Information notifying method and apparatus

• US 20030005332A1
• Filed: 12/14/2001
• Published: 01/02/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Xerox Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kudo, Hirotake, Abe, Hitoshi, Horikiri, Kazunori, Kano, Yusuke
• Granted Patent: US 7,186,271 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/201
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19602 Image analysis to detect motion of the intruder, e.g. by frame subtraction
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19658 Telephone systems used to communicate with a camera, e.g. PSTN, GSM, POTS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves

Abstract

When a security server detects an abnormality in the building by a sensor, the security server sends an abnormality notification mail that has embedded a link to image information shot by a supervision camera upon detection of an abnormality and a mail address of the security server to a portable telephone terminal and in case neither access from the portable telephone terminal to the image information nor a response mail is confirmed, determines that the abnormality mail is not confirmed by the user and notifies occurrence of the abnormality to a security center.

Claims

1. An information notifying method comprising the steps of:

supervising physical phenomenon of a predetermined supervision area;

when the physical phenomenon is detected by supervising, notifying detection information indicating that the physical phenomenon is detected to a first external apparatus;

determining whether user of the first external apparatus has accessed the notified detection information or not; and

when it is determined that the user has not accessed the detection information, notifying the detection information to a second external apparatus.

2. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein when it is determined at a time when a predetermined period has been elapsed from notifying the detection information to the first external apparatus that the user has not accessed the detection information, the detection information is notified to the second external apparatus.

3. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the detection information is notified to the first external apparatus a predetermined times;

and

when it is determined after the predetermined times of notification that the user has not accessed the detection information, the detection information is notified to the second external apparatus.

4. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein when the detected physical phenomenon has a particular content, the detection information is notified to the second external apparatus without waiting for the determination that whether the user of the first external apparatus has accessed the notified detection information or not.

5. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the detection information notified to the first external apparatus is different from the detection information notified to the second external apparatus in content.

6. The information notifying method according to claim 5, the detection information notified to the second external apparatus includes information whether the user has accessed the detection information notified to the first external apparatus.

7. The information notifying method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving access completion information indicating that the user has accessed the detection information notified to the first external apparatus from the first external apparatus; and

when the access completion information is received, determining that the user has accessed the detection information notified to the first external apparatus.

8. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the access completion information in an e-mail.

9. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the detection information notified to the first external apparatus includes at least one of still image and moving image of the detected physical phenomenon.

10. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the information notified to the second external apparatus is a non-image.

11. An information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the step of notifying the detection information to the first external apparatus is preformed by using an e-mail.

12. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the step of notifying the detection information to the first external apparatus is performed by using voice utilizing telephone lines.

13. The information notifying method according to claim 1,

wherein the step of notifying the detection information to the first external apparatus is preformed by using an e-mail;

and

when it is determined that the user has not accessed the detection information notified by using the e-mail, the step of notifying the detection information to the first external apparatus is performed by using voice utilizing telephone lines.

14. The information notifying method according to claim 1,

wherein the first external apparatus is a plurality of first external apparatuses;

the detection information is notified to each of first external apparatuses; and

when it is determined that all of the users of the plurality of first external apparatuses have not accessed the detection information, the detection information is notified to the second external apparatus.

15. The information notifying method according to claim 14,

wherein the plurality of external units are portable terminals, respectively;

and

the step of notifying the detection information to the plurality of first external apparatuses is performed while giving priority to the portable telephone terminal closest to the supervision area based on location information of each of portable telephone terminals detected by using location detection function of each of portable telephone terminals.

16. The information notifying method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of notifying to the first external apparatus that the detection information has been notified to the second external apparatus.

17. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the detection information includes information used to grasp content of the physical phenomenon.

18. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the step of determining whether the user of the first external apparatus has accessed the notified detection information or not is performed on a basis of information indication that whether the first external apparatus is in a state where the first external apparatus can receive the detection information or not.

19. The information notifying method according to claim 1, wherein the first external apparatus is a portable terminal.

34. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the first external apparatus is a plurality of first external apparatuses;

the first notification unit notifies the detection information to each of first external apparatuses; and

when the determination unit determines that all of the users of the plurality of first external apparatuses have not accessed the detection information, the second notification unit notifies the detection information to the second external apparatus.

20. An information notifying method comprising the steps of:

supervising physical phenomenon in a predetermined supervision area;

when the physical phenomenon is detected by the supervising, notifying first detection information indicating the physical phenomenon is detected to first external apparatus; and

notifying second detection information indicating that the physical phenomenon is detected to second external apparatus,

wherein the first detection information is different from the second detection information in content.

21. An information notifying apparatus comprising:

a supervision unit adapted to supervise physical phenomenon in a predetermined supervision area;

a first notification unit adapted to notifying detection information indicating that the physical phenomenon has been detected to first external apparatus when the physical phenomenon has been detected by the supervision unit,

a determination unit adapted to determine whether user of the first external apparatus has accessed the notified detection information, and

a second notification unit adapted to notify the detection information when the determination unit determines that the user has not accessed the notified detection information.

22. The information notifying apparatus according claim 21, wherein when the determination unit determines that the user has not accessed the detection information at a time when a predetermined period has been elapsed from notifying the detection information to the first external apparatus, the second notification unit notifies the detection information to the second external apparatus.

23. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21,

wherein the first notification unit notifies detection information to the first external apparatus a predetermined number of times;

and

when the determination unit determines after the predetermined times of notification that the user has not accessed the detection information, the second notification unit notifies the detection information to the second external apparatus.

24. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, wherein when the detected physical phenomenon has a particular content, the second notification unit notifies the detection information to the second external apparatus without waiting that the determination unit determinates whether the user of the first external apparatus has accessed the notified detection information or not.

25. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the detection information notified to the first external apparatus is different from the detection information notified to the second external apparatus in content.

26. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 25, wherein the second notification unit notifies to the second external apparatus the detection information including information whether the user has accessed the detection information notified to the first external apparatus.

27. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the determination unit receives access completion information indicating that the user has accessed the detection information notified to the first external apparatus from the first external apparatus;

and

when the determination unit receives the access completion information, the determination unit determines that the user has accessed the detection information notified to the first external apparatus.

28. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 27, wherein the access completion information in an e-mail.

29. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the detection information notified to the first external apparatus includes at least one of still image and moving image of the detected physical phenomenon.

30. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the information notified to the second external apparatus is a non-image.

31. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the first notification unit notifies the detection information to the first external apparatus by using an e-mail.

32. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the first notification unit notifies the detection information to the first external apparatus by using voice utilizing telephone lines.

33. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21,

wherein the first notification unit notifies the detection information to the first external apparatus by using an e-mail;

and

when the determination unit determines that the user has not accessed the detection information notified by using the e-mail, the first notification unit notifies the detection information to the first external apparatus by using voice utilizing telephone lines.

35. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 34,

wherein the plurality of external units are portable terminals, respectively;

and

the first notification unit notifies the detection information to the plurality of first external apparatuses while giving priority to the portable telephone terminal closest to the supervision area based on location information of each of portable telephone terminals detected by using location detection function of each of portable telephone terminals.

36. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the first notification unit notifies information indicating that the detection information has been notified to the second external apparatus to the first external apparatus.

37. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the detection information includes information used to grasp content of the physical phenomenon.

38. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, the determination unit determines whether the user of the first external apparatus has accessed the notified detection information or not on a basis of information indication that whether the first external apparatus is in a state where the first external apparatus can receive the detection information or not.

39. The information notifying apparatus according to claim 21, wherein the first external apparatus is a portable terminal.

40. An information notifying apparatus comprising

a supervision unit adapted to supervise physical phenomenon in a predetermined supervision area;

a first notification unit adapted to notify first detection information indicating the physical phenomenon is detected to first external apparatus, when the physical phenomenon is detected by the supervision unit; and

a second notification unit adapted to notify second detection information indicating that the physical phenomenon is detected to second external apparatus,

wherein the first detection information is different from the second detection information in content.