Monitor system, central monitor apparatus, on-vehicle monitor apparatus, monitor method, monitor program, computer-readable recording medium containing the same
First Claim
1. A monitoring system for monitoring vehicles in order to sense the occurrence of an abnormality, comprising:
- vibration sensing units each of which is attached to a different one of the vehicles and senses a vibration of that vehicle;
a sensed time specifying unit which specifies a time at which a vibration is sensed by one of the vibration sensing units; and
an abnormality determining unit which determines, when one of the vehicles senses a vibration by the associated vibration sensing unit, whether the vibration is caused by preparations for theft vis-à
-vis said one of the vehicles or the vibration is caused by environmental influences on said one of the vehicles, the abnormality determining unit performing a determination based on sensing results obtained by the respective vibration sensing units of the vehicles within a predetermined time period and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit that more than one of the vibration sensing units senses a vibration within the predetermined time period.
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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.
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15 Claims
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1. A monitoring system for monitoring vehicles in order to sense the occurrence of an abnormality, comprising:
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vibration sensing units each of which is attached to a different one of the vehicles and senses a vibration of that vehicle; a sensed time specifying unit which specifies a time at which a vibration is sensed by one of the vibration sensing units; and an abnormality determining unit which determines, when one of the vehicles senses a vibration by the associated vibration sensing unit, whether the vibration is caused by preparations for theft vis-à
-vis said one of the vehicles or the vibration is caused by environmental influences on said one of the vehicles, the abnormality determining unit performing a determination based on sensing results obtained by the respective vibration sensing units of the vehicles within a predetermined time period and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit that more than one of the vibration sensing units senses a vibration within the predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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2. A monitoring system for monitoring vehicles in order to sense the occurrence of an abnormality, comprising:
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vibration sensing units each of which is attached to a different one of the vehicles and senses a vibration of that vehicle; a sensed time specifying unit which specifies a time at which a vibration is sensed by one of the vibration sensing units; an abnormality determining unit which determines, when one of the vehicles senses a vibration by the associated vibration sensing unit, whether the vibration is caused by preparations for theft vis-à
-vis said one of the vehicles or the vibration is caused by environmental influences on said one of the vehicles, the abnormality determining unit performing a determination based on sensing results obtained by the respective vibration sensing units of the vehicles and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit; anda vehicle position specifying unit which specifies positions of the vehicles, the abnormality determining unit performing the determination further on based on a result of specification by the vehicle position specifying unit. - View Dependent Claims (3)
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4. A monitoring system for monitoring vehicles in order to sense the occurrence of an abnormality, comprising:
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vibration sensing units each of which is attached to a different one of the vehicles and senses a vibration of that vehicle; a sensed time specifying unit which specifies a time at which a vibration is sensed by one of the vibration sensing units; and an abnormality determining unit which determines, when one of the vehicles senses a vibration by the associated vibration sensing unit, whether the vibration is caused by preparations for theft vis-à
-vis said one of the vehicles or the vibration is caused by environmental influences on said one of the vehicles, the abnormality determining unit performing a determination based on sensing results obtained by the respective vibration sensing units of the vehicles and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit;wherein, the abnormality determining unit assumes whether or not vibrations of the vehicles are caused by an identical reason, by comparing the vibrations based on sensing results obtained by the respective vibration sensing units of the vehicles, and the determination is carried out in accordance with a result of assumption.
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7. A central monitoring apparatus for monitoring vehicles in order to sense the occurrence of an abnormality, comprising:
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a receiving unit which receives a sensing result from vibration sensing units each of which is provided in a different one of the vehicles in order to sense a vibration of that vehicle; a sensed time specifying unit for specifying a time at which a vibration is sensed by one of the vibration sensing units; and an abnormality determining unit which determines, when one of the vehicles senses a vibration by the associated vibration sensing unit, whether the vibration is caused by preparations for theft vis-à
-vis said one of the vehicles or the vibration is caused by environmental influences on said one of the vehicles, the abnormality determining unit performing a determination based on sensing results obtained by the respective vibration sensing units of the vehicles within a predetermined time period and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit that more than one of the vibration sensing units senses a vibration within predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11)
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8. A central monitoring apparatus for monitoring vehicles in order to sense the occurrence of an abnormality, comprising:
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a receiving unit which receives a sensing result from vibration sensing units each of which is provided in a different one of the vehicles in order to sense a vibration of that vehicle; a sensed time specifying unit for specifying a time at which a vibration is sensed by one of the vibration sensing units; and an abnormality determining unit which determines, when one of the vehicles senses a vibration by the associated vibration sensing unit, whether the vibration is caused by preparations for theft vis-à
-vis said one of the vehicles or the vibration is caused by environmental influences on said one of the vehicles, the abnormality determining unit performing a determination based on sensing results obtained by the respective vibration sensing units of the vehicles and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit; anda vehicle position specifying unit which specifies positions of the vehicles, the abnormality determining unit performing the determination further based on a result of specification by the vehicle position specifying unit. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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12. An on-board monitoring apparatus which is attached to a vehicle and monitors the vehicle in order to sense the occurrence of an abnormality in the vehicle, comprising:
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a vibration sensing unit which senses a vibration of the vehicle;
a receiving unit which receives a sensing result, which is obtained by a vibration sensing unit of another vehicle, from a central monitoring apparatus which collects and transmits the sensing result obtained by the vibration sensing unit of said another vehicle;a sensed time specifying unit which specifies times at which respective vibrations are sensed by the vibration sensing unit of the vehicle and the vibration sensing unit of said another vehicle; and an abnormality determining unit which determines, when the vehicle senses a vibration by the vibration sensing unit, whether the vibration is caused by preparations for theft vis-à
-vis the vehicle or the vibration is caused by environmental influences on the vehicle, the abnormality determining unit performing a determination based on a sensing result obtained by the vibration sensing unit of the vehicle, the sensing result obtained by the vibration sensing unit of said another vehicle within a predetermined time period, and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit that more than one of the vibration sensing units senses a vibration within the predetermined time period.
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13. A method of monitoring vehicles in order to sense the occurrence of an abnormality, comprising the steps of:
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(i) sensing a vibration of one of the vehicles by vibration sensing units each being attached to a different one of the vehicles; (ii) specifying, by a sensed time specifying unit, a time at which a vibration is sensed by one of the vibration sensing units; and (iii) when one of the vehicles senses a vibration by the associated vibration sensing unit, determining, by an abnormality determining unit, whether the vibration is caused by preparations for theft vis-à
-vis said one of the vehicles or the vibration is caused by environmental influences on said one of the vehicles, the step (iii) being performed by the abnormality determining unit, based on sensing results obtained by the respective vibration sensing units of the vehicles within a predetermined time period and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit that more than one of the vibration sensing units senses a vibration within the predetermined time period.
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14. A monitoring program for operating a central monitoring apparatus, the monitoring program comprising machine-readable program code on a medium for causing, when executed, the central monitoring apparatus to perform the following steps:
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receiving a sensing result from vibration sensing units each of which is provided in a different one of the vehicles in order to sense a vibration of that vehicle; specifying a time at which a vibration is sensed by one of the vibration sensing units; and determining when one of the vehicles senses a vibration by the associated vibration sensing unit, whether the vibration is caused by preparations for theft vis-à
-vis said one of the vehicles or the vibration is caused by environmental influences on said one of the vehicles, the determining based on the sensing results obtained by the respective vibration sensing units of the vehicles within a predetermined time period and a result of specification by the sensed time specifying unit that more than one of the vibration sensing units senses a vibration within the predetermined time period. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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