JP7513259B2 - Rental property provision system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a rental property providing system, and more particularly to a rental property providing system that monitors the movements of residents of rental properties and, if an abnormality is detected, promptly checks the safety of the residents, thereby preventing the occurrence of accidents at the property.

In recent years, the number of elderly people living alone has been increasing due to the trend towards nuclear families and an aging population. In the case of elderly people, even if they are in good health, real estate companies often shy away from rental contracts for properties if they do not provide a guarantor. This is because the deaths of elderly people living alone with no relatives have become a social problem, and properties where people have died alone become properties where there have been accidents, and the cost of restoring the property to its original state after a lonely death is high.

On the other hand, due to the declining population caused by the low birthrate and aging population, the number of vacant rooms in general rental apartments and condominiums in urban areas is increasing (i.e., the vacancy rate is increasing), and real estate management companies are struggling to fill the vacant rooms. In addition, for elderly people living alone, urban areas with developed public transportation systems have more hospitals and are more convenient to visit than rural areas, making them more comfortable environments for the elderly to live in.

In order to allow landlords to feel safe when entering into rental contracts for elderly people living alone, a real estate rental system has been proposed that includes a safety confirmation reporting unit that checks the safety of elderly people living in rental residences and reports to pre-registered contact points if there is anything unusual about the elderly person's safety, and a rent guarantee unit that settles the rent for the rental residence by credit card (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2019-192054 A

The real estate rental system disclosed in Patent Document 1 provides a guarantee of rent, so the landlord can enter into a rental contract with peace of mind, but it is a prerequisite that the elderly person or their family have a credit card contract. In other words, elderly people who have no relatives and do not have a credit card cannot enter into a contract.

Furthermore, the cost of renovating a residence to create a real estate rental system is high, as it is necessary to install a function to check the health of the elderly residents and multiple sensors to detect their movements. Naturally, this cost is reflected in the rent, so the rent becomes high, making it difficult for low-income, single elderly people who receive small pensions or welfare assistance to sign a contract.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention aims to provide a rental property provision system that allows elderly people living alone to live at low rent, detects the presence or absence of elderly people using inexpensive equipment, and quickly confirms the safety of residents whose presence or absence is not detected, thereby allowing elderly and other residents to live in peace of mind.

The present invention relates to a real estate management company that is entrusted with the management of a rental property by a landlord of the rental property, and A system management company that manages the safety of the residents of the rental property and a company that renovates the rental property A rental property provision system comprising:
A management terminal 10 managed by a system management company 100;
Each of the rental properties 200 registered in the rental property providing system 1 is provided with a occupancy detection sensor 20 as an occupancy detection means;
A renovation terminal 30 managed by a renovation company 300;
The system is configured with a real estate terminal 40 managed by a real estate management company 400. The occupancy detection sensors 20 are connected to each other via a public communication line network 60 so as to be able to communicate with each other. ,
The occupancy detection sensor was installed by the remodeling company at the request of the real estate management company 400. The device functions as a presence/absence detection means for detecting whether the resident is present or absent. The sensor is installed in the rental property and detects a presence/absence detection signal for a predetermined period of time in the rental property. When it detects a state where the system is not being used, it sends an alarm to the management terminal of the system management company and When the management terminal of the system management company receives the alarm from the occupancy detection means, The first safety confirmation is made by telephone to confirm the safety of the resident. If confirmation is not possible, the system management company will visit the rental property to verify the resident's identity. When a second safety check is carried out by visiting the person concerned to confirm their safety, and such a second safety check is carried out transmits a second safety confirmation request to the real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400, The real estate management company 400 that received the request performs a second safety check on the rental property 200 Conduct a second safety confirmation by visiting the resident and attempting to meet with them in person to confirm their safety. The result of the confirmation is sent to the system management company 10 via the real estate terminal 40 as a second safety confirmation result report. The present invention relates to a rental property providing system characterized in that the rental property providing system transmits the rental property information to a management terminal 10.

The occupancy detection means is further characterized by comprising a human presence sensor capable of detecting whether the resident is present or absent, a control unit that monitors whether the resident is present or absent, and a communication means that, when the control unit detects that the resident has not been present or absent for a predetermined period of time, issues an alarm to the system management company .

According to the present invention, when a remodeling company detects that an elderly person living alone (hereinafter referred to as a resident) is not present or absent for a predetermined period of time (e.g., 24 hours) using a presence/absence detection means installed in a rental property of a collective housing complex (such as an apartment or condominium) and detects the presence/absence of the resident, the presence/absence detection means transmits an alarm to a system management company. Then, the system management company that receives the alarm first checks the safety of the resident of the rental property that received the alarm by calling the resident of the rental property that received the alarm using a communication means (a pre-registered mobile phone or landline). If the safety of the resident cannot be confirmed by this first safety check, the system management company itself or a landlord or a real estate management company visits the rental property to check the safety of the resident, thereby confirming the safety of the resident.

Generally, when a new resident moves into a rental property, the rental property is renovated (restored to its original state) by a remodeling contractor to the state it was in before the previous resident moved in. At this time, the remodeling contractor installs an occupancy detection means in the rental property. This allows the rental property to be renovated to a state where residents such as elderly people living alone can live in peace of mind when the resident changes. Furthermore, when renovating each apartment building, the remodeling contractor may install an occupancy detection means in all rental properties. This allows the rental property to be an apartment building where residents such as elderly people living alone can live in peace of mind. Furthermore, the remodeling contractor may not only renovate the rental property and install the occupancy detection means, but may also carry out construction work to make the rental property barrier-free and renovate the rental property to make it easy for elderly people and people with disabilities to live in.

The occupancy detection means is equipped with at least a human sensor capable of detecting whether the occupant is present or absent, a control unit that monitors whether the occupant is present or absent, and a communication unit that issues an alarm to the system management company when the control unit detects that the occupant has not been present or absent for a predetermined period of time (e.g., 24 hours).The above configuration is then incorporated into a single housing and installed in a location where the occupant of the rental property can be reliably detected (e.g., the entrance to the bathroom, the hallway, the kitchen, etc.).Furthermore, it is desirable that the occupancy detection means configured as a single housing has the function of automatically starting up simply by supplying power from a household power source and turning the power on.

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned configuration, by simply installing inexpensive equipment (occupancy detection means) in a rental property, even if the resident is an elderly person living alone, the resident's presence or absence can be reliably detected and their safety can be confirmed, so that the elderly person living alone can live there in peace. In addition, by using an inexpensively configured presence or absence detection means, it is possible to provide rental properties with low rents without incurring capital investment. In other words, by monitoring the presence or absence of elderly people living alone and reliably confirming their safety, it is possible to detect abnormalities in the resident, including lonely deaths, at an early stage, and to reduce the occurrence of accidents in properties as low as possible.

1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a rental property providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an overview of a rental property providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a management terminal of a system management company of the rental property providing system of the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of an occupancy detection sensor, which is an occupancy detection means of the rental property providing system of this embodiment. FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating the flow of the rental property providing system of the present embodiment. 13 is a diagram showing an example of a display of a resident's monitoring status displayed on the display means of a management terminal of a system management company of the rental property providing system of this embodiment. FIG. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing the configuration of a modified example of the rental property providing system of the present embodiment.

The present invention is a rental property provision system made up of a real estate management company entrusted with the management of rental properties by landlords of the rental properties, a system management company that manages the safety of residents of the rental properties, and a remodeling company that remodels the rental properties, and the rental property provision system is made up of a management terminal 10 managed by the system management company 100, occupancy detection sensors 20 as occupancy detection means installed in each of a plurality of rental properties 200 registered in the rental property provision system 1, a remodeling terminal 30 managed by a remodeling company 300, and a real estate terminal 40 managed by a real estate management company 400, and each terminal and the occupancy detection sensor 20 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via a public communication line network 60, and the occupancy detection sensors as occupancy detection means installed by the remodeling company at the request of the real estate management company 400 are installed in the rental properties, and When it detects that a state in which no occupancy detection signal is detected for a predetermined period of time , an alarm is sent to the management terminal of the system management company, and when the management terminal of the system management company receives the alarm from the occupancy detection means, a first safety confirmation is performed to confirm the safety of the resident by telephone communication means , and if the first safety confirmation by telephone is not possible, the system management company performs a second safety confirmation by visiting the rental property to confirm the safety of the resident, and when such second safety confirmation is performed, a second safety confirmation request is sent to the real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400 , and the real estate management company 400, having received the second safety confirmation request , performs the second safety confirmation by visiting the corresponding rental property 200 and attempting to meet with the resident in person to confirm their safety, and transmits the result of the second safety confirmation as a second safety confirmation result report to the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 via the real estate terminal 40 .
If the real estate management company 400 discovers an emergency situation involving a resident (such as illness, injury, or loss of consciousness) , it will call an ambulance or make an emergency report to the fire department or police.

The system management committee received the "(8) Second Safety Confirmation Result Report" from the real estate management company 400. The company 100 determines whether the corresponding rental property 200 is unoccupied (i.e., the property is unoccupied for a long period of time) according to the content of the request. In the case of going out for a short time, the person in charge must contact the real estate management company 400 and other related parties, for example, The property management company 400 will submit a search report to the police to search for and protect the residents. When the safety of the residents is confirmed, the system management company 100 notifies the remodeling company 300 In other words, if there is no abnormality in the safety of the occupants and no alarm is issued, When the notification is sent, the occupancy detection sensor 20 has a malfunction (device failure, communication failure, installation position malfunction, etc.). etc.) and instructs the remodeling company 300 to replace the occupancy detection sensor 20. Then, the remodeling company 300 requests an inspection of the occupancy detection sensor 20. and suspend monitoring of the occupancy detection sensor 20 that sent the alarm until normal operation is reported. The present invention relates to a rental property providing system characterized by the above.

An example of the rental property providing system according to the present embodiment will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of the rental property providing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram explaining the outline of the rental property providing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of a management terminal of a system management company of the rental property providing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the electrical configuration of an occupancy detection sensor, which is an occupancy detection means of the rental property providing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 5 is a flow chart explaining the flow of the rental property providing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of a display of the monitoring status of a resident displayed on the display means of the management terminal of the system management company of the rental property providing system according to the present embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the configuration of a modified example of the rental property providing system according to the present embodiment.

In the following explanation, we will use as an example a rental property provision system that is made up of a landlord who owns rental properties consisting of multiple apartment buildings or a real estate management company entrusted with managing the rental properties by the landlord, a system management company that manages and operates this system, and a remodeling company that is responsible for installing occupancy detection means that detects whether residents are present or absent when remodeling the rental property. Note that the landlord or real estate management company refers to the real estate management company entrusted with managing the rental properties by the landlord.

[1. Configuration of rental property provision system]
1, the rental property providing system 1 is composed of a management terminal 10 managed by a system management company 100 of the rental property providing system 1, occupancy detection sensors 20 as occupancy detection means installed in each of a plurality of rental properties 200 registered in the rental property providing system 1, a remodeling terminal 30 managed by a remodeling company 300, and a real estate terminal 40 managed by a real estate management company 400. Each terminal and the occupancy detection sensor 20 are connected to each other via a public communication line network 60 so as to be able to communicate with each other.

As the management terminal 10, the remodeling terminal 30, and the real estate terminal 40, well-known personal computers (hereinafter referred to as PCs) are preferably used. As the well-known PCs, stationary desktop PCs and the like are preferably used, but any PCs having a function capable of communicating with each other via the public communication line network 60 may be used. The occupancy detection sensor 20 is composed of a memory unit 21, an infrared sensor 22 as a human presence sensor, a control unit 23, an external communication control unit 24 , and the like, and is equipped with a human presence sensor (e.g., an infrared sensor) that is a dedicated device developed for this system and can detect whether or not the occupant is present, a control unit that monitors whether or not the occupant is present, and a communication means that transmits an alarm to the management terminal 10 when the control unit detects a state in which the occupant is not present for a predetermined time (e.g., 24 hours). The public communication line network 60 is a well-known Internet line, a mobile phone communication line, a telephone line, a communication satellite line, a short-distance wireless communication (Wi -Fi (registered trademark), Bluetooth (registered trademark)), and the like.

The system management company 100 has the function of receiving an alarm sent from the occupancy detection sensor 20 installed in a rental property 200 in an apartment building or condominium on the management terminal 10 when the occupancy detection sensor 20 does not detect the occupant being in or out of the residence for a specified period of time .
That is, alarms from occupancy detection sensors 20 installed in rental property 200 are monitored.
In addition, the system management company 100 executes the first safety confirmation and the second safety confirmation in this embodiment, the details of which will be described later.
In addition, a second safety confirmation request may be sent (requested) from the management terminal 10 to the real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400, and appropriate measures may be taken for the resident depending on the results of the second safety confirmation received from the real estate terminal 40.

The rental property 200 is provided with an occupancy detection sensor 20 of the rental property providing system 1. The occupancy detection sensor 20 is provided in a location where it can reliably detect whether or not a resident of the rental property 200 is in or out (for example, at the entrance to a bathroom, the hallway, or the kitchen). Furthermore, the occupancy detection sensor 20 incorporates, in a compact housing, a human sensor (infrared sensor) capable of detecting whether or not a resident is in or out, a control unit that monitors whether or not a resident is in or out, and a communication means that transmits an alarm to the management terminal 10 when a predetermined period of time (for example, 24 hours) has elapsed without detecting the presence or absence of a resident. The occupancy detection sensor 20 also has a function of automatically starting up simply by supplying power from a household power source and turning the power on.

The real estate management company 400 is a specialized company entrusted with the management of the rental property 200, such as an apartment or condominium, by the landlord of the rental property 200. The real estate management company 400 is a group of multiple companies that agree with the purpose of the rental property provision system 1 and have signed a contract in advance with the system management company 100 of this system.
When renovating a rental property 200 that the real estate management company 400 manages, the real estate management company 400 installs an occupancy detection sensor 20 in the rental property 200 .
The real estate management company 400 transmits the result to the remodeling terminal 30 of the remodeling company 300 via the real estate terminal 40, and requests the system management company 100 to monitor the presence and absence of the residents in the rental property 200 (i.e., to operate the system). In this embodiment, the real estate management company 400 may execute the second safety confirmation requested by the system management company 100, and transmit the result of the second safety confirmation to the remodeling terminal 30 of the remodeling company 300 via the real estate terminal 40.

The remodeling company 300 is in charge of remodeling (restoring to the original state) the rental property 200 when the resident of the rental property 200, such as an apartment or condominium, changes at the request of the real estate management company 400 (a request for remodeling work from the real estate terminal 40 to the remodeling terminal 30). Furthermore, in this embodiment, the remodeling company 300 is also responsible for the task of installing the occupancy detection sensor 20 in the rental property 200 at the request of the real estate management company 400. Furthermore, the remodeling company 300 also performs tasks such as maintenance of the occupancy detection sensor 20 installed in the rental property 200. Here, the occupancy detection sensor 20 handled by the remodeling company 300 is a dedicated device in this embodiment, and it is desirable to request the development and manufacturing of the sensor to a specialized manufacturer of electronic devices, for example, to make it as inexpensive as possible with the necessary functions integrated into a small housing.

[2. Overview of the rental housing provision system]
An overview of the rental property providing system 1 of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described below with reference to Fig. 2. Note that in the following description, as an example, a safety check of a resident residing in one rental property 200 will be described, but the rental property providing system 1 of this embodiment can check the safety of residents of multiple rental properties 200.

As shown in FIG. 2, the real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400 that supports the rental property providing system 1 transmits a "(1) request for renovation and sensor installation" for the corresponding rental property 200 to the renovation terminal 30 of the renovation company 300. As described above, the real estate management company 400 transmits a request for installation of the occupancy detection sensor 20 as an occupancy detection means in the rental property 200 to the renovation terminal 30 of the renovation company 300 via the real estate terminal 40 at the time of renovation when the resident of the rental property 200 that it manages is changed. Note that in the rental property providing system 1, the system management company 100 or the renovation company 300 actively appeals to a plurality of real estate management companies 400 the feature (advantage) of the rental property providing system 1, which is to provide rental properties where elderly people living alone can live with peace of mind at low rental fees, and recruits the real estate management companies 400 that support the system.

The remodeling company 300, which has received a "(1) request for remodeling and sensor installation" from the real estate management company 400, performs the work of "(2) remodeling and sensor installation" of the corresponding rental property 200. In other words, the remodeling company 300 remodels (restores the original state) the corresponding rental property 200, and installs the occupancy detection sensor 20, which is a dedicated device of this embodiment handled by the remodeling company 300, at a predetermined position (a position where the occupancy of the resident can be detected) of the rental property 200. The remodeling company 300 also performs various initial settings of the occupancy detection sensor 20, and checks the startup status, such as the communication status with the management terminal 10.

When a new resident is determined to move into the rental property 200 after renovation, the real estate management company 400 activates the occupancy detection sensor 20 after the new resident moves in. As described above, the occupancy detection sensor 20 in this embodiment has a function of being automatically activated simply by supplying power from a household power source and turning the power ON, so that the occupancy detection sensor 20 can be easily activated by the real estate management company 400. As a result, the occupancy detection sensor 20 constantly monitors the occupancy of the resident of the rental property 200. When the occupancy detection sensor 20 detects that the resident has not moved in or out for a predetermined period of time (e.g., 24 hours), it "(3) issues an alarm" to the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100. In other words, it issues an abnormality (absence) of the resident to the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100.

Basically, the main function of the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 is to receive alarms from the occupancy detection sensors 20 installed in the rental properties 200 (i.e., to monitor alarms from the occupancy detection sensors 20). The management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 can also receive the occupancy of residents in the rental properties 200 detected by the occupancy detection sensors 20 as occupancy detection signals. Then, as will be described in detail later, the occupancy status of residents residing in the rental properties 200, such as apartment buildings, can be displayed for each apartment building on the display means (such as a liquid crystal display device) of the management terminal 10 (see FIG. 6) based on the received occupancy detection signals, allowing the system management company 100 to monitor the occupancy status of residents residing in the rental properties 200, such as apartment buildings, for each apartment building.

The system management company 100 that has received an alarm from the occupancy detection sensor 20 first performs "(4) First Safety Confirmation" of the occupant by calling the occupant of the rental property that received the alarm via a communication means (pre-registered mobile phone or landline) as a first safety confirmation. Then, if the safety of the occupant is confirmed, it transmits "(9) Sensor Confirmation Request" to the remodeling company 300. In other words, if there is nothing wrong with the occupancy detection sensor 20 and an alarm is issued, it determines that there is a problem with the occupancy detection sensor 20 (device failure, communication failure, installation location, etc.) and requests the remodeling company 300 to inspect the occupancy detection sensor 20, including replacing it. Then, it temporarily suspends monitoring of the occupancy detection sensor 20 that transmitted the alarm until the remodeling company 300 reports the inspection results.

On the other hand, if the first safety check fails to confirm the safety of the resident, the system management company 100 performs "(5) Second Safety Check" as the second safety check, in which the system management company 100 visits the rental property 200 and attempts to meet the resident in person to confirm the safety. Depending on the content of the safety check, if the resident is absent from the rental property 200 (i.e., away for an extended period of time), the system management company 100 makes an effort to find and protect the resident by, for example, filing a missing person report with the police by "(10) Contacting the relevant parties" to the real estate management company 400, etc. In this case, if the system management company 100 finds an emergency situation with the resident (unconsciousness due to illness, injury, etc.), it calls an ambulance, etc., makes an emergency report to the fire department or police, and performs "(10) Contacting the relevant parties" to the real estate management company 400, etc.

In the present embodiment, the system management company 100 may also request the real estate management company 400 to perform the second safety confirmation. This is because the second safety confirmation requires the company to enter the rental property 200 in order to visit the rental property 200 and meet with the resident in person to confirm their safety. In general, the room keys (master keys, etc.) of the rental property 200 are collectively managed by the real estate management company 400. For this reason, if the system management company 100 is able to borrow the room key of the rental property 200 from the real estate management company 400, the system management company 100 performs the second safety confirmation, and if the system management company 100 is unable to borrow the room key of the rental property 200 from the real estate management company 400, the system management company 100 requests the real estate management company 400 to perform the second safety confirmation.

When the real estate management company 400 executes the second safety confirmation, the system management company 100 transmits "(6) Second Safety Confirmation Request" to the real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400. The real estate management company 400 that has received the second safety confirmation request executes "(7) Second Safety Confirmation" as the second safety confirmation, by visiting the corresponding rental property 200 and attempting to meet with the resident in person to confirm their safety. Then, the result of the second safety confirmation is transmitted (reported) to the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 via the real estate terminal 40 as "(8) Second Safety Confirmation Result Report." At this time, if the real estate management company 400 finds that the resident is in an emergency (unconsciousness due to illness, injury, etc.), it will make an emergency report to the fire department or police, such as calling an ambulance.

The system management company 100, which has received the "(8) Second Safety Confirmation Result Report" from the real estate management company 400, contacts the relevant parties such as the real estate management company 400 according to the content, and searches for and protects the resident by, for example, having the real estate management company 400 submit a search report to the police. In addition, if the safety of the resident is confirmed, the system management company 100 transmits "(9) Sensor Confirmation Request" to the remodeling company 300. In other words, if there is no abnormality in the safety of the resident and an alarm is issued, the system management company 100 determines that there is a malfunction (device failure, communication failure, installation location, etc.) in the occupancy detection sensor 20, and requests the remodeling company 300 to inspect the occupancy detection sensor 20, including replacing it. Then, the system management company 100 temporarily suspends monitoring of the occupancy detection sensor 20 that has sent the alarm, until the remodeling company 300 reports that the inspection of the occupancy detection sensor 20 has been completed and that it is operating normally.

Here, in the case where a resident of the rental property 200 of this embodiment is absent from the rental property 200 for a predetermined period of time or more due to travel or the like, it is desirable for the resident to notify (notify) the system management company 100 in advance of the planned absence (date and time of travel, etc.). In this case, it is desirable for the system management company 100 to have a function of transmitting a signal from the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 to the occupancy detection sensor 20 to stop monitoring the presence or absence during the planned absence (date and time of travel, etc.) so that an alarm is not issued.

Here, the occupancy detection sensor 20 of the rental property providing system 1 of this embodiment is configured to send an alarm to the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 when it detects a state where the occupancy of the resident is not detected for a predetermined time (e.g., 24 hours), but is not limited to this. For example, a first predetermined time (e.g., 12 hours) and a second predetermined time (e.g., 24 hours) relatively longer than the first predetermined time may be set, and when it detects a state where the occupancy of the resident is not detected for each predetermined time (the first predetermined time and the second predetermined time), an alarm may be sent to the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100. In addition, the system management company 100 may be configured to perform a first safety check when an alarm based on the first predetermined time is received, and to perform a second safety check when an alarm based on the second predetermined time is received. Note that it is preferable that the monitoring time (the predetermined time, the first predetermined time, and the second predetermined time) for which the occupancy detection sensor 20 sends an alarm can be appropriately changed in the occupancy detection sensor 20 according to the life cycle of the resident of the rental property 200.

Here, the present invention has been devised by the applicant, who runs a remodeling company 300, for landlords or real estate management companies 400 who own rental properties 200 in urban areas and are troubled by the increasing vacancy rate of the rental properties 200. In other words, the rental property providing system 1 of this embodiment aims to reduce the vacancy rate of the rental property 200, which is a collective housing complex (apartment or condominium), by providing rental properties 200 in which even elderly people living alone, who have not traditionally been considered suitable customers (residents), can live in peace of mind.

In the embodiment described above, a system management company 100 is provided separately from the remodeling company 300, and the first safety confirmation and the second safety confirmation of the residents of the rental properties 200 are performed by this system management company 100. However, when the rental properties 200 managed by the system management company 100 are small (i.e., few in number), for example, when the rental properties 200 are small, consisting of only six rooms in a single apartment building, the remodeling company 300 may also perform the functions of the system management company 100.

In this way, it is possible to configure a more efficient rental property providing system 1. Note that, when the rental properties 200 to be managed are large (i.e., there are many of them) and the locations are widely dispersed, it is naturally preferable to provide a system management company 100 that specializes in managing (monitoring) the safety of the residents of the rental properties 200. Furthermore, in this case, not only the system management company 100 but also the remodeling company 300 may be made up of multiple companies.

[3. Electrical configuration of the management terminal]
Hereinafter, the electrical configuration of the management terminal 10 in the rental property providing system 1 of the present embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 3. As shown in Fig. 3, the management terminal 10 is composed of a memory unit 11, an input/output control unit 12, a control unit 13, an external communication control unit 14, etc.

The storage unit 11 is configured with a large-capacity storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD), a flash memory, etc. The storage unit 11 stores rental property information such as the address and layout of the rental property 200 in which the occupancy detection sensor 20 of this embodiment is installed, contact information (telephone numbers, email addresses, etc.) of the occupant of the rental property 200, and contact information (telephone numbers, email addresses, etc.) of each related party.

The input/output control unit 12 controls communication with external input/output devices such as a display means (for example, a liquid crystal display device) not shown connected to the management terminal 10 and a keyboard/mouse.

The control unit 13 is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a flash memory, etc. The CPU of the control unit 13 executes various programs stored in advance in the ROM or the storage unit 11, thereby functioning as a resident safety confirmation process (first safety confirmation, second safety confirmation) in this embodiment.

The external communication control unit 14 is connected to an external public communication network 60 and controls communication with multiple occupancy detection sensors 20, renovation terminal 30, and real estate terminal 40 in the rental property providing system 1 based on instructions from the control unit 13.

[4. Electrical configuration of the occupancy detection sensor]
Hereinafter, the electrical configuration of the occupancy detection sensor 20 in the rental property providing system 1 of this embodiment will be described with reference to Fig. 4. As shown in Fig. 4, the occupancy detection sensor 20 is composed of a memory unit 21, an infrared sensor 22 as a human presence sensor, a control unit 23, an external communication control unit 24, etc.

The storage unit 21 is configured with a large-capacity storage device such as a flash memory, etc. This storage unit 21 stores various information such as the communication history between the above-mentioned occupancy detection sensor 20 and the management terminal 10 (date and time when an alarm was issued).

The infrared sensor 22 functions as a human presence sensor in this embodiment, and is preferably one that has the ability to reliably detect whether a human (resident) is present or absent. When a resident is detected, the sensor transmits a signal to the control unit 23. Note that the human presence sensor is not limited to an infrared sensor, and may be, for example, a non-contact vital sensor that uses a Doppler sensor to radiate microwaves to the resident and compares the frequency of the reflected radio waves to obtain vital information of the resident without touching the resident.

The control unit 23 is composed of a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a flash memory, etc. The CPU of the control unit 13 executes various programs stored in advance in the ROM or the storage unit 11, thereby functioning as various means (alarm transmission processing) in this embodiment.

The external communication control unit 24 is connected to an external public communication network 60 , and controls communication with the management terminal 10 in the rental property providing system 1 based on instructions from the control unit 13 .

[5. Overview of the rental property provision system flow]
An outline of the processing flow of each terminal (management terminal 10, renovation terminal 30, real estate terminal 40) and occupancy detection sensor 20 constituting the rental property providing system 1 of this embodiment will be described below with reference to Fig. 5. Note that in the following explanation, as an example, a safety check of a resident residing in one rental property 200 will be described, but this system simultaneously checks the safety of residents of multiple rental properties 200.

As shown in Fig. 5, first, the real estate management company 400 transmits a request to install the occupancy detection sensor 20 in the relevant rental property 200 from the real estate terminal 40 to the remodeling terminal 30 of the remodeling company 300 (step S01). As described above, when remodeling the rental property 200 managed by the real estate management company 400 when the resident of the rental property 200 is changed, the real estate management company 400 transmits a request to install the occupancy detection sensor 20 in the rental property 200 to the remodeling terminal 30 of the remodeling company 300 via the real estate terminal 40. This process corresponds to "(1) Request for renovation and sensor installation" shown in Fig. 2.

The remodeling company 300 receives a request from the real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400 to install the occupancy detection sensor 20 in the corresponding rental property 200 via the remodeling terminal 30 (step S02), remodels (restores) the rental property 200, and installs the occupancy detection sensor 20, which is a dedicated device of this embodiment, in a predetermined position (a position where the occupancy of the resident can be detected) in the rental property 200 (step S03). At this time, the remodeling company 300 performs various initial settings of the occupancy detection sensor 20, and checks the communication status with the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100. This process corresponds to "(2) Remodeling and sensor installation" shown in FIG. 2.

When a resident moves into the rental property 200 in which the sensor 20 is installed, the sensor 20 is activated to monitor the resident's presence or absence (step S04). The sensor 20 (controller 23) judges whether the resident's presence or absence has not been detected for a predetermined time (e.g., 24 hours) (step S05). If the sensor 20 judges that the resident's presence or absence has not been detected for a predetermined time (e.g., 24 hours) (step S05: No), the sensor 20 repeats the process of step S05. On the other hand, if the sensor 20 judges that the resident's presence or absence has not been detected for a predetermined time (e.g., 24 hours) (step S05: Yes), the sensor 20 proceeds to step S06. The sensor 20 issues an alarm to the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 (step S06). That is, the sensor 20 issues an alarm to the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 informing the resident of an abnormality (long period of non-detection). This process corresponds to "(3) Alarm Issue" shown in FIG. 2.

The management terminal 10 of the system management company 100, which has received the alarm from the occupancy detection sensor 20 (step S07), performs a first safety confirmation (step S08). That is, the first safety confirmation is performed to confirm the safety of the resident of the rental property 200 in which the occupancy detection sensor 20 that has issued the alarm is installed by calling the resident through a communication means (a pre-registered mobile phone or landline). This process corresponds to "(4) First Safety Confirmation" shown in FIG. 2. The management terminal 10 judges whether the safety of the resident has been confirmed (step S09), and if it is determined that the safety of the resident has not been confirmed (step S09: No), the process proceeds to step S10. On the other hand, if it is determined that the safety of the resident has been confirmed (step S09: Yes), the process proceeds to step S16.

The management terminal 10 judges whether to send a second safety confirmation request to the real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400 (step S10), and if it is determined that the second safety confirmation request should not be sent to the real estate management company 400 (step S10: No), the management terminal 10 performs a second safety confirmation (step S11). That is, the management terminal 10 performs a second safety confirmation by dispatching a person in charge to the rental property 200 where the occupancy detection sensor 20 that issued the alarm is installed, and by meeting the occupant face-to-face to confirm their safety. This process corresponds to "(5) Second Safety Confirmation" shown in FIG. 2.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the second safety confirmation request is to be sent to the real estate management company 400 (step S10: Yes), the management terminal 10 sends the second safety confirmation request to the real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400. This process corresponds to "(6) Second Safety Confirmation Request" shown in FIG. 2. The real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400 that has received the second safety confirmation request from the management terminal 10 instructs the person in charge of the corresponding rental property 200 to visit the corresponding rental property 200 and meet with the resident in person to confirm the safety of the resident (step S12). This process corresponds to "(7) Second Safety Confirmation" shown in FIG. 2. The real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400 sends a result report of the second safety confirmation to the management terminal 10 (step S13). This process corresponds to "(8) Second Safety Confirmation Result Report" shown in FIG. 2. At this time, if the real estate management company 400 discovers an emergency situation involving a resident (such as illness, injury, or loss of consciousness), it will call an ambulance or make an emergency report to the fire department or police.

In this embodiment, as described above, if the room key (master key, etc.) of the rental property 200 that issued the alarm can be borrowed from the real estate management company 400 (i.e., if it is managed by the system management company 100), the system management company 100 will carry out a second safety check, and if the room key of the rental property 200 cannot be borrowed from the real estate management company 400 (i.e., if it is managed by the real estate management company 400), the system management company 100 will request the real estate management company 400 to carry out the second safety check.

The management terminal 10 judges whether or not the safety of the resident has been confirmed based on the result of the second safety confirmation performed by the system management company 100 itself or the property management company 400 (step S14), and if it is determined that the safety of the resident has not been confirmed (step S14: No), the process proceeds to step S15. On the other hand, if it is determined that the safety of the resident has been confirmed (step S14: Yes), the process proceeds to step S16.

If the result of the second safety confirmation indicates that the resident of the rental property 200 is abnormal (for example, an emergency such as being unconscious or being absent for a long period of time without notice), the management terminal 10 reports the resident's abnormality to the relevant parties (step S15). This process corresponds to "(10) Contacting the relevant parties" shown in Fig. 2. Then, the real estate management company 400 that has received the resident's abnormality will search for and protect the missing resident by filing a missing person report to the police depending on the resident's abnormality, for example, if the resident has been absent for a long period of time without notice.

When the safety of the occupants is confirmed, the management terminal 10 transmits a request to inspect the occupancy detection sensor 20 to the remodeling terminal 30 of the remodeling company 300 (step S16). This process corresponds to "(9) Sensor inspection request" shown in Fig. 2. In other words, when there is no abnormality in the safety of the occupants and an alarm is issued, it is determined that there is a malfunction in the occupancy detection sensor 20 (device failure, communication failure, improper installation location, etc.), and a request is made to the remodeling company 300 to inspect (including replace) the occupancy detection sensor 20. Then, the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 temporarily stops (or automatically resets) receipt of alarms from the occupancy detection sensor 20 until the remodeling company 300 reports that the occupancy detection sensor 20 is operating normally.

When the remodeling terminal 30 receives a request to inspect the occupancy detection sensor 20 from the management terminal 10 (step S17), a worker from the remodeling company 300 goes to the rental property 200 and inspects the installed occupancy detection sensor 20 (step S18). When inspecting the occupancy detection sensor 20 (including replacement), various initial settings of the occupancy detection sensor 20 and confirmation of normal status with the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 are also performed at the same time. When this process is completed, the remodeling terminal 30 of the remodeling company 300 transmits to the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 that the occupancy detection sensor 20 is normal. The management terminal 10, upon receiving this, resumes receiving alarms from the corresponding occupancy detection sensor 20. The occupancy detection sensor 20 also returns to the monitoring process of the occupancy detection sensor 20 from step S04 described above.

According to the rental property providing system 1 of this embodiment, by simply installing the occupancy detection sensor 20 in the rental property 200, even residents such as elderly people living alone can live in peace of mind, and even if an accident (such as a lonely death) occurs, it can be detected early, so the cost of repairing the rental property 200 can be kept low. This makes it possible to keep the increase in vacant rooms in apartments and condominiums under general rental contracts in urban areas, which is caused by the decline in population due to the low birth rate and aging population, as low as possible. In addition, for elderly people living alone, it is possible to provide a rental property 200 with a good living environment for elderly people, since there are more hospitals and it is more convenient to go to the hospital in cities where public transportation is well developed than in rural areas.

It should be noted that the above-described embodiment is merely one example for realizing the rental property providing system 1 in a minimum environment. For example, when a renovation company or the like renovates a property, it is possible to provide a rental property 200 with a safe and comfortable environment not only for elderly people living alone, but also for, for example, disabled people and non-elderly residents with chronic illnesses, by carrying out minimum renovations such as barrier-free construction to make the property more livable for elderly people living alone.

[6. Example of display of the display means of the management terminal of the rental property provision system]
An example of the display of the monitoring status of the residents displayed on the display means of the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 of the rental property providing system 1 in this embodiment will be described below with reference to Fig. 6. In the following description, the residents are all elderly men living alone, and the rental property 200 is made up of a total of six rooms, three on the first floor and three on the second floor, and all rooms are monitored as an example. In addition, a presence/absence detection sensor 20, which is a presence/absence detection means, is installed in each room, and the presence/absence detection status of the residents detected by this presence/absence detection sensor 20 is displayed on the display means of the management terminal 10.

6, on the display device 110 of the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100, "XX Apartment Resident Surveillance Image" is displayed at the top center, and below that, small windows 201 displaying the surveillance status for each room are displayed in two rows, one above the other, for a total of six rooms, three rooms on the first floor and three rooms on the second floor. In each small window 201 for each room, the following are displayed, from top to bottom: room number 202, resident name 203, detection level 204, detection value 205, and installation position 206.

The room number 202 is the room number given to the rental property 200 having six rooms. The occupant name 203 is the name of the occupant residing in the room. The detection level 204 is the detection state of the occupant detected by the occupancy detection sensor 20 installed in each room. As described above, when the occupancy detection sensor 20 detects the occupancy of the occupant in the rental property 200, it transmits the occupancy detection signal to the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100. The management terminal 10 displays the ratio of the occupancy detection signal received from the occupancy detection sensor 20 in a predetermined time (e.g., 24 hours) as the detection level 204. The detection value 205 is a numerical value of the detection level 204, and is displayed as a percentage to two decimal places, with a maximum of 100%, as the ratio of the occupancy detection sensor 20 detecting the occupant in a predetermined time. The installation position 206 is the installation position (mounting position) of the occupancy detection sensor 20 installed in the room.

According to the "XX Apartment Resident Monitoring Image" displayed on the display device 110 (liquid crystal display device, etc.) of the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100 described above, the occupants' presence and absence can be comprehensively monitored even if an alarm (non-detection of occupants for a specified period of time) is not received. Here, the rental property 200 in this embodiment is assumed to be mainly composed of one room (1DK, 1LDK), and at most two rooms (2DK, 2LDK). The human presence sensor mounted on the occupancy detection sensor 20 has the function of detecting the presence and absence of occupants over a fairly wide range within the room, for example, from the bedroom to the toilet, or from the living room to the kitchen, depending on the installation location (mounting location).

In rooms 102 and 201 in Fig. 6, the detection level 204 (detection value 205) is lower than the other rooms. If the detection value 205 is equal to or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 60%), a warning mark 205a is also displayed to the right of the detection value 205. In this way, if the detection value 205 is equal to or lower than a predetermined value (for example, 60%) compared to the other rooms, the warning mark 205a is displayed to the right of the detection value 205, thereby alerting, for example, a person in charge of managing and operating the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100.

As a result, even in the case of a rental property 200 that does not receive an alarm (i.e., does not detect the absence of the resident), if the detection value 205 is extremely low, it is possible to suspect an abnormality in the resident (injury or illness), and by proactively confirming the safety of the resident in the first safety confirmation before receiving an alarm, it is possible to prevent the resident from becoming seriously abnormal later (lost consciousness, etc.). Also, even if there is no change in the resident's behavior, if the detection value 205 is extremely low, it is possible that the installation position of the occupancy detection sensor 20 in the rental property 200 does not match the resident's daily movement line in the rental property 200, and this can be used as a basis for considering changing the installation position of the occupancy detection sensor 20.

[7. Configuration of modified example of rental property provision system]
The following describes modified examples of the rental property providing system 1. In the following description, as in the above-described embodiment, the rental property providing system 1 is described as an example, which is composed of a real estate management company 400 entrusted with managing rental properties 200 consisting of multiple apartment buildings by a landlord, a system management company 100 requested to operate the system, a remodeling company 300 responsible for installing occupancy detection sensors 20 as occupancy detection means for detecting occupancy when remodeling the rental property, and a security company 500 specializing in second safety confirmation.

7, the rental property providing system 1 in the modified example is composed of a management terminal 10 managed by a system management company 100 of the rental property providing system 1, occupancy detection sensors 20 as occupancy detection means installed in each of a plurality of rental properties 200 registered in the rental property providing system 1, a remodeling terminal 30 managed by a remodeling company 300, a real estate terminal 40 managed by a real estate management company 400, and a security terminal 50 newly added in this modified example and managed by a security company 500. Each terminal and the occupancy detection sensor 20 are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via a public communication line network 60.

In the following description, only the configurations different from the above-mentioned embodiment will be described, and the same configurations will be omitted. That is, the configurations and functions of the management terminal 10 of the system management company 100, the occupancy detection sensor 20 of the rental property 200, the remodeling terminal 30 of the remodeling company 300, the real estate terminal 40 of the real estate management company 400, and the public communication line network 60 are the same as those of the above-mentioned embodiment, and therefore the description will be omitted.

The security companies 500, which are new components in the modified example, are a number of specialist companies that have signed contracts in advance with the system management company 100 of the rental property providing system 1, and are well-known security companies that specialize in the second safety confirmation. The security terminals 50 managed by the security companies 500 are preferably well-known personal computers (hereinafter, referred to as PCs). Note that, as the well-known PCs, it is preferable to use stationary desktop PCs or the like, but any PC that has a function for enabling mutual communication via the public communication line network 60 will suffice.

When the management terminal 10 receives an alarm from the occupancy detection sensor 20 installed in the rental property 200 and performs a first safety check of the occupant of the rental property 200 where the occupancy detection sensor 20 that sent the alarm is installed, and if the occupant's safety cannot be confirmed, the management terminal 10 transmits a second safety check request to the security terminal 50 of the security company 500. This process corresponds to "(6) Second Safety Check Request" shown in Fig. 2. The security terminal 50 of the security company 500, which has received the second safety check request from the management terminal 10, instructs the security guard to visit the rental property 200 and meet with the occupant in person to confirm their safety. This process corresponds to "(7) Second Safety Check" shown in Fig. 2.

The security terminal 50 of the security company 500 then transmits a result report of the second safety confirmation to the management terminal 10. This process corresponds to "(8) Second Safety Confirmation Result Report" shown in Fig. 2. At this time, if the security company 500 finds an emergency situation for the resident (e.g., unconsciousness due to illness or injury), it will make an emergency report to the fire department or police, such as calling an ambulance. Thereafter, the management terminal 10 performs the same process as in the above-described embodiment based on the second safety confirmation result report received from the security terminal 50 of the security company 500.

The most distinctive feature of the rental property providing system 1 in the modified example is a configuration in which a security guard of a security company 500 visits the rental property 200 where the occupancy detection sensor 20 that issued the alarm is installed and meets with the occupant face-to-face to confirm the safety of the occupant. By requesting the second safety confirmation to the security company 500, which is a professional in the maintenance of housing, etc., in this way, the second safety confirmation can be performed quickly and reliably. Note that the security company 500 must borrow and manage in advance from the real estate management company 400 the room key (master key, etc.) of the rental property 200 for which the security company 500 is responsible for the second safety confirmation.

Although the present invention has been described above through the above-mentioned embodiments, the present invention is not limited to these. Furthermore, the above-mentioned effects are merely a list of the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are not limited to those described in the present embodiment.

REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 Rental property providing system 10 Management terminal 20 Occupancy detection sensor 30 Renovation terminal 40 Real estate terminal 50 Security terminal 60 Public communication line network 100 System management company 200 Rental property 300 Renovation company 400 Real estate management company 500 Security company

Claims (2)

A rental property provision system including a real estate management company that is entrusted with managing rental properties by landlords of the rental properties, a system management company that manages the safety of residents of the rental properties, and a remodeling company that remodels the rental properties,
A management terminal (10) managed by a system management company (100);
an occupancy detection sensor (20) as an occupancy detection means installed in each of a plurality of rental properties (200) registered in a rental property providing system (1);
A renovation terminal (30) managed by a renovation company (300);
A real estate terminal ( 40 ) managed by a real estate management company (400),
Each terminal and the occupancy detection sensor (20) are connected to each other so as to be able to communicate with each other via a public communication line network (60);
The occupancy detection sensor is installed by the remodeling company at the request of the real estate management company (400) and functions as occupancy detection means for detecting whether the occupant is in or out of the residence. The occupancy detection sensor is installed in the rental property, and when it detects a state in which no occupancy detection signal is detected for a predetermined period of time in the rental property, it transmits an alarm to the management terminal of the system management company. When the management terminal of the system management company receives the alarm from the occupancy detection means, it performs a first safety confirmation to confirm the safety of the occupant by telephone communication means, and if the first safety confirmation by telephone cannot be performed, the system management company A rental property provision system characterized in that a second safety check is carried out by visiting a rental property to confirm the safety of the resident, and if such second safety check is carried out by the real estate management company , a second safety check request is sent to a real estate terminal (40) of the real estate management company (400), and the real estate management company (400) receiving the second safety check request carries out a second safety check by visiting the rental property (200) in question and attempting to meet with the resident in person to confirm their safety, and the result of the second safety check is sent as a second safety check result report to the management terminal 10 of the system management company (100) via the real estate terminal (40). The rental property provision system according to claim 1, characterized in that the occupancy detection means comprises a human sensor capable of detecting whether the resident is present or absent, a control unit that monitors whether the resident is present or absent, and a communication means that issues an alarm to the system management company when the control unit detects that the resident has not been present or absent for a predetermined period of time.

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