JP2006011812A - Vehicles accident rescue supporting system and emergency notification device and rescue supporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for automatically send a rescue request signal when any vehicle accident has occurred, and for specifying the crew of the vehicle whose accident has occurred. <P>SOLUTION: An emergency notification device 100a automatically determines whether the accident of a vehicle 103 has occurred, and when determining that the accident has occurred, the emergency notification device 100a transmits a rescue request signal (f1). The rescue request signal (f1) includes the location information of the vehicle 103 and the credit information of the crew of the vehicle 103. A rescue supporting device 201 set in a first base station 200 receives the rescue request signal (f1) including the location information and the credit information. The rescue supporting device 201 specifies the location of the vehicle 103 from the location information of the rescue request signal (f1), and requests a credit company 300 to collate a person who owns the credit information based on the credit information included in the rescue request signal (f1), and receives the result. Thus, it is possible to specify the crew of the vehicle103 based on the credit information. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an emergency notification device that transmits a rescue request signal for requesting rescue when an accident occurs in a vehicle, and a vehicle accident rescue support system that supports rescue of a vehicle that has caused an accident.

  In the prior art, there is a disclosure of a technology related to an emergency notification device that recognizes the occurrence of an accident in a car and reports the occurrence of the accident to an emergency call department such as the police or fire department together with the position information of the car (for example, Patent Document 1). ).

However, in the event of a car accident, the emergency call department, such as the police or the fire department, that receives the report, requests that the person who is in the car that caused the accident be identified. There is also a request from the car occupants to specify that they are in the event of an accident.
JP 2002-298269 A JP 2003-187395 A Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 7-55484

  However, the conventional technique (Patent Document 1) does not disclose a technique for identifying who is in an automobile that has caused an accident.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a system for identifying a passenger of a vehicle in which an accident has occurred, in addition to notifying a rescue request signal automatically when an accident occurs in a vehicle.

The vehicle accident rescue support system of this invention is
A vehicle accident rescue support system comprising: an emergency call device that is mounted on a vehicle and transmits a rescue request signal for requesting rescue; and a rescue support device that receives a rescue request signal from the emergency call device and supports rescue of the vehicle In
The emergency call device
A position detector that detects the current position as position data;
Determine whether an accident has occurred based on multiple accident determination signals set in advance as signals for determining whether an accident has occurred, and generate an accident occurrence signal when it is determined that an accident has occurred An accident determination unit to
A personal information reading unit that reads personal information from a storage medium that stores personal information capable of identifying at least one occupant of the vehicle;
A transmission unit that transmits a rescue request signal including position data detected by the position detection unit, an accident occurrence signal generated by the accident determination unit, and personal information read by the personal information reading unit to the rescue support device; With
The rescue support device includes:
A rescue request signal receiving unit for receiving a rescue request signal;
Using the personal information included in the rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal receiving unit, a personal identification unit that identifies the owner of the personal information,
A vehicle comprising: a rescue command unit that issues a predetermined rescue command based on a result of identification by the individual identification unit and position data included in a rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal receiver Accident rescue support system.

The emergency call device of this invention is
In an emergency call device that is mounted on a vehicle and sends a rescue request signal requesting rescue,
A position detector that detects the current position as position data;
Determine whether an accident has occurred based on multiple accident determination signals set in advance as signals for determining whether an accident has occurred, and generate an accident occurrence signal when it is determined that an accident has occurred An accident determination unit to
A personal information reading unit that reads personal information from a storage medium that stores personal information capable of identifying at least one occupant of the vehicle;
A transmission unit for transmitting a rescue request signal including position data detected by the position detection unit, an accident occurrence signal generated by the accident determination unit, and personal information read by the personal information reading unit; Features.

The rescue support device of the present invention
In a rescue support device that supports rescue in response to a rescue request from an emergency call device that requests rescue to a vehicle by being mounted on a vehicle,
A signal transmitted by the emergency call device for requesting rescue, the vehicle position data, an accident occurrence signal indicating that an accident has occurred in the vehicle, and personal information about at least one of the vehicles; A rescue request signal receiving unit for receiving a rescue request signal including:
Using the personal information included in the rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal receiving unit, a personal identification unit that identifies the owner of the personal information,
A rescue command unit that issues a predetermined rescue command based on a result of the identification by the individual identification unit and position data included in the rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal reception unit is provided.

The personal information reading unit of the emergency call device is
Read the credit information as personal information from a credit card storing the credit information of the vehicle occupant,
The personal identification unit of the rescue support device is:
The owner of the credit information is specified using the credit information included in the rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal receiving unit.

The emergency call device further includes:
A selection receiving unit that receives a selection by a vehicle occupant for a predetermined rescue request item among a plurality of rescue request items indicating a requested rescue content, and outputs a selection signal corresponding to the received rescue request item;
The transmitter is
The selection signal output from the selection receiving unit is input, and a signal including the input selection signal and the position data detected by the position detection unit is transmitted as a selection request signal.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to specify who is in a car in which an accident has occurred.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
A vehicle accident rescue support system 1000a according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a vehicle accident rescue support system 1000a.

  First, the configuration of the vehicle accident rescue support system 1000a will be described with reference to FIG. The vehicle accident rescue support system 1000 a includes an emergency notification device 100 a mounted on the vehicle 103 and a rescue support device 201 installed on the first base station 200. The first base station 200 is connected to the credit company 300 via the network 400.

  The emergency call device 100a detects a current position by receiving GPS signals transmitted from GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites 501 to 504 and the like. The emergency call device 100a transmits a rescue request signal for requesting rescue to the first base station 200 when an accident occurs in the vehicle 103.

  The first base station 200 receives the rescue request signal transmitted from the emergency call device 100a by the rescue support device 201 provided therein. As will be described later, the rescue request signal includes position data of the vehicle 103 based on the GPS signal and personal information such as a credit number. The rescue support apparatus 201 refers to the credit company 300 for the credit number and identifies the owner of the credit number. This system is characterized in that the occupant of the vehicle 103 can be specified based on personal information such as a credit number. The rescue support apparatus 201 issues a predetermined rescue command for rescue of the vehicle 103 from the position data and the identification result of the owner of the credit number.

  In this system, the first base station 200 in which the rescue support apparatus 201 is installed is assumed to be a rescue organization that is permitted to access personal information. For example, police and fire fighting.

  Next, the structure of the emergency call apparatus 100a and the rescue support apparatus 201 is demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the emergency call device 100a and the rescue support device 201.

  The emergency call device 100a includes an accident determination unit 110 that determines whether an accident has occurred in the vehicle 103, an oscillation unit 120 (an example of a transmission unit) that includes a reference signal generation unit 1 that transmits a signal, a first amplification unit 130, The card information reading which reads credit information and vehicle information from the ETC card 161 (Electronic Toll Collection System card) which is a storage medium which memorize | stored the mixing part 140, the 2nd amplification part 150, credit information, vehicle information (for example, vehicle number), etc. 160 (an example of a personal information reading unit), a GPS / ANT101 (GPS antenna) that receives a GPS signal, and a GPS receiver 180 (input of the position detection unit) that receives the GPS signal from the GPS / ANT101 and detects position data. One example), the card read by the card information reading unit 160 Comprises a JIT information and vehicle information, the data adding unit 170 that the GPS receiving unit 180 adds the position data detected.

  The rescue support apparatus 201 installed in the first base station 200 includes a rescue request signal receiving unit 210 that receives a rescue request signal, and GPS data transmission position identification that identifies the position from the position data of the vehicle 103 included in the rescue request signal. Unit 220, credit information included in the rescue request signal is read, credit information interpretation unit 240 that queries the credit company 300 for the owner of the credit information, and the owner of the credit information is identified based on the response from the credit company 300 A driver specifying unit 250 (an example of an individual specifying unit), a position specified by the GPS data transmission position specifying unit 220, and a rescue command unit 230 that performs a predetermined rescue command based on the specified result specified by the driver specifying unit 250 Prepare.

  Next, operation | movement of the emergency call apparatus 100a is demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the emergency call device 100a.

  In S <b> 101, the accident determination unit 110 inputs the following four signals that are the accident determination signal 10. The occurrence of an accident is automatically determined based on these accident determination signals 10. As will be described later, when all four signals are ON, the accident determination unit 110 determines that an accident has occurred. Four signals, that is, an accident determination signal 10 detected by various sensors, such as “millimeter wave radar distance signal 11”, “airbag operation signal 12”, “vehicle speed zero signal 13”, and “impact sensor signal 14”. Enter. Here, the “millimeter wave radar distance signal 11” is a signal detected by the “millimeter wave radar” that measures the inter-vehicle distance from the preceding vehicle. The “airbag operation signal 12” is a signal indicating that the airbag installed in the vehicle 103 has operated. The “vehicle speed zero signal 13” is a signal indicating that the speed of the vehicle 103 is “zero” (stopped state). The “impact sensor signal 14” is a signal that is turned on when an impact greater than a certain value occurs in the vehicle 103. These four signals are set in advance as the accident determination signal 10. These accident determination signals 10 are not limited to “millimeter wave radar distance signal 11”, “airbag operation signal 12”, and the like. In addition, it can be set freely.

  In S102, the accident determination unit 110 determines that an accident has occurred when all of the four accident determination signals 10 from the “millimeter wave radar distance signal 11” to the “impact sensor signal 14” are ON, and the accident has occurred. The signal 15 is output. When the accident signal 15 is input, the reference signal generator 1 starts operating and generates a reference frequency f1 including the accident signal 15.

  In S <b> 103, the data adding unit 170 adds the vehicle information and credit information read from the ETC card 161 by the card information reading unit 160 and the position data detected by the GPS receiving unit 180 and outputs the result to the mixing unit 140. That is, the card information reading unit 160 reads the credit information and the vehicle information from the ETC card 161 storing the credit information and the vehicle information, and outputs the read credit information and the vehicle information to the data adding unit 170. Credit information is an example of personal information used to identify an occupant. Not only the ETC card that stores the credit information but also a credit card may be used. When the driver's license is digitized, personal information stored in the digitized driver's license, such as a license number, name, address, etc., may be read. On the other hand, the GPS receiving unit 180 detects position data from the GPS signal received from the GPS / ANT 101, and outputs the detected position data to the data adding unit 170. The data adding unit 170 adds these pieces of information and outputs the result to the mixing unit 140.

  In S104, the mixing unit 140 mixes the reference frequency f1 generated by the reference signal generating unit 1 of the oscillating unit 120 and the information output from the data adding unit 170, and transmits it as a rescue request signal having the frequency f1. Sent via.

  Next, operation | movement of the rescue assistance apparatus 201 is demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the operation of the rescue support apparatus 201.

  In S201, the rescue request signal receiving unit 210 of the rescue support apparatus 201 receives the rescue request signal transmitted by the emergency call apparatus 100a.

  In S202, the GPS data transmission position specifying unit 220 specifies the position of the vehicle 103 using the “position data” of the vehicle 103 included in the rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal receiving unit 210, and determines the specified position. Output to the rescue command unit 230. Here, the GPS data transmission position specifying unit 220 specifies the position of the vehicle 103 on the map using, for example, “position data” included in the rescue request signal.

  In S203, the credit information interpretation unit 240 inquires of the credit company 300 about the identification of the person who owns the credit information based on the credit information included in the rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal reception unit 210. Here, “credit information” is, for example, a credit number. The credit company 300 replies to the rescue support apparatus 201 with the individual identification result identified from the “credit information”.

  In S <b> 204, the driver identification unit 250 receives an answer of the individual identification result from the credit company 300 and outputs the received identification result to the rescue command unit 230.

  In S205, the rescue command unit 230 issues a predetermined rescue command to the vehicle 103 based on the position of the vehicle 103 output from the GPS data transmission position specifying unit 220 and the specified result output from the driver specifying unit 250. .

  In the vehicle accident rescue support system according to the first embodiment, the emergency call device transmits a rescue request signal including credit information (an example of personal information). Then, the rescue support apparatus receives the rescue request signal and identifies the owner based on the credit information. For this reason, in addition to acquisition of position information indicating where the vehicle has caused the accident, it is possible to identify who is the passenger of the vehicle in which the accident has occurred. Thus, since the vehicle occupant can be specifically identified, when the police or the fire department heads for rescue to the accident vehicle, it is possible to contact the family of the passenger of the accident vehicle. In addition, it is possible to confirm contact from family members to passengers using a mobile phone or the like. When the occupant responds, the occupant can be identified, so that it is possible to check the presence of the occupant, making it possible to smoothly communicate the necessary items to the ambulance request, designate the emergency hospital, and the like. Since the number of injuries can be known in advance, the lifesaving probability can be increased. Furthermore, when a vehicle accident occurs, a mechanism for contacting the driver and family is provided, so that a sense of security when getting on the vehicle can be improved.

  Since the emergency call device according to the first embodiment transmits the rescue request signal including the credit information, the occupant of the vehicle in which the accident has occurred can be specified.

  The rescue support apparatus according to the first embodiment receives a rescue request signal including credit information, and identifies the owner of the credit information from the received credit information, and therefore identifies who is the passenger of the accident vehicle. be able to.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
Next, the second embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. In the second embodiment, the emergency notification device 100a according to the first embodiment that automatically detects the occurrence of an accident based on the accident determination signal is further subjected to a predetermined rescue request by a manual selection operation of the occupant of the vehicle 103. It is the structure provided with the selection reception part 20 which receives selection of an item. Here, the “rescue request item” is assumed to be, for example, a “fuel request” requesting transportation of fuel to the position of the vehicle 103 due to fuel shortage, a “rescue request” requesting manual rescue, and the like.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a vehicle accident rescue support system 1000b according to the second embodiment. FIG. 5 shows a second base for receiving a selection request signal (frequency f2) corresponding to the rescue request item selected by the passenger of the vehicle 103, compared to FIG. 1 showing the vehicle accident rescue support system 1000a according to the first embodiment. A station 600 is provided. The second base station 600 is assumed to be, for example, an insurance company that provides rescue as a service providing service, an automobile-related service company, or a JAF (Japan Automobile Federation). Note that the first base station 200 of Embodiment 1 is assumed to be an organization having the authority to access personal information. However, since the second base station does not receive personal information, it is particularly necessary to have such authority. And not. The selection request signal has a frequency different from that of the rescue request signal described in the first embodiment. The rescue request signal has a frequency f1, and the selection request signal has a frequency f2. The frequencies of f1 and f2 are different (f1 ≠ f2).

  In FIG. 5, the transmission ANT 102 can transmit both a rescue request signal having the frequency f1 and a selection request signal having the frequency f2.

Next, the configuration of the emergency call device 100b according to Embodiment 2 will be described using FIG.
FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the emergency call device 100b, the rescue support device 201, and the second base station 600 according to the second embodiment. 6 differs from FIG. 2 showing the first embodiment in that the configuration of the emergency call device 100b is different and that the second base station 600 is provided. The emergency call device 100b includes a selection receiving unit 20 and a reference signal generation unit 2 with respect to the emergency call device 100a according to the first embodiment. The reference signal generator 2 transmits a selection request signal described later from the transmission ANT102. The second base station 600 includes a selection request signal receiving unit 601 that receives a selection request signal.

  Next, operation | movement of the emergency call apparatus 100b is demonstrated using FIG. FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing a process until the emergency call apparatus 100b transmits a selection request signal.

  In S301, the driver who is an occupant of the vehicle 103, for example, selects a predetermined rescue request item from a plurality of rescue request items displayed on a display (not shown) provided in the selection receiving unit 20 (not shown). Not). Among the plurality of rescue request items, as described above, there are items of “fuel request” and “rescue request”. For example, when “fuel request” is selected, a fuel shortage signal 21 (an example of a selection signal) is output from the selection receiving unit 20. When “rescue request” is selected, a manual rescue request signal 22 (an example of a selection signal) is output from the selection receiving unit 20. The output of the fuel shortage signal 21 or the manual rescue request signal 22 is input to the reference signal generation unit 2 via the accident determination unit 110.

  In S <b> 302, when the fuel shortage signal 21 or the manual rescue request signal 22 is input, the reference signal generation unit 2 starts operation and generates a signal of the reference frequency f <b> 2 including the fuel shortage signal 21 or the manual rescue request signal 22. .

  In S <b> 303, the GPS receiving unit 180 detects position data from the GPS signal received from the GPS / ANT 101, and outputs the detected position data to the data adding unit 170. The data adding unit 170 inputs the position data and outputs it to the mixing unit 140.

  In S304, the mixing unit 140 mixes the position data output from the data adding unit 170 and the reference frequency f2. This mixed data is referred to as a “selection request signal”. The “selection request signal” is transmitted as a radio wave having a frequency f2 from the second amplification unit 150 via the transmission ANT102.

  Next, the operation of the second base station 600 will be described using FIG. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second base station 600.

  In S401, the second base station 600 receives the selection request signal (frequency f2) by the selection request signal receiving unit 601 via the ANT 602.

  In S402, the second base station 600 specifies the position of the vehicle 103 from the position data included in the selection request signal. Further, the rescue is supported according to the content of the rescue request included in the selection request signal, that is, the request indicated by the signal such as the fuel shortage signal 21 or the manual rescue request signal 22.

  Since the emergency call device according to the second embodiment includes a selection reception unit that receives a predetermined rescue request item from a plurality of rescue request items by manual operation of the vehicle occupant, the occupant requests a rescue request according to the situation. be able to.

1 is a configuration diagram of a vehicle accident rescue support system 1000a according to Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an emergency call device 100a and a rescue support device 201 according to Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the emergency call apparatus 100a which concerns on Embodiment 1. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing the operation of the rescue support 201 according to the first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the structure of the vehicle accident rescue assistance system 1000b which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an emergency call device 100b, a rescue support device 201, and a second base station 600 according to Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of the emergency call apparatus 100b which concerns on Embodiment 2. FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of second base station 600 according to Embodiment 2.

Explanation of symbols

  1, 2 Reference signal generation unit, 10 Accident determination signal, 11 Millimeter wave radar distance signal, 12 Airbag operation signal, 13 Vehicle speed zero signal, 14 Impact sensor signal, 15 Accident occurrence signal, 20 Selection acceptance unit, 21 Fuel Shortage signal, 22 Manual rescue request signal, 100a, 100b Emergency call device, 101 GPS / ANT, 102 Transmission ANT, 103 Vehicle, 110 Accident determination unit, 120 Oscillation unit, 130 First amplification unit, 140 Mixing unit, 150 Second Amplification unit, 160 card information reading unit, 161 ETC card, 170 data addition unit, 180 GPS reception unit, 200 first base station, 201 rescue support device, 202 ANT, 210 rescue request signal reception unit, 220 GPS data transmission position specification Department, 230 Rescue Command Department, 240 Credit Information Interpretation Department, 250 Driving Specific portion, 300 credit company, 400 network, 501, 502, 503, and 504 GPS satellite, 600 the second base station, 601 selection request signal receiving unit, 602 ANT, 1000a, 1000b vehicle accident rescue support system.

Claims (5)

A vehicle accident rescue support system comprising: an emergency call device that is mounted on a vehicle and transmits a rescue request signal for requesting rescue; and a rescue support device that receives a rescue request signal from the emergency call device and supports rescue of the vehicle In
The emergency call device
A position detector that detects the current position as position data;
Determine whether an accident has occurred based on multiple accident determination signals set in advance as signals for determining whether an accident has occurred, and generate an accident occurrence signal when it is determined that an accident has occurred An accident determination unit to
A personal information reading unit that reads personal information from a storage medium that stores personal information capable of identifying at least one occupant of the vehicle;
A transmission unit that transmits a rescue request signal including position data detected by the position detection unit, an accident occurrence signal generated by the accident determination unit, and personal information read by the personal information reading unit to the rescue support device; With
The rescue support device includes:
A rescue request signal receiving unit for receiving a rescue request signal;
Using the personal information included in the rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal receiving unit, a personal identification unit that identifies the owner of the personal information,
A vehicle comprising: a rescue command unit that issues a predetermined rescue command based on a result of identification by the individual identification unit and position data included in a rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal receiver Accident rescue support system. In an emergency call device that is mounted on a vehicle and sends a rescue request signal requesting rescue,
A position detector that detects the current position as position data;
Determine whether an accident has occurred based on multiple accident determination signals set in advance as signals for determining whether an accident has occurred, and generate an accident occurrence signal when it is determined that an accident has occurred An accident determination unit to
A personal information reading unit that reads personal information from a storage medium that stores personal information capable of identifying at least one occupant of the vehicle;
A transmission unit for transmitting a rescue request signal including position data detected by the position detection unit, an accident occurrence signal generated by the accident determination unit, and personal information read by the personal information reading unit; Special emergency call device. In a rescue support device that supports rescue in response to a rescue request from an emergency call device that requests rescue to a vehicle by being mounted on a vehicle,
A signal transmitted by the emergency call device for requesting rescue, the vehicle position data, an accident occurrence signal indicating that an accident has occurred in the vehicle, and personal information about at least one of the vehicles; A rescue request signal receiving unit for receiving a rescue request signal including:
Using the personal information included in the rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal receiving unit, a personal identification unit that identifies the owner of the personal information,
A rescue command unit that issues a predetermined rescue command based on a result of identification by the individual identification unit and position data included in the rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal receiver; Support device. The personal information reading unit of the emergency call device is
Read the credit information as personal information from a credit card storing the credit information of the vehicle occupant,
The personal identification unit of the rescue support device is:
The vehicle accident rescue support system according to claim 1, wherein an owner of the credit information is specified using credit information included in the rescue request signal received by the rescue request signal receiving unit. The emergency call device further includes:
A selection receiving unit that receives a selection by a vehicle occupant for a predetermined rescue request item among a plurality of rescue request items indicating a requested rescue content, and outputs a selection signal corresponding to the received rescue request item;
The transmitter is
3. The emergency call according to claim 2, wherein a selection signal output by the selection receiving unit is input, and a signal including the input selection signal and the position data detected by the position detection unit is transmitted as a selection request signal. apparatus.

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