Real time automatic update system and method for disaster damage investigation using wireless communication and web-gis

• US 20080208962A1
• Filed: 05/24/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Data PCS Company Limited, INHA Industry Partnership Institute
• Original Assignee: Data PCS Company Limited, INHA Industry Partnership Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Jongkook, Kim, Kyehyun
• Application Number:
  US11/802,620
• Publication Number:
  US 20080208962A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/14 specially adapted for specific applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• 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 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/50 for emergency connections

Abstract

Disclosed are a real time automatic update system and method for disaster damage investigation using wireless communication and a web-GIS (Geographic Information System), which are able to prevent disaster recurrence by effectively acquiring various data associated with a disaster area in disaster investigation, quickly establish a disaster register and enable easy searching by loading corresponding data on the web. The system includes a field equipment kit which is comprised of various kinds of equipments for capturing the location of a damaged area, damage cause information, damage images and moving images, and voice information and transmitting them to a server; a damage investigation information receiving server which receives data that is created in the field equipment kit and transmitted therefrom through wireless communication, analyzes/stores disaster data, and classifies/processes the disaster data; a web server which receives data classified suitably for a homepage, a disaster register, a web-GIS, etc. and establishes a disaster register DB and a web DB; a web-GIS server which updates and stores geographical information and geographical property information linked with the web server; and a client terminal which connects to the web server and the web-GIS server to generate a retrieval signal of disaster information and displays the information on the screen.

Claims

1. A real time automatic update system for disaster damage investigation using wireless communication and a web-GIS (Geographic Information System), the system comprising:

a field equipment kit which is comprised of various kinds of equipments for capturing the location of a damaged area, damage cause information, damage images and moving images, and voice information and transmitting them to a server;

a damage investigation information receiving server which receives data that is created in the field equipment kit and transmitted therefrom through wireless communication, analyzes/stores disaster data, and classifies/processes the disaster data;

a web server which receives data classified suitably for a homepage, a disaster register, a web-GIS, etc. and establishes a disaster register DB and a web DB;

a web-GIS server which updates and stores geographical information and geographical property information linked with the web server; and

a client terminal which connects to the web server and the web-GIS server to generate a retrieval signal of disaster information and displays the information on the screen,

wherein the field equipment kit comprises;

a portable damage investigation equipment, which includes a digital camera, a voice recorder and a portable GPS (Global Positioning System) terminal, for capturing images and moving images of a disaster area and voice data and obtaining coordinate information of the corresponding disaster area, and which receives data measured in each of the measuring equipments by using WiFi communication, USB, and CD; and

an ultra-speed wireless internet modem which transmits complete data recombined in the portable damage investigation equipment to the damage investigation information receiving server,

wherein the portable damage investigation equipment is set to perform an overall processing operation, including receiving GPS coordinates of a corresponding damaged area from a GPS server through a Wi-Fi type data receiver and automatically setting the same when position information of a damaged area is entered through a key input section and a GPS coordinate setting is selected, receiving image data, moving image data and voice data of a damaged area through a USB type data receiver and loading and outputting the same, performing an information registration processing by entering information through the key input section and linking weather data and web data, and processing corresponding information in a web document and transmitting the same to the damage investigation information receiving server through a HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) type data transceiver.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the damage investigation information receiving server performs an overall processing operation of analyzing corresponding data in comparison with basic disaster data when damaged area information in a web document form is received from the portable damage investigation equipment, storing and registering the same in the disaster DB, classifying the corresponding information into data for the web server and data for the web-GIS server and converting the same into a protocol of the corresponding server, and transmitting the corresponding data to the web server and the web-GIS server.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the web server performs the process of receiving damaged area information transmitted from the damage investigation information receiving server, classifying the corresponding data into data for registration in a disaster register DB and homepage data and registering them respectively, and linking the corresponding homepage information with the disaster register DB and registering the same.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the web-GIS server performs the process of receiving damaged area information transmitted from the damage investigation information receiving server, analyzing the corresponding data and determining whether a new layer is required or not, adding new graphic information and property information of the corresponding area if the new layer is required, configuring geographical graphic information and property information of the corresponding area as web-GIS information if the new layer is not required, and linking the same with the disaster register DB for data update.

5. A real time automatic update method for disaster damage investigation using wireless communication and a web-GIS, the method comprising the steps of:

(a) loading information of a disaster area through a field equipment kit and transmitting and registering the same to and in the a disaster investigation information receiving server;

(b) at the disaster investigation information receiving server, classifying the disaster area information into data for data for a web server and data for a web-GIS server and storing the same in the disaster DB, processing the corresponding disaster area information into a protocol operable for each server, and transmitting the same to each server;

(c) at the web server, analyzing the disaster area information transmitted from the disaster investigation information receiving server, creating the same as data for homepage display and disaster register data for webpages and storing the same in a homepage DB and a disaster register DB, and linking the corresponding homepage and the disaster register DB;

(d) at the web-GIS server, analyzing the disaster area information transmitted from the disaster investigation information receiving server, registering layers for new geographical information or additionally registering geographical graphics of the disaster area, and linking the corresponding information with the web GIS disaster register DB and the web server so as to be outputted in linkage with each other; and

(e) connecting to the web server or the web-GIS server through a client terminal and searching and outputting information of a specific disaster area or disaster type.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the step (a) comprises the steps of:

(a1) driving the portable damage investigation equipment according to the user'"'"'s input and selection;

(a2) when position information of a damaged area is inputted into a system driving unit of the portable damage investigation equipment, determining at the system driving unit whether a coordinate setting key is inputted;

(a3) if a coordinate setting key is inputted, at the system driving unit, transmitting a positioning request signal to a remote GPS server and receiving coordinate values from the corresponding GPS server and automatically setting the same;

(a4) determining at the system driving unit whether a key signal for input correction is applied;

(a5) if the input correction key is not applied, determining at the system driving unit whether a damage image information loading signal is applied through additional equipments such as a digital camera, a voice recorder and a key input section, wireless ultra-speed communication equipment and so on, whether a moving image/voice information loading signal is applied, whether an input signal of other information such as memos about the corresponding damaged area information is applied, and whether a loading signal of weather data and other web data of the corresponding area is applied through the wireless internet network;

(a6) if a damage image information or image/voice information loading signal is applied from a digital camera or a voice recorder through a USB port, at the system driving unit, receiving the corresponding information and registering the same in a on-site investigation DB;

(a7) if an input signal of other information such as memos about the corresponding damaged area information is applied through a key input section, linking the same with text information inputted together with image/moving image/voice data of the corresponding damaged area and registering the same in the on-site investigation DB;

(a8) if a loading signal of weather data and other web data of the corresponding area is applied through the wireless internet network, at the system driving unit, receiving the corresponding information and outputting the same on the screen;

(a9) it is determined whether a registration signal for the corresponding information is applied, linking the same with the image/moving image/voice text data of the corresponding damaged area and registering the same in the on-site investigation DB;

(a10) determining at the system driving unit whether an additional information loading signal is applied;

(a11) converting the corresponding information into a web document if there is no additional information to be loaded;

(a12) determining at the system driving whether an information input signal of an additional damaged area is applied; and

(a13) transmitting the corresponding information to the damage investigation information receiving server through a HSDPA type data transceiver if the additional damaged area information input signal is not applied.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein the step (e) comprises the steps of:

(e1) at the web server linked to disaster information, receiving a connection signal from the client terminal;

(e2) determining at the web server whether a selection signal of any one of the corresponding recent damage investigation status information is applied from the client terminal;

(e3) determining at the web server whether a selection signal for image information, moving image information, voice information and disaster prevention register of the corresponding investigation information is applied from the client terminal;

(e4) if the selection signal for any one of the information is applied, at the web server, extracting the information corresponding to the selection signal, among the image information, moving image information, voice information and disaster prevention register of the corresponding investigation information, and outputting the same;

(e5) if the web server receives a disaster register search signal from the client terminal, at the web server, determines which key signal is inputted between a periodical search and a key word search from the client terminal;

(e6) extracting information of the range matching with a corresponding period or keyword and outputting the same;

(e7) determining at the web server whether a GIS information search signal linked to the main page of the web server is applied from the client terminal;

(e8) if the GIS information search signal is applied from the client terminal, driving the web-GIS server at the web server;

(e9) determining at the web-GIS server whether a coordinate input signal, a position selection signal or a disaster type selection signal is applied from the client terminal through the web server;

(e10) receiving the corresponding information or a selection signal at the web-GIS server;

(e11) at the web-server, extracting an information code classified as a coordinate, position information, or disaster type inputted or selected from the client terminal and transmitting the information code to the web server;

(e12) at the web server, extracting and outputting disaster information matching with the corresponding information code by using the corresponding information code;

(e13) if there is at least one information searched and outputted by the web server, determining at the web server whether a selection signal of any one information is applied from the client terminal;

(e14) determining at the web server whether a selection signal for an image information, moving image information, voice information and disaster prevention register of the corresponding investigation information is applied from the client terminal;

(e15) if the selection signal for any one of the information is applied, at the web server, extracting the information corresponding to the selection signal, among the image information, moving image information, voice information and disaster prevention register of the corresponding investigation information, and outputting the same;

(e16) determining at the web server whether a key signal related to geographical information, such as a zoom-in signal or zoom-out signal of a corresponding area, a coordinate movement signal, and a distance measurement signal, is generated from the client terminal, and transmitting the key signal to the web-GIS server if the key signal related to the corresponding geographical information is applied;

(e17) at the web-GIS server, extracting zoom-in (or zoom-out) information of an area range by GIS analysis, modifying the corresponding graphic information, and outputting the graphic information within the corresponding area range;

(e18) if a coordinate movement signal is applied, at the web-GIS server, applying a new coordinate by GIS analysis, modifying graphic information, and outputting the corresponding graphic information;

(e19) if a distance measurement signal is applied, at the web-GIS server, receiving a distance designation signal to calculate the corresponding distance and outputting the calculated value;

(e20) determining at the web-GIS server whether a new input signal of GIS information is applied; and

(e21) if the new input signal is not applied, determining whether a corresponding system termination signal is applied or not.