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Web/email notification of abnormalities in the car with onboard/offboard checks and automatic detection system
April 24, 2023
Alpine Marketing, Inc.
(Ota-ku, Tokyo; President: Muneki Ishida), the domestic marketing division of Alps Alpine Electronics, Inc. (Ota-ku, Tokyo; President: Toshihiro Kuriyama), which develops, manufactures, and sells electronic components and car electronics-related products, has announced the "Prevention System for Leaving Children Behind on Pick-up Buses" to help prevent accidents involving children left behind on buses used to take kindergarten and nursery schools. (President: Muneki Ishida, Ota-ku, Tokyo), the domestic marketing division of Alpine Electronics, Inc. The company is in the process of applying for "Performance Certification for Safety Devices to Support Prevention of Leaving Children Behind on Buses" (Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism), and will start sales of the system in July 2023.
Background of the project
In recent years, a number of accidents have occurred in which children have been left behind on buses used to take them to and from kindergartens and daycare centers. As a result, the installation of "safety devices to prevent children from being left behind on buses" has become mandatory as of April 1, 2023, and subsidies (up to 175,000 yen per bus) have started to be provided for the installation of such devices.
In order to prevent such tragic accidents from happening again, we have developed an anti-leaving safety device that utilizes the sensor technology of our group company, Alps Alpine, Inc. in addition to the safety device that checks when getting in and out of the car. In addition to the safety device that checks when boarding and exiting the vehicle, a sensor that detects the human body will help prevent children from being left behind in the vehicle.
Prevention of buses being left behind Main Features
<Confirmation type safety device when getting in and out of the vehicle
When the key switch (ignition key) is turned off, an in-vehicle inspection message is played to notify the driver. Prevents inspection leakage inside the car.
After checking the inside of the vehicle, press and hold the "DASHUTE button" on the main unit to set the unit to standby mode. In the standby mode, pressing the "DASHUTEKETE button" will send a loud message to the outside of the vehicle, calling for rescue.
A switch on the driver's seat announces the boarding and exiting of preschoolers to the surrounding area. The switch on the driver's seat announces when children are getting in and out of the car.
<Automatic detection system function
PCR sensor" that detects the human body is adopted. No need to operate switches, etc.
2. 15 minutes after the engine is stopped, if a human body is detected inside the vehicle by the human body detection sensor, an emergency situation will be notified via Web/email.
3. 15 minutes after engine shutdown, even if no abnormality is detected, the detection system operates continuously for 15 minutes.
4. human body detection sensor can detect even when the target person is asleep
5. "GNSS Tracker" that wirelessly communicates positional information measured by multi-GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) such as GPS and Galileo and provides the information to a cloud server. Reliable and stable transmission of vehicle data
Compatible with 6.12V and 24V power supplies. Compatible with a wide range of vehicle models from small to large
Price] Open
Schedule for sales
April 2023: Start of advance acceptance Preparing quotations for subsidies
July 2023: Installation begins
*Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism "Safety device performance certification to support prevention of buses being left behind for pickups and drop-offs" pending
Comprehensive safety management in cooperation with "Comunavi" (Technocraft)
(Niigata City, Niigata Prefecture; President: Masayoshi Tsugasaka), which develops, manufactures, sells, and supports GPS and Internet-based applications, ASP services, and various control terminals. In conjunction with the company's cloud service for kindergartens, nursery schools, and childcare centers, "Communavi," the system provides comprehensive safety management for children, including on-screen notification of abnormalities and e-mail/application push notifications to teachers and parents.
Image of operation linked with "Comunavi" (at the time of arrival at the preschool)
- Launch the "Busnavi" tour application, select a course, etc., and start the operation.
- Check "roll call for boarding" from the boarding list of the "Bus Navi" attendant application when boarding preschool children at each bus stop.
- When returning to the school, check the "roll call for drop-off" from the "Bus Navi" attendant app's boarding list when dropping off the children.
- Bus Navi" attendant application to cease operation.
- Stop the engine
- Performs patrol, cleaning, and disinfection of the vehicle interior.
- Open the boarding list on the "Bus Navi" management screen on a PC at the school and check whether the check mark is checked for boarding and alighting. If there is no problem, the parents are notified that today's operation has ended without any problems.
- In the event of an abnormality, notifications are sent to terminals in the school and to designated teachers' and parents' smartphones.
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