JP2003067477A - Area-oriented information providing system and computer readable recording medium with area-oriented information providing program recorded thereon - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a client connected to a server with highly useful area-oriented information by displaying and notifying a variety of information such as thunder information through the Internet with a location arbitrarily selected by a user as a center. SOLUTION: An area-oriented information providing system comprises a server 2 for providing predetermined information such as disaster prevention information, thunder information and local living information, and at least one client 3 connected to the server 2 in a manner that can be communicated bi-directionally through the Internet to receive provided information. The client 3 is provided with a means of obtaining information from the server 2 through the Internet, a means of processing the information obtained, a means of displaying processed data and a map of the area where the client 3 is located, a means of controlling display to a map covering an area within an arbitrary radius with a location arbitrarily selected as a center, a means of determining a threshold for information data, a means of comparing the threshold with the information data to determine the level of the information, and a means of notifying of the result in a specified manner in accordance with the result of the decision.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a thunderstorm, a typhoon, a heavy snowfall,
Provision of area-related information that displays information such as weather information such as avalanches, earthquake, tsunami information, disaster prevention information such as volcano information, and various information transmission such as various local living information on the screen after performing predetermined processing such as position conversion on the receiving side A computer-readable recording medium recording a system and a region related information providing program,
In particular, when a local thundercloud is detected, a lightning strike warning is sent to the client device such as a personal computer used by the user via the Internet, and the lightning position information is converted to the desired information content and displayed on the client side. Regarding what you do.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional information providing system sends information to various kinds of information such as weather information, disaster prevention information, local life information, leisure information, etc. via a communication network such as the Internet at the same time on the server side that sends information. Since the information is information, the user may have unnecessary information due to different areas, or the content of the information may be difficult to understand.

For example, a tsunami warning issued in a coastal area may be transmitted to a mountainous region that is geographically distant in the form of calling for evacuation, or a place where no lightning damage is possible because it is far from the lightning source. However, there were cases where an alarm was sounded. That is, although the communication range is wide on the Internet and the like, most of various information is one-sided on the sender side and cannot be selected on the user side. In addition, in the case of a system using a reception sensor for collecting various information such as lightning information, most of the systems show the distance from the reception sensor or the transmission device of the information, so that the position of the user is It was difficult to understand the relationship between and, which was a cause of lowering the information value.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in consideration of the above-mentioned problems of the prior art.
Provide a system capable of position conversion of various information so that a user who has been provided with various information such as local life information via a communication network such as the Internet can display the information centered on an arbitrarily selected position. Area-related information that can display the occurrence and progress of lightning, which is often local, in relation to the user's surrounding area, and can issue an alarm according to the distance of the thundercloud, etc. An object of the present invention is to provide a computer-readable recording medium recording a system and a region related information providing program.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the area related information providing system according to the present invention according to claim 1 has predetermined information such as disaster prevention information, lightning information, and local life information. In the area-related information providing system, the client includes: a server that provides the information and at least one client that is bidirectionally connected to the server via a wireless or wired communication network to receive the information. A means for obtaining the information data from the server via the communication network, a means for processing the information data obtained by the obtaining means, processed data processed by the processing means, and an area where the client is located. Means for displaying the map, a means for controlling the display of the map displayed by the display means to an arbitrary radius centered on an arbitrarily selected position, the above information Means for determining a predetermined threshold value for the data, means for comparing the threshold value with the information data obtained by the obtaining means to determine a level, and means for notifying a predetermined result based on the determination result by the determining means. It is characterized by consisting of.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in the area-related information providing system according to the first aspect, the client has a position detecting means, and the position detecting means is GPS, VICS, or the like. Is a means capable of detecting the position of the moving body.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the third aspect of the present invention is the area-related information providing system according to the first or second aspect, wherein the predetermined information is a predetermined radius air space including an area where the client is located. And a means for generating data on the installation position of the antenna receiving device by analyzing the azimuth and distance of the electromagnetic wave received by the antenna receiving device. The server has means for receiving and storing the analyzed data, determining the position and scale of the generated lightning, and transmitting the position and scale of the generated lightning to the communication network in real time. It is characterized by having means.

A computer-readable recording medium on which the area-related information providing program according to claim 4 is recorded,
In order to achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the above-mentioned information is provided by bidirectionally connecting to a server that provides predetermined information such as disaster prevention information, lightning information, and local living information via a wireless or wired communication network. A region related information providing program used by a client receiving the information, the procedure of obtaining the information data from the server via the communication line network, the procedure of processing the obtained information data, the processed data and The procedure of displaying a map of the area where the client is located, the procedure of controlling the display of the map to have an arbitrary radius centered on an arbitrarily selected position, the procedure of setting a predetermined threshold for the information data, the threshold And a procedure for determining the level by comparing the above-obtained information data,
And a procedure for performing a predetermined result notification based on the determination result.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in order to achieve the above object, in a computer-readable recording medium in which the area-related information providing program of the fourth aspect is recorded, the position of a moving body such as GPS or VICS is set. It is characterized by including a procedure for changing the center position of the map to be displayed according to the position information of the client obtained by using a detectable means.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 6 is a computer-readable recording medium in which the area-related information providing program according to claim 4 or 5 is recorded, wherein the predetermined information is the client. It is characterized by being lightning information that occurs in an airspace of a predetermined radius including the area where is located.

[0011]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. In the following, only the example in which the present invention is applied to lightning information will be described, but the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to various information such as earthquake information, tsunami information, weather information, local life information, leisure information and the like. .

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a lightning information distribution system as an embodiment of a region-related information providing system according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a lightning strike location locating system, 2 is a center server, 3 ... The lightning strike position locating system 1 and the center server 2 are connected by a dedicated line, and the center server 2 and the clients 3 ... Are connected via the Internet.

The center server 2 stores a lightning strike position information transmitted from the lightning strike position locating system 1 in a storage unit, and provides the stored information according to a request from the client 3, which is a so-called Internet provider. A server machine or a function equivalent to it. Further, the client 3 obtains information data from the center server 2 via the Internet, processes the obtained information data, displays it on the map screen centered on the position set by the user of the client 3, and determines the alarm level. Then, depending on the alarm level, a lightning alert is sent or various devices are alerted.

The lightning strike position locating system 1 has, for example, a radius of 8
Lightning sensor 4 which consists of a directional antenna for catching lightning phenomenon occurring in 0 km airspace, and lightning point analysis that converts the electromagnetic waves received by the lightning sensor 4 into communication signals and analyzes the direction, distance, etc. of the received electromagnetic waves. And device 5. Figure 1
In the figure, only three lightning sensors 4 are shown, but it goes without saying that an appropriate number of lightning sensors 4 may be provided depending on the size of the monitoring area.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the operating principle of lightning detection in the lightning strike location system 1. Lightning sensor 4
Includes an orthogonal loop antenna and sense antenna, which are integrated into a module to capture electromagnetic waves (radio waves and magnetic fields) generated by cloud discharge or lightning strike. The received electromagnetic wave passes through the analog converter 6 and the frequency separator 7
Then, by its action, the signals of the required forms are passed to the azimuth analyzer 8 and the distance analyzer 9, respectively. Especially distance analyzer 9
Performs wavelength measurement and highly accurate frequency measurement, and as a result, calculates the distance to the thundercloud by an internal algorithm including the Doppler effect. The direction of the thundercloud is measured by the signal from the loop antenna. The detected data is output to the outside through the display data processor 10. In FIG. 2, the CRT 11 is connected to the external output,
In addition, the map screen centering on the installation location of the lightning sensor 4 can be displayed together with the lightning mark. Of course, the system according to the present invention is not limited to this form.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the center server 2. In the system according to the present embodiment, the center server 2 is configured such that the user of the client 3 performs membership registration and receives the service for a fee. However, the system of the present invention has such a usage form. It is not limited to.

As described above, the center server 2 is connected to the lightning strike position locating system 1 by a dedicated line and is connected to the client 3 via the Internet, and the member ID of the user of the client 3 and the read information. An information determination / selection unit 13 that performs an arithmetic processing unit that determines whether a lightning mark is displayed, a display unit 14 that displays a lightning mark on a map screen centered on the installation location of the lightning sensor 4, and an information storage unit 15 that stores lightning information. A selection information storage unit 16 that stores read information and a user information storage unit 17 that stores the IP address of the client 3 are provided.

The client 3 has an ordinary personal computer or a function equivalent thereto, and is connected to the center server 2 via a communication line network such as the Internet, and then bidirectional communication is performed for authentication of ID information and reception of information. Any terminal device that can be used may be used. Of course, it is necessary that the software for processing and displaying the above-mentioned data can be used. That is, like a normal personal computer, a central processing unit (CPU) that performs arithmetic processing, a memory,
Input devices such as keyboards and mice, external storage devices such as hard disks, display devices such as CRTs and LCD displays, and devices connected to the Internet such as modems, TAs, routers, etc. whether built-in or provided as external devices. Shall have.

FIG. 4 shows a lightning strike position locating system 1 and clients 3A and 3B in the system of the present embodiment.
It is a conceptual diagram which shows the positional relationship of a thundercloud. As shown in the figure, it is assumed that the actual client 3 is located at the positions 3A and 3B with information of, for example, a radius of 80 km centered on the antenna observation point (installation point of the lightning antenna 4). In this case, for the client 3A, as shown in FIG. 5, a map with a radius of, for example, 30 km centering on the position of the client 3A is created, and the current position of the thundercloud is determined by the coordinate axes.
The generated position is displayed with an appropriate mark on the map screen of the client 3A. Further, the position of the lightning is compared with the area to be notified of the alarm, and if the area is within the alarm notification area, the alarm is notified and output by the set alarm notification method.

6 to 14 are diagrams for explaining a lightning information acquisition program used for receiving a service by the lightning information distribution system. This program
The lightning information distribution program as one embodiment of the area related information providing program according to the present invention is provided by being installed in the client 3 by a computer-readable recording medium having a so-called browser function.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the entire screen of the lightning information distribution program. In the figure, 20 is a map area part, 21 is an area chart part, 22 is an occurrence number graph part, 23 is an occurrence number counter tool box part, 24 is a lightning information log log information part, 25 is a communication log part, 26 is a weather information part, Reference numeral 27 is a tool box section for operating the above-mentioned sections. The lightning information log The log information unit 24 displays the lightning strike information generated in the observation area, and the communication log unit 25 displays the connection / reception / disconnection status with the center server.

As shown in FIG. 7, the map area section 20 is
In the area that displays lightning strike information in the observation area and warning area for lightning occurrence, by operating the tool icon unit 28, re-display the click position on the map screen 20a as the center (icon 28a). Click to enlarge map information (icon 28
b) By clicking in the selected state, it is possible to display the map information in a reduced size (icon 28c) and to connect / disconnect to the Internet (icon 28d).
In addition, the warning area selection unit 29a causes a warning area (10K
m-160 km), the update cycle setting unit 29
The screen update time period (1 minute to 60 minutes) can be selected with b. The connection / disconnection display section 30 shows the connection / disconnection state to the center server. Furthermore, the map area section 20
A center position information display unit 31 and a legend display unit 32 for displaying lightning information are provided in the.

In the menu bar of the map area section 20, the file menu includes update, setting (mark / message setting, monitoring area setting), center and enlargement ratio, tools (tool box, area chart, occurrence count graph,
There is a counter for the number of occurrences, weather information), log information (lightning information log, communication log), help (help for this application, version information), and the longitude specified by operating the "Center and magnification setting" menu. By enlarging / reducing the map information around the latitude and operating the tool menu, the display / non-display of each component such as the area chart unit 21 can be switched.

As shown in FIG. 8, the area chart section 21
Can select and change the display contents to any of an area chart, a graph of the number of occurrences and a counter of the number of occurrences by a menu operation of the display content switching unit 21a.
The warning area can be selected and changed between the above-described values by the menu operation of b, and the screen update cycle can be selected and changed between the above-described values by the menu operation of the screen update cycle switching unit 21c. Then, the screen 21d displays, for example, the lightning strike situation for the past one hour that has occurred in the warning area.

As shown in FIG. 9, the occurrence number graph unit 22
Can select and change the display content to any one of an area chart, a graph of the number of occurrences, and a counter of the number of occurrences by a menu operation of the display content switching unit 22a.
The warning area can be selected and changed between the above-mentioned values by the menu operation of b, and the screen 22c displays the lightning strike situation for the past one hour, which has occurred in the warning area.

As shown in FIG. 10, the number-of-occurrence counter tool box section 23 can select and change the display content to any of an area chart, a number-of-occurrence chart, and a number-of-occurrence counter by operating the menu of the display content switching section 23a. The warning area can be selected and changed from the above values by the menu operation of the warning area changing unit 23b, and the screen 23c
Occurred in the warning area, for example, past 1 minute, 15
Minute, 1 hour lightning strike status is displayed.

FIG. 11 shows the weather information section 26 (A).
And a diagram showing an example of an enlarged display screen by the operation (B)
Is. The weather radar and radar Amedas image reception cycle (1 to 60 minutes) can be selected by operating the menu of the weather information update cycle switching unit 26a. In the figure, reference numeral 26b denotes an automatic switching button. When the automatic switching button 26b is not pressed (default), a plurality of images 26c in the lower row are displayed.
Click on any of ... to display the corresponding enlarged image. Further, when the automatic switching button is pressed, each weather radar and the enlarged image 26c of radar Amedas are sequentially switched and displayed for each selected switching cycle (1 minute to 10 minutes). Note that FIG. 11B shows an example of the screen when the AMeDAS precipitation image is clicked, and shows an example in which it is displayed in an overlapping manner on the map area section 20.

FIG. 12 shows the detailed contents of the center and enlargement ratio menus described above. As shown in the figure, the dialog box 33 has a municipality name setting section 33a, a latitude / longitude setting section 33b, a magnification setting section 33c, and a confirm button 33d.
Etc. are provided. The city / town / village name setting unit 33a can select the prefecture or city / town / village as the center of the screen display, and the latitude / longitude setting unit 33b can select the latitude (35.0 degrees to 41.7).
Degrees) and longitude (136 to 144 degrees) can be directly input and set. However, this latitude and longitude range is just an example. The enlargement ratio setting unit 33c can select the display enlargement ratio (100% to 2000%) of the map area. By operating the confirm button 33d, the map information is displayed with the position determined from the set information as the central position (see FIG. 1).
2B). When the city name is set in the city name setting unit 33a, the latitude and longitude are automatically set. However, when the latitude and longitude are directly input, or when the center position is automatically acquired, the city name is set. Can be disabled (see FIG. 12C).

FIG. 13 is a view showing the mark setting section 34 that appears by an operation in the legend display section 32 shown in FIG.
Click any one of the setting buttons 34a ... While keeping the button pressed, set the mark size in the shape selection section 34b, set the mark color in the color setting dialog 34c, and set the mark shape in the size setting section 34d. Or specify. The setting content is confirmed on the confirmation screen 34e. By checking the mark size in the shape selection unit 34b, it is possible to prevent the designated lightning information from being marked. Also, by clicking the tab, the mark setting and the message setting described later can be switched.

FIG. 14 shows the message setting dialog 35.
It is a figure which shows the content of. As described above, the tab is clicked in FIG. 13 to switch to the message setting dialog, and the warning sound setting unit 35a, the lightning strike counter message unit 35b, the voice reproduction test unit 35c, and the end message unit 35d set the desired contents.

The monitoring area may be set by displaying a monitoring setting homepage on the Internet and setting the delivery destination address, the monitoring area, and the like. Further, the client 3 uses GPS or VICS as a position detecting means.
As long as it is provided with a means capable of detecting the position of the moving body such as the above, the above function can be exerted even while moving.

Next, the processing operation in the client 3 that has registered as a member will be described. The client 3 will be described below as a personal computer having the above-described configuration. First, the personal computer 3 registered as a member is activated, and the browser software for acquiring lightning information described in FIGS. 6 to 14 is activated. Then, the user is connected to the nearest provider with which the user has a contract and accesses the center server 2 via the provider. Here, the member ID and password are authenticated, and lightning data is acquired from the center server 2.

A user who wants to acquire data from the lightning information providing browser sets the position information and sets the center for the lightning information notification as the center shown in FIG. Do by setting. If the client is mounted on a moving body such as a ship, an airplane, or an automobile, the position is set using a means capable of detecting the position of the moving body such as GPS or VICS, and the client 3 moves along with the movement. The central position of the security area is also automatically updated, and the security area is set to follow the movement of the client 3. In addition, the message setting dialog 35 shown in FIG. 14 is used to set the area and level (intensity, etc.) at which the lightning warning is to be notified, and to set the range for notifying the lightning warning. Further, although not shown, the type of alarm notification is set, for example, output to siren, email notification to mobile phone, voice alert, backup notification to computer system, power supply stop notification to various devices, and 1 / O Set the output etc.

Then, the personal computer 3 displays the lightning information on a real-time monitor, collects the lightning information as a log file, and compares the previously acquired data with the currently acquired data to determine whether or not the lightning approaches. It is determined whether the client is approaching or far from the lightning occurrence position when the client is moving, and the information is displayed on the monitor. In addition, the lightning information is compared with the notification area and level, and it is determined whether or not the notification processing is performed, and the lightning warning is issued.

[0035]

The area-related information providing system of the present invention and the computer-readable recording medium in which the area-related information providing program of the present invention is recorded are as described above, and therefore disaster prevention information, lightning information, and local life. Since various types of information such as information and leisure information are created, displayed and notified as a map of an arbitrary radius centered on the position arbitrarily selected by the client, it is possible to transmit accurate information in the peripheral area of the client. is there.

The computer-readable recording medium recording the area-related information providing system according to claims 2 and 3 and the area-related information providing program according to claims 5 and 6 is as described above. By performing local lightning detection, a map with an arbitrary radius centered on the position arbitrarily selected by the client is created, and it is detected in the surrounding area of the client about expected lightning, and the risk of lightning The warning can be given by voice, screen display, control by signal output, and notification to prevent accidents due to lightning strikes outdoors, etc., and prevent lightning strike warnings in advance from factories, etc. to prevent malfunctions due to power outages. The effect is that you can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a lightning information distribution system as an embodiment of a region-related information providing system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an operation principle of lightning detection in a lightning strike location system.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a center server.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram showing a positional relationship between a lightning strike position locating system and a client, and a thundercloud.

FIG. 5 is a conceptual diagram showing a positional relationship between a lightning strike position locating system and a client, and a thundercloud.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an entire screen of a lightning information distribution program.

7 is a diagram showing a map area portion of the screen of FIG.

8 is a diagram showing an area chart portion of the screen of FIG.

9 is a diagram showing an occurrence number graph part of the screen of FIG. 6;

10 is a diagram showing an occurrence number counter toolbox portion of the screen of FIG. 6;

11 is a diagram (B) showing an example of a weather information section (A) of the screen of FIG. 6 and an enlarged display screen by its operation.

12 is a diagram showing the center of the screen of FIG. 6 and the detailed contents of a magnification menu.

13 is a diagram showing a mark setting unit that appears by an operation in the legend display unit shown in FIG.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing the contents of a message setting dialog.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Lightning strike location system 2 Center server 3, 3A, 3B client 4 Lightning sensor 5 Lightning strike point analysis device 18 thundercloud 20 Map area section 21 Area Chart Section 22 occurrence count graph part 23 Occurrence Counter Tool Box 24 Thunder information log Log information section 25 Communication log section 26 Meteorological Information Department 27 Tool Box 28 Tool icon section 30 On / off display 31 Center position information display 32 Legend display area 33 Center and Magnification Menu Dialog Box 34 Mark setting section 35 Message Setting Dialog

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Shin Sanada             47-40 Shimohirise, Yokote-cho, Yokote-shi, Akita             Within the company Actrus F term (reference) 5B075 KK07 ND20 PP30 PQ02 PQ13                       PQ20 PR08 UU14

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A server for providing predetermined information such as disaster prevention information, lightning information, local living information, etc., and a bidirectionally communicable connection with the server via a wireless or wired communication network to provide the above information. In a region-related information providing system including at least one client to be provided, the client obtains data of the information from the server via the communication network, and processes the information data obtained by the obtaining device. Means, means for displaying the processed data processed by the processing means and a map of the area where the client is located, and display control for a map having an arbitrary radius centered on a position arbitrarily selected by the display means Means, a means for determining a predetermined threshold value for the information data, and a level is determined by comparing the threshold value with the information data obtained by the obtaining means. Means, and regional related information providing system characterized in that it consists of a means for performing a predetermined result notification based on the determination result by the determination means. 2. The area-related information providing system according to claim 1, wherein the client has a position detecting means, and the position detecting means is a means such as GPS or VICS capable of detecting the position of the moving body. . 3. The predetermined information is lightning information generated in an air space of a predetermined radius including an area where the client is located, and an antenna receiving device that catches the lightning phenomenon and an electromagnetic wave received by the antenna receiving device. And a means for generating data on the installation position of the antenna receiving device by analyzing the azimuth and distance of the antenna receiving device, and the server receives and stores the analyzed data, and determines the position and scale of the generated lightning. 3. The area-related information providing system according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising: means for transmitting the position and scale data of the generated lightning to the communication network in real time. 4. A client that is bidirectionally connected via a wireless or wired communication line network to a server that provides predetermined information such as disaster prevention information, lightning information, local living information, etc., to receive the information provided. Which is a region-related information providing program used in, wherein the procedure for obtaining the information data from the server via the communication network, the procedure for processing the obtained information data, the processed data and the client are Procedure for displaying a map of the area where it is located, procedure for controlling the display of the map to be displayed with an arbitrary radius centered on an arbitrarily selected position, procedure for setting a predetermined threshold value for the above information data, the threshold value and the above acquisition Region related information for executing the procedure of comparing the information data with the determined information level and the procedure of notifying a predetermined result based on the determination result. A computer-readable recording medium subjected program. 5. A procedure for varying the center position of the map to be displayed according to the position information of the client obtained by using a means capable of detecting the position of a moving body such as GPS or VICS. A computer-readable recording medium recording the area related information providing program of 4. 6. The computer recording the area-related information providing program according to claim 4, wherein the predetermined information is lightning information generated in a predetermined radius air space including an area where the client is located. A readable recording medium.