JPH10124782A - Emergency situation reporting system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an emergency situation reporting system in which the generation of an emergency situation can be directly reported to prescribed outside facilities without for the discovery of a third person outside a vehicle at the time of the generation of the emergency situation. SOLUTION: This system is provided with a vehicle, navigation device 2 mounted on the vehicle, emergency situation detecting device 1, and radio communication device 3 which transmits the position of the vehicle detected by the navigation device 2 based on the output signal of the detecting device 1 to prescribed outside facilities. The position of the vehicle detected by the navigation device 2 based on an emergency situation detection signal of the detecting device 1 is directly reported to the outside facilities by the radio communication device 3.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an emergency notification system, and more particularly to an emergency notification system capable of promptly reporting the location of occurrence to a predetermined external organization when an emergency occurs in a vehicle such as a bus or taxi. .

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional emergency notification system of this kind is:
For example, it is configured as shown in FIGS. In the figure, L is an alarm lamp for notifying a third party outside the vehicle that an emergency has occurred, and a rotary reflector R is disposed on the outer periphery thereof. This warning lamp L is fixed to the roof of the vehicle. A battery power supply Ba is connected to the alarm lamp L in series via a push button switch SW arranged at the driver's seat of the vehicle, and a motor M for rotating the rotary reflector R is provided. They are connected in parallel.

In a vehicle equipped with this system, if an unfortunate emergency such as robbery or takeover occurs, the driver pushes the push button switch SW so that the criminal does not notice. Simultaneously with the lighting, the motor M is driven to rotate the rotary reflector R. As a result, the warning lamp L is brought into an operating state as if it is blinking by the rotation of the rotary reflector R, and a third person outside the vehicle notices that an emergency has occurred in the vehicle. . Accordingly, a third party informs a predetermined external organization such as the police, and measures are taken to resolve the emergency.

[0004]

The emergency notification system uses an alarm lamp L as a means for notifying the occurrence of an emergency to the outside.
This is a system based on the premise that a third party discovers the lighting of and notifies a predetermined external organization.

[0005] For this reason, when a third party outside the vehicle notices promptly, a report to an external organization is promptly made, so that appropriate measures can be taken to solve the emergency. On the other hand, if the discovery is delayed and the report is delayed, or if the vehicle is running, it is difficult to report the current exact vehicle position, so the resolution of the emergency is delayed, and the occupants, passengers There is still the possibility that an unexpected situation may occur.

[0006] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a direct,
It is an object of the present invention to provide an emergency notification system that can notify a predetermined external organization that an emergency has occurred.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention provides a vehicle, a navigation device mounted on the vehicle, an emergency detection device, and an output signal of the detection device. And a wireless communication device for transmitting the position of the vehicle detected by the navigation device to a predetermined external engine based on the emergency signal of the detection device. A wireless communication device for transmitting the position to a predetermined external organization, and the wireless communication device notifies the external organization of the position of the vehicle detected by the navigation device based on the emergency detection signal of the detection device. It is characterized by the following.

[0008] The second invention of the present invention is directed to the navigator.
A GPS antenna, a GPS receiver connected to the GPS antenna, a distance sensor, a direction sensor,
A third invention is characterized in that it includes a computer that calculates a current position based on signals from a GPS receiver, a distance sensor, and a direction sensor. The third invention provides the navigation device with a voice synthesis function, The voice synthesizing data is transmitted by a wireless communication device.

[0009]

Next, a first embodiment of an emergency notification system according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes an emergency detection device which is mainly disposed at a place where the driver can operate the driver's seat. For example, a switch which is opened and closed by a manual operation is preferable. A touch switch, a photo switch using a photo coupler, and the like can also be used. The emergency detection device 1 is connected to a navigation device 2, and a wireless communication device 3 and an antenna 4 are connected to the output side of the navigation device 2.

This system operates as follows. When an emergency occurs in the vehicle, the driver promptly operates and closes the emergency detection device 1. Thereby, the navigation device 2 calculates the position of the own vehicle based on the output signal from the detection device 1 and outputs the position data to the wireless communication device 3.

The position data is modulated so that it can be transmitted by the wireless communication device 3, output to the antenna 4, and transmitted from the antenna 4 as radio waves to an external organization. By receiving this transmission signal, the external engine can know exactly where the emergency has occurred, and even if the vehicle is in a running state, it travels with the position data sent every moment. Being able to accurately confirm the position enables appropriate measures to be taken to resolve an emergency.

FIG. 2 shows a second embodiment of the emergency notification system according to the present invention. In the figure, 1
A is an emergency detection device comprising a push button switch, which is connected to the navigation device 2A. The navigation device 2A is located at, for example, an appropriate part of a vehicle, and is a GP that receives position data from a plurality of satellites.
Connected to the S antenna 2a and the GPS antenna 2a,
A GPS receiver 2b that calculates a position based on position data from a PS antenna, a distance sensor 2c that detects a traveling distance based on the number of rotations of wheels, and a direction such as a vibration gyro that detects a traveling direction of the vehicle. A computer 2e that calculates the current position based on the sensor 2d and signals output from the GPS receiver 2b, the distance sensor 2c, and the direction sensor 2d.
It is composed of Note that this navigation device 2
A is provided with a voice synthesis function. The navigation device 2A is connected to a car telephone device 3A as a wireless communication device, and further connected to a car phone antenna 4.

In this configuration, when the navigation device 2A detects that the push button switch 1A has been operated by the occupant, the position and time data of the vehicle at that time are obtained.
Is calculated, the speech is synthesized, and output to the mobile phone 3A. Then, a notification is sent to a predetermined external organization such as the police or fire department through the automobile telephone device 3A and the antenna 4. Therefore, according to this system, since the notification is made by voice, the exchange of information becomes direct, and the response to an emergency can be speeded up.

FIGS. 3 and 4 show a third embodiment of the emergency notification system according to the present invention, which comprises a vehicle side and a center side. The system on the vehicle side includes an emergency detection device 1 composed of, for example, a push button switch, a navigation device 2, a taxi radio device 3B as a radio communication device, and an antenna 4.

The navigation device 2 is, for example, disposed at an appropriate part of a vehicle, and receives a GPS antenna 2a for receiving position data from a plurality of satellites, and a GPS antenna 2a.
, A GPS receiver 2b that calculates a position based on position data from a GPS antenna, a distance sensor 2c that detects a traveling distance based on the number of rotations of wheels, and a vibration that detects a traveling direction of the vehicle. Direction sensor 2d such as gyro
GPS receiver 2b, distance sensor 2c, direction sensor 2
and a computer 2e for calculating the current position based on the signal output from the terminal d.

On the other hand, the system on the center side has an antenna 5 for receiving a transmission signal (radio wave) from the antenna 4, for example.
And a radio-receiver 6 connected to the antenna 5
And a computer 7 for processing various data such as position data transmitted from the vehicle, and a telephone 8 and a display device 9 connected to the computer 7 for reporting to an external organization. Have been. The display content of the display device 9 is, for example, as shown in FIG. 4, in which a vehicle in which an emergency has occurred is displayed on a map in a superimposed manner. Becomes easier.

In this configuration, in the vehicle system, when the navigation device 2 detects that the push button switch 1A is operated by the occupant, the vehicle position and time data at that time are calculated. It is output to the taxi radio device 3B. Then, the output data is transmitted to the center system via the taxi radio device 3B and the antenna 4. This transmission signal is received by the antenna 5,
The data is input to the computer 7 via the taxi radio receiving device 6 and the transmission data is processed. The output result is reported to a predetermined external organization such as the police or fire department by the telephone 8 and is also displayed on the display device 9.

The vehicle is displayed on the display device 9 with its vehicle number and an arrow indicating the traveling direction superimposed on a map.
In particular, if a vehicle in which an emergency has occurred is circled with its vehicle number, it can be easily distinguished from a normal vehicle in which no emergency has occurred. Therefore, according to this system, the notification becomes direct and the response to an emergency can be expedited.

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment. For example, the navigation device is constituted by a GPS antenna, a GPS receiver, and an arithmetic computer, and a navigation sensor, a direction sensor, and an arithmetic It can also be constituted by a computer. Further, when a vehicle in which an emergency has occurred is displayed on the display device, the display mark for displaying the vehicle may be blinked or displayed in red to call attention. Furthermore, the transmission output from the wireless communication device in response to the occurrence of an emergency can be changed to a larger output than usual, so that an external organization can reliably receive the output.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is determined that an occupant has operated the emergency detection device.
When the vehicle is detected, the position and time data of the vehicle at that time are calculated and output to the wireless communication device, so that a predetermined external organization such as a police or fire department can be notified in real time. Therefore, the exchange of information becomes direct by wireless communication, and the response to an emergency can be expedited.

In particular, if the navigation device is provided with a voice synthesizing function, information can be transmitted and received more directly, so that an appropriate response to an emergency can be realized.

[Brief description of the drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a circuit block diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a circuit block diagram showing a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a display example on the display device of FIG. 3;

FIGS. 5A and 5B are diagrams showing a conventional example, wherein FIG. 5A is a side view of a vehicle equipped with an emergency notification system, and FIG. 5B is an electric circuit diagram of the system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 1A Emergency detection device 2, 2A Navigation device 2a GPS antenna 2b GPS receiver 2c Distance sensor 2d Direction sensor 2e Computer 3, 3A, 3B Wireless communication device 4, 5 Antenna 6 Receiving device 7 Computer TA 8 Telephone 9 Display device

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A vehicle, a navigation device mounted on a vehicle, an emergency detection device, and a position of the own vehicle detected by the navigation device based on an output signal of the detection device are determined by a predetermined external engine. Wireless communication device for transmitting the position of the vehicle detected by the navigation device based on the emergency detection signal of the detection device to an external organization by the wireless communication device. Situation reporting system. 2. The navigation device according to claim 1, further comprising a GPS antenna, a GPS receiver connected to the GPS antenna, a distance sensor, a direction sensor, and signals from the GPS receiver, the distance sensor, and the direction sensor. The emergency notification system according to claim 1, further comprising a computer for calculating a position. 3. The emergency notification system according to claim 1, wherein a voice synthesizing function is provided to said navigation device, and voice synthesizing data is transmitted by a wireless communication device.