TW201706966A - Events notification method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

An event notification method is disclosed. The event notification method is used for notifying a regulator of a location of an electronic device when the electronic device sends a warming signal in a monitoring area. The event notification method includes the following steps of: receiving the warming signal via at least a spot monitoring device disposed at the monitoring area; determining a location area of the electronic device according to the warming signal; and controlling a display to display a map showing the monitoring area, and indicating the location area of the electronic device on the map.

Description

Event notification method and system

The present invention relates to an event notification method, and more particularly to an event notification method for determining and notifying an event occurrence location.

The maintenance of security management in a specific area is mostly performed by setting a surveillance video recorder in the area to perform a monitoring operation. Once an event occurs in the monitored area, the manager rushes to the event occurrence location according to the monitoring screen to process the event. However, the monitor material is relatively expensive, so it is difficult to provide a monitor at each location in the area, and there is also a blind spot that cannot be captured by the monitor during monitoring.

Another common security maintenance method is through the setting of the alarm, which provides the person to touch the alarm when the event occurs, so that the manager can know the location of the event according to the location of the alarm, but similarly, the alarm The settings cannot be spread all over the area, so once the incident is in danger, the personnel may not be able to touch the alarm.

The main object of the present invention is to provide an event notification method and system that can determine and notify the location of an event.

In order to achieve the above object, the event notification method of the present invention is used to notify the location of the electronic device when an electronic device sends an alarm signal in the monitoring area. The event notification method of the present invention includes the steps of: receiving an alarm signal through a fixed point monitoring device disposed in the monitoring area; determining a location range of the electronic device according to the alarm signal; and controlling a display to display a map of the monitoring area, and Indicate the location range of the electronic device in the map.

The event notification system of the present invention can be used to notify the location of the electronic device when an electronic device sends an alarm signal in a monitoring area. The event notification system of the present invention includes at least a certain point of monitoring device and host device. The fixed point monitoring device is disposed in the monitoring area for receiving the alarm signal. The host device is connected to the fixed-point monitoring device signal for determining the location range of the electronic device according to the alarm signal, and after completing the determination, controlling a display to display a map of the monitoring area, and indicating the electronic information in the map The location of the device.

In order to enable the reviewing committee to better understand the technical contents of the present invention, the preferred embodiments are described below.

Please refer to FIG. 1 for a system architecture diagram of the event notification system of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, in an embodiment of the present invention, the event notification system 1 of the present invention can be used when the electronic device 30 issues an alarm signal in a specific monitoring area (for example, a campus, a department store, a basement, or a parking lot). The manager of the monitoring area is notified immediately, and the location of the electronic device 30 is located. In the embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 30 includes a button 31, a signal transmitter 32, a speaker 33, and a memory module 34. The memory module 34 stores identification data about the electronic device 30, and the identification data is an electronic device. The unique code of 30, the identification data stored by different electronic devices 30 are different; the identification data is used to provide the event notification system 1 to identify the electronic device 30, that is, the event notification system 1 can determine by reading the identification information. The received alarm signal is sent by the electronic device 30. The button 31 is for the user to press, the control signal transmitter 32 sends an alarm signal and identifies the data, and triggers the speaker 33 to sound an alarm. In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the electronic device 30 is a wearable device, and the button 31 is a physical button disposed thereon. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the electronic device 30 can also be a portable device (for example, : Mobile phone), and button 31 can also be a virtual button displayed through the device screen.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the event notification system 1 of the present invention includes a plurality of fixed point monitoring devices 10 and a host device 20, wherein each of the fixed point monitoring devices 10 is connected to the host through a mesh network N (Mesh Network) The device 20 is electrically connected to the alarm device 70 and the display 80.

The plurality of fixed-point monitoring devices 10 are disposed in the monitoring area, for example, in the monitoring area, and the position of the monitor to shoot the dead angle, but not limited thereto. The fixed point monitoring device 10 includes a signal transceiver and a memory (not shown). The signal transceiver is configured to receive the alarm signal and the identification data sent by the electronic device 30 within a certain range from the position of the fixed point monitoring device 10, and after receiving the alarm signal and identifying the data, the alarm signal, the identification data and the storage An identification information in the memory is transmitted to the host device 20. The identification information is the unique code of each fixed point monitoring device 10. The identification information of each monitoring device 10 is different. The identification information is used to provide the host device 20 with the identification of each fixed point monitoring device 10, that is, the host device 20 can be used by the host device 20 The identification information is read to determine which of the monitoring signals received by the monitoring device 10 is received.

The host device 20 can be, for example, a server, a general personal computer host, a notebook computer, or other computer having a computing and processing function and carrying a software or firmware that can execute the event notification method of the present invention, and can be set in the monitoring area. The manager's office is monitored by the manager at any time, but not limited to this. The host device 20 includes a memory 21 and a processing unit 22. In the embodiment of the present invention, the memory 21 stores a map of the monitoring area, location information of each fixed point monitoring device 10, and preset identification data and preset identification information corresponding to the identification data and the identification information, respectively. The processing unit 22 is configured to identify whether the identification information transmitted by the fixed point monitoring device 10 is the same as a preset identification information, to identify the fixed point monitoring device 10 transmitting the alarm signal, and transmit the alarm signal by the fixed point monitoring device 10 Whether the identification data is the same as a preset identification data to identify which electronic device 30 sends the alarm signal. After receiving the alarm signal, the processing unit 22 can determine the location range of the electronic device 30 according to the alarm signal. After the determination is completed, the processing unit 22 is further configured to control the display 80 to display a map of the monitoring area, and indicate the location range of the electronic device 30 in the map. How the processing unit 22 determines the location range of the electronic device 30 according to the alarm signal will be described in more detail below, and will not be further described herein.

Next, please refer to FIG. 1 to FIG. 5 together. 2 is a flow chart of the steps of the event notification method of the present invention; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram showing the position of the electronic device according to the relative distance between the single-point monitoring device and the electronic device; FIG. 4 is a view showing the monitoring according to three fixed points; The relative distance between the device and the electronic device to determine the location of the electronic device; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the display of the display area of the display.

As shown in FIG. 1, the event notification method of the present invention is used to notify the location of the electronic device 30 when the electronic device 30 issues an alarm signal in the monitoring area. In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the monitoring area is a campus, and the plurality of fixed point monitoring devices 10 shown in FIG. 1 can be arranged throughout the campus. The number of arbitrarily arranged monitoring devices 10 depends on the size of the monitoring area (the number of fixed point monitoring devices 10 may also be one). As shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, when a user holding the electronic device 30 (for example, a student or a teacher) needs to seek help from an unexpected situation in the monitoring area, for example, encountering an attack or seeing a person coma In the event of an emergency, the user can press the button 31 on the electronic device 30 that he or she carries with him to input a notification command, which is received by the electronic device 30 (ie, step S201).

In an embodiment of the present invention, once the electronic device 30 receives the notification command, an alarm signal and an identification data are sent through the signal transmitter 32, and the speaker 33 is triggered to sound an alarm (ie, step S202) to promote The person in the vicinity of the place where the event occurred (ie, the location where the electronic device 30 is located) is noticed, so that the assistance can be approached nearby. It should be noted that in other embodiments, the electronic device 30 can also send only the alarm signal. In other words, the identification data does not need to be sent together.

Then, step 203 is performed: receiving the alarm signal and identifying the data through the fixed point monitoring device.

When the electronic device 30 issues the alarm signal and identifies the data, the fixed point monitoring device 10 within a certain range (for example, within a radius of 10 meters) near the location of the electronic device 30 receives the alarm signal and the identification data. It should be understood here that the fixed point monitoring device 10 that receives the alarm signal and the identification data may be one or more, and the number of the fixed point monitoring devices 10 in a certain range of the position of the electronic device 30 is limited. set.

Step 204: The control alarm device sends a prompt message, and identifies the electronic device according to the identification data, and determines the location range of the electronic device according to the alarm signal.

In an embodiment of the present invention, when one or more of the fixed point monitoring devices 10 receive the alarm signal and identify the data, the fixed point monitoring device 10 will receive the received alarm signal, the identification data, and the respective stored identification information. Transfer to the host device 20. In an embodiment of the present invention, when the host device 20 receives the alarm signal and the identification data, the processing unit 22 of the host device 20 immediately controls the alarm device 70 to issue a prompt message to urge the administrator to pay attention to the screen displayed by the display 80. In a specific embodiment of the present invention, the alarm device 70 is a buzzer, and the prompt message sent is a buzzer sound, but the invention is not limited thereto, and any prompting manner that can be urged by the manager can be The invention is implemented; for example, the alarm device 70 can also be an LED light, and the light is turned off or the light is blinking as a reminder message.

In addition, while the control alarm device 70 sends a prompt message, the host device 20 also recognizes the electronic device 30 based on the received identification data to determine which electronic device the alarm signal is sent by, and determines the electronic device according to the alarm signal. The location range of 30. In a specific embodiment, the host device 20 of the event notification system 1 of the present invention senses the strength of the received alarm signal to determine the relative distance between the fixed point monitoring device 10 and the electronic device 30 that receives the alarm signal. The position range in which the electronic device 30 is located is determined based on the relative distance. As shown in FIG. 3, if there is only one fixed-point monitoring device 10 that receives the alarm signal, the host device 20 determines the relative distance between the fixed-point monitoring device 10 and the electronic device 30 by using the strength of the alarm signal. The position of the fixed point monitoring device 10 is centered, and the relative distance between the two is a radius, and a certain area is defined as the position range L where the electronic device 30 is located. As shown in FIG. 4, if at least three of the fixed point monitoring devices 10a, 10b, and 10c receive the alarm signal, the host device 20 can be respectively defined according to the three fixed point monitoring devices 10a, 10b, and 10c. The intersection of the area ranges as the location range L in which the electronic device 30 is located. In other words, in the present invention, when the host device 20 determines the location of the electronic device 30 only by the alarm signal received by the single point monitoring device 10, The position range L where the electronic device 30 is determined may be a certain area range (as shown in FIG. 3); however, when the host device 20 is received by the alarm signals received by the three fixed point monitoring devices 10a, 10b, and 10c, When the position of the electronic device 30 is located, the position range L where the electronic device 30 is determined at this time will be an exact point (as shown in FIG. 4).

Since the above-mentioned distance between the device for transmitting the signal and the device for receiving the signal is based on the strength of the signal, which is a conventional technique known to those skilled in the art, it will not be repeated here. It should be noted that the method for determining the relative distance between the fixed point monitoring device 10 and the electronic device 30 by using the alarm signal is not limited to the above manner, and any method for determining the relative distance between the two can be In other embodiments, the host device 20 can also use the time taken by the host device 20 to transmit the signal to the fixed point monitoring device 10 as a method of determining the relative distance between the two.

Step 205 is executed: the control display displays a map of the monitoring area, and indicates a location range of the electronic device in the map.

As shown in FIG. 5, after determining the location range L where the electronic device 30 is located, the processing unit 22 then controls the display 80 to display the map M of the monitoring area (in this embodiment, a campus map, and the map will The name of the building and the area of the campus, such as a playground, is drawn and marked, and the location range L where the electronic device 30 is located is indicated in the map M for viewing by the manager. After viewing the map M, the manager can immediately rush to the scene for processing. It should be noted here that the indication manner of the position range L where the electronic device 30 is located is not limited to the direction indicated by the arrow as shown in FIG. 5, and may also be fixed by blinking or other manners such as location. The range L is a certain range of regions, which can be indicated in a similar manner as shown in FIG.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the display 80 controlled to display the map M of the monitoring area may be a display originally used to display the monitoring video screen in the monitoring area, in other words, the host device 20 is not received. Before the alarm signal, the display 80 can be used to display the monitoring video screen in the monitoring area for the supervisor to monitor; once the host device 20 receives the alarm signal, the display 80 is displayed under the control of the host device 20. The map M of the monitoring area is displayed, and the location of the event (ie, the location range of the electronic device 30) is indicated on the map M. However, the display 80 of the present invention is not limited to the original display video screen.

It can be seen from the above description that the event notification method and system of the present invention can receive the alarm signal sent by the user using the electronic device 30 through the fixed point monitoring device 10 disposed in the monitoring area, and analyze the fixed point monitoring device 10 and the electronic device 30 through the analysis. The relative distance relationship between the two is to locate the location of the electronic device 30 in the monitoring area, so that the manager can quickly know the location of the event. Since the fixed point monitoring device 10 has a low installation cost and is disposed in the monitoring area to receive a certain range of signals, the event notification system 1 can be made even if the electronic device 30 held by the user has no networking function, or When the network service is not provided in the monitoring area, it can also be notified and located.

To sum up, the present invention, regardless of its purpose, means and efficacy, shows its distinctive features of the prior art. You are requested to review the examination and express the patent as soon as possible. It should be noted that the various embodiments described above are merely illustrative for ease of explanation, and the scope of the invention is intended to be limited by the scope of the claims.

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1 is a system architecture diagram of an event notification system of the present invention. 2 is a flow chart showing the steps of the event notification method of the present invention. Figure 3 is a diagram showing the position of the electronic device based on the relative distance between the single point monitoring device and the electronic device. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the position of the electronic device based on the relative distance between the three fixed point monitoring devices and the electronic device. Figure 5 is a schematic representation of a map showing the display area of the display.

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Claims (16)

An event notification method is used for notifying an electronic device when an alarm signal is sent in a monitoring area, and the method for notifying the event includes the following steps: monitoring through at least a certain point disposed in the monitoring area The device receives the alarm signal; determines a location range of the electronic device according to the alarm signal; and controls a display to display a map of the monitoring area, and indicates the location range of the electronic device in the map. The method for reporting an event as described in claim 1 further includes the following steps: controlling an alarm device to send a prompt message. The event notification method of claim 2, wherein the alarm device is a buzzer. The event notification method of claim 1, wherein the at least one point monitoring device has at least three, and the electronic device is determined according to the alarm signal received by each of the fixed point monitoring devices. Location range. The event notification method of claim 1, wherein the display is used to display a monitoring video screen before displaying the map. The event notification method of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a wearable device. The method for reporting an event according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a portable device. The method for reporting an event according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device further sends out an identification data, and the event notification method further comprises the steps of: receiving the identification data through the at least a certain point monitoring device; and determining the identification data according to the identification Data to identify the electronic device. An event notification system is configured to notify a location of the electronic device when an electronic device sends an alarm signal in a monitoring area, the event notification system includes: at least a certain point monitoring device disposed in the monitoring area, Receiving the alarm signal; a host device is connected to the at least certain monitoring device signal to determine a location range of the electronic device according to the alarm signal, and after completing the determination, controlling a display to display the monitoring region a map indicating the location range of the electronic device in the map. The event notification system of claim 9, wherein the host device is further configured to control an alarm device to send a prompt message after receiving the alarm signal. The event notification system of claim 10, wherein the alarm device is a buzzer. The event notification system of claim 9, wherein the number of the at least one point monitoring device is at least three, so that the electronic device is determined according to the alarm signal received by each of the fixed point monitoring devices. Location range. The event notification system of claim 9, wherein the display is used to display a surveillance video screen before displaying the map. The event notification system of claim 9, wherein the electronic device is a wearable device. The event notification system of claim 9, wherein the electronic device is a portable device. The event notification system of claim 9, wherein the electronic device further sends an identification data, wherein the at least one monitoring device is further configured to receive the identification data; and the host device is further configured to identify the identification data according to the identification data. The electronic device.