JP2001325634A - System and method for confirming position - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a position confirming system capable of displaying the name or the like of a user in relation to the position thereof. SOLUTION: Concerning the position confirming system for confirming the position of portable equipment by detecting a signal transmitted from the portable equipment, the portable equipment is provided with a detecting part, which is equipped with a means for transmitting out the information of the user carrying the portable equipment as an output signal, for detecting the signal from the portable equipment and a controller equipped with a control means for performing control to display the information of the user on a display part while overlapping the position with map information on the basis of the information of the user carrying the portable equipment, from which the signal is detected by the detecting part, and a transmitting means for transmitting the map information and the information of the user displayed on the display part and a managing device connected with the controller in communication receives the information transmitted from the controller and displays the information on the display part of the managing device.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a position confirmation system and method, and more particularly to a position confirmation system and method for confirming the position of a user by receiving a signal from a portable device carried by the user.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art GPS (Global Positioning System)
m; Global Positioning System) A system for embedding a receiver, a transmitter for distress signal, and the like in a portable device such as a wristwatch and supporting a rescue operation in the event of a distress by allowing the user to carry this portable device, Conventionally, various proposals have been made.

[0003] Among them, as a system for facilitating identification of a distress location when an emergency occurs during mountain climbing, for example, JP-A-2000-32562 discloses a receiving device for receiving radio waves from a GPS satellite. A configuration of an emergency handy terminal including an arithmetic device for calculating a current position and a communication device for transmitting current position information is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-19272 discloses that a mountain climber, an adventurer, an underwater diver, a yacht crew, a seafarer, an elderly with dementia, a child, etc., are rescued at the present position at the time of distress or an emergency distress signal. As a small portable necessity for notifying and contacting the squad, a wristwatch equipped with a small GPS, a distress signal transmission button and the like has been waterproofed.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 10-13255 proposes a reporting device that includes a GPS receiver, a distress report signal generator, and a transmitter in a wristwatch main body and generates a distress report signal including position information. .

For example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 11-263292 discloses a distress rescue support system which enables early detection of distress accidents and performs search and rescue quickly, accurately and efficiently. A portable terminal that transmits accident occurrence information, location information, and time information, a host computer that manages the portable terminal, and a satellite base station and a network that perform satellite communication as communication means for linking the portable terminal and the host computer. There has been proposed a system including a management station, in which accident occurrence information is transmitted to a host computer simultaneously with activation of a portable terminal, and position information is transmitted to a host computer after receiving positioning information from a positioning satellite.

Further, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. Hei 7-270526 discloses a distress reporting device that emits distress communication waves at sea or in the mountains, with a position measuring device for measuring its own position and a radar transponder added to the positioning data. A distress notification device has been proposed which emits a radio wave carrying a coded message and simultaneously senses the emitted radar radio wave and emits a response radio wave to report its location.

[0008]

In the above-mentioned conventional system, a small portable terminal equipped with a GPS receiver or the like transmits a distress signal and position information, and the distress position is confirmed on the center side which receives the signal. To do.

In the above-mentioned conventional system, the configuration and processing procedure for immediately acquiring personal information such as the name of the user are not considered. For this reason, in the conventional system, when the distress signal and the position information are received from the mobile device, it is not easy to immediately know who owns the mobile device from the information.

[0010] Further, there is no device for clearly indicating the distress location and the victim on the map information.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a main object of the present invention is to provide a position confirmation system and method capable of displaying information such as a user's name in association with the position. Is to provide.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a position confirmation system and method suitable for applying to a security management business model.

[0013]

According to the present invention, there is provided a position confirmation system for detecting a signal transmitted from a portable device to confirm the position of the portable device. Means for transmitting and outputting information of the user having the portable device as an output signal, a detection unit for detecting a signal from the portable device, and a detection unit based on the information of the user having the portable device whose signal is detected by the detection unit. ,
Control means for controlling the information of the user and the position thereof to be superimposed on the map information and displaying the information on the display unit; and transmitting means for transmitting the map information and the user information displayed on the display unit. A management device, which is provided with the control device and communicates with the control device, receives the information transmitted from the control device and displays the information on a display unit of the management device.

The present invention is also a user location confirmation service method applied to a security management business model, wherein a user rents a portable device having stored therein user information including a name of the user in a storage unit. In the management device that has received the user information wirelessly transmitted from the portable device worn by the user, the current position of the user is traceable by displaying the position information and the user information of the user on a screen. It will be apparent from the following description that the above object is achieved by the claims of the appended claims.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described. The present invention is a position confirmation system that detects a signal transmitted from a portable device to confirm the position of the portable device, and has the following features.

[0016] The portable device possessed by the user has means for transmitting information for identifying the user possessing the portable device.

In the present invention, a control device mounted on a mobile device or the like in a search when an emergency occurs for a user includes a detecting unit for detecting a signal from a portable device, and the portable device detected by the detecting unit. Control means for controlling the display of the user information possessing the portable device on the map information based on the signal of the mobile device, and transmitting the map information and the user information displayed on the display unit. Transmission means. On the management device side that has received the map information and the user information transmitted from the control device, it is possible to identify the user's location by displaying the user's information and its location on the display unit of the management device in real time. Can,
Appropriate reports can be made to the relevant departments such as police and fire departments.

In the embodiment of the present invention, the portable device is configured to wirelessly transmit information on the name, address, and contact information of the user having the portable device. In this case, the portable device includes a storage unit in which information on the user's name, address, and contact information is written, and stores information on the user's name, address, and contact information at a predetermined window of an organization that manages security. After being written in the department, it is lent to the user.

In an embodiment of the present invention, a portable device includes a GPS receiving device, and a calculating device for calculating a position of the own device from a reception result of the GPS receiving device. In addition, it goes without saying that the configuration may be such that the position information of the own device is transmitted together with the distress communication signal.

Alternatively, in the present invention, the portable device
The control device that transmits the ID number of the portable device and receives the ID number may search the storage unit to identify the user who owns the portable device with the ID number, and display the user information.

Next, an embodiment of the method of the present invention will be described. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to a search of a user.

Step 1: The user fills in predetermined items relating to the user's name, address, and contact information, and applies to the window of the security management organization.

Step 2: The security management organization accepting the application stores the name, address, and contact information of the user in the storage unit of the portable device, and then lends the portable device to the user.

Step 3: The user participates in a predetermined leisure managed by the security management organization while wearing the portable device.

Step 4: After the end of the leisure, the user
The mobile device is returned to the security management organization, and the security management organization erases information in the storage unit of the mobile device.

Step 5: If the user has an emergency and needs to search, the safety management organization will call the user with a mobile device equipped with a control device equipped with a sensor for detecting a signal from the portable device. Search.

Step 6: When the control device of the mobile device detects a signal transmitted from the portable device, user information such as the name of the user transmitted from the portable device is associated with the position of the user, The information is superimposed on the map information and displayed on the display unit of the control device.

Step 7: The control device transmits the information displayed on the display unit to the management device of the security management organization by wireless communication.

Step 8: The current position of the portable device is confirmed on the management device, and a report is sent to the police, fire department, or rescue squad.

Step 9: When the user is rescued, the portable device is returned to the security management organization, and the security management organization erases information in the storage unit of the mobile device.

The present invention, in another embodiment, is preferably applied to a security management business or the like. More specifically, in a management device (center) in which a user wears a portable device storing user information including a user's name in a storage unit and receives position information and user information wirelessly transmitted from the portable device, The current position of the user can be tracked by displaying the position information and the user information of the user on a screen. A relay station that relays, amplifies, and wirelessly transmits a signal transmitted from the mobile device, and the management device (center) receives position information and user information wirelessly transmitted from the mobile device via the relay station; You may make it.

Further, the portable device includes a receiving unit and a display unit, and in the management device which receives the inquiry about the current position of the other portable device from the portable device, the current position of the other portable device is determined by the portable device. The current position of the other portable device may be displayed on the display unit of the portable device by transmitting to the device.

[0033]

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention;

FIGS. 1 and 2 are flowcharts showing the processing procedure of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1 shows the processing procedure of the normal processing, and FIG. 2 shows the processing procedure of the search processing, respectively.

Referring to FIG. 1, in one embodiment of the present invention, a user who participates in leisure activities such as mountain climbing, sea fishing, camping, etc., which performs security management at a port authority, a police, a fire department or the like, has The user presents predetermined items relating to the user's name, address, contact information, and, if necessary, schedules and the like, and applies for leisure participation to the window of the security management organization (step S1). It should be noted that the user may apply to the window of the security management organization in advance by accessing the homepage or the like established by the security management organization from the Internet, or by e-mail, facsimile, etc. Of course.

The security management organization performs the above-mentioned application acceptance processing (step S2). The user's name, address, and contact information (also referred to as “user information”) are written to the storage unit of the portable device (step S3). The user information may be input to the computer of the management device (center) of the security management organization and stored in the database, and may be written from the computer to the storage unit of the portable device via a predetermined interface. The storage unit is composed of a nonvolatile memory (electrically erasable writable read-only memory, EEPROM) that is electrically erasable and retains its stored contents even when the power is turned off. Alternatively, after writing the user's name, address, and contact information to the storage unit from a personal computer via a predetermined interface,
This storage unit (such as a memory card) may be loaded into a wristwatch-type portable device.

The portable device equipped with the storage unit is lent to the user (step S4). At that time, the security management organization manages the lending and return of the mobile device, so that the correspondence between the user information and the device number of the mobile device (linking information).
Is input to the management device (computer) of the safety management organization and registered in the database.

The user receives the portable device (step S
5) Leisure is performed with the portable device mounted (step S6). It should be noted that the portable device is preferably small and lightweight so that the user does not get in the way while wearing it, although it depends on the type of leisure. The portable device is, for example, driven by a battery, and is configured to continuously or intermittently transmit a signal according to, for example, a short or long leisure period. This means that in the case of mountain climbing over a long period of time, such as one week, a battery-operated portable device that is larger than a wrist watch but can operate for a long time is lent according to the content of the user's application, while a day trip sea In the case of fishing or the like, a small portable device is lent. In the case of intermittent transmission, power consumption measures such as a standby mode in which the power is turned off when no signal is transmitted are taken.

After the leisure, the user returns the portable device to the security management organization (step S7).

The security management organization receives the portable device (step S8) and deletes the user information stored in the storage unit of the portable device (step S9). When receiving the portable device, the security management organization deletes the user information from the database of the management device (computer).

Next, with reference to FIG. 2, a processing procedure in a case where an emergency situation has occurred for the user in mountain climbing or the sea and a search is required will be described below.

When it becomes necessary to search for a user, the security management organization issues a search start command (step S11).
With the sensor for detecting the signal from the mobile device, set the user information in the storage unit of the control device such as a personal computer,
A user is searched by a search machine equipped with the control device (step S12).

The portable device transmits a signal specifying the user (user ID or, in addition, the user name, address,
User information such as contact information) is wirelessly transmitted together with the distress signal (step S10).

When the control device of the search device detects a signal from the portable device using the sensor (step S13), the current position of the mobile device is displayed on the display unit of the control device of the search device (step S14). At this time, the name of the user transmitted from the mobile device is displayed on the screen 112 of the notation section of the control device.
User information such as an address is displayed in a manner superimposed on the map information. Therefore, in the case of a distress of an organization (party) composed of a plurality of persons, it is possible to immediately know where and who is seeking rescue. In addition, matching is performed with the user information stored in the storage unit of the control device of the search device, and when there is a match,
The user's confirmation may be taken.

The control device of the search device transmits the information to be displayed on the display unit thereof to the management device (computer) of the security management organization by wireless communication, and displays the current position of the portable device on the display unit of the computer in real time. (Step S1
5) With this, the security management organization checks the user information and the distress site, and notifies the police, the fire department or the rescue squad (step S16).

The rescued user returns the portable device to the security management organization as in step S7.

The portable device is configured to transmit user information (user name, address, contact information) stored in the storage unit of the portable device by radio waves. May be stored in the control device that has received the ID information, and the correspondence between the ID information of the portable device and the user information may be stored, and the user information may be acquired from the ID information. In addition, the mobile device has a configuration in which the channel frequency assigned to each mobile device is different,
The control device may specify the ID information of the portable device based on the frequency band.

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing an example of a search situation in one embodiment of the present invention, which explains the processing procedure with reference to FIG. Note that FIG. 3 shows a state in which n leisure participants (users) carry the portable devices 11 to 1n by hand, respectively, in order to simply indicate the portable devices. Needless to say, it is only necessary for the user to carry (wear), and it is a matter of course that a configuration such as a wristwatch or a pedometer (registered trademark) may not be carried by hand.

In FIG. 3, helicopter 100 searches for a user as a search device (mobile device), and helicopter 10
0, a sensor (antenna) 101 that detects signals from the portable devices 11 to 1n, and a control device 110 that inputs a detection signal of the sensor 101 and displays information of the portable device 1 on a display unit (not shown). Have.

The control device 110 wirelessly transmits information received from the portable device and current position information (current position on a map) to the security management organization 200.

The security management organization 200 has a file device 2
A computer (management device) 210 equipped with a mobile device 12 is provided. In this file device 212, user information described at the time of application by the user who lent the mobile device is registered as a database. Information (lending status, lending user name, etc.) is stored.

The computer 210 amplifies and demodulates the signal received by the antenna 211 of the security management organization and converts it into a digital signal in addition to a file device (storage device) 212 for storing a database for managing the return. It further includes a receiver 213 that supplies the user information 210 and a writing device (interface) 214 that lends user information, a mobile device, and writes user information to a storage unit of the mobile device. Note that the file device 212 may be a hard disk device or the like built in the computer 210.

The control terminal screen 112 shown in FIG. 2 is an example of a screen displayed on the display unit of the control device 110 of the helicopter 100.
The state of distress near the lake is displayed on the map information. On the control terminal screen 112, user information (user ID, or name, address,
Based on the contact information, the current position of the user is displayed together with its name.

In this case, the control device 110 has a navigation system equipped with a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, and superimposes the user information on the map information displayed by the navigation system to thereby determine the current position of the user. It is displayed visually to make it easier to grasp.

Further, the portable device includes a GPS (Global Positioning System) receiver, transmits the current position of the portable device,
The control device may receive the information, display the position of the mobile device on the map screen, and display information such as the name of the user who owns the mobile device.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of the control device 110 mounted on the mobile device 100 in one embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, control device 110 includes an antenna 101 serving as a sensor for detecting a signal from a portable device.
And a receiving unit 111 for amplifying, detecting, and demodulating a signal received by the antenna 101, and a storage unit 11 for storing user information.
3, a processing unit 112 that extracts user information from the received signal and performs matching by referring to the storage unit 113, a GPS receiving unit 114 that receives radio waves from GPS satellites and calculates longitude and latitude, A map information storage unit 115 for storing image information, map information around the current position,
The image information (still image) output from the image control unit 116 is displayed on the display device 117 by combining the user information (the name of the user who owns the portable device) obtained in step 2 with an antenna. A transmission unit 118 that performs wireless transmission from 120 is provided. As shown in the figure, the user information stored in the user information storage unit 113 includes personal information such as the user's name, address, contact information, and the like described in documents and the like at the time of application to the security management organization, and It is comprised of mobile devices lent to Japan. The antenna 101 may be constituted by a directional antenna, and the direction of the antenna may be controlled.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the correspondence between the portable device information registered in the file device 212 of the computer constituting the management device 210 of FIG. 3 and the user information. In the example illustrated in FIG. 5, the portable device ID and information on contact information such as a user ID, a user name, an address, and a telephone number are stored.
The storage unit 113 of the control device 110 stores user information from the file device 212 of the management device 210. When the control device 110 receives, for example, a user ID from the portable device, the control device 110 can acquire the user's name and the like by searching the storage unit 113.

Alternatively, the storage unit 113 of the control device 110
May store the correspondence between the mobile device information registered in the file device 212 of the management device 210 and the user information. In this case, when the control device 110 receives the mobile device ID as the distress signal transmitted from the mobile device, the control device 110 searches the storage unit 113 based on the mobile device ID,
User ID, name, etc. can be acquired.

FIG. 6A is a diagram showing an example of the configuration of the portable device 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6A, the portable device 1 receives write data from a computer from an input port, and writes data to the storage unit 14; And a transmission unit 12 that modulates data from the control unit 13, amplifies the power, and transmits the data from the antenna 11.

FIG. 6B is a diagram showing a modification of the configuration of the portable device 1 according to one embodiment of the present invention. In one embodiment of the present invention, as shown in FIG. 6B, a configuration is also possible in which an antenna 16 and a GPS receiving unit 17 are provided, the control unit 13 calculates the current position, and transmits this from the transmitting antenna 11. Of course it is good. Equipped with a GPS receiver,
By wirelessly transmitting the current position of the mobile device, if there is no obstacle between the mobile device and the GPS communication satellite,
The accuracy of the position of the mobile device can be further improved.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a modification of the system configuration according to one embodiment of the present invention. When searching over a wide area, the transmission power is in the order of 100 mW or several tens to several mW from the relationship between the power consumption (battery life) of the portable device and the transmission power.
The table can be kept low. When the transmission power is suppressed to a small value, as shown in FIG. 3, when searching over a wide range, it is difficult to directly receive radio waves from the portable device.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 7, a signal from the portable device 1 is received by the relay base station 2 provided for each area, and the signal from the portable device 1 is relay-amplified by the relay base station 2. The transmission is performed toward the flying object 100 (airplane, helicopter).

In this case, if the relay base station 2 is of a fixed arrangement type, since the position information is determined, the ID of the relay base station 2 is inserted into the signal from the portable device 1, and
By transmitting the information to the flying object 100 (airplane, helicopter), the control device 110 that has received the information can know which position (zone) the mobile device 1 is currently in. Alternatively, a GPS receiver may be mounted on the relay base station 2, and the position information of the relay base station 2 may be inserted into a signal from the portable device 1 and transmitted to the control device 110. In this case, it is not necessary to mount the GPS receiver on the portable device, and it is possible to reduce the size, weight, and power consumption. The relay base station 2 may be mounted on a buoy on the sea, or may be provided for each predetermined mountain area.

FIG. 8 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 8, this embodiment is one in which the present invention is applied to a swimming monitoring system (such as a life saving system) of a sea bath as an example of security management. In this embodiment, the portable device 1 is basically configured as shown in FIG. 6A or FIG. 6B, and is subjected to waterproof treatment. FIG. 8 shows a configuration in which the portable device is attached to the floating ring for easy viewing, but it is a matter of course that the user may directly wear it as a wristwatch type configuration.

The buoy 3 is provided with the relay base station 2, which relays and amplifies the signal from the portable device 1, and through the antenna 21, the management device (computer) 21 under the jurisdiction of the security management organization.
Send to 0. On the screen of the computer 210, the position of the user possessing each portable device is displayed on the screen from the positional relationship of the buoy 3 provided with the relay base station 2. In addition, the computer 210 of the security management organization may be provided on land or on a ship.

Note that the portable device 1 can be lent to a swimmer (user) by the user applying to the security management organization and registering the user information in the storage unit of the portable device, as in the above embodiment. The user who has finished swimming returns the portable device to the security management organization in the same manner as in the above embodiment. In this case, the user information may include the age and the user's skill of swimming (25 m, 100 m, 1000 M or more). When a user who is swimming in the no-swimming area is detected on the screen of the computer 210, an alarm is output or the like to notify the life saver.

Further, by displaying the user information transmitted from the portable device 1 on the screen of the computer 210 in correspondence with the position of the portable device, for example, when a swimmer who is not good at swimming approaches the swimming prohibited area For example, it is possible to easily understand what to pay attention to.

In this embodiment, the portable device 1 is provided with a receiver, an alarm sound generator, and the like, and a swimmer approaching the no-swimming area is sent from the facility of the safety management organization 200 to the buoy 3. To the mobile device 1 from the relay base station 2 of the buoy 3
May be warned.

Conventionally, a watchman in charge of a life saver has monitored with a telescope or the like. However, according to this embodiment, the position and the moving state of the swimmer can be tracked moment by moment (this is because This is achieved by incorporating software that traces the position of registered mobile devices), and oversight by silent monitoring eliminates oversight and supports accurate life-saving activities.

This embodiment can be applied to triathlon competitions and the like. That is, each competitor (swimmer) wears a portable device, arranges a buoy (buoy) 3 provided with a relay base station 2 at a predetermined distance, and, on the computer 210, a competitor who has passed each buoy. By managing along with the passing time, it is possible to record and manage the progress and progress of the game more accurately than on-board or helicopter camera imaging.

FIG. 9 is a diagram for explaining another embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 9, this embodiment is one in which the present invention is applied to an event held at a plurality of facilities (venues), an amusement park, a multi-storey department store, a large shopping center, and the like. Can be immediately (real-time) tracked at which venue is currently located. For example, by applying to an amusement park or the like of a large facility, it is easy to search for lost children and the like.

In this embodiment, the portable device 1 carried by the visitor is basically configured as shown in FIG. 6A or FIG. 6B. The transmission power may be of the order of a few milliwatts to communicate with the management device on the side.

In each building (facility or venue), a relay base station 2 is provided, and a signal transmitted from the portable device 1 is relay-amplified in the relay base station 2, and in this case, a security company or the like operates. On the screen of the management device (center device) 210 of the facility 200 of the safety management organization, the user name, its current position, and, if necessary, information on the time of entering the building are displayed.

As a modification of this embodiment, the portable device is provided with a receiving device and a display device such as an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), and a certain user is located in the facility 200 and another user is currently located. Computer 210, which has received this via the relay base station,
The current location value of the designated person may be acquired with reference to the file (storage) device 212 and displayed on the display unit of the portable device of the user who issued the inquiry. With this configuration, a participant in an entertainment venue including a plurality of venues (usually using a mobile phone is prohibited) can immediately know where other participants are currently. In addition, a message can be transmitted to a portable device owned by another participant.

As described above, according to this embodiment, the amusement park,
A broadcast or the like during a lost child search at an event venue, a department store, or the like is unnecessary (normally, this type of broadcast has a high volume), and a comfortable environment can be provided.

In this embodiment, the portable device may be constituted by a transponder (IC tag) having no battery.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example in which a portable device is composed of a transponder. The transponder 1 is driven by electric power transmitted from the reader 22 via the antenna 21, is charged to a capacity, transmits information stored in a storage device of the transponder, and reads the information via the antenna 21. Received by the transmitter 22, decoded by the control unit 23, and the decoded result is wirelessly transmitted from the transmission unit 24 and the antenna 25, and is transmitted via a relay base station (not shown).
The information is transmitted to the security management organization facility 200. Although the transponder has a relatively short signal transmission distance, it does not require a battery and can be downsized, so that it is suitable for application to this embodiment.

In the above embodiment, the description has been given of an example in which the portable device transmits radio waves by using radio waves. However, in addition to this, various transmitting means such as infrared communication and ultrasonic waves, and detecting means may be used according to the application. Needless to say, a combination of (sensor) can be applied.

[0080]

As described above, according to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

The first effect of the present invention is that, since information for specifying a user is transmitted from a portable device, it is possible to determine who is the user having the portable device generating the distress signal.
This means that the management device can immediately grasp the situation.

A second effect of the present invention is that the rescue operation can be performed quickly and accurately because the user information is displayed and output in correspondence with the position information of the user.

A third advantage of the present invention is that the position information of the portable device holder is displayed together with the user information on the management device side, so that the position of the user can be tracked. It can be prevented before it happens.

A fourth effect of the present invention is that the management apparatus manages the current location of the user who owns the portable device, so that the portable device owner can find the current location in response to an inquiry or the like. That you can see immediately.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart (part 1) illustrating a processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart (part 2) illustrating a processing procedure according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically illustrating a configuration of a system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of data stored in a file device of the security management organization management device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

6A is a diagram illustrating an example of a configuration of a portable device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6B is a diagram illustrating another example of a configuration of the portable device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 7 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system configuration according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system configuration according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 9 is a diagram schematically illustrating a system configuration according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a configuration of a portable device used in a system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 mobile device 2 relay base station 3 buoy 11 buoy 11 antenna 12 transmitting unit 13 control unit 14 storage unit 15 writing control unit 16 GPS antenna 17 GPS receiving unit 21 antenna 22 receiving device 23 control unit 24 transmitting unit 25 antenna 100 flying object Reference Signs List 101 receiving antenna 110 control device 111 receiving unit 112 processing unit 113 storage unit (user information storage unit) 114 GPS receiving unit 115 map information storage unit 116 image control unit 117 display 118 transmission unit 119 GPS antenna 120 transmission antenna 200 safety management organization facility 210 Management device (computer) 211 Antenna 212 Storage device (File device) 213 Receiving device 214 Writing device 220 Input device

Claims (21)

[Claims] 1. A position confirmation system for detecting a signal from a portable device and confirming a position thereof, wherein the portable device includes means for transmitting information for identifying a user who owns the portable device, A control device including a detection unit that detects a signal from the mobile device, based on a signal from the mobile device detected by the detection unit, superimposes information identifying a user who owns the mobile device on map information. A control unit that transmits the map information displayed on the display unit and the information that specifies the user, and a management device that is communicatively connected to the control device. A position confirmation system, comprising: receiving the map information and information for specifying the user transmitted from the device; and displaying the received information on a display unit of the management device. 2. A position confirmation system for detecting a signal from a portable device and confirming a position thereof, the portable device comprising: means for transmitting identification information of the portable device as an output signal; A control unit including a detection unit that detects a signal from the storage unit that stores identification information of the mobile device and information that specifies a user who has the mobile device in association with each other; and a signal detected by the detection unit. Based on the identification information of the portable device, the storage unit is searched, information for identifying a user who owns the portable device is obtained, and the information for identifying the user is superimposed on map information and displayed on a display unit. A control unit comprising: a control unit for displaying; and a transmission unit for transmitting map information displayed on the display unit and information for specifying the user. It receives the information identifying the user and the map information transmitted from the control unit, the display unit of the management device, location system, characterized in that. 3. The control device is mounted on a mobile device, and the management device is disposed in a predetermined department that manages safety management. The control device wirelessly communicates the map information and information for specifying the user. The position confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the position is transmitted to the management device. 4. The position confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the portable device wirelessly transmits information on a name, address, and contact information of a user having the portable device. 5. The location confirmation system according to claim 2, wherein said portable device wirelessly transmits identification information of said portable device. 6. The portable device, further comprising: a storage unit in which information about the user's name, address, and contact information is written, wherein the mobile device stores information about the user's name, address, and contact information in the storage unit. The location confirmation system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein a device is lent to the user from an organization or a department that manages security. 7. The portable device further includes a GPS receiving device, and a computing device that computes a position of the portable device from a reception result of the GPS receiving device.
The location confirmation system according to claim 1, wherein the location confirmation system transmits the location confirmation information together with information specifying a user who owns the portable device. 8. The name, address,
A mobile device comprising: a storage unit storing user information including contact information; and a transmission unit transmitting the user information together with a distress communication signal. 9. A portable device worn by a user, the portable device storing information for identifying the user (referred to as “user information”) in a storage unit, and wirelessly transmitting the user information; A management device comprising means for receiving the transmitted user information, and a means for managing the position information and the user information of the user and displaying the information on a screen, comprising: , A position confirmation system. 10. A relay station for relaying and amplifying a signal transmitted from the portable device and wirelessly transmitting the signal, wherein the management device includes position information and user information wirelessly transmitted from the portable device via the relay station. The position confirmation system according to claim 9, wherein the location confirmation system receives the information. 11. The portable device comprises a receiving unit and a display unit,
In the management device that has received the inquiry about the current position of the other portable device from the portable device, the management device transmits the current position of the other portable device to the inquiring portable device, and displays the other position on the display unit of the portable device. Displays the current location of the mobile device,
The position confirmation system according to claim 9 or 10, wherein: 12. (a) The user has a name, address,
(B) in the security management organization receiving the application, the user information including the user's name, address, and contact information is stored in the portable device. Lending the portable device to the user after storing in the storage unit of (c), and (c) participating in a predetermined leisure managed by the security management organization while the user is wearing the portable device; (D) returning the mobile device to the security management organization after the leisure, and erasing the user information in the storage unit of the mobile device in the security management organization; and (e) the user. If an emergency occurs and a search is needed, the safety management organization moves the mobile device equipped with a control device having a detection unit for detecting a signal from the portable device. Activating the mobile device to search for the user; and (f) in the control device of the mobile device, the user transmitted from the mobile device when the detection unit detects a signal transmitted from the mobile device. Displaying on the display unit of the control device information corresponding to the position of the user on the map information on the map information; and (g) transmitting the information displayed on the display unit by the control device by wireless communication. And (h) receiving the information transmitted from the portable device, displaying the information on a display unit of the management device, and displaying the current position of the user. And reporting to a responsible department in charge of rescue. 13. The portable device, further comprising: a storage unit for storing user information including a user ID, a user name, and contact information, transmitting the user information, and detecting a signal from the portable device. The position confirmation method according to claim 12, wherein the control device displays the user information on a display device. 14. The control device according to claim 1, further comprising: a storage unit for storing a correspondence between the portable device and the user having the portable device, wherein when a signal from the portable device is detected, the control unit stores the correspondence. 13. The position confirmation method according to claim 12, wherein the user information obtained is obtained, and the control device displays the user information on a display device. 15. A base station for receiving a signal from the portable device and relaying the signal, and when detecting a signal from the base station, the control device causes the display device to display the base station on the display device. 13. The position confirmation method according to claim 12, wherein the current position of the user is displayed as map screen information from the position of (1). 16. The position confirmation method according to claim 12, wherein said control device is mounted on a mobile device. 17. A management apparatus in which a user wears a portable device storing user information for specifying the user in a storage unit and receives user information wirelessly transmitted from the portable device, the management device includes: By displaying the user information on the screen, the current position of the user can be tracked freely,
A position confirmation method characterized by the following. 18. A relay station for relaying and amplifying a signal transmitted from the portable device and wirelessly transmitting the signal, wherein the management device includes position information and user information wirelessly transmitted from the portable device via the relay station. 18. The position confirmation method according to claim 17, wherein the location confirmation method is received. 19. The management device, wherein the portable device includes a receiving unit and a display unit, and the management device receives an inquiry about the current position of another portable device from the portable device, the inquiry about the current position of the other portable device. 20. The position confirmation method according to claim 18, wherein the position is transmitted to the original portable device and the current position of the other portable device is displayed on a display unit of the portable device. 20. A user location confirmation service method in a security management business, comprising: lending a portable device storing user information for specifying the user in a storage unit to the user; In the management device that directly receives the user information wirelessly transmitted from the mobile device, or indirectly via a relay station, the position information of the user and the user information are displayed on the screen in association with each other. Wherein the current position of the user can be tracked freely. 21. The method according to claim 20, wherein the location confirmation service is used for mountain climbing, fishing, swimming monitoring, an event hall, an amusement park, and a disaster search.