JP2000083108A - Remote control system using position information of mobile communication terminal - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Problem] To provide a system for remotely controlling various devices such as a home security device by acquiring position information of a person using a mobile communication terminal. A home security device is installed in a house. The security company 5 has the home security device 1
Is monitored via the public network 15 and remotely controlled.
The resident 7 of the house 3 has a mobile phone 9. Mobile communication network 1
3 is a control station 16 for routing the mobile communication network 13
Also, the mobile communication network 13 has a large number of mobile communication base stations 11a, 1
1b ... The control station 16 obtains the position information of the mobile phone 9, determines a zone to be used by the mobile phone 9 based on the information, and has a zone switching unit 21 that switches the use zone as the mobile phone 9 moves. Further, the control station 16 includes an absence / at-home determining unit 26, which uses the location information of the mobile phone 9 stored in the zone management table 22 and the home location management table 23,
The absence / at-home determination is made as to whether the resident 7 is away from home or at home, and the result of the determination is notified to the home security device 1 and the security company 5.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a technology for remotely controlling various devices such as a home security device in a building such as a house or an office depending on whether a resident or an employee is away or at home.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A home security device installed in a house or an office is set in a security mode when a resident or an employee (hereinafter referred to as a resident or the like) goes out or goes to bed.
Activate various devices such as security sensors. The setting / cancellation of the security mode is usually performed manually by a resident or the like. Further, there is a home security device having an automatic locking function for automatically locking / unlocking a window or a door at a preset time.

On the other hand, a security company monitors a home security device via a public telephone line or the like and acquires information collected by various devices such as security sensors. The security company detects whether or not the home security device is in the security mode by using a public telephone line or the like, or by using a telephone to notify the absence from the resident, etc.
Judge at home.

[0004]

Since the setting / cancellation of the security mode of the home security apparatus is manually performed by a resident or the like, the resident or the like forgets to set the security mode even when going out or going to bed. Cases occur.
Also, if the security mode is forgotten to be set, or if the user forgets to report that he / she will be away, the security company will leave
Make a home decision.

Further, the function of automatically locking at a set time has a problem that when a resident or the like is performed on a schedule different from the set time, the resident or the like does not lock regardless of whether or not the resident is away. .

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a system for automatically judging the absence / at-home of a resident or the like and appropriately remotely controlling various devices such as a home security device.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A remote control system according to the present invention comprises a mobile communication terminal which is carried by a human and performs communication using a mobile communication network, and position information of the mobile communication terminal on the mobile communication network. And a control station that detects Further, the remote control system performs an absence / at-home determination in a predetermined building of a person having a mobile communication terminal using the position information detected by the control station, and according to a result of the determination, a predetermined target location is determined. It is provided with an absence / at-home determination unit that performs various notifications.

[0008] In a preferred embodiment, the predetermined target location is:
A security system installed in the predetermined building is included, whereby the absence / at-home determination unit sends various notifications to the security system.

In a preferred embodiment, the predetermined location is:
It includes a security company that guards a predetermined building, whereby the absence / at-home determining unit sends various notifications to the security company.

[0010] In a preferred embodiment, the absence / at-home determination unit transmits the absence / at-home determination to the absence / at-home determination unit from a predetermined target location.
When we were inquired about the results of our decision to stay at home,
Various notifications are sent to predetermined target locations.

[0011]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a remote control security system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The home security device 1 is installed in the house 3. The security company 5 monitors the home security device 1 via the public network 15 and remotely controls the same. The resident 7 of the house 3 has a mobile phone 9. This mobile phone 9
Is an original function of performing telephone communication through the mobile communication network 13, and is used to grasp the location of the resident 7. The mobile communication network 13 includes a control station 16 that acquires position information from the mobile phone 9 and performs routing of the mobile communication network 13 using the position information. The control station 16 has a function of determining the absence / at-home of the resident 7 using the position information from the mobile phone 9 and providing the determination result to the security company 5. The security company 5 uses the absence / at-home information for remote control of the home security device 1 and the like.

The mobile communication network 13 includes a number of mobile communication base stations 1.
1a, 11b... These mobile communication base stations 1
Each of 1a, 11b,... Has a wireless zone of a limited size, and the wireless zones cover all predetermined areas. Also, mobile communication base stations 11a, 11b
… Each has a unique zone number (eg #A, #B,
..) Are set, and the mobile communication base stations 11a, 11b,.
Have a function of wirelessly transmitting their zone number in a wireless zone under their control.

The mobile phone 9 includes mobile communication base stations 11a, 1
1b... Has a function of receiving a zone number wirelessly transmitted from. Further, a unique identification number (for example, # 001, # 002,...) Is set in the mobile phone 9, and the mobile phone 9 uses the mobile communication base stations 11a,
1b... And the identification number of the mobile phone 9 as position information of the mobile phone 9 and transmitted to any of the mobile communication base stations 11a, 11b.

The control station 16 obtains the location information of the mobile phone 9, determines the wireless zone used by the mobile phone 9 based on the location information, and determines the wireless zone used by the mobile phone 9 as the mobile phone 9 moves. Switching zone switching unit 21
Having. The zone switching unit 21 associates the zone number (for example, #A) of the mobile communication base station 11a acquired from the mobile phone 9 with the identification number (for example, # 001) of the mobile phone 9 and stores the zone number in the zone management table 22. Remember. Further, the control station 16 has a home position management table 23,
In this, the zone number (for example, #B) of the wireless zone to which the location of the house 3 belongs and the identification number (for example, # 001) of the mobile phone 9 owned by the resident 7 are registered in correspondence. This registration is registered by the system administrator or the like when the resident 7 joins the remote control security system, and when the resident 7 changes the mobile phone, or when the resident 7 moves to the house 3. Of course, the registered contents are also changed.

Further, the control station 16 includes an absence / home determination unit 26.
This is based on the location information of the mobile phone 9 stored in the zone management table 22 and the home location management table 23.
The absence / at-home determination is made as to whether the resident 7 is away from the house 3 or staying at home, and the result of the determination is notified to the home security device 1 and the security company 5.

The home security device 1 in the house 1
It is equipped with various security devices such as an electromagnetic lock door 17 and a security sensor 18, and furthermore, a security mode (or an absence mode) for keeping the house 3 in a security state, and a non-security mode (or a home mode) for putting the house 3 in a non-security state. Security / non-security button (or absence / at-home button) 19 for setting The electromagnetic lock door 17 automatically locks / unlocks the door at a predetermined time or in accordance with the security / non-security mode of the home security device 1. The security sensor 18 is a sensor that detects the intrusion of the third person into the house 3 by using, for example, infrared rays. When the home security device 1 is set in the security mode, the home security device 1 constantly or regularly notifies the security company 5 of the information in the house 3 collected by various security devices such as the security sensor 18. The security company 5 sends various services (for example, sounds a security alarm (not shown) in the house 3, dispatches a security guard, or sends a signal to a police station or a fire station, according to the information in the house 3 that has been notified. Contact, etc.). When the home security device 1 is set to the non-security mode, the home security device 1 does not collect the information in the house 3 or does not contact the security company 3 even if the information in the house 3 is collected. This security / non-security mode setting
The home security device 1 which has received the notification of the absence / at-home of the resident 7 from the absence / at-home determination unit of the control station performs the notification by itself, or the security company performs the notification via the public network 15, or
Residents 7 and the like use the security / non-security button 19 manually.

Referring to FIG. 2, the flow of the process in which the control station 16 acquires the position information of the mobile phone 9 will be specifically described.

Each of the plurality of mobile communication base stations 11a, 11b,... Included in the mobile communication network 13 always includes a zone specific to each mobile communication base station in a wireless zone 25a, 25b,. The number is transmitted wirelessly. For example,
The mobile phone 9 that has entered the wireless zone 25a of the mobile communication base station 11a receives and stores the zone number "#A" of the mobile communication base station 11a. The mobile phone 9 is provided with an identification number unique to each mobile phone. Mobile phone 9
Transmits the received zone number “#A” and its own identification number “# 001” to the mobile communication base station 11a.
The mobile communication base station 11a receives the zone number “#A” and the identification number “# 001” received via the mobile communication network 13.
To the control station 16. The zone switching unit 21 of the control station 16 stores the identification number “# 001” and the zone number “#A” of the mobile phone 7 in the zone management table 22.
At this time, the zone management table 22 is as shown in FIG. Thereafter, while the mobile phone 9 is in the wireless zone 25a,
(That is, when the zone number “#A” currently stored in the mobile phone 9 matches the zone number “#A” received from the mobile communication base station 11a), the zone number is transmitted to the mobile communication base station 25a. And the identification number are not transmitted.

Next, the mobile phone 9 is connected to the mobile communication base station 11b.
, The zone number "#A" stored in the mobile phone 9 is different from the zone number "#B" received from the mobile communication base station 25b. In this case, the mobile phone 9 sets the newly received zone number “#B” and identification number “# 001”.
Is transmitted to the mobile communication base station 11b. The mobile communication base station 11b compares the received zone number “#B” and the identification number “# 001” with the control station 1 via the mobile communication network 13.
Send to 6. The zone switching unit 21 of the control station 16 uses the identification number “# 0” of the mobile phone 9 on the zone management table 22.
Zone number “#A” stored corresponding to “01”
To the zone number “#B”. At this time, the zone management table 22 is as shown in FIG.

Next, referring to FIG. 4 and FIG.
Will now be described with reference to FIG.

For example, when the house 3 of the person 7 is located in the wireless zone 25b of the mobile communication base station 11b, the home position management table 23 stores the identification number "# 0" of the mobile phone 9.
Zone number "#" indicating the location of the house corresponding to "01"
B ”is registered in advance (this wireless zone is hereinafter referred to as“ home zone ”).

The zone switching unit 21 of the control station 16 transmits the mobile telephone 9 carried by the person 7 to the mobile communication base station 11a, 1
1b, the zone switching operation described with reference to FIG. 2 is performed each time the wireless zone moves between the wireless zones (FIG. 5, S
1).

Next, the absence / at-home determining unit 26 of the control station 16
Determines whether the zone switching process performed by the zone switching unit in step S1 is switching from the home zone 25b to another wireless zone (S2).

When the zone switching process in step S1 switches from the home zone 25b to another wireless zone, the absence / at-home determining unit 26 refers to the home location management table 23 and determines that the person 7 is in a location other than the home zone 25b. It is determined that the house 3 is out of the office. Then, the absence / at-home determination unit 26 notifies the home security device 1 and the security company 5 of the absence of the house 3 via the mobile communication network 13 and the general public network 15 (S3). Thereafter, returning to step S1, the control station 16 waits until the next zone switching process.

If the zone switching process in step S1 is not switching from the home zone 25b to another wireless zone, then the absence / at-home determining unit 26 determines that the zone switching is performed from the other wireless zone to the home zone 25b. It is determined whether or not to switch (S4).

If the decision result in the step S4 is YES, the absence / at-home determining section 26 refers to the house management table 23, and the resident 7 is located in the home zone 25b and is at home in the house 3. (Strictly speaking, just entering the home zone 25b does not mean that you are at home,
The human 7 is considered to be at home here in a proper time as returning to the house 3). Then, the absence / at-home determining unit 26 notifies the home security device 1 and the security company 5 that the house 3 is at home via the mobile communication network 13 and the general public network 15 (S5). Thereafter, returning to step S1, the control station 16 waits until the next zone switching process.

[0028] When both of the determination results in step S2 and step S3 are NO, the absence / at-home determination unit 26 indicates that the resident 7 has just moved from the place other than the house 3 to another place other than the house 3. Therefore, it is determined that there is no change in the absence / at-home status, and no operation is performed, and the process waits until the next zone switching process. The zone switching unit 21 is used for the mobile phone 9
The absence / at-home determination unit 26 performs the above-described processing each time the wireless zone in which is located is switched.

The flow of various notifications and instructions between the control station 16 and the house 1 or the security company 5 will be described with reference to FIGS.

In FIG. 6, as described above, the absence / at-home determination unit 26 of the control station 16 refers to the zone switching result of the mobile phone 9 and the home position management table 23 to determine whether the person 7 is at home / at-home. Judge, home security device 1
(Dashed arrow 27) and the security company 5 (dashed arrow 29) are notified of absence / at-home. Upon receiving this notification, the home security device 1 takes an appropriate operation such as automatically setting the security mode, and the security company 5 also takes an appropriate operation such as entering the absence monitoring mode. In this state, if the security sensor 18 or the like of the home security device 1 detects any abnormality, the home security device 1 notifies the security company 5 of the abnormality information (solid arrow 31), and the security company 5
Performs a service corresponding to the abnormality information (solid arrow 33).

As a modified example, the control station 7 does not actively notify the home security device 1 or the security company 5 of the absence / at-home status. Instead, as shown in FIG. Polling is performed on the absence / at-home determination unit 26 of the control station 16 (dashed arrow 35), and after acquiring information on the absence / at-home status of the human 7 (dashed arrow 3).
7) If necessary, the security company 5 may perform appropriate processing such as setting the security / non-security mode of the home security device 1 (broken arrow 39).

Further, in addition to the security / non-security mode switching method as described in the description of the remote control system of the present invention, the mode of the home security device 1 is switched using a conventional manual switching method. You may. For example, the home security device 1 basically includes
The operation of the security / non-security button determines whether the resident 7 is away or at home. That is, the home security device 1 enters the security mode when the resident 7 presses the security / non-security button when going out, and stays in the non-security mode when not pressed. The resident 7 goes out with the home security device 1 in the non-security mode, and the mobile phone 9 moves to the home zone 25.
When the vehicle exits from b, the absence / at-home determining unit 26 notifies the home security device 1 and the security company 5 of the absence, and the home security device 1 switches to the security mode. When the resident 7 presses the security / non-security button at bedtime, the home security device 1 switches to the security mode even if the absence / at-home determination result notified from the absence / home determination unit is “at home”. . In other words, when the manual mode setting instruction of the resident 7 is different from the automatic mode setting instruction from the absence / at-home determination unit 26, the home security device 1 gives priority to the instruction to set the security mode. Let it.

Although the preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described above, the above-described embodiment is an exemplification for describing the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention only to this embodiment. A person skilled in the art can implement the present invention in various other forms in which various modifications, improvements, modifications, simplifications, and the like are added to the above-described embodiment without departing from the gist of the present invention. For example, the target of the remote control using the position information of the mobile phone 9 is not limited to the home security device, and various building equipment such as an indoor air conditioner, a hot water supply facility, and a house chime can be considered. For example,
When the resident 7 enters the home zone 25b, the power supply of the air conditioner and the bath water heater of the house 3 is turned on by the notification from the control station 16 so that the room and the bath are set to an appropriate temperature when the resident 7 returns home. Alternatively, it is possible to sound a dedicated chime provided in the house 3 to notify a family in the house 3 that the resident 7 has returned home. Further, in the present embodiment, the description has been given using the mobile phone 9 as a means for acquiring the location information of the resident 7, but this is not necessarily required.
A mobile communication terminal such as an S (Personal Handyphone System) terminal or a wireless transceiver may be used. Further, it goes without saying that the remote control system of the present invention can be used not only in homes but also in offices and the like. The absence / at-home determination unit 26 is not necessarily the control station 1
You don't have to be at 6. For example, the security company 5 has the control station 1
6 obtains the location information of the resident 7 and, based on this,
Home determination may be performed.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a remote control security system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view showing a method in which a control station 16 acquires position information of a mobile phone 9;

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of a change in a zone management table.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a method in which a control station 16 determines whether a person 7 is away or at home.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of a process in which a control station 16 determines absence / at-home of a human 7;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of the flow of various notifications and instructions between the control station 16 and the house 3 or the security company 5.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of the flow of various notifications and instructions between the control station 16 and the house 3 or the security company 5.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 home security device 3 house 5 security company 7 resident 9 mobile phone 11 mobile communication base station 13 mobile communication network 15 general public network 16 control station 17 electromagnetic lock door 18 security sensor 19 security / non-security button 21 zone switching unit 22 zone management Table 23 Home position management table 25 Wireless zone controlled by mobile communication base station 26 Absence / at-home determination unit 27 Absence / at-home information notification 29 Absence / at-home information notification 31 Collection information communication 33 Service 35 Polling 37 Absence / at-home information communication 39 Security / Non-security mode setting instruction

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Claims (16)

[Claims] 1. A mobile communication terminal carried by a human and performing communication using a mobile communication network, a control station for detecting position information of the mobile communication terminal on the mobile communication network, Using the detected location information, perform an absence / at-home determination in the predetermined building of the person holding the mobile communication terminal, and, based on the result of the determination, provide various notifications to a predetermined target location. A remote control system including a determination unit. 2. The remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined target location includes a security system installed in the predetermined building, and the absence / at-home determination unit makes various notifications to the security system. . 3. The remote control system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined target location includes a security company that guards the predetermined building, and the absence / at-home determination unit issues various notifications to the security company. . 4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the absence / at-home determining unit makes the various notifications when the predetermined target location inquires the absence / at-home determining unit about the result of the determination. Remote control system. 5. A means for acquiring location information of a mobile communication terminal on a mobile communication network, and using the acquired location information to determine whether a person having the mobile communication terminal is away or at home in a predetermined building And a means for performing various notifications to a predetermined target location in accordance with the result of the determination. 6. A control station for performing routing of a mobile communication network, comprising: means for obtaining position information of a mobile communication terminal on a mobile communication network; and using the obtained position information to control the mobile communication terminal. A control station, comprising: means for making an absence / at-home determination of a possessed person in a predetermined building; and means for making various notifications to a predetermined target location according to the result of the determination. 7. A security system installed in a building, comprising: means for obtaining a result of determination of absence / at-home in the building using position information of the mobile communication terminal on a mobile communication network; Means for setting a security / non-security state based on the security system. 8. The security system according to claim 7, further comprising means for setting a security / non-security state based on a manual operation by a human. 9. A process of detecting location information of a mobile communication terminal on a mobile communication network, and using the detected location information, a person who has the mobile communication terminal is away / at home in a predetermined building. A remote control method comprising: a step of performing a determination; and a step of performing various notifications to a predetermined target location according to a result of the determination. 10. The remote control method according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined target location includes a security system installed in the predetermined building, and the step of performing the various notifications performs various notifications to the security system. . 11. The remote control method according to claim 9, wherein the predetermined target location includes a security company that guards the predetermined building, and the step of performing the various notifications performs various notifications to the security company. . 12. The remote control system according to claim 9, further comprising a step of inquiring about the result of the absence / at-home determination, wherein the step of performing the various notifications is performed when the inquiry is made. . 13. A process for detecting position information of a mobile communication terminal on a mobile communication network, and using the detected position information, a person holding the mobile communication terminal is away / at home in a predetermined building. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a remote control method including a step of performing a determination and a step of performing various notifications to a predetermined target location according to a result of the determination. 14. The computer-readable computer according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined target location includes a security system installed in the predetermined building, and the step of performing the various notifications performs various notifications to the security system. Recording medium. 15. The computer-readable computer according to claim 13, wherein the predetermined target location includes a security company that guards the predetermined building, and the step of performing the various notifications performs various notifications to the security company. Recording medium. 16. The computer-readable computer according to claim 13, further comprising a step of inquiring about the result of the absence / at-home determination, wherein the step of performing the various notifications includes the step of performing the various notifications when the inquiry is made. Recording medium.