Digital security system, method and program

• US 9,761,120 B2
• Filed: 10/28/2013
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Technomirai Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Technomirai Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Miwa, Kazuo
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, MAHENDRA R
• Application Number:
  US15/032,971
• Publication Number:
  US 20160260316A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,415 Days
• Field of Search: 4554041, 4554353, 340307
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/08 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for evaluating the respiratory organs A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 19/086 for remote indication
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/0297 Robbery alarms, e.g. hold-up alarms, bag snatching alarms
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/016 Personal emergency signalling and security systems emergency non-personal manually actuated alarm activators G08B25/12
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/08 using communication transmission lines G08B13/19658, G08B21/0286, G08B25/016 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/026 using e-messaging for transporting management information, e.g. email, instant messaging or chat
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]

Abstract

Provided are a digital security system, method and a program that prevent erroneous reports and failed reports to improve reliability, while allowing reporting an abnormal situation in security, even in front of a suspicious person, without the suspicious person'"'"'s awareness. The digital security system comprises an abdominal pressure signal acquisition unit (101) that acquires an abdominal pressure signal from an abdominal pressure sensor (10) for detecting a user'"'"'s abdominal pressure and acquires a respiration signal from a respiration sensor (20) for detecting the user'"'"'s breathing, an abdominal pressure signal extraction unit (102) that subtracts the respiration signal component from the acquired abdominal pressure signal to extract an abdominal pressure signal with suppressed influence of respiration, an abnormality determination unit (112) that determines whether it is abnormality based on the abdominal pressure signal from which the respiration signal component has been subtracted, and an alarm sending unit (203) that reports an abnormal situation based on a determination result as being the occurrence of an abnormal situation.

Claims

1. A digital security system comprising:

abdominal pressure signal acquiring means configured to acquire an abdominal pressure signal from an abdominal pressure sensor that detects an abdominal pressure of a person, the abdominal pressure signal acquiring means is configured to acquire a respiration signal from a respiration sensor that detects breathing of the person;

abdominal pressure signal extracting means configured to generate an abdominal pressure signal with suppressed influence of respiration by subtracting the respiration signal from the abdominal pressure signal;

abnormality determining means configured to use the abdominal pressure signal to determine whether or not an abnormality exists; and

control means configured to report an abnormal situation when the abnormality determining means determines that the abnormality exists,

wherein the abnormality determining means is configured to determine that that the abnormality exists either when the abdominal pressure signal is consistent with a predetermined abdominal pressure pattern or when the abdominal pressure signal is in a predetermined range.

2. The digital security system according to claim 1, wherein the control means is configured to output a different report when the abnormality determining means determines that the abnormality exists.

3. The digital security system according to claim 1, comprising:

positional information acquiring means configured to detect existing positions of a plurality of communication terminals, the positional information acquiring means is configured to acquire positional information of the communication terminals; and

jurisdiction retaining means configured to retain a jurisdictional district for receiving an emergency telephone call where a building under security exists, wherein

the control means is configured to refer to the jurisdiction retaining means in response to the abnormality determining means having determined that that the abnormality exists,

the control means is configured to output a report to at least one of the communication terminals existing in the jurisdictional district when any of the plurality of communication terminals exists in the jurisdictional district.

4. The digital security system according to claim 1, wherein the control means is configured to transmit an e-mail message and an image.

5. A digital security method comprising:

electronically, by abdominal pressure signal acquiring means, acquiring an abdominal pressure signal from an abdominal pressure sensor that detects an abdominal pressure of a person;

electronically, by the abdominal pressure signal acquiring means, acquiring a respiration signal from a respiration sensor that detects breathing of the person;

electronically, by abdominal pressure signal extracting means, subtracting the respiration signal from the abdominal pressure signal to generate an abdominal pressure signal with suppressed influence of respiration;

electronically, by abnormality determining means, using the abdominal pressure signal to determine whether or not an abnormality exists; and

electronically, by control means, reporting an abnormal situation when the abnormality determining means determines that the abnormality exists,

wherein the abnormality determining means determines that that the abnormality exists either when the abdominal pressure signal is consistent with a predetermined abdominal pressure pattern or when the abdominal pressure signal is in a predetermined range.

6. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium is configured to store a program executable by a digital security system, the digital security system upon execution of the program is configured to perform the method of claim 5.