JP2001273376A - Environmental information providing method and system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an environmental information providing method and system capable supporting a network to share/disclose the environmental information obtained by environmental sensor, etc. SOLUTION: The system is provided with plural environmental sensors each of which measures the environmental information, plural first communication means each of which transmits the plural pieces of environmental information obtained by the plural environmental sensors and a second communication means to process and provided the plural pieces of environmental information collected via the first communication means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an environment information providing method and system suitable for supporting a network for sharing and publishing environmental information.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional sensors for handling a wide range of environmental information, such as a radiosonde, collect and transmit weather information such as temperature, humidity, pressure, wind direction, etc. while moving under preset conditions. And those that passively acquire and transmit observation information, such as rain gauges and anemometers at weather stations. In such conventional technologies, long-term measurement is performed based on the position,
It is difficult to perform while automatically changing measurement conditions such as the frequency of measurement. Further, conventionally provided environmental information is a physical quantity such as temperature. For this reason, environmental information corresponding to individual sensitivity is not provided. For example, the number of pollens in the environment and the onset of hay fever vary from individual to individual, but such individualized tailor-made information is not provided at all.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and provides an environment information providing method and system capable of supporting a network for sharing and disclosing environment information obtained by an environment sensor or the like. The purpose is to provide.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 of the present invention acquires environmental information by a plurality of environmental sensors, and obtains the acquired environmental information by a plurality of environmental sensors. Is collected through communication means, and the collected environmental information is provided through communication means. According to the first aspect of the present invention, environmental information is acquired by a plurality of environmental sensors to enhance the accuracy of the environmental information. Therefore, environmental information with high information accuracy can be provided. Since a plurality of pieces of environmental information and collected environmental information are transmitted and received via the communication means, it is possible to provide the environmental information in real time without depending on the distance. In addition, when providing environmental information by the communication means, it is easy to appropriately charge. The invention according to claim 2 automatically measures environmental information by environmental sensors installed in a plurality of areas, and automatically collects environmental information obtained by the environmental sensors via communication means. The gist of the present invention is to store a plurality of pieces of environment information obtained by the plurality of environment sensors after information processing, and to provide the stored environment information appropriately.
According to the second aspect of the present invention, since environmental information is acquired by a plurality of environmental sensors installed in a plurality of regions to improve the accuracy of the environmental information, it is possible to provide environmental information with high information accuracy. In addition, since the acquired plural pieces of environmental information and the collected plural pieces of environmental information are transmitted and received via the communication means, a plurality of environmental sensors can be installed over a wide range, and real-time can be performed independently of distance. To provide environmental information. In addition, when providing environmental information by the communication means, it is easy to appropriately charge. The invention according to claim 3 automatically measures environmental information by environmental sensors installed in a plurality of areas, and automatically collects environmental information obtained by the environmental sensors via communication means. The gist is to accumulate a plurality of pieces of environment information obtained by the plurality of environment sensors, appropriately process the accumulated environment information based on the user information regarding the user, and provide the processed environment information to the user. According to the third aspect of the present invention, since environmental information is acquired by a plurality of environmental sensors installed in a plurality of regions to improve the accuracy of the environmental information, it is possible to provide environmental information with high information accuracy. In addition, since the acquired plural pieces of environmental information and the collected plural pieces of environmental information are transmitted and received via the communication means, a plurality of environmental sensors can be installed over a wide range, and real-time can be performed independently of distance. Thus, it is possible to provide the user with information obtained by appropriately processing the stored environment information based on the user information on the user. Further, when providing environmental information by the communication means, it is easy to appropriately charge according to push or pull, or according to the processing amount of environmental information. According to a fourth aspect of the invention, the user information of the third aspect and the environmental information provided to the user are protected. According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the transmission and reception of the environmental information according to the first to third aspects is performed by appropriately using any of wireless and wired. According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the transmission of the environment information from the environment sensor according to any one of the first to third aspects is automatically performed from the environment sensor side or automatically performed according to a request from the collection side. The gist is that either The invention according to claim 7 is the data transmitted from at least one environmental sensor.
If the environmental information described in (1) corresponds to a change in the setting of the sensor measurement condition, the gist is that the change of the measurement condition of the environment sensor is instructed. According to the invention described in claim 8, when the user has access to information acquisition via communication means,
The gist is to provide environmental information at the position of the user based on the position of the user registered in advance or the position of the user automatically detected. According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, there are provided a plurality of environment sensors for measuring environment information, a plurality of first communication means for respectively transmitting a plurality of environment information obtained by the plurality of environment sensors, A second communication means for processing and providing a plurality of pieces of environmental information collected via the communication means is provided. According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an environment sensor installed in each of a plurality of areas, a plurality of first communication means for respectively transmitting environment information automatically measured by the plurality of environment sensors, and Storage means for storing the environmental information obtained through the communication means of the information processing, after storing,
A second method for appropriately providing the environmental information stored in the storage means.
And communication means. The invention according to claim 11 is an environmental sensor installed in each of a plurality of areas, a plurality of first communication means for respectively transmitting environmental information automatically measured by the plurality of environmental sensors, and A storage unit that stores the environment information obtained through the communication unit after processing the information, and appropriately processes the stored environment information based on the user information related to the user, and provides the user with the second information. The gist is to have communication means. According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, when an access to information acquisition is made from a user via a communication unit, the position of the user is automatically registered based on the position of the user registered in advance or the automatically detected position of the user. The point is to provide environmental information. Real-time environmental information measured by a group of sensors installed in the environment is automatically transmitted by a communication device to a device that stores environmental data in a base facility via a communication system that combines wireless and wired telephones. The real-time environment information refers to information automatically detected by a sensor such as a measured value of the temperature or the number of pollen. Some of the environmental information has locality such as pollen, which differs for each plain separated by a mountain range. The environmental information having such locality is acquired. Improve the measurement function when the environmental information in the area changes rapidly. A sensor installed in the environment incorporates a two-way wireless communication device. With this device, the sensor can transmit environmental information under conditions based on a command via a communication line, in addition to transmitting environmental information under conditions set in advance. Since the sensor is a wireless communication, a degree of freedom of a place where the sensor is installed is large. A relay device is installed for each sensor or sensor group,
The relay device communicates wirelessly with the sensor and communicates with the device at the base facility by wire. This makes it possible to easily acquire the measured environment information. For example, it is possible to automatically acquire and process environmental information without a manual in order to follow a change such as an increase or decrease in the number of pollens at midnight. In addition, environmental information such as the number of pollen at a place where oneself is located can be easily obtained by a mobile phone or the like. The equipment at the base facility automatically processes the environment information of the sensor obtained via the communication system by the information processing means.
The information processing means includes storage of environmental information, statistical processing such as correlation and averaging of values, and simulation using physical laws and calculation techniques. The environmental information measured by the sensor by the information processing means is useful information for life such as an estimated value of the environmental information at a place where the individual is located. The information processing means has a function of automatically changing the measurement condition setting of the sensor via the communication system based on the environment information of the sensor and the result of the information processing. For example, if one of the pollen-detecting sensors measures a large amount of pollen, the measurement interval of other related sensors may be shortened, and a sensor installed on a moving body such as a vehicle or an airship may include a position. Instruct changes. The environmental information data stored in the device of the base facility and the value obtained by processing the environmental information data can be easily obtained from a communication device including a mobile phone via a communication system. Communication devices, including mobile phones, process environmental information at locations registered in advance in personal information data or at locations detected by the personal information controller of the base facility based on information accompanying communications. Can be obtained via a communication system. Personal information relating to the sensitivity to the environment, for example, the degree of hay fever, can be stored in the personal information data in the device of the base facility from the communication device via the communication system. As a result, the environment information that can be acquired is based on the sensitivity of the individual to the environment, and it is possible to acquire information that also corresponds to individual differences such as the onset of hay fever. The personal information stored in the personal information data by communication is provided with information such as the personal identification number of the correspondent and the location of the communication device at the time of communication. Such information regarding the privacy of an individual is protected by a password or encryption. The environment information data and the personal information data are processed by the information processing means by the access from the communication device including the mobile phone and the automatic activation of the information processing means, and the result is received via the communication system. For example, although the number of pollens and the degree of onset of hay fever vary from individual to individual, the number of pollens is predicted at a certain time and at a certain location, and based on personal information data stored in the base facility device, the number of pollen is determined. Warn about the degree of hay fever in humans. Such push information can be weighted for accounting.

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an interactive environment monitoring system which is an embodiment of an environment information providing system to which an environment information providing method according to the present invention is applied. The two-way environment monitoring system shown in FIG. 1 includes three environment sensors 1a, 1b, and 1c as environment sensors 1 and two sensor-side communication relay devices 3a and 3b as sensor-side communication relay devices 3 here. , A base facility 5 and three communication devices 7a, 7b, and 7c. The environment sensor 1 that measures environment information includes an information processing unit 11, a measurement unit 13, a measurement information database 15, and a communication unit 17, as shown in FIG. The base facility 5 includes an environment sensor-side controller 51, an environment information database 53, an information processing unit 55, a personal information database 57, and a personal information-side controller 59. Next, an operation and a processing procedure in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. First, FIG.
The operation and processing procedure of the environment sensor 1 will be described with reference to FIG. The measuring unit 13 measures an amount such as pollen and volcanic gas as environmental information. The communication unit 17 performs bidirectional communication with the sensor-side communication relay devices 3a and 3b, for example, over a wireless line or a telephone line. The information processing section 11 has a measurement information database 15 on a storage medium such as a hard disk. Observation conditions are set in the measurement information database 15, and it is checked at regular time intervals whether the operation time is set (step S101). If the set measurement conditions are satisfied (step S102: YES), the measurement unit 13 is started. Then (step S103), the measurement data is received by the measurement information database 15 (step S104). The measurement data stored in the measurement information database 15 is
According to the setting, the communication unit 17 communicates with the sensor-side communication relay devices 3a and 3b via the wireless line (step S1).
05). Further, the information processing section 11 sets the change of the measurement condition received by the communication section 17 through communication (step S106: YES) (step S107). The environmental sensor groups 1a, 1b, 1c installed in the target area perform bidirectional communication with the environmental sensor-side controller 51 in the base facility 5 via the sensor-side communication relay devices 3a, 3b. This communication system includes a wireless line between the environment sensor groups 1a, 1b, 1c and the sensor-side communication relay devices 3a, 3b, and the sensor-side communication relay devices 3a, 3b and the environment sensor-side controller 51.
There is a telephone line between them. With this combination, the environment sensor can be installed in a wide area at a remote place. For example, when measuring pollen, it can be easily installed in many cedar forests in mountainous areas. The environment sensor-side controller 51 stores environment information via the communication system in an environment information database 53 on an information storage medium in the base facility 5. The environment information database 53 stores environment information such as measurement positions, measurement times, and measurement values for each of the sensors 1a, 1b, and 1c. For example, when pollen is a target, geographic data such as the location of a cedar forest is also stored in the environment information database 53 on the information storage medium. The information processing means 55 realized in the base facility 5 checks the environment information database 53 at regular time intervals (step S111), and the value of the environment information of a certain sensor 1a is set to a preset value. When it exceeds (step S112: YES), the environment sensor groups 1a, 1b,
1c is subjected to measurement condition setting change processing (step S
The instruction of step 113) is transmitted via a communication system, for example, a telephone line (step S114). For example, a pollen sensor installed in a mountainous area usually measures one out of several pollutants because of the battery, but when a certain sensor measures a large amount of pollen, all the pollen sensors in that area are measured. Communicates instructions to take measurements. In addition, when a small observation airship equipped with an environmental sensor is autopiloted in the area, an instruction to move to the leeward side is transmitted. At regular time intervals (step S121), the information processing means 55 performs statistical processing such as averaging and correlation on the values stored in the environment information database 53 (step S122). In addition, a simulation is performed based on the physical law according to the environment information (step S123). By such a method, the information processing means 55 estimates the distribution of environmental information in the entire target area, and stores the processed values in the environmental information database 53 (step S12).
4). For example, the pollen scattering amount of the neighboring cedar forest is estimated based on the diffusion law from the number of pollens measured by the environmental sensor, and a mathematical simulation based on the estimated value and the physical law such as the movement of the pollen by airflow, the diffusion or the sedimentation by gravity, or The distribution of the number of pollens in the entire plain is estimated by, for example, interpolating the values of a plurality of environmental sensors at different positions. Also, future values are predicted using the time-series data of the values of the environment sensors. The information processing unit 55 also sends an instruction to change the measurement condition setting of the environment sensor (step S114) even when such a processed value exceeds the threshold (step S112: YES). The environment information can be easily obtained from the communication devices 7a, 7b, 7c via a telephone line. Request for acquisition of environmental information is communication device 7
The information is stored in the personal information database 57 on the information storage medium in the base device from the personal information side controller 59 from a, 7b, 7c. Sensitivity data relating to the environment can be stored in the personal information database 57 from the communication devices 7a, 7b, 7c via the communication system. For example, information indicating that the degree of hay fever is 4 in a five-level evaluation is transmitted from the communication device 7a to the personal information database 57 through the communication system. The information processing means 55 is a communication device 7
The location of “a” is detected from a location registered in advance in the personal information database 57 or information accompanying the communication, and information on the location corresponding to the communication and the number of pollen at the time is added to the stored information. The information processing means 55 processes the information stored in the personal information database 57 so that the number of pollen corresponds to hay fever for each individual. The information processing means 55 checks the personal information database 57 at regular time intervals (step S131), and when there is a request for obtaining environmental information in the personal information database 57 (step S132: YES),
The requirements stored in the personal information database 57 are processed (step S133), and corresponding environment information is obtained by processing the information stored in the environment information database 53 or the processed information (step S13).
4), the communication device 7 that issued the request via the communication system
The communication is performed to a, 7b, and 7c (step S135). For example, if a threshold for each individual of the environmental information is set in the personal information database 57 from the communication devices 7a, 7b, 7c,
When the environmental information of the area where the communication devices 7a, 7b, 7c exist exceeds the threshold value, the information processing means 55 outputs the corresponding communication devices 7a, 7b,
7c is automatically communicated with a warning. In the above description, the communication device 7a has one-to-one correspondence with the individual who uses the communication device 7a. However, the individual who uses the communication device 7a performs different communication by changing the setting of the personal information database 57 protected by a password or the like. Information can be obtained from the devices 7b and 7c. In addition, when providing environmental information by the communication means, it is easy to appropriately charge. For example, when providing environmental information by communication means, according to push or pull,
Alternatively, the number of pollens and the degree of onset of hay fever vary from individual to individual, but the number of pollen is predicted at a certain time and stored in the base facility device, depending on the amount of processing of the environmental information. Charges can be weighted for push information that warns a particular individual of the degree of hay fever to a specific individual based on personal information data. In addition,
The environmental information data on the base facility device includes not only voice data but also images and text data.
Includes telephones, mobile phones, computers and the like. It also includes access to the homepage displayed by the device of the base facility through the Internet. As described above, according to the present embodiment, while collecting and analyzing environmental information from a plurality of environmental sensors, simulating predicted values of the environmental information using weather information, and for a plurality of individual users, It is possible to distribute and provide personalized environmental information, which allows users to use fixed telephones,
With a mobile phone and a mobile terminal, or a computer or a television connected to a communication line, it is possible to obtain environmental information for each individual anytime and anywhere.
Further, as a communication system to be used, a communication system such as a telephone line, a wireless line (cellular / car telephone, satellite portable / car telephone, or so-called i-mode of a portable telephone) can be appropriately adopted according to the situation. Specifically, since local environmental information and its predicted value can be obtained appropriately and easily, it is also possible to obtain the place where one is located and the predicted value in the future.For example, people with hay fever can appropriately plan outing. It has effects such as being able to stand. Such an environmental information providing system is realized by an environmental information providing program, and the program is provided by being recorded on a recording medium. Therefore, it is possible to use the recording medium to enhance the distribution of the environmental information providing program. it can. In the above embodiment, a system that collects environmental information from an environmental sensor such as a pollen sensor that can detect pollen has been described as an example.
The present invention is not limited to this, and can be appropriately applied to the following cases. 1) A service that provides collected environmental information in real time as information for an unspecified number of users (regardless of whether there is a contract relationship) 2) Collected environmental information, weather information, and related information (traffic information, disaster information, government Information), a service that simulates predicted environmental information in the future and provides it in real time as information for an unspecified number of users. 3) Corresponds to individuals from collected environmental information or simulated predicted values. Such as (a) information at a position registered by the individual user in advance, and (b) the current (future) of the individual user determined by communication with the individual user.
(C) Pollen (warning) information corresponding to information related to the degree of hay fever in a case where the individual user has hay fever, such as (c) information unique to the individual user; If the information to be provided is pollen information, a service that provides information obtained by statistically processing information on hay fever symptoms returned from individual users. Since such information includes personal information, it can be encrypted in addition to passwords as appropriate. Needless to say, the adoption of authentication and authentication systems. Also, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to individual users, but can be similarly applied to users such as hospitals, weather associations, environmental organizations, facilities such as local governments, organizations, and Internet sites. .

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to appropriately and easily obtain local environmental information obtained by an environmental sensor and the like and its predicted value. Therefore, a network for sharing and disclosing the environmental information is supported. It has effects such as being able to do.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration of an interactive environment monitoring system which is an embodiment of an environment information providing system to which an environment information providing method according to the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the environment sensor shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart schematically showing a processing procedure of an environment sensor shown in FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart schematically showing a procedure for changing an environment sensor measurement condition by an information processing unit;

FIG. 5 is a flowchart schematically showing a processing procedure of environment information data by the information processing means.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart schematically showing a processing procedure of personal information data by the information processing means.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1a, 1b, 1c Environment sensor 3a, 3b Sensor-side communication relay device 5 Base facility 7a, 7b, 7c Communication equipment 11 Information processing unit 13 Measurement unit 15 Measurement information database 17 Communication unit 51 Environment sensor-side controller 53 Environment information database 55 Information Processing means 57 Personal information database 59 Personal information side controller

Claims (12)

[Claims] An environment information is acquired by a plurality of environment sensors, the acquired environment information is collected through a communication unit, and the collected environment information is provided through a communication unit. Environmental information provision method. 2. Environmental information is automatically measured by environmental sensors installed in a plurality of regions, and environmental information obtained by the environmental sensors is automatically collected via communication means. An environmental information providing method, comprising: storing a plurality of pieces of environmental information obtained by an environmental sensor after processing the information; and appropriately providing the stored environmental information. 3. Environment information is automatically measured by environmental sensors installed in a plurality of regions, and environmental information obtained by the environmental sensors is automatically collected via communication means. An environment information providing method, comprising: storing a plurality of pieces of environment information obtained by an environment sensor; appropriately processing the stored environment information based on user information relating to a user; and providing the processed environment information to the user. 4. The environment information providing method according to claim 3, wherein the user information and the environment information provided to the user are protected. 5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission and reception of the environment information is performed using one of wireless and wired.
The method for providing environmental information according to claim 3. 6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the transmission of the environment information from the environment sensor is performed either automatically from the environment sensor or automatically upon request from the collection side. The environmental information providing method according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 7. The method according to claim 1, wherein when environmental information transmitted from at least one environmental sensor corresponds to a change in setting of a sensor measurement condition, a change in a measurement condition of the environmental sensor is instructed. The method for providing environmental information according to claim 3. 8. When there is an access to obtain information from a user via the communication means, based on the position of the user registered in advance or the position of the user automatically detected,
The environmental information providing method according to claim 1, wherein environmental information at the position of the user is provided. 9. A plurality of environment sensors for respectively measuring environment information, a plurality of first communication means for transmitting a plurality of environment information obtained by the plurality of environment sensors, and a plurality of first communication means. And a second communication means for processing and providing a plurality of pieces of environment information collected via the communication apparatus. 10. An environment sensor installed in each of a plurality of areas, a plurality of first communication means for transmitting environment information automatically measured by the plurality of environment sensors, and a first communication means. Storage means for storing the environment information obtained via the storage device after processing the information, and a second means for appropriately providing the environment information stored in the storage means.
An environmental information providing system comprising: a communication unit. 11. An environment sensor installed in each of a plurality of regions, a plurality of first communication means for respectively transmitting environment information automatically measured by the plurality of environment sensors, and a first communication means. A storage unit that stores the environment information obtained through the processing after processing the information, and a second communication unit that appropriately processes the stored environment information based on the user information related to the user and provides the environment information to the user. An environmental information providing system comprising: 12. When a user accesses information acquisition via communication means, environmental information at the position of the user is determined based on the position of the user registered in advance or the position of the user automatically detected. The environmental information providing system according to claim 9, wherein the environmental information is provided.