SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING WEATHER FLUCTUATION PREDICTION INFORMATION AND METHOD OF PROVIDING WEATHER FLUCTUATION PREDICTION INFORMATION

• US 20120084006A1
• Filed: 10/03/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: KAWAGUCHI, Yuichiro, MIYAZAWA, Teruhisa
• Application Number:
  US13/251,635
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084006A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 702/3
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 19/086 for remote indication
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 9/0022 of a piezoelectric element
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 90/10 Information and communication technologies [ICT] supporting adaptation to climate change, e.g. for weather forecasting or climate simulation

Abstract

A system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information includes at least one atmospheric pressure measurement device arranged in a specific local area, and a data processing device processing atmospheric pressure data measured by the atmospheric pressure measurement device. The atmospheric pressure measurement device includes an atmospheric pressure sensor having a pressure sensing device that changes a resonance frequency according to the atmospheric pressure and outputting the atmospheric pressure data according to an oscillation frequency of the corresponding pressure sensing device. The data processing device includes an atmospheric pressure data acquisition unit continuously acquiring the atmospheric pressure data measured by the atmospheric pressure measurement device, and a weather fluctuation prediction information generation unit generating the information to predict the weather fluctuations in a specified local area based on the atmospheric pressure data acquired by the atmospheric pressure data acquisition unit.

Claims

1. A system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information which provides information to predict specific weather fluctuations that occur due to the change in atmospheric pressure in a specific local area, comprising:

at least one atmospheric pressure measurement device arranged in the specific area; and

a data processing device processing atmospheric pressure data measured by the pressure measurement device,

wherein the atmospheric pressure measurement device includes an atmospheric pressure sensor having a pressure sensing device that changes a resonance frequency according to the atmospheric pressure and outputting the atmospheric pressure data according to an oscillation frequency of the corresponding pressure sensing device, and

the data processing device includes an atmospheric pressure data acquisition unit continuously acquiring the atmospheric pressure data measured by the atmospheric pressure measurement device, and a weather fluctuation prediction information generation unit generating the information to predict the weather fluctuations based on the atmospheric pressure data acquired by the atmospheric pressure data acquisition unit.

2. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of the atmospheric pressure measurement devices are arranged in a mesh shape.

3. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of the atmospheric pressure measurement devices are arranged with a density which is determined based on a specific standard that is related to the characteristic of the specific area.

4. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 1, wherein at least some of the plurality of the atmospheric pressure measurement devices are arranged in positions having different altitudes.

5. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 1, wherein the atmospheric pressure measurement device is arranged at a fixed point that does not move with respect to a ground surface.

6. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 1, wherein the weather fluctuation prediction information generation unit generates time series of image data that expresses atmospheric pressure distribution in the specific area with colors according to the atmospheric pressure as information to predict the weather fluctuations.

7. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 1, wherein the data processing device further includes a weather fluctuation prediction unit determining whether or not a specific determination standard is satisfied based on the information to predict the weather fluctuations and predicting the occurrence of the weather fluctuations based on the result of the determination.

8. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 7, wherein the weather fluctuation prediction unit predicts that the weather fluctuations occur within a predetermined time if a lowering amount of the atmospheric pressure at a specified time in the position of the atmospheric pressure measurement device is larger than a predetermined threshold value.

9. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 7, wherein the weather fluctuation prediction unit predicts at least one of a weather fluctuation occurrence position and an occurrence time based on the temporal change of the atmospheric pressure in the position of the atmospheric pressure measurement device.

10. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 1, wherein the pressure sensing device provided in the atmospheric pressure sensor is a piezoelectric double-ended tuning fork resonator.

12. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of the atmospheric pressure measurement devices are arranged with a density which is determined based on a specific standard that is related to the characteristic of the specific area.

13. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 2, wherein at least some of the plurality of the atmospheric pressure measurement devices are arranged in positions having different altitudes.

14. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 2, wherein the atmospheric pressure measurement device is arranged at a fixed point that does not move with respect to a ground surface.

15. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 2, wherein the weather fluctuation prediction information generation unit generates time series of image data that expresses atmospheric pressure distribution in the specific area with colors according to the atmospheric pressure as information to predict the weather fluctuations.

16. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 2, wherein the data processing device further includes a weather fluctuation prediction unit determining whether or not a specific determination standard is satisfied based on the information to predict the weather fluctuations and predicting the occurrence of the weather fluctuations based on the result of the determination.

17. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 16, wherein the weather fluctuation prediction unit predicts that the weather fluctuations occur within a predetermined time if a lowering amount of the atmospheric pressure at a specified time in the position of the atmospheric pressure measurement device is larger than a predetermined threshold value.

18. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 16, wherein the weather fluctuation prediction unit predicts at least one of a weather fluctuation occurrence position and an occurrence time based on the temporal change of the atmospheric pressure in the position of the atmospheric pressure measurement device.

19. The system for providing weather fluctuation prediction information according to claim 2, wherein the pressure sensing device provided in the atmospheric pressure sensor is a piezoelectric double-ended tuning fork resonator.

11. A method of providing weather fluctuation prediction information which provides information to predict specific weather fluctuations that occur due to changes in atmospheric pressure in a specific local area, comprising:

measuring atmospheric pressure using at least one atmospheric pressure measurement device which is arranged in the specific area, and includes an atmospheric pressure sensor having a pressure sensing device that changes a resonance frequency according to the atmospheric pressure and outputting the atmospheric pressure data according to an oscillation frequency of the corresponding pressure sensing device;

continuously acquiring the atmospheric pressure data measured by the atmospheric pressure measurement device; and

generating the information to predict the weather fluctuations based on the atmospheric pressure data acquired in the acquiring of the atmospheric pressure data.