JPH09282579A - Drowing reporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To demand a rescue by speedily transmitting a emergency signal even when a worker falls down on a shoal with the shallow depth of water or inside a water tank. SOLUTION: When the person mounting portable terminal equipment 1 is turned into a drowing state, a drowing detection sensor 11 detects the infiltration of liquid while utilizing the refraction of light. A CPU 15 at the portable terminal equipment 1 detects the drowing state from the detecting output of the drowing detection sensor 11, turns on a light emitting part 22, reads a previously applied identification number out of a data memory 14, generates the relief signal containing this identification number and transmits that signal through a transmission/reception part 16 and an amplifier 17. When the emergency signal from the portable terminal equipment 1 is received through an antenna 27 and a transmission/reception part 26, a CPU 25 at a fixed alarm 2 activates an alarm tone generating part 21 and an alarm lamp part 22, reports it through sound and light to surrounding people and transmits a emergency message to the portable terminal equipment carried with persons in charge.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a water emergency notification device for issuing an emergency notification during a water emergency.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional device for preventing a water death accident by issuing an emergency report in the event of a water disaster, for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 60-167.
The device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 095 detects a change in water pressure and issues an emergency report when the water pressure continues to be an abnormal value for a certain period of time. In addition, JP-A-62
The device disclosed in Japanese Patent No. 252219 has a transmitter mounted on the head of a swimmer, and an alarm radio wave is emitted based on the detection output of the water pressure sensor when the transmitter is submerged in water. There is.

[0003]

However, since the above-mentioned conventional device is configured to issue an emergency notification based on the water pressure, the emergency notification is not issued unless it is submerged to a predetermined water depth. For this reason, when a person cannot fall and stand up in a shallow water or in a water storage tank, the conventional device cannot send an emergency call, and thus there is a problem that the call cannot be rescued due to a delay in the call.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide a water emergency notification device which can send an emergency signal at an early stage to request rescue even if the user falls down in a shallow water or in a water storage tank.

[0005]

[Means for Solving the Problems] The water emergency notification device of the present invention detects the submerged state by detecting the intrusion of water instead of the conventional water pressure, and gives an identification number assigned in advance. The mobile terminal is configured to transmit an emergency signal including the. Further, the infiltration of water is detected by utilizing the refraction of light. Furthermore, the mobile terminal device and the fixed alarm device that receives an emergency signal and issues an alarm are each provided with a message transmission / reception function, and when the fixed alarm device receives the emergency signal, another mobile terminal possessed by a person concerned. Allows you to send an emergency message to the vessel.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which an emergency signal is transmitted when a person is submerged in water, and a message is normally transmitted / received to / from a fixed alarm device 2. Portable terminal 1 capable of performing, and portable terminal 1
A fixed alarm device 2 is provided that can issue an alarm when it receives an emergency signal transmitted by the device and can send and receive a message to and from the mobile terminal device 1.

The portable terminal 1 has a submergence detection sensor 11 capable of detecting the intrusion of water, a light emitting section 12 which emits light to inform the submerged position when the submersion occurs, a message or the like during normal transmission / reception. Is displayed, a data memory 14 in which data such as the identification number of the mobile terminal device is stored in advance, and an emergency signal is detected based on the detection result of the submersion detection sensor 11 when the submersion state is detected. It has a CPU 15 that outputs various signals and executes various control processes, a transceiver 16 that transmits and receives radio signals, and an antenna 17.

On the other hand, the fixed alarm device 2 includes an alarm sound generating part 21 for emitting an alarm sound when an emergency signal is received, an alarm lamp part 22 for turning on a lamp, a display part 23 for displaying a message and the like, and a portable terminal. It has a data memory 24 in which data such as container identification numbers and holder names are stored in advance, a CPU 25 that executes various control processes, a transmission / reception unit 26 that transmits and receives radio signals, and an antenna 27. .

By the way, the submergence detection sensor 11 of the portable terminal 1 is, as shown in FIG. 2, a transparent tube a formed so that water can enter when it is submerged, and a side surface of the tube a. Has a light emitting element b and a light receiving element c which are arranged to face each other. The light-receiving element c is usually shown in FIG.
As shown in (b), the light beam emitted from the light emitting element b is received. However, when the water is submerged and water enters the cylinder a, as shown in FIG. Since the light beam is refracted, the light receiving element c cannot receive the light beam. Therefore, by monitoring the output of the light receiving element c, it can be detected that the portable terminal device 1 is in the submerged state. It is obvious that the same operation will be performed with liquids other than water.

When a person wearing the portable terminal device 1 falls and is submerged in a shallow water such as a shallow water or a water tank, the CPU 15 of the portable terminal device 1 receives the light receiving element of the submerged detection sensor 11. It is detected that the water is submerged due to the output change of c. Then, the identification number of the mobile terminal is read from the data memory 14, and an emergency signal including this identification number is generated and transmitted via the transmitting / receiving unit 16 and the antenna 17. At the same time, the light emitting unit 12 is used to notify the submerged position.
The light emitting element of is made to emit light.

When the mobile terminal 1 is submerged in water, the antenna 17 is separated from the main body of the mobile terminal so as to float on the surface of the water, and an emergency signal is sent from the transmission / reception section 16 to the antenna 17 via a signal line. May be supplied.

On the other hand, when the CPU 25 of the fixed alarm device 2 receives the emergency signal from the portable terminal device 1 through the antenna 27 and the transmission / reception unit 26, it activates the alarm sound generation unit 21 to send out the alarm sound. The lamp of the alarm lamp unit 22 is turned on to notify the surrounding people of the reception of the emergency signal.

Further, the identification number included in the emergency signal is extracted, the owner name of the corresponding portable terminal device is read out by referring to the data memory 24, and the related information such as the identification number of the portable terminal device or the portable person name is read. Is displayed on the display unit 23. Furthermore, in order to notify the related person in another place, the related person carries the emergency message to the portable terminal device.

[0015]

As described above, according to the present invention, the portable terminal unit detects the entry of water instead of the conventional water pressure and detects that it is in the submerged state, and includes the identification number. By sending an emergency signal and indicating the submerged position by emitting light, even if the person falls down in a shallow water or in a water tank and becomes submerged, the submerged place can be searched and rescued early.

Further, by detecting the infiltration of the liquid by utilizing the refraction of light, the emergency signal can be transmitted even when the liquid falls into a liquid other than water.

Further, the mobile terminal and the fixed alarm for receiving an emergency signal and issuing an alarm are each provided with a message transmission / reception function, and the mobile terminal is held by a plurality of persons concerned so that the fixed alarm is an emergency. By transmitting an emergency message to another mobile terminal device when the signal is received, it is possible to quickly notify the person concerned and rescue the person.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the submergence detection sensor 11 shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Portable terminal device 2 Fixed alarm device 11 Submersion detection sensor 12 Light emission part 13,23 Display part 14,24 Data memory 15,25 CPU 16,25 Transmission / reception part 17,27 Antenna 21 Warning sound generation part 22 Warning lamp part

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A water emergency notification device comprising a mobile terminal device that transmits an emergency signal during a water emergency and a fixed alarm device that issues an alarm when the emergency signal is received, wherein the mobile terminal device detects intrusion of water. Submergence detection means for detecting that the submersion has occurred, means for transmitting an emergency signal including an identification number assigned in advance when the submersion occurs, and submersion by emitting light when the submersion occurs A water disaster notification device, comprising: means for informing a position. 2. The submergence detection means includes a transparent tube formed so that water will enter when the submersion state is reached, and a light emitting element and a light receiving element that are arranged to face the side surface of the tube. 2. The light receiving element according to claim 1, wherein the light receiving element is arranged at a position where the light beam from the light emitting element cannot be received due to refraction of light when water enters the inside of the cylinder. Water accident reporting device. 3. The fixed alarm device has a data memory in which data such as an identification number of the mobile terminal device and a holder's name is stored in advance, and is included in the emergency signal when the emergency signal is received. Means for extracting the identification number stored in the data memory and displaying the related information by collating the data memory, means for notifying by sound and light when the emergency signal is received, and an emergency message to another portable terminal device. The means for transmitting a water disaster notification device according to claim 1, further comprising: