Method and system for preventing accident

• US 20030078783A1
• Filed: 10/17/2002
• Published: 04/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Shinichi, Onoue, Junichi
• Application Number:
  US10/273,011
• Publication Number:
  US 20030078783A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 704/273
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/257 Voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/305 using a camera
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00563 using personal physical data of the operator, e.g. finger prints, retinal images, voicepatterns
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/257 electronically G07C9/26 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/28 the pass enabling tracking or indicating presence

Abstract

A method for preventing an incident using a dialog-type apparatus capable of performing a dialog with a human being. The includes the steps of the dialog-type apparatus detecting a human being; the dialog-type apparatus performing a dialog with the human being; the dialog-type apparatus determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred based on a result of the dialog; and the dialog-type apparatus making a report when it is determined that the abnormality has occurred.

Claims

1. A method for preventing an incident using a dialog-type apparatus capable of performing a dialog with a human being, the method comprising the steps of:

the dialog-type apparatus detecting a human being;

the dialog-type apparatus performing a dialog with the human being;

the dialog-type apparatus determining whether or not an abnormality has occurred based on a result of the dialog; and

the dialog-type apparatus making a report when it is determined that the abnormality has occurred.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the abnormality refers to a situation where the human being is not a user of the dialog-type apparatus, or the human being is a user of the dialog-type apparatus and is not in a normal state.

10. A method according to claim 1, wherein the dialog-type apparatus is installed in a vehicle.

13. A method according to claim 1, wherein the dialog-type apparatus is installed in a house.

3. A method for preventing an incident using a dialog-type apparatus capable of performing a dialog with a human being, the method comprising the steps of:

the dialog-type apparatus detecting a human being;

the dialog-type apparatus performing a dialog with the human being regarding a user of the dialog-type apparatus;

the dialog-type apparatus determining whether or not the human being is the user based on a result of the dialog;

the dialog-type apparatus determining whether or not the user is in a normal state when it is determined that the human being is the user; and

the dialog-type apparatus making a report when it is determined that the user is not in a normal state.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the dialog-type apparatus outputs a line of dialog to the user and checks a response thereto, thereby determining whether or not the user is in a normal state.

11. A method according to claim 3, wherein the dialog-type apparatus is installed in a vehicle.

14. A method according to claim 3, wherein the dialog-type apparatus is installed in a house.

5. A method for preventing a crime using a dialog-type apparatus capable of performing a dialog with a human being, the method comprising the steps of:

the dialog-type apparatus detecting a human being;

the dialog-type apparatus receiving location information which indicates a location of a user of the dialog-type apparatus;

the dialog-type apparatus determining whether or not the human being is the user based on the location information; and

the dialog-type apparatus making a report when it is determined that the human being is not the user.

6. A method according to claim 5, wherein the dialog-type apparatus receives the location information from another dialog-type apparatus via a communication line.

7. A method according to claim 5, wherein the step of the dialog-type apparatus determining whether or not the human being is the user based on the location information includes the steps of:

the dialog-type apparatus determining whether or not the user is absent based on the location information;

the dialog-type apparatus performing a dialog with the human being regarding the user when it is determined that the user is absent; and

the dialog-type apparatus determining whether or not the human being is the user based on a result of the dialog.

8. A method according to claim 5, further comprising the steps of:

the dialog-type apparatus determining whether or not the user is in a normal state when it is determined that the human being is the user; and

the dialog-type apparatus making a report when it is determined that the user is not in a normal state.

9. A method according to claim 5, wherein the dialog-type apparatus refers to dialog history in a dialog history database of another dialog-type apparatus.

12. A method according to claim 5, wherein the dialog-type apparatus is installed in a vehicle.

15. A method according to claim 5, wherein the dialog-type apparatus is installed in a house.

16. A system including a plurality of dialog-type apparatuses which are connected to each other via a communication network, each of the plurality of dialog-type apparatuses being structured so as to be capable of performing a dialog with a human being, each of the plurality of dialog-type apparatuses comprising:

a detection section for detecting a human being;

a location information memory for storing location information which indicates a location of a user of the dialog-type apparatus;

a receiving section for receiving the location information from the location information memory of another dialog-type apparatus in the system via the communication network;

a determination section for determining whether or not the human being detected by the detection section is the user based on the location information received from the another dialog-type apparatus; and

a reporting section for making a report when it is determined that the human being is not the user.

17. A system according to claim 16, wherein the determination section determines whether or not the user is absent based on the location information;

when it is determined that the user is absent, performs a dialog regarding the user with the human being detected by the detection section; and

determines whether or not the human being is the user based on a result of the dialog.

18. A system according to claim 16, wherein when it is determined that the human being detected by the detection section is the user, the determination section further determines whether or not the user is in a normal state;

and when it is determined that the user is not in a normal state, the reporting section makes a report.