Portable communication terminal, evacuation route display system, and emergency alert broadcasting device

• US 20070049259A1
• Filed: 08/09/2006
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Sasaki, Takashi, Nakanishi, Tetsuya, Onishi, Masashi
• Application Number:
  US11/501,243
• Publication Number:
  US 20070049259A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/414.200
• CPC Class Codes: A62B 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 17/00 Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/006 with transmission via telephone network
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/066 guiding along a path, e.g. evacuation path lighting strip
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72418 for supporting emergency services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/10 including a GPS signal receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/90 Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A portable communication terminal and a evacuation route display system are arranged to guide a user to a safe area in emergency situation, and a emergency alert broadcasting device is arranged to detect smoke or noxious gas and to broadcast the detected information to a plurality of portable communication terminals. The portable communication terminal includes a receiving section that receives emergency information and a display section that displays the emergency information. The evacuation route display system includes a base station including a memory that stores map information and evacuation route information and a circuit that transmits the map information and the evacuation route information to the terminal during emergency. The emergency alert broadcasting device includes a detecting device that detects smoke or noxious gas, and an information-sending unit that sends the detected information and evacuation information over a communication network to portable communication terminals.

Claims

1. A portable communication terminal comprising:

a receiving section configured and arranged to receive emergency information; and

a display section configured and arranged to display the emergency information.

2. The portable communication terminal of claim 1, wherein

the receiving section includes a broadcast receiving circuit.

3. The portable communication terminal of claim 1, further comprising

an azimuth measuring unit, and

a display circuit configured and arranged, based on at least one of map information and evacuation route information contained in the emergency information, to display at least one of a map and a evacuation route in the display section in a manner corresponding to an actual azimuth measured by the azimuth measuring unit.

4. The portable communication terminal of claim 1, further comprising,

a GPS terminal.

5. An evacuation route display system comprising:

a base station including a memory configured and arranged to store at least one of map information including safe area information and evacuation route information including evacuation routes to a safe area, and a broadcast transmitting circuit configured and arranged to transmit at least one of the map information and the evacuation route information to the portable communication terminal of claim 1 during emergency.

6. The evacuation route display system of claim 5, wherein

the base station is configured and arranged to transmit an automatic activation request signal to the portable communication terminal prior to transmitting the at least one of the map information and the evacuation route information.

7. An emergency alert broadcasting device comprising:

a detecting device configured and arranged to detect smoke or noxious gas generated in a target area and to output a detection value; and

an information sending unit configured and arranged to send at least one of evacuation information and origin location information of the smoke or the noxious gas detected by the detecting device over a communication network to a plurality of portable communication terminals when the detecting device detected the smoke or the noxious gas.

8. The emergency alert broadcasting device of claim 7, wherein

the detecting device includes a laser light emitting device configured and arranged to emit a laser light into the target area, and to scan the target area and a laser light detecting device configured and arranged to detect the laser light reflected or scattered in the target area or the laser light that has passed through the target area.

9. The emergency alert broadcasting device of claim 8, wherein

the laser light emitting device is configured and arranged to emit a broadband coherent laser beam, and the laser light detecting device is configured and arranged to detect a response to the broadband coherent laser beam at a plurality of frequencies.

10. The emergency alert broadcasting device of claim 7, wherein

the detecting device further includes a determining unit configured and arranged to determine a presence of the smoke or the noxious gas by comparing the detection value with a standard criteria information which is stored in the determination unit.

11. The emergency alert broadcasting device of claim 7, wherein

the evacuation information includes at least one of map information having safe area information and evacuation route information having evacuation routes to a safe area, and the origin location information includes map information of an origin of the smoke or the noxious gas.

12. The emergency alert broadcasting device of claim 7, wherein

the evacuation information includes a description of a first-aid treatment to perform when the noxious gas has been inhaled.