JP2002341053A - Environment measurement system and environment measurement method - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To instantaneously measure environmental data in an arbitrary place without installing a measuring instrument or the like in a predetermined place. SOLUTION: According to a request from a PC 5 accompanied with the designation of a measurement region, all cellphone terminals 1 belonging to the designated region are searched by a position server 4 based on the positional information of a base station 2 including the telephone terminals 1, a measurement data of respective sensors provided for the searched telephone terminals 1 are obtained by the base station 2, and the measurement data are outputted to the PC 5 having requested the measurement data as environmental data measurement values relative to the designated measurement region.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an environment measuring system and an environment measuring method for measuring environmental values such as temperature and humidity.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an environmental survey, values relating to various environments, such as temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and carbon dioxide concentration, are generally measured and analyzed by measuring instruments using various sensors. In such an environmental survey, a measuring device is installed in each region to be surveyed, and a measurement result is obtained by patroling the installation location of each measuring device at predetermined intervals.

[0003]

In the above-mentioned conventional environmental survey method, a person in charge has to go to the area to be surveyed in advance to install measuring instruments. Only environmental surveys can be conducted. Therefore, after the area to be surveyed is determined, a measuring instrument is installed in that area, so that the environmental measurement cannot be performed immediately after the area to be surveyed is determined.

Accordingly, the present invention provides an environment measurement system and an environment measurement method capable of immediately performing an environment measurement at an arbitrary place without installing a measuring instrument or the like at a predetermined place.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention comprises a detector for detecting a value relating to an environment, and acquires measurement data of the detector transmitted from a telephone terminal connectable to a communication network. Then, the measurement data is output to the client terminal that has requested the measurement data as an environment measurement value related to the position information of the base station to which the telephone terminal belongs.

According to the present invention, without installing a measuring device or the like at a predetermined location, an arbitrary location is designated and measurement data is obtained from a mobile phone terminal belonging to a base station in the area and immediately acquired. Environment measurement can be performed.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The invention according to claim 1 is provided with a detector for detecting a value relating to an environment, and acquires measurement data of the detector transmitted from a portable telephone terminal connectable to a communication network. Measurement data acquisition means, position information acquisition means for acquiring position information of a base station to which the mobile phone terminal belongs,
An output unit that outputs the measurement data to the client terminal that has requested the measurement data as an environment measurement value related to the position information. The measurement data obtained from the mobile phone terminal belonging to the base station is output to the client terminal, and the measurement data at that location can be obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, the measurement data obtaining means may include a mobile phone terminal belonging to a specified measurement area in accordance with a request from the mobile phone terminal accompanied by a specification of a measurement area by the position information obtaining means. 2. A search is performed based on the obtained position information, and the measurement data is obtained from the searched mobile phone terminal.
The environment measurement system described in the paragraph, searches for mobile phone terminals belonging to a specified measurement area, obtains measurement data from the corresponding mobile phone terminal, outputs the obtained measurement data to a client terminal, and measures the location. Data can be obtained.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, a mobile phone terminal belonging to a specified measurement area is searched based on positional information of a base station to which the mobile phone terminal belongs, in response to a request from a client terminal accompanied by the specification of the measurement area. Acquiring the measurement data of a detector that detects a value relating to the environment provided in the searched mobile phone terminal; and relating the measurement data to the client terminal that has requested the measurement data. Outputting the measured data as an environmental measurement value, obtaining mobile phone terminals belonging to a specified measurement area, acquiring measurement data from the relevant mobile phone terminals, and transmitting the obtained measurement data to the client terminal. To obtain the measurement data of the place.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a measurement data acquisition means comprising a detector for detecting a value relating to the environment and acquiring measurement data of the detector transmitted from a telephone terminal connectable to a communication network. Position information obtaining means for obtaining the position information of the management station to which the telephone terminal belongs, and output means for outputting the measurement data to the client terminal requesting the measurement data as an environment measurement value relating to the position information. This environment measurement system is characterized in that, with this configuration, an arbitrary place is designated, measurement data obtained from a telephone terminal belonging to the area is output to the client terminal, and measurement data of the place can be obtained.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the fourth aspect of the present invention, the measurement data obtaining means locates the telephone terminal belonging to the designated measurement area in accordance with a request from the telephone terminal accompanied by the designation of the measurement area. An environment measurement system characterized in that a search is performed based on the position information acquired by the information acquisition means and measurement data is acquired from the searched telephone terminal, and a telephone terminal belonging to a designated measurement area is searched. Then, the measurement data is obtained from the corresponding telephone terminal, and the obtained measurement data is output to the client terminal, so that the measurement data at the location can be obtained.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a step of searching for a telephone terminal belonging to the designated measurement area based on the location information of the management station to which the telephone terminal belongs, in accordance with a request accompanied by designation of the measurement area from the client terminal. Obtaining the measurement data of a detector for detecting a value relating to the environment provided in the searched telephone terminal; and outputting the measurement data to the client terminal requesting the measurement data as an environment measurement value related to the position information. And a step of searching for a telephone terminal belonging to a designated measurement area, acquiring measurement data from the corresponding telephone terminal, and outputting the acquired measurement data to the client terminal. , Measurement data of the place can be obtained.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an environment measurement system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the environment measuring system according to the present embodiment includes a mobile phone terminal 1 connected to a mobile phone network 6 as a communication line network via a nearest base station 2.
A base station call management server computer (hereinafter, referred to as “call server”) 3 connected to the mobile phone network 6 and the Internet 7 as a communication line network, and a base station position management server computer (hereinafter, referred to as “call server”) connected to the Internet 7
A personal computer (hereinafter, referred to as a “PC”) 5 as a client terminal connected to the Internet 7.

FIG. 2 shows the portable telephone terminal 1 of FIG.
(A) is an external view, (b) is a functional block diagram.

As shown in FIG. 2, the portable telephone terminal 1 has a display unit 10 for displaying characters and images, a keyboard 11 for inputting characters, numbers and symbols, and a cursor for operating a cursor and the like displayed on the display unit 10. Key 12, radio unit 13 for communicating with base station 2 by radio, control unit 1 for controlling each unit
4. A DA converter 16 for converting the audio data from the controller 14 into an analog signal and outputting the audio from the speaker 15;
AD conversion unit 1 for digitally converting the voice inputted by 7
8. It has a pressure sensor 19a, a temperature sensor 19b, a humidity sensor 19c, and a carbon dioxide sensor 19d as detectors for detecting values relating to the environment.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the base station 2 of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 3, the base station 2 comprises a radio section 20 for communicating with the mobile telephone terminal 1 by radio, a control section 21 for controlling each section, a connection device 22 for connecting to the mobile telephone network 6, and the base station 2 A database 23 for managing the mobile phone terminals 1 belonging to the communication range of the mobile phone, and a general inquiry control unit 24 for performing processing based on a general inquiry request by the call server 3 connected via the mobile telephone network 6.

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the call server 3 of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 4, the call server 3 analyzes the data transmitted from the connection server 30 for the mobile telephone network 6, the connection device 31 for the Internet 7, the control unit 32 for controlling each unit, and the location server 4. An information analyzing unit 33 for transferring the data processed by the control unit 32 to the position server 4;

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the location server 4 of FIG.

As shown in FIG. 5, the location server 4 includes a connection device 40 for connecting to the Internet 7, a database 41 for storing and managing location information of each base station 2, a control unit 42 for controlling each unit, and a transmission from the call server 3. An information analysis unit 43 that analyzes the received data and transfers the data to the control unit 42; an information analysis unit 4 that analyzes the data transmitted from the PC 5 and transfers the data to the control unit 42.
4, an instruction output unit 45 for processing the data processed by the control unit 42 to output to the call server 3, and a result output unit 46 for processing the data processed by the control unit 42 to the PC 5.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an environment measurement process by the environment measurement system of FIG.

The user first inputs the type of environmental information (atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, etc.) and the measurement area to be collected by the PC 5 (S101), and transmits it to the location server 4 (S102).

When the location server 4 receives the request data accompanied by the designation of the type of the environmental information and the measurement area transmitted from the PC 5 via the Internet 7 by the connection device 40 (S103), the location server 4 analyzes and controls it by the information analyzer 44. Deliver to section 42. The control unit 42 searches the base station 2 in the designated measurement area from the database 41 (S10).
4), the instruction output unit 45 sends the acquired information of the target base station 2
To the calling server 3 via the connection device 40 (S
105).

When the call server 3 receives the information of the base station 2 transmitted from the location server 4 via the Internet 7 by the connection device 31 (S106), the information analysis unit 3
3 and handover to the control unit 32. Control unit 32
Is transmitted to the target base station 2 based on the information of the base station 2 transmitted from the location server 4 from the mobile phone terminal 1 under the control of the target base station 2, that is, within the communicable range. (S107).

The base station 2 receives the instruction transmitted from the call server 3 via the mobile telephone network 6 by the connecting device 22 (S 108), and the control unit 21 transmits the mobile telephone terminal belonging to the communicable range from the database 23. 1 is obtained, and an inquiry is made from the simultaneous inquiry control unit 24 to all the mobile phone terminals 1 in this list via the wireless unit 20 (S109).

When each mobile telephone terminal 1 receives an inquiry from the base station 2 by the wireless unit 13, the control unit 14 wants to collect information from among the atmospheric pressure sensor 19a, the temperature sensor 19b, the humidity sensor 19c, and the carbon dioxide sensor 19d. A sensor value corresponding to the type specified as the type of environment information is detected (S110). And the control unit 14
The base station 2 transmits the detection result as an environmental measurement value (measurement data) related to the designated measurement area via the radio unit 13.
(S111).

When receiving the measurement data transmitted from the portable telephone terminal 1 (S112), the base station 2 transmits the measurement data to the call server 3 (S113). Upon receiving the measurement data transmitted from the base station 2 (S114), the call server 3 transmits the measurement data to the location server 4 (S115). Further, upon receiving the measurement data transmitted from the call server 3, the location server 4 (S
116), and transmits it to the PC 5 (S117). And P
C5 receives this measurement data (S118) and displays it (S119).

As described above, in the environment measuring method using the environment measuring system in the present embodiment, in accordance with the request accompanied by the designation of the measurement area from the PC 5, all the mobile phone terminals 1 belonging to the specified measurement area are connected to these. Each of the sensors 1 included in the searched mobile phone terminal 1 is searched by the position server 4 based on the position information of the base station 2 to which the mobile phone terminal 1 belongs.
The measurement data of 9a to 19d is acquired by the base station 2,
This measurement data is output to the PC 5 requesting the measurement data as environmental measurement values related to the specified measurement area.

The mobile phone terminal 1 normally inputs and outputs voices through a microphone 17 and a speaker 15, connects to the mobile phone network 6 by a wireless unit 13, and connects to other mobile phone terminals 1 and fixed telephone terminals (not shown). ), Etc., which are constantly moving and dispersed throughout the region. Therefore, if an arbitrary place is designated without installing a measuring device or the like in a place previously determined as a measurement area as in the related art, measurement data is obtained from the mobile phone terminal 1 belonging to the base station 2 in that area. Environment measurement can be performed immediately.

[0033]

According to the present invention, there is provided a detector for detecting a value related to the environment, measurement data of the detector transmitted from a portable telephone terminal connectable to a communication line network is obtained, and the measurement data is requested. By outputting measurement data to the client terminal as environmental measurement values related to the position information of the base station to which the mobile phone terminal belongs, an arbitrary location can be set without installing a measuring instrument or the like at a predetermined location. By specifying and acquiring measurement data from a mobile phone terminal belonging to a base station in the area, it becomes possible to immediately perform environmental measurement.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an environment measurement system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2A is an external view of a mobile phone according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2B is a functional block diagram of the mobile phone according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the base station of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the call server of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram of the location server of FIG. 1;

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an environment measurement process by the environment measurement system of FIG. 1;

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 mobile phone terminal 2 base station 3 base station call management server computer (call server) 4 base station position management server computer (location server) 5 personal computer (PC) 6 mobile phone network 7 Internet 10 display unit 11 keyboard 12 cursor keys 13 Radio unit 14 Control unit 15 Speaker 16 DA conversion unit 17 Microphone 18 AD conversion unit 19a Atmospheric pressure sensor 19b Temperature sensor 19c Humidity sensor 19d Carbon dioxide sensor 20 Radio unit 21 Control unit 22 Connection device 23 Database 24 Simultaneous inquiry control unit 30, 31 Connection Device 32 Control unit 33 Information analysis unit 34 Result output unit 40 Connection device 41 Database 42 Control unit 43,44 Information analysis unit 45 Instruction output unit 46 Result output unit

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A measurement data acquisition means comprising a detector for detecting a value relating to the environment and acquiring measurement data of the detector transmitted from a mobile telephone terminal connectable to a communication network,
Position information obtaining means for obtaining the position information of the base station to which the mobile phone terminal belongs, and output means for outputting the measurement data to the client terminal requesting the measurement data as an environment measurement value related to the position information. An environmental measurement system, comprising: 2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the measurement data acquisition unit is configured to determine, based on the location information acquired by the location information acquisition unit, a mobile phone terminal belonging to the designated measurement area in response to a request from the cellular phone terminal accompanied by designation of the measurement area. 2. The environment measurement system according to claim 1, wherein a search is performed, and the measurement data is acquired from the searched mobile phone terminal. 3. A step of searching for a mobile phone terminal belonging to the specified measurement area based on the position information of the base station to which the mobile phone terminal belongs, in accordance with a request accompanied by the specification of the measurement area from the client terminal; A step of acquiring measurement data of a detector for detecting a value related to an environment provided in the mobile phone terminal; and a step of outputting the measurement data as an environment measurement value related to the position information to a client terminal that has requested the measurement data. And an environment measuring method. 4. A measurement data acquisition means comprising a detector for detecting a value relating to the environment and acquiring measurement data of the detector transmitted from a telephone terminal connectable to a communication network, and a management station to which the telephone terminal belongs An environment measurement system comprising: position information acquisition means for acquiring the position information; and output means for outputting the measurement data to the client terminal requesting the measurement data as an environment measurement value relating to the position information. 5. The measurement data acquisition means searches for a telephone terminal belonging to a designated measurement area based on the position information acquired by the position information acquisition means in accordance with a request from the telephone terminal accompanied by designation of a measurement area. 5. The environment measurement system according to claim 4, wherein the measurement data is acquired from the searched telephone terminal. 6. A step of searching for a telephone terminal belonging to a designated measurement area based on location information of a management station to which the telephone terminal belongs, in accordance with a request accompanied by designation of a measurement area from a client terminal; Acquiring the measurement data of the detector for detecting the value related to the environment provided in the step of: and outputting the measurement data to the client terminal requesting the measurement data as the environment measurement value related to the position information. An environmental measurement method, characterized by: