the determined user's situation and transmitting the information to the terminal device, The watch terminal device includes means for receiving user status information from the watch determination device, means for generating a watch screen indicating the user status based on the received user status information, and means for displaying the generated watch screen. It is characterized by providing.

  In the monitoring system according to the present invention, when the monitoring determination device receives access through the network, it accesses the login screen information corresponding to the login screen capable of inputting the identification information and temperature of the watching side and accepting the login operation. Means for transmitting to the source, the watch terminal device is accessible to the watch determination device through a network, and when the login screen information is received by accessing the watch determination device, the received login screen information When the login operation is accepted in the state where the input of the identification information and the temperature is accepted on the displayed login screen, the identification information and the temperature received of the input are transmitted to the monitoring determination device. And the watching determination device includes the watching terminal device. When receiving the al identification information and the temperature, characterized in that the received temperature, are to be obtained as the environmental temperature.

  In the monitoring system according to the present invention, the monitoring determination device includes means for acquiring operating status information indicating an operating status of an air conditioner arranged in a user's house, and the user's monitoring system is based on the acquired operating status information and environmental temperature. It is characterized by determining the situation.

  The watching determination apparatus according to the present invention determines the information indicating the situation of the user to be watched over, and obtains the environmental temperature related to the environment where the user exists in the watching determination apparatus that provides the determined result to an external terminal device. And a means for determining a user situation based on the acquired environmental temperature, and a means for transmitting user situation information indicating the determined user situation to an external terminal device.

  The watching determination device according to the present invention is a unit that accepts access from an external terminal device through a network, and in response to a login screen that can accept the monitoring identification information and temperature and accept a login operation when the access is accepted. Means for transmitting the login screen information to an external terminal device that is the access source, and when receiving the identification information and temperature from the external terminal device in response to the transmission of the login screen information, the received temperature is It is characterized by being acquired as temperature.

  The watching determination apparatus according to the present invention includes means for acquiring operating status information indicating an operating status of an air conditioner disposed in a user's house, and determines the user status based on the acquired operating status information and environmental temperature. It is characterized by that.

  The watching determination apparatus according to the present invention determines the status of a plurality of users as the user status, and determines immediately after transmitting the user status information and means for storing the determined status of the plurality of users. And a means for generating user status information corresponding to a watching screen for a user list screen that includes, for each user, a user status for a plurality of users for a plurality of past days read out from the stored user status. It is characterized by that.

The watching determination apparatus according to the present invention includes means for generating user situation information including the acquired environmental temperature.
In addition, the watching determination device according to the present invention stores the determined user situation and the acquired environmental temperature, the user situation determined most recently at the time of transmitting the user status information and the most recently acquired environmental temperature, And means for generating user status information corresponding to a user status screen watching screen including the user status and the environmental temperature for a plurality of past days read out from the stored information.

The monitoring method according to the present invention is a monitoring method in which the monitoring determination device determines information indicating a situation of a user to be monitored and provides the determined result to an external terminal device.
Acquiring an environmental temperature related to the environment where the user is present, determining a user's situation based on the acquired environmental temperature, and transmitting user situation information indicating the determined user's situation to an external terminal device. It is characterized by providing.

The monitoring terminal device according to the present invention is a monitoring terminal device that displays user status information indicating a user status acquired by accessing an external monitoring determination device that determines the status of a user to be monitored. When login screen information corresponding to the login screen capable of accepting the login operation is received, the login screen is displayed based on the received login screen information. Means for displaying and means for transmitting the input identification information and temperature to an external monitoring determination device when a login operation is received in a state where the input of identification information and temperature is received on the displayed login screen; In response to transmission of identification information and temperature, received user status information from an external monitoring determination device, received It means for generating a screen watching based on chromatography The status information,
And a means for displaying the generated watching screen.

  The monitoring terminal device according to the present invention is a monitoring terminal device that displays user status information indicating a user status acquired from an external monitoring determination device that determines the status of a user who is a monitoring target. When the user status information corresponding to the user list screen including the determined user status and the user status over the past multiple days for each user is acquired from the external monitoring determination device, the latest determination is made based on the acquired user status information It is characterized by comprising means for generating a user list screen that includes the user status and the user status over a plurality of past days for each of a plurality of users, and means for displaying the generated user list screen.

  The monitoring terminal device according to the present invention is a monitoring terminal device that presents user status information indicating a user status acquired from an external monitoring determination device that determines a user status to be monitored, and the user status determined most recently. And the latest environmental temperature related to the user's environment, and the user status information including the user status screen including the user status and environmental temperature over the past multiple days, from the external monitoring determination device, the acquired user Based on the situation information, a means for generating a user situation screen including the most recently determined user situation and the latest environment temperature related to the environment where the user is located, and the user situation and environment temperature over the past multiple days, and And a means for displaying a user status screen.

  The monitoring method according to the present invention is the monitoring method in which the monitoring terminal device displays user status information indicating the user status acquired by accessing an external monitoring determination device that determines the status of the user to be monitored. The watch terminal device receives the log-in screen information corresponding to the log-in screen that allows the input of the watch-side identification information and temperature, and accepting the log-in operation in response to accessing the external watch determination device. The login screen is displayed based on the login screen information, and when the login operation is received in the state where the input of the identification information and the temperature is received on the displayed login screen, the input identification information and the temperature are Depending on the step of transmitting to the monitoring device and the transmission of identification information and temperature, When receiving the user status information, characterized by comprising the steps of: generating a watch screen based on the user status information received, and displaying the generated were watching the screen.

  The monitoring method according to the present invention is the monitoring method in which the monitoring terminal device displays user status information indicating the user status acquired by accessing an external monitoring determination device that determines the status of the user to be monitored. When the monitoring terminal device acquires user status information according to a user list screen including the user status determined for a plurality of users most recently and the user status for a plurality of past days for each user from the external monitoring determination device Generating a user list screen including the user status determined most recently based on the acquired user status information and the user status over a plurality of past days for each of a plurality of users, and displaying the generated user list screen And a step of performing.

  The monitoring method according to the present invention is the monitoring method in which the monitoring terminal device displays user status information indicating the user status acquired by accessing an external monitoring determination device that determines the status of the user to be monitored. The monitoring terminal device externally outputs the user status information according to the user status screen including the most recently determined user status and the latest environmental temperature related to the user's environment, and the user status and environmental temperature over the past multiple days. In the case of acquiring from the monitoring determination device, the latest user environment determined based on the acquired user status information and the latest environmental temperature related to the environment where the user is located, and the user status and environmental temperature over the past multiple days A step of generating a user status screen including the step of displaying the generated user status screen.

  The server computer program according to the present invention causes a server computer provided with communication means to perform processing for determining information indicating the status of a user to be watched over, and uses the communication means for the determination result to an external terminal device. In the server computer program for performing the process to be transmitted, the server computer is caused to acquire the environmental temperature related to the environment where the user is present using the communication means, and the user status based on the acquired environmental temperature. The step of determining and the step of transmitting the user status information indicating the determined user status to an external terminal device using the communication means are executed.

  The computer program according to the present invention causes a computer having communication means to perform processing for accessing an external monitoring determination apparatus that determines a situation of a user to be monitored using the communication means, thereby obtaining the user's In the computer program for causing the user status information indicating the status to be displayed, in response to accessing the computer using the communication means to an external monitoring determination device, the identification information and temperature of the monitoring side When login screen information corresponding to a login screen capable of accepting input and login operations is received using the communication means, a step of displaying the login screen based on the received login screen information, and the displayed login screen And accepting login operations with input of identification information and temperature. When receiving the identification information and the temperature received from the external monitoring device using the communication means, according to the transmission of the identification information and the temperature, the user status information from the external monitoring device When received using a communication means, a step of generating a watching screen based on the received user status information and a step of displaying the generated watching screen are executed.

  The computer program according to the present invention causes a computer having communication means to perform processing for accessing an external monitoring determination apparatus that determines a situation of a user to be monitored using the communication means, thereby obtaining the user's A computer program for causing a user program to display user status information indicating a status, wherein the computer includes, for each user, a user status determined most recently related to a plurality of users and a user status over a plurality of past days. When the user status information corresponding to the list screen is received from an external monitoring determination device using the communication means, the user status determined most recently based on the received user status information and the user status over the past multiple days Generating a user list screen including a plurality of users for each user, and generating Characterized in that and a step of displaying the user list screen has.

  The computer program according to the present invention causes a computer having communication means to perform processing for accessing an external monitoring determination apparatus that determines a situation of a user to be monitored using the communication means, thereby obtaining the user's In a computer program for performing a process of displaying user status information indicating a status, the computer has the latest environmental temperature related to the user status determined most recently and the environment where the user is present, and the user over a plurality of past days When the user status information corresponding to the user status screen including the status and the environmental temperature is received from an external monitoring determination device using the communication means, the user status determined most recently based on the received user status information and The latest environmental temperature related to the user's environment, the user's situation over the past multiple days, and Characterized in that to execute the steps of: generating a user status screen including boundary temperature, and displaying the generated user status screen.

  In the present invention, the monitoring determination device acquires the environmental temperature related to the environment where the user is present, and determines the user's situation based on the acquired environmental temperature. Because it is based on the temperature that is a factor that has a large degree of influence, it becomes possible to make a determination according to the actual environment where the user is present, and since the information indicating the determination result is monitored and transmitted to the terminal device, It is useful for a person on the watching side (such as an operator of the watching system) to determine the risk level of the user according to the actual situation.

  In the present invention, the log-in screen presented to the watch terminal device side has a specification in which the log-in operation is performed by inputting the temperature in addition to the identification information. The watchdog judgment device will be able to acquire the environmental temperature when performing the log-in process on the watchdog side. The burden on the apparatus side is reduced, and a series of processing can be proceeded smoothly.

  In the present invention, the watch determination device acquires the operating status information indicating the operating status of the air conditioner arranged in the user's house, and takes into account the acquired operating status information together with the environmental temperature. Since the situation is determined, the situation of the user at that time can be determined more accurately. In other words, it is possible to adjust the temperature when the air conditioner is in operation, so even if the acquired environmental temperature is high, if the air conditioner is operating, the high temperature state is expected to be improved. As a result, it can be determined that the risk level of the user is low, and on the other hand, if the acquired environmental temperature is high and the air conditioner is not operating, it can be determined that the risk level of the user is increased. It is possible to provide information that is useful for the watcher to watch and judge according to the actual situation.

  In the present invention, the watch determination device determines the status of a plurality of users, stores the determined results, and determines the user status determined immediately before transmitting the user status information to the watch terminal device side. The user status information corresponding to the watching screen is displayed so that the watching screen for the user list screen can be displayed for each user. Since it is generated and sent to the monitoring terminal device, it is possible for the monitoring side such as an operator to check the latest situation and the past situation for multiple users at the same time, comparing the past situation with the latest situation However, it is possible to determine the degree of difference and the like, and it is possible to determine the risk level of the user in consideration of individual characteristics of the user.

  In other words, resistance to temperature varies from user to user, for example, there are users who do not suffer from high temperatures, while there are users who cannot withstand high temperatures, and even at the same high temperature, the degree of influence due to that high temperature Varies from user to user. Such a difference can be grasped to some extent by comparing the past user situation, so that the user can determine the user's risk level etc. according to the characteristics of each user. To be useful.

  In the present invention, the watch determination device generates the user status information including the environmental temperature, so the watch side such as an operator can check the user's environmental temperature, taking the environmental temperature into account, It becomes possible to determine the risk level of the user to be watched over.

  In the present invention, the watching determination device stores the determined user situation and environmental temperature, the latest user situation and environmental temperature, and the stored user situation and environmental temperature over a plurality of past past days. Since the user status information corresponding to the watch screen is generated and transmitted to the watch terminal device so that the watch screen for the user status screen including the user can be displayed, the watch side of the operator, etc. It is possible to check the latest situation and environmental temperature of the user and the past situation and environmental temperature at a time, so that it can be judged how much the latest contents are different from the past contents. Therefore, the user's risk level and the like can be accurately determined by comparison with the past.

  That is, if the environmental temperature is a user who is usually higher than the average value, even if the latest environmental temperature is equal to the average value, such temperature will be a lower temperature for the user, If the user situation is bad at such a temperature, it can be judged that it is an unfavorable state. Therefore, the user situation information corresponding to the watching screen for the user situation screen is generated as information useful for making such a judgment. Can be provided to the watching side.

  In the present invention, the watch determination device acquires an environmental temperature related to the environment where the user is present, and determines the user's situation based on the acquired environmental temperature, thereby becoming an element that has a large degree of influence on the human body. The user's situation can be determined based on the temperature, and it is possible to provide information useful for the side to watch and determine the user's risk level in accordance with the actual environment where the user is present.

  In the present invention, in the login screen related to the monitoring service, the monitoring side inputs the temperature in addition to the identification information and performs the login operation, thereby paying attention to the temperature of the environment where the user is present. The operator can be made aware, and the monitoring determination device can acquire the environmental temperature when performing the login processing on the monitoring side, and can smoothly proceed with a series of processing related to the user's situation determination.

  In the present invention, the monitoring determination device acquires operating status information indicating the operating status of the air conditioner arranged in the user's house, and the user status is determined based on both the acquired operating status information and the environmental temperature. Since the determination is made, the situation of the user at that time can be determined more accurately.

  In the present invention, the watching determination device stores a plurality of determined user situations, and the latest user situation and the stored user situations for a plurality of past days are stored for each user. Since user status information for the user list screen that includes the user is generated and sent to the watch terminal device, the watch side such as an operator can check the latest status and past status for multiple users at once. Therefore, the user's risk level can be determined in comparison with the past situation.

  In the present invention, since the watching determination device generates the user status information including the environmental temperature, the monitoring side such as the operator can also check the environmental temperature of the user, taking into consideration the environmental temperature, It is possible to comprehensively determine the risk level of the user.

  In the present invention, the watching determination device stores the determined user situation and environmental temperature, the latest user situation and environmental temperature, and the stored user situation and environmental temperature over the past multiple days. Since the user status information for the user status screen is generated and transmitted to the monitoring terminal device, the monitoring side such as the operator, for one user, the latest status and environmental temperature, the past status and The environmental temperature can be checked at a time, and the degree of danger and the like can be accurately determined according to the user's characteristics by comparison with the past.

It is the schematic which shows the whole structure of the watching system which concerns on 1st Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the main internal structures of a television apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the main internal structures of a monitoring apparatus. (A) is the schematic which shows a questionnaire screen, (b) is the schematic which shows an answer screen. (A) is the schematic which shows a local government top screen, (b) is the schematic which shows the living information screen. It is a block diagram which shows the main internal structures of the power strip for HEMS. It is a block diagram which shows the main internal structures of the controller for HEMS. It is a block diagram which shows the main internal structures of the server apparatus corresponded in a monitoring determination apparatus. It is a chart which shows an example of user DB. It is a chart which shows an example of operator DB. It is a chart which shows an example of daily temperature DB. It is a chart which shows an example of an air-conditioning equipment judgment table part. It is a chart which shows an example of a television judgment table part. It is a chart which shows an example of daily watch DB. It is a chart which shows an example of an administrative window table. (A) is a chart which shows the table part for level icons, (b) is a chart which shows the table part for physical condition icons. It is the schematic which shows the outline | summary of a top page screen. It is the schematic which shows an example of a user list screen. It is the schematic which shows an example of a user condition screen. It is a block diagram which shows the main internal structures of the operator terminal corresponded to a monitoring terminal device. It is a 1st flowchart which shows the process sequence of the watching method. It is a 2nd flowchart which shows the process sequence of the watching method. It is a 3rd flowchart which shows the process sequence of the watching method. It is a 4th flowchart which shows the process sequence of the watching method. It is a 5th flowchart which shows the process sequence of the watching method. It is a 6th flowchart which shows the process sequence of the watching method. It is a 7th flowchart which shows the process sequence of the watching method. It is an 8th flowchart which shows the process sequence of the watching method. It is a 9th flowchart which shows the process sequence of the watching method. It is the schematic which shows the outline | summary of the top page screen of a modification. It is the schematic which shows the outline | summary of the top page screen of another modification. It is the schematic which shows the outline | summary of the top page screen of another modification. (A) is the schematic which shows the outline | summary of the top page screen of a modification, (b) is the schematic which shows the outline | summary of a temperature input screen. It is the schematic which shows the principal part in the watching system which concerns on 2nd Embodiment of this invention. It is a graph which shows an example of daily temperature DB which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the whole structure of the watching system which concerns on 3rd Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows an example of main internal structures of the mobile communication terminal (smart phone) applicable to a watch terminal device. It is the schematic which shows the outline | summary of the user condition screen which concerns on 3rd Embodiment. It is the schematic which shows the outline | summary of the user condition screen which concerns on the modification of 3rd Embodiment.

  FIG. 1 shows an overall outline of a watching system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The monitoring service provided by the monitoring system 1 of the present embodiment is a server device 30 (see the status of the users (watched people M1, M2,... Mn) who live in the houses H1, H2,. The operator OP1, OP2,... OPn checks the operator terminal t1, t2,... Tn (corresponding to the watch terminal device) to make a watch decision, and the network The user can be remotely monitored via the network. The operators OP1, OP2,... OPn perform the monitoring judgment results based on the status of the monitored user and actually go to the user, etc. The mobile communication terminals D1, D2 of the supervisors K1, K2,. ... Contact Dn. Examples of such a monitor K1 include a user's close relatives (family, siblings, relatives, etc.), a person in charge of local government / employee (administration window) in the district where the user resides, a security company with which the user is contracted, etc. Applicable.

  In the present invention, a television device 10 connected to the watching device 5 is installed in each house H1 or the like of a user to be watched, and at the same time, an HEMS (Home Energy Management System) is used to manage and control the operating status of each electrical device. ) HEMS controller 3 and HEMS power strip 4 are used, and various electric devices (for example, air conditioner 26) arranged in the user's house H1 and the like are supplied with power through the HEMS power strip 4.

  The monitoring device 5 displays a question screen on the television device 10 in order to ask the user's physical condition (see FIG. 4A, etc.), and the user's answer content / answer status with respect to the question screen is installed in each house H1 or the like. The communication connection device 2 (for example, a router) is used for transmission to the server device 30 via the network. The television device 10 used in the present embodiment is configured to output an operation notification indicating the contents related to the user operation when some operation is performed by the user. For example, the power button of the television device 10 is set to the user. When the power on operation or the power off operation is performed by pressing the power on, the power on information (corresponding to the power information) indicating that the power on operation is performed or the power off indicating that the power off operation is performed. The television apparatus 10 outputs information (also corresponding to power supply information) as an operation notification. The monitoring device 5 also transmits information regarding the power supply output by the television device 10 to the server device 30.

  Further, the HEMS power tap 4 transmits the power consumption (electric power consumption) of the electrical equipment connected to the HEMS controller 3, and the HEMS controller 3 acquires the power consumption obtained from the HEMS power tap 4. Is transmitted to the server device 30 via the communication connection device 2.

  On the other hand, the server device 30 has established a website for distributing watch information on the network, and when the operators OP1, OP2,... OPn log in to the service through this website via the network, In addition to the input of ID, password, etc., input of temperature (equivalent to the environmental temperature related to the environment where the user is present) is requested. The server device 30 acquires the temperature input at the time of login, acquires information (response contents, power consumption, etc.) transmitted through the network from the monitoring device 5 and the HEMS controller 3 described above. The situation of the user is determined based on the information. As described above, in the present invention, the server device 30 determines the user's situation by referring to the temperature sent from the operator side at the time of login in addition to the information sent from the user's house H1 or the like. It has become a feature.

  In addition, various screens including the results determined by the server device 30 (information indicating the user status) can be displayed on the operator terminals t1, t2,. Operators OP1, OP2,... OPn can confirm the user's situation at a glance, and can quickly determine the contents of the watch-response action to be performed.

  The contents of the watching response that the operator judges based on the information presented on the screen include “rush request”, “phone request”, “mail request”, and the like. The “rushing request” is to contact a person who rushes to the user (a person to be watched) to immediately go to the user. The person who actually rushes to the user differs for each user depending on the circumstances of each user, and the operator OP1 or the like contacts a person who has been registered in advance for each user (the above-described supervisor K1 or the like). In addition, when the watching service is a medium or small scale, or depending on the service content, the operator himself may rush directly to the user.

  “Telephone request” does not need to go to the user immediately, but it is a call to the user in order to confirm the situation directly from the user by talking to the user, and the operator himself calls the user directly. In some cases, the operator may ask the above-mentioned supervisor K1 or the like to call the user. Further, although it is not necessary to go to the user immediately for the “mail request”, the operator OP1 or the like should contact the above-described supervisor K1 or the like so as to send an e-mail to the user in order to inquire about the user's situation. It is. Also in this case, the operator himself may directly send an e-mail to the user.

  Operator terminals t1, t2,... Tn used by operators OP1, OP2,... OPn include personal computers having communication functions, portable communication terminals (notebook computers, tablets, smartphones with communication functions, with communication functions) A computer terminal such as a PDA or a mobile phone can be applied. In addition, the supervisors K1, K2,... Kn can receive communication from the operator OP1 and the like using the mobile communication terminals D1, D2,... Dn, and these mobile communication terminals D1, D2,. -As Dn, a notebook personal computer, a tablet, a smartphone, a PDA with a communication function, a mobile phone, or the like having a wired or wireless communication function can be applied.

  The present invention can be applied from a small / medium-scale monitoring service having a scale of several tens to several hundreds of users to a large-scale monitoring service having a number of users exceeding the level of several hundreds. In the present embodiment, each user (watched person M1, M2,... Mn) is divided into a plurality of groups (groups A, B, C, etc.), and operators OP1, OP2,. OPn is determined so that watching is performed. In the present embodiment, grouping is performed for each same area so that one operator is in charge of a certain range of areas including a plurality of areas, and the server device 30 determines the situation of a plurality of users. I remember. Note that FIG. 1 shows the monitoring system 1 simply, and therefore, a communication connection device 2, a HEMS controller 3, a HEMS power tap 4, a monitoring device 5, a television device 10, and the like provided in a house H 2 other than the house H 1. Illustration of electrical devices such as the air conditioner 26 is omitted. Details of the present invention will be described below.

  FIG. 2 shows an outline of a main internal configuration of the television device 10 which is a user device (electric device) installed in the user's house H1 or the like. The television apparatus 10 includes a preprocessing unit 11, a decoding unit 12, an infrared processing unit 13, a control unit 14, a memory 15, an operation unit 16, an external connection unit 17, a display output processing unit 18a, an audio output processing unit 18b, and the like. It is configured to be connected by an internal connection line L. Each of these units 11 and the like transmits and receives signals to and from the control unit 14 through the internal connection line L. Each unit 11 and the like transmit a signal indicating the current processing status and the like to the control unit 14, and the control unit 14 transmits each signal to each unit 11. The current processing status is grasped from the processing status and the like transmitted from the etc., and a control signal for controlling the processing to be performed next is sent to each unit 11 according to the grasped status. Each part of the television apparatus 10 is configured as follows.

  The preprocessing unit 11 includes a tuner unit, an A / D conversion unit, a quadrature detection unit, an FFT unit, and a demodulation unit, and an RF signal (digital broadcast signal) acquired by an antenna is input to the input signal. Then, a predetermined process is performed to demodulate the transport stream (TS), and the demodulated data is transmitted to the decoding unit 12 that performs the next process. The decoding unit 12 performs decoding processing on the transport stream demodulated by the preprocessing unit 11 and separates it into video, audio, and other data, and performs video decoding processing on the separated video stream for display. In addition to outputting to the output processing unit 18a, audio decoding processing is performed on the separated audio stream and output to the audio output processing unit 18b.

  The display output processing unit 18a performs processing necessary for predetermined video display to generate a video signal, and outputs the generated video signal to the display screen 10a. Thus, a broadcast video such as a broadcast program is displayed on the display screen 10a. Is displayed and output. The audio output processing unit 18b performs predetermined processing necessary for audio output such as amplification to generate an audio signal, sends the generated audio signal to the speaker 10b, and outputs various sounds from the speaker 10b.

  On the other hand, as a part related to the interface system with the user, the infrared processing unit 13 performs communication processing (signal / data transmission / reception processing) according to a known infrared standard (for example, each standard of IrDA system). Specifically, infrared light including an operation signal issued from the remote control device 19 that receives an operation from the user is received and transmitted to the control unit 14. The control unit 14 plays a central role in executing various functions of the television device 10, and is based on various processing contents defined in the basic program P 1 stored in the memory 15. It functions as means for performing various processes (such as an output process of various information such as operation notifications).

  In addition, the television device 10 includes a memory 15 as a storage medium. What is stored in the memory 15 relates to the basic functions of the television device, and specifically includes a basic program P1, an OSD display table Tb1, and device identification information ID1.

  The basic program P1 corresponds to the firmware and system program of the television device 10, and the television device 10 functions as a television device (various functions for viewing a television broadcast, operation notification, etc.). This defines various processes of the control unit 14 necessary for operating various information output functions and the like. The OSD display table Tb1 is a table that stores a plurality of display part data for appropriately OSD-displaying images and text used for various menus or warnings. The device identification information ID1 is information indicating the identification code of the television device 10, and is information that can be used to identify the television device 10 when outputting information to other devices.

  The operation unit 16 is a user interface provided on the casing of the television device 10 and includes a volume switch button, a channel switch button, an input switch button, and the like in addition to the power button 16a for switching power on / off. ing.

  The external connection unit 17 corresponds to a connection communication means with an external device, and controls connection processing based on a well-known connection standard (for example, HDMI (registered trademark) connection terminal, USB connection terminal, IEEE1394 connection terminal, etc.). This is performed according to the control of the unit 14. In addition, the external connection part 17 of this embodiment is based on HDMI (trademark), and is connected with the monitoring apparatus 5 with a connection cable. As will be described later, when the external connection unit 17 receives display screen information sent from the watching device 5, the control unit 14 displays necessary display parts in the OSD display table Tb 1 stored in the memory 15. Along with the data, various screens for display (questionnaire screen, answer screen, etc. described later) are generated, and the generated various screens are controlled to be sent to the display output processing unit 18a. Various screens based on the screen information acquired in 17 can also be displayed and output. Examples of various screens displayed and output in this way include the screen contents shown in FIGS. 4 and 5, and the television apparatus 10 of the present embodiment has priority when screen information is received by the external connection unit 17. In addition, various screens corresponding to the received screen information are displayed on the display screen 10a.

  Further, the remote control device 19 for performing remote operation of the television device 10 by the user has a power button 19a for switching the power on / off of the television device 10, and a number button composed of a total of 12 buttons, Up / Down / Left / Right key, Enter button, Volume adjustment key, Channel switch key, Question request button, Back button, Exit button, Menu button, 4 color buttons in total (Blue button, Red button, Green button, Yellow button) Have When an operation from the user is accepted by each of these buttons and switches, an infrared ray indicating the content of the accepted operation is emitted from the remote control device 19. Note that the television device 10 receives a power-on operation or a power-off operation when either the power button 16a of the operation unit 16 or the power button 19a of the remote control device is operated by the user.

  When the television apparatus 10 accepts a power-on operation or a power-off operation, the control unit 14 indicates power-on information (corresponding to power information) indicating the power-on status or the power-off status according to the definition of the basic program P1. Control to output power off information (corresponding to power information) from the external connection unit 17 is performed. Thereby, an external device connected to the external connection unit 17 can grasp whether the television device 10 is in a power-on state or a power-off state. As will be described later, the control unit 14 performs control to output an answer (corresponding to an operation notification) to the questionnaire (question) displayed and output on the display screen 10a from the external connection unit 17.

  FIG. 3 shows a main internal configuration of the watching device 5 connected to the external connection unit 17 of the television device 10 described above. The monitoring device 5 according to the present embodiment has a kind of computer-like internal configuration, and various devices and the like are connected to an internal connection line 5i to a control unit 5a that performs overall control and various processes. The various devices include a communication unit 5b, a ROM 5c, a RAM 5d, an external device connection unit 5e, a storage unit 5f, and the like.

  The communication unit 5b is a communication device corresponding to a connection module with a wide area network, and is a communication unit according to a required communication standard (for example, a LAN standard by IEEE or the like, or a standard by DLNA or the like) (for example, a LAN module). ), A communication cable (for example, a LAN cable) can be connected. The communication unit 5b is connected to a wide area network via a communication cable and the communication connection device 2 (for example, a router) shown in FIG. 1, and enables the monitoring device 5 to communicate with the server device 30 and the like. Yes. Note that it is also possible to apply specifications for performing wireless communication based on various wireless communication standards to the communication unit 5b.

  The ROM 5c stores a program that defines basic processing contents of the control unit 5a. The RAM 5d temporarily stores contents, files, and the like accompanying the processing of the control unit 5a. The external device connection unit 5e is an interface for connecting to an external device. In this embodiment, the external device connection unit 5e has a specification according to HDMI (registered trademark). As described above, the television device is connected via a connection cable. 10 is connected to the external connection unit 17 and receives and acquires various types of information (for example, power-on information, power-off information, operation notifications, responses, etc.) output from the television device 10, as well as the television. Commands, display contents, and the like are also sent to the apparatus 10. Various information acquired by the external device connection unit 5e is temporarily stored in the RAM 5d.

  The storage unit 5f stores various programs, tables, information, and the like. Specifically, the system program P10, the watching program P11, the watching service display table Tb10, user information 6, a threshold time 7, a device ID 8, and the like. Is remembered.

  The system program P10 corresponds to an operating system, and defines various control processes performed by the control unit 5a in order to cause the monitoring device 5 to function as a kind of computer. A communication function via the communication unit 5b, a storage unit 5f, a storage function in the RAM 5d, and the like operate. The watching program P11 defines the control content related to the control unit 5a for the watching device 5 to perform processing related to watching according to the present embodiment, and details will be described later.

  The watch service display table Tb10 stores screen information including various display part data used for displaying images and texts related to various screens related to the watch service on the display screen 10a of the television device 10. In this embodiment, screen information corresponding to various screens shown in FIGS.

  For example, as for the questionnaire screen (question screen) 21 shown in FIG. 4A, according to “good” as a text indicating a question or the like of the content for asking the user's physical condition and the like and an option indicating a plurality of answers to the question. A first button 21a, a second button 21b corresponding to "normal", a third button 21c corresponding to "bad", and a fourth button 21d corresponding to "call me" in cases other than answers, and The display part data includes the fifth button 21e corresponding to “going out”. The first button 21a to the third button 21c correspond to means for accepting a user's answer operation.

  In the part of “Mr. XXX” included in the text, a user name (or nickname) included in user information 6 described later is read from the storage unit 5f, and the text and display part data for the questionnaire screen 21 are read. And the like, the information is sent from the watching device 5 to the television device 10 as screen information, so that the television device 10 displays and outputs the user name in the “Mr. XXX” portion. Become.

  In addition, the phrase “Good morning” included in the text for the questionnaire screen 21 is pasted when a standard greeting according to the time zone is displayed on the television device 10. "Hello", "Good evening" other text in accordance with the greeting is included in the watch service for the display table Tb10 such as that, for the service watching a greeting by the control unit 5a is depending on the time zone of the watching device 5 The information is read from the display table Tb10 and sent to the television device 10 as screen information included in the text for the questionnaire screen 21.

  When the first button 21a to the fifth button 21e, which are display part data, are displayed on the display screen 10a of the television device 10 in the state shown in FIG. 4A, the remote control device 19 of the television device 10 is displayed. The user can select the up / down / left / right key (cursor key) and the enter button by appropriately operating the button (corresponding to receiving an answer), and the remote controller 19 receives an answer by operating any one of the buttons. And the operation notification indicating the received answer (for example, the answer “good” when the first button 21 a is selected, or the answer “normal” when the second button 21 b is selected). Are output from the external connection unit 17 and sent to the watching device 5.

  In addition, when the user performs a selection operation on the fifth button 21e corresponding to “going out” and an operation notification indicating an answer of going out is sent to the watching device 5, the control unit 5a of the watching device 5 Screen information including display part data for another question screen (not shown) is read from the monitoring service display table Tb10 and sent to the television apparatus 10. As a result, the television device 10 displays a question screen including selectable items such as “the number of days to go out (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc.)”, and the user performs an operation of selecting such an item. If accepted, an operation notification indicating the number of days to go out according to the selected item is transmitted to the server device 30. In addition, the watching device 5 temporarily stores the outing information including the number of outing days and the like sent to the storage unit 5 f and transmits the outing information to the server device 30.

  The response screen 22 shown in FIG. 4 (b) is displayed and output on the television device 10 next to the questionnaire screen 21 shown in FIG. 4 (a). In the questionnaire screen 21 shown in FIG. When any one of the buttons 21a to 21e is selected, the display is switched to the answer screen 22 in FIG. The answer screen 22 has a central portion at a position where the answer history information 22a transmitted from the server device 30 is pasted, and is arranged at the top of the text “life support” at the top and the answer history information 22a. The part data corresponding to the text to be displayed and the bottom bar-shaped text (the screen is switched to the next screen when the enter button is pressed) are read from the service display table Tb10, and the monitoring device 5 includes the response history information 22a, It is sent to the television apparatus 10 as screen information. The part of “Mr. XXX” included in the text at the top of the response history information 22a is the same as in FIG. 4A, and “ΔΔΔ” is selected in FIG. 4A. The contents of the answer are pasted by the television device 10, and the answer screen 22 of FIG. 4B is generated and displayed on the display screen 10a.

  The local government top screen 23 shown in FIG. 5A is switched from the answer screen 22 when the determination button of the remote control device 19 is selected while the answer screen 22 of FIG. 4B is displayed. It is displayed on the television device 10. The local government top screen 23 is basically arranged with the top page of the website established by the local government service providing system where the user's house is located. The top page of the website is placed between the lower bar-shaped text (pressing the end button switches to the TV screen). Such a website related to a local government is distributed via the server device 30, and the monitoring device 5 acquires the top page data of the local government website from the server device 30 and acquires the top The local information top screen 23 is displayed on the display screen 10 a of the television device 10 by sending the screen information on which the page data is arranged to the television device 10.

  Note that the local government top screen 23 including the top page of the local government service providing system has a plurality of selection fields 23a to 23g arranged therein. ”And a link to a web page that provides the latest information (for example, a website that provides earthquake-related information), and the“ 10 ”numeric button is pressed. Then, an operation notification indicating a website link is sent from the television device 10 to the watching device 5, and the watching device 5 accesses the link of the sent website and obtains the web page screen acquired by the television device. 10, the display on the television device 10 changes to a website screen that provides linked earthquake-related information. It becomes door.

  The first selection field 23a at the upper left end of the municipality top screen 23 is associated with the numeric button “1” of the remote control device 19 and has a link to a web page that provides a weather forecast. When the numeric button “1” is pressed, the same processing as in the case of the numeric button “10” described above is performed, and the display on the television device 10 provides a linked weather forecast website. Transition to the screen.

  The second option 23b in the upper middle of the local government top screen 23 is associated with the number button “2” of the remote control device 19 and has a link to a page that provides information on the living of the residents' association. When the numeric button “2” is pressed, the same processing as in the case of each numeric button described above is performed, and the display on the television device 10 displays the living information (garbage) in FIG. Transition to (collection date) screen 24.

  The third option 23c at the upper right end of the local government top screen 23 is associated with the number button “3” of the remote control device 19 and has a link to a page providing residents' association information. When the number button is pressed, the same processing as in the case of each of the number buttons described above is performed, and the display on the television device 10 conveys the linked neighborhood association information screen (notice of the neighborhood association). Screen).

  Further, the fourth selection field 23d at the lower left end of the municipality top screen 23 is associated with the numeric button “4” of the remote control device 19 and has a link to a web page that provides information on the city where the user resides. When the numeric button “4” is pressed, the same processing as that for each numeric button described above is performed, and the display on the television device 10 provides information on the city. Transition to the screen.

  Furthermore, the fifth option 23e in the lower middle of the local government top screen 23 is associated with the number button “5” of the remote control device 19 and has a link to a page that provides information about the shopping street. When the numeric button “5” is pressed, the same processing as that for each numeric button described above is performed, and the display on the television device 10 provides information on the linked shopping street. Transition to the screen.

  The sixth option 23f at the lower right end of the local government top screen 23 is associated with the number button “6” of the remote control device 19, and a link to a page that provides information about the company that operates the watching service is attached. When the number button “6” is pressed, the same processing as in the case of each number button described above is performed, and the display on the television device 10 is a company that operates a watch service for the link destination. Transition to the website screen that provides information on

  Further, the user information 6 stored in the storage unit 5f of the watching device 5 shown in FIG. 3 is the user who operates the television device 10 to which the watching device 5 is connected (the person who is watching and registered in the watching service). M1) information, which includes the user's name, the user's nickname, identification information for identifying the user (code number, agreement with the user ID), and the like. Such user information 6 includes personal information (name, address, age, gender, watcher's contact information, nickname, etc.) submitted by the user to the monitoring service operating company at the time of contract / registration for the monitoring service. User password, etc.), and other information (desired response method at each watching situation level), etc., are relevant to the user. Since such information is sent from the monitoring service operating company to the watching device 5 via the server device 30, the watching device 5 stores the sent information in the storage unit 5 f as user information 6. doing.

  Furthermore, the threshold time 7 stored in the storage unit 5f by the monitoring device 5 is used in one of a plurality of processes defined by the monitoring program P11 described later. In the present embodiment, a default value is used. Is set to 3 minutes, but it can be set to a desired value between 10 seconds and 15 minutes by a setting menu (not shown). Furthermore, the device ID 8 stored in the storage unit 5f by the monitoring device 5 is identification information for identifying the monitoring device 5, and is attached to the communication content when communicating with the server device 30 or the like. Is a monitoring device 5 to notify the other party of communication.

  In addition, the watching program P11 stored in the storage unit 5f by the watching device 5 corresponds to an application program that defines the processing to be watched in performing the watching service according to the present invention, and is stored in the storage unit 5f of the watching device 5. As an application, it is installed as appropriate via a network or a storage medium (note that it can also be installed in advance in the storage unit 5f when the watching device 5 is manufactured). The watching program P11 defines the processing contents performed by the control unit 5 of the watching device 5 with respect to the watching service, and specifically defines various processing contents as follows.

  As an example of the processing content defined by the watching program P11, there is firstly an operation notification according to power supply information indicating a power on / off operation. When the operation notification output from the television apparatus 10 and received is power-on information indicating a power-on operation or power-off information indicating a power-off operation, the power information indicated by the received operation notification The control unit 5a performs a control process of transmitting (sending) (power on / off information) to the server device 30 using the communication unit 5b together with the code (user ID) and the device ID 8 included in the user information 6. The watching program P11 defines.

  When the monitoring program P11 receives an operation notification (power-on information) indicating a power-on operation, the watching program P11 responds to the questionnaire screen 21 in order to display the questionnaire screen 21 shown in FIG. The control unit 5a performs control to read the display part data (display screen information) from the monitoring service display table Tb10 stored in the storage unit 5f and transmit it to the television apparatus 10 from the external device connection unit 5e. It stipulates. Then, after the display screen information for the questionnaire screen 21 is transmitted, the external device connection unit 5e receives an operation notification corresponding to the answer operation by selecting the first button 21a to the fifth button 21e included in the questionnaire screen 21. The watching program P11 stipulates that the control unit 5a also performs a process of measuring (measuring) the time until it is done.

  Furthermore, the watching program P11 also stipulates that the control unit 5a performs a process of comparing whether or not the measured time exceeds the threshold time 7 stored in the storage unit 5f. As a result of the comparison, the operation time indicating that the measured time does not exceed the threshold time 7 and the answer operation according to the answer operation in which any one of the first button 21a to the fifth button 21e is selected is sent to the external device. When received by the connection unit 5e, the control unit 5a performs control to transmit (send) an operation notification indicating the answer to the server device 30 together with the device ID 8 and the code number (user ID) using the communication unit 5b. The watching program P11 defines. Furthermore, when the measured time exceeds the threshold time 7 as a result of comparison without receiving an operation notification corresponding to the answer operation related to the selection of any of the first button 21a to the fifth button 21e, The program P11 defines that the control unit 5a performs control to transmit an operation notification indicating that there is no reply operation together with the device ID 8 and the code number (user ID) to the server device 30 using the communication unit 5b.

  Note that, when the external device connection unit 5e receives an operation notification indicating an answer according to the selection of the first button 21a to the fourth button 21d on the questionnaire screen 21 in FIG. b) The display part data (display screen information) corresponding to the answer screen 22 is transmitted from the external device connection unit 5e, and the control unit 5a is controlled to display the answer screen 22 on the television device 10. In addition, when an operation notification indicating an answer corresponding to the selection of the fifth button 21e is received by the external device connection unit 5e, as described above, display parts corresponding to a question screen (not shown) for asking the number of days to go out It is defined that the control unit 5a performs control to transmit data (display screen information) from the external device connection unit 5e and display the question screen on the television device 10.

  Further, when the external device connection unit 5e receives an operation notification indicating that the determination button of the remote control device 19 has been operated in a state where the answer screen 22 of FIG. 4B is displayed, the local government of FIG. It is defined that the control unit 5a performs control for transmitting display part data (display screen information) corresponding to the top screen 23 from the external device connection unit 5e and causing the television device 10 to display the local government top screen 23. .

  When the local government top screen 23 of FIG. 5A is displayed, an operation notification indicating that the numeric buttons “1” to “6” and “10” of the remote control device 19 are operated as described above is externally displayed. When the device connection unit 5e accepts it, the monitoring device 5 (control unit 5a) accesses the website of the URL linked to the operated numeric button, acquires a predetermined website screen, and acquires the acquired website Display screen data corresponding to the screen (for example, display screen information corresponding to the living information screen 24 in FIG. 5B) is transmitted from the external device connection unit 5e to the television device 10, and the television device 10 transmits each web. The program P11 defines that the control unit 5a performs control for displaying a screen corresponding to a page.

  In addition, when an operation notification indicating that the end button has been operated is received by the external device connection unit 5e by operating the end button on the local government top screen 23 in FIG. The program P11 regulates the end of transmission of display screen data. When the display screen data from the external device connection unit 5e is interrupted in this way, the television device 10 switches the display to a television broadcast screen of a channel based on the last channel function or a channel specified by default. become.

  FIG. 6 shows a main internal configuration of the HEMS power strip 4 shown in FIG. The HEMS power strip 4 is used by being interposed between a commercial power outlet provided in the house H1 or the like and an electrical device, and detects the power consumption associated with the operation of the electrical device. Is transmitted to the HEMS controller 3 by radio at any time.

  The power supply tap 4 for HEMS is configured to include a plug-in part 4a, a power detection part 4b, a plug-in part 4c, a control part 4d, a wireless transmission part 4g, and the like to a commercial power supply (100V) outlet. The insertion portion 4a has a plug portion that is directly inserted into an outlet. The outlet portion 4b is similar to the outlet of a commercial power outlet, and a power plug of an electric device (air conditioner 26 which is an air conditioner in the present embodiment) to be detected for power consumption is inserted. Will be. The power detection unit 4b is located between the insertion unit 4a and the insertion port unit 4b, and based on the current value flowing between them, the power consumption of an electric device having a power plug inserted into the insertion port unit 4b Detection is performed.

  The control unit 4d performs control processing to transmit the power consumption detected by the power detection unit 4c to the HEMS controller 3 using the wireless communication unit 4g as needed, and includes a memory 4e. The tap program 4h and the tap ID are stored in 4e. The tap program 4f defines the processing content of the control unit 4d, and the control unit 4d performs processing according to the content defined by the tap program 4f. The tap ID is information for identifying the HEMS power tap 4, and the control unit 4 d transmits the detected power consumption along with the tap ID. The wireless communication unit 4g performs wireless communication conforming to a predetermined standard (IEEE wireless communication standard such as ZigBee, Bluetooth (registered trademark), infrared light communication, wireless USB, etc.). Note that the HEMS power tap 4 having the specifications shown in FIG. 4 communicates with the HEMS controller 3 wirelessly, but it is also possible to apply specifications that perform wired communication.

  FIG. 7 shows a main internal configuration of the HEMS controller 3 that performs wireless communication with the HEMS power tap 4 described above. The HEMS controller 3 of this embodiment has a kind of computer configuration, and includes a control unit 3b, a wireless communication unit 3b, a wired communication unit 3c, a storage unit 3d, and the like. The control unit 3a controls various processes required for the HEMS. The control unit 3a performs processes related to control, management, and the like of the electrical equipment incorporated in the HEMS, and is transmitted from the HEMS power strip 4 in the present embodiment. Control is performed to transmit the received power consumption to the server apparatus 30 together with the tap ID at a predetermined time interval (for example, 15 minutes).

  The wireless communication unit 3b conforms to a communication standard equivalent to the wireless transmission unit 4g of the HEMS power tap 4 described above, and has a wireless antenna 3e to perform wireless communication with the HEMS power tap 4. The power consumption of the air conditioner 26 is received. The wired communication unit 3c performs wired communication, is connected to the communication connection device 2 provided in the house H1 or the like via a communication line, and the power consumption obtained from the HEMS power tap 4 is combined with the tap ID. Processing to transmit to the server device 30 is performed. The storage unit 3d stores various programs, files, data, information, and the like. In this embodiment, the storage unit 3d stores basic software 3f, a HEMS program 3g, and the like. The basic software 3f has firmware-like contents and defines basic processing contents of the control unit 3a. The HEMS program 3g prescribes the processing imposed on the HEMS controller in the HEMS and, in the present invention, prescribes the control processing contents of the control unit 3a for transmitting the power consumption to the server device 30. The HEMS program 3g also prescribes a time interval setting process for transmitting the power consumption, and the transmission time interval can be set appropriately according to the specifications of the monitoring system 1 and the like. ing.

  FIG. 8 shows a main internal configuration of the server device 30 (corresponding to the watching determination device) of the watching service (watching system 1). A general server computer (a computer having a web server function) is applied to the server device 30 of the present embodiment, and various devices and the like are incorporated in the MPU 30a (control unit 30a) that performs overall control and various processes. Various devices and the like are connected by a connection line 30h, and include a communication module 30b, a RAM 30c, a ROM 30d, an input interface 30e, an output interface 30f, a mass storage system (HDD system) 30g, and the like.

  The communication module 30b corresponds to a communication unit and is a communication device corresponding to a connection module with a wide area network, and conforms to a required communication standard (for example, a LAN module). The communication module 30b is connected to a wide area network via a required communication device (not shown, for example, a router or the like). As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of houses H1, H2,. ..Communication with each monitoring device 5 installed in Hn, HEMS controller 3, operator terminals t1, t2... Tn, monitor K1, K2... Kn mobile communication terminals D1, D2. Is possible.

  The RAM 30c temporarily stores contents, files, etc. associated with the processing of the MPU 30a. The ROM 30d stores a program that defines the basic processing contents of the MPU 30a. The input interface 30e is connected to a keyboard 30i, a mouse, and the like for receiving an operation instruction from a system administrator or the like of a monitoring service operating company, and transmits the operation instruction received from the system administrator or the like to the MPU 30a. The output interface 30f is connected to a display 30j (display output device), and outputs the contents accompanying the processing of the MPU 30a to the display 30j so that the system administrator can check the current processing contents and the like. .

  The large-capacity storage system 30g (corresponding to a storage device) stores various databases (DB), tables, programs, and the like. Specifically, the basic program P20, the watching system program 31 (corresponding to a server computer program) , A user DB 32, an operator table 33, a temperature DB 34, a determination table 35, a watching DB 36, an administrative window table 37, an icon table 38, a threshold table 39, a website table 40, and the like are stored.

  The basic program P20 defines various processes according to the server operation system, and the MPU 30a performs processes based on the specified contents, so that the server device 30 performs a basic function as a server computer. . The watching system program 31 will be described later, and the user DB 32 and the like will be described first.

  FIG. 9 shows an outline of the contents of the user DB 32. The user DB 32 is a database that stores personal information and the like of users who use the monitoring service, and is associated with a code number (user ID) for identifying the user, the user's name (including reading), address, telephone number, Various information according to items such as an e-mail address, a group to which the user belongs, an emergency contact address, device identification information of the television device 10 used by the user, a device ID, and a tap ID of the HEMS power tap 4 used by the user. Store.

  The emergency contact information can be registered with a plurality of contacts. The contact information to be registered corresponds to the monitor K1 in FIG. 1, and specifically, the telephone number / electronic number of the user's family or relative If you are contracted with an email address, a security company or a day service, etc. that the user requests to rush, the user requests a visit etc. If it is, the telephone number / email address of the administrative window is stored. Also, in these contact addresses, the name (person in charge) of the other party to be contacted and the relationship with the user are stored in association with each other. Further, when a plurality of contact addresses are registered, the priority order is also stored (indicated by (1), (2), etc. in the table).

  The device ID has the same content as the device ID 8 stored in the storage unit 5f of the monitoring device 5 shown in FIG. The server device 30 can identify the power on / off state of the television device 10 of each user.

  Further, the tap ID has the same content as the tap ID stored in the memory 4e of the HEMS power tap 4 shown in FIG. 6, and the tap ID of the HEMS power tap 4 used by each user is registered in the user DB 32 in advance. Thus, the server device 30 can identify the power consumption (corresponding to the operation status information) of the air conditioner 26 used by each user in the house H1 or the like. In addition to the items shown in FIG. 9, the user DB 32 also includes a nursing certification level, date of birth, sex, type of family living together, district, and the like, and stores these information. The personal information stored in the user DB 32 corresponds to the content submitted by the user to the operating company when the monitoring service is contracted, and the user newly joins the monitoring service or the user unsubscribes from the monitoring server. The contents of the user DB 32 are updated as needed.

  FIG. 10 shows an outline of the contents of the operator table 33 stored in the mass storage system 30g. The operator table 33 stores information on operators OP1, OP2,..., OPn registered for checking the user status in the watching service. The contents of the operator table 33 are updated when a new operator is employed or when an operator who has worked is removed.

  The operator ID in the operator table 33 is identification information (identification number) for identifying the operators OP1, OP2,..., OPn engaged in the watching business when the watching service is operated. It is given to each operator from the company. The operator name in the operator table 33 stores the name of each operator, and the group in charge stores the group name in charge of each operator (the operator is in charge of the group to be watched over). Is stored in advance in the password. A password necessary for each operator to log in is stored in the password. The operator contact address column stores a telephone number and an e-mail address for each operator.

  In this embodiment, based on the contents set in the operator table 33 described above, each operator performs a predetermined operator task after performing a login operation. Each operator's work target is limited to the group to which the person in charge is assigned. Users belonging to groups outside the person in charge are basically not allowed to perform operations related to work, but take over the work of other operators. In such a case, when temporarily helping, it is possible to check information belonging to other groups beyond the group in charge. In addition, there are cases where there are leader-like operators and skilled operators among operators, and such operators may watch all groups depending on the situation. May be given a master ID corresponding to.

  FIG. 11 shows an outline of the contents of the daily temperature DB 34a storing the temperature (maximum temperature / minimum temperature) sent from the operator side in a day in the temperature DB 34 stored in the mass storage system 30g. Is shown. This daily temperature DB 34a has items of maximum temperature and minimum temperature for each operator ID, operator name, and group in charge, and is input by each operator on a top page screen 41 (login screen) in FIG. 17 to be described later. When the transmitted maximum temperature and minimum temperature are transmitted to the server device 30, the transmitted temperature (maximum temperature / minimum temperature) is stored in the items of maximum temperature and minimum temperature. As described above, since each operator is in charge of a different group, the operator inputs a local temperature (corresponding to the environmental temperature of the user's environment) according to the group in charge of the operator. The temperature DB 34 is an aggregate of daily temperature DBs that store the temperatures transmitted from the respective operators to the server device 30 every day. Therefore, the temperature DB 34 is a database in which daily temperature information is sequentially accumulated.

  12 and 13 show an example of the contents of the air conditioner determination table unit 35a and the television determination table unit 35b included in the determination table 35 stored in the mass storage system 30g.

  The air conditioner determination table unit 35a in FIG. 12 stores conditions (level determination conditions) used when the server device 30 determines the user's condition according to the operating condition of the air conditioner 26 that is basically an air conditioner. In addition, the status (condition) of the air conditioner 26 and the like is associated with each determination level indicating the user status of “level 1” or “level 2”. “Level 1” indicates a user situation where there is some danger to the user as compared to the normal state, and “Level 2” indicates a user situation where the degree of danger is higher than that of “Level 1”.

  The operating status of the air conditioner 26 associated with “Level 1” or “Level 2” is two types, that is, a continuous usage status that is continuously operating and a continuous non-use status that is not continuously operating. The air conditioner determination table unit 35a defines the level division according to the continuous time or the like. Specifically, in the former case (in the case of continuous use), “level 1” is associated with a situation in which the continuous use time of the air conditioner 26 is not less than 24 hours and less than 48 hours. This is based on the fact that it is considered that the user is likely to be in an abnormal state when 26 is continuously used for 1 day or more and less than 2 days. In addition, the use of the air conditioner 26 in the air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG. 12 of the present embodiment mainly assumes use for heating.

  In addition, “level 2” is associated with a situation where the continuous use time of the air conditioner 26 is 48 hours or more, and such correspondence indicates that the air conditioner 26 is continuously used for two days or more. This is based on the fact that it is highly likely that the user is unable to move due to some reason, such as the user fainting and falling down.

  On the other hand, in the latter case (in the case of non-continuous use), it is common not to operate the air conditioner 26 for a long time when the climate is relatively warm, such as spring or autumn, Temperature (maximum temperature) is also combined with the level judgment condition. Specifically, “level 1” is associated with a situation where the maximum temperature is 15 ° C. or less and the continuous non-use time of the air conditioner 26 is 24 hours or more. If the air conditioner 26 is not used continuously for 24 hours or more (1 day or more) in a chilly condition of 15 ° C. or less (when it is not heated), the user is likely to be in an abnormal state. It is based on what is considered. “Level 2” is associated with the situation where the maximum temperature is 10 ° C. or less and the continuous non-use time of the air conditioner 26 is 24 hours or more. If the air conditioner 26 is not used continuously for more than 24 hours (1 day or more) in the situation where the majority of people feel cold in the following, for some reason, such as the user fainting and falling down This is based on the fact that there is a high possibility that the user is unable to move. In addition, the maximum temperature in the air-conditioning equipment determination table unit 35a in FIG.

  The contents of the air conditioner determination table unit 35a described above are merely examples, and it is of course possible to change the contents appropriately according to the specifications of the watching system and the like. For example, the determination level indicating the user situation is “level 1”. , Not “Level 2”, but “Level 3”, which is the most dangerous, “Level 2”, which is the second most dangerous, and “Level 1”, which is the third most dangerous, Alternatively, it is possible to have more than three stages and more than four stages. In this way, when the determination level is provided in three or more stages, the operation status of the air conditioner 26 to be associated with each is associated with a more detailed status, for example, “20 hours for continuous use of“ level 1 ” It is assumed that the content “more than 30 hours” is associated, “level 2” is associated with “30 hours or more and less than 45 hours”, and “level 3” is associated with “45 hours or more”. it can.

  13 is a condition (level determination condition) used when the server apparatus 30 determines the user's situation according to the usage status (power on / off status) of the television device 10. ) And the continuous power-on time / continuous power-off time of the television device 10 are associated with each determination level indicating the user status of “level 1” or “level 2”. The meanings of “level 1” and “level 2” are the same as those in the above-described air conditioner determination table unit 35a.

  Regarding the continuous power-on time of the television device 10 associated with “level 1” or “level 2”, the situation where the continuous power-on time of the television device 10 is 15 hours or more and less than 24 hours is “level 1”. In this association, when the sleep time of the day is taken into consideration, the television device 10 is continuously turned on for 15 hours or more and less than 24 hours as the remaining time. Is based on what is considered likely to be in an unusual state. Further, “level 2” is associated with a situation in which the continuous power-on time of the television device 10 is 24 hours or more. Such association corresponds to the power supply of the television device 10 continuously for one day or more. The ON state is based on the fact that the user is likely to be unable to move for some reason, such as the user fainting and falling after turning on the television 10. is there.

Further, regarding the continuous power off time of the television device 10 associated with “level 1” or “level 2”, the continuous power off time of the television device 10 is 24 hours or more and less than 48 hours. A certain situation is associated, and such a correspondence may cause the user to fall into an abnormal state unless the television device is turned on once in a day or two. It is based on what is considered to be high. In addition, “level 2” is associated with a situation where the continuous power-off time of the television device 10 is 48 hours or more, and this association is such that the television device 10 is turned on for more than two days. The absence state continues based on the fact that it is highly likely that the user is unable to move for some reason. Note that the television determination table unit 35b illustrated in FIG. 13 is also an example, and the contents can be changed as appropriate according to the specifications of the watching system and the like, as in the case of the air conditioner determination table 35a described above.

  FIG. 14 shows an outline of the contents of the daily watching DB 36a storing information and the like sent from the user side of a certain day in the watching DB 36 stored in the mass storage system 30g. The watching DB 36 is transmitted from the plurality of watching devices 5 installed in the plurality of houses H1, H2,... Hn per day to the server device 30 and from the HEMS controller 3 to the server device 30. It is a collection of daily watching DBs that store contents based on the information that comes. Therefore, the watching DB 36 is a database in which information for each day is sequentially accumulated.

  Note that the information transmitted from the monitoring device 5 to the server device 30 does not include information related to the response to the questionnaire screen 21 in FIG. 4A (information indicating the selected response, no user response), as described above. Information), power-on information for notifying that the television apparatus 10 has been turned on, power-off information for notifying that the television apparatus 10 has been turned off, and the like. A code (code number, see FIG. 9) corresponding to the device ID 8 and the user ID of the watching device 5 is attached. In addition, the information transmitted to the server device 30 by the HEMS controller 3 is the power consumption (power consumption) of the air conditioner 26 detected by the HEMS power tap 4 as described above in the present embodiment. The information from the HEMS controller 3 is accompanied by the tap ID of the HEMS power tap 4 shown in FIG.

  14 stores information transmitted from the user side on a certain day (for example, November 11, 2014), specifically, “code number (user ID)”. ”,“ Name ”,“ TV power on / off time ”,“ response contents ”,“ TV power on time ”,“ TV power off time ”,“ TV level ”,“ going out (equivalent to status information) ” , “Air conditioner use time”, “air conditioner non-use time”, “air conditioner level”, “remarks”, and other items are stored.

  The “code (code number)” and “name” in the daily monitoring DB 36a use information included in the user DB 32 of FIG. Since “code number” and “name” are already specified information, they are registered in advance in the daily watching DB 36a regardless of the transmission status from the user side.

  In the item “TV power on / off time”, when the operation notification transmitted from the watching device 5 is power on information indicating the power on operation, the time when the power on information is received is stored. . Also, when the operation notification transmitted from the monitoring device 5 is the power-off information indicating the power-off operation, the time when the power-off information is received is “ON” or “ Stored with the characters “off”. When power on / off information is received a plurality of times per day, a plurality of times of reception are stored in the item “TV power on / off time”.

  The item of “answer content” in the daily watching DB 36a includes the time at which an operation notification indicating an answer corresponding to each button 21a to 21e on which the answer operation was performed on the questionnaire screen 21 shown in FIG. Stored with the answer. In the “response content” item, when the buttons 21a to 21e operated on the questionnaire screen 21 shown in FIG. 4A are not operated beyond the threshold time 7, “no answer” is displayed. Stored together with the reception time of information without answer.

  In the item of “TV power on time” in the daily watching DB 36 a, “ON (power on operation)” is the most recently stored item among the items of “TV power on / off time” described above. If so, the elapsed time (timed time) after receiving the operation notification (power-on information) indicating the power-on operation is timed and stored by the timer function of the server device 30. The time is counted until the server device 30 receives an operation notification (power-off information) for the next power-off operation.

  In the item “TV power off time”, if the most recently stored item in the “TV power on / off time” item is “off (power off operation)”, the power is off. The elapsed time after receiving the operation notification (power off time) indicating the operation is timed and stored by the timer function of the server device 30. This is performed until the server device 30 receives an operation notification (power-on information). In the item of “TV level” in the daily watching DB 36a, the server device 30 is based on the TV determination table unit 35b of FIG. 13 according to the time stored in the “TV power-on time” or “TV power-off time” described above. The level determined in step (level 1 or level 2) is stored.

  The “outing” item of the daily watching DB 36 a stores the number of days that the user has sent out from the watching device 5 when the user selects “outing” on the questionnaire screen 21 shown in FIG.

  Further, in the item of “air conditioner usage time” in the daily watch DB 36a, when the air conditioner 26 is determined to be in use by processing specified by the watch system program 31 to be described later, the process from the time when it is determined to be in use. The time (timed time) is timed and stored by the timer function provided in the server device 30. When the elapsed time is counted, it is determined that the air conditioner 26 is not in use by a process defined by the watch system program 31 described later. It is done until it is done. In the item of “air conditioner non-use time” in the daily watching DB 36a, when the air conditioner 26 is determined to be in the non-use state, an elapsed time (time keeping time) from the time when the air conditioner 26 is determined to be in the non-use state is stored in the server. The time is measured and stored by the timer function of the device 30, and the elapsed time is counted until the air conditioner 26 is determined to be in use.

  Further, in the item of “air conditioner level” in the daily watching DB 36a, the server device is based on the air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG. The level determined at 30 (level 1 or level 2) is stored. In addition, in the “remarks” item, information and the like that need to be stored in association with the code (user ID) other than the above-described items are stored.

  The administrative window table 37 shown in FIG. 15 is the name of the person in charge of the administrative window of the local government, which provides a service to local residents, the name of the person in charge, a telephone number (contact information), an e-mail address (contact information), etc. Is stored for each group described above. In the present embodiment, as described above, since grouping is performed by region, the administrative department of the region corresponding to each group takes charge of the watched members belonging to the group.

  FIG. 16A shows the level icon table unit 38 a in the icon table 38 stored in the mass storage system 30 g of the server device 30. The level icon table unit 38a stores the above-described icon i1 for level 1 and icon i2 for level 2, and the level of these icons i1 and i2 is determined by the server device 30. In this case, it is used when presenting the determined level to the operator.

  FIG. 16B shows a physical condition icon table unit 38 b in the icon table 38 stored in the mass storage system 30 g of the server device 30. The physical condition icon table unit 38b stores icons i10 to i30 indicating user's answers to the questions on the questionnaire screen 21 in FIG. 4A. Used when presenting to the operator.

  Further, the threshold table 39 stored in the mass storage system 30g of the server device 30 indicates whether the electrical device in which the power strip is inserted into the HEMS power strip 4 is in use or not in use. This stores reference power consumption (reference power usage) as a threshold for the device 30 to determine. In the present embodiment, since the air conditioner 26 is used as an electrical device, a threshold for air conditioner determination is stored, a threshold A for determining from a non-use state to a use state, and a determination from a use state to a non-use state. Two types of threshold values, threshold value B (threshold value A <threshold value B), are stored. This is because an air conditioner generally has a higher power consumption immediately after the power is turned on than in a normal operation, so a higher threshold A is used. On the other hand, an air conditioner has a lower power consumption when it enters a certain operating condition. Therefore, the threshold value B for determination from the use state to the non-use state is set to a value lower than the threshold value A.

  The website table 40 stored in the large-capacity storage system 30g stores screen page data (data based on HTML, XML, or the like) constituting the web page screen shown in FIGS. For example, when there is an access to the URL of a website constructed by the server device 30 from the operator terminal t1 of the operator OP1, the server device 30 obtains screen page data of a web page screen (top page screen 41) as shown in FIG. The information is read out from the website table 40 stored in the mass storage system 30g and transmitted as top page information to the operator terminal t1 that is the access source.

  Thereafter, the server device 30 generates screen information for enabling display of various screens (web page screens) such as the user list screen 50 shown in FIG. 18 and the like according to the operation content transmitted from the operator terminal t1. Then, it transmits to the operator terminal t1. Hereinafter, an example of a web page screen based on the page data stored in the website table 40 will be described.

  A top page screen 41 (corresponding to a login screen) shown in FIG. 17 is a top page screen of a website provided for an operator, and includes an operator ID input field 41a, a PW (password) input field 41b, and a selectable login button. 41c, a maximum temperature input column 41d, and a minimum temperature input column 41e are arranged. Each of the input fields 41a, 41b, 41d, and 41e can input required information such as alphanumeric characters, and when the login button 41c is selected as a login operation, the input fields 41a, 41b, and 41d are input. , 41e, and the like, information such as alphanumeric characters is sent from the operator terminal t1 or the like to the server device 30.

  Each operator examines the maximum temperature and minimum temperature according to the area including each area according to the group he / she is in charge of from weather information such as TV broadcast, radio broadcast, Internet, etc., and the calculated value is the maximum. The information is input to the temperature input field 41d and the minimum temperature input field 41e. In this way, the operator inputs the temperature at the time of login, so that the operator can pay attention to the temperature, and accordingly, the heat stroke of the user at a high temperature such as summer, or the user at the winter This creates a situation where operators are easily aware of hypothermia.

  A user list screen 50 illustrated in FIG. 18 is an example of a display screen corresponding to a watch notification presented to an operator who has performed a login operation on the top page screen 41 (for example, an operator in the operator table 33 in FIG. 10). Equivalent to a screen for an operator whose ID is “OP0001”). The user list screen 50 is an example showing the status and information of each user belonging to the group in charge of the operator who performed the login operation, and uses screen information such as screen page data included in the website table 40. The symbol parts and common element parts (menu part etc.) in the user list screen 50 are configured, and information read out from the watching DB 36 (see the daily watching DB 36a shown in FIG. 14) etc. It is presented based on the corresponding watch correspondence information (corresponding to watch notification information generated by the server device 30) (the user list screen 50 is scrollable depending on the number of users in charge and the amount of information).

  On the user list screen 50, a watcher field 50a and a logout button 50b are arranged on the upper right side of the screen, and a presentation information period column 50c is arranged in the vicinity of the upper center of the screen, and the previous period can be designated to the left and right. A first arrow button 50d and a selectable second arrow button 50e for designating a subsequent period are arranged. When the period indicated by the presentation information period column 50c is the latest, the second arrow button 50e that designates the subsequent period is in a non-selectable state. In the user list screen 50, user summary columns 510, 520, 530 and the like indicating a general situation for each of a plurality of users handled by the operator are arranged below the presentation information period column 50c in the vertical direction.

  Information indicating the name of the operator who logged in on the top page screen 41 is extracted from the operator table 33 shown in FIG. The logout button 50 b is a selectable button, and when selected, a logout instruction is transmitted (sent out) from the terminal displaying the user list screen 50 to the server device 30. In the presentation information period column 50c, when the user list screen 50 is displayed, the period of all five days including the login date (referred to as past plural days) is set by default. The operator can designate a desired period by selecting the left and right first arrow buttons 50d or the second arrow buttons 50e.

  Each user summary column 510, 520, 530, etc. shows bibliographic information for each user that the operator is in charge of and the user's status (existence of going out, physical condition, TV power on / off status, air conditioner operating status, etc.). Specific contents will be described based on the user summary column 510 located at the top as a representative. The user summary column 510 includes a user information section 511 above, and below that includes a login date in association with an outing column 510a, a physical condition column 510b, a television column 510c, and an air conditioner column 510d provided on the left side. The user's situation over a plurality of past days is shown as a past information column 512 for each day. Arranged on the right side of the past information column 512 is a latest information column 513 that represents the status of the user most recently determined at the time of operator login, and is further selectable on the right side of the latest information column 513. A detail button 514 is arranged.

  The upper user information section 511 shows various information (name, age, gender, family living together, region, individual personal information, telephone number, code number, etc.) of each user in charge of the logged-in operator as shown in FIG. It is read from the user DB 32 and arranged.

  In the past information column 512, information corresponding to the outing column 510a, the physical condition column 510b, the television column 510c, and the air conditioner column 510d for every five days including the login date is arranged. That is, in the outing column 510a of the past information column 512, when the fifth button 21e corresponding to “outing” is selected on the questionnaire screen 21 in FIG. 4A, “outing” is displayed on the selected date. Will be placed. Specifically, based on the information stored in the item of going out in the daily watching DB 36a (see FIG. 14) corresponding to the past day, whether or not the character of “outing” is arranged as described above. Is determined by the server device 30.

  In the physical condition column 510b of the past information column 512, the first button 21a corresponding to “good”, the second button 21b corresponding to “normal”, or “bad” on the questionnaire screen 21 in FIG. The icons i10 to i30 (see the physical condition icon table unit 38b in FIG. 16B) indicating that any one of the third buttons 21c corresponding to the button is selected are arranged. Specifically, the server device 30 determines an icon to be used based on the answer (good, normal, bad) stored in the answer content item in the daily watch DB 36a corresponding to the past day. It should be noted that the arrangement column of the icon i30 corresponding to “bad” is conspicuous by making the background color of the arrangement column different from others in order to attract the attention of the operator (also on the user status screen 60 of FIG. 19 described later). Similarly, the day when the icons i10 to 30 are not arranged indicates a case where there is no answer from the user.

  Furthermore, in the TV column 510c of the past information column 512, an icon i1 or i2 (see the level icon table unit 38a in FIG. 16A) indicating the level determined based on the TV determination table unit 35b in FIG. 13 is arranged. At the same time, characters indicating the state of the television device 10 relating to the determination (text indicating whether the television apparatus 10 is continuously used when the power is turned on or continuously used when the power is turned off) are arranged. Specifically, the server device 30 determines the icon to be used based on the levels (levels 1 and 2) stored in the TV level item in the daily watching DB 36a corresponding to the past day. In order to attract the attention of the operator, the arrangement fields of the icons i1 and i2 are conspicuous by making the background color of the arrangement field different from others, and the background colors of the icons i1 and i2 are also different. Thus, the operator can ascertain and cheapen the days of levels 1 and 2 (the same applies to the air conditioner column 510d described later).

  Furthermore, in the air conditioner column 510d of the past information column 512, the icon i1 or i2 indicating the level determined based on the air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG. 12 (see the level icon table unit 38a of FIG. 16A). And characters indicating the state of the air conditioner 26 related to determination (text indicating no use, continuous use, etc.) are arranged. Specifically, the server device 30 determines the icon to be used based on the levels (levels 1 and 2) stored in the air conditioner level item in the daily watching DB 36a corresponding to the past day. In the air conditioner column 510d, the day when the icon i1 or i2 is not arranged indicates that the level is a normal level.

  The latest information column 512 on the right side of the above-described past information column 512 also includes the latest information according to the outing column 510a, the physical condition column 510b, the television column 510c, and the air conditioner column 510d. In the outing field 510a of the latest information field 512, the fifth button 21e corresponding to “outing” is selected on the questionnaire screen 21 in FIG. 4A immediately after login (within 3 hours from the time of login). In this case, the character “going out” is arranged, and if the fifth button 21e is not selected, it is blank.

  In the physical condition column 510b of the latest information column 512, the first button 21a corresponding to “good”, “normal” is displayed on the questionnaire screen 21 in FIG. 4A immediately after login (within 3 hours from the time of login). When either the second button 21b corresponding to the button or the third button 21c corresponding to the “bad” is selected, an icon corresponding to the selected button content is shown, and when it is not selected, it is blank. .

  In the TV column 510c and the air conditioner column 510d of the latest information column 512, the “TV power on time”, “TV power off time”, “air conditioner use time”, “air conditioner not used” in the daily monitoring DB 36a of the date of login. Information stored in each item of “time” is arranged. For example, if the information “1 hour” is stored in the item “TV power on time” of the daily watching DB 36 a, the text “1 hour, use” is arranged in the television field 510 c of the latest information field 512. Is done. Similarly, when the information “2 hours” is stored in the item of “air conditioner usage time” of the daily watch DB 36a, the text “2 hours, usage” is arranged in the air conditioner column 510d of the latest information column 512. Is done. The information included in the latest information column 512 includes the user status determined most recently at the time when the server device 30 transmits the list screen information (corresponding to the user status information) of the user list screen 50.

  In addition, the detail button 514 on the right side of the latest information column 512 is a selectable button. When selected, the user selection information indicating the selected user in order to request a status screen for the selected user. (Information including a code number for identifying a user and extracted from the user information section 511 or the like) is transmitted (transmitted) from the terminal displaying the user list screen 50 to the server device 30. Yes.

  The other user summary columns 520, 530 and the like have the same configuration as the above-described user summary column 510, so that the past summary of each of a plurality of users is displayed in the types of icons arranged in the past information column 512. It is possible to confirm at a glance, etc., and to easily grasp the presence / absence of going out. Further, the information arranged in the latest information column 512 has an advantage that the user's latest information can be confirmed while comparing with the past situation.

  A user status screen 60 shown in FIG. 19 is a screen that is displayed when any of the detail buttons 514, 524, 534, etc. is selected on the above-described user list screen 50, and the user's screen corresponding to the detail button 514, etc. It is a watching screen showing detailed information (FIG. 19 shows a user's situation according to the detailed button 514). The upper right side of the user status screen 60 and the upper part of the screen have the same configuration as the above-described user list screen 50 of FIG. 18, and the watching person in charge column 60a, logout button 60b, presentation information period column 60c, first An arrow button 60d and a second arrow button 60e are arranged, and these functions are the same as those in the user list screen 50. The user status screen 60 has a selectable return button 60f on the upper left side of the screen. When this return button 60f is selected, the display content returns to the user list screen 50 of FIG. In addition, other users can perform selection operations and the like.

  In the user status screen 60, a user information column 61 is arranged below the presentation information period column 60c, and below the detail columns 610, 620, and 630 showing the user status over a plurality of past days for each time zone. Place. The user information column 61 includes information equivalent to the user information portion 511 of the user list screen 50 of FIG. 18 described above, and includes a latest information column 62 indicating the latest information of the user. This latest information column 62 includes information equivalent to the information in the latest information column 512 on the user list screen 50 of FIG. including.

  Below the user information column 61, a third detail column 610 indicating the status of the user two days before the login date, a second detail column 620 indicating the status of the user one day before the login date, and the date of login A first detail column 630 indicating the most recent user situation is arranged. The first detail field 630 includes information indicating the user situation most recently determined at the time when the server device 30 transmits screen information corresponding to the user situation screen 60 (corresponding to user situation information).

  In the third detail column 610, the date and the maximum temperature / minimum temperature of the day are arranged in the upper row, and the maximum temperature / minimum temperature is the temperature of the day according to the third detail column 610 of the temperature DB 34, and the daily temperature DB (See FIG. 11) and arranged (same for the first detail column 630 and the second detail column 620). The past and latest information included in each of these detail columns 610 to 620 corresponds to information read from the temperature DB 34 and the watch DB 36.

  The third detail column 610 includes a physical condition column 610a, a television column 610b, and an air conditioner column 610c. An overview unit 610d is provided on the right side of each column, and the overview unit 610d includes a third detail column of the watching DB 36. “Response contents”, “TV power-on time”, “TV power-off time”, “TV level”, “Outing (corresponding to status information)” in the daily monitoring DB (see FIG. 14) according to 610, Information appropriately extracted from information stored in each item such as “air conditioner use time”, “air conditioner non-use time”, and “air conditioner level” is associated with the physical condition column 610a, the TV column 610b, and the air conditioner column 610c. It is arranged. If there is an outing, this is indicated in the outline section 610d. If there is an answer, any of the icons i10 to i30 corresponding to the answer is arranged in the physical condition column 610a, and there is no answer. In that case, text without an answer will be placed. The icons i1 and i2 may be arranged in the TV column 610b and the air conditioner column 610c corresponding to the overview unit 610d according to the information read from the daily watching DB, and when the icons i1 and i2 are arranged, the background pattern Alternatively, the color is made different from the others as in the case of the frame of the hourly status section 610e described later.

  Further, the third detail column 610 has an hourly status portion 610e on the right side of the overview portion 610d, and the hourly status portion 610d indicates the user's situation in an hourly frame, for example, determination Based on the table 34, the frame corresponding to the time zone corresponding to level 1 is given a pattern for level 1 to the frame corresponding to the time zone corresponding to level 2. A pattern for level 2 is attached to the frame, so that the operator can grasp at a glance from what time the level 1 or level 2 has been met. In the case of FIG. 19, the frames from 0:00 to around 18:30 in the hourly status section 610e corresponding to the TV column 610b of the third detail section 610 show patterns for level 1, and the third detail section The frames from 9:00 to 23:00 in the hourly status section 610e corresponding to the air conditioner column 610c of 610 show a pattern for level 2. In the present embodiment, the frame pattern is changed for each level, but it is of course possible to apply a form such as changing the color for each level.

  Also, in the physical condition column 610a of the hourly status section 610e, the time when the answer was made is shown (18:35 in FIG. 19), and in the TV column 610b and the air conditioner column 610c, either level 1 or level 2 is displayed. In the situation that does not correspond to the above, when there is a use, horizontal bars 63 and 64 corresponding to the time corresponding to the use are shown. The second detail column 620 one day before the login and the first detail column 630 indicating the status of the login date have the same configuration as the third detail column 610 described above. The user status screen 60 having such a configuration allows the operator to grasp the latest status of the user from the latest information column 62, and shows the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature for each day in each of the detail columns 610 to 630. There is an advantage in that it is easy to grasp the user situation, and it is also easy to grasp the change in the danger level (level 1 or level 2) of the user situation by time.

  Next, the watching system program 31 of the server device 30 shown in FIG. 8 will be described. The watching system program 31 corresponds to a server computer program for a server computer, and defines various processes performed by the MPU 30a in order to provide a watching service. Depending on the contents specified by the server computer program, the MPU 30a Functions as a means. The watching system program 31 of the present embodiment mainly defines two types of processing. The first is various information (power on / off information of the television device 10) transmitted mainly from the user side or the like. Information related to questionnaire responses, power consumption of the air conditioner 26, etc.) and the second is processing related to generation of screen information corresponding to various screens for operators (equivalent to information indicating user status). Etc.

  As processing contents concerning the first of the watching system program 31, the power on / off information of the television device 10 transmitted from the watching device 5 and the information related to the answer to the questionnaire screen 21 of FIG. When received and acquired by the communication module 30b, the MPU 30a performs a process of storing (storing) in the DB corresponding to the reception date in the above-described watching DB 36 (see the daily watching DB 36a shown in FIG. 14) together with the received date and time. It stipulates.

  For example, if power-on information or power-off information of the television device 10 is received as information indicating an operation notification, the daily monitoring DB 36a is referred to by referring to the device ID 8 and code (user ID) attached to the power information. In association with the code number (user ID), the power-on information or power-off information indicated by the received operation notification is stored together with the reception date and time in the item “TV power on / off time”.

  When the power-on information of the television apparatus 10 is received, the watching system program 31 uses the timer function of the MPU 30a to measure the elapsed time since the reception, and the daily watching DB 36a In the item “TV power-on time” (the item associated with the code number attached to the power-on information), a process for storing the time measured is defined (the time measurement by the MPU 30a is next performed by the television device 10). Until power off information is received. Similarly, when the watching system program 31 receives the power-off information of the television device 10, the elapsed time since the reception is received in the item "TV power-off time" in the daily watching DB 36a (in the power-off information). The control process stored in the MPU 30a is defined in the item associated with the attached code number (the MPU 30a continues counting until the power-on information of the television apparatus 10 is received).

  When the elapsed time is stored in any of the items “TV power on time” or “TV power off time” through the above-described processing of the MPU 30a, the stored elapsed time is stored in the television determination table of FIG. The system program 31 prescribes that the MPU 30a determines whether it corresponds to the level 1 or the level 2 by comparing with the determination condition of the unit 35b. As a result of the determination, if it is found that it corresponds to level 1 or level 2, the determined level is stored in the item of “TV level” in the daily watching DB 36a and corresponds to level 1 or level 2. If not, leave the “TV Level” field blank.

  Further, if an operation notification indicating an answer according to the selection operation of the first button 21a to the third button 21c on the questionnaire screen 21 in FIG. 4A is received and acquired, an apparatus attached to the operation notification is obtained. Referring to ID8 and code number, the content of the response (good, normal, bad) indicated by the received operation notification in the “response content” item is associated with the predetermined code number in the daily watch DB 36a together with the reception date and time. Store. Furthermore, if an operation notification including outing information is received, the device ID 8 and code number incidental to the operation notification are referred to, and the item is received in the item “outing” in association with the code number in the daily watching DB 36a. Stores the outing contents indicated by the outing information.

  Furthermore, if an operation notification indicating that there is no response operation on the questionnaire screen 21 is received, the device ID 8 and the code number incidental to the operation notification are referred to and associated with the code number in the daily watching DB 36a. "No answer" is stored together with the reception date and time in the item "."

  When the communication module 30b receives and acquires the power consumption of the air conditioner 26 detected by the HEMS power tap 4 (corresponding to the operating status information indicating the operating status of the air conditioner 26), the received power consumption is temporarily The system program 31 observes that the MPU 30a performs processing for comparison with the threshold values A and B stored in the RAM 30c and stored in the threshold value table 39. It should be noted that the comparison with the threshold value A is initially performed, and when the power consumption stored in the RAM 30c is equal to or greater than the threshold value A, the air conditioner 26 is determined to be in use, and the MPU 30a is defined as the elapsed time from the determination time. Timed using its own timer function, and timed to the item of “air conditioner use time” (item associated with the code number corresponding to the tap ID attached to the power consumption) in the daily watch DB 36a. A process for storing time is defined (the time measurement of the MPU 30a is continued until it is determined to be in an unused state).

  Once it is determined that the air conditioner 26 is in use, the system program 31 watches the MPU 30a performing processing to compare the power consumption received by the communication module 30b and stored in the RAM 30c with the threshold value B at any time. Stipulate. When the power consumption stored in the RAM 30c is equal to or less than the threshold value B, the air conditioner 26 is determined to be in a non-use state, and the MPU 30a counts the elapsed time from the determination time using its own timer function, The process of storing the time measured in the item of “air conditioner non-use time” (item associated with the code number corresponding to the tap ID attached to the power consumption) in the daily watch DB 36a is defined. (The MPU 30a keeps counting until the next use state is determined). After determining that the state is not in use, the MPU 30a then compares the threshold A with the power consumption stored in the RAM 30c.

  Then, when the elapsed time is stored in the item of “air conditioner usage time” through the processing of the MPU 30a described above, the stored elapsed time is determined as a determination condition relating to the continuous usage time of the air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG. The system program 31 stipulates that the MPU 30a determines whether it falls under level 1 or level 2 as a user status determination unit. As a result of the determination, if it is determined that the level corresponds to level 1 or level 2, the determined level is stored in the item of “air conditioner level” in the daily watching DB 36a.

  On the other hand, when the elapsed time is stored in the item “air conditioner non-use time” through the processing of the MPU 30a described above, the daily temperature DB 34a having the same date as the stored daily monitoring DB 36a is selected from the temperature DB 34. The temperature stored in the item “maximum temperature” of the identified daily temperature DB 34a is specified, and the elapsed time stored in the item of the specified temperature (maximum temperature) and “air conditioner non-use time” Compared with the determination condition related to the continuous non-use time of the air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG. 12, the system program 31 watches that the MPU 30a determines whether it corresponds to the level 1 or the level 2 as the determination unit of the user situation. Stipulate. As a result of the determination, if it is determined that the level corresponds to level 1 or level 2, the determined level is stored in the item of “air conditioner level” in the daily watching DB 36a. Note that if the air conditioner determination process does not correspond to level 1 or level 2, the item “air conditioner level” is left blank.

  The above-described determination process regarding the television level or the air conditioner level by the MPU 30a is performed every time new information is received. If the determination result is different from the previous one, the determination result is updated as needed.

  When the watching system program 31 receives the power-on information of the television apparatus 10 for the presentation of the answer screen 22 and the like in FIG. 4B, the power-on information is stored in the daily watching DB 36a for the first time. A process for determining whether or not the power is on is defined. When the received power-on information is the first power-on in one day, it is determined from the watch DB 36 according to the received code (user ID). Information stored in the “transmission contents” item for the most recent multiple days (for example, for 5 days) is read out as response history information (see response history information 22a in the response screen 22 of FIG. 4B). The watching system program 31 defines that processing to be transmitted to the watching device 5 of the access source is performed.

  On the other hand, screen information (corresponding to user status information) including screen page data related to monitoring that is based on the information accumulated in the monitoring DB 36 described above is generated as processing contents related to the second of the monitoring system program 31 and is transmitted through the web page. It defines various processes to be provided to each operator. In such a process, the watching system program 31 first defines the login process of the operator. Specifically, when the URL related to the website for the operator is accessed, the watching system program 31 A process of transmitting screen information including screen page data corresponding to the top page screen 41 shown in FIG. 17 (corresponding to login screen information) to the access source is defined.

  When receiving the operator ID and password (corresponding to the identification information on the watching side) transmitted from the access source in response to the transmission of the screen page data (screen information) for the top page screen 41, the operator table shown in FIG. 33, the watching system program 31 defines a process in which the MPU 30a determines whether or not there is an operator ID and password that match the received operator ID and password. When the received ID and password do not match those stored in the operator table 33, the MPU 30a performs a control process of transmitting screen page data of the web page indicating that the operator ID and password are re-input to the access source. The system program 31 regulates what to do.

  If the maximum temperature and minimum temperature are not received even if the operator ID and password are received, the operator ID, password, maximum temperature, and minimum temperature are re-entered without determining whether the operator ID and password match. The system program 31 stipulates that the MPU 30a performs a control process for transmitting screen page data (data corresponding to the top page screen) of the web page indicating that it is to be performed to the access source.

  When the received operator ID and password coincide with those stored in the operator table 33, and when the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature are also received, the watching system program 31 indicates that the accessing operator is in a login completion state. To. When the server device 30 (MPU 30a) receives and acquires the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature through the login process using the top page screen 41, the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature are used as the environmental temperature of the user. (The presentation of the top page screen 41 to the operator corresponds to the environmental temperature acquisition means).

  The MPU 30a performs processing to store the received maximum temperature and minimum temperature in the temperature DB 34 in association with the operator ID in the daily temperature DB 34a corresponding to the login date, and is in charge of the logged-in operator. List screen information (corresponding to user status information) corresponding to the user list screen corresponding to the user (see the user list screen 50 shown in FIG. 18) is generated and transmitted (sent) to the operator terminal t1 or the like as the access source. The system program 31 observes that the processing is performed by the MPU 30a.

  In the generation / transmission processing of the list screen information including the screen page data corresponding to the user list screen, first, a system for watching the MPU 30a identifies the group corresponding to the matched operator ID from the “group in charge” of the operator table 33. Program 31 defines. Then, the watching system program 31 reads all the information (code, name, phone number, date of birth, sex, family member, etc.) from the user DB 32 for all users belonging to the specified group (code numbers corresponding to user IDs). It is defined that the MPU 30a reads out information (address, district, etc.) and generates user information sections 511, 521, 531 and the like for each user in the user list screen (for example, the user list screen 50 in FIG. 18).

  Furthermore, the watching system program 31 sets the daily watching DB for the most recent five days included in the watching DB 36 (for example, the day shown in FIG. 11) for all users belonging to the specified group (code number corresponding to the user ID). The MPU 30a identifies information stored in items such as “response contents”, “TV level”, and “air conditioner level” in the watching DB 36a), and a user list screen (for example, the user in FIG. 18) based on the identified information. It is defined that the past information column 512 for each user in the list screen 50) is generated.

  In the generation of the past information column 512 or the like, the MPU 30a determines whether or not to place a text for going out based on the information stored in the “outing” item of the daily watching DB for 5 days for the going out column 510a. The physical condition column 510b is determined based on the contents stored in the “response contents” item of the daily monitoring DB for five days, from the physical condition icon table unit 38b of FIG. 13B. The MPU 30a determines which of the icons i10 to i30 is used.

  Further, for the TV column 510c, the icons i1, i2 from the level icon table unit 38a of FIG. 13A are based on the contents stored in the item “TV level” of the daily watching DB for five days. The MPU 30a determines which of these is used. At this time, referring to the items of “TV power on time” and “TV power off time” in the daily watching DB, level 1 by either continuous use (power on) or continuous non-use (power off). Alternatively, the MPU 30a also determines whether it is level 2, and uses the text indicating the specified state (continuous use or non-use).

  Further, for the air conditioner column 510d, the icons i1 and i2 are displayed from the level icon table unit 38a of FIG. 13A based on the contents stored in the “air conditioner level” item of the daily watching DB for five days. The MPU 30a determines which of these is used. Also, at this time, refer to the items of “Air-conditioner use time” and “Air-conditioner non-use time” in the daily watching DB, and specify whether it is level 1 or level 2 due to continuous use or non-use Then, the MPU 30a determines that the text indicating the specified state (continuous use or non-use) is also used.

  In addition, for the latest information column 512, “going out”, “answer contents”, “TV power on time”, “TV power off time”, “TV level”, “TV level”, “ The information stored in each item of “air conditioner use time” and “air conditioner non-use time” is specified, and the specified information is arranged in association with the outing column 510a, the physical condition column 510b, the television column 510c, and the air conditioner column 510d. The MPU 30a finally generates list screen information including screen page data corresponding to the user list screen 50 shown in FIG. 18, and transmits the generated list screen information to the logged-in operator terminal t1 and the like. The MPU 30a controls processing to be performed.

  When the server system 30 receives the user selection information (information including the code number (user ID) of the selected user) indicating that the user has been selected in response to the transmission of the list screen information. The MPU 30a generates screen information (corresponding to user status information) corresponding to the user status screen (for example, the user status screen 60 shown in FIG. 19) related to the user indicated by the user selection information, and transmits it to the transmission source of the user selection information. It is transmitted (sent) to the operator terminal t1 and the like related to the logged-in operator.

  In the generation of screen information according to the user status screen (for example, the user status screen 60 shown in FIG. 19), the MPU 30a has a plurality of days arranged in the user information column 61 and the user status screen 60 including the latest information column 62. Information related to the physical condition column 610a, TV column 610b, air conditioner column 610c, etc. included in the daily detail columns 610, 620, 630, etc. ”,“ Response contents ”,“ TV power on time ”,“ TV power off time ”,“ TV level ”,“ Air conditioner use time ”,“ Air conditioner non-use time ”and“ Air conditioner level ”. In addition to extraction, the maximum temperature / minimum temperature for the three most recent days from the time of login is specified and extracted from the daily temperature DB 34 in the temperature DB 34, and a user as shown in FIG. It will be performed to generate the screen information including the screen page data corresponding to the status screen 60.

  In the generation of the user status screen 60, specifying and using the icons i1, i2, i10 to i30 is equivalent to the case of generating the user list screen 50 described above. In addition, the hourly status section 610e on the user status screen 60 also specifies the frame pattern for each hour, such as “TV power on time”, “TV power off time”, “TV level”, “air conditioner use” in the daily watch DB. The MPU 30a makes a determination based on information stored in the items of “time”, “air conditioner non-use time”, and “air conditioner level”, and the MPU 30a performs control to add the determined pattern to the frame for each time. Further, for time zones that do not correspond to each level, the MPU 30a generates a horizontal bar corresponding to each time with reference to the times stored in the items "TV power on time" and "Air conditioner use time" in the watching DB. It will be.

  According to the regulations of the watching system program 31, the MPU 30a generates screen information corresponding to a user situation screen (for example, the user situation screen 60 shown in FIG. 19) including various information as described above, and transmits user selection information. It is transmitted (sent) to the operator terminal t1 and the like.

  FIG. 20 shows a main internal configuration of an example of an operator terminal 100 (indicated by reference numeral 100 in FIG. 20) among the operator terminals t1 to tn in the monitoring service (monitoring system 1) shown in FIG. Since t1 to tn and the like display various screens related to the monitoring work to the operator, they correspond to the communicable monitoring terminal devices. Further, as an example of the operator terminal 100 shown in FIG. 20, a general personal computer having a communication function is applied, and an internal connection line 100h is connected to a CPU 100a (processor 100a) that performs overall control and various processes. The communication module 100b, the RAM 100c, the ROM 100d, the input interface 100e, the output interface 100f, the video memory 100g, and various devices such as an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 100k are connected to each other.

  The communication module 100b of the operator terminal 100 corresponds to a communication unit and performs communication processing via a network. In the present embodiment, by receiving and receiving various screen information (corresponding to user status information) from the server device 30. Based on the acquired various screen information, the operation contents received while the watching screen is displayed are transmitted. The RAM 100c temporarily stores information, data, files and the like accompanying the processing of the CPU 100a. The ROM 100d stores a program that defines basic processing of the CPU 100a.

  The input interface 100i is connected to a keyboard, a mouse, and the like operated by an operator, and performs a process of receiving an operation instruction from the operator and transmitting it to the CPU 100a. A display 100j is connected to the output interface 100f, and various screens corresponding to the screen information acquired by the output interface 100f are displayed on the display 100j.

  The video memory 100g of the operator terminal 100 is used when generating screen contents to be displayed on the display 100j. The screen information from the server device 30 is temporarily stored, and various kinds of information are generated based on the screen information. Used as work memory for generating screen contents.

  Also, programs such as the OS program 101 and the terminal program 102 are stored (installed) in the HDD 100g of the operator terminal 100. The OS program 101 is a basic program corresponding to an operating system, and defines the processing of the CPU 100a for the operator terminal 100 to function as a personal computer.

  The terminal program 102 defines various processes performed by the CPU 100a in order to cause the operator terminal 100 to function as a display terminal for the operator. Etc. are also included. The terminal program 102 is installed by downloading through a network. However, the terminal program 102 may be stored in a storage medium and installed through the storage medium.

  When the terminal program 102 is activated, it is defined that the CPU 100a performs control so that the server device 30 can be accessed using the communication module 100b. Further, the terminal program 102 receives the screen information (top page information) including the screen page data for the top page screen sent from the server device 30 in response to the establishment of the connection with the server device 30 by the access, and the communication module 100b. The CPU 100a performs control to store the received screen information for the top page screen in the video memory 100g and generate the top page screen 41 shown in FIG. 17 based on the stored screen information, and displays it on the display 100j. It is specified that display is output.

  In addition, on the top page screen 41 of FIG. 17, a predetermined input is made to the operator ID input field 41a, the PW (password) input field 41b, the maximum temperature input field 41d, and the minimum temperature input field 41e, and the login button When the selection operation (login operation) of 41c is received, the terminal that the CPU 100a performs control to transmit the information input to each of the input fields 41a, 41b, 41d, and 41e to the server device 30 using the communication module 100b. The program 102 defines.

  When the communication module 100b receives and acquires list screen information (corresponding to user status information) including screen page data for the user list screen sent from the server device 30 in response to the transmission of the input information, the acquisition is performed. The terminal program 102 defines that the CPU 100a performs control for temporarily storing the list screen information in the video memory 100g. Then, based on the screen page data of the screen information stored in the video memory 100g, the CPU 100a performs control to generate a user list screen corresponding to the watching screen (for example, the user list screen 50 shown in FIG. 18), and the display 100j The terminal program 102 stipulates that the terminal program 102 display the output. When generating the user list screen 50, the CPU 100a indicates the state corresponding to the level 1 or level 2 included in the list screen information with the icons i1 and i2, and from “good” to “good” included in the list screen information. The physical condition information indicating “bad” is indicated by physical condition icons (icons i10 to i30).

  Further, in a state where a user list screen (hereinafter described in the case of the user list screen 50 in FIG. 18) is displayed on the display 100j, a detail button 514 arranged on the right side of each user summary column 510, 520, 530, etc. When a selection operation from the operator is accepted for any of 524, 534, etc., using the communication module 100b, user selection information including the code number (user ID) for which the selection operation has been performed is displayed as a request instruction on the user status screen. The terminal program 102 defines that the CPU 100a performs control to be transmitted to the server device 30 as (user status screen request).

  When screen information (corresponding to user status information) including screen page data corresponding to the user status screen is acquired by reception in response to the transmission of the user selection information, the acquired screen information is temporarily stored in the video memory 100g. The terminal program 102 defines that the CPU 100a performs control. Then, based on the screen page data of the acquired screen information, the CPU 100a performs processing for generating a user status screen corresponding to the watching screen and controlling display output to the display 100j, and a user status screen corresponding to the selected user. The terminal program 102 stipulates that (for example, the user status screen 60 shown in FIG. 19) be displayed and output. In addition, when generating the user status screen 60, the CPU 100a performs a process of arranging the icons i1, i2, i10 to i30 as in the case of generating the user list screen 50 described above.

  When the selection operation of the “return” button 60f is accepted while the user status screen 60 is displayed, an instruction to return to the user list screen (return instruction) is transmitted to the server device 30 using the communication module 100b. The terminal program 102 defines that the control is performed by the CPU 100a. When the screen information for the user list screen is received along with the transmission of the instruction to return to the user list screen, the same process as described above is performed and the user list screen is displayed again.

  Finally, when the user list screen 50 or the user status screen 60 is displayed and the logout buttons 50b and 60b are selected, a control for transmitting a logout instruction to the server device 30 using the communication module 100b is performed. The terminal program 102 defines what the CPU 100a does. When the screen page data for the top page screen is received along with the transmission of the logout instruction, the terminal program 102 defines that the top page screen 41 of FIG. 17 is generated and displayed / outputted again.

  21 to 29 are first to ninth flowcharts showing a series of processing procedures of the watching method of the present embodiment, and show the flow of processing of the server device 30 and the operator terminal 100 described above in the watching system 1. Hereinafter, the processing procedure of the watching method will be described in accordance with each flowchart.

  First, the first flowchart shown in FIG. 21 shows an overall outline of processing related to the generation of the watching DB 36 in the server device 30. First, the server device 30 of the television device 10 acquired from the watching device 5 on the user side. Perform TV-related processing based on various information such as power on / off and answer status to questions (S1), and then determine the operating status of the air conditioner (air conditioner 26) based on the power consumption acquired from the HEMS power tap 4 Perform processing (S2), then perform temperature acquisition processing associated with login processing by access from the operator side (S3), and watch the information (level judgment results, etc.) indicating the results of the processing of S1 to S3 described above Store in the DB 36 (S4). Note that the server device 30 continuously performs the processes in steps S1 to S4 shown in the first flowchart of FIG. 21 in parallel and repeatedly performs the entire process of the first flowchart. The information stored in the stage watching DB 36 always stores the latest information, and the watching DB 36 is updated as needed.

  The second and third flowcharts shown in FIGS. 22 and 23 show the specific contents of the television-related processing at the stage S1 in the first flowchart described above. First, in the second flowchart of FIG. 22, the server device 30 watches the power-on information, which is a power-on operation notification, and determines whether it has been received from the device 5 (S10), and does not receive the power-on information. (S10: NO), waiting for reception. If the power-on information is received (S10: YES), the server device 30 starts measuring the power-on continuation time (S11), and then the measured time is defined by the television determination table unit 35b in FIG. It is determined whether or not 15 hours, which is a lower limit condition of level 1 corresponding to the continuous power-on time, has been exceeded (S12). Note that the RAM 30c is temporarily stored as a work area when measuring the time, and the measured time is stored in the item “TV power on time” in the watching DB 36 (see FIG. 14).

  When the time exceeds 15 hours (S12: YES), the server device 30 next measures the level 2 condition according to the power-on continuous time defined by the television determination table unit 35b of FIG. It is determined whether or not the elapsed time exceeds 24 hours (S13). If it does not exceed 24 hours (S13: NO), the measured time will eventually fall within the range of 15 hours or more and less than 24 hours, so that the television device is in accordance with the provisions of the television determination table unit 35b of FIG. The server apparatus 30 determines that the user situation based on the power-on state of 10 is level 1 (S15).

  On the other hand, if the measured time exceeds 24 hours (S13: YES), the server apparatus determines that the user status based on the power-on state of the television device 10 is level 2 in accordance with the provisions of the television determination table unit 35b in FIG. 30 is determined (S14). Note that the determined level (level 1 or level 2) is stored in the item “TV level” of the watch-over DB 36 (see FIG. 14) as the process of step S4 in the first flowchart of FIG.

  And after the determination of level 1 or level 2 (after S14 or S15), or when the time measured in the step of S12 mentioned above does not exceed 15 hours (S12: NO), the server device 30 Then, it is determined whether or not the power-off information, which is a power-off operation notification, has been received from the device 5 (S16). If the power-off information has not been received (S16: NO), the process returns to the step S12. If the power-off information is received (S16: YES), the process proceeds to the third flowchart shown in FIG.

  In the third flowchart of FIG. 23, the server device 30 resets the time measured from the reception of the power-on information counted by the RAM 30c and receives the power-off information in response to the reception of the power-off information described above. The measurement of the continuation time from this time is started (S20). Further, the time measured is stored in the item of “TV power off time” in the watching DB 36, and the time measured is in accordance with the continuous time of power off specified by the television determination table unit 35b of FIG. It is then determined whether or not 24 hours, which is the lower limit condition of level 1, has been exceeded (S21).

  When 24 hours have been exceeded (S21: YES), the server device 30 next counts the level 2 condition according to the continuous power-off time defined by the television determination table unit 35b of FIG. It is determined whether the elapsed time exceeds 48 hours (S22). If it does not exceed 48 hours (S22: NO), the measured time will eventually fall within the range of 24 hours or more and less than 48 hours. The server apparatus 30 determines that the user situation based on the power-off state of 10 is level 1 (S24).

  On the other hand, when the measured time exceeds 48 hours (S22: YES), the server apparatus determines that the user status based on the power-off state of the television apparatus 10 is level 2 in accordance with the regulations in the television determination table unit 35b of FIG. 30 determines (S23). The determined level (level 1 or level 2) is stored in the item “TV level” in the watching DB 36, as in the case described above. And after the determination of level 1 or level 2 (after S23 or S24), or when the time measured in the stage of S21 mentioned above does not exceed 24 hours (S21: NO), the server device 30 Then, it is determined whether or not the power-on information that is the power-on operation notification is received from the device 5 (S25).

  When the power-on information is not received (S25: NO), the process returns to the step S21. When the power-on information is received (S25: YES), the time counted from the time when the power-off information is received is reset (S26), and the step of S11 in the second flowchart of FIG. The processing returns from the time of reception to timekeeping. By performing the processing in the second and third flowcharts as described above, it is possible to determine the level of the user's situation based on the power-on / off state of the television device 10.

  The fourth flowchart shown in FIG. 24 also shows the specific contents of the television-related processing at the stage S1 in the first flowchart described above, and relates to the answer to the question asking the user's physical condition on the questionnaire screen 21 in FIG. Indicates the processing contents. It is assumed that the processes of the second and third flowcharts and the fourth flowchart shown in FIG. The server device 30 first determines whether or not the operation notification related to the answer has been received from the device 5 (S30), and if the operation notification related to the answer is not received (S30: NO), the server device 30 is in a reception waiting state. When the operation notification related to the answer is received (S30: YES), the user's physical condition (good, normal, bad, no answer, etc.) is specified based on the answer status indicated by the operation notification (S31). The received answer (including the specified physical condition) is stored in the “answer content” item in the daily watching DB 36a.

  Then, the server device 30 determines whether or not 0 o'clock has passed (S32), and when 0 o'clock has not passed (S32: NO), it waits for elapse of 0 o'clock, and has passed 0 o'clock. If it is (S32: YES), the process returns to the first stage (S30), and the server device 30 waits for an operation notification related to the user's answer on the next day.

  The fifth flowchart shown in FIG. 25 shows the specific contents of the determination process of the operating status (use state or non-use state) of the air conditioner (air conditioner 26) at the stage S2 in the first flowchart described above. In the fifth flowchart, it is assumed that the air conditioner (air conditioner 26) is not in operation at the first start. In the fifth flowchart, the server device 30 determines whether or not the power consumption is received from the HEMS power tap 4 (S40), and if not received (S40: NO), the server 30 waits for reception.

  When the power consumption is received (S40: YES), the server device 30 determines whether or not the received (acquired) power consumption is equal to or higher than the higher threshold A included in the threshold table 39. Judgment is made (S41). When it is not equal to or greater than the threshold value A (S41: NO), the server device 30 determines that the air conditioner (air conditioner 26) is not in use (S45). If the power consumption is equal to or greater than the threshold A (S41: YES), the server device 30 determines that the air conditioner (air conditioner 26) is in use (S42). And the time measurement of the continuous time from the time of judging that it is a use state is started (S43). Note that the RAM 30c is temporarily stored as a work area when measuring the time, and the measured time is stored in the item “air conditioner use time” of the watch DB 36 (see FIG. 14).

  Then, the server device 30 determines whether or not the received power consumption is equal to or lower than the lower threshold value B included in the threshold value table 39 (S44). If it is not less than or equal to the threshold value B (S44: NO), the comparison between the power consumption obtained sequentially and the threshold value B is continued. When the power consumption is equal to or less than the threshold value B (S44: YES), the server device 30 determines that the air conditioner (air conditioner 26) is not in use (S45).

  When it is determined that the server is not in use, the server device 30 starts measuring the continuous time from when it is determined that the server is not in use (S46). Note that the RAM 30c is temporarily stored as a work area when measuring the time, and the measured time is stored in the item “air conditioner non-use time” of the watch DB 36. Then, the server device 30 determines again whether or not the received power consumption is equal to or greater than the threshold value A (S47). When the threshold value A is not exceeded (S47: NO), the comparison between the sequentially acquired power consumption and the threshold value A is continued. If the power consumption is equal to or greater than the threshold A (S47: YES), the process returns to the step S42 and the process is continued.

  As described above, according to the present invention, the power consumption detected by the HEMS power tap 4 is transmitted to the server device 30, and the power tap is compared with the threshold (threshold A or B). Since it is determined whether the electric device (for example, the air conditioner 26) inserted into the tap 4 is in use or not in use, the server can be remotely connected without giving the determination target electric device a special function. The apparatus 30 is characterized in that the use / non-use state can be determined.

  The sixth flowchart shown in FIG. 26 shows the processing procedure of the server device 30 for the login operation from the operator, and in the present invention, the temperature is acquired from the operator side. This relates to the stage of S3 in the first flowchart of FIG. 21 (temperature acquisition process associated with the login process).

  First, the operator terminal 100 that is a watching terminal device accesses the server device 30 that is a watching determination device (S50), while the server device 30 determines whether or not access has been received from each operator terminal. If the access is not received (S60: NO), the access is waited. If the access is received (S60: YES), the top page information of the operator website (top page screen) The top page information (screen information) including the screen page data corresponding to is transmitted to the access source operator terminal 100 (S61).

  When receiving the top page information (screen information), the operator terminal 100 generates the top page screen 41 of FIG. 17 using the received top page information, and displays it on the display 100j (S51). The operator terminal 100 then inputs an ID, password, maximum temperature, and minimum temperature to the operator ID input field 41a, PW (password) input field 41b, maximum temperature input field 41d, and minimum temperature input field 41e by the operator. It is determined whether or not the selection operation (login operation) of the login button 41c has been accepted (S52). When the login operation is not accepted (S52: NO), the login operation is waited. When the login operation is accepted (S52: YES), the login operation is performed together with the information input in each input field 41b. To the server device 30 (S53).

  The server device 30 determines whether or not a login operation including an operator ID and a password has been received (S62), and when it has not received a login operation (S62: NO), the login operation When waiting for a login operation (S62: YES), one of the plurality of operator IDs and passwords stored in the operator table 33 in FIG. 10 that matches the received operator ID and password And whether the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature have been transmitted (S63).

  When the matching operator ID and password are not found (S63: NO), the server device 30 returns to the process of transmitting the top page information to the access source operator terminal 100 again (S61). Then, the top page screen 41 as shown in FIG. 17 is displayed again (the processing of the operator terminal 100 also returns to the stage of S51). Also, when the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature have not been transmitted (S63: NO), the server device 30 again sends the top page information to the access source operator terminal 100, as in the case where the operator ID and password do not match. Returning to the process of transmission (S61), the top page screen 41 is displayed again on the operator terminal 100 to give an opportunity to input the maximum temperature / minimum temperature.

  On the other hand, when a matching operator ID and password are found in the operator table 33 and the maximum temperature / minimum temperature is also transmitted (S63: YES), login is completed and the server device 30 acquires the acquired maximum temperature / minimum temperature. The temperature is stored in the items of “maximum temperature” and “maximum temperature” in association with the operator ID matched with the daily temperature DB (see the daily temperature DB 34a in FIG. 11) according to the login time in the temperature DB 34. In step S64, the air conditioner operating status and temperature level determination process is performed.

  Further, the server device 30 identifies the group handled by the matching operator ID from the operator table 33 in FIG. 10 for the logged-in operator, and stores all the users (code numbers) belonging to the identified group in the user DB 32. List screen information corresponding to the user list screen (for example, the user list screen 50 in FIG. 18) is generated based on the stored various user information and the information stored in the daily monitoring DB 36a for a plurality of days in the monitoring DB 36 (S66). ).

  In the generation of the list screen information, based on the levels 1 and 2 stored in the items of “TV level” and “air conditioner level” of the daily watching DB 36a for a plurality of days, the level icon table part of FIG. From FIG. 16B, the icons i1 and i2 used for the list screen are specified from 38a, and “good”, “normal”, and “bad” of “response contents” of the daily monitoring DB 36a for a plurality of days are used. The icons i10 to i30 used for the list screen are specified from the physical condition icon table unit 38b, and the specified icons and the like are included in the list screen information. It transmits to the terminal 100 (S67).

  The server device 30 temporarily stores the generated list screen information in the RAM 30c so that it can be reused when the list screen information is generated again at a later stage. Compared to the case of generating information, the processing burden is not reduced. Further, the server device 30 temporarily stores the operator ID and password of the logged-in operator in the RAM 30c so that the operator ID and the like of the logged-in operator can be referred to when other processing is performed.

  Upon receiving the list screen information (corresponding to the watch notification information including the screen page data), the operator terminal 100 generates a user list screen (for example, the user list screen 50 shown in FIG. 18) based on the received list screen information. The display is then output on the display 100j (S54). In the generation of the user list screen by the operator terminal 100, the user summary fields 510, 520, 530, etc. are generated based on the user information included in the list screen information, and the level is determined based on the data of each icon included in the list screen information. Icons (icons i1 and 2) and physical condition icons (icons i10 to i30) are arranged on the screen in correspondence with dates. It will be. If outing information indicating going out is also included, the information is arranged on the screen in association with the date. By displaying the user list screen generated in this way, each user icon and text indicating going out are also displayed in the user list screen as shown in FIG. You can get a quick overview of multiple users over a period of time.

  The seventh flowchart of FIG. 27 shows a specific processing procedure of the level determination process (level determination process based on the operating status and temperature of the air conditioner) at the stage of S65 in the above-described sixth flowchart. First, in the seventh flowchart, the server device 30 determines whether or not the electrical device (air conditioner 26) is in a use state through the processing of the fifth flowchart in FIG. 25 (S70). When the air conditioner 26 is in use (S70: YES), the time counted in the step S43 of the fifth flowchart is level 1 corresponding to the continuous use time defined in the air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG. It is determined whether or not 24 hours or more, which is a lower limit condition, has been reached (S12).

  If the counted time is not more than 24 hours (S71: NO), it is determined that the user is not in a dangerous state for determining the level, and the process returns to the first step S70. On the other hand, if the measured time is 24 hours or more (S71: YES), then the measured time that is the level 2 condition corresponding to the continuous use time defined in the air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG. It is determined whether or not has reached 48 hours or more (S72). If it is not 48 hours or longer (S72: NO), the timekeeping time will eventually fall within the range of 24 hours or more and less than 48 hours. The server apparatus 30 determines that the user status based on the usage state is level 1 (S74).

  If the timekeeping time is 48 hours or longer (S72: YES), the server device 30 determines that the user status based on the use state of the air conditioner 26 is level 2 in accordance with the rules of the air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG. Determine (S73). The determined level (level 1 or level 2) is stored in the item “air conditioner level” of the watching DB 36 (see FIG. 14).

  Then, after the determination of level 1 or level 2 (after S73 or S74), the server device 30 performs the processing of the fifth flowchart of FIG. 25 to determine whether or not the electrical device (air conditioner 26) is in an unused state. Is determined (S75). If the air conditioner 26 is not in a non-use state (S75: NO), the process returns to the step of S72 (a step of determining whether or not the counted time has reached 48 hours or more).

  On the other hand, if the air conditioner 26 is not in use (S75: YES), and if it is determined in step S70 that the air conditioner 26 is not in use (S70: NO), the server device 30 is a logged-in operator. The highest temperature associated with the ID is specified from the daily temperature DB 34a (see FIG. 11) corresponding to the login date and time included in the temperature DB 34, and the specified temperature is 15 ° C. or lower, and FIG. Whether or not the time measured in the step S46 in the fifth flowchart is 24 hours or more, which is a condition relating to the level 1 time corresponding to the continuous non-use time defined in the air conditioning equipment determination table unit 35a of FIG. Is determined (S76).

  When the maximum temperature specified from the daily temperature DB 34a is not 15 ° C. or lower, or when the timekeeping time is not 24 hours or longer (S76: NO), the user's situation based on the temperature and the non-use state of the air conditioner determines the level. Assuming that there is no danger, the process returns to the first step S70.

  On the other hand, when the maximum temperature is 15 ° C. or less and the time keeping time is 24 hours or more (S76: YES), the server device 30 determines whether or not the maximum temperature is 10 ° C. or less. (S77). When the maximum temperature is not 10 ° C. or lower (S77: NO), the maximum temperature exceeds 10 ° C. and is 15 ° C. or lower, and the time of continuous non-use is 24 hours or longer. The server device 30 determines that the user status based on the non-use state of the air conditioner 26 is level 1 in accordance with the regulations of the device determination table unit 35a (S79).

  When the maximum temperature is 10 ° C. or lower (S77: YES), the maximum temperature is 10 ° C. or lower and the time of continuous non-use is 24 hours or longer, so the air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG. In accordance with the regulations, the server device 30 determines that the user status based on the non-use state of the air conditioner 26 is level 2 (S78). The level determined in this way (level 1 or level 2) is stored in the item of “air conditioner level” in the watching DB 36, and after the level determination, the process returns to the step of S70.

  The list screen information generation process in the step S66 described with reference to the sixth flowchart in FIG. 26 is performed after the user situation is determined in accordance with the seventh flowchart in FIG. When it is determined as 1 or 2, it is performed after level 1 or level 2 is stored in the item “air conditioner level” of the watching DB 36.

  The eighth flowchart of FIG. 28 shows the details of one user in a state (S54) in which the user list screen (for example, the user list screen 50 shown in FIG. 18) is displayed on the operator terminal 100 in the sixth flowchart of FIG. In order to confirm the above, a processing procedure in the case where there is a user selection operation by the operator is shown. First, the operator terminal 100 determines whether any selection of the detail button 514 or the like on the user list screen 50 has been received (S80). When selection of the detail button 514 or the like corresponding to any one of the users is received (S80: YES), user selection information indicating that the user corresponding to the selected detail button 514 or the like has been selected is transmitted to the server device 30 ( S81).

  After transmitting the list screen information in the sixth flowchart of FIG. 26 (S67), the server device 30 is in a state of determining whether or not the user selection information has been received (S90), and has received the user selection information. If so (S90: YES), screen information of the user status screen for the user corresponding to the received user selection information is generated (S91), and the generated screen information is transmitted to the operator terminal 100 that is the transmission source of the screen request information. (S92).

  When the operator terminal 100 receives the screen information transmitted from the server device 30, the operator terminal 100 generates a user status screen (for example, the user status screen 60 shown in FIG. 19) based on the received screen information, and displays it on the display 100j. (S92). Note that after the steps S82 and S92, the process proceeds to a process of a ninth flowchart shown in FIG. 29 described later.

  Even in the stage of generating the user situation screen by the operator terminal 100 (S82), the level icons (icons i1, i2) and the physical condition icons (icons i10 to i30) are based on the data of each icon included in the screen information. ) In correspondence with the daily physical condition columns 610a to 630a, the television columns 610b to 630b, and the air conditioner columns 610c to 630c in the screen. To be able to confirm.

  On the other hand, if the selection of the detail button 514 or the like on the user list screen 50 is not accepted at the first step S80 of the eighth flowchart of FIG. 28 (S80: NO), has the operator terminal 100 accepted the selection operation of the logout button 50b? It is determined whether or not (S83). If the selection operation of the logout button 50b is not accepted (S83: NO), the process returns to the first step S80, and the operator terminal 100 determines whether or not the selection of any one of the detail buttons 514 on the user list screen 50 is accepted again. Will judge. When the selection operation of the logout button 50b is accepted (S83: YES), the operator terminal 100 transmits a logout instruction to the server device 30 (S84).

  If the server device 30 does not receive the user selection information at the first stage (S90) of the eighth flowchart of FIG. 28 (S90: NO), it determines whether or not a logout instruction has been received next. If the logout instruction has not been received (S93: NO), the process returns to the step of determining whether or not the first user selection information has been received (S90). When a logout instruction is received (S93: YES), logout processing for canceling the login status by the operator is performed, and the top page information corresponding to the top page screen 41 shown in FIG. 17 is transmitted to the operator terminal 100 of the logged out operator. (S94). By the logout process and the transmission of the top page information, the server device 30 temporarily ends the process for the operator who performed the login.

  When receiving the top page information sent from the server device 30, the operator terminal 100 generates a top page screen 41 shown in FIG. 17 based on the received top page information and displays it on the display 100j (S85). With the display of the top page screen 41, the operator terminal 100 also once completes a process from login to logout.

  FIG. 29 is a ninth flowchart showing the processing from the stage (S82) when the user situation screen (for example, the user situation screen 60 shown in FIG. 19) is displayed in the eighth flowchart of FIG. The processing contents for various operations are shown, and will be described below when the user status screen 60 of FIG. 19 is displayed.

  First, it is determined whether or not the selection operation of the return button 60f is accepted in the state where the user status screen 60 is displayed (S100). When the selection operation of the return button 60f is received (S100: YES), the operator terminal 100 transmits a return instruction to the server device 30 (S101).

  Further, the server device 30 is in a stage of determining whether or not a return instruction has been received (S110), and when a return instruction has been received (S110: YES), the server apparatus 30 proceeds to the stage of S66 in the sixth flowchart of FIG. Then, list screen information about users belonging to the group for which the operator ID being logged in belongs is generated (S66), and the generated list screen information is transmitted to the access source operator terminal 100 (S67).

  The operator terminal 100 transmits a return instruction in the above-described step S101, and then proceeds to the step S54 in the sixth flowchart of FIG. 26 to accompany reception of the list screen information from the server device 30. A user list screen including various information corresponding to a plurality of users in charge is generated and displayed and output (S54). Through such processing, the display on the operator terminal 100 can be appropriately switched to the user list screen or the user situation screen by the operator's operation.

  On the other hand, when the selection operation of the return button 60f is not accepted in the step S100 of the process in the operator terminal 100 of the ninth flowchart of FIG. 29 (S100: NO), it is equivalent to the steps after the step S83 in the eighth flowchart of FIG. Process related to logout. Specifically, the operator terminal 100 determines whether or not a selection operation for the logout button 60b has been accepted (S102). If the selection operation for the logout button 60b has not been accepted (S102: NO), the operation proceeds to the first step S100. Returning, the operator terminal 100 determines again whether or not the selection of the return button 60f on the user status screen 60 has been accepted.

  When the selection operation of the logout button 60b is accepted (S102: YES), the operator terminal 100 transmits a logout instruction to the server device 30 (S103). Then, in the first stage (S110) in the ninth flowchart of FIG. 29, the server device 30 determines whether or not a logout instruction has been received when no return instruction has been received (S110: NO). If the logout instruction is not received (S111: NO), the process returns to the step of determining whether or not the first return instruction is received (S110).

  When the server device 30 receives a logout instruction (S111: YES), an operator who performs logout processing for canceling the login status by the operator and logs out the top page information corresponding to the top page screen 41 shown in FIG. To the operator terminal 100 (S112). By the logout process and the transmission of the top page information, the server device 30 temporarily ends the process for the operator who performed the login.

  When receiving the top page information sent from the server device 30, the operator terminal 100 generates the top page screen 41 shown in FIG. 17 based on the received top page information and displays it on the display 100j (S104). With the display of the top page screen 41, the operator terminal 100 also once completes a process from login to logout.

  As described above, in the present invention, a user list screen (user list screen 50 in FIG. 18) that first shows an overview of a plurality of users is provided to the operator side, and then, according to a specific user selected by the operator. Since the user status screen (the user status screen 60 in FIG. 19) showing details is provided to the operator in two stages, information related to watching is provided, so that the operator can grasp the user status in stages, Watching over multiple users can be done smoothly and efficiently.

  Further, in the present invention, the user list screen to be presented first (user list screen 50 in FIG. 18) presents a combination of past user situations over a plurality of days and information indicating the latest user situation. The operator can judge the user's risk level and the like by comprehending the characteristics of the user and analyzing the latest user situation while comparing the two. Furthermore, in the present invention, since the user status screen (user status screen 60 in FIG. 19) presented in the second stage is presented with the user level determined for each time over a plurality of days, The operator can grasp how the user's situation has changed in the series, and can determine the current user's risk level in detail in consideration of the circumstances leading to the latest user situation. In addition, since the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature for each day are also shown, it is possible to comprehensively determine the risk level of the user in consideration of the relationship with the temperature at that time.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to the content mentioned above, Various modifications can be considered. For example, instead of the single server device 30 shown in FIGS. 1 and 8, a plurality of server devices are used in combination so that the processing performed by the single server device 30 described above is distributed among the multiple server devices. It may be performed (distributed processing), and each database (DB), table, etc. stored in the mass storage system 30g of the server device 30 is stored in another server device (database server device). Also good.

  Further, the user list screen is not limited to the form of the user list screen 50 shown in FIG. 18, and similarly, the user situation screen is not limited to the form of the user situation screen 60 shown in FIG. . For example, on each screen, a function of searching for the user's name, a function of dividing the user for each area where the user resides, and the like may be provided.

  Furthermore, as the operator terminal 100, in addition to the personal computer having a communication function as described above, a portable communication terminal (a notebook computer having a communication function, a tablet, a smartphone, a PDA with a communication function, a mobile phone, etc.) is also used. Although applicable, some portable communication terminals have small display screen sizes (tablets, smartphones, etc.), so the above-described user list screen 50, user status screen 60, etc. are for small display screens. The layout and the like may be changed as appropriate (see FIG. 38 and the like described later).

Furthermore, the contents of the determination table 35 for determining the level are not limited to the contents shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, and other contents can be used as the determination conditions.
The air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG. 12 uses the combination of the maximum temperature and the continuous non-use time as a determination condition of Levels 1 and 2 for the case of continuous non-use, but not the maximum temperature, The combination of the minimum temperature and continuous non-use time can also be used as level 1 and 2 judgment conditions. Thus, the combination of the minimum temperature and continuous non-use time is a hot season such as summer. Moreover, it is suitable when determining the risk level of the user.

  It is also possible to prepare a plurality of types of air conditioner determination table units 35a and switch the determination table unit to be used according to the season. For example, in the determination table unit for cold seasons such as winter season As shown in FIG. 12, for the case of continuous non-use, the content obtained by combining the maximum temperature and the continuous non-use time as the determination conditions of levels 1 and 2 is used, while the hot season such as summer is used. As described above, it is conceivable to use the determination table portion for the level 1 or 2 as a combination of the minimum temperature and the continuous non-use time for the case of non-continuous use. It is done. Note that the use of air conditioners in summer and the like is for cooling.

  Further, when simplification of the contents of the system configuration and the air conditioning equipment determination table unit 35a, etc., the level determination may be performed only by the temperature. In this case, the HEMS controller 3 and the HEMS power tap 4 shown in FIG. 1 are omitted, and various processes related to these are also omitted, and the contents of the air conditioner determination table unit 35a in FIG. The server device 30 determines the user situation based on the acquired temperature.

  For example, level 1 is associated with 15 ° C. or lower, level 2 is associated with 10 ° C. or lower, and the user status is level if the acquired temperature of server device 30 exceeds 10 ° C. and is 15 ° C. or lower. It may be determined that the user status is level 2 if it is determined as 1 and 10 ° C. or less. In addition, when determining only by temperature as described above, a plurality of determination table portions 35a are provided, and when the temperature such as winter is low, the above determination condition is used, and when the temperature such as summer is high, It is also possible to use a determination table portion having a content in which level 1 is associated with 30 ° C. or higher and level 2 is associated with 35 ° C. or higher.

  Further, the top page screen (login screen) for inputting the temperature is not limited to the form shown in FIG. 17, and for example, when only one of the maximum temperature and the minimum temperature is used, it is shown in FIG. Specification using only one temperature input field as an operator ID input field 41a ', a PW (password) input field 41b', a login button 41c ', and a temperature input field 41d' as in the modified top page screen 41 ' It is also possible to make it.

  Further, in order to reduce the input burden on the operator related to the temperature input, as shown in the top page screen 41 ″ of the modified example of FIG. 31, beside the maximum temperature input column 41d ″ and the minimum temperature input column 41e ″, An automatic acquisition button 41f ″ for automatically acquiring the temperature on the website may be provided so as to be selectable. The automatic acquisition button 41f ″ links to a website that distributes the temperature (maximum temperature / minimum temperature) in a predetermined area, and automatically updates the latest temperature (maximum temperature / minimum temperature) distributed on the website. And a function for automatically inputting to the maximum temperature input field 41d "and the minimum temperature input field 41e".

  FIG. 32 shows a top page screen 410 of still another modified example. The top page screen 410 of this modified example includes a maximum temperature input column 420a to 450b and a minimum temperature input for a plurality of days (four days in FIG. 32). A feature is that columns 420b to 450b are provided. In this way, the temperature entry field for multiple days is provided for cases where the operator is not operated by a public institution, etc. for reasons such as when the operator performs public duties, etc., and the holidays and weekends are connected. For example, the maximum temperature / minimum temperature for four days can be input at a time, for example, when four consecutive holidays occur. When the top page screen 410 shown in FIG. 32 is used, the server device 30 checks the temperature DB 34, and if there is a date when the temperature has already been acquired, screen information corresponding to the top page screen 410 is displayed on the operator terminal. At the time of transmission, the screen information of the content of the temperature already acquired in the temperature input field on the corresponding day is transmitted to the operator terminal. Thereby, even if the temperature input fields for four days are provided, it is not necessary for the operator to input the temperature in every temperature input field every time, and only the blank temperature input field needs to be input. Note that the automatic acquisition button described with reference to FIG. 31 can also be applied to the top page screen 410 of FIG.

  Further, the temperature input on the operator side is not necessarily performed at the time of login, and the server device 30 can also present a temperature input opportunity to the operator side after the login is completed.

  FIG. 33A shows a top page screen 70 when no temperature is input at the time of login, and this top page screen 70 is provided with an operator ID input field 70a, a PW (password) input field 70b, and a login button 70c. There is only.

  FIG. 33B shows a temperature input screen 71 corresponding to the screen information that the server device 30 transmits to the operator terminal when the login process is completed by performing a login operation on the top page screen 70. The temperature input screen 71 includes a temperature input field 71a, a transmission button 71b, and a return button 71c. When the temperature is input to the temperature input field 71a and the transmission button 71b is transmitted, the input temperature is displayed together with the operator ID. It is transmitted to the server device 30. When the server device 30 receives the temperature, the server device 30 transmits screen information corresponding to the user list screen 50 of FIG. 18 to the operator terminal. Note that the return button 71c is for returning to the top page screen 70 of FIG. 33A when selected. The modified examples shown in FIGS. 33 (a) and 33 (b) are useful in reducing the burden on the operator because the burden on the operator at the time of logging in increases when the temperature is entered at the time of logging in. Become.

  In addition, the server device 30 may determine whether to determine the temperature transmitted from the operator side. For example, when a temperature that is too far from reality (for example, 50 ° C.) is transmitted from the operator side, the server device 30 again transmits screen information provided with a temperature input field to the operator terminal. Become.

  Further, in the above-described example, the case where the air conditioner 26 is used as the air conditioner has been described. However, the air conditioner is not limited to an air conditioner that performs heating and cooling, and can be widely used as long as it is an electric device having a function of adjusting temperature. For example, a cooler, a fan, a dehumidifier, or the like can be used as an air conditioner that mainly performs cooling, and an electric heater, a ceramic heater, a gas heater, a kotatsu, or the like can also be applied as an air conditioner that mainly performs heating.

  Furthermore, the television apparatus 10 displays and outputs the questionnaire screen 21 shown in FIG. 4A so as to ask the user's situation and to notify the server apparatus 30 of “going out” or the like. In addition to a future plan of “going out”, a selection field (button) of “going out” is provided on any screen displayed on the television device 10 so as to cope with a sudden outing, etc. When the user goes out, it may be possible to set the state of going out. In the above description, the television device 10 and the watching device 5 are separated from each other. However, the television device 10 may incorporate the configuration of the watching device 5 so as to integrate the both. It is.

  FIG. 34 shows the system configuration of the main part of the monitoring system 150 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. In the second embodiment, the operator does not input the environmental temperature related to the environment where the user is located, but the user. A feature is that a temperature sensor 75 is provided around the outside such as the house H1 on the side, and the server device 30 acquires the temperature sensor 80 from the temperature sensor 80. In the monitoring system 150 of the second embodiment, the basic hardware configuration other than the provision of the temperature sensor 80 is the same as that of the first embodiment. Therefore, in the following, the parts common to the first embodiment will be described as the first. The description will be made using the same reference numerals as in the first embodiment.

  First, the temperature sensor 80 is configured to detect the temperature at any time and transmit the detected temperature to the HEMS controller 3 wirelessly. The temperature sensor 80 stores a sensor ID for identifying itself in a built-in memory, and is configured to transmit the detected temperature with the sensor ID.

  Further, when the HEMS controller 3 receives the information transmitted from the temperature sensor 80 (detected temperature and sensor ID), the HEMS controller 3 sends a predetermined time interval (for example, to the server device 30 as in the case of the power strip 4 for HEMS). The transmission process is performed every 15 minutes.

  On the other hand, on the server device 30 side, in order to make the specification corresponding to the temperature sensor 80, the specifications of the database (DB), table, etc. stored in the mass storage system 30g are slightly different from those in the first embodiment. First, for the user DB 32 shown in FIG. 9, it is assumed that a sensor ID for identifying the temperature sensor 80 used by the user is stored in association with the user's code (code number) (the sensor is the same as the tap ID). ID is stored). The temperature DB 34 is not associated with an operator ID as shown in FIG. 11 but is associated with a code number corresponding to a user ID.

  FIG. 35 shows an example of the daily temperature DB 340a included in the temperature DB 34 of the second embodiment. The daily temperature DB 340a of the second embodiment stores the sensor ID of the temperature sensor 80, the current temperature, the highest temperature, and the lowest temperature in association with a code for identifying the user. The latest temperature acquired from the temperature sensor 80 by the server device 30 through the HEMS controller 3 is stored in the current temperature, and the highest temperature among the temperatures acquired on that day is stored in the maximum temperature. In the lowest temperature, the lowest temperature among the temperatures acquired on that day is stored. Therefore, the temperature values stored in the items of the current temperature, the maximum temperature, and the minimum temperature are updated at any time as the temperature change most recently acquired by the server device 30 even within one day. .

  Further, in the second embodiment, since the temperature input is not required on the operator side, a top page screen 70 as shown in FIG. 33A having no temperature input column is used as the top page screen when performing login. become. Further, in the processing of the server device 30, it is not necessary to perform level determination processing in accordance with the temperature input from the operator side at the time of login, and the temperature is stored in the temperature DB 34 including the daily temperature DB 340a shown in FIG. Then, at any time, based on the temperature, the process shown in the seventh flowchart of FIG. 27 can be performed in accordance with the air conditioner determination table unit 35a of FIG.

  The second embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except as described above, and various modifications described in the first embodiment can be applied to modifications, except for the contents related to temperature input on the operator side. It has become. Such a second embodiment of the present invention is suitable in that the temperature input by the operator is unnecessary and the burden on the operator can be reduced. Various modifications can be considered in the second embodiment.

  For example, the temperature sensor 80 may be connected to the HEMS controller 3 by wire instead of wirelessly. Further, the connection destination of the temperature sensor 80 may be the monitoring device 5 instead of the HEMS controller 3, and the detected temperature and sensor ID may be transmitted to the server device 30 via the monitoring device 5. The detected temperature and sensor ID may be transmitted to the server device 30 through the communication connection device 2 with the communication connection device 2 (wired or wireless router) as the connection destination.

  Moreover, if the temperature sensor 80 is not provided with respect to all the user's houses H1 etc., for example, if the temperature sensor 80 is provided in the house H1 etc. of at least one user in the group, the house H1 will be provided. For other users belonging to the same group, etc., the temperature detected by the temperature sensor 80 provided in the user's house H1 etc. in the same group is used even if no temperature sensor is provided in the house H1 etc. Also good. In this way, when using the detection result of the temperature sensor 80 of another user, string is added from the group stored in the user DB 32 and the operator table 33, and the temperature sensor 80 for a certain user in the same group is added. The server device 30 performs processing for diverting the detection result to other users in the same group. By doing in this way, it becomes unnecessary to provide the temperature sensor 80 in all the user's houses H1, etc., and it becomes easy to construct the watching system 150.

  On the other hand, when the temperature sensors 80 are provided in the houses H1 and the like of a plurality of users belonging to a certain group, the server device 30 calculates and calculates the average temperature detected by the plurality of temperature sensors 80 in the same group. You may make it use the average value of temperature when determining the condition of each user who belongs to the same group. By calculating the average value in this way, it becomes easy to obtain reasonable accuracy as the determination result of the user situation related to temperature.

  Furthermore, the location where the temperature sensor 80 is provided may be installed indoors instead of outdoors such as the house H1, and the temperature sensor 80 may detect the room temperature where the user is. When the room temperature is detected in this way, it becomes possible to acquire the environmental temperature closer to the user, so that there is a merit that the accuracy of determination of the user situation related to the temperature can be improved. In addition, when using the temperature sensor 80 indoors, you may make it apply the temperature sensor which the electric equipment provided in the room comprises as the temperature sensor 80 for level determination, for example, an air conditioner, an air cleaner, etc. It is also possible to use the temperature sensor provided as the temperature sensor 80 for level determination.

  Furthermore, the location where the temperature sensor 80 is provided may be both outdoors and indoors. When the temperature sensor 80 is provided for both in this way, the situation of the user is multifaceted from the detection result of each temperature sensor 80. Can be determined, which is preferable. When the temperature sensor 80 is provided both indoors and outdoors in this way, the average value of both is calculated by calculating the average value of both the user side device or the server device 30 in addition to using each detection result as it is. The user's situation may be determined.

  FIG. 36 shows an overview of the overall system configuration of a monitoring system 250 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. The third embodiment is compared with the monitoring system 1 of the first embodiment shown in FIG. This corresponds to the case of small / medium scale, the operator is abolished, and the server device 30 directly monitors the mobile communication terminals D1, D2,... Dn of the supervisors K1, K2,. The feature is that information related to the user status can be presented. In the third embodiment shown in FIG. 36, since the operator is abolished, the concept of the group described in the monitoring system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is also omitted, and the server device 30 has a display screen. Screen information (watch notification information, etc.) for small mobile communication terminals D1, D2,... Dn (smartphones having a telephone function, mobile phones, etc.) is generated and transmitted.

  FIG. 37 shows a main internal configuration when the smartphone 200 is used as an example of the mobile communication terminals D1, D2,... Dn used by the supervisors K1, K2,. ing. The smartphone 200 (corresponding to the monitoring terminal device of the present invention) is connected to the CPU 200a that performs overall control and various processes via the internal connection line 200i, the communication / call module 200b, the wireless communication unit 200c, the RAM 200d, and the ROM 200e. Various devices such as an output interface 200f, an audio input / output interface 200g, a vibration generating unit 200h, a light emitting unit 200j, and a storage unit 200k are connected to each other, and the configuration corresponds to a kind of computer.

  The communication / call module 200b is for performing wireless communication and telephone through a communication line or the like, and the wireless communication unit 200c corresponds to a communication means, and is different from the wireless communication in the communication / call module 200b described above. Processing corresponding to communication (for example, wireless LAN) is performed. The RAM 200d temporarily stores data, information, and the like associated with the processing of the CPU 200a, and the ROM 200e stores a terminal ID 202 that is information for identifying the smartphone 200. In addition to the display output function, the display unit 203 of the smartphone 200 has a touch panel function that accepts an operation input from the user. Therefore, the display unit 203 is connected to the input / output interface 200f, and the operation content touched on the display unit 203 is transmitted to the CPU 200a via the input / output interface 200f, and the content to be displayed is transmitted from the input / output interface 200f to the display unit 203. Is displayed.

  Furthermore, since the smartphone 200 has a telephone function, the microphone 204 that acquires the user's voice and the speaker 205 that outputs the voice are connected to the voice input / output interface 200g. Note that the speaker 205 outputs a predetermined sound notifying the incoming call and the reception of the e-mail under the control of the CPU 200a. The smartphone 200 includes a vibration generating unit 200h and a light emitting unit 200j using LEDs, and a predetermined vibration is output from the vibration generating unit 200h when a call is received or an e-mail is received under the control of the CPU 200a. At the same time, the light emitting unit 200j outputs a predetermined light emission.

  The storage unit 200k stores the OS program 210, the watching application 211, and the like. The OS program 210 defines processing contents according to basic functions of the smartphone 200 which is a kind of computer. The watching application 211 is a computer program (application) for the watching service according to the present embodiment, and defines watching output processing performed by the smartphone 200 as a terminal program in the watching service. For example, when various screen information is received from the server device 30, it is specified that a watching screen corresponding to the screen information is displayed.

  In the above description, the internal configuration of the mobile communication terminal D1 and the like has been described in the case of the smartphone 200. However, even when a tablet (corresponding to a display terminal in the present invention) having no telephone function is used for the mobile communication terminal D1 or the like, The general internal configuration is the same (in the case of a tablet or the like, a portion related to a telephone function such as a call module is omitted).

  FIG. 38 shows an example of a user status screen 210 that can be used in the watching system 250 shown in FIG. In the watching system 250 shown in FIG. 38, since an operator or the like is abolished, the supervisor K1 or the like watches over one person who is watched over by one or more supervisors K1 or the like, and a large number of people who are watched over. Since it is not assumed that the supervisor K1 or the like will watch over (5 or more people), a screen corresponding to the user list screen 50 as shown in FIG. 18 is not displayed, but the user status screen 60 shown in FIG. 19 is displayed. Display the simplified user status screen 210

  The user situation screen 210 is obtained by changing the layout of the contents of the user situation screen 60 in FIG. 19 for the mobile communication terminal D1 (the mobile communication terminal 200 shown in FIG. 37) of the monitor K1 with a small display size. The screen form is appropriate for the display unit 203 of the mobile communication terminal 200. Specifically, the user status screen 210 shows the contents corresponding to the latest detail column (for example, the first detail column 630) in the user status screen 60 of FIG.

  In the user status screen 210, the date at the time of display and the highest temperature and the lowest temperature of the day are arranged at the top, the user name (or nickname) and the contact information are arranged below the date, and the physical condition column 212, An outing column 213, a television column 214, and an air conditioner column 215 are provided. Below the television column 214 and the air conditioner column 216, the hourly status includes a frame indicating an hourly state in association with the television column 214 and the air conditioner column 216. The part 219 is arranged.

  The physical condition column 212 corresponds to, for example, the physical condition column 610a of the user situation screen 60 shown in FIG. 19, and information (icons i10 to i30, etc.) similar to the content shown in the outline unit 610e of FIG. Become. The outing column 213 indicates whether or not the user has gone out. The TV column 214 corresponds to the TV column 610b of the user status screen 60 shown in FIG. 19, and a situation in which the same information (icons i1, i2, etc.) as the content shown in the overview unit 610e of FIG. 19 is determined. It will be arranged according to. Further, the air conditioner column 215 corresponds to the air conditioner column 610c of the user status screen 60 shown in FIG. 19, and the situation in which the same information (icons i1, i2, etc.) as the content shown in the overview unit 610e of FIG. 19 is determined. It will be arranged according to.

  Furthermore, the hourly status section 219 corresponds to the hourly status section 610e of the user status screen 60 shown in FIG. 19, and monitors the change in the level of the user status from the pattern of each frame (or the color of the frame). Is able to grasp. Even in the user situation screen 210 shown in FIG. 38, since the user situation can be grasped by the icons i1, i2, i10 to i30, etc., the same advantages as the user situation screen 60 in FIG.

  FIG. 39 shows a user status screen 220 which is a modification of the user status screen 210 shown in FIG. 38, so that the supervisor K1 can confirm the past user status shown in the user status screen 60 of FIG. 19 by screen switching. In addition, it is characterized in that the monitor K1 can monitor about 2 to 4 people who are watched by screen switching. That is, the user status screen 220 in FIG. 39 has the same basic configuration as the user status screen 210. The difference is that the up / down arrow buttons 220a to 220d are selectively arranged in the screen information. Yes.

  When the downward arrow button 220b is selected, the screen content equivalent to the detail column 620 for the previous day arranged in the middle on the user status screen 60 of FIG. 19 is displayed. When the arrow button 220b is selected, the screen content equivalent to the detail column 610 for the day before last arranged on the user status screen 60 of FIG. 19 is displayed. On the other hand, when the upward arrow button 220a is selected in this state, the screen is switched to the screen for the previous day, and when the upward arrow button 220a is selected, the screen is switched to the screen for the most recent day. As described above, by providing the up and down arrow buttons 220a and 220b, the contents for a plurality of days can be confirmed by screen switching as in the user status screen 60 of FIG.

  When the left-pointing arrow button 220c is selected, among the users who are in charge of the supervisor K1 (the person to be watched), the code number (user ID) that precedes the currently displayed user is for the user. When the screen information is received in response to the transmission of the request, the mobile communication terminal 200 receives the screen information received by the display unit 203. The user status screen based on is switched and displayed. On the other hand, when the right-pointing arrow button 220d is selected, among the users (persons to be watched) for which the supervisor K1 is in charge, the code number (user ID) after the currently displayed user is displayed. A signal for requesting the screen information necessary for the user status screen to the server device 30 is transmitted, so that the display is switched to the user status screen for the user corresponding to the later code number.

  Note that the user's selection using the left and right arrow buttons 220c and 220d is performed in a loop. For example, when the left arrow button 220c is selected and there is no user corresponding to the previous code number, the user corresponds to the most backward code number by turning backward in a loop. Similarly, when the right arrow button 220d is selected and there is no user corresponding to the subsequent code number, the user corresponds to the frontmost code number by turning forward in a loop. become.

  The third embodiment having such a configuration is the system configuration of the first embodiment that inputs temperature at the time of login or the like described above, and the second embodiment that does not require temperature input at the time of login or the like using a temperature sensor. Applicable to any system configuration. When inputting the temperature at the time of login or the like as in the first embodiment, when the supervisor K1 or the like accesses the server device 30 with the mobile communication terminal D1 or the like, the top page screen (login screen) described in the first embodiment. When the login process is completed through the login operation on the top page screen, user status screens 210 and 220 as shown in FIGS. 38 and 39 are displayed on the mobile communication terminal D1 and the like.

  When the contents of the third embodiment are applied to the configuration of the second embodiment, a user status screen 210, 220 as shown in FIGS. 38 and 39 is displayed after displaying a login screen that does not require temperature input. Can be displayed on the mobile communication terminal D1 or the like, but without performing a login operation, the screen information is transmitted from the server device 30 in a push-delivery manner, and interrupt processing is performed on the mobile communication terminal D1 or the like. The user status screens 210 and 220 may be displayed. In particular, such a form of displaying in an interrupt process is preferable because it is possible to notify the monitor K1 or the like of a change in the user's situation at an early stage when the determination result is changed. Note that the monitoring system of the third embodiment is the same as that of the first and second embodiments except for the above-described portions, and the modifications described in the first and second embodiments can also be applied. Thus, in the watching system of 3rd Embodiment, since the operator was abolished, there exists an advantage which can simplify the system configuration | structure by the side of watching.

  The present invention is suitable for improving the efficiency of the watching operation by allowing the watching side of the operator or the like to grasp the situation of the latest user (the person to be watched) at a glance and to check the past situation leading to the situation. It can be used industrially.

1, 150, 250 Watch system 2 Communication connection device 3 HEMS controller 4 Power strip for HEMS 5 Watch device 10 Television device 21 Questionnaire screen 26 Air conditioner 30 Server device 31 Watch system program 34 Temperature DB
35 Judgment Table 36 Watch DB
50 User list screen 60 User status screen 100 Operator terminal (watch terminal device)
200 Smartphone (watch terminal device)
H1, H2, Hn House M1, M2, Mn
OP1, OP2, OPn Operator K1, K2, Kn Monitor

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In the monitoring system that displays information indicating the status of the user who is the monitoring target determined by the monitoring determination device on the monitoring terminal device,
The watching determination device is
Means for storing an ambient temperature corresponding to a certain range of areas where there are a plurality of users ;
Means for determining a situation of a plurality of users in the certain range area based on an environmental temperature according to the certain range area ;
Means for watching and transmitting to the terminal device user status information indicating the statuses of the plurality of determined users,
The watch terminal device
Means for receiving user status information from the watching determination device;
A means for generating a watch screen showing the user status based on the received user status information;
And a means for displaying the generated watching screen. The watching determination device is
When access is accepted through the network, it is provided with means for transmitting the login screen information corresponding to the login screen capable of accepting the identification information and temperature of the watching side and accepting the login operation to the access source,
The watch terminal device
It is possible to access the monitoring determination device through a network,
Means for displaying the login screen based on the received login screen information when the login screen information is received by accessing the watching determination device;
When the login operation is accepted in the state where the input of the identification information and the temperature is accepted on the displayed login screen, the identification information and the temperature that has been accepted are transmitted to the monitoring determination device, and
The watching determination device is
The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein when the identification information and the temperature are received from the monitoring terminal device, the received temperature is stored as the environmental temperature. The watching determination device is
Means for obtaining operating status information indicating the operating status of the air conditioner placed in the user's house,
The monitoring system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a user's situation is determined based on the acquired operating situation information and the environmental temperature. In the monitoring determination device for determining information indicating the status of the user to be watched over and providing the determined result to an external terminal device,
Means for storing an ambient temperature corresponding to a certain range of areas where there are a plurality of users ;
Means for determining a situation of a plurality of users in the certain range area based on an environmental temperature according to the certain range area ;
And a means for transmitting user status information indicating the determined statuses of a plurality of users to an external terminal device. Means for accepting access from an external terminal device via a network;
When the access is accepted, there is provided means for transmitting the identification information and temperature of the watching side and the login screen information corresponding to the login screen capable of accepting the login operation to the external terminal device of the access source,
The monitoring determination device according to claim 4, wherein when the identification information and the temperature are received from an external terminal device in response to the transmission of the login screen information, the received temperature is stored as the environmental temperature. Means for accepting access from an external terminal device via a network;
When access is accepted, the login screen information corresponding to the login screen that can accept the monitoring-side identification information input, the temperature acquisition operation from the website, and the login operation is transmitted to the terminal device outside the access source. Means and
With
The monitoring determination device according to claim 4, wherein when the identification information and the temperature are received from an external terminal device in response to the transmission of the login screen information, the received temperature is stored as the environmental temperature . The watch determination apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 6 , wherein the environmental temperature is a maximum temperature or a minimum temperature for each day . A judgment table that defines different levels corresponding to each environmental temperature value is provided.
The level corresponding to the environmental temperature according to the region of the certain range is determined from the determination table as the situation of the plurality of users in the region of the certain range. The monitoring determination device according to item. Means for obtaining operating status information indicating the operating status of the air conditioner placed in the user's house,
The watching determination apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 8 , wherein a user's condition is determined based on the acquired operating condition information and the environmental temperature . Means for obtaining operating status information indicating an operating status of an air conditioner arranged in a user's house;
  Judgment tables that specify different levels according to the status of the air conditioning equipment and the content of the environmental temperature
  With
  The level corresponding to the environmental temperature according to the acquired operation status information and the region of the certain range is determined from the determination table as the state of the plurality of users in the region of the certain range. Item 9. The watching determination device according to any one of item 8.   Means for storing the statuses of the plurality of determined users;
  A monitoring screen for a user list screen that includes, for each user, a user situation for a plurality of users, the user situation most recently determined at the time of transmitting the user situation information and the user situation for a plurality of past days read out from the stored information. Means for generating user status information according to
  The watching determination apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 10, further comprising: The watching determination apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 11, further comprising means for generating user situation information including an environmental temperature to be stored. Remembers the status of multiple users
  For the user status screen including the user status most recently determined at the time of transmitting the user status information and the environmental temperature stored most recently, and the user status and environmental temperature over the past multiple days read out from the stored The watching determination apparatus according to any one of claims 4 to 10, further comprising means for generating user status information corresponding to the watching screen. In the monitoring method in which the monitoring determination device determines information indicating the situation of the user to be monitored and provides the determined result to an external terminal device,
Storing an ambient temperature according to a certain range of areas where there are a plurality of users;
Determining a situation of a plurality of users in the certain range area based on an environmental temperature according to the certain range area;
And a step of transmitting user status information indicating the determined statuses of the plurality of users to an external terminal device . A process for causing a server computer including a communication unit to perform processing for determining information indicating a situation of a user to be watched over and performing processing for transmitting the determined result to an external terminal device using the communication unit. In the server computer program,
  In the server computer,
  Storing an ambient temperature according to a certain range of areas where there are a plurality of users;
  Determining a situation of a plurality of users in the certain range area based on an environmental temperature according to the certain range area;
  Transmitting user status information indicating the statuses of a plurality of determined users to an external terminal device using the communication means; and
  A server computer program characterized in that

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