Supporting system

• US 20030102973A1
• Filed: 03/28/2002
• Published: 06/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allied Telesis Holdings KK
• Original Assignee: Allied Telesis Holdings KK
• Inventors: Satoh, Kazuhiko
• Granted Patent: US 6,774,784 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12

Abstract

When an IC card 1 is inserted into an IC card reader 2 of an emergency notification box 101, the name and so on of an aged person are read to be inputted to a controlling section 4, and this information is sent out as an emergency notification signal from a communication section 6 by a controlling section 4 via a public telephone line 7 to a receiving device 102 of a place to be contacted which is stored in advance. In the receiving section 102, the name and so on of an aged person is outputted from a speaker 12, and furthermore, a warning light 13 is lighted and a vibrator 14 is vibrated to notify an emergency.

Claims

1. A supporting system for aged people using an IC card, comprising:

an emergency notification box for reading information on an IC card and sending out the information as an emergency notification signal to an external part via a public telephone line; and

a receiving device for receiving the emergency notification signal sent out from said emergency notification box via the public telephone line and performing notification processing.

2. A supporting system for aged people using an IC card according to claim 1,

wherein said emergency notification box includes an IC card reader and an interconnecting device.

3. A supporting system for aged people using an IC card according to claim 2,

wherein the interconnecting device is structured to read the information on the IC card inserted into the IC card reader via the IC card reader and to send out the information to a notification destination stored in advance by including the information in a predetermined emergency notification signal.

4. A supporting system for aged people using an IC card according to claim 3,

wherein said emergency notification box includes a voice inputting means and the interconnecting device is structured to send out aural data.

5. A supporting system for aged people using an IC card according to claim 4,

wherein the interconnecting device is structured to send out information stored in advance when a voice is inputted.

6. An emergency notification box, comprising:

an IC card reader for reading information on an IC card inserted thereto;

a controlling section for processing the information on an IC card which is obtained by said IC card reader to enable a information to be sent out to a notification destination stored in advance by including a information in a predetermined emergency notification signal; and

a communication section for sending out an emergency notification signal outputted by said controlling section via a public telephone line.

7. An emergency notification box according to claim 6, further comprising:

a voice inputting means for performing processing for converting a voice into a digital signal which can be sent out via a public telephone line,

wherein, when a signal is outputted from said voice inputting means, said controlling section is structured to send out an output signal to a notification destination stored in advance via said communication section.

8. An emergency notification box according to claim 7,

wherein said controlling section is structured to send out an output signal of said voice inputting means via said communication section and to send out information stored in advance via said communication section.

9. An emergency notification box according to claim 8,

wherein said controlling section is structured to send out personal information stored in advance via said communication section as an aural signal when only a voice is inputted.

10. A receiving device,

wherein, when an emergency notification signal is inputted via a public telephone line, necessary information is extracted from an emergency notification signal so that the extracted information is notified to a user.

11. A receiving device, according to claim 10,

wherein, when an emergency notification signal is received, either one of sounding of a speaker, lighting of a warning light, vibration of a vibrator is executed as notification to a user.