JP2010034638A - Printer with disaster information receiving function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a printer with a disaster information receiving function, which makes it possible to recognize an evacuation area even in case of a power failure after reception of an emergency earthquake alert. <P>SOLUTION: When the emergency earthquake alert is received (step S10), the earthquake alert is made (step S11), and map information showing the evacuation is read out of a memory and is printed, if setting for performing a printing operation when the earthquake alert is received is made (YES in a step S12) and a setting for printing the evacuation area is made (NO in a step S13). <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a printing apparatus with a disaster information reception function capable of receiving disaster information and having a printing function.

  In recent years, the Japan Meteorological Agency has started providing a service called Earthquake Early Warning. To explain this earthquake early warning in detail, the Japan Meteorological Agency places seismometers at multiple points, collects data from this seismometer when an earthquake occurs, and based on the collected data, the longitude, latitude, The depth of the epicenter and the magnitude (magnitude) of the earthquake are calculated, and the calculated data is transmitted to a specific terminal or business operator.

More specifically, a case will be described in which data is transmitted from the Japan Meteorological Agency to the terminal via the operator. In this case, the Meteorological Agency, a business operator, and a terminal are connected, and when an earthquake occurs, data relating to the earthquake is transmitted in order from the Meteorological Agency to the business operator and the terminal.
Specifically, when the meteorological agency sends data on the longitude, latitude, depth of the epicenter, and magnitude of the earthquake (magnitude) of the epicenter to the business operator, On the basis of the location information of the terminal that has joined the terminal, the time until the seismic intensity and shaking at the location where the terminal exists is immediately calculated, and these data are transmitted to the terminal.

In addition, there is a system in which information on the epicenter transmitted from the Meteorological Agency to the terminal from the business side is transmitted as it is, and the predicted seismic intensity is calculated on the terminal side. In this case, the terminal uses the regional information recorded in advance on the terminal, for example, the latitude / longitude information of the place where the terminal is installed, etc. The estimated time at which the portion (usually S wave) will reach is calculated.
The calculation result is notified to the user by, for example, displaying an image on a liquid crystal panel or outputting sound through a speaker. Thus, the user can take an evacuation action such as hiding under the desk or extinguishing the source of the fire before the main motion arrives from the epicenter.

Various technologies related to disaster information have been applied for patents. For example, in Patent Document 1, when a server receives disaster information from a disaster information recognition organization, information on an evacuation site corresponding to the installation location of the image forming apparatus is created. In addition, there is described a technique for sending the created evacuation site information to the image forming apparatus.
JP 2007-220006

  Depending on the geographical conditions and the distance from the epicenter, the time from when the terminal receives the earthquake early warning to the time when the terminal shakes is between several seconds to several tens of seconds. For this reason, as described in Patent Document 1, if the server side receives the disaster information and creates the evacuation information and transmits it to the image forming apparatus, the image forming apparatus side shakes before printing the evacuation information. May occur.

  In addition, when a power failure occurs immediately after an earthquake occurs, the image forming apparatus cannot perform a printing operation, so that the evacuation site information cannot be printed even if the image forming apparatus receives the evacuation information. There is a possibility.

The invention according to claim 1 is characterized in that, when the information on the disaster is received, the map information on which the evacuation route stored in advance in the memory is described is automatically printed.
The invention described in claim 2 is a storage means, a receiving means for receiving disaster information and map information, an input means for inputting information relating to the position of the own apparatus, and a transmitting means for transmitting information relating to the position of the own apparatus. And control means, and when the control means receives information related to the position of the own device from the input means at the time of initial setting, the control means transmits the information related to the input position to a preset destination. The transmission means is controlled, and when the receiving means determines that the map information has been received from the preset destination after the transmission, the received map information is controlled to be stored in the storage means.
A third aspect of the present invention is the printing apparatus with a disaster information receiving function according to the second aspect, wherein the map information includes position information of an emergency evacuation site, and the position information of the emergency evacuation site And calculating means for calculating an evacuation route from the own device to the emergency evacuation site based on the position information of the own device, and the control means reflects the evacuation route calculated by the calculating means in the map information Map information is stored in the storage means.
The invention described in claim 4 is the printing apparatus with disaster information receiving function according to claim 2 or 3, further comprising a printing unit, and the control unit determines that the receiving unit has received the disaster information. The printing unit is controlled to print the map information stored in the storage unit.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the information on the disaster is received, the map information on which the evacuation route is described is automatically printed. The route can be grasped.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the position information of the own apparatus is input at the time of initial setting, the input position information is transmitted to a preset destination, and the position information of the own apparatus is transmitted from the preset destination. Is received and stored in the storage means. For this reason, it is not necessary for the operator side to create device location information and send it to the device side when an earthquake occurs, so the device side stores the map immediately stored in the storage means when receiving the earthquake early warning Information can be utilized.

  According to the invention described in claim 3, in order to further calculate the route from the own device to the emergency evacuation site and reflect the calculated route in the map information, the user can determine the route to the emergency evacuation site when viewing the map information. It is possible to know easily.

  According to the invention described in claim 4, when the disaster information is received, the map information on which the evacuation route is described is automatically printed. Therefore, even if a power failure occurs and the device cannot be used when a disaster occurs, Can be grasped.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In addition, embodiment shown here is an example and this invention is not limited to embodiment shown here.

  FIG. 1 is an external view of the apparatus of this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the apparatus according to the present embodiment includes a parent device 100 and a handset 200, and the parent device 100 is equipped with a display unit 5, an operation unit 41, and the like. As keys installed in the main unit 100, for example, a numeric keypad 41, a function key 42 for moving the cursor up / down / left / right (determining items) and making a decision, and fax / copy for instructing the start of a fax or copy A key 43, a stop key 44, and the like are provided. Although not shown, a charging terminal for charging the handset 200 is mounted. By placing the handset 200 on the parent device 100, the battery of the handset 200 can be charged.

On the left side of FIG. 1, a front view and a side view of the handset 200 are shown. The handset 200 is equipped with a speaker 203, a microphone 204, a call key 201, and a disconnect key 202. The handset 200 is equipped with a charging terminal (not shown).
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the overall configuration of an embodiment in which the present invention is applied to a facsimile apparatus. The facsimile apparatus according to this embodiment includes a work memory, a register, and the like such as a CPU (Central L1 Processing Unit) and a RAM (Random Access Memory), and includes a facsimile function control apparatus 1 that controls various facsimile function operations.
The facsimile function control apparatus 1 is connected to a ROM (Read On L1y Memory) 2 and operates based on a program such as a control program stored in the ROM 2 in advance, and controls the operation of each circuit described later.
The facsimile function control apparatus 1 performs various facsimile function operations described below based on a program stored in the ROM 2. That is, based on the program read from the ROM 2, the seismic intensity and the shaking in the own device are obtained from the encoding / decoding processing which is a facsimile function, the modem modulation / demodulation processing, the received emergency earthquake warning and the information stored in the flash memory 3 Various arithmetic processes such as a process for calculating the time until the occurrence of the error are performed. Note that the facsimile function control apparatus 1 has these arithmetic processing functions. For example, when the operation by the arithmetic processing is a modem operation, it is expressed as a modem processing unit. However, it is actually an arithmetic processing by a program, and such a specific circuit does not exist.
The flash memory 3 stores received facsimile data and data such as a telephone directory memory. The flash memory 3 also includes 1) information necessary for notifying the earthquake early warning, such as longitude, latitude information, ground amplification factor information, and seismic intensity information for starting the emergency earthquake warning (for example, 2) Map information around the device received from the operator, 3) Map information describing the evacuation route, 4) When receiving an earthquake early warning Information regarding whether or not to print a map or telephone book describing the evacuation route, and 5) Information regarding a destination (for example, a server of a business operator) to which the longitude and latitude information of the own device is transmitted when initial setting is performed. 6) Information on text messages and voice messages used when notifying the earthquake early warning is also stored.
The operation unit 4 connected to the facsimile function control device 1 has a numeric keypad 41 for dial input and character input, a function key 42 for selecting a destination stored in the flash memory 3, and a facsimile transmission start instruction. A fax / copy key 43 for performing, a stop key 44 for instructing to stop the operation, and the like are provided.
The display unit 5 connected to the facsimile function control device 1 is composed of, for example, a liquid crystal display device, and includes a telephone number input from the operation unit 4, a partner name stored in the flash memory 3, and the partner The telephone number and fax number corresponding to the name are displayed. When the telephone number information is sent from the calling side at the time of the incoming call, the sent telephone number or the other party corresponding to the telephone number when this telephone number is stored in the flash memory 3 Display previous name.

The printing unit 6 connected to the facsimile function control apparatus 1 is composed of, for example, a thermal printer, an ink jet printer, a laser printer, or the like, and prints transmitted image data, image data stored in the flash memory 3, and the like. ,Output.
The reading unit 7 connected to the facsimile function control device 1 has an optical reading device such as a CCD (Charge CoupL1ed Device), and reads image information drawn on the original and also reads the original to be read. The presence / absence (the state of the original set at the reading position) is detected.
The hook detection unit 18 detects the on-hook / off-hook state of the handset 8 and notifies the facsimile function control device 1 of the hook state. The hook detection unit 18 detects on-hook and off-hook of the handset 8 based on a change in voltage of a charging terminal (not shown) of the handset.
The crosspoint IC circuit 11 switches signal paths among the line 20, the transmission / reception unit 19, and the DAC circuit 15 based on the control of the facsimile function control apparatus 1. The cross-point IC circuit 11 performs signal path switching, for example, supplying a voice signal from the transmission / reception unit 19 to the line 20 or supplying a voice signal from the line 20 to the transmission / reception unit 19.
The DAC circuit 15 converts the analog voice signal given from the crosspoint IC circuit 11 into a digital signal and gives it to the facsimile function control device 1, and also converts the digital signal from the facsimile function control device 1 into an analog signal. Then, an analog audio signal is given to the line L1 and the speaker 16 of the main body via the cross point IC circuit 11. The speaker 16 and the microphone 18 provided in the main body are used when a transmission / reception operation by a hands-free operation is performed by a key operation of the operation unit 4. In the transmission / reception operation by the hands-free operation, the voice signal input from the line L1 is input to the facsimile function control device 1 through the switch 12, the crosspoint IC circuit 11, and the DAC circuit 15, and the amplifier in the facsimile function control device 1 And output from the speaker 16 via the DAC circuit 15 and the cross-point IC circuit 11. On the other hand, the audio signal input from the microphone 18 is input to the facsimile function control device 1 through the cross point IC circuit 11 and the DAC circuit 15, and after adjusting the gain in the facsimile function control device 1, the DAC circuit 15, The signal is output to the line L1 via the cross point IC circuit 11 and the switch 12.
The incoming call detection unit 14 detects the presence or absence of an incoming signal from the line L1, and notifies the facsimile function control apparatus 1 of the result.
The transmission / reception unit 19 is connected to the antenna 17 and transmits / receives a radio signal to / from the child device 200.
The Internet modem unit 20 is connected to the Internet line L2 and conforms to TCP / IP (Transmission Control Protocol HYPERLINK "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet#Protocol" \ o "Internet Protocol" / Internet Protocol) protocol. Send and receive data based. In this embodiment, the earthquake early warning is received via the Internet line L2, and the Internet modem unit 20 has a function of receiving the emergency earthquake early warning from the Internet line L2. Further, the Internet modem unit 20 has a function of transmitting the longitude and latitude information of the device registered by the user to the other party (for example, the server of the business operator) preset by the user (or at the time of factory shipment). Yes.
As shown in FIG. 3, the facsimile function control apparatus 1 includes a CPU 101 for controlling the whole, and constitutes a processing unit for various operations based on a program given from the ROM 2 via the I / O port 102. The I / O port 102 includes a plurality of input terminals and a plurality of output terminals, and the above-described circuits and the facsimile function control apparatus 1 are connected via the I / O port 102.
The image processing unit 103 of the facsimile function control device 1 sends out a clock signal for driving the reading unit 7 connected to the facsimile function control device 1, inputs / outputs image information, binarizes and multi-values image information. Process. The image signal input from the reading unit 7 via the I / O port 102 is supplied from the image processing unit 103 to the encoding / decoding unit 107, and the encoding / decoding unit 107 performs MH, MR, MMR, etc. The compressed signal is encoded and sent to the line via the modem 108 through a transmission processing operation. In the copying operation, an image signal input from the reading unit 7 via the I / O port 102 is given from the image processing unit 103 to the printing unit 6 via the print control unit 104, and image information is received by the printing unit 6. Printed.
The print control unit 104 sends a clock signal for driving the print unit 6 and sends image information to the print unit 6.
As will be described later, the time measuring unit 105 measures various times necessary for the control operation, and each measured time is given to the storage unit 9 and stored therein.
The ringer sound generating unit 106 generates a ringing tone. When the incoming detection unit 14 detects an incoming signal from the line 20, the ringer tone generating unit 106 generates a ringing tone, gives the ringing tone to the DAC circuit 15, and A ringing tone is sent to the speaker 16 via the point IC circuit 11.
The encoding / decoding unit 107 encodes the image signal to be transmitted into a compressed signal such as MH, MR, or MMR, and decodes the received compressed signal into the original image signal.
The modem 108 detects a facsimile control signal (CNG signal, CFD signal, DIS signal, etc.) input from the line 20 via the switch 12, the crosspoint IC circuit 11, and the DAC circuit 15, and the control signal is transmitted to the DAC circuit. 15, the function of sending to the line 20 through the crosspoint IC circuit 11 and the switch 12, the function of modulating / demodulating the image information, and the telephone number of the calling party sent from the exchange (not shown) at the time of the incoming call And a function to detect.
As described above, the cross point IC circuit 11 does not connect the line 20 to any line on the modem 108 side, the handset 8 side, or the modem 108 side or the handset 8 side under the control of the facsimile function control apparatus 1. Switch connection. The cross-point IC circuit 11 connects the handset side to the switch 12 side in a standby state.
The dialer 109 generates a dial signal when a call is made, and sends the dial signal to the line 20 via the DAC circuit 15, the crosspoint IC circuit 11, and the switch 12.
The calculation unit 110 calculates the seismic intensity and shaking of the own device from the received emergency earthquake bulletin (for example, the longitude / latitude information of the epicenter), the longitude / latitude information of the own device stored in the flash memory 3, and the information of the ground amplification factor. The time until occurrence of is calculated.

  Next, the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment will be described. 3 and 4 are flowcharts showing the operation of the apparatus of this embodiment. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an initial setting operation of the apparatus, and FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation when an earthquake early warning is received. Further, in the system using the apparatus of the present embodiment, the Meteorological Agency, the operator transmitting the earthquake early warning, and the master unit 100 are connected via the Internet line, and the information on the earthquake detected by the Meteorological Agency Via the base unit 100. Further, the operator stores longitude / latitude information of each region of Japan and map information corresponding to the longitude / latitude information. Further, the map information includes information on emergency evacuation sites (longitude / latitude information, map information, etc.) at the time of the earthquake.

  First, in step S1 in FIG. 3, when the facsimile information control apparatus 1 determines that there is an initial setting input (including position information input) from the operation unit 4, the process proceeds to step S2.

  In step S2, the facsimile information control apparatus 1 stores the position information (longitude and latitude information) input in step S1 in the flash memory 3. At this time, various information such as the ground amplification factor and the notification level input in step S1 is also stored.

  In step S3, the facsimile information control apparatus 1 transmits the position information stored in the flash memory 3 in step S2 to the business server. Specifically, the facsimile information control device 1 controls the Internet modem unit 20 to connect the device and a destination (for example, a server of a business operator) set in advance and stored in the flash memory 3, and via the Internet line L2. Then, the position information stored in the flash memory 2 is transmitted to the business server. In addition, the server of the business entity that has received the position information transmits map information corresponding to the received position information stored in advance in the server to the parent device 100.

  In step S4, the facsimile information control apparatus 1 receives map information from the operator's server via the Internet line L2 and the Internet modem unit 20.

  In step S5, the facsimile information control apparatus 1 stores the map information received in step S4 in the flash memory 3.

  In the subsequent step S6, the facsimile information control device 1 calculates an optimum evacuation route (route) from the own device to the evacuation location from the evacuation location of the map stored in the flash memory 3 and the longitude and latitude of the own device. As an optimal evacuation route calculation method, for example, a method of calculating the shortest road from the own device to the evacuation site as an optimal evacuation route can be mentioned.

  In the subsequent step S7, the facsimile information control apparatus 1 describes the evacuation route calculated in the step S6 in the map information stored in the step S5, and the map information (for example, the map shown in FIG. 6) in which the evacuation route is described. Information) is stored in the flash memory 3. In this way, the initial setting of the apparatus is completed.

  Next, the operation when the base unit 100 receives the earthquake early warning will be described based on the flowchart of FIG. In step S10 of FIG. 5, when the facsimile information control apparatus 1 detects a signal indicating that the earthquake early warning has been received from the internet modem unit 20, the process proceeds to step S11.

  In step S11, the facsimile information control device 1 uses the earthquake early warning received in step S1 and the latitude / longitude information of the own device stored in the flash memory 3 and the ground amplification factor until the seismic intensity and the shaking of the own device reach. , And the information on the calculated seismic intensity and the time until the shaking arrives is displayed on the display unit 5 as a text message and output from the speaker 17 as a voice message.

  In step S12, if the facsimile information control apparatus 1 determines that the flash memory 3 has setting information indicating that printing is to be performed when the earthquake early warning is received, the process proceeds to step S13. If not, the process ends. To do.

  In step S13, if the facsimile information control apparatus 1 determines that there is setting information in the flash memory 3 indicating that the telephone book printing is to be performed when the earthquake early warning is received, the process proceeds to step S14. Proceed to the step.

  In step S <b> 14, the facsimile information control apparatus 1 reads the phone book data stored in the flash memory 3 and prints the read phone book data using the printing unit 6.

  In step S <b> 15, the facsimile information control device 1 reads the map information describing the evacuation route stored in the flash memory 3 and prints the read map information using the printing unit 6.

  In this embodiment, the device is configured to send the longitude / latitude information of the device to the business operator via the Internet line L2. However, the longitude / latitude information is specified in the mail body (or an attached file in a text format, etc.). It is good also as a structure which transmits to an e-mail address, and it is good also as a structure which transmits a longitude / latitude information by making a call to a specific other party using a normal telephone line, and transmitting a DTMF signal after a line connection. . In this case, the longitude / latitude information will be represented by a DTMF signal corresponding to a number representing the longitude / latitude.

  In the apparatus of the present embodiment, the facsimile apparatus capable of receiving the earthquake early warning is implemented. However, the apparatus can be similarly applied to a telephone apparatus such as an answering machine, a cordless telephone, a VOIP (Voice over internet protocol) telephone. .

It is an external view of a present Example apparatus. It is a block diagram of the main | base station 100 of a present Example apparatus. 1 is a block diagram of a facsimile information control apparatus 1 of an apparatus according to an embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a present Example apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows operation | movement of a present Example apparatus. It is an example of map information.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Facsimile information control apparatus 4 Operation part 17 Antenna 18 Transmission / reception part 20 Internet modem part 41 Numeric keypad 43 Fax / copy key 44 Stop key 100 Parent machine 200 Handset 201 Call key 202 Cut key 205 Plane part 206 Groove part 207 Inclination part

Claims (4)

A printing apparatus with a disaster information receiving function, which automatically prints map information on which an evacuation route previously stored in a memory is described when information on a disaster is received. Storage means; receiving means for receiving disaster information and map information; input means for inputting information relating to the position of the own apparatus; transmitting means for transmitting information relating to the position of the own apparatus; and control means. ,
The control unit controls the transmission unit to transmit the information regarding the input position to a preset destination when information regarding the position of the own apparatus is input from the input unit at the time of initial setting, and the transmission A printing apparatus with a disaster information receiving function, characterized in that if the receiving means later determines that map information has been received from the preset destination, the received map information is stored in the storage means. The disaster information receiving function-equipped printing apparatus according to claim 2,
Further, the map information includes position information of an emergency evacuation site, and a calculation for calculating an evacuation route from the own device to the emergency evacuation site based on the position information of the emergency evacuation site and the position information of the own device Having means,
The printing unit with a disaster information receiving function, wherein the control unit stores map information in which the evacuation route calculated by the calculation unit is reflected in the map information. The disaster information receiving function-equipped printing device according to claim 2 or 3,
The printing apparatus further includes a printing unit, and the control unit controls the printing unit to print the map information stored in the storage unit when the receiving unit determines that the disaster information has been received. Printer with disaster information reception function.

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