JP2012003474A - Abnormality notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an abnormality notification system, and performs measures to deal with an abnormality occurring at a predetermined information providing destination when the abnormality is canceled while notifying the occurrence of the abnormality to a predetermined information providing destination immediately after the occurrence of the abnormality. Is to cancel.
The vehicle includes an abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality, a first transmission means for transmitting information indicating the occurrence of an abnormality to the center when an abnormality is detected, and a predetermined after the abnormality is detected. And a second transmission unit that transmits information indicating that the cancellation has been performed to the center when the cancel operation is performed, and the center receives information transmitted from the first transmission unit. If the information is transmitted from the first transmitting means after the countermeasure means for executing the countermeasure to cope with the occurrence of the abnormality in the vehicle, the information transmitted from the second transmitting means is received. And a measure canceling means for canceling the execution of the measure by the corrective measure means.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an abnormality notification system, and more particularly to an abnormality notification system for preventing theft of a vehicle by notifying a predetermined information provider that an abnormality has occurred in a vehicle.

  Conventionally, an abnormality notification system that notifies a predetermined information provider when an abnormality is detected has been known (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this abnormality notification system, a timer is started when an abnormality is detected. If the cancel operation for the abnormality is not performed before the timer reaches the specified time, the abnormality is notified to the predetermined information provider, while the abnormality is not detected before the timer reaches the specified time. When the cancel operation is performed, the notification of the occurrence of abnormality to a predetermined information providing destination is canceled.

JP 2008-186409 A

  However, in the above-described system, a notification to a predetermined information providing destination is not performed unless a specified time always elapses after an abnormality is detected. For this reason, when an abnormality is detected at the transmission source and before the notification to the predetermined information provider is made, for example, when the communication device at the transmission source is destroyed, an abnormality occurs at the transmission source. Will not be reported to the specified information provider.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-described points, and reports an abnormality occurrence to a predetermined information providing destination promptly after the occurrence of the abnormality, and an abnormality occurs at the predetermined information providing destination when the abnormality occurrence is canceled. An object of the present invention is to provide an anomaly reporting system capable of stopping execution of measures for coping with.

  The above object is an abnormality notification system for notifying a predetermined information provider when an abnormality has occurred in a vehicle, wherein the vehicle has an abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality and the abnormality detection means. When an abnormality is detected by the first transmission unit that transmits information indicating that an abnormality has occurred to the predetermined information providing destination, and after the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detection unit, a predetermined cancel operation is performed. The canceling means for canceling the fact of occurrence of the abnormality detected by the abnormality detecting means, and the cancellation is canceled when the fact of the occurrence of the abnormality detected by the abnormality detecting means is canceled by the canceling means. Second transmission means for transmitting information indicating that the information has been sent to the predetermined information providing destination, wherein the predetermined information providing destination is the first transmitting means of the vehicle. Dealing with occurrence of abnormality in the vehicle when receiving information transmitted from the first transmission means of the vehicle to the first reception means for receiving information to be transmitted and the first reception means Coping means for executing measures, second receiving means for receiving information transmitted from the second transmitting means of the vehicle, and the first transmitting means of the vehicle to the first receiving means After the information transmitted from the vehicle is received, when the information transmitted from the second transmission unit of the vehicle is received by the second reception unit, the execution of the measure by the countermeasure unit is stopped. This is achieved by an abnormality notification system having a measure stopping means.

  In the invention of this aspect, when an abnormality is detected in the vehicle, information indicating the occurrence of the abnormality is transmitted to a predetermined information providing destination. In addition, when the fact of occurrence of an abnormality is canceled by a predetermined cancel operation on the vehicle, information on the cancellation is transmitted to a predetermined information providing destination. When the predetermined information provider receives information indicating the occurrence of an abnormality from the vehicle, the predetermined information providing destination executes a measure for coping with the occurrence of the abnormality. On the other hand, when receiving the cancellation information from the vehicle, the predetermined information providing destination stops the execution of the measure. According to such a configuration, it is possible to promptly notify the occurrence of an abnormality from the vehicle to the predetermined information providing destination after the occurrence of the abnormality, and to take measures against the occurrence of the abnormality at the predetermined information providing destination when the abnormality occurrence is canceled Can be stopped.

  In the above abnormality notification system, when the predetermined time has elapsed after the first measurer receives information transmitted from the first transmitter of the vehicle, The measure stopping unit executes the measure and the first stop unit receives the information transmitted from the first transmitter unit of the vehicle before the predetermined time elapses. When the information transmitted from the second transmission unit of the vehicle is received by the second reception unit, the execution of the measure by the countermeasure unit may be stopped.

  In the invention of this aspect, the predetermined information providing destination does not execute the measure for dealing with the occurrence of the abnormality unless the predetermined time has elapsed after receiving the information indicating the occurrence of the abnormality from the vehicle. If cancellation information is received from the vehicle before the time has elapsed, the execution of measures to deal with the occurrence of the abnormality is stopped. For this reason, it is possible to reliably prevent the execution of measures for dealing with the occurrence of the abnormality at the predetermined information providing destination from being canceled even though the cancel operation is promptly performed on the vehicle after the occurrence of the abnormality. .

  In the abnormality notification system described above, the information transmitted from the first transmission unit includes information indicating that an abnormality has occurred and information indicating the content of the abnormality that has occurred in the vehicle, and the predetermined information. The providing destination may include time changing means for changing the predetermined time according to the content of the abnormality transmitted from the first transmitting means.

  In the invention of this aspect, the predetermined information providing destination takes measures to deal with the occurrence of the abnormality if the predetermined time corresponding to the content of the abnormality has not elapsed after receiving the information that the abnormality has occurred from the vehicle. If the cancel information is received from the vehicle before the predetermined time elapses, the execution of the measure for dealing with the occurrence of the abnormality is stopped. For this reason, it is possible to execute a measure for dealing with the occurrence of the abnormality at a timing according to the content of the occurrence abnormality, and to stop the measure.

  Further, in the abnormality notification system described above, the second transmission unit cancels the cancellation before the transmission of the information indicating the occurrence of abnormality from the first transmission unit to the predetermined information providing destination is completed. When the fact of abnormality occurrence detected by the abnormality detection means is canceled by the means, information indicating that the cancellation has been performed is transmitted to the predetermined information providing destination, and the predetermined information providing destination is: In addition, when the information transmitted from the second transmission unit of the vehicle is received by the second reception unit, the fact that the fact of occurrence of the abnormality detected by the abnormality detection unit has been canceled is recorded as a history. It is good also as having the cancellation history recording control means recorded on a memory | storage device.

  In the invention of this aspect, if the fact that the abnormality has occurred is canceled by performing the canceling operation before the transmission to the predetermined information providing destination indicating that the abnormality has occurred after the abnormality has occurred in the vehicle, Cancel information is transmitted to a predetermined information providing destination, and the cancellation is recorded as a history in a storage device of the predetermined information providing destination. For this reason, even when an abnormality has occurred, the transmission to the predetermined information providing destination is not completed, so that the measures for dealing with the abnormality are not executed at the predetermined information providing destination. The fact that an abnormality has occurred and the cancellation has been performed can be recorded as a history in a predetermined information providing destination.

  Moreover, in the above-described abnormality notification system, the abnormality detection means may detect an unauthorized entry into the vehicle interior of the vehicle as an abnormality.

  In the abnormality notification system described above, the predetermined information providing destination may be a center that collects information.

  Moreover, in the above-described abnormality notification system, the coping measure means may notify a predetermined contact address that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle as the measure.

  Furthermore, in the above-described abnormality notification system, the predetermined contact address may be a portable terminal carried by the owner or user of the vehicle.

  According to the present invention, the occurrence of an abnormality to a predetermined information providing destination is notified promptly after the occurrence of the abnormality, and the execution of measures for dealing with the occurrence of the abnormality at the predetermined information providing destination is stopped when the abnormality occurrence is canceled. be able to.

It is a block diagram of the abnormality notification system which is one Example of this invention. It is an operation | movement sequence of an example performed in the abnormality notification system of one Example of this invention. It is a flowchart of an example of the control routine which a center performs in the abnormality notification system of one Example of this invention. It is an operation | movement sequence of an example performed in the abnormality notification system of one Example of this invention.

  Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 shows a configuration diagram of an abnormality notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The abnormality notification system of this embodiment includes a vehicle 10, a center 12 that manages information about the vehicle 10, a mobile phone and a personal computer that are carried and carried by authorized vehicle users such as the driver and owner of the vehicle 10. , PDA and other portable terminals 14. The abnormality notification system of the present embodiment is a system that notifies the center 12 that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle 10.

  The vehicle 10 includes a theft alarm device 20 that issues an alarm for the theft of the vehicle 10. The burglar alarm device 20 has a control unit 22 mainly composed of a computer. The control unit 22 operates according to a software program stored in advance in a storage device such as a ROM. The control unit 22 includes a signal indicating opening / closing of the vehicle door (door opening / closing signal), a signal indicating locking / unlocking state of the vehicle door (locking / unlocking state signal), and a vehicle door from a wireless function or a smart function. Signals for requesting locking / unlocking (lock / unlock request signal) are respectively supplied. The control unit 22 detects opening / closing of the vehicle door based on the door opening / closing signal, detects the locking / unlocking state of the vehicle door based on the lock / unlock state signal, and based on the lock / unlock request signal. The vehicle door lock / unlock request is detected. Based on each of these detection results, the control unit 22 switches the mode as the theft alarm device 20 to any one of a warning state, an alarm state, and a no-warning state.

  An intrusion sensor 24 and an alarm device 26 are also electrically connected to the control unit 22. The intrusion sensor 24 is a sensor such as an infrared sensor or a camera that detects an intrusion from outside the vehicle compartment into the vehicle compartment. The intrusion sensor 24 supplies a signal indicating whether or not there is an intrusion into the vehicle interior to the control unit 22. The control unit 22 detects the presence or absence of unauthorized intrusion into the vehicle interior based on signals from the intrusion sensor 24 and the various signals described above. The control unit 22 issues a drive command to the alarm device 26 when unauthorized entry into the vehicle compartment is detected. The alarm device 26 is a security horn, a security lamp, or the like that warns the vehicle interior or the vicinity of the vehicle that the theft is performed when an unauthorized intrusion into the vehicle interior is detected in a warning state as described later. is there. The alarm device 26 issues an alarm according to a command from the control unit 22.

  The vehicle 10 also has a transmission device 30 that notifies the center 12 of the theft of the vehicle 10. The transmission device 30 has a control unit 32 mainly composed of a computer. The control unit 32 operates according to a software program stored in advance in a storage device such as a ROM. The control unit 32 of the transmission device 30 is electrically connected to the control unit 22 of the burglar alarm device 20 described above. The control unit 22 of the theft alarm device 20 supplies a status signal indicating the mode as the theft alarm device 20 to the control unit 32 of the transmission device 30. The control unit 32 of the transmission device 30 determines the mode of the theft alarm device 20 based on the status signal from the control unit 22 of the theft alarm device 20.

  A radio device 36 having a radio antenna 34 is electrically connected to the control unit 32. As a result of determining the mode of the burglar alarm device 20, the control unit 32 instructs the wireless device 36 to notify the wireless device 36 from the wireless antenna 34 when it should be notified. The wireless device 36 makes a report from the wireless antenna 34 to the center 12 in accordance with a command from the control unit 32.

  The center 12 includes a host computer 40. The host computer 40 operates according to a software program stored in advance in a storage device such as a ROM. A large capacity database 42 is connected to the host computer 40. The database 42 stores identification information for each authorized user of the vehicle 10 who is a user of the center 12, customer information such as a mail address, a telephone number, and vehicle identification information and a telephone number of the mobile terminal 14. ing.

  The host computer 40 of the center 12 is electrically connected to a transceiver 44 that can perform wireless communication with the vehicle 10 and the portable terminal 14 through a predetermined communication network. The transmitter / receiver 44 has a function of receiving a report transmitted from the wireless device 36 of each vehicle 10 and a function of transmitting information to the portable terminal 14. The host computer 40 of the center 12 exchanges reception data and transmission data with the transceiver 44. As will be described in detail later, the host computer 40 generates information to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 14 based on a report transmitted from the wireless device 36 of each vehicle 10, or is generated so as to be transmitted to the mobile terminal 14. Erase the information.

  The portable terminal 14 can receive information transmitted from the transceiver 44 of the center 12. The portable terminal 14 can provide the received information from the center 12 to the vehicle user by voice or image.

  Hereinafter, with reference to FIG.2 and FIG.3, operation | movement of the abnormality notification system of a present Example is demonstrated. FIG. 2 shows an example of an operation sequence executed in the abnormality notification system of this embodiment. FIG. 3 shows a flowchart of an example of a control routine executed by the host computer 40 of the center 12 in the abnormality notification system of this embodiment.

  In the burglar alarm device 20 according to the present embodiment, the control unit 22 performs a mode as the burglar alarm device 20 based on detection results based on a door opening / closing signal, a lock / unlock state signal, and a lock / unlock request signal. Is switched to a warning state, an alarm state, or a non-warning state. Specifically, it detects that any vehicle door is open based on the door opening / closing signal, and detects that any vehicle door is unlocked based on the lock / unlock state signal. If any of the conditions for detecting that the ignition switch of the vehicle is in the ON state is established, the mode as the burglar alarm device 20 is set to the no alert state.

  The control unit 22 detects that the ignition switch and the accessory switch of the vehicle are in the OFF state when the mode as the burglar alarm device 20 is set to the no-warning state, and all the vehicles based on the door opening / closing signal. Detecting that the door is closed, detecting a lock request of the vehicle door based on a lock / unlock request signal from a wireless function or a smart function, and all vehicles based on a lock / unlock status signal It is determined whether or not all conditions for detecting that the door has shifted from the unlocked state to the locked state are satisfied. And when all those conditions are materialized, the mode as the burglar alarm device 20 is changed from a no-warning state to a warning state. The transition from the no-warning state to the warning state may be performed when a state in which all the conditions for transitioning to the above-mentioned warning state are satisfied continues for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds).

  The control unit 22 detects and unlocks the vehicle door unlock request based on the lock / unlock request signal from the wireless function or the smart function when the mode as the theft alarm device 20 is set to the alert state. / Based on the unlock state signal, it is determined whether or not all conditions for detecting that the vehicle door has shifted from the locked state to the unlocked state are satisfied. And when all those conditions are materialized, the mode as the burglar alarm device 20 is changed from a warning state to a non-warning state.

  In addition, when the mode as the burglar alarm device 20 is set to a warning state, the control unit 22 determines whether there is an unauthorized intrusion from the outside of the vehicle interior to the vehicle interior based on the signal from the intrusion sensor 24 and the various signals described above. Is detected. And, detecting an unauthorized intrusion into the vehicle interior based on the signal from the intrusion sensor 24, and detecting the unlock request of the vehicle door based on the lock / unlock request signal from the wireless function or the smart function. Nevertheless, it is detected that the vehicle door has shifted from the locked state to the unlocked state based on the lock / unlock state signal, and the vehicle door is moved from the locked state to the unlocked state by inserting a mechanical key into the door key cylinder. Detecting that a vehicle door has been opened based on a door open / close signal, and detecting that an ignition switch of the vehicle has shifted from an off state to an on state. If any of the conditions is satisfied, it is determined that an unauthorized intrusion into the vehicle interior has occurred, and the theft alarm device 2 To transition mode from the alert state to the alarm state as (step 100).

  When the mode of the burglar alarm device 20 is set to the alarm state, the control unit 22 issues a drive command to alert the alarm device 26 that the theft of the vehicle 10 has been detected. When receiving a drive command from the control unit 22, the alarm device 26 issues an alarm such as intermittent horn sounding or blinking a hazard warning lamp. The alarm by the alarm device 26 may be performed only for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds). In this case, when the alarm for the predetermined time ends, the control unit 22 switches the mode as the theft alarm device 20. A transition from the alarm state to the alert state may be performed, and the process in the alert state may be repeated.

  According to such a configuration, when it is determined that an unauthorized entry into the vehicle compartment has been performed in a warning state, the alarm device 26 can issue an alarm that the vehicle 10 may be stolen. For this reason, according to the present Example, it is possible to prevent the vehicle 10 itself or the vehicle interior from being stolen.

  The control unit 22 of the burglar alarm device 20 performs a drive command to the alarm device 26 as described above, assuming that the theft act of the vehicle 10 is detected when the mode as the burglar alarm device 20 is set to the alarm state. In addition, a process of supplying a signal (alarm state signal) indicating that the mode as the theft alarm device 20 is an alarm state to the control unit 32 of the transmission device 30 is performed (step 102).

  When receiving the alarm state signal from the control unit 22 of the theft alarm device 20, the control unit 32 of the transmission device 30 determines that the mode of the theft alarm device 20 is in the alarm state. When the control unit 32 determines that the mode of the theft alarm device 20 is in the alarm state, the control unit 32 creates a message (alarm notification message) for notifying that the vehicle 10 is alarming as a message to be transmitted to the center 12. (Step 200), the wireless device 36 is instructed to send a notification for transmitting the alarm notification message from the wireless antenna 34 (Step 202). Upon receiving an instruction from the control unit 32 to notify the transmission of the alarm notification message, the wireless device 36 performs a notification of transmitting the alarm notification message from the wireless antenna 34 toward the center 12 (step 300).

  The center 12 receives the alarm notification message transmitted from the theft alarm device 20 of the vehicle 10 by the transceiver 44 (step 400). When the host computer 40 of the center 12 receives the alarm notification message by the transmitter / receiver 44, the host computer 40 first identifies the vehicle 10 that has transmitted the alarm notification message, and reads out information related to the vehicle 10 from the database 42. And the mobile terminal 14 are specified. Then, the host computer 40 stores a history indicating that an alarm is started in the specified vehicle 10 in a storage device, generates an alarm notification message to be transmitted to the specified mobile terminal 14, and further Time measurement from the reception of the alarm notification message is started (step 402).

  The host computer 40 determines whether or not the time from the reception of the warning notification message transmitted from the vehicle 10 side reaches a predetermined time T0 (for example, 60 seconds) (step 404). And when the time from reception of the warning notification message transmitted from the vehicle 10 side does not reach the predetermined time T0, the transmission command of the warning notification message to the portable terminal 14 corresponding to the vehicle 10 to the transceiver 44 On the other hand, the alarm notification message to the portable terminal 14 corresponding to the vehicle 10 is transmitted to the transceiver 44 only after the time from the reception of the alarm notification message transmitted from the vehicle 10 side reaches the predetermined time T0. A transmission command is issued (step 406). Upon receiving a warning notification message transmission command from the host computer 40, the transceiver 44 transmits the warning notification message to the mobile terminal 14 corresponding to the vehicle 10.

  When the mobile terminal 14 receives an alarm notification message transmitted from the center 12 side, the voice of the vehicle user's vehicle 10 may be detected as an unauthorized entry into the vehicle compartment and the vehicle 10 may be stolen. Or provide it to the vehicle user in an image.

  As described above, in the abnormality notification system according to the present embodiment, when it is determined that the vehicle 10 has illegally entered the vehicle interior, the vehicle 10 transmits an alarm notification message to the center 12 immediately after the intrusion is detected. In addition, the center 12 can notify the mobile terminal 14 corresponding to the vehicle 10 of the occurrence of the alarm after the predetermined time T0 has elapsed after the center 12 receives the alarm notification message. Therefore, the user of the vehicle 10 can know the unauthorized intrusion detection after a certain amount of time has elapsed after detecting the unauthorized intrusion of the vehicle 10 into the passenger compartment.

  In this embodiment, the control unit 22 of the burglar alarm device 20 of the vehicle 10 has a lock / unlock request signal from the wireless function or smart function when the mode of the burglar alarm device 20 is set to the alarm state. Whether or not all conditions for detecting the unlock request of the vehicle door based on the status and detecting the transition of the vehicle door from the locked status to the unlock status based on the lock / unlock status signal are satisfied Is determined. Then, detecting the unlock request of the vehicle door based on the lock / unlock request signal from the wireless function or the smart function, and the vehicle door has shifted from the locked state to the unlocked state based on the lock / unlock state signal. When all the conditions for detecting the above are established, it is determined that the detection of unauthorized intrusion into the vehicle interior is canceled by a normal vehicle user performing an alarm stop operation during the alarm by the alarm device 26, The mode as the theft alarm device 20 is changed from the alarm state to the unwarranted state (step 110).

  When the control unit 22 shifts the mode as the burglar alarm device 20 from the alarm state to the no-warning state, the alarm by the alarm device 26 is performed by an operation error of a regular vehicle user, and the alarm is subsequently A signal indicating that the mode as the theft alarm device 20 is an unwarranted state (unwarned state signal) is supplied to the control unit 32 of the transmitting device 30 as being canceled by the vehicle user's alarm stop operation. (Step 112).

  When the control unit 32 of the transmission device 30 receives the no-warning state signal from the control unit 22 of the theft alarm device 20, the control unit 32 determines that the mode of the theft alarm device 20 has transitioned from the alarm state to the no-warning state. When the control unit 32 determines that the mode of the theft alarm device 20 has changed from the alarm state to the no-warning state, the control unit 32 notifies the center 12 that the alarm in the vehicle 10 has been canceled (cancel message). (Notification message) is created (step 210), and a command is sent to the wireless device 36 to send a notification of the cancellation notification message from the wireless antenna 34 (step 212). When receiving a command from the control unit 32 that the cancel notification message should be transmitted, the wireless device 36 performs a notification to transmit a cancel notification message from the wireless antenna 34 to the center 12 (step 310).

  The center 12 receives the cancel notification message transmitted from the burglar alarm device 20 of the vehicle 10 by the transceiver 44 (step 410). When the host computer 40 of the center 12 receives the cancel notification message by the transmitter / receiver 44, the host computer 40 first identifies the vehicle 10 that has transmitted the cancel notification message, reads out information about the vehicle 10 from the database 42, and reads the vehicle 10 And the mobile terminal 14 are specified. Then, the host computer 40 stores in the storage device a history indicating that the fact of alarm occurrence has been canceled in the specified vehicle 10 and further indicates a history indicating that an alarm has been started in the specified vehicle 10. Is stored in the storage device, it is determined whether or not the cancellation notification message has been received before the time from the reception of the alarm notification message reaches the predetermined time T0 (step 412).

  The host computer 40 sends an alarm notification message to the portable terminal 14 corresponding to the vehicle 10 to the transceiver 44 when the predetermined time T0 has elapsed since the reception of the alarm notification message as described above (when an affirmative determination is made in step 404). If it is determined that the cancel notification message has been received before the predetermined time T0 has elapsed from the reception of the warning notification message (when the determination is affirmative in step 412), the transmission corresponds to the vehicle 10. The transmission of the alarm notification message to the mobile terminal 14 is stopped. Specifically, the transmitter / receiver 44 is not instructed to transmit the alarm notification message to the mobile terminal 14 corresponding to the vehicle 10 (step 414).

  As described above, in the abnormality notification system according to the present embodiment, after the center 12 receives the warning notification message based on the unauthorized intrusion from the vehicle 10 into the vehicle interior, the vehicle 10 is notified when the predetermined time T0 has elapsed. While it is possible to notify the corresponding mobile terminal 14 of the alarm occurrence in the vehicle 10, the center 12 cancels the vehicle 10 before the predetermined time T0 has elapsed after receiving the alarm notification message from the vehicle 10. When the notification message is received, the notification of the alarm occurrence in the vehicle 10 to the mobile terminal 14 can be canceled.

  That is, in the abnormality notification system of the present embodiment, when an unauthorized entry into the passenger compartment of the vehicle 10 is detected, an alarm notification message is transmitted / reported from the vehicle 10 to the center 12 immediately after the entry is detected. The center 12 transmits and reports the alarm notification message from the center 12 to the portable terminal 14 when a predetermined time T0 has elapsed after the reception of the alarm notification message from the vehicle 10 at the center 12. When the warning stop operation is performed by the authorized vehicle user on the vehicle 10 before the predetermined time T0 has elapsed and the cancel notification message is received from the vehicle 10 at the center 12, the center 12 sends the message to the portable terminal 14. Sending / notifying alarm notification messages can be stopped.

  For this reason, according to the abnormality notification system of the present embodiment, even if an authorized vehicle user mistakenly performs an operation for setting the mode of the theft alarm device 20 to the alarm state, after the alarm device 26 starts the alarm. By promptly performing a regular alarm stop operation, it is possible to prevent an unnecessary alarm notification from being made in the vehicle 10 from the center 12 to the mobile terminal 14 of the vehicle user. That is, after an authorized vehicle user accidentally performs an operation of setting the mode of the burglar alarm device 20 to an alarm state, the authorized vehicle user promptly performs an authorized alarm stop operation. Therefore, it is possible to reliably prevent the alarm notification to the mobile terminal 14 of the vehicle user from being canceled at the center 12.

  In addition, according to the above abnormality notification system, when an unauthorized entry into the passenger compartment is detected in the vehicle 10, it is possible to always send and report an alarm notification message from the vehicle 10 to the center 12, An alarm notification message is transmitted / reported from the vehicle 10 to the center 12 based on the intrusion detection when a predetermined time has elapsed since the intrusion detection, and an alarm stop operation is performed by a legitimate vehicle user before the predetermined time elapses. Unlike the system in which the alarm notification message is not transmitted / reported from the vehicle 10 to the center 12 based on the intrusion detection (that is, the system in which the alarm notification message is retained on the vehicle 10 side). Even when the burglar alarm device 20 or the communication device 30 is destroyed by an unauthorized intruder after the unauthorized entry into the vehicle interior is detected in the vehicle 1, the vehicle 1 Transmission and reporting of the alarm notification message to the center 12 from it can be avoided from becoming impossible. In this regard, according to the abnormality notification system of the present embodiment, when the burglar alarm device 20 or the communication device 30 is destroyed in the vehicle 10 after the unauthorized entry of the vehicle 10 into the passenger compartment is detected, Since it is possible to maintain the transmission and notification of the alarm notification message from the vehicle 10 to the center 12, it is possible to cope with the destruction.

  By the way, in the above-described embodiment, when the time from the transmission of the warning notification message from the vehicle 10 to the center 12 until the transmission of the cancellation notification message is short, the transmission of the warning notification message from the vehicle 10 to the center 12 is completed. It is possible that a cancellation notification message has been previously created and transmitted by the vehicle.

  In the abnormality notification system of the present embodiment, the control unit 22 of the theft alarm device 20 immediately supplies an alarm state signal to the control unit 32 of the transmission device 30 and sets the mode when the mode is set to the alarm state. When the alarm state is changed to the unwarned state, the unwarned state signal is immediately supplied to the control unit 32 of the transmission device 30. When receiving the alarm status signal from the theft alarm device 20 side, the control unit 32 of the transmission device 30 creates an alarm notification message and instructs the radio 36 to transmit / report the alarm notification message. As shown in FIG. 4, when the cancellation notification message is supplied from the theft alarm device 20 before the alarm notification message is transmitted / reported to the radio device 36, the alarm notification message transmission / report to the radio device 36 is stopped. On the other hand, a cancellation notification message is created, and the wireless device 36 is instructed to transmit / report the cancellation notification message. Upon receiving a cancel notification message transmission / notification command from the control unit 32, the wireless device 36 performs a notification of transmitting a cancellation notification message from the wireless antenna 34 toward the center 12.

  When the center 12 receives the cancellation notification message from the vehicle 10 side, the center 12 first identifies the vehicle 10 that has transmitted the warning notification message, reads out information about the vehicle 10 from the database 42, and uses the vehicle 10. The mobile terminal 14 is specified, and a history indicating that the fact of the alarm occurrence in the specified vehicle 10 has been canceled is stored in the storage device together with the date and time. Since the information stored in the storage device of the center 12 can be read out as appropriate, the history indicating that the alarm occurrence has been canceled in the vehicle 10 stored in the storage device of the center 12 can be read out. It is.

  Therefore, in the abnormality notification system of the present embodiment, the alarm notification message indicating that the alarm by the alarm device 26 has been performed in the vehicle 10 is not transmitted from the vehicle 10 to the center 12, and further, the alarm notification message is transmitted to the storage device of the center 12. Even if the history indicating that the alarm by the alarm device 26 has been started in the vehicle 10 is not stored, a cancel notification message indicating that the alarm in the vehicle 10 has been canceled is transmitted from the vehicle 10 to the center 12, and In the storage device of the center 12, a history indicating that the fact of the alarm occurrence in the vehicle 10 has been canceled is stored.

  Even if there is no history on the center 12 side indicating that the alarm by the alarm device 26 has started on the vehicle 10, if there is a history indicating that the fact of the alarm occurrence on the vehicle 10 has been canceled, the center 12 side 10, it can be known that the alarm by the alarm device 26 has been performed. For this reason, according to the abnormality notification system of the present embodiment, the alarm notification message is not transmitted to the mobile terminal 14 even though the alarm by the alarm device 26 is once performed in the vehicle 10. In addition, when an authorized vehicle user carrying the mobile terminal 14 inquires the center 12 that the alarm notification message has not been transmitted to the mobile terminal 14, the center 12 can respond to the inquiry. .

  In the above-described embodiment, the burglar alarm device 20 has an alarm by the alarm device 26 in the “abnormality” described in the claims, and the center 12 in the “predetermined information provider” in the claims. That the control unit 22 detects an unauthorized entry into the passenger compartment in a warning state, and that the wireless device 36 transmits an alarm notification message to the center 12 in the “abnormality detection means” described in the claims. In the “first transmission means” recited in the claims, the control unit 22 of the burglar alarm device 20 receives a lock / unlock request signal from the wireless function or the smart function during an alarm state, that is, during an alarm by the alarm device 26. Based on the detection of the vehicle door unlock request and on the basis of the lock / unlock status signal detecting that the vehicle door has transitioned from the locked state to the unlocked state. When all the conditions are satisfied, it is determined that the detection of unauthorized intrusion into the vehicle interior has been canceled by an authorized vehicle user performing an alarm stop operation, and the mode as the theft alarm device 20 is changed from the alarm state. In the “second transmission means” described in the claims, the transition to the alert state is performed in the “cancel means” described in the claims, and in the case where the wireless device 36 transmits the cancel notification message to the center 12. , Respectively.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the “first receiving means” described in the claims that the transmitter / receiver 44 of the center 12 receives an alarm notification message from the vehicle 10 side includes the host computer of the center 12. 40 transmits a warning notification message to the portable terminal 14 carried by the authorized user of the vehicle 10, and the transmitter / receiver 44 sends a cancellation notification message from the vehicle 10 side to the “countermeasure”. It is described in the claims that the host computer 40 stops the transmission / notification of the alarm notification message from the center 12 to the portable terminal 14 in the “second receiving means” described in the claims. In the “measure stop means”, the host computer 40 stores the predetermined time T0 in the “predetermined time” described in the claims. Even when the history indicating that the alarm by the alarm device 26 has been started in the vehicle 10 is not stored, the cancel notification message indicating that the alarm in the vehicle 10 is canceled from the vehicle 10 is received. Storing the history indicating that the fact of the alarm occurrence in the vehicle 10 has been canceled in the storage device of the center 12 corresponds to the “cancellation history recording control means” described in the claims.

  By the way, in the above-described embodiment, the abnormality notification system is a system for reporting unauthorized intrusion from the outside of the vehicle compartment into the vehicle compartment as an abnormality of the vehicle 10 from the vehicle 10 to the center 12, but the present invention is limited to this. Instead, the present invention may be applied to a system that reports from the vehicle 10 to the center 12 as a failure of the vehicle 10 such as a failure of the vehicle 10 itself or a failure of a vehicle-mounted device.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the predetermined time T0 required from when the center 12 receives the warning notification message from the vehicle 10 to when the center 12 transmits the warning notification message to the mobile terminal 14 is determined in advance. However, the predetermined time T <b> 0 may be changed according to the abnormality factor that causes the vehicle 10 to transition from the warning state to the alarm state, that is, the contents of the theft in the vehicle 10. In this modification, when making a report for transmitting an alarm notification message from the vehicle 10 to the center 12 to notify that an alarm is being performed on the vehicle 10, the theft notification in the vehicle 10 is included in the alarm notification message. The specific contents of are included.

  For example, as a method for detecting unauthorized intrusion into the vehicle interior of the vehicle 10, (1) detecting unauthorized intrusion into the vehicle interior based on a signal from the intrusion sensor 24, (2) wireless function or smart function Detecting that the vehicle door has shifted from the locked state to the unlocked state without being based on the vehicle door unlock request from the vehicle, and (3) the vehicle door is unlocked from the locked state by inserting the mechanical key into the door key cylinder. Detecting that the vehicle has shifted to the locked state; (4) detecting that any of the vehicle doors has been opened based on the door opening / closing signal; and (5) changing the ignition switch of the vehicle from the off state to the on state. Assuming that the transition is detected, the host computer 40 of the center 12 sends an alarm notification message from the vehicle 10. After receiving the over-di, they (1) to (5) of intrusion into any conditions cabin established in depending on whether the sensed changes the predetermined time T0. The host computer 40 detects an illegal intrusion into the vehicle interior when a condition that requires a relatively urgent need to be notified to the mobile terminal 14 is detected (for example, the condition (5) above is satisfied). The predetermined time T0 is relatively short (for example, 10 seconds), and when a relatively urgent thing is detected for notifying the mobile terminal 14 of the alarm (for example, the above) When the condition (3) is satisfied and an unauthorized entry into the vehicle interior is detected), the predetermined time T0 is made relatively long (for example, 3 minutes).

  According to such a modification, it is possible to notify the occurrence of an alarm in the vehicle 10 from the center 12 to the mobile terminal 14 of the vehicle user at a timing according to the detected content of the theft in the vehicle 10, It is possible to prevent unnecessary notification of alarm generation from the center 12 to the mobile terminal 14.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, as a measure for the center 12 to cope with detection of unauthorized entry into the passenger compartment of the vehicle 10, an alarm notification message is sent to the portable terminal 14 carried by the authorized vehicle user of the vehicle 10. The vehicle 10 may be stolen and the vehicle 10 may be stolen by an unauthorized intrusion into the vehicle compartment detected by the vehicle 10 by voice or image via the mobile terminal 14 to the authorized vehicle user. The present invention is not limited to this, and even if the call is made by an ambulance, fire engine, police, etc., or a call is made to a landline telephone or an e-mail address of a regular vehicle user. It may be.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 Vehicle 12 Center 14 Portable terminal 20 Burglar alarm device 22, 32 Control part 30 Transmitter 40 Host computer

Claims (8)

An abnormality notification system for notifying a predetermined information provider when an abnormality has occurred in a vehicle,
The vehicle includes an abnormality detection unit that detects an abnormality, a first transmission unit that transmits information indicating the occurrence of an abnormality to the predetermined information providing destination when an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detection unit, After the abnormality is detected by the abnormality detection means, when a predetermined cancel operation is performed, the cancellation means for canceling the fact that the abnormality has been detected by the abnormality detection means, and the abnormality detection means by the cancellation means A second transmission means for transmitting information indicating that the cancellation has been performed to the predetermined information providing destination when the detected fact of occurrence of the abnormality is canceled;
The predetermined information providing destination includes a first receiving unit that receives information transmitted from the first transmitting unit of the vehicle, and a transmission from the first transmitting unit of the vehicle to the first receiving unit. When the information to be received is received, the countermeasure means for executing the countermeasure for dealing with the occurrence of abnormality in the vehicle, and the second receiving means for receiving the information transmitted from the second transmitting means of the vehicle And information transmitted from the second transmission means of the vehicle to the second reception means after the information transmitted from the first transmission means of the vehicle is received by the first reception means. And a measure canceling means for canceling the execution of the measure by the coping measure means when the message is received. The coping measure means executes the measure when a predetermined time elapses after the first receiving means receives information transmitted from the first transmitting means of the vehicle, and
The measure canceling means is configured such that the first receiving means receives the information transmitted from the first transmitting means of the vehicle, and then the second receiving means receives the vehicle before the predetermined time elapses. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, wherein when the information transmitted from the second transmission unit is received, the execution of the measure by the coping measure unit is stopped. The information transmitted from the first transmission means includes information indicating that an abnormality has occurred and information indicating the content of the abnormality that has occurred in the vehicle,
3. The abnormality notification system according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined information providing destination has time changing means for changing the predetermined time according to the content of the abnormality transmitted from the first transmission means. The second transmission unit is detected by the abnormality detection unit by the cancellation unit before the transmission of the information indicating the occurrence of the abnormality from the first transmission unit to the predetermined information providing destination is completed. When the fact that the abnormality has occurred is canceled, information indicating that the cancellation has been performed is transmitted to the predetermined information providing destination,
The predetermined information providing destination may also be the fact that an abnormality has been detected by the abnormality detecting means when the second receiving means receives information transmitted from the second transmitting means of the vehicle. 4. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, further comprising: a cancellation history recording control unit that records, in the storage device, the fact that the item is canceled as a history. 5.   The abnormality notification system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the abnormality detection unit detects an unauthorized intrusion into the passenger compartment of the vehicle as an abnormality.   6. The abnormality notification system according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined information providing destination is a center that collects information.   The abnormality handling system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the coping measure means notifies the predetermined contact address that an abnormality has occurred in the vehicle as the measure.   The abnormality notification system according to claim 7, wherein the predetermined contact address is a portable terminal carried by an owner or a user of the vehicle.

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