Method for processing information associated with disaster

• US 7,174,150 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2002
• Issued: 02/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/25/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Shida, Daiki
• Primary Examiner(s): Gesesse; Tilahun
• Application Number:
  US10/326,981
• Publication Number:
  US 20030162557A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,505 Days
• Field of Search: 455/404.1, 455/404.2, 455/456.1, 455/412.1, 455/456.2, 340/901, 340/287, 342/357.09, 379/37
• US Class Current: 455/404.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2207/18 wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/04 for emergency applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/22 Automatic class or number identification arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2242/30 Determination of the location of a subscriber
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42042 Notifying the called party of information on the calling party details within substation equipment H04M1/57, signalling details H04Q3/72
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42102 Making use of the called party identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/5116 for emergency applications

Abstract

An object of this invention is to make it possible to confirm the safety of persons who have the possibility of encountering the damage of the disaster when the disaster occurred. This system receives information of the disaster occurring region A and information of subscribers in the disaster occurring region A, and stores it in the disaster region subscriber table storage unit. Then, it transmits the disaster notice to the subscriber terminal in the disaster occurring region A. When it receives information of the position of the subscriber terminal or a voluntary safety confirmation response from the subscriber terminal in the disaster occurring region A, it judges whether the subscriber is in the safe state, and stores the judgment result in the disaster region subscriber table storage unit 45. With this configuration, the occurrence of the disaster can be notified to the subscribers in the disaster occurring region A, and it becomes possible for each subscriber to judge whether he or she is in the safe state. Moreover, it may also transmit the aforementioned judgment result to the subscriber terminal as the transmission source.

Claims

1. A method for processing information associated with a disaster, said method comprising:

receiving information concerning a disaster occurring region and information of a plurality of users, wherein said plurality of users are extracted based on said information concerning said disaster occurring region;

transmitting a disaster notice to terminals of said plurality users in said disaster occurring region;

receiving information concerning a specific user of said plurality of users to whom said disaster notice was transmitted, and

judging whether said specific user of said plurality of users is in a safe state based on the received information concerning said specific user.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising transmitting the judgment result in said judging to said terminal of said specific user.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein in said judging, said received information concerning said specific user is position information, and it is judged whether said specific user is in a safe region based on said position information.

4. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein in said judging, said received information concerning said specific user is a safety response by said specific user, and it is determined whether or not said specific user is in a safe state based on said safety response.

5. The method as set forth in claim 4, further comprising transmitting an operator terminal warning information, and

wherein said safety response by said specific user is a rescue request.

6. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said disaster notice includes information of a place of refuge in said disaster occurring region.

7. The method as set forth in claim 1, wherein said disaster notice includes information concerning emergency measures.

8. The method as set forth in claim 1, further comprising including information representing execution of safety confirmation into said disaster notice,

wherein said judging is carried out according to said information representing execution of safety confirmation included in said disaster notice.

9. A method for processing information associated with a disaster, said method comprising:

receiving and displaying on a display device, information of a disaster informant, information of a disaster report, and information of a disaster region from a server; and

in response to an operator'"'"'s instruction, transmitting a notification instruction for a plurality of users to said server, said notification instruction including at least an instruction whether or not the safety confirmation is necessary, and

wherein said plurality of users are extracted based on said information of said disaster region.

10. A method for processing information associated with a disaster, said method comprising:

receiving a disaster occurrence report from a subscriber terminal;

specifying a disaster region including a region in which at least said subscriber terminal exists;

extracting information of a plurality of users existing in said disaster region;

transmitting information of said disaster occurrence report, information of said disaster region, and information of the terminals of said plurality of users to a server;

detecting a change of the region in which said terminal of one of said plurality of users exists;

transmitting at least information concerning said region after the change to said server.

11. An apparatus for processing information associated with a disaster, comprising:

a receiver that receives information concerning a disaster occurring region and information of a plurality of users, wherein said plurality of users are extracted based on said information concerning said disaster occurring region;

a transmitter that transmits a disaster notice to terminals of said plurality of users in said disaster occurring region;

a receiver that receives information concerning a specific user of said plurality of users to whom said disaster notice was transmitted, and

a processor that judges whether said specific user of said plurality of users is in a safe state based on the received information concerning said specific user.

12. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein said transmitter transmits the judgment result by said processor to said terminal of said specific user.

13. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein said received information concerning said specific user is position information, and said processor judges whether said specific user is in a safe region based on said position information.

14. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein said received information concerning said specific user is a safety response by said specific user, and said processor determines whether or not said specific user is in a safe state based on said safety response.

15. The apparatus as set forth in claim 14, wherein said transmitter transmits an operator terminal warning information, and

wherein said safety response by said specific user is a rescue request.

16. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein said disaster notice includes information of a place of refuge in said disaster occurring region.

17. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11, wherein said disaster notice includes information concerning emergency measures.

18. The apparatus as set forth in claim 11, further comprising a unit that includes information representing execution of safety confirmation into said disaster notice,

wherein, said processor operates out according to said information representing execution of safety confirmation included in said disaster notice.

19. An apparatus for processing information associated with a disaster, comprising:

a receiver that receives and displays on a display device, information of a disaster informant, information of a disaster report, and information of a disaster region from a server; and

a transmitter that, in response to an operator'"'"'s instruction, transmits a notification instruction for a plurality of users to said server, said notification instruction including at least an instruction whether or not the safety confirmation is necessary, and

wherein said plurality of users are extracted based on said information of said disaster region.

20. An apparatus for processing information associated with a disaster, comprising:

a unit that receives a disaster occurrence report from a subscriber terminal;

a unit that specifies, a disaster region including a region in which at least said subscriber terminal exists;

a unit that extracts information of a plurality of users existing in said disaster region;

a unit that transmits information of said disaster occurrence report, information of said disaster region, and information of the terminals of said plurality of users to a server;

a unit that detects a change of the region in which said terminal of one of said plurality of users exists; and

a unit that transmits at least information concerning said region after the change to said server.

21. A program embodied on a medium for causing a computer to process information associated with a disaster, said program comprising:

receiving information concerning a disaster occurring region and information of a plurality of users, wherein said plurality of users are extracted based on said information concerning said disaster occurring region;

transmitting a disaster notice to terminals of said plurality of users in said disaster occurring region;

judging whether said specific user of said plurality of users is in a safe state based on the received information concerning said specific user.

22. The program as set forth in claim 21, further comprising transmitting the judgment result in said judging to said terminal of said specific user.

23. The program as set forth in claim 21, wherein in said judging, said received information concerning said specific user is position information, and it is judged whether said specific user is in a safe region based on said position information.

24. The program as set forth in claim 21, wherein in said judging, said received information concerning said specific user is a safety response by said specific user, and it is determined whether or not said specific user is in a safe state based on said safety response.

25. The program as set forth in claim 24, further comprising transmitting an operator terminal warning information, and wherein said safety response by said specific user is a rescue request.

26. The program as set forth in claim 21, wherein said disaster notice includes information of a place of refuge in said disaster occurring region.

27. The program as set forth in claim 21, wherein said disaster notice includes information concerning emergency measures.

28. The program as set forth in claim 21, further comprising including information representing execution of safety confirmation into said disaster notice,

wherein, said judging is carried out according to said information representing execution of safety confirmation included in said disaster notice.

29. A program embodied on a medium for causing a computer to process information associated with a disaster, said program comprising:

receiving and displaying on a display device, information of a disaster informant, information of a disaster report, and information of a disaster region from a server; and

in response to an operator'"'"'s instruction, transmitting a notification instruction for a plurality of users to said server, said notification instruction including at least an instruction whether or not the safety confirmation is necessary, and

wherein said plurality of users are extracted based on said information of said disaster region.

30. A program embodied on a medium for causing a computer to process information associated with a disaster, said program comprising:

receiving a disaster occurrence report from a subscriber terminal;

specifying a disaster region including a region in which at least said subscriber terminal exists;

extracting information of a plurality of users existing in said disaster region;

transmitting information of said disaster occurrence report, information of said disaster region, and information of the terminals of said plurality of users to a server;

detecting a change of the region in which said terminal of one of said plurality of users exists;

transmitting at least information concerning said region after the change to said server.