CRIME PREVENTION SYSTEM USING HUMAN BODY COMMUNICATION AND CRIME PREVENTION METHOD USING HUMAN BODY COMMUNICATION

• US 20110148640A1
• Filed: 11/19/2010
• Published: 06/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
• Inventors: KANG, Tae Wook, Kim, Sung Eun, Park, Hyung II, Hwang, Jung Hwan, Kim, Kyung Soo, Kim, Jung Bum, Hyoung, Chang Hee, Park, Kyung Hwan, Lim, In Gi, Choi, Byoung Gun, Kang, Sung Weon, Kang, Tae Young, Hyun, Seok Bong
• Granted Patent: US 8,487,773 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0202 Child monitoring systems using a transmitter-receiver system carried by the parent and the child
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0269 System arrangements wherein the object is to detect the exact location of child or item using a navigation satellite system, e.g. GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/22 responsive to presence or absence of persons
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 13/005 Transmission systems in which the medium consists of the human body

Abstract

Disclosed are a crime prevention system using human body communication and a crime prevention method using human body communication capable of actively and effectively preventing a generation of a crime by using human body communication. The crime prevention system using human body communication includes: a monitoring device attached to a monitoring target to sense his physical contact with an observer and providing information obtained by monitoring the monitoring target through human body communication when body contact of the monitoring target with the observer is sensed; and a reception device attached to the observer, receiving the monitoring information through human body communication, and transmitting the monitoring information to a pre-set destination. A criminal act of the monitoring target may be prevented in advance, and when a criminal act is attempted, an observer who may fall a victim of the criminal act can actively cope with the situation.

Claims

1. A crime prevention system using human body communication, the system comprising:

a monitoring device attached to a monitoring target to sense his physical contact with an observer and providing information obtained by monitoring the monitoring target through human body communication when body contact of the monitoring target with the observer is sensed; and

a reception device attached to the observer, receiving the monitoring information through human body communication, and transmitting the monitoring information to a pre-set destination.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring device transmits a monitoring signal for sensing body contact with the monitoring target'"'"'s body, and senses body contact based on a signal in response to the transmitted monitoring signal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein when body contact is sensed, the monitoring device outputs a warning signal to the monitoring target.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring information comprises at least one of location information of the monitoring target, body contact time, personal information regarding the monitoring target, and biographical information regarding the monitoring target.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring device comprises:

a first human body communication unit providing the monitoring information to the reception device through human body communication;

a location detection unit detecting a current location of the monitoring device;

a first controller determining whether or not there has been body contact and providing control to transmit the monitoring information to the pre-set destination; and

a first wireless communication unit transmitting the monitoring information to the pre-set destination under the control of the first controller.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the monitoring device further comprises:

a biometric signal detection unit detecting a biometric signal of the monitoring target; and

a first warning signal output unit outputting a warning signal according to control signal from the first controller.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the reception device transmits the monitoring information to a mobile terminal of the observer by using a short range wireless communication technique.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the reception device transmits the monitoring information to the pre-set destination by using a mobile communication technique.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein when the reception device receives the monitoring information, it outputs a warning signal.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the reception device comprises:

a second human body communication unit receiving the monitoring information provided from the monitoring device through human body communication;

a second controller providing control to transmit the monitoring information to the pre-set destination, when the monitoring information is received; and

a second wireless communication unit transmitting the monitoring information to the pre-set destination under the control of the second controller.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

a central control device receiving the monitoring information from at least one of the monitoring device and the reception device, and transmitting the monitoring information to a destination corresponding to the received monitoring information.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the central control device comprises:

a third controller detecting a destination address corresponding to the received monitoring information and providing control to transmit the monitoring information to the detected destination address;

a third communication unit transmitting the monitoring information to the destination address by using a wired or wireless interface under the control of the third controller; and

a database including the destination address corresponding to the monitoring information.

13. A crime prevention method using human body communication of a system including a monitoring device attached to a monitoring target, a reception device attached to an observer, not the monitoring target, and a central control device receiving data from the monitoring device and the reception device, the method comprising:

determining, by the monitoring device, whether or not the monitoring target comes into contact with the observer'"'"'s body;

when the body contact is generated, transmitting, by the monitoring device, monitoring information to the reception device and the central control device through human body communication;

transmitting, by the reception device, the received monitoring information to at least one of a mobile terminal of the observer and the central control device; and

receiving, by the central control device, the monitoring information from at least one of the monitoring device and the reception device, and transmitting the monitoring information to a destination corresponding to the received monitoring information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining, by the monitoring device, of whether or not the monitoring target comes into contact with the observer'"'"'s body comprises:

transmitting, by the monitoring device, a monitoring signal for detecting body contact with the monitoring target'"'"'s body; and

detecting body contact based on a signal received in response to the monitoring signal.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

when it is determined that body contact has happened, outputting, by at least one of the monitoring device and the reception device, a warning signal.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the monitoring information comprises at least one of location information of the monitoring target, body contact time, personal information regarding the monitoring target, and biographical information regarding the monitoring target.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the receiving, by the central control device, the monitoring information from at least one of the monitoring device and the reception device and transmitting the monitoring information to a destination corresponding to the received monitoring information comprises:

reading, by the central control device, a destination address corresponding to the received monitoring information from a database; and

transmitting the monitoring information to the read destination address.