JPH07170346A - Reporting device for accident/robbery of vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To speedily deal with robbery and accident by easily and surely performing an automatic report at the time when an accident or robbery takes place and surely recognizing the place where the accident occurs or the present position (place) of the robbery at the reported destination. CONSTITUTION:In the case of a robbery moving an automobile after this device is set to moving inhibition or in the case of accident after the start of drive and the move, it is generated into a synthetic voice or a facsimile telegraphic message by a facsimile signal generating part 31 or a synthetic voice signal generating part 32 of an alarm signal generating part 4 together with that robbery and accident information and two-dimensional position information Sa measured by a GPS receiver 3. Then, a call is automatically originated from a mobile telephone set 5 through a cell base station 12 and a public line network to the telephone set at the reported destination.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a vehicle accident theft reporting device for automatically reporting the location of an accident in a vehicle, especially an automobile, and the current position of a stolen vehicle.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various devices have been used as measures against theft of automobiles. For example, there is known an anti-theft device that issues an alarm sound in the neighborhood to notify the user of theft when vibration caused by opening and closing a door of a parked car is detected.

In addition to reporting an automobile accident,
An example of monitoring the theft is the "automobile accident monitoring device" disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-77467. The example of this publication includes an automobile telephone and a plurality of control circuits, and the automobile telephone is activated by control of the control circuit based on a signal from a theft detector. In this activation, the car telephone automatically calls by the signal from the theft detector, and subsequently, the preset telephone number of the theft report destination is automatically dialed and the selection signal is transmitted. After this, a line connection is made with the telephone of the theft report destination through the telephone line network. With this line connection, the ambient sound is collected by the handset of the automobile telephone, and the ambient sound is heard by the sound output from the telephone of the theft report destination.

Further, in the case of reporting an accident, the control circuit detects an on-hook when the handset of the automobile telephone set is out of a predetermined arrangement position due to a shock at the time of a collision or an on-state of a switch provided on the bumper. Based on this detection, the control circuit controls the automatic transmission to the telephone of the accident report destination in the same way as in the case of theft, and connects the line so that the driver can easily and reliably report the accident. .

[0005]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional automobile accident monitoring device, although the automatic transmission is made from the automobile telephone, and it is possible to easily and surely notify the occurrence of the theft or the occurrence of the accident, It is not possible to know the current location (location) of the vehicle at the location or theft at the callee. Therefore, there is a drawback in that it is difficult for the callee to quickly deal with theft and accident.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it is possible to easily and surely make an automatic notification when a theft or an accident occurs, and make sure that the location of the accident or the current position at the time of the theft is notified at the destination. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a vehicle accident theft reporting device that can be learned from the above and can promptly deal with theft and accidents.

[0007]

In order to solve the above problems, a vehicle accident theft reporting device according to claim 1 automatically reports the location of a vehicle accident and the current position of the stolen vehicle. In the notification device, movement detection means for detecting movement of the vehicle, impact detection means for detecting impact on the vehicle, self-position detection means for detecting self-position of the vehicle, and movement by the movement detection means. And /
Alternatively, when a shock is detected by the shock detecting means, at least a wireless transmitting means for reporting the self-position information detected by the position detecting means is provided.

Further, in the vehicle accident theft notification device according to the present invention, the GP for detecting the self-position by receiving radio waves from the satellite in the global azimuth measuring system in the self-position detecting means.
The S receiving device is used, and the car telephone device wirelessly connected to the car wireless network is used as the wireless transmission means.

[0009]

In the vehicle accident theft reporting device according to the present invention, the global azimuth measuring system (GPS) when one or both of the movement by the movement detecting means and the impact by the impact detecting means is detected. For example, the two-dimensional or three-dimensional self-position information detected by the receiving device is automatically notified via a wireless telephone. Therefore, it becomes easy and reliable to report theft and accidents.
The location of the accident or the current location of the theft can be reliably known at the report destination.

[0010]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a vehicle accident theft notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, this example is mounted on an automobile, and as will be described later, a microcomputer 1 for controlling each part of the device through control signals Ca, Cb, Cc, Cd, a place where an accident occurs, or The input unit 2 is provided with a keyboard and the like for making settings to report the current position of the stolen vehicle by facsimile telegram or synthetic voice.

Furthermore, GP from GPS satellites a, b, c
S Outputs two-dimensional position information Sa of a digital signal indicating the latitude and longitude of the reception position, which is measured by receiving the S radio wave.
A PS receiver 3, an annunciation signal generation unit 4 for converting the two-dimensional position information Sa from the GPS receiver 3 into a facsimile telegram signal Sb or a synthetic voice signal Sc, and outputting the same, and a wireless telephone network such as a cellular system. The fact that the mobile telephone 5 connected through the line and the vehicle equipped with the device have moved after the movement prohibition setting is detected by, for example, continuous vibration, engine rotation, battery current flow, ambient sound, etc. And a movement sensor 6 that outputs a movement detection signal Sd.

Further, in this example, when a vehicle equipped with the device collides, for example, an impulsive sound is generated, and an on-hook due to disconnection of a handset (not shown) of the mobile telephone 5,
The impact sensor 7 that detects the ON state of a switch equipped on a bumper or the like and sends the impact detection signal Se, and the movement detection signal Sd of the analog signal from the movement sensor 6 are converted into digital signals and output to the microcomputer 1. Do A
A / D converter 8a is provided.

Further, the A / D converter 8b for converting the analog shock detection signal Se from the shock sensor 7 into a digital signal and outputting the digital signal to the microcomputer 1, and the GPS radio waves from the GPS satellites ac are received. , The received signal is G
An antenna 9 for inputting to the PS receiver 3 and an antenna 10 connected to the mobile phone 5 for wireless transmission / reception.
And are provided. Furthermore, a cell base station 12 to which the mobile telephone 5 is connected by a wireless line is provided. The cell base station 12 has an antenna 13 and a communication line 14 for connecting to a central base station (not shown).

FIG. 2 shows the microcomputer 1 in FIG.
3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of FIG. In FIG.
This microcomputer 1 has a CPU 20 connected to a bus line and a control signal C to a GPS receiver 3 respectively.
I / O (input / output circuit) 21 for transmitting a and A /
An I / O 22 that causes the CPU 20 to take in the movement detection signal Sd from the D converter 8a, a control program of the device, and position information of an accident occurrence or theft occurrence as described below, together with an accident or theft notification. A ROM 23 that stores information is provided.

Further, the working RAM 24 and the I / O for sending the control signals Cb and Cc to the notification signal generator 4.
25, 26, the I / O 27 for sending the control signal Cd to the mobile telephone 5, and the input operation signal from the input unit 2 to the CPU 2
An I / O 28 for taking in 0 and an I / O 29 for taking in the impact detection signal Se from the A / D converter 8b by the CPU 20 are provided.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the notification signal generator 4 shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, the notification signal generation unit 4 generates a two-dimensional position information Sa into a facsimile electronic message signal Sb of character information and outputs it, and a two-dimensional position information Sa into a synthesized voice signal Sc. And a synthesized voice signal generation section 32 for transmitting.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the detailed electrical construction of the transmission system of the mobile telephone 5 in FIG. In FIG. 4, this mobile phone 5 shows only a transmission system, and is a mobile device that performs frequency modulation (FM) or the like on the facsimile telegram signal Sb or the synthesized voice signal Sc and sends the amplified transmission power to the antenna 10. A telephone transmission unit 41 is provided. Further, it is provided with a ten-key pad, a function selection key, an on / off hook key, etc., and is linked with the microcomputer 1 and the input unit 43 for setting a telephone number to report the location of the accident or the current location of the stolen vehicle. A control unit 44 configured to control each unit of the mobile telephone 5 and configured by a CPU and the like, and a memory 45 for storing the report destination telephone number set by the input unit 43 are provided.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. First, the setting of the telephone number of the report destination for reporting the occurrence of an accident and theft will be described. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for setting the telephone number of the report destination.
1 to 5, when a predetermined key of the input unit 43 of the mobile phone 5 is pressed, the control unit 4 that takes in the press signal
4 starts controlling the report destination telephone number setting mode (step SP10). Next, the control unit 44 fetches the report destination telephone number input from the input unit 43 (step SP1).
1). A process of storing the report destination telephone number in the memory 45 is executed (step SP12). Next, it is determined whether or not this storage is performed, and if the storage is not completed, the processing from the acquisition of the report destination telephone number input from the input unit 43 is repeated (step SP13: No),
In addition, when the storage is completed (step SP13: Yes)
Notifies the microcomputer 1 of the end of this storage.

Next, a description will be given of occurrence of an accident, occurrence of the place and theft, and notification of the current position of the vehicle.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the procedure of this notification. 1 to 6, the microcomputer 1 which has received the notification of the termination of the report destination telephone number setting mode from the control unit 44 of the mobile telephone 5 thereafter sends the control signal Ca for instructing the GPS receiver 3 to operate. And GPS
Acquire the ACK (acknowledge) from the receiver 3,
This operation is confirmed (steps SP19 and SP20). After this confirmation, control signals Cb and Cc for instructing the notification signal generator 4 to operate are sent to the facsimile signal generator 3 respectively.
1. The operation is confirmed by sending it to the synthetic voice signal generation unit 32 and fetching the ACK from here (step SP21).

Further, the control signal Cd for instructing the operation to the mobile telephone 5 is sent, and the ACK from the mobile telephone 5 is fetched to confirm the operation (step S).
P22). Then, in response to an instruction from the input unit 2, the microcomputer 1 causes the facsimile signal generation unit 3 in the notification signal generation unit 4 to operate.
1. Either the synthetic voice signal generation unit 32 is selected and its operation is instructed by the control signals Cb and Cc. In other words, either the facsimile message notification or the synthetic voice notification is set by the instruction from the input unit 2 and the setting end is judged (steps SP23, 24).

Next, the input section 2 gives an instruction as to whether an accident or theft has been reported. Movement is set to prevent theft after parking, and automatic notification of an accident is set when starting driving. The CPU 20 of the microcomputer 1 fetches this instruction and temporarily stores it in the RAM 24 (step SP2).
5). That is, when a car equipped with the device is parked, a report of theft is set, and when a car equipped with the device starts moving, a report of an accident is set. According to this setting, the recipient will be notified by "faith latitude XXXXX longitude XXXXX" or "accident latitude XXXXX" by facsimile message or synthetic voice as described in detail below.
The text or voice of "Longitude ○○○○" will be reported.

It should be noted that the mobile telephone 5 is also in operation during the processing so far.
, A reception processing unit (not shown) receives a position confirmation radio wave from the cell base station 12 and performs a line supplementing operation in which the mobile telephone transmission unit 41 returns and transmits an ID number in response to the reception (step). SP26).

After the setting in step SP25, the system waits for detection of an accident or theft (step S
P27), and determine whether the set accident or theft has occurred.
That is, the one movement sensor 6 and the impact sensor 7 that have been set.
The movement detection signal Sd and the impact detection signal Se from are taken in, and the presence or absence of these signals is determined (steps SP28, 2
9). If there is no signal in this step SP29 (step SP29: No), it indicates that neither the set accident occurrence nor the theft occurrence has occurred, and the capture of the movement detection signal Sd or the shock detection signal Se is repeated.

If there is a signal in step SP29 (step SP29: Yes), that is, if the set accident or theft occurs, the microcomputer 1 notifies the control unit 44 of the mobile telephone 5 ( Step SP30). With this notification, the control unit 44 controls the mobile telephone transmission unit 41 to make an off-hook call,
After confirming the response signal, the telephone number of the report destination stored in the memory 45 is read out. Further, it sends a selection signal by automatic dialing, confirms the line connection, and further notifies the microcomputer 1 of the confirmation of the line connection (step SP31).

The microcomputer 1 judges the line connection of this notification (step SP32). This step S
If the line is not connected in P32 (step S)
P32: No), this connection process is repeated. Step S
When the line is connected at P32 (step SP32: Y
es), and sends the control signal Cd to the control unit 44 of the mobile phone 5. With this control signal Cd, the control unit 44 gives an instruction to start the transmission operation of the mobile telephone transmission unit 41 (step SP3).
3).

In this transmission, the setting for notifying the current position of the stolen vehicle with the synthesized voice in steps SP23 and 24 is RAM2.
4 is performed, the CPU 20 reads the information of “theft” stored in the ROM 23 and sends it to the synthesized voice signal generation unit 32 of the notification signal generation unit 4, where the information from the GPS receiver 3 is read. In addition to the dimensional position information Sa, a synthetic voice signal Sc of serial data is generated. This theft and “theft latitude XXXXX longitude XXXXX”, which is voice information indicating the measured latitude and longitude of the reception position, are repeated three times consecutively from the mobile telephone transmitter 41, for example. To send.
Also in the case of the accident report setting, the information of "accident" similarly stored in the ROM 23 is read out, and the synthetic voice signal generation unit 3 is read.
In step 2, in addition to the two-dimensional position information Sa, serial data is generated, and in the generated voice information, "accident latitude ○○○○ longitude ○
The mobile phone transmitting unit 41 transmits "○○○".

Also, when the RAM 24 is set to notify the present position of the stolen vehicle or the place where the accident has occurred by facsimile telegram in steps SP23 and 24, the CPU 2
0 reads out the stored information of “theft” or “accident” stored in the ROM 23 and sends it to the facsimile signal generation unit 31 where it generates the facsimile data signal Sb of serial data in addition to the two-dimensional position information Sa. To do. The generated "theft latitude ○○○○ longitude ○○○○" or "the accident latitude ○
The mobile phone transmitting unit 41 transmits "OOOO longitude OOOO".

Then, the microcomputer 1 determines the end of this transmission (step SP34). When the transmission is completed (step SP34: Yes), the control unit 44 of the mobile phone 5 controls the mobile phone transmission unit 41 to set on-hook by the instruction of the microcomputer 1 (step SP35). The end of this transmission may be determined by counting a preset time of a counter (not shown) of the microcomputer 1, or the end of the frame (two-dimensional position information Sa) from the GPS receiver 3 may be determined. . Also,
If the transmission is not completed (step SP34: No), this determination is repeated until the transmission is completed. further,
The control unit 44 takes in the line disconnection and sends it to the microcomputer 1, and the microcomputer 1 judges this line disconnection (step SP36).

If the line connection is not disconnected in this determination (step SP36: No), this determination is repeated. If the line connection is disconnected (step SP36: Yes), the "theft" set in the RAM 24 in steps SP23 and 24 is performed. Or "accident" information is erased (step SP37). At this point, the processing procedure up to this point is completed, and step SP
Returning to 25, it becomes the standby state again.

As described above, in this embodiment, the two-dimensional position information Sa measured by the GPS receiver 3 is detected by the GPS receiver 3 when the vehicle equipped with the device is stolen after the movement is prohibited or the accident after the movement is started. At the same time, the mobile telephone 5 automatically notifies the telephone of the report destination through the cell base station 12 and the public line network. Therefore, when an accident occurs and the site is confused and it is difficult for the driver to immediately report, the accident is automatically and reliably reported. In addition, the current position of the accident, as latitude and longitude,
It is possible to know the information on the callee's side and to hear the voice around the accident site on the callee's phone.
Furthermore, even in the case of theft, since the latitude and longitude of the current location of the stolen vehicle are automatically reported, it is possible to check the current location of the stolen vehicle on the map and to know the location surely at the report destination. become.

Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, the specific structure is not limited to this embodiment, and there are design changes and the like within the scope not departing from the gist of the present invention. Also included in the present invention. For example, in this embodiment, the case where the movement is prohibited when the vehicle is stopped at the parking lot or the like and the operation is stopped, and the case where the vehicle is moved after this is described as theft. In addition, the impact after the movement at the start of operation is detected as an accident. That is, the theft and the accident are detected individually, but they may be detected at the same time. That is, during parking while the power supply system of the vehicle is turned off, the vehicle may be stolen and may collide with another vehicle.

When a collision accident is detected during the theft detection process, the CPU 20 of the microcomputer 1 is interrupted by the shock detection signal Se from the collision sensor 7 to shift to the automatic collision accident notification process. In this case, it is certain that the report should be made when the car is parked and a collision accident occurs. For example, if "latitude of accident in parking ○○○○ longitude ○○○○" is reported, it becomes possible to promptly and surely know the occurrence at the reporting destination.

Further, since an accident may occur during the movement of a stolen vehicle, even when a collision accident is detected during the theft notification after the movement prohibition is set, the collision detection signal Se from the collision sensor 7 is used. It is also possible to interrupt the microcomputer 1 to issue a collision accident. In this case, the report is "theft accident latitude ○○○○ longitude ○○○○"
It should be done.

In this embodiment, three GPS satellites a
Although the two-dimensional position information Sa indicating the latitude and the longitude of the reception position by digital signals is received by receiving the GPS radio waves from the c to c, the GPS radio waves from the four GPS satellites are received and the two-dimensional position information Sa is obtained. It is also possible to obtain three-dimensional information indicating the latitude, longitude, and altitude of the receiving position and report this three-dimensional information. In this case, from the altitude value, the current location of the stolen vehicle and the location of the accident can be identified more accurately at the callee. For example, it becomes possible to know in advance the place of occurrence of a mountainside or the like without having to check the map at the report destination.

Further, in this embodiment, the notification is made by facsimile telegram or synthetic voice, but it is also possible to notify the map information together. In this case, a road map information database device using a CD-ROM or the like is installed.
A so-called navigation system is used. With this configuration, when the theft or accident occurs, the database device is activated, the two-dimensional position information Sa is displayed on the map, this one-screen information is stored at regular intervals in time, and the information is read out and the report destination is given. Send to. In this case, report only by facsimile message. That is, the notification of the synthetic voice complicates the voice notification of the map information and avoids confusion when the notification is heard at the callee. In this case, a facsimile electronic message showing the current location of the stolen vehicle and the location of the vehicle where the accident occurred on the map can be obtained from the facsimile device of the report destination. Therefore, the present location of the stolen vehicle and the location of the accident can be more accurately determined at the call destination.

Further, in the above-mentioned embodiment, the automobile radio telephone is used for making a call to the call destination, but instead of this, multi-channel access (MCA) mobile communication may be used. Also, in the above embodiment,
Although GPS is used to measure the self-position, a geomagnetic detection type navigation system may be used instead of the GPS, or the urban traffic information system is used as long as the service area that can be reported is limited to a narrow area. However, the same effect as described above can be obtained.

[0037]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the vehicle accident theft reporting device of the first and second aspects, one or both of the movement after the prohibition of movement and the impact after the start of driving is detected. Information of theft and accident at the time, together with the two-dimensional or three-dimensional self-position information detected by the GPS receiving device, is automatically notified through a wireless telephone, so the report at the time of theft or accident becomes easy and reliable, Also, the location of the accident or the current location of the theft can be surely known at the report destination.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of a vehicle accident theft notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a microcomputer shown in FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing a detailed electrical configuration of a notification signal generator shown in FIG.

4 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a transmission system of the mobile phone shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for setting a telephone number to be notified in the operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure for reporting the location of an accident or the current position of a stolen vehicle in the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Microcomputer 3 GPS receiver (self-position detecting means, GPS receiving device) 4 Notification signal generating section 5 Mobile telephone (wireless transmitting means, car telephone device) 6 Movement sensor (movement detecting means) 7 Collision sensor (impact detecting means) 31 Facsimile signal generator 32 Synthetic voice signal generator Sa Two-dimensional position information Sb Facsimile telegram signal Sc Synthetic voice signal Sd Movement detection signal Se Impact detection signal a, b, c GPS satellite (satellite)

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle accident theft reporting device for automatically reporting the location of an accident in a vehicle and the current position of a stolen vehicle, and a movement detecting means for detecting movement of the vehicle, and an impact to the vehicle. Impact detection means, self-position detection means for detecting the self-position of the vehicle, and detection of movement by the movement detection means and / or at least when the impact detection means detects the impact A vehicle accident theft reporting device, comprising: a wireless transmission means for reporting self-position information. 2. The self-position detecting means uses a GPS receiving device for detecting the self-position by receiving radio waves from satellites in the world azimuth measuring system, and the wireless transmitting means is wirelessly connected to the automobile wireless network. The vehicle accident theft notification device according to claim 1, wherein a car telephone device is used.