JP5041352B2 - Mobile phone that can monitor the safety of children even during a call - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a safety monitoring system for protecting children, particularly lower grade children, from crimes and accidents when going to and from school.

Various safety measures have been proposed to protect children from crime and accidents when they go to school.
JP 2002-279571 JP 2006-155354 A JP 2006-185028 A In these documents, there are emergency situations due to operations such as attaching a notification device to the hidden part of the child's mobile phone or school bag and pulling out the cable connected to the notification terminal or pushing the button on the child side when a crime occurs. There has been proposed a crime prevention system that transmits a generated signal and sends it to a guardian's mobile phone on the receiver side via a communication network.

In these proposals, the receiver uses a mobile phone to receive a warning signal, location information, or directly the child's own voice or the like from the caller informing the emergency. But warning that the receiving side is received, the state of emergency has been limited to the information in a very short time of the moment and that immediately after the occurrence, to arrive at the school for example, at the time of attendance of the Child, from the time the children were starting a home Until now, no proposal has been made to continuously monitor the safety over a series of time periods.

As described above, almost all proposals proposed so far are targeted at a point in time when an emergency occurs, and as a result, have the following three weak points. The first is that when an emergency occurs, the operation of sending an alarm signal at that point is left to the judgment of the child himself / herself. Even if the operation is simplified in a short time for children, especially in the lower grades of elementary school, the question is `` whether the child can send an alarm signal reliably in the event of an emergency situation '' Remains.

The second weakness is the problem of performance assurance of alarm devices. The case where a child encounters a kidnapping or accident on the way to school is important for the guardian, but the occurrence time is instantaneous and the occurrence frequency is very small. From the viewpoint of creating an alarm system, an alarm logic circuit must be constructed for this rare emergency situation. In addition, long-term guarantees must be provided, including the equipment involved, that the circuit will operate correctly in the event of an emergency. The difficulty of this guarantee is illustrated by an example of a gas water heater that has caused carbon monoxide poisoning due to poor maintenance of safety devices.

The third weak point is a problem on the side of the cellular phone of the guardian who receives the signal. As parents who receive alarms sent from children, the majority of cases are mothers. For many mothers, the information that they want to receive is not only information about whether or not an abnormality has occurred in their child at one point in school, but also a series of information from the home to the school for a certain period of time. I want to know the normal information that I have tracked voluntarily and that I have safely entered school.

On the other hand, mobile phones are an indispensable tool for exchanging information in everyday life for many mothers, especially younger generation mothers who have children. If you can use this to monitor the safety of your child, you are welcome. On the other hand, the real intention is to continue to utilize the current functions as a mobile phone.

As a countermeasure, a function called “catch horn” is added to the conventional mobile phone. However, this function is a function for requesting one side to wait when new information is input during a call, and the importance of the information is input in order of time without being discriminated. At this time, functions such as sending information in parallel to a new partner, such as the police or hospital, with the receiver side arbitrarily switching the information content, disconnecting, or holding one information Not equipped.

In addition, the catch horn function added to the conventional mobile phone is mainly intended to request the first callee to wait for a short time when two pieces of information are input [0006]. It does not assume the case of requiring waiting for a relatively long time as described above. In order to solve this problem, this proposal adds a function to “continue to watch the safety of children on the way to school” by operating a dedicated monitoring button on the mobile phone for monitoring. The mother monitors her child's safety over a certain period of time when she goes to and from school. This is different from the conventional catch horn function that assumes temporary standby.

In claim 1, a communication network is described in which an information transmitting side is a child's school bag terminal, a parent's mobile phone as a receiving side, and a GPS communication network for relaying the same. Other relay stations connected to the communication network include mobile phone relay stations, Internet relay stations, and other dedicated communication networks. The outline is shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an overview of a monitoring system used in the present invention. A signal transmitted from the school cell terminal is sent to the recipient's mobile phone through this communication network. There is no conversation between a child carrying a school bag and his / her parents through conversation like a normal mobile phone. The flow of information content to be transmitted is unilateral from the school bag side toward the guardian's mobile phone.

Further, in claim 1, new information targeted by the proposed mobile phone is described. The new source of information received by this mobile phone is the school bag that the child carried. This information includes the presence of the attachment and detachment of the bag, which is information determined by the position information and preset danger condition location. Such information is received with the highest priority on the receiving side together with the time of occurrence. The highest priority mentioned here is of course received when the mobile phone is on standby, and is received preferentially even if it is in use and the other party is a party such as the police or fire department.

Furthermore, in order to explain the operation procedure of the above mobile phone in an easy-to-understand manner, a case received by a child's mother will be described as a representative example with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 shows an external view of a mobile phone of the present invention. FIG. 1A is a diagram showing an opened operation surface of the mobile phone according to the present invention, and FIG. 1B is a diagram showing an enlargement of a dedicated monitoring button. A monitoring dedicated button 8 for monitoring is provided on the operation surface of the mobile phone 3 of the present invention. The central part of the monitor dedicated button 8, that also serves as a display lamp 10. If the new information is entered with respect to monitoring, the input signal is monitored dedicated button (with display lamp in the center) 8 for FIG. 1 are shown as a portable telephone on the monitor, flashing warning sound and lamp The mother is informed by the display. When the mother is not using the mobile phone for calling or the like, the mother clicks the monitoring dedicated button 8 once. The first screen that appears is the type of information. For example, “normal signal: school bag is attached” or “ warning signal: scheduled time exceeded but not arrived at school”. The indicator lamp 10 of the monitoring dedicated button 8 changes from blinking to lighting by the first click operation, indicating that the monitoring function by the mobile phone has started.

To get more information, the mother clicks the monitor- only button again . By this operation, the screen is switched to position information indicating where the information is transmitted from the current time, and the current location where the information is transmitted is indicated on the map. If you continue to click the monitor- only button again, you will return to the previous screen showing the type of information again. Later, Ru can be displayed by switching both screens at the same operation.

Normally, the child arrives at the school safely, and the receiving side receives the information that "the school bag has been removed". The mother is relieved to see where she arrived in a similar procedure and to confirm that it is a normal signal at school. When the mother wants to end this monitoring, the communication is ended by pressing and holding the same dedicated monitoring button for a long time, for example, about 4 seconds.

If the monitoring information is input when the mother is using the mobile phone to make a call with someone or input a mail document, the mother is notified by the procedure shown in [0012]. If the mother determines that the information is safe and safe, double-click the monitoring button to return to the original call or mail document creation and continue the work. Even in this case, as long as the mother does not press the monitor dedicated button long, the monitoring function is Ru are continuously held. For example if the morning, to the time the child is wearing a school bag, happens or when the mother was busy with a third party and e-mail in corresponds to this case.

In claim 2 , if information indicating danger is input, for example, when the mother is talking to someone , the mother immediately notifies the other party and hangs up, and monitors the situation of the child. In some cases, while continuing this monitoring, a new third party, for example, must Ru make an emergency contact with the same mobile phone to the police and the like. In one phone to this, while maintaining the safety one communication state receiving side for monitoring recipients own child, yet new destination and ability to communicate is the conventional mobile phone Not equipped.

The function of the cellular phone according to claim 1 and claim 2 have been described in the case where a mother recipient, the recipient's classification, the function of monitoring dedicated button, operation procedures, and the like, have such regard to this case . Without dedicated buttons for or monitoring, or is combined with existing buttons, it is also possible to change the operation procedure to another method. The important thing here is that the receiver side is expected to be in a state where it is difficult to make a calm decision in the event of an emergency such as the occurrence of a crime, so the arrangement of buttons on the mobile phone is simplified as much as possible, and the operation is as simple as possible Is to choose the right method.

The detector for detecting the attachment / detachment of the school bag designates the shoulder and shoulder parts of the school bag as the attachment position. The reason is that when this part carries the school bag, the school bag is the part most easily touching the child's body, the presence or absence of contact with this part is detected by the detector, and the school bag's attachment / detachment status is automatically transmitted, This is because the transmission operation by the child himself was omitted.

Further, for this detector, a piezoelectric type or a capacitance type is used. Piezoelectric type is a method that converts a small pressure change that occurs when the school bag touches the child's body into an electrical signal. Similarly to the capacitance type, the electrical resistance and current when the child touches the child's body. A system that converts changes into electrical signals.

The alarm signal issues an alarm when the attach / detach signal is not transmitted after a preset time. The preset time indicates an average time required for a child to go to school from home. If the signal is not transmitted much beyond this time, it indicates the possibility that the child is involved in some trouble and is taking time to go to school. In this case, the recipient can retrieve the location information and track the location. The second warning signal gives a warning when there is no movement of the school bag within a predesignated area and beyond a predesignated period. In this case, the child cannot move for some reason. For example, it is in a state of being involved in a traffic accident and falling down. Again, the guardian can search for location information and track the location.

The third alarm signal is directed to the position information of the bag, to alert the recipient when the position information of the preset bag from outside the region is sent. The pre-set area is usually a school district where the student goes to school, but it is also possible to set a separate area such as the vicinity of the school road if necessary. If this alert is sent, it indicates that the child is out of the normal school route. In this case, the recipient can search for location information and track its location.

The fourth alarm signal is an alarm when a school bag attachment / detachment signal is sent from a place other than a predetermined location. Pre-designated locations are usually parents' homes and schools. If the attaching / detaching signal of the school bag is received from other than this location, the guardian can search the location information and track the location. Sometimes a child walks and removes a school bag to play in the park. However, it is safe for parents to search for the location and find out why.

An example of a procedure for various alarm signals are activated as described in the following from the [0020] [0022] shown in the flowchart of "Figure 3". In FIG. 3, the transmission of a normal signal for attaching or removing the school bag is also described together with various alarm signals. Further, according to the judgment standard shown in the flowchart, an alarm signal is transmitted if the standard is not met. The signal from the school bag is continuously transmitted unless the receiver side performs an operation of starting the time point when the school bag is worn and ending this monitoring. As described in [0014], this signal ends communication when the receiver side keeps pressing the monitoring dedicated button for a long time, for example, about 4 seconds on the operation surface of the mobile phone.

In addition, although not described in the claims, there are other possible causes for transmitting an alarm, such as a case where communication is interrupted from the main body of the school bag or a failure occurs in a circuit of the communication network. In these cases, an alarm used in a normal communication system may be transmitted.

The following effects can be expected from this proposal. Various safety measures have been proposed and implemented in order to protect children from accidents and crimes when going to and from school. Safety patrol by parents and local volunteers is one example. However, in order to protect children from violent criminals and accidents, in addition to the above crime prevention activities, it is necessary to introduce a new monitoring system using the latest equipment. According to this proposal, it is possible to provide a simple and reliable crime prevention measure by adding a dedicated safety monitoring function to a mobile phone that is currently widely used.

The first point to keep in mind when implementing this proposal is to simplify the operation on the originating side. For this reason, in this proposal, the target of the monitoring function is limited to only signals sent from the school bag. Furthermore, the sending side does not expect any special operation other than the act of the child carrying the school bag and removing it. The attachment / detachment signal is received by the mother's mobile phone via the communication network by determining attachment / detachment between the school bag body and the child's body. In connection with this proposal, for details of the function on the calling side, Japanese Patent Application No. 2006-23454 8 : “Backpack that connects to the mother's mobile phone when carried on the back” is effective.

The mobile phone on the receiving side must accurately receive the position of the school bag from the caller. For this reason, there is a need for an accurate position information grasping and transmission system utilizing GPS communication, a mobile phone / relay base, the Internet, and other dedicated networks. In the future, if more accurate location information can be used to measure the time and displacement of the school bag, this proposal can be used to monitor child kidnapping crimes using vehicles.

The second point to keep in mind is the ease of maintenance of the monitoring system. The feature of this monitoring system is not to use the system only at the point where an emergency occurs, but to use it every day and every school. This feature is a major advantage in terms of system maintenance and security. As shown in FIG. 3, the proposed alarm circuit is incorporated as part of daily monitoring including the normal action of attaching and detaching the school bag. On the other hand, as seen in the previous proposal, in a system equipped with an alarm device that operates only at one point in time of an emergency, "whether the alarm device operates correctly in the event of an emergency" is periodically It must be inspected and requires a lot of labor for maintenance work.

A third point to consider is simplification of the operation on the receiving side. In the unlikely event that the mother who is the recipient is involved in a crime or accident, the child must be upset and in a mental state that cannot make a calm judgment. Furthermore, in that situation, on the one hand we have to confirm the safety of our child and on the other hand we have to contact the family and the police using the same mobile phone. For this reason, the operation related to monitoring is independent of existing functions, and the simplest method, for example, using a dedicated monitoring button as shown in [FIG. 1], information content and position information as described in [0013] are used. As described in [0015], it is important to consider switching between the child monitoring function and the call function to a third party by double-clicking the same dedicated monitoring button as described in [0015].

The fourth point to note is the increased burden on parents for adding new functions. As for mobile phones, the price has been drastically reduced and the speed of performance improvement has been accelerated recently, and the average period of use until the replacement of younger generations is said to be about 3 years. For young mothers, the financial burden of purchasing a mobile phone with a new function such as this proposal is small in the period when monitoring is necessary for safety monitoring of my child's attending school. In addition, for young parents who are used to operating mobile phones, it is considered that there are few obstacles to understanding the operation.

This proposal pays attention to the daily repeated behavior of “children carrying and removing school bags”, connecting the signals from this to the mother's mobile phone to build a network to protect children from crimes and accidents. This is used for safety measures. Furthermore, by adding a new dedicated monitoring function to mobile phones, mothers with young children in particular can watch over their children's safety by themselves, which is considered to be an effective crime prevention measure compared to the past. Furthermore, as an application example, this proposal changes the object of monitoring from a school bag to a car, attaches a detector similar to this proposal to the driver's seat, detects the presence of contact with the driver, and incorporates this into the monitoring system. For example, it can be applied to prevent theft of your car.

  It is a figure which shows the typical position at the time of attaching a monitoring button to a mobile phone.   It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the communication network of this proposal.   It is a schematic flowchart which shows an example of the action | operation of an alarm circuit.

1. Communication network School bag terminal (sender)
3. Mobile phone GPS communication network (relay side)
5. Mobile phone / relay station (relay side)
6). Internet network (relay side)
7). Other dedicated communication network (relay side)
8). Dedicated button for cell phone monitoring (with indicator)
9. 10. Mobile phone display screen Indicator lamp

Claims (4)

  For the purpose of ensuring the safety of children on the school road, a mobile phone that receives the attachment / detachment signal or alarm signal transmitted from the school bag via the communication network together with the position information of the school bag from which the signal is transmitted, It has a dedicated monitoring button on the operation surface, and has the function of receiving the above attachment / detachment signal or alarm signal together with position information with the highest priority regardless of whether the receiving side is using a mobile phone or not. Is a mobile phone that has a function that can be freely switched and displayed on the display screen by using a dedicated monitoring button and an attaching / detaching signal or alarm signal from the school bag.   2. The device according to claim 1, having a function capable of communicating with a new third party while retaining the receiving function of the attaching / detaching signal or the alarm signal and the position information while receiving the attaching / detaching signal or the alarm signal and the position information. mobile phone.   It is a signal that is transmitted from the school bag when the alarm signal does not transmit or remove the school bag even after the preset time, or when the school bag does not move after the preset time. The mobile phone according to claim 1.   2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the alarm signal is a signal transmitted from the school bag when the attachment / detachment signal is transmitted from the school bag from outside the preset area or from a place other than the preset place. .

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