Emergency information prompt report system
First Claim
1. An emergency information prompt report system which promptly reports requested emergency information to a specified area by utilizing a broadcast system in which a broadcast station multiplex area-specified local information with normal programs to broadcast it, comprising:
- a plurality of emergency information requesting apparatuses which request prompt reports of the emergency information by specifying at least objective areas;
an emergency broadcast processing apparatus which automatically receives the emergency information requested from the plurality of emergency information requesting apparatuses and specifies objective areas for the broadcast station to instruct prompt reports of the emergency information; and
emergency broadcast in-station processing apparatuses which are installed in the broadcast station and multiplex the emergency information with broadcast signals of the normal programs as the local information for the specified objective areas in response to instructions from the emergency broadcast processing apparatuses.
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Abstract
A monitoring center notifies emergency broadcast request information specifying its broadcast area to a prescribed emergency broadcast processing apparatus when any sensor detects an abnormality and determines that an emergency broadcast is needed. When acquiring the emergency broadcast request information transmitted from a plurality of monitoring centers, the processing apparatus grasps contents specified in the request information to notify information necessary for the emergency broadcast to a broadcast station covering an objective area. When a request instruction for the emergency broadcast is issued, the broadcast station arranges contents of emergency information in free areas in a broadcast format, arranges control information to start receivers in the objective area and also automatically select a channel at a defined position in the broadcast format to create an emergency broadcast signal and multiplexes it with a normal broadcast signal to broadcast it.
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16 Claims
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1. An emergency information prompt report system which promptly reports requested emergency information to a specified area by utilizing a broadcast system in which a broadcast station multiplex area-specified local information with normal programs to broadcast it, comprising:
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a plurality of emergency information requesting apparatuses which request prompt reports of the emergency information by specifying at least objective areas;
an emergency broadcast processing apparatus which automatically receives the emergency information requested from the plurality of emergency information requesting apparatuses and specifies objective areas for the broadcast station to instruct prompt reports of the emergency information; and
emergency broadcast in-station processing apparatuses which are installed in the broadcast station and multiplex the emergency information with broadcast signals of the normal programs as the local information for the specified objective areas in response to instructions from the emergency broadcast processing apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An emergency broadcast processing apparatus which is used for an emergency information prompt report system which promptly reports requested emergency information to a specified area by utilizing a broadcast system in which a broadcast station multiplex area-specified local information with normal programs to broadcast it, the apparatus comprising:
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reception means for receiving emergency information transmitted from any one of a plurality of emergency information request devices and designating a condition including at least an object district;
specifying means for specifying a broadcast station satisfying the condition of the emergency information received by the reception means;
informing means for informing the broadcast specified by the specifying means of the emergency information together with designation of the object district.
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