KR101432556B1 - emergency service system and method - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an emergency service system and a method thereof. According to the system and method, a display device is installed at the entrance of a house and an emergency situation is displayed on the display device to enable the police or rescue workers to find out the house in which an emergency occurs when the police or the rescue workers are dispatched to a senior citizen who lives alone, a patient, or a house. The system includes: an emergency detection unit which includes a plurality of sensors to detect a plurality of emergencies; a gateway which, if an emergency occurrence detection signal is detected by the emergency detection unit, generates an emergency occurrence signal, turns on an internal alarm unit, and at the same time transmits emergency occurrence data including user data to a control center through a wired or wireless network; and an alarm display unit which is installed at the outdoor entrance and displays an emergency status to easily check the emergency occurrence according to the emergency occurrence signal transmitted from the gateway through a wired or wireless network.

Description

[0001] Emergency service system and method [0002]

The present invention relates to an emergency service system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to an emergency service system and method thereof, in which an elderly person or a patient living alone or an emergency where an emergency occurs, such as a police or a 119, And an emergency service system and method thereof in which a display device is installed and an emergency situation is displayed on a display device.

In general, as the family functions as an economic unit, the nuclear family system is rapidly spreading, the functions for supporting the elderly are shrinking, and the social responsibility of the elderly support is relatively increasing. In addition to this, the average life expectancy has increased and is entering an aging society. As a result, the number of elderly people living alone is rapidly increasing.

As a result, the number of elderly living alone has increased rapidly, but it has not been properly managed and now it is becoming a big social problem. Until now, the management of elderly people living alone has only managed the status of the elderly living alone in their municipalities in the local governments, and sent the elderly living alone to their elderly people on a regular basis to check the residential status and health status of the elderly living alone. Therefore, when an elderly person living alone experiences an emergency situation, it is difficult to immediately respond to the situation.

On the other hand, with the rapid development of communication technology and the spread of internet through high-speed network, the network environment that was built around the office of a corporation or a public institution has spread to digital electronic devices in the home, Ubiquitous Sensor Network (USN) technology that transmits, collects, stores, and analyzes mass sensing data related to objects and environments based on wireless communication technology and provides information suited to the current situation of the user, It is attracting attention.

However, such a home network and USN technology are focused on the efficient operation of domestic appliances and intelligent control from a remote location, and this technology is useless for a single living alone.

Most of the elderly living alone live in dense areas like general houses. In case of an elderly person living alone or an elderly living alone, an emergency occurs in the house where an elderly person lives. In case of emergency, it is easy to check the home address of the house where the elderly live in. However, it is difficult to find the house where the emergency occurred in the vicinity of the home address in the concentrated area. There is a problem in which the life of the elderly living alone is greatly affected or the property damage is increased due to the problems that are delayed much and those problems.

Therefore, it is necessary to develop a system capable of managing the elderly living alone, which is a social problem by combining the above-described home network and USN technology.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and an object of the present invention is to provide a display device for informing an emergency situation at a doorway of a home where an emergency occurs, The present invention provides an emergency service system and a method thereof for easily finding the location of a home where an emergency occurs.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an emergency service system comprising: an emergency situation sensing unit for sensing a plurality of emergency situations and outputting a sensing signal, the emergency sensing unit including an activity sensor, a gas sensor and a fire sensor; A gateway for generating an emergency occurrence signal and transmitting emergency occurrence information including user information to a control center through a wired or wireless network when the detection signal is received from the emergency detection unit; And an alarm display unit installed at an entrance and exit of the outdoor unit and displaying an emergency status so that emergency occurrence can be easily confirmed according to an emergency occurrence signal transmitted from the gateway in a wired or wireless manner, A storage unit for storing information; A mode setting unit for setting the outgoing mode; Wherein the control unit receives a sensing signal transmitted from the gas sensor and the fire sensor when the mode setting unit is in the outgoing mode, A receiver for receiving a signal; A controller for generating an emergency occurrence signal for generating an alarm according to the detection signal received by the receiver and generating emergency occurrence information including user information stored in the storage; And a transmitter for transmitting the emergency occurrence information generated by the controller to the control center through a network and transmitting the generated emergency occurrence signal to the alarm display unit via wired or wireless communication.

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Wherein the alarm display unit comprises: a receiver for receiving an emergency occurrence signal transmitted from the gateway; A control unit for generating a control signal for indicating an emergency occurrence according to an emergency occurrence signal received by the receiving unit; A first display unit for displaying the occurrence of an emergency in light according to a control signal generated by the control unit; And a second display unit for displaying the occurrence of an emergency according to a control signal generated by the control unit as a character, wherein when the emergency situation is canceled, the controller displays an emergency occurrence character displayed on the second display unit as a character .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an emergency service method comprising the steps of: determining whether a gateway is in an outgoing mode; Operating the gas sensor and the fire sensor when the gateway is in the outgoing mode and operating the activity sensor, the gas sensor and the fire sensor when the outgoing mode is not in the outgoing mode; Determining whether or not a sensing signal is received from at least one of the gas sensor and the fire sensor when the gateway is in the outgoing mode, and determining whether or not at least one of the activity sensor, the gas sensor, Determining whether a sensing signal is received from the sensor; When the gateway receives the detection signal from at least one sensor as a result of the determination as to whether the detection signal is received, generates an emergency occurrence signal and transmits emergency occurrence information including user information to the terminal through a wired or wireless network Transmitting to the control center; And an alarm display unit installed at an outdoor doorway, receiving the generated emergency occurrence signal by wire or wirelessly, and displaying an emergency status according to the received emergency occurrence signal.

Wherein the transmitting comprises: the gateway receiving the sensing signal from the at least one sensor; Generating, by the gateway, an emergency occurrence signal for generating an alarm according to the received detection signal, and generating emergency occurrence information including user information stored in the memory; And transmitting, by the gateway, the generated emergency situation information to the control center through a wired or wireless network, and transmitting the generated emergency situation signal to the alarm display unit via wired or wireless communication.
The step of displaying the emergency status may further include the steps of: receiving the emergency occurrence signal transmitted from the gateway; Generating a control signal for indicating an emergency occurrence according to the received emergency occurrence signal; And the alarm display unit displays the occurrence of an emergency in light and text on different display units according to the generated control signal.

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The emergency service system and method according to the present invention can easily set the location of a house where an emergency occurs when a police or a 119 emergency service is dispatched for emergency service by installing a display device for informing an emergency situation at a doorway of a home where an emergency occurs It is possible to shorten the time required for emergency treatment and to achieve emergency treatment in a short time within a short period of time, thereby wasting administrative power and reducing administrative costs.

1 shows a detailed block diagram of an emergency service system according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the alarm display unit shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
FIGS. 3A and 3B are perspective views showing the structure of the alarm display unit shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3A shows a display state when an emergency occurs, and FIG. 3B shows a display state when an emergency is released.
4 is a flowchart of an emergency service method according to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of step S150 shown in FIG. 4 in more detail.

The terms and words used in the present specification and claims should not be construed as limited to ordinary or dictionary terms and should be construed in a sense and concept consistent with the technical idea of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments described in the present specification and the configurations shown in the drawings are only the most preferred embodiments of the present invention, and not all of the technical ideas of the present invention are included. Therefore, It is to be understood that equivalents and modifications are possible.

Hereinafter, an emergency service system and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a detailed structure of an emergency service system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the alarm display unit shown in FIG. 1. FIG. FIG. 3A is a diagram showing a display state when an emergency situation occurs, and FIG. 3B is a diagram showing a display state when an emergency situation is canceled.

Referring to FIG. 1, the emergency service system according to the present invention includes a plurality of sensors 10, 11, and 12 installed in a home, a gateway 20, an alarm display unit 30 installed at a doorway outside the home, And a control center 40. Here, the control center 40 may be a 119 emergency unit, a police station, a hospital emergency center, or the like.

The plurality of sensors 10, 11, 12 may include a plurality of gas sensors 10, a plurality of fire sensors 11, and a plurality of activity sensors 12.

The gateway 20 may include a receiving unit 21, a control unit 22, a mode setting unit 23, a storage unit 24, a transmitting unit 25, and an alarm sound generating unit 26.

2, the alarm display unit 30 includes a receiving unit 31, a control unit 32, first and second display units 33 and 34, a memory 36, and a power supply unit 35 .

The storage unit 24 may store user information required to notify an emergency state, for example, home address information, user name information, registered user phone number information, and the like.

The plurality of sensors 10, 11 and 12 detect the presence of a leak in the home, a fire, and an active state of a user in the home (for example, the elderly living alone) Is transmitted to the receiving unit 21 of the gateway 20 by radio. 1, the plurality of sensors 10, 11, and 12 are shown to communicate wirelessly with the receiving unit 21 of the gateway 20, but they may be connected through a wire.

The mode setting unit 23 of the gateway 20 sets the outgoing mode so that only the gas sensor 10 and the fire sensor 11 are driven when the outgoing mode is set through the mode setting unit 23. [ And the gas sensor 10, the fire sensor, and the activity sensor 12 are both operated when the outgoing mode is released. That is, in the outgoing mode, since there is no user in the home, it is not necessary to detect the user's activity state. Herein, the operation of controlling the driving of the plurality of sensors 10, 11, 12 according to the operation of the plurality of sensors 10, 11, 12 and the set mode is already known technical feature, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted .

The receiving unit 21 of the gateway 20 receives the sensing signals transmitted from the plurality of sensors 10 and provides the received sensing signals to the control unit 22.

The control unit 22 determines that the vehicle is in an emergency state and outputs the alarm signal to the storage unit 24 when the detection signal, for example, a leak detection signal, a fire occurrence detection signal, And provides the transmission unit 25 with status information indicating the occurrence of an emergency situation in the read user information.

The transmission unit 25 transmits the emergency occurrence information provided by the control unit 24 to the control center 40 via the network and transmits a text message informing the emergency number to the telephone number using the registered user telephone number information It is possible.

The network connecting the control center 40 and the gateway 20 may be at least one of the PSTN, the Internet, and the WiBro network. That is, the network may be any wired or wireless network.

The transmission unit 25 of the gateway 20 sends an emergency sound generating unit 26 provided in the home and an alarm display unit 30 provided at the out-of-home door according to the emergency occurrence signal provided from the control unit 22, A situation occurrence signal can be transmitted. Here, the transmission unit 25 of the gateway 20 and the alarm display unit 30 provided outside may be connected through a local area wireless communication network or may be connected by a cable.

The alarm sound generating unit 26 in the home generates an alarm sound in response to the emergency occurrence signal transmitted from the transmitter 25 and the alarm display unit 30 displays the emergency sound transmitted from the transmission unit 30 of the gateway 20 And receives a situation occurrence signal to indicate occurrence of an emergency.

More specifically, the receiving unit 31 of the alarm display unit 30 wirelessly receives an emergency occurrence signal transmitted from the transmitting unit 25 of the gateway 20, And provides an emergency occurrence signal to the control unit 32.

The control unit 32 drives the timer for a predetermined period of time, supplies power to the first display unit 33, drives the second display unit 34 by supplying power thereto, 2 display unit 34 to display a message informing an emergency situation stored in the memory 36. [

3A and 3B, when the emergency signal is received, the first display unit 33 is turned on according to the supplied power, and the second display unit 34 is turned on 3A and 3B, when the emergency signal is received, the emergency message may be displayed as shown in FIG. 3A according to the control of the controller 32. [0035] Referring to FIG. Meanwhile, the driving time of the timer may be selectively set by the user.

When the predetermined time has elapsed in the state in which the first and second display units 33 and 34 are driven, the control unit 32 turns off the power supplied to the first display unit 33 to turn off the LED driving, The control unit 34 stops the display of the emergency message as shown in FIG. 3B and controls to display user information (for example, user name information) like a nameplate.

Meanwhile, since the alarm display unit 30 is wirelessly connected to the gateway 20, a power supply unit 35 for supplying power for driving the alarm display unit 30 can be separately configured. Here, the power supply unit 35 may include at least one of a battery and a solar cell. In this case, when the alarm display unit 30 and the gateway 20 are connected by wire rather than wirelessly, there is no need to separately provide a power supply unit 35. The driving power may be supplied through the power supply line from the gateway 20 You will have to understand.

When an emergency display is displayed by setting the alarm display unit 30 at a doorway outside the home, it is possible to easily and quickly confirm the location where the emergency occurred at the time of emergency dispatch, and the alarm display unit 30 If an emergency indication is confirmed, early emergency treatment can be performed, so that the emergency situation can be dealt with quickly.

Hereinafter, the detailed structure of the alarm display unit 30 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3A and 3B.

First, the alarm display unit 30 includes a display panel 37 having a predetermined thickness as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B; A first display unit 33 provided on the entire outer surface of the display panel so as to be detachable from the display panel and configured to display an emergency situation when an emergency event signal is received, And a second display unit 34 for displaying an occurrence of an emergency when the event signal is received.

More specifically, the alarm display unit 30 can be applied to a road name building license plate supplied at the time of conversion to a street name address. The structure of the first display unit 33 includes an LED bulb, 3B shows a case where an emergency situation message is displayed or a number of LED bulbs are provided in the lower part of the front side to display an emergency message, As shown in FIG. 3B, the second display unit 34 may be provided to display the nameplate information (user name information).

Here, the first display portion 33 and the second display portion 34 may be provided inside the translucent case so as to be attachable and detachable. In order to enable the attaching and detaching of the first and second display portions 33 and 34, A terminal for receiving power and a terminal for receiving a control signal for displaying an emergency message.

Further, it is to be understood that the second display unit 34 may be an LCD, and other display means may be used.

As shown in FIG. 3A, in the emergency display state, the transition to the emergency release state as shown in FIG. 3B can be switched using the timer as described above. However, when the user manually releases the emergency state to the alarm display unit 30 So that the user can easily switch the state.

The emergency service method according to the present invention corresponding to the operation of the emergency service system according to the present invention as described above will be described step by step with reference to the operation flow charts of FIG. 4 and FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the emergency service method according to the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the emergency service method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

First, as shown in FIG. 4, it is determined whether the operation mode is set to the outgoing mode in the gateway 20 of FIG. 1 (S100).

The gateway 20 stops driving the plurality of activity sensors 12 and drives the plurality of gas sensors 10 and the plurality of fire sensors 11 in operation S120. This is because, when the outgoing mode is set, there is no user in the home, so it is not necessary to detect the user's activity state.

However, if the outgoing mode is not set in step S100, all the gas sensors 10, the fire sensor 11, and the activity sensor 12 are driven because the user is present in the home (S110)

Next, it is determined whether a sensor signal is received from any one of the sensors 10, 11, and 12 according to whether the outgoing mode is set or not (S130). Here, when the outgoing mode is set, it is determined whether a gas leakage and / or a fire detection signal is received from the gas sensor 10 and / or the fire sensor 11. If the outgoing mode is not set, , The gas sensor 10, the fire sensor 11, and the activity sensor 12, as shown in FIG.

As a result of the determination, when a sensing signal is received from an arbitrary sensor, the gateway 20 transmits the emergency occurrence information to the control sensor through the network at the same time as generating the indoor alarm sound (S140). Here, the emergency information transmitted from the gateway 20 to the control center may be user name information, address information, etc., and the gateway 20 may transmit the emergency information to the control center, You might also be able to send a message informing you of the situation. In order to transmit emergency information and messages to the gateway 20, the control center, and the user telephone terminal, a PSTN, the Internet, a WiBro network, or the like can be used.

Then, the gateway 20 transmits an emergency occurrence signal to the alarm display unit 30 as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B at the entrance and exit (S150).

The alarm display unit 30 displays an emergency situation according to an emergency occurrence signal transmitted from the gateway 20 (S160)

Here, the emergency display operation in step S160 will be described in more detail with reference to FIG.

First, when an emergency occurrence signal is received from the gateway 20 (S161), the alarm display unit drives a timer (S162), drives a first display unit composed of LEDs for notifying an emergency situation for a set time of the timer, The status message is displayed on the second display unit (S163).

Here, the first display unit is a plurality of LED lamps installed at the outer periphery of the building sign as shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B, and the second display unit is an LED display panel installed below the building sign to display a message of emergency.

That is, when an emergency occurs, the LED bulb (first display unit) outside the building sign is driven as shown in FIG. 3A, and a message of emergency is displayed on the second display unit including a plurality of LED bulbs below the front of the building sign .

If it is determined in step S164 that the set time has been exceeded, that is, if the timer has been terminated (step S164). If the set time is exceeded, that is, The power supply to the first display unit (LED bulb) is interrupted to turn off the driving of the LED bulb, and the emergency message displayed on the second display unit is controlled so that the nameplate information (user name information) can be displayed as shown in FIG. 3B (S165 ).

Having described the embodiments of the present invention above, those of ordinary skill in the art will recognize that these embodiments are illustrative rather than limiting, and that various changes and modifications may be made without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention Variations, and modifications may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.

10: gas sensor 11: fire sensor
12: activity sensor 30: gateway
21, 31: receiving section 22, 32:
23: Mode setting section 24:
25: transmitting unit 26: alarm sound generating unit
30: an alarm display unit 33, 34:
35: power supply unit 36: memory
37: Display panel

Claims (8)

In an emergency service system,
An emergency situation sensing unit for sensing a plurality of emergency situations and outputting a sensing signal, the activity sensing unit including an activity sensor, a gas sensor, and a fire sensor;
A gateway for generating an emergency occurrence signal and transmitting emergency occurrence information including user information to a control center through a wired or wireless network when the detection signal is received from the emergency detection unit; And
And an alarm display unit installed at an exit of the outdoor unit and displaying an emergency status so that an occurrence of an emergency situation can be easily confirmed according to an emergency occurrence signal transmitted from the gateway by wire or wireless,
The gateway comprises:
A storage unit storing the user information;
A mode setting unit for setting the outgoing mode;
Wherein the control unit receives a sensing signal transmitted from the gas sensor and the fire sensor when the mode setting unit is in the outgoing mode, A receiver for receiving a signal;
A controller for generating an emergency occurrence signal for generating an alarm according to the detection signal received by the receiver and generating emergency occurrence information including user information stored in the storage; And
And a transmitter for transmitting the emergency occurrence information generated by the controller to the control center through a network and transmitting the generated emergency occurrence signal to the alarm display unit via wired or wireless communication.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The alarm display unit displays,
A receiving unit for receiving an emergency occurrence signal transmitted from the gateway;
A control unit for generating a control signal for indicating an emergency occurrence according to an emergency occurrence signal received by the receiving unit;
A first display unit for displaying the occurrence of an emergency in light according to a control signal generated by the control unit;
And a second display unit for displaying the occurrence of an emergency according to a control signal generated by the control unit,
Wherein the control unit changes the emergency occurrence character displayed on the second display unit to a character corresponding to the user information when the emergency situation is canceled.
In an emergency service method,
Determining whether the gateway is in outgoing mode;
Operating the gas sensor and the fire sensor when the gateway is in the outgoing mode and operating the activity sensor, the gas sensor and the fire sensor when the outgoing mode is not in the outgoing mode;
Determining whether or not a sensing signal is received from at least one of the gas sensor and the fire sensor when the gateway is in the outgoing mode, and determining whether or not at least one of the activity sensor, the gas sensor, Determining whether a sensing signal is received from the sensor;
When the gateway receives the detection signal from at least one sensor as a result of the determination as to whether the detection signal is received, generates an emergency occurrence signal and transmits emergency occurrence information including user information to the terminal through a wired or wireless network Transmitting to the control center; And
And an alarm display unit installed at an outdoor doorway receives the generated emergency occurrence signal by wire or wirelessly and displays an emergency status according to the received emergency occurrence signal.
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the transmitting comprises:
The gateway receiving the sensing signal from the at least one sensor;
Generating, by the gateway, an emergency occurrence signal for generating an alarm according to the received detection signal, and generating emergency occurrence information including user information stored in the memory; And
The gateway transmits the generated emergency occurrence information to the control center through a wired or wireless network and transmits the generated emergency occurrence signal to the alarm display unit via wired or wireless communication. .
5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the step of displaying the emergency status comprises:
Receiving an emergency occurrence signal transmitted from the gateway;
Generating a control signal for indicating an emergency occurrence according to the received emergency occurrence signal;
And the alarm display unit displays the occurrence of an emergency in light and text on different display units according to the generated control signal.
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