JP7357019B2 - Accident response system and accident response method - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an accident response system and an accident response method.

Conventionally, when a traffic accident occurs, the accident level is determined based on information obtained from sensors installed in the vehicle, and accident response system information is generated, and the accident response system information is automatically sent to the police station, police station, etc. A system has been proposed that sends information to fire department and non-life insurance computers (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2004-78393

According to the above system, the destination of accident information is limited to a preset computer at a police station, etc. Therefore, depending on the nature of the accident, there is a risk that appropriate accident response will not be implemented.
The present invention has been made in view of this background, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an accident response system and an accident response method that can support appropriate responses depending on the object of the collision.

A first aspect of achieving the above object includes: a collision recognition unit that recognizes a collision between a moving body and an object; an object type recognition unit that recognizes a type of the object; a contact selection unit that selects a contact that has been contacted; a collision occurrence information transmission unit that transmits collision occurrence information that notifies the contact of the occurrence of the collision; and a communication terminal that is located around the object; a photographing request unit that transmits photographing request information for requesting photographing of the object after the collision; An example is an accident response system that transmits the collision occurrence information including a photographed image of the object to the contact information.

In the above-mentioned accident response system, the photographing request unit may be configured to transmit the photographing request information including photographing conditions of the object after the collision to the communication terminal.

In the accident response system, at least one of a second collision intensity recognition unit that recognizes the intensity of the collision, the type of the object, and the intensity of the collision recognized by the second collision intensity recognition unit. The configuration may include a photographing condition setting section that sets the photographing conditions based on one of the photographing conditions.
In the above accident response system, the collision recognition unit may be configured to recognize a collision between the moving object and the object installed on the road.

As a second aspect of achieving the above object, there is provided an accident response method executed by a computer, which includes a collision recognition step for recognizing a collision between a moving body and an object, and an object for recognizing the type of the object. an object type recognition step, a contact selection step of selecting a contact according to the type of the object, and a collision occurrence information sending step of transmitting collision occurrence information to notify the contact of the occurrence of the collision. and a photographing request step of transmitting photographing request information for requesting photographing of the object after the collision to a communication terminal existing around the object, and the collision occurrence information transmitting step includes: , an accident response method in which the collision occurrence information including a photographed image of the object after the collision is transmitted from the communication terminal to the contact point.

According to the accident response system described above, it is possible to support appropriate response depending on the object of the collision accident.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an accident response system. FIG. 2 is a flowchart of accident response processing. FIG. 3 is a contact selection table according to the type of object and collision intensity.

[1. Accident response system configuration]
With reference to FIG. 1, the configuration of an accident response system 1 of this embodiment will be described. The accident response system 1 is a computer system including a processor 10, a memory 20, a communication section 30, and the like. Processor 10 corresponds to the computer of the present disclosure.

The accident response system 1 uses the communication unit 30 to communicate with the repair company server 210, the management company server 211, the electric power company server 212, and the post office server 213 via the communication network 200. The repair company server 210, the management company server 211, the electric power company server 212, and the post office server 213 correspond to the contact information in the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 shows a situation where a vehicle 50 collides with a utility pole 100 installed on the side of a road. The accident response system 1 is transmitted by the communication unit 30 via the communication network 200 to the vehicle 50 that collided with the utility pole 100, the other vehicle 60 traveling near the collision site, and the pedestrian 70 passing near the collision site. Communication is performed between the mobile terminal 71, a surveillance camera 101 installed on a telephone pole 100, and a surveillance camera 111 installed in a store 110 near the collision site.

The communication functions provided in the vehicles 50 and 60, the mobile terminal 71, and the surveillance cameras 101 and 111 correspond to the communication terminal of the present disclosure. Vehicle 50 corresponds to the moving object of the present disclosure. The utility pole 100 and the mailbox 120 correspond to objects installed on a road in the present disclosure.

By executing the control program 21 stored in the memory 20, the processor 10 operates a collision recognition section 11, an object type recognition section 12, a collision intensity recognition section 13, an intensity determination level setting section 14, and an imaging condition setting section 15. , a photography requesting section 16, a contact selection section 17, and a collision occurrence information transmitting section 18. The collision strength recognition unit 13 corresponds to a first collision strength recognition unit and a second collision strength recognition unit of the present disclosure.

Here, the process executed by the collision recognition unit 11 corresponds to the collision recognition step in the accident response method of the present disclosure, and the process executed by the object type recognition unit 12 corresponds to the collision recognition step in the accident response method of the present disclosure. This corresponds to the type recognition step. Further, the process executed by the contact selection unit 17 corresponds to the contact selection step in the accident response method of the present disclosure, and the process executed by the collision occurrence information transmission unit 18 corresponds to the collision occurrence information transmission step of the present disclosure. corresponds to

The collision recognition unit 11 receives collision detection information transmitted from the vehicle 50 that collided with the utility pole 100, and recognizes that a collision between the vehicle 50 and the object (here, the utility pole 100) has occurred. The collision detection information includes an image taken of an object by a camera 51 mounted on the vehicle 50 and information on an impact detected by an impact sensor 52 mounted on the vehicle 50.

The object type recognition unit 12 recognizes the type of the object by recognizing the characteristics of the object from the photographed image of the object. In the example of FIG. 1, a telephone pole or a mailbox is recognized as the type of object. The collision strength recognition unit 13 recognizes the collision strength that the utility pole 100 received from the impact detection information by the impact sensor 52 and the photographed image of the object.

The strength determination level setting unit 14 sets a collision strength determination level for determining whether or not to transmit collision occurrence information, which will be described later, depending on the type of object. The photographing condition setting unit 15 sets photographing conditions according to the type of object and the collision intensity according to the selection table shown in FIG. For example, when the object type is a telephone pole and the collision intensity is low, the photographing condition setting unit 15 sets the photographing condition to "whole".

Here, the "proximity" of the photographing conditions in FIG. It is set that the distance between the object and the camera is less than or equal to the determination distance. In addition, the "overall" of the photographing conditions in FIG. The distance between the camera and the camera is set to be within a predetermined range that is longer than the determination distance.

The photography requesting unit 16 sends a photography request to other vehicles 60, mobile terminals 71 owned by pedestrians 70, and surveillance cameras 101 and 111 that are present near the collision site to photograph an object (telephone pole 100). Submit information. The contact selection unit 17 selects a contact according to the type of object and the collision intensity according to the selection table shown in FIG. For example, when the object type is a telephone pole and the collision intensity is high, the contact selection unit 17 selects the electric power company server 212 and the repair company server 210 as the contact points.

The collision occurrence information transmitter 18 transmits collision occurrence information that notifies the contact selected by the contact selector 17 of the occurrence of a collision. The collision occurrence information includes the location where the collision occurred, a photographed image of the object collided with, the strength of the collision, and the like. The photographed image of the object transmitted based on the collision occurrence information includes a photographed image photographed by the camera 51 of the vehicle 50 that collided with the utility pole 100, and an image of the other vehicle 60 that is transmitted according to the photographing request information sent by the photographing requesting section 16. , mobile terminal 71, and surveillance cameras 101 and 111.

[2. Accident response processing]
According to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, the execution procedure of the accident response process executed by the accident response system 1 when the collision shown in FIG. 1 occurs will be explained.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the vehicle 50 collides with the utility pole 100, the vehicle 50 detects in step S10 of FIG. , the process proceeds to step S11. Then, in step S11, the vehicle 50 transmits collision detection information including an image of the object taken by the camera 51, detection information of the impact sensor 52, information on the current position of the vehicle 50, etc. to the accident response system 1.

In the accident response system 1, in step S1 of FIG. 2, when the collision recognition unit 11 receives collision detection information from the vehicle 50 and recognizes the occurrence of a collision, it advances the process to step S2. In step S2, the object type recognition unit 12 analyzes the image of the object included in the collision detection information and recognizes the type of the object. In the example of FIG. 1, "utility pole" is recognized as the type of utility pole 100, which is the object that vehicle 50 collided with. In subsequent step S3, the collision intensity recognition unit 13 sets the impact intensity in two levels, large and small, according to the photographed image of the object included in the collision detection information and the detection information of the impact sensor.

In subsequent step S4, the strength determination level setting unit 14 sets a determination level of impact strength according to the type of object. For example, the strength determination level setting unit 14 sets a high determination level for an object with high collision resistance (such as a telephone pole), and sets a low determination level for an object with low collision resistance (such as a mailbox). .

In the next step S5, the collision occurrence information transmitter 18 determines whether the collision intensity is equal to or higher than the determination level. Then, the collision occurrence information transmitter 18 advances the process to step S6 when the collision strength is equal to or higher than the determination level, and advances the process to step S1 when the collision strength is smaller than the determination level.

In step S6, the photographing condition setting unit 15 sets photographing conditions for the object according to the selection table shown in FIG. 3, depending on the type of the object and the collision intensity. In the following step S7, the photographing request unit 16 transmits photographing request information for requesting photographing of the object to communication terminals existing around the object. In the example of FIG. 1, the photographing condition setting unit 15 transmits photographing request information to another vehicle 60, a mobile terminal 71 owned by a pedestrian 70, and surveillance cameras 101 and 111.

The other vehicle 60, the pedestrian 70 carrying the mobile terminal 71, and the surveillance cameras 101, 111 that have received the photographing request information photograph the utility pole 100 according to the photographing conditions included in the photographing request information, and send the photographed images to the accident response system 1. Send to. The photography request unit 16 receives photographed images of the utility pole 100 transmitted from other vehicles 60, the mobile terminal 71, and the surveillance cameras 101 and 111.

In the subsequent step S8, the contact selection unit 17 selects a contact according to the selection table shown in FIG. 3, based on the type of object and the collision intensity. In the example of FIG. 1, since the type of object that collided with is a utility pole, the contact selection unit 17 selects the electric power company. Further, the contact selection unit 17 further selects a management company depending on the collision intensity, when the collision intensity is low, and selects a repair company when the collision intensity is high.

In the next step S9, the collision occurrence information transmitting section 18 transmits the collision occurrence information to the selected destination by the contact selection section 17. For example, when a power company and a management company are selected by the contact selection unit 17, the collision occurrence information transmitting unit 18 transmits collision occurrence information to the power company server 212 and the management company server 211.

The collision occurrence information includes information such as the location where the object is installed, a photographed image of the object, and the strength of the collision. In the example of FIG. 1, collision occurrence information including the location where the utility pole 100 is installed, a photographed image of the utility pole 100, the strength of the collision between the utility pole 100 and the vehicle 50, and the like is transmitted by the collision occurrence information transmitting unit 18.

[3. Other embodiments]
In the embodiment described above, the collision intensity recognition section 13 is provided, and the collision occurrence information transmitting section 18 transmits the collision occurrence information when it is determined that the collision intensity is equal to or higher than the determination level in step S5 of FIG. As another embodiment, a configuration may be adopted in which the determination of the collision strength in step S5 is omitted.

In the embodiment described above, the strength determination level setting section 14 is provided to set the collision strength determination level according to the type of object collided with, but the strength determination level setting section 14 is omitted and the determination level is set. It may be a fixed value.

In the above embodiment, the photographing requesting section 16 is provided to transmit photographing request information to a communication terminal located near the collision site, but the photographing requesting section 16 may be omitted. In addition, although the collision occurrence information transmitter 18 includes the photographing condition setting section 15 and transmits the photographing request information including the photographing conditions, the photographing condition setting section 15 is omitted and the photographing request information does not include the photographing conditions. You may also send it.

In the above embodiment, the utility pole 100 and the mailbox 120 installed on the road are exemplified as the objects that the moving vehicle 50 collides with, but the objects include traffic lights, road signs, guardrails, etc. installed on the road. Other types of objects may also be used. Further, the object may be a pedestrian or another vehicle. If the object collided with is a pedestrian, a server of an emergency center or the like is selected as the notification destination. Furthermore, if the object that collided with is another vehicle parked in the parking lot, the server of the parking lot management company or the like is selected as the notification destination.

In the embodiment described above, the vehicle 50 detects a collision with an object and sends the collision detection information to the accident response system 1. However, an impact sensor is provided on the object such as the telephone pole 100, and the object detects the collision. The collision detection information may be transmitted to the accident response system 1.

In the above embodiment, the accident response system of the present disclosure is configured by a computer system that communicates with the vehicles 50, 60 via the communication network 200. It may also be configured to be installed on. With this configuration, when a collision with an object is recognized in the moving object, vehicle collision occurrence information is transmitted from the moving object to the contact destination.

Note that, in order to facilitate understanding of the present invention, FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the configuration of the accident response system 1 divided by main processing content, and the configuration of the accident response system 1 is shown in the same way as other systems. It may also be configured by classification. Furthermore, the processing of each component may be executed by one hardware unit or by multiple hardware units. Further, the processing of each component according to the flowchart shown in FIG. 2 may be executed by one program, or may be executed by a plurality of programs.

[4. Configurations supported by the above embodiment]
The above embodiment supports the following configurations.
(Configuration 1) A collision recognition unit that recognizes a collision between a moving object and an object, an object type recognition unit that recognizes the type of the object, and a contact that selects a contact according to the type of the object. An accident response system comprising: a selection unit; and a collision occurrence information transmitting unit that transmits collision occurrence information notifying the contact of the occurrence of the collision to the contact.
According to the accident response system of configuration 1, it is possible to support appropriate response depending on the object of the collision accident.

(Configuration 2) The accident response system according to Configuration 1, wherein the collision recognition unit recognizes a collision between the moving object and the object installed on the road.
According to the accident response system of configuration 2, when a moving object collides with an object that is installed on a road and has a high public interest, it is possible to support prompt repair of the damaged object.

(Structure 3) A first collision intensity recognition unit that recognizes the intensity of the collision is provided, and the collision occurrence information transmission unit transmits information about the collision whose intensity is equal to or higher than a predetermined determination level by the first collision intensity recognition unit. The accident response system according to configuration 1 or configuration 2, wherein the collision occurrence information is transmitted to the contact information.
According to the accident response system of Configuration 3, by transmitting collision occurrence information only for collisions of a certain level of strength or higher, it is possible to support object management according to the collision strength.

(Configuration 4) The accident response system according to Configuration 3, including a strength determination level setting unit that sets the determination level according to the type of the object.
According to the accident response system of configuration 4, the determination level can be set according to the resistance to collision, which differs depending on the type of object.

(Structure 5) The accident response system according to Structure 3 or 4, wherein the contact selection section selects the contact depending on the type of the object and the intensity of the collision.
According to the accident response system of configuration 5, a contact point that can repair the object can be selected depending on the impact strength that the object has received.

(Configuration 6) The collision occurrence information transmitting unit transmits the collision occurrence information including a photographed image of the object after the collision to the contact point. Accident response system described.
According to the accident response system of configuration 6, it is possible to provide a contact with an image that allows confirmation of the degree of damage to an object.

(Configuration 7) A photography requesting unit configured to transmit photography request information for requesting photography of the object after the collision to a communication terminal existing around the object, the collision occurrence information transmitting unit comprising: , the accident response system according to configuration 6, wherein the collision occurrence information including a photographed image of the object after the collision is transmitted from the communication terminal to the contact destination.
According to the accident response system of Configuration 7, by transmitting photography request information and requesting photography of the object from around the object, images of the object from multiple directions can be acquired and sent to the contact. can be provided.

(Configuration 8) The accident response system according to Configuration 7, wherein the photography request unit transmits the photography request information including photography conditions of the object after the collision to the communication terminal.
According to the accident response system of configuration 8, it is possible to obtain a more useful photographed image of the object, which is photographed under the necessary photographing conditions to confirm the damage state of the object.

(Configuration 9) A second collision intensity recognition unit that recognizes the intensity of the collision; and at least one of the type of the object and the intensity of the collision recognized by the second collision intensity recognition unit. The accident response system according to configuration 8, further comprising: a photographing condition setting section that sets the photographing conditions based on the photographing condition.
According to the accident response system of configuration 9, the photographing conditions of the object can be specified so that a necessary image can be obtained according to the degree of damage to the abandoned object, which changes depending on the type of object or the intensity of the collision.

(Structure 10) An accident response method executed by a computer, comprising: a collision recognition step for recognizing a collision between a moving body and an object; an object type recognition step for recognizing the type of the object; and an object type recognition step for recognizing the type of the object. An accident response method comprising: a contact selection step of selecting a contact according to the type of the collision; and a collision occurrence information transmission step of transmitting collision occurrence information notifying the occurrence of the collision to the contact.
By executing the accident response method of configuration 10 by a computer, the same effects as the vehicle control device of configuration 1 can be obtained.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Accident response system, 10... Processor, 11... Collision recognition section, 12... Object type recognition section, 13... Collision intensity recognition section, 14... Intensity determination level setting section, 15... Photography condition setting section, 16... Photography request Section, 17... Contact selection section, 18... Collision occurrence information transmission section, 20... Memory, 21... Control program, 30... Communication section, 50... Vehicle (mobile object), 60... Other vehicle, 70... Pedestrian, 71... Mobile terminal, 100... Telephone pole, 101... Surveillance camera, 110... Store, 111... Camera, 120... Postbox, 200... Communication network, 210... Repair company server, 211... Management company server, 212... Electric power company server, 213...Post office server.

Claims (4)

a collision recognition unit that recognizes a collision between a moving object and an object;
an object type recognition unit that recognizes the type of the object;
a contact selection unit that selects a contact according to the type of the object;
a collision occurrence information transmitting unit that transmits collision occurrence information to notify the contact of the occurrence of the collision;
a photographing request unit that transmits photographing request information requesting photographing of the object after the collision to a communication terminal existing around the object;
The collision occurrence information transmitting unit transmits the collision occurrence information including a photographed image of the object after the collision, which is transmitted from the communication terminal, to the contact point. The accident response system according to claim 1 , wherein the photographing request unit transmits the photographing request information including photographing conditions of the object after the collision to the communication terminal. a second collision strength recognition unit that recognizes the strength of the collision;
a photographing condition setting unit that sets the photographing condition based on at least one of the type of the object and the intensity of the collision recognized by the second collision intensity recognition unit;
The accident response system according to claim 2 , comprising: A computer-implemented accident response method, the method comprising:
a collision recognition step of recognizing a collision between a moving body and an object;
an object type recognition step of recognizing the type of the object;
a contact selection step of selecting a contact according to the type of the object;
a collision occurrence information sending step of transmitting collision occurrence information notifying the occurrence of the collision to the contact;
a photographing request step of transmitting photographing request information for requesting photographing of the object after the collision to a communication terminal existing around the object;
The collision occurrence information transmitting step transmits the collision occurrence information including a photographed image of the object after the collision, which is transmitted from the communication terminal, to the contact point.

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