JP6161024B2 - Direction guidance device and direction control device - Google Patents

Description

According to the present invention, when a predetermined event occurs, the direction guide device that guides the direction suitable for the event by individually or coordinating at geographically separated positions, and the direction guide device individually. The present invention relates to a direction control device that instructs a direction to be guided.

For example, an evacuation site is often determined in advance for each region for the purpose of evacuating residents in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake or storm and flood. Such an evacuation site is displayed by a public information of a local government or a signboard indicating that it is an evacuation site, and when a disaster or a disaster is predicted, it is notified through broadcast radio. However, depending on the type of evacuation, it may be difficult to hear the broadcast radio. Furthermore, because the residents themselves did not know the appropriate evacuation site, there were cases such as getting lost during the evacuation, and it was not always possible to evacuate efficiently.
Moreover, in situations where road use is restricted due to events or construction in daily life, it has been difficult for those who are unfamiliar with the geographical information of the surroundings to avoid it efficiently.

  In order to solve this problem, an evacuation guidance system (Patent Document 1) that displays a map on a predetermined terminal screen connected to the disaster response headquarters via a network, and an information transmission / reception device attached to a telephone pole or telephone line pole Has been proposed (Patent Document 2).

Japanese Patent No. 4859722 JP 2010-44341

However, the evacuation guidance system as described in Patent Document 1 needs to stop and check at a predetermined terminal in order to know the evacuation direction, and when urgent or many people evacuate all at once. Not always suitable for cases. In addition, it is difficult to transmit information to people who are not geographically bright, and it may be difficult to accurately transmit information to persons with visual impairment.
On the other hand, the information receiving / transmitting apparatus described in Patent Document 2 has a large amount of information to be transmitted, and is likely to be difficult to adapt to the communication / transmission situation at the time of a disaster.
In addition, in the systems and devices described in Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2, if the device is expensive and the scale is large, the number of terminals and devices installed on the streetlight is limited, and sufficient evacuation is performed continuously for those requiring refuge. There may be situations where information cannot be provided.

The present invention provides a direction guidance device and a direction control device that can provide guidance with flexibility and high accuracy under a desired load distribution and functional distribution even for a person who is not geographically bright in a suitable direction according to an event that has occurred. The purpose is to do.

The invention according to claim 1 is a device that guides light in a direction suitable for a predetermined event when a predetermined event occurs, and includes a plurality of light emitters arranged in a grid pattern vertically and horizontally, and the plurality The light guide is provided with a control means for causing the light emitter to cyclically blink so that the light moves in a direction determined based on a predetermined standard or process corresponding to the mode of the event . That is, the guidance in the direction suitable for the event that has occurred is shown in the order in which a plurality of light emitters arranged in a grid in the vertical and horizontal directions are cyclically blinked. Even visually uninformed people can be realized by visual information that can be easily and intuitively identified.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the direction guiding apparatus according to the first aspect guides a direction suitable for the event by sound when a predetermined event occurs. And a direction guide provided with control means for driving a sounding body of a direction guiding device arranged in a direction that can be a candidate for the direction and cyclically switching a sounding method in a direction suitable for the event. Device. That is, the guidance in the direction suitable for the event that has occurred is shown in the order in which the sound generators of the plurality of direction guidance devices are cyclically driven, so that it is intuitive to the person who hears the pronunciation of the direction guidance device according to the present invention. It is realized by auditory information that can be identified.

The invention according to claim 3 is an apparatus for individually instructing a guiding direction to a plurality of direction guiding apparatuses according to claim 1 or 2, which are arranged geographically dispersed, wherein the event A direction control device that individually determines or obtains directions to be guided by each direction guide device so that the plurality of direction guide devices cooperate with each other on the basis of a predetermined standard or process corresponding to the aspect of is there. That is, even if the several direction guidance apparatus provided under the direction control apparatus which concerns on this invention is arrange | positioned geographically, it can share and bear the load of the function regarding direction guidance.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, as the control means in the direction guide device according to the first or second aspect , according to a distance to a point guided by the direction or a distance to another adjacent direction guide device. The flashing time interval of the light emitter is changed .

The invention according to claim 5 should be guided with geographical position information of the previous direction guide device as the predetermined reference or processing in the control means in the direction guide device according to claim 1 or 2. Both or any one of the position information of the points is used as information for control, and the operation control of the light emitter is performed. That is, the direction to be guided according to the occurrence of the event is set or maintained in a direction suitable for both the position of the direction guide device according to the present invention and the point to be guided in that direction. .

In a guidance system to which the present invention is applied, a desired direction suitable for an event is transmitted with high accuracy as audiovisual information that can be intuitively discerned even for a geographically uninformed person. In addition, when a plurality of direction guidance devices according to the present invention are provided and linked, guidance in a direction suitable for each event is realized even in a geographically wide area.

The figure which shows the specific structural example of the guidance system of this invention. The figure which shows the blinking state of the light-emitting body in the direction guidance apparatus of this invention.

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

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
As shown in FIG. 1, the evacuation guidance system according to the present embodiment includes the following elements.
(1) Broadcast wireless device 300
(2) Direction control apparatus 200 linked with broadcast radio apparatus 300 via a radio link
(3) A plurality of n direction guide devices 100-1 to 100-n arranged in a distributed manner in a wireless zone formed by the direction control device 200.
The direction control device 200 includes the following elements.
(1) Antenna 201
(2) Transmitter 202 and receiver 203 connected to the feeding point of antenna 201
(3) A control unit 204 having input / output ports connected to the control terminal and the modulation / demodulation terminal of the transmission unit 202 and the reception unit 203, respectively.
The direction guide device 100 is composed of the following elements.
(1) An antenna 101 attached to the top of a support column erected at the installation point
(2) Among the side surfaces of the support column, the solar panel 102, the sounding body 103, and the light emitting body 104 that are attached near the top of the description
(3) The following elements arranged inside the case 110 attached to the side of the support column
(3-1) Reception unit 111 and transmission unit 112 sharing antenna 101
(3-2) Control having input / output ports connected to the control terminals and modulation / demodulation terminals of the reception unit 111 and transmission unit 112, and input / output ports connected to the sound generator 103 and the light emitter 104, respectively Part 113
(3-3) A storage battery 114 that supplies power to each part in the housing 110 and is connected to the solar panel 102 described above.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a blinking mode of the light emitter 104 in the direction guide device 100. In order to indicate the direction to be guided, driving is performed based on an instruction from the control unit 113.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIGS.
Conventionally, when a disaster occurs or is predicted to occur, information on the disaster situation and evacuation site is collectively provided to a wide range of residents by the broadcast wireless device 300 installed by the local government.
At this time, the disaster situation and the evacuation place are notified from the disaster prevention headquarters of the local government or the broadcast radio apparatus 300 to the direction control apparatus 200 according to the present invention. Based on this notification, the direction control device 200 notifies each direction guidance device 100-1 to 100-n of the direction to be guided according to the disaster situation and the installation location of each direction guidance device.

  The direction control device 200 collates the notification of the disaster situation and the evacuation place obtained through the receiving unit 203 with the geographic information where each direction guide device is installed, and sends a drive signal suitable for each direction guide device to the control unit 204. And transmitted from the transmission unit 202. Thereby, it is possible to individually notify the direction guidance device of the latest disaster situation and a suitable direction to guide for the evacuation site.

Here, the drive signal is a signal for instructing a sound generation method of the sound generator 103 and a flashing method of the light emitter 104.
The sound generator 103 changes the frequency or scale of the sound to be generated with a certain direction. Examples of the sounding body include cases where the vibration is caused by a speaker or a piezoelectric element. However, the sounding body is not limited to these as long as the mechanism generates sound by changing the frequency or the scale.
The light emitter 104 changes the blinking order and time of light. The blinking control method may be a method generally used for lighting blinking. In addition to a light bulb, an LED lamp or the like is conceivable as the illuminant. However, the illuminant is not limited to these.

The direction guidance devices 100-1 to 100-n are installed in advance along a road or the like that can be an evacuation route to the evacuation destination, and the receiving unit 111 receives the direction notified from the direction control device 200. The control unit 113 determines the driving of the sound generator 103 and the light emitter 104 according to the notified direction.

As a suitable form to which the sounding body 103 should be driven, there is a form in which the sounding bodies 103 of the plurality of direction guiding devices 100 are linked to change the frequency and the scale in the guiding direction.

On the other hand, as a suitable form that the light emitter 104 should be driven, the following forms may be mentioned.
A mode in which the light emitters 104 of one direction guide device 100 periodically blink in the guide direction as shown in FIG. 2 A light emitter 104 of adjacent direction guide devices 100 is linked in a cycle in the guide direction as shown in FIG. With these modes, the viewer can grasp the evacuation direction and the detour over a wide range.

In order for the sounding body 103 or the light emitter 104 of the direction guide device 100 to operate in cooperation with each other, the direction guide devices 100 need to synchronize with each other. However, the synchronization signal generated by the control unit 113 is transmitted to the direction guide devices 100. Realized by sending and receiving with

Furthermore, the driving mode of the light emitter of another direction guide device 100 is changed according to the location where the direction guide device 100 is located. In the guidance to the evacuation site, distance information is given to the refugee by shortening the blinking time interval of the light emitter as the destination gets closer. In addition, when the direction guide device 100 is installed at a narrow interval on an entering road or the like, the flashing time interval of the light emitter is shortened, and the direction guide device 100 is installed at a wide interval on a flat road or the like. If so, increase the flashing time interval to give the refugees a sense of geography.

  Naturally, disasters and events that occur on the road vary depending on the location and time. Therefore, when the evacuation location or route changes, the direction control device 200 updates the guidance direction based on the disaster information and evacuation location information from the broadcast wireless device 300, and each direction guidance device 100-1 ˜100-n to change the light emission order of the light emitters and the sound generation order of the sound generators.

Even if the residents themselves are unfamiliar with the surrounding geography, the above guidance system allows efficient evacuation without getting lost during the evacuation. In addition, when the broadcast radio is missed or when a more detailed guide route is desired, the broadcast radio system can be supplemented.

In addition, the guidance system which concerns on this invention also has the function to present the direction which the direction guidance apparatuses 100-1 to 100-n autonomously guide without going through the control process with respect to the direction guidance apparatus 100 in the direction control apparatus 200. .
That is, some of the direction guide devices 100-1 to 100-n obtain disaster information and evacuation place information from the broadcast radio device 300, present directions to be individually guided, and a plurality of direction guide devices. The direction which 100 should cooperate and presents is shown. The synchronization between the direction guide devices necessary for the linkage is performed by transmitting and receiving a synchronization signal generated by the control unit of the direction guide device 100 as described above.

Moreover, transmission / reception of the control signal to / from the disaster / evacuation information in the direction control device 200 and the direction guide device 100, and transmission / reception of the control signal and synchronization signal in the direction guide device 100 may be wireless communication as long as they are wired communication.

Furthermore, the direction guidance device 100 functions as a direction guidance device under the predetermined event as described above, but is not in the guidance direction under normal conditions where there is no information to be specifically guided or under the predetermined event. The light emitter 104 can function as a street lamp for illumination.
In addition, the sounding body 103 does not necessarily have to change the frequency or the like in order to always indicate the direction to be guided, and alerts the local residents at the time of a disaster by making a commonly used warning sound. It can be carried out.
These driving modes may be executed autonomously by the direction guide device 100 or may be executed by an instruction from the direction control device 200.

It is also possible to have the solar panel 102 and the storage battery 114 as incidental facilities. This eliminates the need for a separate power supply device and enables nighttime operation.

As another embodiment of the guidance system according to the present invention, a suitable guidance direction can be presented even when a road detour is required due to construction or an event.
That is, the direction control device 200 receives traffic information provided by the local government and transmits a driving signal corresponding to each direction guidance device to the direction guidance device 100. The direction guidance device 100 presents the direction to be guided according to the driving mode at the time of disaster.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various configurations can be made within the scope of the present invention, and any improvement may be applied to all or some of the components.
Hereinafter, among the inventions disclosed in the above-described embodiments, the configurations, operations, and effects of the invention not described in the claims are referred to as “Claims”, “Means for Solving the Problems”, “ They are listed in a format according to each column of “Effects of the Invention”.

[Claim 6]
In the direction guidance device according to any one of claims 1, 4 and 5,
A suitable direction for the event is:
A direction guide device that is notified from the outside when the event occurs.

That is, the direction to be guided when the event occurs is flexibly set under the cooperation with the outside, even if the direction guidance device according to the present invention does not autonomously determine.

Therefore, in the guidance system to which the present invention is applied, the latest more suitable direction can be obtained by appropriately updating instructions regarding the direction notified from the outside in a part or all of the system of direction guidance devices operating in conjunction with each other. Can be guided.

[Claim 7]
In the direction guidance device according to claim 6,
The control means includes
A direction guidance device that drives the plurality of light emitters to illuminate the vicinity of the direction guidance device when there is no direction notified from the outside or a predetermined direction.

  In other words, when an event does not occur, even when an event occurs, it functions as an illuminating lamp or a warning lamp as appropriate in cooperation with the outside.

Therefore, the direction guidance device to which the present invention is applied can be used as a street light at night and as a warning light for alerting in the event of an emergency even when there is no guidance to be notified.

[Claim 8]
In the direction guidance device according to claim 2,
The predefined criteria or process includes
A direction guidance apparatus characterized by taking into account both or any one of a geographical position of the direction guidance apparatus and a point to be guided by the direction.

  That is, in cooperation with the direction guide device configured similarly, even if the guide direction changes in response to the situation of the event, it is possible to guide the sound in the appropriate direction by changing the pronunciation of the sound generator it can.

Therefore, in the guidance system to which the present invention is applied, the sounding bodies of the plurality of direction guidance devices can be driven in conjunction with each other even when the guidance to be notified changes.

[Claim 9]
In the direction guidance device according to any one of claims 2 and 8,
A suitable direction for the event is:
A direction guide device that is notified from the outside when the event occurs.

That is, the direction to be guided when the event occurs is flexibly set under the cooperation with the outside, even if the direction guidance device according to the present invention does not autonomously determine.

  Therefore, in the guidance system to which the present invention is applied, the latest more suitable direction can be obtained by appropriately updating instructions regarding the direction notified from the outside in a part or all of the system of direction guidance devices operating in conjunction with each other. Can be guided.

[Claim 10]
In the direction control apparatus according to claim 3,
The direction acquisition means includes
Guidance is provided by the plurality of direction guidance devices based on both or any one of the geographical individual positions of the plurality of direction guidance devices and points to be individually guided by the plurality of direction guidance devices. A direction control device characterized by individually determining the power direction.

  That is, the load and distribution of functions by a plurality of subordinate direction guide devices can be achieved in a form adapted to both the position of these direction guide devices and the point to be guided.

  Therefore, the direction control device to which the present invention is applied can individually indicate the direction to be guided suitable for the position of the direction guide device in response to an event that changes from time to time.

[Claim 11]
In the direction control apparatus according to claim 3 or 10,
A direction control device characterized in that a control means for instructing a predetermined direction or not instructing the direction to be guided is provided in a part of the plurality of direction guidance devices.

In other words, any of the subordinate direction guide devices can function as an illumination lamp for a route along the vicinity or the direction to be guided.

Therefore, the direction control device to which the present invention is applied is a warning light for alerting the direction guidance device as a street light at night even when there is no guidance to be notified. It can be instructed to drive.

100 Directional Guide Device 101 Antenna 102 Solar Panel 103 Sounding Body 104 Light Emitting Body 110 Housing
111 Receiver 112 Transmitter 113 Controller 114 Storage Battery 200 Direction Control Device 201 Antenna 202 Transmitter 203 Receiver 204 Control Unit 300 Broadcast Radio Device

Claims (5)

When a predetermined event occurs, a direction guide device that guides a direction suitable for the event with light,
A plurality of light emitters arranged in a grid pattern vertically and horizontally ;
Control means for causing the plurality of light emitters to cyclically blink so that light moves in a direction determined based on a predetermined standard or process corresponding to an event mode ;
A direction guide device comprising: In the direction guidance device according to claim 1,
Has a phonetic body,
The control means cyclically switches the sounding method of the sounding body in a direction determined based on a predetermined standard or process corresponding to the aspect of the event,
A direction guide device characterized by that. A direction control device that individually designates a direction to be guided to a plurality of direction guide devices according to claim 1 or 2 that are arranged geographically dispersed when a predetermined event occurs,
Direction acquisition for individually obtaining directions to be guided by the plurality of direction guidance devices so that the plurality of direction guidance devices cooperate with each other based on a predetermined standard or process corresponding to the aspect of the event With means,
A direction control device characterized by that. The direction guide device according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The control means includes
According to the distance to the point guided by the direction or the distance to another adjacent direction guide device, the flashing time interval of the light emitter is changed.
A direction guide device characterized by that. The direction guide device according to claim 1 or 2 ,
The predefined criteria or process includes
In consideration of the geographical position of the direction guide device and / or the point to be guided by the direction,
A direction guide device characterized by that.