Method and apparatus for disaster prevention

• US 7,436,294 B2
• Filed: 08/01/2005
• Issued: 10/14/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kaneko, Hiroko, Saga, Susumu, Kawaida, Yasuyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Pope; Daryl C
• Application Number:
  US11/193,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20060226970A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,170 Days
• Field of Search: 340/506, 340/539.1, 340/539.11, 340/539.22, 340/539.26, 340/3.1, 340/539.13, 340/825.36, 340/825.49, 340/524, 340/525
• US Class Current: 340/506
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 27/001 Signalling to an emergency team, e.g. firemen
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/066 guiding along a path, e.g. evacuation path lighting strip

Abstract

An apparatus, which is for disaster prevention installed in a facility, includes a radio-frequency identification tag that stores at least one of a first data and a second data. The first data is related to the disaster prevention, and is transmitted by wireless communication. The second data is related to the disaster prevention, and is received by wireless communication.

Claims

1. A data-management system for disaster prevention, the data-management system comprising:

a plurality of radio-frequency identification tags that are installed in a facility, each of the radio-frequency identification tags storing first data that is related to a status of a disaster that occurred in the facility, and a second data that is related to an escape path from the facility;

a data processing apparatus that determines the escape path from the facility based on the first data;

a first mobile terminal that sends the first data from a radio-frequency identification tag to the data processing apparatus, and makes the radio-frequency identification tag to store the second data returned from the data processing apparatus;

a second mobile terminal that reads the second data from the radio-frequency identification tag, outputs the second data to a user of the second terminal, and causes the radio-frequency identification tag to store third data including an identifier of the user of the second mobile terminal and a current time when the second mobile terminal reads the second data from the radio-frequency identification tag; and

a third mobile terminal that reads the third data from the radio-frequency identification tag and outputs the third data to a user of the third mobile terminal.

2. The data-management system according to claim 1, further comprising a sensor that senses surroundings and causes a radio-frequency identification tag to store sensing data as the first data.

3. A method for managing data related to disaster prevention installed in a facility, comprising:

storing first data related to a status of a disaster that has occurred in the facility and a second data that is related to an escape path from the facility in each radio-frequency identification tag of a plurality of radio-frequency identification tags;

sending the first data read from the radio-frequency identification tag to a data processing apparatus,

determining the escape path from the facility based on the first data, by the data processing apparatus;

receiving the second data returned from the data processing apparatus and storing the second data in each radio-frequency identification tag, wherein the sending and the receiving are executed via a first mobile terminal;

reading the second data from the radio-frequency identification tag;

outputting the second data to a user of a second mobile terminal, wherein the reading of the second data and the outputting of the second data are executed by the second mobile terminal;

storing third data including an identifier of the user of the second mobile terminal and a current time in the radio-frequency tag, when the second mobile terminal reads the second data from the radio-frequency identification tag by the second terminal;

reading the third data from the radio-frequency identification tag; and

outputting the third data to a user of a third mobile terminal.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first data includes data output from a sensor that senses surroundings.