JP6362183B2 - Safety confirmation system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a safety confirmation system for confirming the safety of an elderly person living alone, for example.

  In recent years, with the aging of Japan and the declining birthrate, the number of elderly living alone who do not have a family living together has increased. Such elderly people who live alone often have distant family members who can be contacted, making it difficult to contact them, or often not having access to them. For this reason, when the person falls into an emergency situation in the house due to illness or other causes, the response may be delayed or lonely. In either case, it is difficult for the related parties to respond early, especially in the case of lonely death. For this reason, there is a problem that it is difficult for the elderly who live alone to secure the residence, such as the renter of the rental housing refuses to enter the elderly who live alone.

  In such a background, for example, in order for a family living in a distant location to quickly detect an abnormality in an elderly person living alone, it is necessary to communicate frequently with the elderly person on a daily basis, which is a burden on the family. There is a problem.

  In addition, as a conventional technique for solving such problems, elderly people living alone and their families living far away confirm safety using communication terminals such as smartphones that can communicate with each other via the Internet. Is known (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In this prior art, when a reminder signal for prompting an operation for confirming safety is transmitted from a family terminal to an elderly person's terminal, and when the elderly person performs a touch operation on the terminal screen in accordance with this, the family terminal A safety confirmation message is sent to. Thereby, since safety confirmation can be performed by a simple operation of a smartphone or the like, there is an advantage that troublesome communication such as making frequent calls is not necessary.

JP 2013-225237 A

  However, in the prior art, since a manager such as a family transmits a signal prompting the transmission of safety information to a terminal of an elderly person living alone, the elderly person living alone is unilaterally monitored. In such a situation, it may be troublesome to respond to the prompting of the safety information sent unilaterally. In addition, there are many elderly people who are not familiar with the operation of electronic devices such as communication terminals. Therefore, even if a safety confirmation system using a terminal such as a smartphone is introduced, the elderly people may not want to use it. Furthermore, the conventional technology which assumes that a manager such as a family uses a terminal has a problem that it is not possible to cope with the single life of an elderly person with no relatives, which has been increasing in recent years.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and the object of the present invention is to make it safe without giving the user a sense of being unilaterally monitored by an administrator. An object of the present invention is to provide a safety confirmation system that can actively operate a terminal for confirmation and that allows an administrator to always monitor the safety state of a user.

  In order to achieve the above object, the safety confirmation system of the present invention is a safety confirmation system in which a plurality of users confirm each other's safety using their own user terminals, and the user's safety is confirmed by operating the user terminals. Safety information transmitting means for transmitting information to other user terminals, safety status display means for displaying the safety status of other users based on the safety information on the screen of the user terminal, and an administrator managing each user And an administrator terminal that monitors the safety status of each user based on the safety information transmitted from the user terminal, and the safety status display means until the user transmits the safety information from the user terminal. When the safety information indicating that the safety information of the user has not been transmitted is displayed and the user transmits the safety information from the user terminal, the safety information of the user has been transmitted. The operator displays to safety state.

  Thereby, until the safety information is transmitted from the user terminal, the safety state indicating that the safety information of the user is not transmitted is displayed, and when the user operates the user terminal and transmits the safety information, Since the safety state indicating that the safety information of the user has been transmitted is displayed on the user terminal of each user, each user can mutually confirm the safety, and each user can be unilaterally There is no discomfort of being monitored. In addition, since the safety status of each user is monitored by the administrator terminal, the administrator can promptly respond to any change in the safety status of the user.

  According to the present invention, each user can mutually confirm safety, and since there is no discomfort that each user is unilaterally monitored by someone, in the position of the weak who can only be watched over You can get a feeling of watching each other without damaging your self-esteem. Also. Not only can you tell yourself about your safety, but you can also ease the loneliness and loneliness of living alone by caring about the safety of other users. Because of such advantages, even an elderly person unaccustomed to the operation of an electronic device such as a communication terminal tries to use the user terminal positively. Therefore, the safety confirmation system using the user terminal such as a smartphone is spread. be able to. On the other hand, when an abnormality occurs in the user's safety state, the administrator can respond quickly, so even if the user falls into an emergency state due to sudden illness, etc., he can receive lifesaving early and die lonely Even if it arrives, it can be discovered early. In this case, even if the user has no contact information in an emergency, the administrator can respond quickly when a change occurs, which is extremely effective for the elderly living alone who are increasing in recent years. Therefore, by using the safety confirmation system of this embodiment, for example, a family living in a distant place does not need to contact frequently by telephone to confirm the safety of an elderly person living alone, greatly increasing the burden on the family. Can be reduced. In addition, since rental houses are found early even if the borrower lonely dies, there is less rent of rental housing for elderly people living alone, making it easier to secure the residence of elderly people living alone.

The block diagram of the safety management system which shows the 1st Embodiment of this invention Front view of user terminal Block diagram showing configuration of user terminal Block diagram showing the configuration of the administrator terminal The figure which shows the example of recording of the safety information The figure which shows the display screen of the monitoring information display part of the administrator terminal Flow chart showing operation of user terminal Flow chart showing operation of user terminal Flow chart showing operation of administrator terminal Time chart showing example behavior pattern of user a Time chart showing an example of user b's behavior pattern Time chart showing an example of user c's behavior pattern Time chart showing example behavior pattern of user d The front view of the user terminal which shows the 2nd Embodiment of this invention Front view of user terminal The front view of the user terminal which shows the 3rd Embodiment of this invention Front view of user terminal Front view of user terminal The block diagram of the safety management system which shows the 4th Embodiment of this invention Block diagram showing the configuration of the administrator terminal Flow chart showing operation of group configuration processing unit The figure which shows the example of recording of user information The figure which shows the example of a recording of the user information which performed the group structure process

  FIGS. 1 to 13 show a first embodiment of the present invention, for example, a safety confirmation system for confirming the safety of an elderly person living alone.

  This safety confirmation system includes a plurality of user terminals 10 possessed by a plurality of users, and an administrator terminal 20 arranged on the manager side who manages each user. In the present embodiment, for example, nine users a to i mutually confirm safety.

  Each user terminal 10 includes a mobile communication terminal that can be connected to the Internet 1 such as a smartphone or a tablet. Each user terminal transmits its own safety information and displays the safety status of other users. . The user terminal 10 includes a touch panel screen display unit 11 that performs various operations by touching the screen, a control unit 12 that controls the operation of the user terminal 10, and a communication unit 13 that transmits and receives data via the Internet 1. I have.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the screen display unit 11 includes a safety information transmission operation unit 11a for transmitting safety information, and a plurality of safety status displays for displaying the safety status of the user a and other users b to i. Section 11b, a pair of left and right safety request display sections 11c that perform a safety request operation when transmission of safety information is requested by another user, and an abnormality notification transmission operation for arbitrarily transmitting an abnormality notification signal from user terminal 10 A portion 11d is provided.

  The safety information transmission operation unit 11a is provided on the upper side of the screen display unit 11, and is formed in a large circular shape so that the user can easily operate it. The safety information transmission operation unit 11a is displayed in a predetermined color (for example, white) when the safety information is not transmitted, and when the safety information is transmitted by a touch operation, the display is switched to another predetermined color (for example, red). ing.

  Each safety state display unit 11b is arranged in three rows vertically and horizontally on the lower side of the same screen of the screen display unit 11, and is formed in a circular shape displaying user names “a” to “i”, respectively. Each safety state display unit 11b displays a predetermined color (for example, white) when the user has not transmitted the safety information, and displays another predetermined color (for example, red) when the safety information is transmitted from the user. It is designed to switch to. Moreover, each safety state display part 11b can be touch-operated as an operation part for requesting the user displayed on the safety state display part 11b to transmit safety information.

  Each safety request display unit 11c is provided above the safety information transmission operation unit 11a, and is normally displayed in a predetermined color (for example, white). When another user requests transmission of safety information, a predetermined information is displayed. A safety request operation that alternately blinks in color (for example, red) is performed.

  The abnormality report transmission operation unit 11d is provided at a predetermined position (for example, one side of the safety information transmission operation unit 11a) of the screen display unit 11, and can arbitrarily transmit an abnormality report by a touch operation.

  The control unit 12 is connected to the screen display unit 11 and the communication unit 13, transmits information to the outside via the communication unit 13 by a touch operation of the screen display unit 11, and uses the information received from the outside to display the screen display unit 11. The display is controlled.

  The administrator terminal 20 is composed of, for example, a personal computer that can be connected to the Internet, and is for monitoring the safety status of each user. The administrator terminal 20 includes a safety information storage unit 21 for storing safety information transmitted from each user terminal 10, a monitoring information display unit 22 for monitoring information including the safety status of each user, and transmission of the safety information for each user. A safety state determination unit 23 that determines a user's safety state based on the history, an abnormality alarm unit 24 that outputs an abnormality alarm when the safety state determination unit 23 determines that the user is in an abnormal state, and an abnormality alarm unit 24, an abnormal alarm canceling unit 25 for canceling the abnormal alarm state, a communication unit 26 for transmitting and receiving data via the Internet, and a control unit 27 for controlling the operation of the administrator terminal 20.

  When receiving the safety information transmitted from each user terminal 10, the safety information storage unit 21 stores the transmission date and time of the safety information for each user. As shown in FIG. 5, the safety information storage unit 21 includes a management date (for example, every day) for managing users, a user ID assigned to each user, a transmission time of safety information, and an average time of transmission times. The safety state determined by the safety state determination unit 23 is recorded for each user.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the monitoring information display unit 22 includes an average of each user's user ID, each user's user name “ai”, each user's safety information transmission time, and each user's transmission time. The administrator determines the time, the safety status of each user determined by the safety status determination unit 23, the safety determination time, which will be described later, and the transmission request transmission time when there is a safety information transmission request, for each management date (current day). It is displayed on the display of the terminal 20.

  The safety state determination unit 23 calculates an average transmission time Ta of the transmission times of the safety information stored in the safety information storage unit 21, and the safety information on the day is a predetermined time (for example, 6 hours) after the average transmission time Ta. If it is not transmitted even after the safety determination time Tb has elapsed, it is determined that the user is in an abnormal state. In this case, the average transmission time Ta is an average value of transmission times from the latest transmission time to a predetermined period (for example, 30 days) before.

  When the abnormality determination unit 23 determines that the user is in an abnormal state or receives an abnormality report from the user terminal 10, the abnormality alarm unit 24 monitors an abnormality alarm indicating that the user is in an abnormal state. While outputting to the display part 22, the report which shows that the abnormal state of the user is grasped | ascertained by the administrator side is transmitted to each user terminal 10. FIG.

  After the response to the abnormal state user is completed, the abnormal state canceling unit 25 cancels the display of the abnormal alarm of the administrator terminal 20 by the operation of the administrator terminal 20 and also sends a report transmitted to each user terminal 10. It comes to cancel.

  In the safety confirmation system configured as described above, a plurality of users a to i living alone confirm each other using the user terminal 10. The operation of the user terminal 10 at that time will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. In the flowcharts of FIGS. 7 and 8, it is assumed that the flow of processing is continuous with the numbers “1” to “3” in each drawing, and each drawing shown below the flowchart is a display screen corresponding to the processing above it. Is shown. Moreover, the following description demonstrates the user terminal 10 of the user a.

  In the user terminal 10, first, the recorded contents on the hard disk or memory are erased and initialized (step S1). Here, the safety information has not yet been transmitted from the user a, and as shown in FIG. 7 (a-1), the safety information transmission operation unit 11a of the user a and the safety state display unit 11b of the user a are not transmitting the safety information. Shows the state. Next, after the user a wakes up in the morning, for example, when safety information is input by touching the safety information transmission operation unit 11a of the screen display unit 11 (step S2), the safety information is transmitted (step S3). 7 (a-2), the safety information transmission operation unit 11a and the safety status display unit 11b of the user a are switched to the state where the safety information has been transmitted (step S4), and the process returns to step S2.

  Next, among the other users b to i, as shown in FIG. 7 (b), the safety status of the user c is compared with the user (for example, the user c) whose safety status display unit 11b is displayed with the safety information not transmitted. When a safety request is input by touching the state display unit 11b (step S5), if a predetermined first time T1 (for example, 10:00 am) has been reached (step S6), a safety request signal for the user c is sent. Transmit (step S7) and return to step S2. In step S6, if it is before the first time T1, it is assumed that it is a time zone in which the user may be before waking up, and a safety request signal is transmitted even if the safety state display unit 11b is touched. It returns to step S2 without performing.

  Further, when the safety request signal from another user is received in the state where the user a has not yet transmitted the safety information (step S8), as shown in FIGS. 7 (c-1) and (c-2), The safety request display unit 11c performs a safety request operation in which the flashing is alternately performed (step S9), and the process returns to step S2. Further, when the user a has not yet transmitted safety information, when the predetermined second time T2 (for example, 12:00 am) is reached (step S10), the safety request operation is performed (step S9). ), The process returns to step S2.

  On the other hand, when the safety state display unit 11b receives safety information from another user (for example, the user c) that has not yet transmitted the safety information (step S11), as shown in FIG. The display unit 11b is switched to a display indicating that safety information has been transmitted (step S12), and the process returns to step S2.

  Further, when an abnormality report is transmitted from another user (for example, user d) to the administrator terminal 20 and a report that the user d is in an abnormal state is received (step S13), the user is shown in FIG. 8 (e). The display of the safety state display part 11b of d is switched to a predetermined abnormal state display (for example, a display different in color from the safety information transmitted display and the safety information untransmitted display) (step S14), and the process returns to step S2.

  At the third time T3 (for example, 12:00 pm) (step S15), as shown in FIG. 8 (f), the safety information transmission operation unit 11a and the safety status display units 11b of the users a to i are all displayed. The display is reset to display that the safety information has not been transmitted (step S16), and the process returns to step S2.

  As described above, each user ai uses the user terminal 10 to transmit the safety information of the user himself / herself to other users, and by receiving the safety information of other users, the users a to i confirm each other's safety. It is expected that the safety information is actively transmitted using the user terminal 10 without feeling that the user is unilaterally monitored by the user.

  Further, as described above, each user ai confirms the safety among the users, while the safety state of each user ai is monitored by the administrator terminal 20. The operation of the administrator terminal 20 at that time will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

  First, when the third time T3 (for example, 12:00 pm) elapses (step S20), the administrator terminal 20 has not received safety information from the user (step S21) and has reached the safety determination time Tb. If no abnormality notification is received from the user (step S23), the operations of steps S21 to S23 are repeated. Here, when safety information is transmitted from a user (step S21), the transmission time of safety information is memorize | stored in the safety information storage part 21 (step S24), and it returns to step S20.

  Further, when the safety information from the user is not transmitted in the step S21 and the safety determination time Tb is reached in the step S22, or when the abnormality report is transmitted from the user in the step S23, an abnormal alarm state is set ( Step S25). Here, the abnormal alarm state indicates that an abnormal alarm indicating that the user is in an abnormal state is output to the display of the administrator terminal 20 and that the abnormal state of the user is grasped by the administrator side. It means a state in which the administrator terminal 20 has transmitted a report to each user terminal 10. Thereafter, when the administrator confirms the safety of the user, such as contacting the user directly, and the administrator cancels the abnormal alarm state (step S26), the process returns to step S20. The process is performed for all the users ai.

  Here, an example of an action pattern based on the safety information transmission history of the user in the present embodiment will be described with reference to the time charts of FIGS.

  For example, in the behavior pattern example of the user a shown in FIG. 10, the transmission time T of the latest safety information is almost the same time as the average transmission time Ta, and that day occurs at the usual time and takes a regular behavior pattern. Can be determined.

  In the example of the behavior pattern of the user b shown in FIG. 11, the latest safety information transmission time T is about two hours before the average transmission time Ta, and it can be determined that the day is awakened earlier than usual. .

  In the example of the action pattern of the user c shown in FIG. 12, it can be determined that the latest safety information transmission time T is about three hours later than the average transmission time Ta, and that day has occurred later than usual. . Further, it can be determined that the safety information transmission request from another user has been received immediately before the safety information is transmitted, and the safety information is transmitted in response to the transmission request.

  In the example of the action pattern of the user d shown in FIG. 13, the safety information is not transmitted even after the average transmission time Ta, the predetermined time (6 hours) has passed, and the safety determination time Tb (6 hours after the average transmission time Ta) ) Has been reached, so it is determined to be in an abnormal state. At that time, after the average transmission time Ta has passed, a safety information transmission request from another user is received, and the safety information request operation is performed at the second time T2 (12:00 am). If it is normal, the safety information is not transmitted even after the time when it should have been transmitted, so it may be determined that there is a high possibility that some abnormality has occurred rather than simply forgetting to transmit. it can.

  In the display example of the monitoring information display unit 22 shown in FIG. 6, since the users a, b, c, e, f, and h have transmitted safety information before reaching the safety determination time Tb, the safety state is “normal”. It has been determined. In this case, the user c has received a transmission request. Since the safety information is not transmitted even when the safety determination time Tb elapses, the safety status is determined to be “abnormal”. In this case, the user d has also received a transmission request. Although the user g has not transmitted the safety information, since the safety determination time Tb has not been reached at that time, the safety state has not yet been determined. Although the user i is transmitting safety information, the safety status is “abnormality notification” because the abnormality notification is transmitted by operating the abnormality notification transmission operation unit 11 d of the user terminal 10.

  Thus, according to this embodiment, until the user transmits the safety information from the user terminal 10, the safety state indicating that the safety information of the user has not been transmitted is displayed by the safety state display unit 11b. When the user touches the safety information transmission operation unit 11a of the user terminal 10 and transmits the safety information, the safety state indicating that the safety information of the user has been transmitted is displayed on the safety state display unit of the user terminal 10 of each user. Since it is made to display by 11b, each user can mutually confirm safety. In other words, since each user does not have the unpleasant feeling of being unilaterally monitored by someone, it is not the position of the weak who can only be watched over, but the sense of watching each other can be obtained without damaging self-esteem . Also. Not only can you tell yourself about your safety, but you can also ease the loneliness and loneliness of living alone by caring about the safety of other users. Because of such advantages, even the elderly who are unfamiliar with the operation of electronic devices such as communication terminals are willing to use the user terminal 10, so the safety confirmation system using the user terminal 10 such as a smartphone is widely used. Can be achieved.

  On the other hand, since the safety status of each user is monitored by the administrator terminal 20, the administrator can promptly respond to any change in the safety status of the user. Thereby, even when a user falls into an emergency state due to sudden illness or the like, the user can receive lifesaving at an early stage, and can be detected early even when the user is killed lonely. In this case, even if the user has no contact information in an emergency, the administrator can respond quickly when a change occurs, which is extremely effective for the elderly living alone who are increasing in recent years.

  Therefore, by using the safety confirmation system of this embodiment, for example, a family living in a distant place does not need to contact frequently by telephone to confirm the safety of an elderly person living alone, greatly increasing the burden on the family. Can be reduced. In addition, since rental houses are found early even if the borrower lonely dies, there is less rent of rental housing for elderly people living alone, making it easier to secure the residence of elderly people living alone.

  Furthermore, since the safety state display part 11b which shows the safety state of several users was displayed on the same screen of the user terminal 10, all the user's safety state display parts 11b can be visually recognized simultaneously, The safety state can be easily confirmed.

  Also, since the predetermined safety information requesting operation (operation in which each safety request display unit 11c blinks alternately) for requesting the transmission of the safety information is performed to the user terminal 10 in which the safety information has not been transmitted, the safety information However, it is possible to effectively prompt the user who has not yet transmitted safety information to be transmitted, and to quickly eliminate the safety information untransmitted state caused by simply forgetting to transmit.

  In this case, when the safety state display unit 11b of the user who has not transmitted the safety information displayed on the user terminal 10 is touch-operated, the user terminal 10 of the user of the safety state display unit 11b is caused to perform the safety information request operation. Therefore, each user can request transmission of safety information to other users who have not yet transmitted safety information. As a result, a user who is worried about the safety of other users can prompt other users to transmit safety information, and other users can also confirm their own safety for users who are requested to transmit safety information. It is possible to have a sense of security in the confirmation and to increase the intimacy between the users.

  In addition, at a predetermined second time T2 (for example, 12:00 am), the user terminal 10 that has not transmitted safety information is caused to perform the safety information requesting operation. Transmission of safety information can be automatically requested, and transmission of safety information can be prompted even when the safety request is not transmitted from another user.

  Furthermore, at a predetermined third time T3 (for example, 12:00 pm), the safety status display portions 11b of all the users of each user terminal 10 are displayed as unsent safety information. The safety state can be reset to a state waiting for safety information transmission, and a new safety confirmation can be performed every day.

  In addition, the safety information transmission history transmitted from each user terminal 10 is stored in the safety information storage unit 21 for each user, and the safety information of each user is stored based on the safety information transmission history stored in the safety information storage unit 21. Since the state is determined and the determination result is displayed on the administrator terminal 20, the safety information transmitted by each user for safety confirmation can be used for monitoring the safety state of the user by the administrator. The user's safety state can be monitored without making the user aware of being monitored by the user.

  In this case, if the safety information is not transmitted even after a predetermined time (for example, 6 hours) has passed since the average transmission time Ta of the safety information for each user, it is determined that the user is in an abnormal state. In such a state, it is possible to determine that there is a high possibility that some kind of abnormality has occurred because the safety information is not transmitted even when the time at which it should have been transmitted is largely exceeded.

  Also, if it is determined that the user is in an abnormal state, the administrator is alerted that the user is in an abnormal state, so the administrator who has received the alarm contacts or visits the user, Alternatively, it is possible to promptly respond to an abnormal user, for example, by contacting related parties around the user (for example, an administrator of a rental house, a local welfare officer, etc.) to confirm the safety of the user.

  Furthermore, by touching the abnormality report transmission operation unit 11d of the user terminal 10 to notify the administrator that the user is in an abnormal state, the user who has fallen into an abnormal state due to a sudden illness or the like manages himself / herself. An abnormal state can be reported to the person, and the user can be rescued quickly.

  When the administrator terminal 20 is alerted or notified that the user is in an abnormal state, the user's safety state display unit 11b on each user terminal 10 is displayed with a predetermined abnormality alarm display (for example, safety information has been transmitted). By switching to the display and the display of the safety information not transmitted display), the fact that the abnormal state of the user has been grasped by the administrator is displayed on the user terminal 10 of each user. It is possible to make other users recognize that the administrator is dealing with users who have not yet been sent, and to give relief to other users who are worried about the safety of users in abnormal states it can.

  In the above-described embodiment, the safety information requesting operation for the user terminal 10 in which the safety information has not been transmitted has been described as causing each safety request display unit 11c to alternately blink. In addition to such operations, a ringing tone may be output from the user terminal 10 or the vibrator of the user terminal 10 may be activated.

  FIGS. 14 and 15 show a second embodiment of the present invention, which has the configuration of the first embodiment and allows the user to select and transmit a plurality of types of safety information. .

  In the present embodiment, when the safety information transmission operation unit 11a of the user terminal 10 is touched, the screen display unit 11 is switched to the safety information selection screen shown in FIG. 14, and a plurality of safety information selection units 11e are displayed on the safety information selection screen. Is displayed. In each safety information selection unit 11e, type information including four types of actions of “getting up”, “sleeping”, “going out”, and “going home” is displayed, and the user can select one of these safety information selection units 11e. When selected and touched, safety information including the type information is transmitted. For example, when the safety information is transmitted from the user a, in each user terminal 10, as shown in FIG. 15, the safety status display unit 11b of the user a switches to the display of the safety information transmitted color (for example, red). The type of safety information is displayed on the safety status display portion 11b. In this case, when the user a selects “wake up” as the type of the safety information, the characters “wake up” are displayed on the safety state display portion 11b of the user a. Moreover, in this embodiment, even after safety information is transmitted, other safety information can be selected and safety information can be transmitted again. In this case, the safety state display unit 11b displays the type of the safety information transmitted last.

  On the other hand, when the safety information is transmitted from the user, the administrator terminal 20 stores the transmission time of the safety information and the type of the safety information in the safety information storage unit 21. In this case, as in the first embodiment, if the safety information is not transmitted even after a predetermined time (for example, 6 hours) has passed since the average transmission time Ta of the safety information for each user, the user is in an abnormal state. judge. Moreover, in this embodiment, even if safety information is transmitted, the abnormality determination according to the kind of safety information is performed.

  For example, when the user b has the behavior pattern of transmitting the safety information of “wake up” in the morning and the safety information of “sleeping” at night, the safety information of “wake up” is transmitted. If the safety information of “sleeping” is not transmitted and the third time T3 (12:00 pm) passes, the user a may be in an abnormal state after transmitting the safety information of “wake up”. It can be judged that there is. In this case, when the safety information is not transmitted even if a time (for example, 1 hour) shorter than the predetermined time (6 hours) has elapsed from the average transmission time Ta of the safety information, the safety state determination unit 23 causes the user a to It is determined that there is an abnormal condition.

  In addition, when the user e takes the behavior pattern of transmitting the safety information of “going out” when going out and sending the safety information of “going home” when returning home, the safety information of “going out” is transmitted. If the safety information of “going home” is not transmitted even when it is late at night, it can be determined that there is a possibility that some abnormality has occurred in the user “a” while away from home. In this case, if safety information is not transmitted even at a predetermined time (for example, 10:00 pm), the safety state determination unit 23 determines that the user a is in an abnormal state.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the user selects and transmits one of a plurality of types of safety information, and the safety state corresponding to the type of the safety information transmitted from the user is set to the safety of each user terminal 10. Since the information is displayed on the status display unit 11b, each user can know not only the safety of other users but also the behavior depending on the type of safety information. Thereby, since the kind of information regarding a user's safety state increases, the interest with respect to the other user of each user increases, and the consciousness that users mutually confirm safety can be improved more.

  Further, since it is determined whether or not the user is in an abnormal state based on not only the presence / absence of safety information transmitted from the user but also based on the type of safety information, based on the user's behavior pattern according to the type of safety information Abnormal conditions can be determined, and user management can be performed assuming various occurrences of abnormal conditions.

  FIGS. 16 to 18 show a third embodiment of the present invention, which has the configuration of the first embodiment and allows a user to send an arbitrary message to another user terminal 10. .

  In the present embodiment, a message input selection unit 11f is provided on the screen display unit 11 of the user terminal 10, and when the message input selection unit 11f is touched, the message input screen shown in FIG. 17 is switched. On the message input screen, a message display unit 11f-1, a message input unit 11f-2, and a message transmission operation unit 11f-3 are displayed. When an arbitrary message is input by a character input operation of the message input unit 11f-2, a message is displayed. A message is displayed on the display unit 11f-1, and the message is transmitted to another user terminal 10 when the message transmission operation unit 11f-3 is touched.

  Further, when a message transmitted from another user terminal 10 is received on the screen display unit 11 of the user terminal 10, a message reception display unit 11g is displayed for each user who transmitted the message as shown in FIG. It has become. The message reception display unit 11g is displayed beside the safety state display unit 11b of the user who transmitted the message, and displays the number of unread messages in numbers. Further, when the safety state display unit 11b on which the message reception display unit 11g is displayed is touched on the screen display unit 11, the screen is switched to the message display screen shown in FIG. 18, and the message display screen includes the safety state display unit 11b. A message display unit 11g-1 for displaying a message transmitted from the user is displayed. The safety state display unit 11b operates to transmit a safety information request signal when a touch operation is performed while the safety information untransmitted state is displayed as in the first embodiment, and the safety information transmitted state is displayed. If a touch operation is performed while is displayed, the message display screen is displayed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the user terminal 10 is configured to allow the user to input an arbitrary message, and the input message is displayed on the other user terminal 10, so that safety information is transmitted. In addition, it is possible to transmit a message that conveys the current status and the like, and communication between users can be achieved by the message.

  FIGS. 19 to 23 show a fourth embodiment of the present invention, which has the configuration of the first embodiment and is configured to divide each user into a plurality of groups.

  In the present embodiment, the administrator terminal 20 groups a user information storage unit 28 that stores user information including user-specific information, and the users stored in the user information storage unit 28 into groups of a plurality of users. A group configuration processing unit 29 is provided.

  As shown in FIG. 22, the user information storage unit 28 stores a user ID assigned to each user and unique information (user gender, residential area, hobby, pet, etc.) used for grouping the users. Such information is recorded, for example, when the administrator registers a new user. When the group configuration processing is performed by the group configuration processing unit 29, the user information storage unit 28, as shown in FIG. 23, the group number (1, 2,..., N) of the group to which the user belongs, 10 stores user numbers (1, 2,..., M) corresponding to the user names “ai” displayed in FIG.

  The group configuration processing unit 29 is configured to group nine users a to i displayed on the user terminal 10 in the first embodiment into one group, and group all users into a plurality of groups. For example, if there are 90 users, 10 groups of 9 users a to i are configured, and the safety information as described above is transmitted to each other within each group. In this case, the group configuration processing unit 29 groups the users based on the commonality of the unique information of each user stored in the user information storage unit 28. The unique information is registered by selecting desired unique information when each user registers. For example, when a group of women is desired, “gender: female” is selected as the unique information, and when a group of people having a common hobby is desired, “hobby: shogi” is selected as the unique information. .

  Here, the process of grouping by the group configuration processing unit 29 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG.

  First, the group number N is set to an initial value “0” (step S30), and “1” is added to the group number N (step S31). Next, one of the unique information of the users to be grouped into the group with the group number N is set (step S32), and the group user number M is set to the initial value “0” (step S33). Next, a user having the specific information is searched from the users in the user information storage unit 28 (step S34), and if a user who is not grouped is extracted (step S35), the user number M is “1”. Are added (step S36). Next, after the extracted “group number” and “user number” of the user are stored in the user information storage unit 28 (steps S37 and S38), the user number M reaches the capacity M1 (for example, 9 people) of one group. If not (step S39), the operations of steps S34 to S39 are repeated. If the user number M has reached the capacity M1 in step S39, the process returns to step S32, "1" is added to the group number N, and the operations in steps S32 to S39 are repeated. On the other hand, in step S35, among the users having the specific information, the user who is not grouped is not extracted and the grouping of all users is not completed (step S41), the process returns to step S31 and the group number is returned. While adding “1” to N, new unique information is set (step S32), and the operations of steps S31 to S35 are repeated. In step S40 or S41, if all users have been grouped, the process ends.

  When the group configuration process is performed as described above, each user is grouped into a plurality of groups G as shown in FIG. In the group configuration example shown in FIG. 23, two groups of “gender: female” and “hobby: shogi”, “region: Tokyo”, and “pet: dog” are configured. The safety status of the users a to i of the group to which the user belongs is displayed on the user terminal 10 of each user, and the users having the same group number N of the user information are displayed on the user terminal 10. The user names “ai” displayed on the user terminal 10 correspond to the user numbers “1-9” of the user information. For example, the user with the user number “1” is displayed as the user name “a”. Is done. Thereby, safety confirmation is performed between users having unique information (for example, gender, residential area, hobby, pet, etc.).

  Thus, according to the present embodiment, user information including user-specific information is stored in the user information storage unit 28, and the users stored in the user information storage unit 28 are grouped into a plurality of groups. Since the safety status of the users a to i of the group to which the user belongs is displayed on the user terminal 10, the safety information is always transmitted / received among an appropriate number of users grouped even when the number of users is large. be able to. That is, there is an advantage that the number of users who send and receive safety information to each other is too large so that safety confirmation is not complicated, and the number of users is too small to feel loneliness.

  In addition, since the users are grouped based on the commonness of the unique information of each user stored in the user information storage unit 28, it is necessary to confirm safety among users having common information such as gender and hobbies. Can do. Thereby, the users in the group can feel close to each other and raise awareness of the safety of the other party. In this case, as in the third embodiment, if a message can be transmitted from each user terminal 10, for example, a message regarding common unique information such as a hobby topic can be transmitted, and communication between users can be performed. It is extremely effective in planning.

  In addition, in the said embodiment, although the elderly person living alone was illustrated as a user who mutually confirms safety, if it lives alone, it will not be limited to an elderly person.

  Moreover, although the said embodiment showed what installed the administrator terminal 20 which monitors the safety state of each user with respect to each user terminal 10, the web server connected to the internet, the administrator terminal for operation, It is good also as a structure which installs.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Internet, 10 ... User terminal, 11 ... Screen display part, 11a ... Safety information transmission operation part, 11b ... Safety state display part, 11c ... Safety information request display, 11d ... Abnormality report transmission operation part, 11e ... Safety information selection 11f ... Message input selection part, 11g ... Message reception display part, 12 ... Communication part, 13 ... Control part, 20 ... Administrator terminal, 21 ... Safety information storage part, 22 ... Monitoring information display part, 23 ... Safety state Determining unit, 24 ... abnormal alarm unit, 25 ... abnormal state canceling unit, 26 ... communication unit, 27 ... control unit, 28 ... user information storage unit, 29 ... group configuration processing unit.

Claims (15)

A safety confirmation system in which a plurality of users confirm safety with each other using their user terminals,
Safety information transmitting means for transmitting the safety information of the user to other user terminals by operation of the user terminal;
Safety status display means for displaying the safety status of other users based on the safety information on the screen of the user terminal;
An administrator terminal that is arranged on the administrator side that manages each user and that monitors the safety status of each user based on the safety information transmitted from the user terminal,
The safety status display means displays a safety status indicating that the safety information of the user has not been transmitted until the user transmits safety information from the user terminal, and when the user transmits the safety information from the user terminal, A safety confirmation system that displays a safety state indicating that the safety information of the user has been transmitted. The safety confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the safety status display means displays the safety status of a plurality of users on the same screen of the user terminal. The safety confirmation system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: a safety information requesting unit that performs a predetermined safety information requesting operation for requesting transmission of safety information to a user terminal in which the safety information has not been transmitted. The safety information requesting unit transmits a safety information request signal to another user terminal by an operation of the user terminal, and causes the other user terminal to which the safety information request signal has been transmitted to perform the safety information request operation. The safety confirmation system according to claim 3. 5. The safety confirmation system according to claim 3, wherein the safety information request unit causes a user terminal to perform the safety information request operation at a predetermined time. The safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the safety status display means displays the safety status of each user terminal as a display in which safety information is not transmitted at a predetermined time. The safety information transmitting means is capable of selecting and transmitting one of a plurality of types of safety information,
The safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the safety status display means displays a safety status according to a type of safety information transmitted from a user. Safety information storage means for storing the safety information transmission history of each user terminal for each user;
The safety state determination means which determines the safety state of the user who has not transmitted the safety information based on the safety information transmission history of the safety information storage means, The safety state determination means according to any one of claims 1 to 7, Safety confirmation system. The safety confirmation system according to claim 8, wherein the safety state determination unit determines a user's safety state based on an average transmission time of safety information for each user and an elapsed time from the average transmission time. When the safety state determination unit determines that the safety state of the user is an abnormal state, the safety state determination unit includes an abnormal state alarm unit that outputs an alarm from the administrator terminal that the user is in an abnormal state. Item 10. The safety confirmation system according to Item 8 or 9. The safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising an abnormal state notifying unit that notifies an administrator terminal that the user is in an abnormal state by operating the user terminal. The safety confirmation system according to claim 10 or 11, further comprising abnormal state display means for displaying on each user terminal that the user is in an abnormal state. Message input means by which a user can input an arbitrary message to the user terminal;
The safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 12, further comprising message transmission means for transmitting a message input by the message input means to another user terminal. User information storage means for storing user information including the user-specific information;
Group configuration means for grouping the users stored in the user information storage means into a plurality of groups,
The safety confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 13, wherein the safety status display means displays a safety status of a user of a group to which the user belongs on each user terminal. The safety confirmation system according to claim 14, wherein the group configuration unit groups users based on commonality of unique information of each user.

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