JP6375505B2 - Peripheral situation notification system using terminal management server - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a terminal management server in which a party (hereinafter referred to as a notifier) groups a peripheral image such as a still image / moving image and an incident occurrence position / map image, sound, incident occurrence time, etc. It is related with the method of notifying the said surrounding condition continuously at a fixed interval to the portable information terminal group previously registered into the terminal management database in this terminal management server via an internal mail server.

  Conventional danger notices, which are one of the surrounding situation notices, have been centrally managed at the security control center of the security company via the emergency button of the warning device with GPS function that the security company lent to the contractor. Since the security guards went to rescue after receiving the danger information at the crime prevention control center, there was a difficulty in emergency response. In addition, it is necessary to secure security guards and to establish a base for security guards to stay in place, and if the improvement of services is pursued, the centralized management-type risk notification method may become a major issue.

  Also, considering the security of local residents, local governments must install a large number of security cameras. Just installing it is not safe. For example, if there is moving image data that has a high probability of being abandoned and displayed on thousands of security cameras, the location and time of the crime cannot be identified at the initial action stage. The moving image data must be exhausted. Moreover, in order to construct such a crime prevention system, a large amount of crime prevention costs such as installation costs for security cameras and monitor rooms and development costs for image analysis are required.

  Patent document 1 and patent document 2 were mentioned as a notification system using a portable terminal related to the present invention. In Patent Document 1, voice / image / position data is transmitted from a mobile phone to a crime reporting server, and danger information is distributed to all notification destinations registered therein. Distribution in this document takes the form of requesting rescue in the event of a notification person's emergency. Moreover, it is a single shot.

  Patent Document 2 describes that in an ad hoc communication network, position information is acquired by GPS, a distance is calculated, and a terminal group to be a transmission partner is selected. However, the emergency signal is not transmitted continuously, but is a one-time signal of “emergency input”.

JP 2002-344659 A JP 2008-311702 A

  In the conventional danger notification method, which is one of the surrounding situation notifications, in the event of an emergency or emergency situation of the notifier, the danger information is sent to the pre-registered notification destination, or relief is requested. Or The present invention is mainly a notifier who encounters danger or is expected to be dangerous, and notifies the surrounding state of the notifier to a group of pre-registered personal digital assistants at regular intervals, thereby The challenge is to protect the notifier itself.

  In addition, in order to make the accuracy of the location information of the notifier about 5 m, communication with the GPS satellite, the wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) spot, and the mobile base station must be activated by the setting on the portable information terminal side. I must. For this reason, the battery consumption is increased, and there are times when the full charge of the portable information terminal does not last half a day. In addition, from the personal digital assistant, in addition to family members / relatives and friends, members of the organization to which the notifier belongs, such as educational institutions, public organizations, companies, organizations, etc. When it is sent, the battery is further consumed. This is also a problem.

  The present inventor has found a method for solving the former problem in the danger notification system in which the portable information terminal group is arranged under the control of the terminal management server. Regarding the method for solving the latter problem, the peripheral situation acquired by the portable information terminal is temporarily transmitted from the portable information terminal to the terminal management server in order to reduce battery consumption. Even if the peripheral status is stored in the terminal management server, when a large number of notified persons access only one stored data of the peripheral status, the access is concentrated there. There is a high possibility that the download speed to the terminals will be slow. Therefore, judging from the relationship between the notifier of the terminal management database and the notified person, the stored data of the surrounding situation is copied to the mail directory of the notified person to be sent.

  However, the terminal management server includes a terminal management database and a mail server. The mail server also has a mail directory for each user name, and the surrounding situation sent from the portable information terminal is sorted into the recipient's destination and copied and stored in the mail directory. The inventors have found a method for solving the problem and completed the present invention.

  The invention described in claim 1 is a peripheral state notification system including a portable information terminal group and a terminal management server capable of communicating with the portable information terminal group. In the portable information terminal communicating with the terminal management server, Based on the establishment of the condition, the surrounding situation acquisition means for obtaining the surrounding situation of the notifier, the surrounding situation display means for displaying the surrounding situation, and the surrounding situation are continuously transmitted to the terminal management server at regular intervals. Peripheral status continuous transmission means, and when receiving other peripheral statuses continuously from the terminal management server at regular intervals, other peripheral status time series display means for displaying the other peripheral statuses in time series The terminal management server that mediates the transmission / reception of the surrounding situation between the portable information terminals has a terminal management database of the portable information terminal group that associates the notifier with the notified party group, and the terminal management database. The notifier / notified person registration means for registering the specific information of the notifier and the notified person in the service and the mail server in the terminal management server for storing the surrounding situation, the surrounding situation sent by the notifier is The notifier is stored in the data storage area assigned to each notifier, from the relationship between the portable information terminals registered in the terminal management database. And a surrounding situation copying means for copying the sent surrounding situation.

  The invention described in claim 2 is the peripheral status notification system according to claim 1, wherein GPS position information sent from the mobile information terminal group registered in the terminal management database is stored in the terminal management database. Storing distance calculating means for calculating the distance between the portable information terminals from the GPS position information of other portable information terminals and the GPS position information of the own portable information terminal, the calculated distance, and a preset transmission distance And a distance comparison means for selecting a mobile information terminal group located within the set transmission distance in the distance comparison processing from the mobile information terminal group registered in the terminal management database; It is characterized by providing.

  The invention according to claim 3 is the surrounding situation notification system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the surrounding situation and the rescuer are displayed on the screen if the notification is on the portable information terminal on the notifier side. If the portable information terminal on the notified person side, the display process is performed so that the other surrounding situation, the rescuer, and the request for relief are displayed on the screen. The personal information of the notified person registered in the terminal management database is displayed on the portable information terminal of the notifier if the portable information terminal responds to the request for relief as a rescuer. To do.

  A fourth aspect of the present invention is the terminal management database according to any one of the first to third aspects, wherein the terminal management database includes a organization to which the notifier belongs and a security company organization with which the notifier is contracted. The terminal management database is composed of two types: a second terminal management database composed of family / relatives and friends.

  According to the surrounding situation notification system using the terminal management server according to the present invention, notification is given to a group of portable information terminals registered in advance mainly by a notifier who has encountered danger or is expected to be dangerous. It is possible to protect the notifier himself / herself by continuously notifying the surrounding situation such as the person's image and GPS position information at regular intervals.

  If the notifier is highly likely to encounter danger, the surrounding situation of the notifier until reaching the place where the possibility is high should be set each time if manually and continuously in advance. The notifier can be transmitted to a group of pre-registered portable information terminals in a single or continuous manner. This makes it possible to take safety measures in case of an emergency. That is, if the surrounding situation is continuously transmitted at regular intervals, a security camera can be substituted. As a simple transmitter for recording equipment such as drive recorders and body cameras, it is possible to continuously transmit the surrounding situation at a fixed interval. Therefore, it is possible to predict a route toward the scene to meet a dangerous person, or to leave a moving route even if an unexpected crime is met.

  In addition, since the notifier himself / herself transmits, the crime place and the route to the crime place can be specified, so it is not necessary to specify the crime place and time from a large amount of moving image data possessed by many security cameras. Since it is not necessary to install many security cameras for 24-hour monitoring, it is possible to deal with regions with low population density.

  Further, in the present invention, the surrounding information is sequentially displayed on the portable information terminal for confirmation of transmission, and when it is the notified party, other surrounding conditions are displayed on the portable information terminal in time series. It is configured. From this time-series display, it is possible to know in which direction the notifier is moving from the position obtained at regular intervals until the dangerous person is met. That is, the route of movement can be predicted from the GPS position information, and the user can wait at the predicted point. In addition, even if an unexpected accident occurs, the route followed during movement can be left on the notified party side.

  In addition, even if a natural disaster such as an earthquake or a major flood occurs and it is washed away by a river or sea, it will move or not move as long as the mobile information terminal is still operational, even if it is buried alive. Regardless of the case, it is possible to continue sending the whereabouts to the notified person.

It is a conceptual diagram in which a notifier delivers a surrounding situation. It is a block diagram which shows the example of transmission / reception in the notifier side and the to-be-notified person side of a periphery condition notification. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of the periphery condition acquisition means by the side of a notifier. It is a conceptual diagram in which a notification person delivers a surrounding situation to a notified person within a set distance. FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing that a notified person within a set distance is selected and the subsequent transmission is replaced with a copy in a mail server. It is a figure which shows the method of preservation | save of a surrounding condition in a mail server, and a copy. It is a figure which shows the content of a terminal management database, and the display list | wrist of a to-be-notified person. It is the example which displayed on the screen the peripheral condition on the notifier side and the specific information of the rescuer. It is a block diagram which shows that copy information differs by the input screen at the time of relief call button click, and the presence or absence of a rescuer. This is an example in which another peripheral situation, a rescue call button, and a rescuer are displayed on the screen on the notified party side.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail. When the notifier clicks the icon of the mobile application on the home screen of the notifier's mobile information terminal or the icon substitute operation button (a predetermined condition is satisfied), the camera is activated. Peripheral conditions such as still images / moving images, incident occurrence location / map image, sound, incident occurrence time around the notifier are grouped and transmitted to other mobile information terminals registered in advance in the terminal management database. To do.

  However, for the click (establishment of the predetermined condition), the statistical value of the brightness histogram obtained from the image around the notifier, the volume / sound quality of the surrounding noise, the heart rate / pulse rate, body temperature, etc. of the notifier This includes the case where the signal emitted by the body is constantly measured and the operation button is automatically activated when the signal deviates from the predetermined threshold value. The same applies to the subsequent clicks, except for the click of the rescuer 53 and the rescue call button 60.

  In addition, the mobile application icon or the icon substitute operation button needs to be arranged in a place where it can be operated immediately. For example, the icon may be displayed with priority on the home screen of the portable information terminal, or an operation button dedicated to the peripheral notification application may be attached to the portable information terminal.

  The portable information terminal of the present invention preferably has a GPS function. This is because when the number of organizations to which the user belongs is large and transmission control is performed is calculated from GPS position information from other portable information terminals and is determined by the distance comparison means.

  FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram in which the notifier A distributes the surrounding situation. In the figure, a plurality of users including Mr. A, Mr. B, and Mr. C are registered in the terminal management database 22.

  Further, in the figure, the notifier A is arranged at the center, but it is naturally possible that Mr. B or Mr. C becomes the notifier. At that time, the notifier A at the center of the figure changes his position and quickly changes to the notified person. In other words, the customer is replaced.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of transmission / reception between the notifier side and the notified party side of the surrounding state notification.

  In the figure, first, the notifier's surrounding situation obtained by the surrounding situation obtaining means 102 is temporarily stored in the surrounding situation storage area 104, and the surrounding situation is displayed on the screen of the notifier's portable information terminal by the surrounding situation display means 103. To display. Simultaneously with the display, the peripheral situation is sent from the transmission unit 101 to the terminal management server 20 by the peripheral situation continuous transmission means 105.

  The terminal management server 20 includes a terminal management database 22 for storing the notifier's terminal ID and the notified person's terminal ID corresponding to the terminal ID (FIG. 7A). The registration 21 of the specific information of the notifier / notified person in the terminal management database is performed by user registration in the terminal management server 20. At that time, the portable information terminal of the person to be notified is registered from the registration screen of the portable information terminal of the notifier.

  However, since manual input is troublesome, once registered in the own mobile information terminal, each other's unique information registered in advance by communication between the mobile information terminals is received by the own mobile information terminal, or transmitted to the other mobile information terminal. You can also register. The terminal ID is an ID code for identifying the portable information terminal.

  In addition, when there are a large number of members of the organization to which the notifier belongs, such as an educational institution, a company, or various organizations, or a contracted security company (FIG. 7B), the administrator of the terminal management server 20 registers the information. I do.

  The peripheral situation sent from the notifier A 100a in FIG. 2 is temporarily stored in the mail directory in the mail server assigned to the notifier. Thereafter, the surrounding situation is sorted into the destination of the notified person and copied and stored 24 in the mail directory of the notified person.

  Other peripheral situations sent from the notifier B 100b are similarly temporarily stored in the mail directory in the mail server assigned to the notifier B. Thereafter, the other surrounding situations are sorted into the notified person A, and are copied and stored 24 in the mail directory of A.

  As a result, Mr. A who has received the other surrounding situation copied to Mr. A's mail directory by the receiving unit 111 and became a notified person from the surrounding situation storage area 104 by the other surrounding situation time-series display means 112. Displayed on the screen of the mobile information terminal. In addition, in order to show the possibility of the position reversal between the notifier and the notified person, it is indicated by a dotted line in FIG.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration example of the surrounding situation acquisition means on the notifier side. Clicking on the mobile application icon or icon substitution button activates the camera. The still image / moving image 107 and the map image 108 around the notifier are temporarily stored in the work area 110, and the position information obtained from the position information acquisition unit 109 is subjected to image processing so as to be arranged in the map image. Then, the image-processed image is stored in the peripheral situation storage area 104. At the same time, not only the image but also the surrounding situation such as the event occurrence position 109, the sound, and the event occurrence time 106 are stored. This is because the peripheral situation composed of the image 50, the map 51, the time 52, the position information 57, and the like and other peripheral situations are displayed all at once as shown in FIGS.

  FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram in which the notifier distributes the surrounding situation to the notified person within the set distance. The notifier distributes the surrounding situation to the notified person who is within the set distance. If the vehicle is used, it can run about 50 km in 30 minutes. Therefore, it is also within the assumed range to set the set distance including the notified persons 100b and 100c from the notifying person to 50 km, centering on the notifying person 100a.

  Since both the notifier and the notified person move, all the distance flags 31 (FIG. 7) are reset after the set time has elapsed. At the same time, the terminal management server 20 obtains new position information by acquiring the position information from the registered portable information terminal group, and writes it into the terminal management database 22.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing that a notified person within a set distance is selected and the subsequent transmission is replaced with a copy at the mail server. The person to be notified is selected for the portable information terminal registered in the terminal management database 22.

  First, GPS position information of the mobile information terminal group registered from the terminal management database 22 is extracted, and the distance between the other mobile information terminal and the self mobile information terminal is obtained by the distance calculation means 25. Next, a procedure is performed in which the portable information terminal within the set range is selected by the distance comparison means 26 with the set distance. When the mobile application is activated, if the distance flag 31 is turned on after obtaining the distance information, the surrounding situation is immediately transmitted.

  Since the surrounding situation is notified to the portable information terminal within the set distance as described above, the registered notified person who is near the notifier can quickly rush to the place where the incident occurred.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram showing how to save and copy the surrounding situation in the mail server. The surrounding situation copying means 24 will be described. The procedure is actually transmitted by copying the peripheral situation on the notifier side and the other peripheral situation on the notified party side to the mail directory in the assigned mail server.

  However, since the same mail directory is assigned to the registered terminal ID, a symbol for distinguishing whether it is a notifier or a notified person must be added before the received surrounding situation data. . For example, as shown in the figure, when Mr. A's surrounding situation data is stored (<1>) in the mail directory 100a in the mail server, “A → A” is displayed before the surrounding situation data. The symbol is given. The surrounding situation data next to this symbol is displayed on the notifier screen. When the notified person of the notifier A is Mr. B, the surrounding state data is copied and stored (<2>) in the mail directory 100b. At the same time, a symbol “A → B” is given before the surrounding situation data. The surrounding situation is displayed as a different surrounding situation from Mr. A to Mr. B on the personal information terminal of Mr. B. That is, when “A → A” is the same as the transmission destination and the reception destination, it is determined as the notifier side, and when it is different from “A → B”, it is determined as the notified party side.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the contents of the terminal management database and the display list of the notified person. FIGS. 7A and 7B show the contents of family / relatives, friends, and affiliated organizations in the terminal management database. FIGS. 2C and 2D show display lists of the two types of notified persons. The last figure (e) is an example when two rescuers are registered. The arrival time 56 is stored.

  FIG. 5A shows a terminal management database composed of family / relatives and friends. Items of a lock 32, a selection flag 33, a number of distances, and a distance flag 31 are added to the items of the terminal management database.

  Four items will be described. The number of distances is the distance from another portable information terminal obtained from the distance calculation means. The distance flag 31 is turned ON if it is within the set distance range.

  The locker is turned on by the notifier when the lock 32 is always transmitted even outside the set distance range. This is because all the distance flags 31 must be reset to OFF after the set time elapses because the notifier and the notified party do not always stay in the same place. Therefore, the lock 32 is turned on so that the distance flag is not reset. When the distance flag is reset, GPS information is obtained through communication with the portable information terminal, and the distance flag 31 is reset.

  FIG. 6C shows unique information of “family / relatives and friends” in FIG. FIG. 5A is updated each time a notified person is added or deleted.

FIG. 5B shows a terminal management database composed of members of the organization to which the notifier belongs and the organization of the security company with which the notifier is contracted. The item “GPS-ON” indicates whether or not communication with a GPS satellite is operating. If it is in the OFF state, the location information of the portable information terminal is not updated.
For each member, items “distance number” and “distance flag” which are necessary if a notifier appears are provided. In the example, the items “distance number” and “distance flag” of the notifier A and the notifier B are raised. Further, looking at A of the notifiers indicates that the notified person terminals “ID0001” and “ID0004” are within the set distance.

  FIG. 7D is an example in which the unique information of “affiliation” in which the item “distance flag” is raised is displayed on the portable information terminal in FIG. 7B.

  Here, in the face image 55 of the specific information of the notified person, a face image is not necessary if it is a family member, relative or friend. However, it may not be possible to determine whether the notifier is a rescuer. For example, there is a security guard who rushes by emergency contact of a contracted security company. In this case, the face image of the guard is required.

  The drawings (a) to (d) relate to claim 4 in the scope of claims.

  FIG. 8 is an example in which the surrounding situation on the notifier side and the unique information of the rescuer are displayed on the screen. FIG. 4A shows an example in which the notifier's peripheral situation on the notifier side is displayed on the screen. Note that the tab heading “Mr. A” at the lower right corner indicates a notifier screen.

  When the rescuer 53 is displayed on the peripheral status display means 103 (FIG. 8A), if the rescuer 53 is clicked, the name 54, the face image 55, and the caller position 58, which are unique information of the rescuer, are displayed. The arrival time 56 and the like are further presented (FIG. 8B).

  The caller position 58 (FIG. 8B) is further given to the map information with the position information of the notifier by image processing.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing that the copy information differs depending on whether the rescue call button 60 is clicked and the presence or absence of a rescuer. The presence / absence of a rescuer indicates that the peripheral situation copying means 24 needs to be devised. That is, the information to be added to the surrounding situation differs between the notification side and the notified side.

  On the notifier side, rescuer-related information is added to the surrounding situation sent by the notifier, saved in the data storage area assigned to the notifier. On the notified party side, from the relationship between the portable information terminals registered in the terminal management database, in each data storage area allocated to the portable information terminal of each notified person, the peripheral situation and the rescuer-related The information is copied and a rescue call button 60 is created.

  Also, the arrival time 56 input in the input frame displayed when the rescue call button is clicked is stored in the item “arrival time” in FIG. In the case of manual input, the arrival time 56 is not updated. Therefore, it is necessary to click and re-enter the rescue call button 60 at a time.

  Of course, it is conceivable that the position of the notifier also changes and the surrounding situation of the notified person is received from another portable information terminal. FIG. 10 is an example in which another peripheral situation, the rescue call button 60, and the rescuer 53 are displayed on the screen on the notified party side. The tab headline “Mr. A” shows that the person B to be notified has received other surrounding situations (the still image 50 at the site, the map image 51 at the site, the time 52, the current position 57) from the notifier A. Yes. Here, Mr. B's notifier screen can be switched by the tab heading “Mr. B” below.

  As one example of not using the relief call button 60, there is a method of using a surrounding notification in an area where the neighborhood level is small. For example, an image of an elderly person who is lost and cannot return home and a location / map image are sent to a pre-registered mobile information terminal group of a part of local residents who have accepted the reception. be able to. As described above, since the location of the elderly person can be notified to the local residents who are in need of nursing care, the service of the surrounding situation notification system can provide the local residents with peace of mind.

  Another example is the usage of sharing the surrounding image and whereabouts of the suspect with the investigation team while the police officer can track the suspect because the surrounding situation and location / map image can be distributed. . By simply attaching a mobile application icon or icon substitute operation button to the mobile information terminal for notification of the surrounding situation, the surrounding situation of the suspect is appropriately sent to the investigation team, and the information can be quickly shared with the team. .

  This is a modification of the previous case. When building a project team, for example, when constructing a plant, highway, or large building, it is necessary to always share information between members in order to quickly grasp the progress of the construction and make adjustments between members. . By using a design drawing instead of a map image, the location information of the notifier in the drawing and surrounding images are sent to the project team, so that the construction progress can be shared with the team.

  According to this embodiment, when the danger of the notifier is imminent, or when danger is expected, the surrounding situation of the notifier can be immediately confirmed with the family / relatives, friends, and security company if contracted. Can also be notified. In the field of security and crime prevention, the present invention, which is mainly a notifier, can construct an inexpensive crime prevention system, and can be expected to have a great effect as a crime prevention triggered by resentment and hatred in today's society.

100a to 100c Notifying person / notified person's portable information terminal 101-110 Notifying person's portable information terminal element 111-112 Notifying person's portable information terminal element 20-27 Terminal management server element 30 -33 Terminal management database component 50-58 Mobile display screen component 60 Relief call button

Claims (3)

A peripheral status notification system including a mobile information terminal group and a terminal management server capable of communicating with the mobile information terminal group,
In the portable information terminal that communicates with the terminal management server,
A surrounding situation acquisition means for acquiring a surrounding situation of a notifier based on establishment of a predetermined condition;
A surrounding situation display means for displaying the surrounding situation;
Peripheral status continuous transmission means for continuously transmitting the peripheral status to the terminal management server at regular intervals;
When other peripheral conditions are continuously received from the terminal management server at regular intervals, other peripheral condition time-series display means for displaying the other peripheral conditions in time series, and
With
In the terminal management server that mediates sending and receiving of the surrounding situation between portable information terminals,
A notifying person / notified person registering means for registering specific information of the notifying person and the notifying person in the terminal managing database, having a terminal management database of a portable information terminal group that associates the notifying person and the notifying person group,
In the mail server that stores the surrounding situation in the terminal management server,
The peripheral situation sent by the notifier is stored in a data storage area assigned to the notifier,
A surrounding situation copying means for copying the surrounding situation sent by the notifier to each data storage area assigned to each notified person from the relationship between portable information terminals registered in the terminal management database; ,
A peripheral situation notification system characterized by further comprising: The surrounding situation notification system according to claim 1,
Storing the GPS position information sent from the mobile information terminal group registered in the terminal management database in the terminal management database;
Distance calculating means for calculating the distance between the portable information terminals from the GPS position information of other portable information terminals and the GPS position information of the own portable information terminal;
A distance comparing means for comparing the calculated distance with a preset transmission distance;
Transmission distance terminal selection means for selecting a portable information terminal group located within the set transmission distance in the distance comparison process from the portable information terminal group registered in the terminal management database;
A peripheral situation notification system comprising: The surrounding situation notification system according to claim 1 or 2,
If it is a portable information terminal on the notifier side, display processing is performed so that the surrounding situation and the rescuer are displayed on the screen,
If it is a portable information terminal on the notified person side, display processing is performed so that the other surrounding situation, the rescuer and the request for rescue are displayed on the screen,
If responding as a rescuer to the rescue request from the portable information terminal on the notified party side, the specific information of the notified person registered in the terminal management database is displayed on the portable information terminal of the notified person. A surrounding situation notification system characterized by that.

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