JP3486407B2 - Life watching system - Google Patents

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Description: BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a life monitoring system for watching elderly people living alone. 2. Description of the Related Art With the coming aging society, attention has been paid to a system for monitoring the living of elderly people living alone and supporting nursing care. In this system, information such as the living activity of the person being watched over in the house is detected by the house watching device. The detection information is sent together to the server (management device) of the management center in batch communication using a communication means such as a public telephone line at predetermined time intervals (for example, one hour). The server edits the received information on, for example, a Web screen, and distributes the information to a related party terminal such as a relative or a helper of the target person. Thereby, the concerned person can remotely watch the target person. [0003] In the above-mentioned conventional system, since the detection information from the in-home watching device is delivered to the management center at predetermined time intervals, the distribution screen of the person concerned terminal is also updated at predetermined time intervals. Will be. Therefore, there is a problem that the updated information cannot be known without waiting for the predetermined time. [0004] In order to solve the above problems, the present invention is installed in each of a plurality of watching target persons' homes, and the location of the watching target person is determined based on sensors and output signals of the sensors. And a home monitoring device having a main monitoring device that periodically transmits the living activity information by batch communication, and a home monitoring device installed in the management center and connected to each of the home monitoring devices via a communication network. The living activity information is periodically received and accumulated, and the life pattern display created based on the living activity information is distributed to the related person terminal of each watching target connected via a communication network. A life monitoring system comprising a management device, wherein the management device requests a life pattern display after the immediately preceding batch communication from the relevant party terminal. Request receiving means for receiving a signal to perform, a latest information obtaining means for temporarily obtaining the latest living activity information from the in-home watching device in response to the signal separately from the batch communication, and the obtained latest living activity In addition to providing the latest information transmitting means for transmitting the life pattern display based on the information to the person concerned terminal, the life pattern display displayed on the person concerned terminal is a chronological view of the living room, bedroom, and toilet where the target person stayed. Others were displayed sequentially on the screen with different displays. [0008] An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a life watching system S in which a single elderly person or the like is a target person A. The life watching system S includes a home watching device 20 installed in each watching target person's home 2, a server system 10 (management device) installed in the management center 1, and watching watching persons B, C, and D client terminals 30, 4
0, 50. There are a relative B of the target person A, a helper C of the nursing center 4, an operator D of the backup center 5, and the like as watching-related persons. The backup center 5 is an institution for performing backup such as telephone communication in place of the helper C of the care center 4 when the helper C of the care center 4 cannot fully care for the target person A due to busy times or working hours.
Are monitoring the terminal 50 for 24 hours. The in-home watching device 20 of the target person's home 2 includes a watching main device 21, various sensors 22 and 23 (living operation detecting means) for detecting the living operation of the target person A, and crime prevention in the target person's home 2. It has a CCD camera 24 (security camera, security detection means, lock photographing means) for detecting the state. The living activity detecting sensor includes a human sensor 22 for directly detecting the living activity of the subject A and an indirect grasp of the living activity of the subject A by detecting the state of various facilities in the house 2 . And the equipment sensor 23 to be used. The human sensor 22 is configured by a pyroelectric infrared sensor or the like that responds to the movement of the human body, and is installed in various places such as a living room, a bedroom, an entrance, a toilet, and a kitchen of the target person's home 2. Equipment sensor 2
3 is a home appliance sensor for detecting on / off of a television or a lighting device, a refrigerator sensor for detecting opening / closing of a refrigerator door,
It is composed of a water sensor that detects whether water is used, a gas sensor that detects whether gas is used, and the like. The CCD camera 24 captures an image of the inner lock 2b of the entrance door 2a (entrance) of the target person's home 2. The detection signals of the living activity detection sensors 22 and 23 and the video signal (information on the security state) of the CCD camera 24 are
It is sent to the watching main device 21 via the wiring 25. The watching apparatus 21 obtains information on the living location of the subject A, such as where he / she is sleeping, getting up, going out, going home, etc., based on the detection signals from the sensors 22 and 23. For example, after the human sensor 22 in the bedroom has responded, if the human sensors 22 other than the bedroom have not responded for a certain period of time (for example, 3 hours), it is determined that the user has gone to bed. After that, one of the motion sensors 22 other than the bedroom,
For example, when the human sensor 22 in the living room responds for a certain period of time (for example, 5 minutes), it is determined that the user has woken up (moved to the living room). In addition, when the human sensor 22 at the entrance does not respond for a certain period of time (for example, 30 minutes) after the human sensor 22 responds, it is determined that the user has gone out. Thereafter, when the human sensor 22 at the entrance or the like responds, it is determined that the user has returned home. The watching main device 21 temporarily stores the content of the determination and the determination time in the memory as the living activity information. The watching main device 21 further determines whether or not there is an abnormality based on the living activity information. For example, when it is not determined that the user has woken up after the set time, or when the time spent in the toilet or bath exceeds the set time, it is determined that “abnormality has occurred”. The monitoring main unit 21 includes an ISDN network, an IP
It is connected to the server system 10 of the management center 1 via a communication network 60 such as a network or an analog telephone network. The server system 10 of the management center 1 has three servers 11 to 13 for communication, a database, and a Web.
Are connected to each other. And the communication server 1
1 is connected to the communication network 60. By this, the living activity information, the abnormal occurrence information and the CCD
The watching information such as the image of the camera 24 is transmitted to the watching main device 21.
To the communication server 11 via the communication network 60. Here, the abnormal occurrence information is transmitted to the communication server 11 immediately when it is determined that "an abnormal occurrence" occurs due to its nature. On the other hand, the living activity information is temporarily stored in the memory of the main device 21 as described above, and then periodically (for example, every hour, such as exactly at 1:00, 2:00, etc.) and batch-collected. It is transmitted to the communication server 11 by communication. Thereby, the communication cost can be reduced, and the life monitoring system S
Operation costs can be reduced. CCD camera 2
The transmission timing of the image No. 4 to the communication server 11 will be described later. The communication server 11 sends the received information to the database server 12. The database server 12
This information is stored in a database. The database server 12 stores, in addition to the above-mentioned reception information, fixed registration information such as an ID code and contact information regarding the subject person A and the related persons B to D. The Web server 13 creates a watching Web page (screen data, see FIGS. 2 to 4) for the subject A based on the registration and accumulation information of the database server 12. The Web server 13 is connected to the client terminals 30, 40, and 50 of the parties B to D via the Internet 61 (communication network). The terminals 30, 40 and 50 are equipped with Web browsing software. Thereby, the subject A
Is distributed as a Web page from the Web server 13 and can be browsed on the client terminals 30, 40, and 50. Needless to say, by performing authentication when accessing the Web page, only the related parties B to D corresponding to each target person A can be browsed. FIG. 2 shows an example of the Web page browsing screen 70 by the terminal 30 of the relative B of the subject A. On the Web screen 70, a subject name column 71, a calendar column 72, a life pattern display column 73, a reference column 74, and a current status display column 75 are provided. (Of course, this screen 70 can also be browsed at the client terminals 40 and 50 of the care center 4 and the backup center 5. The same applies to screens 70A and 70B described later.
At 0 and 50, since a plurality of target persons A are being watched, the page of the target person A to be browsed can be selected by the target person name column 71. The calendar column 72 includes a life pattern display 7 prior to the current day (in the example of FIG. 2, September 1, 2001).
3a (to be described later) is used for viewing. In the life pattern display column 73, a time axis 73x is set in the horizontal direction of the screen. A band-shaped life pattern display 73a is provided along the time axis 73x. The life pattern display 73a represents a day's life pattern in a time series in different colors according to the type of living action (location).
The relationship between the color and the living activity (location) is described in the reference column 74. The life pattern display 73a is created based on the determination information such as the location by the watching main device 21. Since the screen 70 in FIG. 2 is a screen after 20:00 on the current day, the life pattern display 73a is
It is interrupted just before 0:00 (at the time of the last batch communication). On the upper side of the life pattern display 73a, a home appliance monitor display 73b is attached by a blue line. The home appliance monitor display 73b is based on information from the television sensor 23 and indicates a period during which the television is on. In addition, facilities other than TV (lighting equipment, refrigerator,
Sensor information of a faucet, gas appliance, etc.) may also be displayed on the screen. Between the home appliance monitor display 73b and the life pattern display 73a, an upward arrow 73c indicating going out is provided.
A downward arrow 73d indicating returning home is displayed. These arrows 73c and 73d are created based on the determination information of going out and returning home by the watching main device 21. The current status display column 75 includes a home / outside notation section 75a, a set time column 75b, and an image frame 75.
c, a latest sensor information notation section 75d is provided. The at-home / out-of-home notation section 75a indicates whether the subject A is at home or out of the office (at the time of the immediately preceding batch communication). The notation section 75a is created based on the out-of-home / return-to-home determination information from the watching main device 21. In the set time column 75b, set times used for the above-described various types of abnormal change determination are listed. These set times are picked up from data stored in the database server 12. In the image frame 75c, an image diagram corresponding to the presence / absence of the abnormal occurrence information is displayed. FIG. 2 shows an image diagram of “no change”. In addition, as described above, the “monitoring abnormality” occurs in the watching main device 21.
Is determined, the incident occurrence information is sent to the communication server 11 immediately. Then, the data is stored in the database server 12 and transmitted from the Web server 13 to the related person terminals 40, 30 and the like. by this,
The content notifying the anomaly is displayed on the screen, for example, the image diagram of the image frame 75c is changed to an image indicating “occurrence of an anomaly”. In the image frame 75c, a security information acquisition button 75e described as "security" is displayed.
(The latest information request unit in the crime prevention state) is provided. The location of the button 75e is determined by the image frame 75.
The setting is not limited to c, and can be arbitrarily set by the Web server 13. The latest sensor information notation section 75d describes the latest (more precisely, the latest batch communication) living activity information. In addition, the notation section 75d is provided with a heading “Latest sensor information”. This heading is the latest living information acquisition button 75f (the latest information requesting part of living activity). Note that a button 75f may be provided separately from the above-mentioned heading. The function according to the present invention will be described. For example, the relative B opens the Web screen 70 of FIG. 2 at 20:00 on September 1, 2001, and looks at the home / out-of-home notation section 75a, the latest sensor information notation section 75d, and the life pattern display section 73. , Knows that the subject A is out. Then, the user clicks the security information acquisition button 75e. Then, a signal requesting the latest security information (the latest information on the security state) is sent from the relative terminal 30 to the Web server 13 (the request receiving unit for the latest information on the security state) via the Internet 61. Web server 13
Transmits this request to the communication server 11. Further, the communication server 11 communicates with the target home 2 via the communication network 60.
To the main device 21. The watching main device 21 receiving this is a CCD.
The camera 24 is turned on. Thus, the inner lock 2b of the entrance door 2a is photographed. This video is transmitted from the watching main apparatus 21 to the communication server 11 via the communication network 60, and is delivered from the communication server 11 to the Web server 13. The Web server 13 pastes this image onto the image frame 75c of the Web page and distributes the image to the terminal 30. Thus, the Web screen of the terminal 30 is
The screen 70 shown in FIG. 2 changes to a screen 70A shown in FIG. In the image frame 75c of the screen 70A, an image of the CCD camera 24 is displayed instead of a diagram showing the presence or absence of an abnormality. That is, the entrance lock 2b of the target person's home 2
The state at the moment is shown. Thus, it is possible to confirm whether or not the subject A has locked the entrance door 2a when going out, and it is possible to secure security when going out. It is needless to say that the video can be obtained even while the subject A is at home. Alternatively, the video may be displayed in a place other than the frame 75c, and only the image of the presence or absence of the change may be displayed in the frame 75c. The video may be enlarged and displayed on the entire screen. On the screen 70A, the image frame 75
When the close button 75g displayed in c is clicked, the image is closed and the screen returns to the screen 70 of the image diagram shown in FIG. As described above, the transmission of living activity information from the home watching apparatus 20 to the management center 1 is performed every hour. Therefore, the screen 70 of FIG.
Until 1:00 (for example, around 20:30), information after 20:00 cannot be obtained. Then, the latest life information acquisition button 75f on the screen 70 is clicked. Thus, a signal requesting the latest living activity information (information after the immediately preceding batch communication) from the relative terminal 30 is transmitted to the Internet 61.
To the Web server 13 (a request receiving unit for the latest living activity information). The Web server 13 transmits this request to the communication server 11. Further, the communication server 11 monitors the target person's home 2 via the communication network 60, and
Tell 1 In response to this, the watching main device 21 transfers all of the living activity information after 20:00 (after the immediately preceding batch communication) stored in the internal memory to the communication server 11 (the latest information acquisition) via the communication network 60. Means).
This information is transmitted from the communication server 11 to the database server 1.
2 and is sent to the Web server 13 while being converted into a database. The Web server 13 creates a new Web page including this information and distributes it to the terminal 30. Thus, the Web screen of the terminal 30 is
The screen 70 shown in FIG. 2 is updated to a screen 70B shown in FIG. On the new screen 70B, the life pattern display 73a displays the current time,
Life activities up to about 0 minutes (from the last batch communication to the latest information request) are added. The home / out-of-home notation section 75a and the latest sensor information notation section 75d have been updated to the current or latest one. Thus, the relative B can know, for example, that the target person A has already returned home or is currently in a living room. in this way,
According to the present system S, the latest information can be obtained temporarily without waiting for the next batch communication time, so that the current situation of the target person A can be reliably grasped and the monitoring activities can be enhanced. it can. The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made. For example, instead of the CCD camera 24, a lock sensor that detects the open / closed state of the entrance lock 2b may be used as the security detection means.
Further, a sensor for detecting whether the window is locked or damaged may be used. The security information by the security detection means may be sent to the management center 1 together with the living activity information as a part of the watching information at the time of regular batch communication, converted into a database, and distributed to the terminals 30, 40, and 50. As described above, according to the present invention,
The latest monitoring information stored in the home monitoring device can be temporarily acquired and displayed on the screen without waiting until the regular batch communication time, so that the current status of the target person can be grasped reliably and monitoring activities can be performed. It can be enhanced. By making it possible to temporarily acquire not only the living activity of the target person but also the crime prevention information of the target person's house as the watching information, the watching activity can be further enhanced.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a life watching system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a browsing screen of a relative terminal in the above system,
It is explanatory drawing illustrated in the state in which periodic update was performed. FIG. 3 shows a browsing screen of a relative terminal in the above system.
FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram illustrating a state in which security information is displayed. FIG. 4 shows a browsing screen of a relative terminal in the above system,
It is explanatory drawing illustrated in the state where the latest information was displayed temporarily. [Description of Signs] A Target person to watch B Relative of the target person (watching person) C Helper of care center (watching person) D Operator of backup center (watching person) S Life watching system 10 Server system (management device) 11 Communication Server (Latest Information Acquisition Means) 13 Web Server (Latest Request Display Means, Request Acceptance Means, Latest Information Transmission Means) 20 In-Home Monitoring Device 21 Monitoring Main Device 22 Human Sensor (Living Activity Detection Means) 23 Equipment Sensor (Life) Operation detecting means) 24 CCD camera (security detecting means, lock photographing means) 30 Relative client terminal (related person terminal) 40 Helper client terminal of care center (related person terminal) 50 Client terminal of backup center operator (related person) Terminal)

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Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] Installed in each of a plurality of monitoring target houses
Monitoring based on the sensor and the output signal of the sensor.
Obtain living activity information including the elephant's whereabouts, and
It has a monitoring device that periodically sends information via batch communication.
In-home monitoring devices that are installed in the management center and communicate with each of the above-mentioned in-home monitoring devices
Connected via a network
While receiving and accumulating it periodically,
The life pattern display created based on the
Distributed to the related person terminals of each watching target connected via
It is a life monitoring system equipped with a trustworthy management device.
In the management device, the life pattern after the last batch communication from the related party terminal is stored.
Receiving means for receiving a signal requesting the display
And the latest life from the home watching device in response to the signal
It is necessary to temporarily acquire operation information separately from the batch communication.
New information acquisition means and life patterns based on the latest life activity information acquired
The latest information transmission means for transmitting the display to
And the life pattern displayed on the related party terminal is time-based
The living room, bedroom, and toilet where the target person stayed
Displayed sequentially on the screen with different displays
A life watching system characterized by the fact that it is made to be a thing.