JPH05120583A - Old person monitor system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To monitor a wandering old person by effectively utilizing a radio multi-address broadcasting system by receiving the radio signal from the transmitter that the wandering old person carries by the receiver of a slave station and sending it to a key station from the slave. CONSTITUTION:The wandering old person carries the transmitter T1, and the receiver R which receives the radio signal from the transmitter T1 and a transmitter T2 which sends information I regarding the wandering old person to the key station 10 of the multi-address broadcasting system are added to an optional slave station 21 of the multi-address broadcasting station 21. Then the family of the wandering oil person carries a receiver R3 which receives the sent signal of the key station 10 of the multi-address broadcasting system and the receiver R3 receives the information I regarding the wandering old person, which is obtained and sent by an old person information transmitter receiver 2 added to the slave station 21 of the multi-address broadcasting system, through the key station 10 of the multi-address broadcasting system. Consequently, the conventional radio multi-address broadcasting system is effectively utilized to facilitate the monitoring of the old person in the house by the family.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to effective use of a wireless broadcast system, such as a broadcast system for disaster prevention, in which a parent station broadcasts necessary information to a plurality of slave stations in response to a command from a headquarters, A monitoring system for the aged who was used to monitor the wandering aged.

[0002] For example, a disaster prevention broadcast system is currently used for emergency information such as voices in the event of a disaster, time information for music chimes in normal times, and several times a day from a base station to a plurality of slave stations. Since it is only used for broadcasting, it is in a useless situation. On the other hand, as the aging society progresses, the number of wandering elderly people who are serious for families is increasing. Therefore, it is desired to use the broadcast system for disaster prevention to monitor wandering elderly people.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional broadcast system for disaster prevention, as shown in FIG. 3, a receiver R of a base station 10 of a base receives a command from a headquarters and a transmitter T directly sends a plurality of slave stations 21 and 2n directly. (1) or (2) via the relay station 30 as necessary, the necessary information is transmitted (broadcast) by a radio signal, and the slave stations 21, 2n are wirelessly transmitted from the master station 10 by each receiver R _1. The transmission signal is received directly or via the relay station 30.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional broadcast system for disaster prevention basically operates from the transmitter T of the master station 10 to the receivers R ₁ of the plurality of slave stations 21, 2n. , The configuration is such that the necessary information is unilaterally transmitted (broadcast), and each receiver R _{2 of the} slave station 21, 2n only receives that information. Therefore, this broadcasting system can be used by a family of loitering elderly people. It cannot be used for monitoring. An object of the present invention is to realize an aged person monitoring system in which a family monitors a wandering old man based on a wireless broadcast system such as a disaster prevention broadcast system.

[0005]

The basic configuration of the present invention for achieving this object is shown in the principle diagram of FIG. In the figure, 1 is a transmitter T ₁ (device A) that is carried by a wandering elderly person and transmits a radio signal. 2 is a receiver R ₂ which is added to any slave station 21 of the broadcasting system and receives a radio signal transmitted by a transmitter T ₁ carried by the wandering old man, and a timer TM measures the reception time for a certain time. elderly information transceiver comprising information I regarding the wandering old man when the transmitter T ₂ to be transmitted directly or via a relay station 30 toward the master station 10 of the broadcast system (B system)
Is. Reference numeral 3 denotes a receiver R ₃ carried by a roaming elderly family, and a receiver (C device) for receiving a transmission signal of information I regarding the roaming elderly person output from a transmitter T of the master station 10 of the broadcasting system. 4 corresponds to claim 2 and is an intermediate relay station 30 (signpost station) between the master station 10 and the plurality of slave stations 21,2n.
Is a position evaluator that directly receives a transmission signal from a transmitter T ₁ carried by a wandering elderly person and evaluates its position.

[0006]

In the elderly monitoring system of the present invention, the radio signal transmitted by the transmitter (T ₁ ) 1 carried by the wandering elderly is added to the slave station 21 of the broadcasting system and the receiver R _{2 of} the elderly information transmitter / receiver 2 is added. Is received, and the information T about the prowler when the timer TM measures the reception time for a fixed time is transmitted by the transmitter T ₂ to the master station 10 of the broadcasting system. The master station 10 of the same system, which has received the transmission signal of this transmitter T ₂ by the receiver R of the broadcast system, uses the transmitter T for the broadcast to
Information I about the wandering old man will be broadcast to all around.
This broadcast is received by the receiver (R ₃ ) 3 carried by the wandering elderly family, and the information I on the wandering elderly is known (Claim 1).
In the system of claim 2, the master station 10 and the plurality of slave stations 2
1,2n intermediate relay station 30, wandering old man carrying transmitter
(T ₁ ) A position evaluator 4 that evaluates the position of 1 by receiving the radio signal transmitted from it is provided as a sign post station.
Get the location information of the wandering old man directly. Then, the information is transmitted to the master station 10 of the broadcast system, and the broadcast transmitter T of the master station 10 broadcasts the position information of the wandering old man.
Then, the receiver (R
₃ ) 3 can receive the information I about the prowler. Therefore, the elderly monitoring system of the present invention effectively utilizes the existing wireless broadcasting system, and the object is achieved.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The principle diagram of FIG. 1 is unchanged, and it is also a system configuration diagram of an elderly monitoring system of an embodiment of the present invention. Arrows in the figure indicate the order of operation of the system of this embodiment. Device A in the figure is a transmitter (T ₁ ) 1 carried by a wandering elderly person monitored by a family, and device B is added to the receiver R ₁ of any slave station 21 of the disaster prevention broadcast system. It is a transmitter / receiver for the elderly 2 Then, device B of the old-age information transmitter / receiver 2 receives receiver R ₂ that receives the small electric power wave transmitted by transmitter (T ₁ ) 1 of device A within a range of, for example, several tens of meters, and its output wave. A timer that judges that the old man is wandering outside when measuring the receiving time for a certain time and outputs a control signal
A relay station 3 having a TM and a position calibrator 4 which is activated by its control signal toward the master station 10 of the broadcasting system directly or, if necessary, evaluates the position of the transmitter T ₁ carried by the wandering old man.
It consists of a transmitter T ₂ that transmits via 0 (sign post).

FIG. 2A is a monitoring mode table of the B device which is the elderly information transmitter / receiver 2 of the indoor child station 21, and FIG. 2B is a switching condition table of the monitoring mode. Device B, which is a transmitter T ₁ carried by a wandering old man being monitored by a family, receives a radio signal from device A, and its transmitter T ₂ consists of a mode signal and an ID signal for individual identification of the old man. Transmit signal wave to relay station
Send to 30. The relay station 30 sends the individual ID signal in the relay station 30 to the master station 10. The master station 10 simultaneously broadcasts a signal wave, in which a character display signal, a vibration generation signal, and a sound generation signal are added to the received individual ID signal, by the transmitter T for broadcasting. And the receiver (R ₃ ) 3 carried by the wandering elderly family
C Let the device receive and inform the family of information I about the prowler. Therefore, the elderly monitoring system of the present embodiment effectively uses the existing wireless broadcast system for disaster prevention.
In this embodiment, the disaster prevention broadcast system was described as an existing wireless broadcast system to be used, but a similar elderly monitoring system is realized by using another wireless broadcast system, for example, a paging system of a subscriber telephone. It goes without saying that you can do it.

[0009]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to effectively use the conventional wireless broadcasting system and to facilitate the monitoring by the family of the elderly at home who will increase in the future.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principle diagram showing a basic configuration of an elderly monitoring system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a monitoring mode table of indoor child stations and a switching condition table of the monitoring modes of the elderly monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Fig. 3] System configuration diagram of conventional broadcast system for disaster prevention

[Explanation of symbols]

1 is a transmitter T ₁ carried by a wandering old man, 2 is an old man information transmitter / receiver T _2, R ₂ added to any slave station of the broadcasting system, 3 is a receiver R ₃ carried by a wandering old man's family, 4 is a position evaluator installed in the relay station, 10 is a master station, 21 and 2n are slave stations, and 30 is a relay station.

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A wireless broadcast system which receives a command and broadcasts necessary information from a transmitter (T) of a master station (10) to receivers (R ₂ ) of a plurality of slave stations (21, 2n). A family monitoring system for monitoring a wandering elderly person, and a transmitter (1, T ₁ ) carried by the wandering elderly person to transmit a radio signal, and any slave station (21) of the broadcasting system. In addition to the receiver (R ₂ ) for receiving the radio signal transmitted by the transmitter (T ₁ ) carried by the wandering old man
And when the timer (TM) measures the reception time for a certain time, information (I) about the wandering old man is sent to the master station of the broadcasting system.
An information transmitter / receiver for the aged ( ₂ ) consisting of a transmitter (T ₂ ) for sending to the (10), and a receiver (3) that is carried by the family of the wandering aged and receives the transmission signal of the master station (10) of the broadcasting system. , R ₃ ), and a receiver (3, R ₃ ) carried by a wandering elderly person's family can be obtained by an aged information transmitter / receiver (2) attached to any slave station (21) of the broadcasting system. An aged monitoring system characterized by receiving the transmitted information (I) about the wandering old man through a master station (10) of the broadcasting system. 2. A relay station (30) is provided between a master station (10) and a plurality of slave stations (21, 2n) of a wireless broadcasting system used by the elderly monitoring system, and the wandering old man is provided in the relay station. The wandering old man obtained by the position evaluator (4) of the relay station (30), which is equipped with a position evaluator (4) that evaluates the position of the transmitter (1, T ₁ ) that is carried by the user and transmits a radio signal. 2. The aged person monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the position information of the item reaches the receiver (3, R ₃ ) carried by the family of the wandering elderly person via the master station (10) of the broadcast system.