JP4601280B2 - Disaster information network - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a disaster information network for providing various information after an earthquake to a third party.

  Japan is one of the world's leading seismic countries, and large and small earthquakes frequently occur on a daily basis. As can be seen from the example of the Great Hanshin Earthquake on January 17, 1995, once a major earthquake occurs, many buildings collapse or burn, and many more deaths and injuries occur. And for a while after the earthquake ceased, many lifelines such as electricity, gas, transportation and communication were cut off, so the victims were physically and mentally harsh. It will fall into a difficult situation.

Under such circumstances, since prompt restoration or securing of various lifelines is required, operators in charge of each administrative organization and related facilities take various measures in the event of an earthquake. The present applicant, who is an elevator manufacturer, has also proposed a technique as disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example, as one of the measures for quickly recovering an elevator that has failed when an earthquake occurs. This is to create map data that shows the location of anomalies based on the anomaly information collected from the elevators of each building by the monitoring equipment of the elevator monitoring center when an earthquake occurs so that the scale of the disaster can be grasped at a glance. is there.
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  Under the circumstances as described above, it is very important to restore or secure communication means among various lifelines. Disaster victims and related persons (hereinafter abbreviated as disaster victims), after confirming the magnitude of the earthquake and the scope of the disaster area, set guidelines for actions to be taken in the future, as well as the safety of relatives and the occurrence of secondary disasters. This is because it is necessary to determine whether or not there is a risk of such a situation.

  As the main communication means for providing disaster victims with information that is the basis of these judgments, first, there are mass media such as newspapers, televisions and radios. However, newspapers have problems in terms of breaking news, and TVs and radios have good breaking news, but the information obtained is rough, and specific information at a level closely related to their own sphere of life is required. There is a drawback that it has not been achieved.

  Therefore, many of the victims make inquiries to related administrative organizations, newspaper companies, broadcasting stations, etc. by telephone or directly contact their relatives. If the telephone line is not physically broken, such a telephone inquiry or contact is possible to some extent. However, during the Great Hanshin Earthquake, telephone inquiries were flooded in the affected areas, and the telephone line became punctured, making it impossible to use the telephone for a long time.

  However, one notable phenomenon was seen here. That is the fact that the digital dedicated line did not suffer much damage, so the communication function was maintained even immediately after the earthquake, and quite a few victims were able to obtain useful information via the Internet. In other words, it became clear that the Internet is a communication method that is more resistant to disasters than other communication methods.

  On the other hand, considering the organization of the elevator manufacturer, as is clear from the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, in the elevator system owned by the elevator manufacturer, the elevator monitoring centers have their own elevators in the buildings scattered in each area. Whether or not there are any abnormalities is constantly monitored, and information on abnormalities such as earthquakes can be obtained immediately. When the monitoring center determines that it is necessary, a maintenance worker is dispatched to the site for maintenance. In other words, it can be said that the elevator manufacturer's organization is in a position where it can immediately obtain accurate and up-to-date information on earthquakes through remote monitoring systems, maintenance workers, and the like.

  The elevator manufacturer is a private company whose primary purpose is to manufacture and sell elevator systems, and is not an organization whose main purpose is to provide information. However, considering that the elevator system is a highly public facility used by an unspecified number of people, in the event of a large-scale emergency disaster such as the Great Hanshin Earthquake, it is not possible to make the acquired damage information publicly available to the public. It can be said that it matches the public interest and is preferable.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and by linking the communication means of the Internet, which has strong characteristics at the time of a disaster, and the organizational function of an elevator manufacturer that can obtain accurate and latest information at the disaster site. An object of the present invention is to provide a disaster information network that makes it easy for any third party including disaster victims to obtain useful information in the event of an earthquake.

As means for solving the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 includes a center-side terminal provided in an elevator monitoring center capable of quickly acquiring earthquake occurrence information when an earthquake occurs, and the center-side terminal. Is a disaster information network in which elevator maker-side web servers that store the input data are respectively connected to the Internet, and the center-side terminal is configured to detect an area having a seismic intensity of a predetermined level or more based on the earthquake occurrence information. A jurisdiction building position display screen providing means for outputting to the elevator manufacturer-side Web server the map data on which the position of the jurisdiction building of the elevator monitoring center existing in the identified area is displayed; Collects damage information in the area displayed on and outputs it to the elevator manufacturer's Web server Damage information collecting means, and a general terminal device associated with an arbitrary third party connected to the Internet is connected to the map data and the damage information stored in the elevator maker-side Web server. In addition, the map data or the damage information is an earthquake indicating that the elevator monitoring center has a seismic intensity of a predetermined level or higher from a damage detector installed in the elevator in the jurisdiction building. When a disaster detection signal including any one of a detection signal, a fire detection signal, and a flood detection signal is input, information indicating that the building under the jurisdiction is a building related to the elevator that issued the disaster detection signal is included. , characterized in that.

  The invention according to claim 2 is the invention according to claim 1, wherein the damage information collected by the damage information collecting means is displayed on a display screen of the map data or on a screen different from the display screen. It is characterized by being.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the damage information collected by the damage information collecting means is carried by a maintenance worker who performs maintenance work on the elevator in the building under the jurisdiction of the monitoring center The information sent from the worker side portable terminal is included.

  The invention according to claim 4 is the invention according to claim 3, wherein the portable terminal on the worker side can directly write the damage information to the web server on the elevator manufacturer side via the Internet, The damage information collecting means checks whether there is damage information written from the worker side portable terminal to the elevator maker side web server, and if there is, condition for inputting a predetermined access permission operation command As described above, any third party is permitted to access the mobile terminal written information.

  The invention according to claim 5 is the invention according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that the information sent from the portable terminal on the worker side includes video information obtained by photographing a damaged place. .

  The invention according to claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the damage information collected by the damage information collecting means is not only information relating to past damage that has already occurred, Then, the predicted information is also included.

The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6 , wherein the map data outputted by the jurisdiction building position display screen providing means is an elevator control device in the jurisdiction building by the elevator monitoring center. When the information notifying that the emergency rescue operation has been executed is input, it is possible to identify that the building under jurisdiction is the building that has already undergone the emergency rescue operation.

The invention according to claim 8 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 7 , wherein the map data output by the jurisdiction building position display screen providing means is three-dimensional data capable of recognizing topography and building height. It is characterized by being.

The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 8 , wherein the map data output by the jurisdiction building position display screen providing means is designated in advance by a public organization such as a local government. The evacuation site is described.

  According to the present invention, when a major earthquake occurs, even if each communication means such as mass media such as newspapers, televisions and radios and telephones does not function effectively, the victims can obtain accurate and up-to-date information on the earthquake. The potential for immediate availability can be increased.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a disaster information network according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the elevator system according to this embodiment, the car 1 and the counterweight 2 are attached to one end side and the other end side of the rope 3, and the hoisting machine 4 controlled by the elevator control device 5 winds the rope 3. The car 1 is moved up and down in the hoistway.

Various control signals from the elevator control device 5 are sent to an elevator monitoring device 7 installed in the elevator monitoring center 6, and the elevator monitoring center 6 has an abnormality in the system based on the input of these various control signals. It is monitored whether it has occurred. Although not shown, various detectors such as an earthquake detector, a fire detector, and a submergence detector are mounted on the car 1 or other predetermined locations. Signals from various detectors are input via the elevator control device 5 to determine whether or not the elevator system is damaged.

  The “elevator monitoring center” is an organization belonging to branch offices of elevator manufacturers (for example, Tokyo branch office, Osaka branch office, Tohoku branch office, Hokkaido branch office, etc.) existing in various places. It refers to a center belonging to one of these branches. When an elevator monitoring center belonging to a certain branch office is damaged and cannot function, the elevator monitoring center belonging to another branch office is automatically backed up. In addition, each branch office supervises several service stations or related service companies that are subordinate organizations, and maintenance workers stationed at each service station or related service company are dispatched to the site in response to a command from the elevator monitoring center 6. It has come to be.

  In the elevator monitoring center 6, there is also provided a center side terminal device 8 having jurisdiction building position display screen providing means 9 and damage information collecting means 10 and connected to the Internet 11. The Internet 11 is also connected to an elevator manufacturer-side Web server 12, a general terminal device 13, a worker-side mobile terminal device 14, and a Japan Meteorological Agency-side Web server 15.

  The elevator maker side web server 12 is for providing various information providing services to general users. The homepage provided by the server includes “company overview”, “product introduction”, “Q & A”, “ There are various websites related to “member registration”. This website also has a site for “disaster information”. If an earthquake occurs, information on the occurrence of the earthquake immediately after the occurrence of the earthquake and damage information after a while has passed since the occurrence of the earthquake. Etc. can be provided to any third party via the Internet 11. This damage information includes information based on information published by each administrative institution, broadcasting station, newspaper company, etc. In addition, a database (not shown) of the elevator maker side web server 12 by the center side terminal 8 is used. The one written in is also included. Each of the above sites is divided into a site that can be accessed only by registered members, and a site that anyone can access. Of course, the site related to “disaster information” is of course the latter because of its original purpose. The site to which it belongs.

  The general terminal device 13 is a terminal device operated by an arbitrary third party. Arbitrary third parties will usually be victims around the area where the earthquake occurred, but also include people living in remote areas.

  The worker-side portable terminal device 14 is a terminal device carried by a maintenance worker stationed at the service station or the related service company, and usually a portable PC (Personal Computer) or PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) is used. . The maintenance worker can transmit various information to the center terminal 8 by using the portable terminal 14 on the worker side.

  The Meteorological Agency-side Web server 15 is for providing information about events related to the Meteorological Agency to terminals connected to the Internet 11, and the homepage provided by the server includes weather forecasts, earthquake information, Sites for typhoon information, volcano information, tsunami information, etc. are provided. In the system of the present embodiment, this JMA Web server 15 is used as an earthquake occurrence information acquisition source, and the elevator manufacturer Web server 12 and the center terminal 8 browse the above earthquake information site and It has a function of checking whether or not there is occurrence information every predetermined time.

  Next, the operation of the disaster information network of FIG. 1 configured as described above will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2 and the explanatory diagrams of FIGS. In the present embodiment, the elevator monitoring center 6 is assumed to be a center belonging to, for example, the Tohoku branch office.

  As described above, the elevator maker-side Web server 12 and the center-side terminal device 8 browse the earthquake information site of the Japan Meteorological Agency-side Web server 15 and check whether there is any earthquake occurrence information every predetermined time (step 1). ), Whether or not an earthquake having a seismic intensity of a predetermined level or higher has occurred is monitored (step 2). When no earthquake has occurred, the elevator maker-side Web server 12 provides a screen informing that there is no earthquake occurrence information, for example, as shown in FIG. .

  On the other hand, for example, if an earthquake with a seismic intensity of 4 occurs in the northwestern part of the Y city of X prefecture in the Tohoku region, the elevator maker-side Web server 12 is as shown in FIG. Provide a screen. At this time, the earthquake information of the Meteorological Agency side Web server 15 is also detected on the center side terminal 8 side, and it is determined that the Y city in the X prefecture is the jurisdiction of the elevator monitoring center 6 belonging to the Tohoku branch office. And the jurisdiction building position display screen providing means 9 of the center side terminal 8 identifies the area where the seismic intensity is 4 or more, and the map data in which the building position where the in-house elevator is installed in the identified area is displayed. Is output to the elevator maker side web server 12 for writing (in this case, the center side terminal of another monitoring center belonging to the Tokyo branch office or the Osaka branch office determines that it is not its own jurisdiction. Therefore, the Web server 12 is not written.)

  Therefore, when an arbitrary third party operating the general terminal device 13 clicks the “detail display” button on the screen of FIG. 4A, a screen as shown in FIG. 3). In this screen, BF buildings indicated by stars are jurisdiction buildings where the elevator system managed by the elevator monitoring center 6 is installed. In addition, on this screen, the position of the G elementary school designated as an evacuation site in advance by the Y city of X prefecture, which is a local government, is also displayed. Therefore, when an even larger earthquake occurs, it is possible to easily know where to evacuate if the “arbitrary third party” is a resident in the area displayed on this screen.

  Then, the damage information collecting means 10 collects various damage information brought after the occurrence of the earthquake (Step 4). This damage information includes, for example, information collected from the homepage of Y city in X prefecture or information collected from the homepage of other public organizations. Furthermore, in this embodiment, information from the worker side portable terminal device 14 carried by the maintenance worker is also included. The operator in the elevator monitoring center 6 selects the collected damage information and displays important information on the screen shown in FIG. 4B or on a screen different from this screen. Edit to The edited data is output to the elevator maker-side Web server 12 and written in the database, and can be accessed by any third party through the general terminal device 13.

  Thereafter, the operator determines whether or not there is a large change between the damage information currently written in the elevator maker side Web server 12 and the damage information collected thereafter (step 5). If there is no change, the state is continued. That is, returning to step 3, the current map data and the contents of the damage information are displayed as they are. On the other hand, if there is a large change, the map is updated to the new map data and the damage information contents to which the contents of the change are added (step 6).

  Therefore, if an arbitrary third party accesses the elevator manufacturer-side Web server 12 through the general terminal device 13, it is possible to obtain accurate and latest information regarding the earthquake. In this case, it is normal that not much damage information has been collected shortly after the occurrence of the earthquake. However, in the case of a large earthquake, more damage information is collected. As described above, since the telephone line is expected to be punctured at this time, the utility value of the disaster information network is great.

  In particular, the damage information transmitted to the center terminal 8 by the maintenance worker using the worker-side portable terminal 14 is specific and latest site information confirmed by the maintenance worker himself, and is extremely useful information. . At this time, if the maintenance worker also carries imaging means such as a digital camera, the video information obtained by photographing the damaged place can be transmitted together. These pieces of video information are also output and written to the elevator maker-side Web server 12 and can be accessed by any third party through the general terminal device 13.

  In addition, if there are elevators installed in BF buildings that have various detectors such as earthquake detectors, fire detectors, submersion detectors, etc., those earthquake detection signals, fire detection signals The damage detection signal such as the flood detection signal is sent to the elevator monitoring device 7 via the elevator control device 5. Therefore, the operator in the elevator monitoring center 6 can edit the map data or the damage information by including that the building is related to the elevator that has issued such a damage detection signal. For example, what kind of damage detection signal is sent from which building may be displayed on a screen different from that shown in FIG. 4B, or in an appropriate place in FIG. 4B. You may make it display the window in which the information about such a disaster detection signal was described. An arbitrary third party who has accessed the elevator maker-side Web server 12 through the general terminal device 13 identifies the type of the disaster detection signal, and in which place the earthquake has occurred so as to stop the elevator. You can get information about where the fire is occurring or where the tsunami was flooded.

  As described above, the disaster information network according to the configuration of FIG. 1 is a network that combines the disaster-resistant Internet and the organization function of the elevator manufacturer, so that other communication means in the disaster area cannot be used. However, any third party including the disaster victims can increase the possibility of obtaining useful information under the disaster situation by accessing the elevator maker side web server 12 with the general terminal 13. . The disaster information network of the present invention broadly encompasses the following forms.

(1) In the above embodiment, damage information from the worker-side portable terminal 14 is sent to the center-side terminal 8 in the elevator monitoring center 6, but the maintenance worker directly sends this damage information. It is good also as a structure which can be written in the elevator maker side Web server 12. FIG. However, if such a raw site information can be browsed by any third party as it is, if this damage information includes errors or mistakes of maintenance workers, it will cause unnecessary confusion. It can be. Therefore, in the case of such a configuration, the damage information collecting means 10 periodically checks whether there is mobile terminal writing information with respect to the elevator manufacturer-side Web server 12, and if there is, the elevator monitoring center 6 The operator of the mobile phone examines the contents and allows any third party to access the information written in the mobile terminal on the condition that the operator inputs an operation command allowing access to the elevator maker-side Web server 12. Is preferred.

(2) In the above embodiment, the Meteorological Agency-side Web server 15 connected to the Internet 11 is used as an earthquake occurrence information acquisition source, but various types of earthquake occurrence information acquisition sources can be used. . For example, it is possible to use a Web server of another administrative organization such as the fire department, an earthquake prediction liaison conference, or other research institutions. Moreover, it is not necessarily required to be a Web server connected to the Internet 11, and the elevator monitoring center 6 may obtain directly from these organizations via a dedicated line.

(3) In the above embodiment, it is assumed that the damage information collected by the damage information collecting means 10 is information relating to past damage that has already occurred. Information can also be included. The acquisition of prediction information in this case may be based on information provided by a public organization such as the Japan Meteorological Agency, a private research institution, or the like, or the center side terminal device 8 may receive future information from past damage information. A calculation means for predicting and calculating the damage information may be provided, and the calculation result may be used.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the case where the elevator control device 5 sends various disaster detection signals to the elevator monitoring device 7 has been described. However, the elevator control device 5 also performs an emergency rescue operation. If so, a signal notifying that the emergency rescue operation has been executed can be sent to the elevator monitoring device 7. Based on this information, the operator in the elevator monitoring center 6 displays on the map data provided by the jurisdiction building position display screen providing means 9 so that the jurisdiction building can be identified as a building that has undergone the emergency rescue operation. can do. According to this, in the case of a large-scale earthquake and damage occurring frequently, it can be used as one judgment material when the person performing the rescue operation determines the rescue order.

(5) In the above embodiment, the map data shown in FIG. 4B is two-dimensional. However, the map data may be three-dimensional data in which the topography and the height of the building can be recognized. After the occurrence of a large-scale earthquake, the affected area may have changed significantly compared to normal times, and it is often difficult to identify the destination when actually going to the site. In such a case, it is likely that the destination location can be easily specified if the topography of the site, the height of the building, etc. are grasped in advance from the three-dimensional data.

The block diagram of the disaster information network which concerns on embodiment of this invention. The flowchart for demonstrating the effect | action which concerns on the structure of FIG. It is explanatory drawing about the effect | action which concerns on the structure of FIG. 1, and has shown the display screen of the general terminal device 13 when there is no earthquake occurrence information. It is explanatory drawing about the effect | action which concerns on the structure of FIG. 1, (a) shows the display screen of the general terminal device 13 when earthquake occurrence information exists, (b) is displayed when the screen of (a) is clicked. Shows the screen to be displayed.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car 2 Counterweight 3 Rope 4 Hoisting machine 5 Elevator control device 6 Elevator monitoring center 7 Elevator monitoring device 8 Center side terminal 9 Comprising building position display screen providing means 10 Damage information collecting means 11 Internet 12 Elevator manufacturer side Web server 13 General terminal 14 Worker side portable terminal 15 Japan Meteorological Agency side Web server

Claims (9)

A center side terminal provided in an elevator monitoring center capable of quickly acquiring earthquake occurrence information in the event of an earthquake and an elevator manufacturer side Web server for storing input data from the center side terminal are connected to the Internet. A disaster information network consisting of
The center terminal is
An elevator manufacturer side Web server is used to identify an area having a seismic intensity of a predetermined level or more based on the earthquake occurrence information, and to display map data indicating the position of the building under control of the elevator monitoring center existing in the identified area. A means for providing a jurisdiction building position display screen to output to,
Damage information collecting means for collecting damage information in the area displayed on the map data and outputting the information to the elevator maker side web server;
Are those having the general terminal device according to any third party connected to the Internet, has become accessible to the map data and the damage information stored in the elevator manufacturer Web Server ,
Further, the map data or damage information includes an earthquake detection signal, a fire detection signal indicating that the elevator monitoring center has a seismic intensity equal to or higher than a predetermined level from a damage detector installed in the elevator in the jurisdiction building, or In the case where a disaster detection signal including any of the flood detection signals is input, information indicating that the jurisdiction building is a building related to the elevator that issued the disaster detection signal is included.
Disaster information network characterized by this. The damage information collected by the damage information collecting means is displayed on a display screen of the map data or on a screen different from the display screen.
The disaster information network according to claim 1. The damage information collected by the damage information collecting means includes information sent from a worker-side portable terminal carried by a maintenance worker who performs maintenance work on the elevator in the building under the jurisdiction of the monitoring center. ,
The disaster information network according to claim 1 or 2, characterized by the above. The worker-side mobile terminal can directly write damage information to the elevator maker-side Web server via the Internet,
The damage information collecting means checks whether there is damage information written from the worker side portable terminal to the elevator maker side Web server, and if there is, inputs a predetermined access permission operation command. As a condition, any third party is permitted to access the mobile terminal written information.
The disaster information network according to claim 3. The information sent from the worker-side mobile terminal device includes video information that captures the damage location.
The disaster information network according to claim 3 or 4, characterized in that The damage information collected by the damage information collecting means includes information that is predicted to occur in addition to information on past damage that has already occurred,
The disaster information network according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein The map data output by the jurisdiction building position display screen providing means is provided when the elevator monitoring center inputs information notifying that an emergency rescue operation has been executed from the elevator control device in the jurisdiction building. It is possible to identify that the building has been subjected to the emergency rescue operation.
The disaster information network according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the network is a disaster information network. The map data output by the jurisdiction building position display screen providing means is three-dimensional data in which the topography and the height of the building can be recognized.
The disaster information network according to claim 1 , wherein the disaster information network is a disaster information network. In the map data output by the jurisdiction building position display screen providing means, an evacuation place designated in advance by a public organization such as a local government is described.
The disaster information network according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the network is a disaster information network.

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