JP2009015369A - Guidance information management device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To quickly transmit information related with safety or life such as earthquake early warning while translating it into a language which is easily understood by various members including foreigners. <P>SOLUTION: A delivery database 56 stores information showing a language which is understandable by a user, information for recognizing or estimating current location, and information showing a place to receive guidance information. An urgent earthquake information system reception device 30 receives an earthquake early warning based on detection by a seismometer arranged in each place. Complementary information required for a user to suppress any damage is added to the earthquake early warning by an editing processing part 34, and the edited information is translated into a language shown by the language information by a machine translation processing part 35, and delivered from a network 1 to a member by a delivery processing part 38. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a guidance information management device that provides guidance information for a user to deal with via a communication means in order to suppress damage when an earthquake occurrence is detected, and particularly relates to safety and life such as emergency earthquake warnings. The present invention relates to a guidance information management apparatus that can quickly transmit information while translating information into a language that is easy to understand for various members including foreigners.

  Since the P wave of the earthquake propagates ahead of the S wave that causes more damage than this, in Patent Document 1, for example, as shown in FIG. 2, the arrival of the earthquake is detected by detecting the initial motion of the P wave of the earthquake. A technique is disclosed in which alarm information for warning is generated and the alarm information is transmitted to an operator or an individual via any network such as the Internet or a public line network. In this way, human and property damage is minimized.

  In addition, when information is distributed to a customer, there is a problem that the setting to be performed by the customer becomes complicated in order to select the information to be distributed. Furthermore, there is a problem of mismatch between information that the customer desires to be distributed and information that is actually distributed. In Patent Document 2, while making such a setting easy, it is possible to effectively distribute necessary and sufficient information that a customer desires to be distributed so that the mismatch does not occur based on the setting. . In FIG. 1, the presence / absence of information distribution is selected in combination from the distance from the disaster and the disaster level, so that necessary and sufficient distribution is performed.

  The Earthquake Early Warning service, which will be expanded to the public by the Japan Meteorological Agency in the future, immediately after the occurrence of the earthquake, analyzes the observation data captured by the seismometer near the epicenter and analyzes the epicenter and earthquake. The scale (magnitude) is immediately estimated, and the arrival time and seismic intensity of major motions in each region are estimated based on this, and these are reported as emergency earthquake warnings as quickly as possible.

  As described in Patent Document 1, conventionally, the arrival of an earthquake was detected by detecting the initial motion of the P wave of the earthquake. According to such an emergency earthquake warning, an earthquake occurred earlier based on the seismometer near the epicenter. The arrival can be notified.

  Patent Document 3 discloses a technique for improving the real-time property of such an emergency earthquake warning and providing earthquake information that is highly effective for the user. In Patent Document 3, the earthquake information distribution server converts the format of this emergency earthquake information and transmits it to the mobile communication terminal. On the other hand, when receiving this, the mobile communication terminal first displays emergency earthquake information as the first report. Next, the current position of the mobile communication terminal is detected, and based on this current position and the above-mentioned emergency earthquake information, the seismic intensity scale at the current position, the margin time until the main motion arrives, and the convergence time of the main motion are calculated. The prediction results are displayed as the second and third reports.

  Moreover, in patent document 4, when a disaster occurrence area is detected, the information terminal located in a disaster occurrence area is detected, and the safety confirmation signal which confirms the safety of the owner is transmitted with respect to this. In addition, if the owner of the information terminal operates in response to the safety confirmation signal, a response signal is returned, so that the safety of the owner of the information terminal is determined based on the response signal. ing.

Japanese Patent No. 3890366 (FIG. 2) JP 2002-288202 A (FIG. 1) JP 2007-47936 A (FIG. 6) JP 2006-235894 A (FIG. 3)

  However, in Patent Documents 1 to 4, it is assumed that a sentence of information in a specific language is read by a portable terminal or the like. Therefore, there is a problem in that foreigners such as foreigners cannot understand the information distributed and provided.

  Due to the rapid globalization of society, the number of foreigners visiting Japan for business and tourism is also increasing. In recent years, there are many foreigners coming from neighboring countries such as Korea, China and Taiwan. Therefore, if the information distributed by a portable terminal or the like does not correspond to such a situation, generally, foreigners who are not familiar with geography and traffic in Japan are regarded as vulnerable to disasters. However, the fact is that the number of languages to be handled is also increasing.

  The present invention was made to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, while translating information on safety and life such as emergency earthquake bulletins into languages that are easy to understand for various members including foreigners, It is an object of the present invention to provide a guidance information management device that can be quickly transmitted.

  The present invention is a guidance information management device that provides guidance information for a user to cope with when an earthquake occurs, via communication means, and recognizes or estimates information indicating a language understandable by the user, the current location And a distribution database storing information indicating the distribution destination of the guidance information, a receiving unit for receiving earthquake early warning based on earthquake detection by seismometers arranged in various places, and used for the earthquake early warning An editing processing unit for adding and editing necessary supplementary information, a machine translation processing unit for machine-translating the editing information in a language indicated by the language information in real time, and a delivery destination indicated by the delivery destination information Furthermore, the problem is solved by providing a distribution processing unit that distributes the information of the translation as the guidance information.

  In the above guidance information management device, in order to distribute the guidance information from other guidance information management devices even if there is a failure in any of the guidance information management devices in cooperation between the plurality of guidance management devices. The above-mentioned problem is solved by providing a cooperation processing unit that performs processing for transferring information used for the guidance information management device.

  Subsequently, the problem is solved by providing a computer program for implementing the guidance information management apparatus.

  According to the present invention, even in the case of information distribution that should be performed immediately, the distribution contents can be machine-translated and distributed. Further, even if the number of languages to be handled increases, the delivery contents can be similarly machine translated and delivered.

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

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an overall configuration in which a guidance information management apparatus according to an embodiment to which the present invention is applied is used.

  In this figure, a network 1 is formed by combining the Internet or various networks connected to the Internet. For example, the network 1 includes a network for delivering electronic mail and data to a mobile phone or a personal computer.

  The guidance information management device 12, the weather warning server device 10, the machine translation server device 14, and the complementary information server device 16 to which the present invention is applied are connected to such a network 1. Further, a member terminal device 3 using a mobile phone or a personal computer is connected to the network 1.

  Next, FIG. 2 is a Japan map showing an arrangement example of the guidance information management device 12 of the present embodiment.

  In this figure, the guidance information management device 12 is arranged in each of C11 to C19. In this way, the guidance information management device 12 is distributed and arranged in the area where the information distribution service of this embodiment is provided. The service provision range of the present embodiment is Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Okinawa Main Island, and their surroundings.

  The weather warning server device 10 is installed by, for example, the Japan Meteorological Agency, and provides the above-described emergency earthquake bulletin to the guidance information management device 12 via a line such as the network 1. Further, the information distribution service provided to the members in the present embodiment is such that the guidance information management device 12 edits such emergency earthquake bulletin information while appropriately adding related information obtained by the supplementary information server device 16, The editing information is translated while receiving machine translation support from the translation server device 14 as appropriate, and the translated information is provided as guidance information to the member terminal device 3. The member terminal device 3 is a mobile phone possessed by a member's individual, a personal computer installed in a facility possessed by a member of a group such as a hotel, and a personal computer connected to a mobile phone. It is what was used.

  Next, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a hardware configuration of the member terminal device 3 when the guidance information management device 12, the machine translation server device 14, the complementary information server device 16, and the personal computer of the present embodiment are used. It is.

  FIG. 3 shows a hardware configuration of a certain type of computer device that can be used for each of the devices 12, 14, and 16 and that the member terminal device 3 can also be used when a personal computer is used. . However, each device is not limited to such a device.

  The computer apparatus of FIG. 3 is a general PC (Personal Computer) apparatus (including PDA (Personal Digital Assistants) such as a cellular phone) on which Windows (registered trademark) of US Microsoft Corporation is installed as an example. There is no particular limitation. Alternatively, hardware other than the PC device may be used, and hardware such as a so-called workstation such as EWS (Engineering Work Station) may be used. In this figure, the hardware configuration is partially abstracted for the sake of explanation.

  In this figure, a computer device includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) 310, a RAM (Random Access Memory) 311, a ROM (Read Only Memory) 312, a LAN-I / F (Inter Face) 313, a MODEM (modulator). -demodulator) 314 and various I / Fs 320 to 322. These are interconnected by a bus 301.

  Further, a screen display device 330 is connected to the bus 301 via the I / F 320. A keyboard 331, a mouse 332, and a printer device 333 that are interconnected by the bus 303 are connected to the bus 301 via the I / F 321.

  Further, an HDD (Hard Disc Drive) device 340, a CD (Compact Disc) drive device 341, and an FDD (Floppy (registered trademark) Disc Drive) device 342 are connected to the bus 301 via the I / F 322. Has been. These are interconnected by a bus 302.

  In the hardware configuration as described above, the storage means and storage devices are RAM 311, ROM 312, HDD device 340, CD drive device 341, FDD device 342, and the like. In such storage means and storage devices, various programs executed by the CPU 310, databases and various files and data accessed in the present embodiment are stored, and can be accessed electronically. For example, an OS, a program for providing an environment for using software resources such as a database and JAVA (registered trademark), an application program according to the present embodiment, and a web browser program are stored in the HDD device 340. At the time of execution, the data is read into the RAM 311 and executed by the CPU 310.

  The LAN-I / F 313 is used for connection to the network 1 and the like. The application program executed by the CPU 310 includes a JAVA (registered trademark) applet acquired via the network 1. .

  Further, when executing an OS, an application program, or the like, an operator performs character input and various operations with the keyboard 331 while referring to information displayed and output on the screen display device 330, and coordinate input and various operations with the mouse 332. Or input. Further, necessary information can be printed out from the printer device 333 as appropriate. Needless to say, these outputs and inputs are performed electronically by a program executed by the CPU 310.

  The CD drive device 341 and the FDD device 342 are used for application program installation and other offline information exchange when the present invention is applied. The CD drive device 341 may be a device corresponding to this when a CD-R, DVD-RAM, DVD-ROM, MO, or the like is used as a recording medium for information exchange.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating configurations of the weather warning server device 10 and the guidance information management device 12 according to the present embodiment.

  First, the weather warning server device 10 includes a large number of earthquake detection devices 5 and an earthquake warning notification device 6. The earthquake detection device 5 is a seismometer arranged in various parts of Japan, and immediately after the occurrence of the earthquake, it catches the occurrence near the epicenter. The earthquake warning notification device 6 transmits an emergency earthquake warning to the guidance information management device 12 and others based on the detection of the earthquake by the earthquake detection device 5.

  Next, in the present embodiment, the guidance information management apparatus 12 implements each component as shown in FIG. 4 by the operation of the application program in the hardware configuration as shown in FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the guidance information management device 12 includes an emergency earthquake information system receiving device 30, a distribution information generation processing unit 33 including an editing processing unit 34 and a machine translation processing unit 35, a distribution processing unit 38, A member registration processing unit 40 and a cooperation processing unit 42 are provided. Furthermore, it has an editing database 52, a translation database 54, a distribution database 56, and a member database 58 that are used by the processing units 34, 35, 38, 40, and 42 described above.

  First, the member registration processing unit 40 stores information on registered members in the member database 58 at the time of member registration. In addition, the cooperation processing unit 42 performs a process of transferring information stored in the distribution database 56 between the guidance information management apparatuses 12 in order to perform the cooperation of the guidance information distribution in the plurality of guidance information management apparatuses 12.

  The emergency earthquake information system receiving device 30 receives the notification of the emergency earthquake bulletin transmitted by the weather warning server device 10 or the notification equivalent to the emergency earthquake bulletin via the network 1, the dedicated line, or the like, and the contents Is analyzed. In the present embodiment, it is possible to receive the notification of the emergency earthquake early warning earlier than the propagation of the S wave of the earthquake and usually faster than the propagation of the P wave of the earthquake.

  Also, the distribution information generation processing unit 33 generates information to be distributed to the members according to the analysis result of the content of the notification. The distribution information generation processing unit 33 includes an editing processing unit 34 and a machine translation processing unit 35.

  The editing processing unit 34 uses the information stored in the editing database 52 and receives the relevant information from the supplementary information server device 16 via the network 1 as appropriate, and from the guidance information management device 12 to the member terminal device. 3 Select and edit the information provided for 3. For example, the editing processing unit 34 reads out the disaster evacuation route and means at the member's location, the nearest evacuation location, etc. from the website provided for public information by the local government of the location, and automatically extracts necessary information It can be used in the information distributed to members. In this case, the local government website is used as the supplementary information server device 16. The information edited in this way is appropriately translated by the machine translation processing unit 35. The translated information is the guidance information in this embodiment.

  When a translation sentence such as a fixed example sentence is stored in the translation database 54, the machine translation processing unit 35 uses this to translate the information edited by the editing processing unit 34 to obtain guidance information. Alternatively, the machine translation processing unit 35 sends the information edited by the editing processing unit 34 to the machine translation server device 14 via the network 1 and entrusts the machine translation server device 14 to translate the information. The translated information is received from the server device 14 and the information is used as guidance information. If no translation is required, information edited by the editing processing unit 34 is used as guidance information.

  The distribution processing unit 38 distributes the guide information generated by the distribution information generation processing unit 33 to the members registered in the distribution database 56.

  The member database 58 stores information on members stored by the member registration processing unit 40. The distribution database 56 stores information necessary for distributing the guidance information of the present embodiment, information indicating a language that the user can understand, information for recognizing or estimating the current location, and distribution of the guidance information. Information indicating the destination is stored. The editing database 52 stores information used for editing processing by the editing processing unit 34. In the translation database 54, information used for translation processing by the machine translation processing unit 35 is stored. For example, the above-described fixed example sentence and information on the translated sentence are stored.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing member service processing in the present embodiment.

  In this flowchart, the process of the broken line rectangle is mainly performed manually, and the solid line rectangle is the guidance information management apparatus 12 and other in-device processes. In addition, the members of the present embodiment include various individuals (including those with a resident status in Japan) from short-term visitors to those who are on a long-term stay, and groups related to hotels and apartments where such individuals stay. And so on.

  In this flowchart, first, in step 112, a person who wishes to become a member, whether an individual or an organization, will receive information necessary for receiving the guidance information of this embodiment together with the application. Register.

  For example, information indicating the language understandable by the member user, information for recognizing or estimating the installation location and current location of the member terminal device 3, information indicating the movement range, information indicating the distribution destination of the guidance information, etc. To do. As a result, the guide information edited according to the location where the member terminal device 3 of the member is located and translated into a language understandable by the user can be distributed to the member terminal device 3 serving as a corresponding distribution destination. it can.

  In addition, when using a mobile phone or a mobile terminal having a GPS (Global Positioning System) function or a current position detection function similar to this, it is detected by such a function by registering “having a GPS function”. Depending on the location, you can receive detailed information distribution.

  Further, the language type of information distributed to the member terminal device 3 and the dialect type are also registered as necessary information. In this embodiment, in addition to Japanese, English, French, and German, East Asian Korean and Chinese are also supported.

  Subsequently, in step S <b> 114, the registration information described above is stored in the member database 58 by the member registration processing unit 40 of the guidance information management device 12. Further, based on this registration information, the member registration processing unit 40 stores in the distribution database 56 information necessary for the distribution processing unit 38 to distribute information to the members.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing data transfer between the guidance information management devices 12 in this embodiment.

  In step S116 following step S114, as shown in FIG. 6, the data stored in the distribution database 56 in step S114 is transferred to another guidance information management apparatus 12 by the processing of the cooperation processing unit 42. Upon receiving the transfer, the cooperation processing unit 42 of the guidance information management apparatus 12 stores the data in its own distribution database 56. This transfer destination guidance information management device 12 is for an area where the corresponding member stays, lives or moves.

  Even if a failure occurs in the original guidance information management device 12 due to such transfer, or data communication in the network 1 is congested or disconnected due to a disaster, the network 1 to the member terminal device 3 of the corresponding member It is possible to distribute the guidance information to the member as much as possible from the other guidance information management device 12 which is not troubled or congested in the route and is operating normally. When a disaster occurs, the communication path may be congested due to a safety inquiry to the disaster area. Such congestion can be avoided as much as possible, and guidance information can be distributed.

  When step S116 is completed, in step S120, a service for distributing guide information to the member becomes possible. Therefore, it is possible to provide the service shown in FIG. 8 described later when a disaster occurs.

  If the member cancels due to various reasons, the procedure is performed in step S124. In step S126, the data stored in the member database 58 and the distribution database 56 are deleted or updated according to the procedure.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the disaster-induced guidance process in the present embodiment. FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the flow of information in this disaster guidance process.

  7 is started when an emergency earthquake notification is received from the weather warning server device 10 as shown by an arrow S1 in FIG. 8 via the network 1, a dedicated line, or the like. . First, in step S146, the emergency earthquake information system receiving apparatus 30 receives the notification and analyzes the contents.

  Subsequently, in step S150, the distribution information generation processing unit 33 generates information to be distributed to members according to the analysis result of the content of the notification. This step S150 includes the first half process of step S154 by the edit processing unit 34 and the second half process of step S156 by the machine translation processing unit 35.

  In step S154, the edit processing unit 34 uses the information stored in the edit database 52 and provides related information by the complementary information server device 16 via the network 1 as indicated by an arrow S2 in FIG. The information provided to the member terminal device 3 from the guidance information management device 12 is selected and edited while receiving it as appropriate. For example, the edit processing unit 34 automatically reads out the disaster evacuation route and means at the member's location, the nearest evacuation location, etc. from a website provided for public information by the local government at the location, and extracts necessary information In addition, it can be used in the guidance information distributed to members. In this case, the local government website is used as the supplementary information server device 16.

  Subsequently, in step S156, the edited information is appropriately translated by the machine translation processing unit 35. If no translation is required, the information edited by the editing processing unit 34 can be used as information to be distributed to the members as it is. When a translation sentence such as a fixed example sentence is stored in the translation database 54, the machine translation processing unit 35 uses this to translate. Also, the machine translation processing unit 35 sends the information edited by the editing processing unit 34 to the machine translation server device 14 via the network 1 as shown by an arrow S3 in FIG. Translation is entrusted, and the information translated from the machine translation server device 14 is received and used as indicated by an arrow S4 in FIG.

  In step S160, the distribution processing unit 38 selects a distribution means when distributing the guidance information translated as described above to the members. Some member terminal devices 3 have a plurality of routes for accessing the network 1, such as wireless, wired, or mobile phone networks. There may be a plurality of routes in the network 1. Accordingly, the distribution processing unit 38 selects, as a distribution unit, one that is expected to be able to reliably distribute information among such routes.

  In the subsequent step S162, the distribution processing unit 38 uses the distribution means selected in this way, and the information translated by the machine translation processing unit 35 as shown by an arrow S5 in FIG. Deliver against.

  After these steps S160 and 162, in step S166, the distribution processing unit 38 determines whether it is necessary to retransmit the translation information in order to reliably distribute to the corresponding member terminal device 3. When the route of the network 1 at the time of distribution already performed is congested or the like, it is determined that retransmission is necessary, and steps S160 and 162 are performed again. Distribution means used at the time of retransmission may or may not be the same as those used at the time of previous distribution. If it is determined in step S166 that retransmission is not necessary, all the processes in FIG. 7 are terminated.

  In addition, the delivery method from the delivery process part 38 to the member terminal device 3 in step S162 is not specifically limited. For example, information may be distributed as a mail text (including a subject) of an e-mail, or a dedicated data transfer function may be provided and used.

  Further, the method for providing the distributed information to the member in the member terminal device 3 is not specifically limited. The screen may be displayed on the member terminal device 3 which is a mobile phone or a mobile terminal possessed by an individual or the member terminal device 3 which is a personal computer installed in a hall or the like by an organization.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the information provided from the supplementary information server device 16 can be included in the guidance information. Therefore, the latest information such as information on the nearest evacuation site determined by the government or local government It is possible to distribute the guidance information including the message to the members. The supplementary information server device 16 is not particularly limited. In the present embodiment, a website that is open to the public on the Internet is also targeted. For example, it is a site that is widely accessed over the Internet, which is set up for general public relations by the government, local governments and transportation facilities.

  Further, in this embodiment, even in the case of information distribution to be performed immediately, machine translation within the guidance information management device 12 using the translation database 54, and if possible, machine translation outside the guidance information management device 12 The guidance information can be distributed after machine translation by the server device 14. Since the information is translated in real time at the time of distribution, the information can be translated even when the latest information obtained from the complementary information server device 16 is included as described above. Further, even if the number of languages to be handled increases, if the machine translation server device 14 can cope with it, the delivery contents can be similarly machine translated and delivered.

  Furthermore, in the guidance information management device 12 arranged in various places in Japan, the member terminal device 3 is used by using the one without any obstacle and the route of the network 1 where the data communication is not congested or disconnected. Since information is distributed, it is possible to distribute information to members as much as possible even in the event of a disaster. In addition, in order to distribute information from the other guidance information management device 12, the member information in the distribution database 56 is transferred to the other guidance information management device 12 in advance, but it is limited to the minimum necessary for distribution. Therefore, the problem of leakage of personal information can be avoided.

The block diagram which shows the whole structure by which the guidance information management apparatus of embodiment with which this invention was applied is used. Japan map showing an arrangement example of the guidance information management device of the above embodiment The block diagram which shows the hardware constitutions of the member terminal device at the time of using the guidance information management apparatus of the said embodiment, a machine translation server apparatus, a supplementary information server apparatus, and a personal computer. The block diagram which shows the structure of the guidance information management apparatus of the said embodiment. Flowchart showing member service processing in the embodiment The block diagram which shows the data transfer between the guidance information management apparatuses in the said embodiment. The flowchart which shows the guidance process at the time of disaster occurrence in the said embodiment The block diagram which shows the flow of information in the guidance processing at the time of the disaster occurrence

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Network 3 ... Member terminal device 5 ... Earthquake detection device 6 ... Earthquake warning notification device 10 ... Weather warning server device 12 ... Guidance information management device 14 ... Machine translation server device 16 ... Complementary information server device 30 ... Emergency earthquake information system reception Apparatus 33 ... Distribution information generation processing unit 34 ... Editing processing unit 35 ... Machine translation processing unit 38 ... Distribution processing unit 40 ... Member registration processing unit 42 ... Cooperation processing unit 52 ... Editing database 54 ... Translation database 56 ... Distribution database 58 ... Member Database 301-303 ... Bus 310 ... CPU
311 ... RAM
312 ... ROM
313 ... LAN-I / F
314 ... MODEM
320 to 322 ... I / F
330 ... Screen display device 331 ... Keyboard 332 ... Mouse 333 ... Printer device 340 ... HDD device 341 ... CD drive device 342 ... FDD device

Claims (3)

A guidance information management device that provides guidance information for a user to deal with when an earthquake occurs, via communication means,
A distribution database storing information indicating a language understandable by the user, information for recognizing or estimating the current location, and information indicating a distribution destination of the guidance information;
A receiving unit for receiving earthquake early warning based on earthquake detection by seismometers located in various places;
An editing processing unit for adding and editing supplementary information required by the user to the earthquake early warning,
A machine translation processing unit that translates the editing information into the language indicated by the language information;
A guidance information management apparatus comprising: a delivery processing unit that delivers the translation information as the guidance information to a delivery destination indicated by the delivery destination information.   The guidance information management device according to claim 1, wherein the guidance information management device cooperates between the plurality of guidance management devices, and even if there is a failure in any of the guidance information management devices, the guidance information management device distributes the guidance information from another guidance information management device. A guidance information management device comprising a cooperation processing unit that performs processing for transferring information used for performing the guidance information management device.   A computer program for implementing the guidance information management device according to claim 1 or 2.