Fall-into-water accident determination system and fall-into-water accident determination method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10943459-B2
Application number	US-202016890743-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 2, 2020
Priority date	Jun 5, 2019
Publication date	Mar 9, 2021
Grant date	Mar 9, 2021

Abstract

There is provided a fall-into-water accident determination system including: a weight detector configured to be attached to an occupant of a vessel and configured to detect a weight applied to a foot of the occupant; a water detector configured to be attached to the occupant and configured to detect water; and a fall-into-water accident determinator configured to determine whether a fall-into-water accident in which the occupant falls into water from the vessel occurs. The fall-into-water accident determinator determines whether the weight changes based on a detection result of the weight detector. The fall-into-water accident determinator determines whether the occupant is immersed in water based on a detection result of the water detector. And the fall-into-water accident determinator determines that the fall-into-water accident occurs when the weight changes and the occupant is immersed in water.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A fall-into-water accident determination system comprising:
a weight detector configured to be attached to an occupant of a vessel and configured to detect a weight applied to a foot of the occupant;
a water detector configured to be attached to the occupant and configured to detect water; and
a fall-into-water accident determinator configured to determine whether a fall-into-water accident in which the occupant falls into water from the vessel occurs,
wherein the fall-into-water accident determinator determines whether the weight changes based on a detection result of the weight detector,
wherein the fall-into-water accident determinator determines whether the occupant is immersed in water based on a detection result of the water detector, and
wherein the fall-into-water accident determinator determines that the fall-into-water accident occurs when the weight changes and the occupant is immersed in water.

2. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 1 further comprising:
a notifier configured to transmit a fall-into-water-accident notification that reports the fall-into-water accident; and
an environmental information acquisitor configured to acquire environmental information including at least meteorologic information or hydrographic information of a place where the occupant falls into water,
wherein the notifier determines whether the fall-into-water accident notification is immediately transmitted when the fall-into-water accident determinator determines that the fall-into-water accident occurs, based on the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquisitor.

3. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 2 ,
wherein the notifier determines whether a place where the fall-into-water accident occurs is in a calm state based on the environmental information acquired by the environmental information acquisitor, and
wherein the notifier suspends the transmission of the fall-into-water accident notification for a predetermined time from a time point when the fall-into-water accident determinator determines that the fall-into-water accident occurs, when the place where the fall-into-water accident occurs is in the calm state.

4. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the notifier determines whether the occupant who has fallen into water returns to the vessel based on the weight detected by the weight detector until the predetermined time elapses from the time point when the fall-into-water accident determinator determines that the fall-into-water accident occurs, and
wherein the notifier does not transmit the fall-into-water accident notification when the occupant who has fallen into water returns to the vessel until the predetermined time elapses from the time point when the fall-into-water accident determinator determines that the fall-into-water accident occurs.

5. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fall-into-water accident determinator determines that the fall-into-water accident occurs when the weight changes from a value equal to weight of the occupant to zero and the occupant is immersed in water.

6. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 1 further comprising:
a position detector configured to detect a position of the vessel or a position of the occupant,
wherein the fall-into-water accident determinator determines whether the vessel is leaving the shore based on a detection result of the position detector, and
wherein the fall-into-water accident determinator determines that the fall-into-water accident occurs when the vessel is leaving the shore, the weight changes, and the occupant is immersed in water.

7. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the weight detector is provided in a sole of a shoe worn by the occupant.

8. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 7 ,
wherein the fall-into-water accident determinator and the notifier are provided in the shoe.

9. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the water detector is provided in a wearing article of the occupant.

10. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 9 ,
wherein the fall-into-water accident determinator and the notifier are provided in the wearing article.

11. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fall-into-water accident determinator and the notifier are provided in a smartphone or a mobile terminal device.

12. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 1 ,
wherein two of the fall-into-water accident determinators and two of the notifiers are provided,
wherein one of the two fall-into-water accident determinators and one of the two notifiers are provided on the vessel, and
wherein the other of the two fall-into-water accident determinators and the other of the two notifiers are attached to the occupant.

13. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the water detector comprises a water battery configured to detect water.

14. The fall-into-water accident determination system according to claim 1 further comprising:
a vessel controller configured to stop the power of the vessel when the fall-into-water accident determinator determines that the fall-into-water accident occurs.

15. A fall-into-water accident determination method comprising:
a weight determination step of determining whether weight applied to a foot of an occupant of a vessel changes based on a detection result of a weight detector configured to be attached to the occupant of the vessel and configured to detect the weight; and
an immersion determination step of determining whether the occupant is immersed in water based on a detection result of a water detector configured to be attached to the occupant and configured to detect water,
wherein when it is determined that the weight changes in the weight determination step and it is determined that the occupant is immersed in water in the immersion determination step, it is determined that a fall-into-water accident in which the occupant falls into water from the vessel occurs.

Assignees

• Suzuki Motor Corp

Inventors

• Kurata Koji

Classifications

• G08B29/185

  Signal analysis techniques for reducing or preventing false alarms or for enhancing the reliability of the system · CPC title

• G08B21/088 Primary

  by monitoring a device worn by the person, e.g. a bracelet attached to the swimmer · CPC title