JPH06259683A - Emergency alarming device and condition monitoring device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To more rationally relieve the crisis of a reporter by automatically making contact with the destination of relief in prescribed order when receiving the information of emergency condition generation. CONSTITUTION:When an alarm push button 13 is pressed, that signal is transmitted to a control unit 4, and the prescribed first emergency communication destination is directly contacted from the emergency alarming device by operating a transmitter 6 under the control of the unit 4. When a tone signal is transmitted from the first emergency communication destination to a reception part 19 as a confirm signal, the control unit 4 is operated, and the operation of the emergency alarming device is completed. When the tone signal from the first emergency communication destination is not transmitted to the reception part within set time, corresponding to the command of the control unit 4, the signal is automatically transferred through the operation of a transfer device 7 to a second emergency communication destination and similarly successively transferred up to an n-th emergency communication destination. Thus, over two emergency communication destinations can be automatically contacted merely by operating the alarm push button 13.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an emergency notification device,
More specifically, it relates to an emergency call device for home use.

The present invention also relates to a situation monitoring device.

[0003]

[Prior Art and Problems] In Japan, the aging of the population is rapidly advancing, and together with the nuclearization of the family, the number of homes for the elderly living alone is also increasing. Such an elderly living alone often needs to rescue a third party at home due to illness or falls. In this case, conventionally, it was general to call 119 and ask for rescue.

However, as the number of elderly people increases, the number of calls is rapidly increasing, and such a system has a drawback that it takes a huge cost to maintain a rescue posture. In particular, there are many cases where an emergency call can be resolved with the slight help of a third party, and there is a strong demand for the development of a new system for emergency calls.

Further, when a child or an elderly person is at home alone or wants to check the internal condition of a home or factory from the outside during automatic operation of machines or the like, it has conventionally been necessary to return to the home or factory. .

Even in such a case, there has been a demand for the development of a device which can easily know the situation of a target place.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide an emergency notification device that makes a more rational notification in an emergency.

Further, the present invention provides an apparatus capable of easily knowing the situation of a target place.

[0009]

Means for Solving the Problems As a result of repeated studies in view of the above-mentioned object, the present inventor has found that when he / she receives information on the occurrence of an emergency, by automatically contacting the rescue destination in a predetermined order, We have found that we can reasonably save the caller's crisis.

According to the present invention, an information section for receiving information on occurrence of an emergency, a transmitting device for making a call to the first emergency contact by a signal from the information section, and contact with the first emergency contact for a set time. If it is not possible, it will automatically be automatically connected to the nth emergency contact (n
Provides an emergency notification device including a transfer device for transferring a telephone number to an integer of 2 or more), a receiving unit for receiving a tone signal from an emergency contact, and a control unit for controlling them.

It is preferable that the emergency notification device further includes a voice transmitting unit for transmitting the stored voice information from the first emergency contact to the nth emergency contact (n is an integer of 2 or more).

Further, the present invention provides an off-hook device which automatically enters a call state after a set time has elapsed when an external call is received, a receiving unit for receiving a tone signal from an external caller, a sound collecting microphone, and the like. It is intended to provide a situation monitoring device including a control unit for controlling and a connecting portion with a telephone.

The emergency notification device and the situation monitoring device of the present invention may be separate devices or may be a combination of these devices.

As the information section of the emergency notification device of the present invention,
For example, a remote control push button type connected on the device or by a cord can be exemplified, but the present invention is not particularly limited as long as it can notify by a simple operation such as a contact type or a lever type.

The emergency call device of the present invention may be connected to a dedicated line, but is preferably connected to a telephone and utilizes a telephone line. The situation monitoring device connects to the telephone and uses the telephone line. As this telephone, either a touch-tone type telephone or a dial-type telephone may be used, but the touch-tone type is preferable.

The operation of the emergency notification device will be described below.

The emergency signal from the information section is transmitted to the control unit, and the transmission device under the control of the unit causes the emergency notification device to directly notify the predetermined first emergency contact point. Examples of the first to nth emergency contacts include relatives such as children and siblings,
Neighbors, welfare officers, etc. can be mentioned. The transmitting device has, for example, a dial device, and in an emergency, transmits to the first to nth emergency contacts whose telephone numbers are registered in advance via the dial device. Then, when the tone signal of the specific frequency as the confirmation signal is transmitted from the emergency contact point to the receiving section, the control unit operates and the operation of the emergency notification device ends. This tone signal is transmitted to the emergency notification device, for example, by the emergency contact party pressing a specific number on a touch-tone phone or using an oscillator of a predetermined frequency.

When the receiving section of the apparatus receives the tone signal, the sound collecting microphone and speaker of the apparatus can be immediately put into operation to enable communication, but it is preferable to collect the signal at the first reception of the tone signal. Only the sound microphone is activated, and the speaker is activated when the second tone signal is received. By doing so, for example, even if it is not appropriate for the criminal to know that a person living alone, etc. on the device side is involved in a crime and the outside is notified,
The recipient of the emergency contact may send the tone signal only once, and only when it is safe to judge from the voice, etc. through the sound collection microphone, the second tone signal may be sent to put the phone into the call state. it can. When the receiving unit receives the tone signal from the first emergency contact even once, the emergency call is terminated and the state becomes the same as that of a normal telephone.

When the tone signal from the first emergency contact is not transmitted to the receiver for the set time, it is automatically transferred to the second emergency contact through the operation of the transfer device according to the command of the control unit. Thereafter, in the same manner as described above, when the tone signal is received, the series of emergency notifications are terminated, and when the tone signal is not received, the emergency notifications are sequentially transferred to the nth emergency contact. This set time is not particularly limited,
For example, it is about 30 seconds to 1 minute, preferably about 45 seconds. If the receiving unit does not receive the tone signal for the set time even at the final n-th emergency contact point, the emergency call is terminated by the action of the control unit. In this way, if the reception of the tone signal is an essential requirement for continuing the notification, for example, when the answering machine or a child who cannot understand the emergency situation receives the notification, the tone signal cannot be transmitted to the device.
Since it is automatically forwarded to the next emergency contact, it is possible to prevent the call from ending without being able to communicate the emergency.

This device is usually provided with a stop device such as a stop button for ending a series of operations started by a signal from the information section, and the operation of this device can also be performed by operating this stop device. finish.

This device is to contact at least two emergency contacts, and n (the number of emergency contacts) is
It is an integer of 2 or more, preferably an integer of 2 to 5.

The device preferably includes a voice transmitting unit for transmitting the stored voice information to an emergency contact. This is because, when making an emergency call, it is difficult for the caller to accurately convey the status to the contact information. For example, it is better to convey the accumulated voice information such as a message recorded on a tape recorder in case of an emergency. This is because the occurrence can be smoothly reported. The message may be a voice of a person or an artificial sound. When receiving the inversion signal indicating that the voice transmitting unit is in the call state with the emergency contact, the voice transmitting unit is activated by a command from the control unit.

Next, the operation of the situation monitoring device will be described.

The situation monitoring device of the present invention is an off-hook device that automatically enters a call state after a lapse of a set time when a call is received from the outside, a receiving unit that receives a tone signal from an external caller, a sound collecting microphone, It is equipped with a control unit for controlling these and a connection part with a telephone.

A conventionally known hook relay or the like is used as the off-hook device, but the off-hook device is not limited to this.
Although the set time is not particularly limited, for example, 30
Second to 1 minute, preferably about 45 seconds. The same receiver as the receiver of the emergency notification device is used as the receiver. When this receiving unit receives a predetermined tone signal from a touch-tone telephone or the like, the sound collecting microphone is automatically turned on, and the surrounding conditions of the device can be grasped. This device can be used, for example, in the following applications. (1) To check whether the normal operating sound of the machine can be heard or to check the situation of the unmanned warehouse when the machine such as injection molding is automatically operated.

(2) When an old man or an infant leaves the house and goes out, check the appearance.

(3) When cultivating eels, etc., check whether the oxygen supply device is operating normally.

A telephone that is automatically connected from the outside can be automatically disconnected after a predetermined time has elapsed.
About 30 seconds to 3 minutes is suitable as the predetermined time in this case.

When the information section operates while the emergency notification device of the present invention is connected to the telephone, the telephone is automatically disconnected even when the telephone is in a call, and the operation of the emergency notification device of the present invention is prioritized. Preferably. This may be achieved by providing a line switching relay under the control of the control unit and switching the line from the telephone to the notification device by the operation of the information section.

The device of the present invention is provided with a registration unit for registering the contact information of the emergency contact, and the telephone number of the emergency contact can be registered in advance.

[0031]

According to the emergency notification device of the present invention, it is possible to automatically contact two or more emergency contacts simply by activating the information section. This emergency contact is a person who lives in the immediate vicinity of the close relatives or the caller, so that more appropriate measures can be taken as compared to the case where the emergency call is made to 119. That is, when the situation can be resolved with simple care, the burden of administrative services such as dispatching an ambulance can be reduced, and a more appropriate rescue system for the elderly and the like can be established.

Further, according to the situation monitoring apparatus of the present invention, as long as a telephone is installed, the situation in the unmanned factory or warehouse, the home where there are elderly people, infants, persons with disabilities, etc. can be made by simply making a telephone call from the outside. Can be easily grasped.

[0033]

EXAMPLES The present invention will now be described in more detail with reference to examples, but the present invention is not limited to these examples.

[0034]

[Embodiment 1] FIGS. 1 and 2 show an emergency notification device of the present invention. This device (1) consists of upper and lower cases (2), (3).
Covered by, the push button (13) as an information section (13) on the top, the stop push button (11) as a stop device, the speaker (10), and the push button (15) for registering the telephone number of the report destination on the back side. , A remote push button (13a) installation terminal (17), a touch-tone telephone (8) connection (9), an AC adapter (20), and the like.

Further, as shown in the block diagram of FIG. 3, the hook relay (6a) and the repertoire dialer (6b) constituting the transmitter (6) and the transfer as the transfer device (7) are provided inside the device. Signal B (7b)
And a transfer signal C (7c), a message voice synthesis IC (12) as a voice transmission unit (12), a speech network (5), a tone recorder (19) as a reception unit (19), a control unit (4), and the like. There is.
The hook relay (6a) also serves as the off-hook device (23) of the situation monitoring device.

When the alarm push button (13) or the remote push button (13a) is pushed, a series of emergency notifications is started.

As shown in the flow chart of FIG. 4, when the alarm push button (13) is pushed, the signal is transmitted to the control unit (4) and the line switching relay (1
4) The circuit is switched from the connected telephone (8) to the emergency call side. Next, after a predetermined time (3.8 seconds) has passed, the first emergency contact registered in advance in the repertoire dialer (6b) is notified via the transmission signal A.

If the first emergency contact is not contacted for 45 seconds, that is, if the incoming signal (22) and the inverted signal (21) do not reach the control unit (4), or the inverted signal (21) has arrived. , The tone signal from the contact is received within 45 seconds by the tone recorder (1
When it does not reach 9), control unit (4)
The transfer signal B (7b) is sent from the device to the second emergency contact. On the other hand, when the inverted signal and the tone signal from the contact arrive within 45 seconds, the control unit (4) terminates the emergency call. When the tone signal is only once, the sound collecting microphone (16)
Is turned on, and the sound around the device is transmitted to the emergency contact. If the caller at the contact determines that the emergency caller is safe, it will issue a second tone signal,
The speaker (10) can be turned on to start a conversation. In this case, the tone signal is, for example, the No. 2 button of the touch-tone telephone, and the frequency corresponding to this No. 2 button is registered in the tone recorder. Further, the tone signal is counted only when it lasts for 1 second or longer.

It should be noted that the inverted signal (2
When 1) arrives at the control unit (4), the message voice synthesis IC (12) sends a pre-registered message informing the emergency to the contact. The registered voice is changed for each contact, but the registered voice may be the same.

During the operation of this device, the alarm display lamp (18) is lit.

The emergency notification device also has a function as a situation monitoring device.

As shown in FIG. 3, when an existing telephone is connected to this apparatus through the connection section (7) and a telephone call is received from the outside, the handset picks up by the ringing tone of 15 times. If not, the hook relay (6a) as the off-hook device (23) automatically enters the off-hook state via the signal from the control unit (4). In this state, the tone signal is sent to the tone recorder (19) 45
If not delivered within seconds, the call is hook relay (6
By a), the on-hook state is automatically established and the communication ends. When the tone signal is sent to the tone recorder (19) once, the sound collecting microphone (16) is turned on, and the sound around the device is transmitted to the outside caller. Further, when the external caller transmits the second tone signal, the speaker (10) is turned on, and it becomes possible to make an external call. The talk time at this time is set to 3 minutes.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the emergency notification device / situation monitoring device of the present invention attached to a telephone.

FIG. 2 is a front view, a side view, a top view and a rear view of an emergency notification device / condition monitoring device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the operation of the emergency notification device / situation monitoring device of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the emergency notification device / situation monitoring device of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Emergency call device 2 Upper case 3 Lower case 4 Control unit 5 Speech network 6 Transmitter 6a Hook relay 6b Repertoire dialer 7 Transfer device 7b Transfer signal B 7c Transfer signal C 8 Touch-tone phone 9 Connection part 10 Speaker 11 Stop push button 12 Message voice synthesis IC 13 Notification push button 13a Remote push button 14 Line switching relay 15 Registration push button 16 Sound collection microphone 17 Terminal 18 Notification display lamp 19 Tone recorder 20 AC adapter 21 Reverse signal 22 Incoming signal 23 Off-hook device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An information unit (1) for receiving information on occurrence of an emergency.
3), a transmitting device (6) for making a call to the first emergency contact by a signal from the information section (13), and automatically when the contact with the first emergency contact is unavailable for a set time A transfer device (7) for transferring a call to the nth emergency contact (n is an integer of 2 or more), a receiver (19) for receiving a tone signal from the emergency contact, and a control unit (4) for controlling these. Emergency notification device equipped with. 2. The emergency notification device according to claim 1, further comprising a voice transmitting unit (12) for transmitting accumulated voice information to the first emergency contact and the second emergency contact. 3. An off-hook device (2) which automatically enters a call state after a set time has elapsed when a call is received from the outside.
3), a receiving unit (19) for receiving a tone signal from an outside caller, a sound collecting microphone (16), a control unit (4) for controlling them, and a connecting unit (9) with a telephone.
Situation monitoring device.