JP2011183127A - Display of evacuation area using balloon applied with fluorescent paint - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display device of an evacuation area for a refugee to transmit his evacuation area to a search party. <P>SOLUTION: "Balloon coated with fluorescent paint" is raised 5-10 m above obstacles such as trees and cliffs in the area to transmit the evacuation area from the refugee. Meanwhile, the search party can concentrate on search for discovering "Balloon coated with fluorescent paint" using a telescope, a binocular or the like, although the refugee is in bush, forest, shade of the cliffs or the like. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

Not only the voices, whistle, mobile phone, etc. from both the victims and the search party, but also the “balloons coated with fluorescent paint”, which was sent from the victims, have been raised for a long time. Is the development of an instrument that enables the use of optical instruments such as telescopes and binoculars in addition to visual acuity, and enables confirmation of evacuation sites from a greater distance and a wider area.
Metallic small gas cylinders are also a tool that is greatly used to check and rescue victims' burial sites when a victim is buried deep in the snow due to an avalanche.

  Hydrogen has a lower specific gravity than helium, so the buoyancy in air is larger, but helium is extremely inert in its chemical properties and does not react with most other elements. I decided to use one.

  Since helium gas has low solubility in blood, it is mixed with oxygen and used for inhalation of oxygen for diving aeration gas or poisoning and asphyxia.

  In order to avoid the risk of explosion, the metallic small gas cylinder should be made of a metal that will not corrode and be strong enough to withstand the difference in pressure between the inside and outside.

JP-A-9-56841 (Outline of Patent Document 1)

  A device that informs the rescuer of the evacuation location by using a gas heavier than air, such as helium gas, injecting gas into a balloon connected to the gas cylinder, generating buoyancy, and raising the gas cylinder and balloon while connected. It is.

(Overview of the accident)

In Aomori alone, a total of 215 distresses have been published in the statistical data of the National Police Agency over the five years from 2004 to 20 years. Only a small part of them were able to survive on their own, and most of them are based on precise relief activities such as search teams. During this time, 38 people have been forced into the painful situation of death.
Desperate search activities involving the affairs and annoyances of the distress's family / relatives and neighbors, the local fire department, the police, and sometimes the Self-Defense Forces and helicopters. It has also been reported that it can last for days.
(Disaster accidents and search activities)
(From the position of the accident victim)

At the point of recognizing that he / she has lost his way regardless of whether he / she remains healthy or is injured due to a sudden accident, including individuals / groups, he / she suffers from suspicion and annoyance from anxiety and helps out loud If you ask for a phone call, you will only be returned, but you may not be able to connect your mobile phone in mountainous areas, or you may be out of charge.
Even if the phone is well connected, people who are not used to it can not explain the outline of the surrounding terrain, so it tends to end with a check of whether it is fine.
(From the position of search team)

Even if you get a message from your family that they will not return at the scheduled time, you will be asked to search, but the family members will also be extended until the last minute, so late in the evening or at night The more you are in.
Immediately contact the people concerned, decide the organization of the team after the meeting, etc. The actual dispatch is likely to be after the next day because it may span the night. The search is also a search in the dark search without knowing the detailed situation of the area, but it can not be discovered unless it is close to the range where the voice of the victim or the sound of the whistle reaches Because there are many, there will be a lot of mobilization of members and unseen difficulties.
(Issues to overcome the above situation)

The biggest issue is whether the search team can identify the victim's location (or evacuation site).
Even if the victim does not know the location of the disaster location, he / she is evacuating here, so he / she wants to rescue him / her (except for a sound that is low to reach the opponent and far from identifying the evacuation site) The use of light (sight, telescope, binoculars, etc.) as a method for solving the problem is not possible to display the evacuation site, and it is a long-distance transmission over a long distance and wide range. Then, I was convinced that it was the best way, and decided to present a “balloon with fluorescent paint”.
(Use of materials to solve problems)

  In order to solve the above problems, the characteristics of materials such as the following [0012] to [0014] are utilized, and a “balloon coated with fluorescent paint” is developed by combining them.

  This utilizes the property of a gas having a small specific gravity such as hydrogen (specific gravity 0.0899) or helium (specific gravity 0.1785).

Use the special “metal small gas cylinder”, “balloon coated with fluorescent paint”, and “spinning thread” to lift this balloon 5-10m above the surrounding trees and other obstacles. The evacuation site is indicated and the hand of the silk thread is fixed to the gas cylinder.
(Points to note when handling instruments)

No matter how good the equipment is, the handling is troublesome and it is not necessary to use it in an emergency situation.
In consideration of this, the instrument is devised so that the performance of the instrument can be demonstrated with a simple operation so that sudden accidents and injuries can be dealt with.
In addition, helium gas used to create buoyancy has properties such as [0002] and [0003], so even if the gas cylinder falls open with the main plug open, there is no effect on the human body. It can be used with confidence. The amount of helium gas loaded in the gas cylinder is an amount that inflates about 2 to 3 balloons.

A major feature of this device is that it can be seen from a distance even at dusk or at night as well as during the day by using a balloon coated with fluorescent paint.
(Procedure for raising the balloon)

In order to deal with sudden accidents and personal injuries, the balloon can be raised with a simple and clear operation.
▲ 1 ▼ When checking the instrument before departure, keep the gas cylinder valve closed and insert the helium gas injection nozzle into the balloon inlet. ▲ 2 ▼ Pull out the stopper of the cylinder storage instrument and tie it with a string. Balloons popped out of the storage device by the action of a spring.
(3) Since the gas inlet and the balloon inlet are connected in advance, the balloon can be inflated simply by twisting the gas cylinder valve.
▲ 4 ▼ When the balloon is inflated, close the valve, remove the balloon from the nozzle, close the balloon valve, and raise the balloon. Moreover, this balloon can be used to prevent accidents and to prevent accidents. Even in the case of an injury that does not move from the spot, it is possible to lift the balloons brought by using the fingers and mouth of both hands or one hand and the toes and weight of the hands. If you can lift the balloon even if you spend it, the chances of being found by the search party will be incredibly high.
(Comparison with prior art documents)

When I showed the materials of the prior art at the Aomori Invention Association, it turned out that the documents mentioned above had been submitted in the past, so I compared this document with what I am planning to apply for I decided to describe what I did.
(Comparison of problems)

The aim is similar to my idea, but there are some problems with the content, so I will state that.
In order to compare and compare the two materials, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-56841 is described as A, and my material to be applied is described as B.
(Problem 1)

Although there is no indication of the approximate weight of the gas cylinder and the approximate size when the balloon is inflated in A, it cannot be confirmed, but according to the description in P191 of the 17th Science and Technology Encyclopedia published by Shogakukan, It is described that there is a “lift of 1 kg with a gas volume of 1 m ³ ” as a target buoyancy. Based on the above, if you calculate the diameter of the balloon in A, assuming that the gas cylinder weight is 200g, the balloon weight is 70g, the yarn weight is 100g, and the total weight is 370g, the diameter is about 47cm The buoyancy and weight will finally balance. For this reason, it is considered that an appropriate diameter for raising to the air is at least 55 to 65 cm.
Compared to this, in B, the gas cylinder and the balloon are separate, and only the fishing line and the balloon are lifted in the air. Therefore, when calculating the weight of the balloon as 60g, the weight of the thread as 100g, and the total weight as 160g, the diameter of the balloon Is 20.1 cm, the buoyancy and weight are balanced. Therefore, the proper diameter for raising the balloon B in the air is about 35 cm.
(Problem 2)

There is no need to fry A gas cylinders into the air. The reason is as follows: (1) The overall weight is increased and the balloon is made larger than necessary. (2) The gas cylinder and the balloon are linked together, so the production cost is high. (3) It is skipped due to some mistakes. When it is closed, the next hand does not remain. B is filled with 2 to 3 balloons of gas in one gas cylinder, and it is possible to lift another balloon if necessary. Production costs can be reduced.
(Problem 3)

The person A takes up only individual behavior and does not touch on behavior in the group, but it seems that the behavior in the group must also be taken into consideration because there are many when climbing.
In B, spring and wild vegetables are taken, autumn mushrooms, winter mountain skiing, snowboarding, lakes, and sea surface.
(Problem 4)

In A, the balloon display is clear during the day, but it has the major drawback of being invisible from dusk to night. In particular, since the day is short from the autumn to the winter solstice, the effectiveness of the balloon is greatly diminished.
In B, since the fluorescent paint is applied, the effect of the balloon can be exhibited regardless of day or night. This is because when a missing person who does not return to the meeting place even if someone arrives at the meeting time due to the behavior of the group, the missing person possesses a balloon coated with fluorescent paint and evacuates the balloon Because it is supposed to be raised in the place, if all the remaining participants search for balloons that glow, including binoculars and telescopes, it is possible to rescue the victims and return home together on that day become. (It also leads to the effect of the invention)
(Sending from a distress using a balloon (light))

  At the site of distress accidents so far, sound (voice, whistle, mobile phone, etc.) has been the mainstream from distresses, and for light-related things, it was the best to shake smoke and clothing. The “Balloon Device for Notifying Distressed Places When Climbing” appeared in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-56841, filed on Aug. 29, 1995. Looks like there wasn't. There were some problems, but if the request for examination was passed and passed to society, dozens or hundreds of precious lives were saved nationwide so far. When you think about whether or not there is something, you feel lonely.

Means to be Solved by the Invention

(Distributor classification)

The contents of accidents are quite different, but it is important to classify them based on commonality in order to make means and countermeasures.
(In the case of a single distress)

The frequency of accidents such as “bamboo shoots” and “mushrooms” is high, but it seems that most people usually go out to the local area and get out of the car and enter the collection site. Because quite a lot of people go out from this, it seems that it has become deeper into the depths of the collection site, and it seems that it is easy to get lost for those who are not used to it.
In addition, there are many things that grow on the ground (mushrooms also grow on the fallen rotten trees), and it is said that one of the causes of losing direction is the increase in behavior when looking downward.
Veteran people keep a record in the diary every year to check the growth time and location of "mushrooms", etc., and you can go directly to that place, so you can not think of a distress unless it is injuries or harm of birds and beasts under special circumstances It is also the fear of the mountains that cannot be done.
The means can cope with [0010] [0032].
(In the case of a group distress)
(If an individual in the group is missing)

Measures for those who could not gather at the last meeting time at the meeting place will be in the evening time zone, so if you do not respond by calling out with a loud voice, whistle, mobile phone, etc., please do not stop Shimoyama It seems that the current situation is to resolve and ask the search team.
When using balloons, the yellow and green balloons are lifted over the gathering place of all the members as in [0022] of P3 and [Claim 3] of P9, and the balloons are being checked. Since it becomes an action, it is possible to prevent being missing. If he still gets lost, he raises the red and white balloons he has brought and sends the evacuation site to his friends. The walking distance of the lost person may be in the mountains, so it will not reach several kilometers, even if it becomes dark in the evening or a little dark, the effect of the fluorescent paint will allow the fellow people to be rescued within the day It becomes possible. Also, in some cases, other groups of people and veteran individuals are also on their way home, so they can recognize the balloons and rescue them.
(In the case of a distress involving the entire group)

There seems to be a lot of climbing in an amateur group, but from a difference in consciousness due to a fall accident from the ridge due to lack of visibility due to sudden change of weather, etc., a difference in physical strength or a difference in mountain knowledge, etc. People who become personal movements that do not follow the opinion of the leader may be confused and driven into group dismantling.
If this happens, the search team's actions often become a double-triple search of a part of the group and a personal search in a harsh mountainous area, and it is easy to lead to a large-scale search without being able to specify the search location.
As mentioned earlier, it is rare for everyone to be rescued at the same location, and they are often divided into small groups or alone. For this reason, searching for members of the search team is extremely difficult.
In such a case, if you send each evacuation place with the balloons that you bring, the rescue of the victim will be much faster.
(Distress related to avalanche)

It has been reported that rescue work at the scene of a distress due to avalanches in Winter Mountain and Spring Mountain has been difficult to find survivors and dead bodies despite the fact that the scene of the distress has been confirmed.
According to what I hear, the searchers are lined up in a long line with corpses, inserted in the snow, and they need a high level of technology and many search corps to confirm the position of the victim. .
When you are caught in an avalanche and trapped in the snow, you cannot lift a balloon, but if you wear a metal gas cylinder, you can quickly find its position with a metal detector brought by the search team, Immediately digging snow and letting it take a second will help save lives. When there are several victims, they are divided into detectors and snow digging groups. When the location is confirmed, all of them perform snow digging and rescue is possible within a short time.
(Distresses related to small boats on the lake and sea)

Examples include capsizing of small ships on lakes and seas, and accidents caused by ice breaks in lakes during winter. In ships, life jackets are prepared and are supposed to be worn in an emergency, so even if thrown into lakes or seawater, they do not sink into the water due to buoyancy, but only the head can be used by other ships and helicopters. It seems to be quite troublesome to connect to the discovery of the search party. If the “balloon with fluorescent paint”, which is a message from the victim at this time, is raised to a height of about 30 to 40 m above the surface of the water, it may be caused by another ship or helicopter with a high-performance telephoto function. There is no doubt that the probability of finding a search party can be increased several times.
For this reason, I would like to recommend wearing a life jacket and carrying a “balloon with a fluorescent paint”, including those on ice fishing who break the ice on the lake in winter.

The invention's effect

(The effect of lifesaving can be expected by the effect of balloons coated with fluorescent paint)
(Power of balloons coated with fluorescent paint)

The search team can use optical instruments such as telescopes and binoculars in addition to the naked eye by raising the `` balloon coated with fluorescent paint '' that is sent from the victims, so it can be used from a wide range and from a long distance regardless of day or night. However, it becomes possible to check balloons, and the probability of finding the victims of the search party will be much higher than conventional sounds (voices, callers, etc.).
And this “early detection of the victim” is the driving force that produces the great effect of “saving the life of the victim”.
(Lifting balloons will maintain the mental stability of the victim)

By raising the balloon with this fluorescent paint applied by the distress, the search team and the rescue team can be sure to find the balloon and rescue it, and do not take reckless action. Since self-control can be prevented, the exhaustion of physical strength is prevented, and the rescue opportunity increases accordingly.
(Since the rough standard of the range of action of search teams and rescue teams is determined, you can search intensively.)

If there are victims in the forest, in the bush, behind the cliffs, or in the bottom of the valley, it is often difficult to confirm the victims if the members do not approach the victims to some extent in the search based on the sound so far. It was.
However, if the victim brings a balloon with a fluorescent paint and puts it up, he can make a precise search. Hear from the distress's family and acquaintances about which mountain they went to, and on a map of about one-50,000th of that area, you could enter a car and park the car around the place Check the height difference and select a place where you can look around with binoculars or a telescope. If you can find the car of the distress, you will be within a few kilometers of the distressed place, and if you find a balloon with binoculars or a telescope from the hill where you can see the area, you can rush to the distress site and rescue the distress.
(In addition to saving the lives of victims, it is also possible to reduce the personal burden of expenses related to search.)

When a distress occurs, not only the people involved in the distress, but also the struggles of the members of the search team who are helping to save their lives, the assistance of the neighbors, the concerns of the family who are staying away, and the subsequent search We must be prepared to increase the cost of personal contributions related to.
(Can reduce the cost of dispatching search teams and rescue teams)

Including the expenses for dispatching search teams and rescue teams and the cost of dispatching helicopters, etc., if this takes several days, it is expected to reach a huge amount.
The ratio and content of the total expense of [0033] and [0034] for the personal and public expenditures are unknown, but if both the early detection and early rescue results can be improved, the cost will be greatly reduced for both. Can be connected.
(Balloons are not universal)

When balloons are blocked by fog (morning fog is easy to clear), clouds, rain, snow, snowstorms, etc., there is no way than waiting for a sunny day, but at that time sound (voice, call whistle) and so on as before It is necessary to deal with both sides of the balloon. Evening fog is hard to clear, but the clouds may sometimes be cut off and rain, snow, and snowstorms do not last so long, so don't panic, use vinyl rain gear or furoshiki to prevent body temperature from falling It is better to wait for the rescue of the search party by digging a snow hole and doing so as to preserve the physical strength, if necessary.
(Summary of effects and future issues)

As for the rescue operation of the victims, there is no waiting for the confirmation of the evacuation place to be given top priority. It seems that it was inevitable that the rescue did not remain.
Isn't it possible to examine legal measures that require all people entering the mountain to bring “balloons coated with fluorescent paint”, which is a message from the victims, from the standpoint of lifesaving? It can be thought of as a lifejacket for the prevention of marine accidents, but the situation is not so mature, and it is full of frustrating thoughts. .
This is because, in the unlikely event of a distress, we can be confident that early detection of evacuation sites is the basic solution to lifesaving.
Since this is related to saving lives, I think it is an important issue not only in Japan but also in the world.

It is unclear whether or not JP 9-56841 was filed for examination, but it seems very unfortunate that no effect has been recorded as described in [0023]. And if my current proposal is thought to be a re-firing of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-56841, it is truly an extreme.
According to the history of mathematics, it is said that a major controversy began in about 1700 about Niuton and Leibniz, who discovered first. Later, in the 19th century, de Morgan in the United Kingdom investigated in detail, and both discovered the differential method and the integral method independently, and Niuton was only a little earlier in time. Clarified that there is no.
This example was taken from the aspect of enlightenment and lifesaving of distress accidents that may occur because the valuable proposal of Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 9-56841 did not see the day or could have been helped. I would like to ask you to consider "Evacuation site display with balloons coated with fluorescent paint". It should be noted that many people who were involved in distress accidents are the mainstays in their homes, and there are many people in the community who are mid-career and leaders.

Gas cylinder body Balloon with fluorescent paint Balloons coated with red and white fluorescent paint (for evacuation sites) Balloon with yellow and green fluorescent paint (for meeting place) Outline drawing of instrument storage case Top view from A in FIG. Side view from B in FIG. Side view from C in FIG.

(Set the balloon shape as follows)
The balloon may be spherical, but the vertically long shape has the same volume and the diameter is narrow, and when the balloon is lifted in a bamboo fence or in a forest, the balloon is difficult to get caught in the branches of the tree, and the search team When people search for balloons with a telescope, the balloons are more likely to shake by the wind, which is a measure to avoid misidentification with other objects.

(Forms from both public and private sides)
It must be borne in mind that this invention has not only the problem of money and rights but also the peculiarity that publicity is greatly involved.
The reason seems to be that the majority of modern day victims are increasingly involved in distress due to personal and private behavior. (The public distress is well equipped with modern equipment, and if it happens, it could lead to a catastrophe.) Relief for family, relatives, acquaintances and neighbors is private Although it can be seen as support, the organization and activities of search teams such as fire brigades and police officers are greatly involved in the search of public organizations, so I think that I must think about forms from both public and private sides It is.
Even if this invention was approved by the JPO and knew that "the evacuation area display with a balloon coated with fluorescent paint", it wasn't an obligation because I wasn't obligated to pay for it. It is not necessary to be ignored ”, so we must work to raise awareness and improve the awareness of many people.
In order to solve this, I am keenly aware that it is necessary to discuss the situation described in [0036] from the public, including the national and prefectural levels.
(Reconfirmation of the actual situation of the victims from the statistical viewpoint)

In the section of [0008], the number of distresses in Aomori Prefecture for the five years from 2004 to 20 years is listed, but newspapers and other articles are only taken up as small cases except for special distress cases. It is not done. Since it is only the materials of the National Police Agency when it comes to materials for years, it seems to be a statistical material forgotten by the general public.
Of course, public amounts related to the search, private amounts related to the victims, painful accidents leading to death, and the effort and economic hardship of the remaining bereaved people are not disclosed at all. It seems to be. Since it may be related to privacy, it seems that there may be something that cannot be overtly done, but that alone may prevent this problem from progressing.
Create materials that are devised so that individual names cannot be seen without changing the contents of the statistics, and take up the various negative aspects of distress accidents on society and the positive aspects that were rescued. It seems important to measure enlightenment.

  The past examples of distress accidents have been given in view of the contents of the invention, but it was decided to apply with confidence that it was an essential tool for lifesaving because it was a new transmission from the distress.

It is related to the development and production of new tools for lifesaving, the anxiety and upset that you will notice only after you are in distress, the search team is so-called without knowing exactly where and in what form the victim is seeking rescue Searching in the dark has a tremendous amount of effort, and if you are not good at it, you can search for it in a situation where it can get involved in a secondary disaster. .
And from the distress, thanks to the development of this instrument, thanks to the fact that the life was saved, and the sense of fulfillment that the search teams were able to rescue the victim safely through a targeted search. I hope that it will end with a ending that will allow you to feel both.

▲ 1 ▼ Gas valve ▲ 2 ▼ Depressurizer ▲ 3 ▼ Gas nozzle ▲ 4 ▼ Balloon stopper of gas inlet ▲ 5 ▼ Balloon gas inlet ▲ 6 ▼ Balloon gas stopper ▲ 7 ▼ Fluorescent paint red to balloons ▲ 8 ▼ Fluorescent paint white to balloons ▲ 9 ▼ Fluorescent paint yellow to balloons ▲ 10 ▼ Fluorescent paint green to balloons ▲ 11 ▼ Storage case lid ▲ 12 ▼ Storage case body ▲ 13 ▼ Through hole of waist band ▲ 14 ▼ U-shaped clasp of lid ▲ 15 ▼ Storage room for two balloons ▲ 16 ▼ Partition plate for storage room ▲ 17 ▼ Spring for balloon jumping (4)
▲ 18 ▼ Balloon 1 storage room ▲ 19 ▼ Balloon 2 storage room ▲ 20 ▼ Thread

Claims (3)

  When a disaster is noticed, helium or hydrogen gas is loaded into a balloon coated with fluorescent paint from a special small gas cylinder and lifted over the evacuation site, and the evacuation site is sent to the rescue team and search party.   A portable and metallic small gas cylinder filled with helium gas and a few balloons are housed in a special case and worn using a special waist belt so as not to leave the body. When caught in an avalanche and buried in the snow, a small metal gas cylinder is used to locate the victim by the metal detector of the search party.   In the case of group action, a plurality of differently colored balloons are used to display gathering locations and individual evacuation sites.

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