Monitor system, central monitor apparatus, on-vehicle monitor apparatus, monitor method, monitor program, computer-readable recording medium containing the same

• US 20070075847A1
• Filed: 12/06/2006
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Original Assignee: Omron Corporation
• Inventors: Ando, Tanichi, Kobayashi, Hideyuki, Oyagi, Masayuki
• Application Number:
  US11/634,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20070075847A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/426.100
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/1004 Alarm systems characterised by the type of sensor, e.g. current sensing means using door lock sensors B60R25/1001
• 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 25/104 characterised by the type of theft warning signal, e.g. visual or audible signals with special characteristics
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/33 of global position, e.g. by providing GPS coordinates
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/008 Earthquake measurement or prediction event detection for microseismic events G01V1/288
• CPC Class Codes: G01V 1/01 Measuring or predicting earthquakes

Abstract

A monitoring system which can monitor a plurality of vehicles (1) includes vibration sensing units (15) each sensing a vibration of the associated vehicle (1), a sensed time specifying unit (20b) which specifies an instant at which the vibration of the vehicle (1) is sensed by the vibration sensing unit, and an abnormality determining unit (20a) which determines, when a vibration of one of the vehicles (1) is sensed by the associated vibration sensing unit (15), whether the vibration is caused by preparations for theft with respect to the vehicle (1) or the vibration is caused by environmental influences on the vehicle (1). The abnormality determining unit (20a) carries out the determination on ground of sensing results obtained by the vibration sensing units (15) of the respective vehicles (1) and a result of specification carried out by the sensed time specifying unit (20b). With this, a possibility of incorrectly identifying a vibration not being attributed to preparations for theft as a vibration attributed to preparations for theft.

Claims

1. An event identification system which identifies an event occurring in objects, comprising:

sensing units each of which is attached to a different one of the objects and senses an event occurring on that object;

a sensed time specifying unit which specifies a time at which an event is sensed by one of the sensing units; and

a determining unit which determines, when one of the objects senses an event by the associated sensing unit, whether the event is peculiar to said one of the objects or the event is caused by environmental influences on said one of the objects, the determining unit performing a determination on ground of sensing results obtained by the respective sensing units of the objects and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit.

2. The event identification system as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

a position specifying unit which specifies positions of the objects, the determining unit performing the determination further on ground of a result of specification by the position specifying unit.

3. The event identification system as defined in claim 1, wherein, the objects are vehicles.

6. The central event identification apparatus as defined in claim 3, wherein, the objects are vehicles.

4. A central event identification apparatus for identifying an event occurring on objects, comprising:

a receiving unit which receives a sensing result from sensing units each of which is provided in a different one of the objects in order to sense an event occurring on that object;

a sensed time specifying unit for specifying a time at which an event is sensed by one of the sensing units; and

a determining unit which determines, when one of the objects senses an event by the associated sensing unit, whether the event is peculiar to said one of the objects or the event is caused by environmental influences on said one of the objects,

the determining unit performing a determination on ground of sensing results obtained by the respective sensing units of the objects and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit.

5. The central event identification apparatus as defined in claim 4, further comprising:

a position specifying unit which specifies positions of the objects, the determining unit performing the determination further on ground of a result of specification by the position specifying unit.

7. An on-board event identification apparatus which is attached to an object and identifies an event occurring on the object, comprising:

a sensing unit which senses an event occurring on the object;

a receiving unit which receives a sensing result, which is obtained by a sensing unit of another object, from a central apparatus which collects and transmits the sensing result obtained by the sensing unit of said another object;

a sensed time specifying unit which specifies times at which respective events are sensed by the sensing unit of the object and the sensing unit of said another object; and

a determining unit which determines, when the object senses an event by the sensing unit, whether the event is peculiar to the object or the event is caused by environmental influences on the object,

the determining unit performing a determination on ground of a sensing result obtained by the sensing unit of the object, the sensing result obtained by the sensing unit of said another object, and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit.

8. The on-board event identification apparatus as defined in claim 7, wherein, the object is a vehicle.

9. A method of identifying an event occurring on objects, comprising the steps of:

(i) sensing an event occurring on one of the objects by sensing units each being attached to a different one of the objects;

(ii) specifying, by a sensed time specifying unit, a time at which an event is sensed by one of the sensing units; and

(iii) when one of the objects senses an event by the associated sensing unit, determining, by a determining unit, whether the event is peculiar to said one of the objects or the event is caused by environmental influences on said one of the objects, the step (iii) being performed by the determining unit, on ground of sensing results obtained by the respective sensing units of the objects and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit.

10. The method as defined in claim 9, further comprising the step of specifying positions of the objects by a position specifying unit, the determining unit performing a determination further on ground of a result of specification by the position specifying unit.

11. The method as defined in claim 9, wherein, the objects are vehicles.