JP2000048050A - Multimedia information collection management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently collect and manage field data. SOLUTION: The registration of field data is sent to a multimedia information collection management device 20 not only from a multimedia portable terminal equipment 11 through a public network 17 but also from an information terminal equipment 14 through an Internet/Intranet 18. At the time of emergency, an automatic access device 15 transmits a sound signal to registered mobile object communication equipments 16 and receives answers. Since coordinate data indicating a position on which field data are collected are registered correspondingly to the field data, the field data can be dynamically displayed on the equipment 14 while linking with a map image.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a multimedia information collection and management system used for collecting and managing field data and distributing the collected data.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Field data is registered and managed by field data collection using a portable multimedia terminal device equipped with an image collection function, a voice collection function, a character input function, and the like. In some cases, data is stored and managed by a data management device.

[0003] The field data here means, for example, image data obtained by photographing the disaster site in the event of a disaster occurring at the time of occurrence of a disaster, audio data recorded in the site situation, or audio data recorded by voice in the site situation. Alternatively, in river management, multimedia information such as image data obtained by photographing the water surface of a river, recorded data of the sound of the flow of a river, or audio data recorded by sound of a river situation, and text information describing the site situation are used. is there.

[0004] The stored field data is processed by the data management device into a state that can be disclosed on the Internet or the like, and the WWW browser is used directly from the data management device or by an information terminal device connected to the data management device. And so on.

[0005]

However, according to the conventional field data collection and management method, after transmitting field data collected by a multimedia portable terminal to a data management device, the transmission data is normally registered in the data management device. It could not be confirmed from the multimedia portable terminal device whether or not it was performed.

Further, the transmission of the collected field data to the data management device has been limited to direct transmission from the multimedia portable terminal device to the data management device via the public line network.

Further, in order to confirm the safety of the persons involved at the site in an emergency, there is a method of activating an automatic calling device for automatically calling a person registered in advance, but a call instruction can be given. Was only from dedicated equipment.

[0008] In addition, GPS (Global Positioning System)
m) as a mobile terminal that obtains location information using
Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H10-66058 discloses a technology that has a function of simultaneously transmitting field data such as image information and audio information and information about the position where the field data was collected in collecting field data. There was no multimedia handset. Therefore,
Since the information on the position where the data was collected was not added to the accumulated field data, the transmission position of the information could not be specified.

Further, in order to view the collected field data, the viewer of the field data needs to instruct and select the data to be viewed. For this reason, the display content is not updated unless the viewer operates anything. As a solution to this problem, there is a method of periodically reading data from the data management device to the browsing terminal. In this case, the data is stored in the data management device regardless of whether the latest field data is received. Even if the data is not updated, the data is read periodically. Therefore, communication costs are increased, and the load on the viewing terminal and the data management device is increased.

[0010] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and has realized a multimedia information collection and management system capable of realizing high efficiency of collection and management of field data and confirming the safety of related parties in an emergency. The purpose is to provide. It is another object of the present invention to provide a multimedia information collection and management system that can specify the collection position of collected field data and that allows browsing by linking field data to map information.

[0011]

A multimedia information collection and management system according to the present invention is a system for collecting field data and publishing the collected field data so that the collected field data can be referred to via a network. Internet communication means is provided.

The information storage management means stores and manages the field data received via the Internet in a database. The Internet communication means transmits the collected field data to the information storage management means via the Internet. The transmitted field data is transmitted to the information storage management means in, for example, an electronic mail format.

[0013] The present invention may further comprise an information distributing means for distributing the field data stored in the information storing and managing means via a public line. The second configuration of the multimedia information collection and management system according to the present invention includes an information storage and management unit that stores and manages the collected field data in a database in association with position information indicating the collection position of the field data.

Further, in the second configuration, map information corresponding to the browsing request is created and transmitted, and the map information distribution means for transmitting the map information is associated with the position information corresponding to the map information created by the map information distribution means. It may be configured to further include an information distribution unit for transmitting the field data.

[0015] The second configuration may further include a destination registration unit that stores one or more specific destinations. At this time, when the new field data is stored in the information storage management means, the information distribution means transmits the new field data to the specific destination.

Further, the present invention provides a public line communication means for transmitting the collected field data to the information storage management means via a public line, and stores the field data transmitted by the public line communication means in the information storage means. It is also possible to provide a configuration further comprising a confirmation means for confirming whether the communication has been performed through the public line.

[0017] Further, there is further provided calling means for transmitting a voice signal to an arbitrary one of the plurality of mobile communication devices,
The internet communication means may instruct the calling means to transmit a voice signal to a specific mobile communication device, for example, for each call group registered in advance. In this case, for example, the calling means stores a reply from the mobile communication device in the information storage means, and the Internet communication means receives a reply from the mobile communication device from the information storage means.

According to the present invention, the collected field data can be stored in the information storage means via the Internet by the Internet communication means. Also, the field data stored in the information storage means is distributed via the public line by the information distribution means.

Further, since the field data and its collection position are stored in association with each other, a viewer of the field data can specify the collection position, and further associates the collection position with the map information by the map information renewal means. It is also possible to browse.

In the second configuration, when new field data is stored as field data in the information storage / management means, the field data can be automatically transmitted to the specific destination.

Further, according to an instruction from the Internet communication means, a voice signal can be transmitted to the mobile communication device, and a response to the voice signal can be received.

[0022]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of the present embodiment. In the system according to the present embodiment, a plurality of multimedia portable terminal devices 11 are connected to a multimedia information collection and management device 20 via a public line network 17, and a plurality of information terminal devices 14 are connected via an Internet / intranet 18. Each of these devices is constituted by one or a plurality of computers, and exchanges information with each other via lines 17 and 18.

A plurality of multimedia portable terminal devices 11 are generally present, and are in a portable form such that a person who collects information, such as an electronic organizer, is convenient to carry. The multimedia portable terminal device 11 can handle some or all of image data, audio data, and character data, and a person who collects information carries the multimedia portable terminal device 11 to a collection site. Then, multimedia information such as audio and images collected from a camera or microphone connected to the multimedia portable terminal device 11 is fetched. The multimedia portable terminal device 11 is a public line network 1 such as a mobile phone, a PHS, and a public telephone.
7, and transmits image data, audio data, and character data captured through the public line network 17 to the information storage device 12.

The information terminal device 14 is called a general desktop or notebook personal computer. The information terminal device 14 can execute software for realizing TCP / IP communication such as a WWW browser, and can be operated on the Internet / intranet. A function of browsing field data managed by the multimedia information collection and management device 20 via. Information terminal device 14
Receives the field data collected by the multimedia portable terminal device 11 via a storage medium such as a disk or through direct communication connection, and transmits this to the multimedia information collection management device 20 via the Internet / intranet 18. can do.

The multimedia information collection and management device 20 comprises:
It processes and manages collected field data, and is composed of one or more information processing devices. The multimedia information collection and management device 20 has a function as an Internet server, and includes an information storage device 12 and an information distribution device 13. The information storage device 12 has a database 19 therein, registers the field data sent from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 or the information terminal device 14 in the database 19, and updates the registered data. The information distribution device 13 is provided for publishing field data registered in the database 19 of the information storage device 12, and has a function as an Internet server. The information distribution device 13 searches the database 19 and distributes information in response to a browsing request received from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 or the information terminal device 14 via a network. In the multimedia information collection and management device 20, the information storage device 12 and the information distribution device 13 may be configured as separate devices, or may be configured as one device. The information terminal device 14, the multimedia information collection / management device 20, and the map information distribution device 21, which will be described later, are information processing devices, and include a display, a keyboard, and the like in addition to the main body. , An auxiliary storage device such as a disk device, a communication device, and the like.

The multimedia information collection and management device 20
Is an information distribution device 1 via a dedicated line such as RS-232C.
3 is connected to the automatic calling device 15. The automatic calling device 15 communicates with a mobile communication device 16 such as a mobile phone or a PHS via a public line network 17 in accordance with an instruction from the information distribution device 13. Some voice announcements are registered in advance in the automatic calling device 15, and an announcement specified by the information distribution device 13 is sent to the mobile communication device 16 with respect to the mobile communication device 16 that has made a line connection. Receive a response to it. The user of the mobile communication device 16 transmits a response to the automatic calling device, such as pressing a button of the mobile communication device 16 in accordance with a voice announcement from the automatic calling device 15. Then, the automatic calling device 15 sends the response received from the mobile communication device 16 to the multimedia information collection and management device 20.

The multimedia information collection and management device 20
The information distribution device 13 is connected to the map information distribution device 21 via a dedicated line such as RS-232C or the Internet / intranet 18. The map information distribution device 21 has both a map database and a map drawing function, creates various map information from map data in a database, and distributes it.

FIG. 2 shows a multimedia portable terminal device 11.
It is a figure which shows schematic structure of. The multimedia portable terminal device 11 is a portable personal computer, a PDA (Personal Data
Assistants) or an electronic organizer, such as an electronic organizer, which is portable and can be roughly divided into a main body 110, an input device 130 for collecting field data and taking it into the main body 110, and And a control unit 120 to be connected.

The main unit 110 includes a communication unit 111, a CPU 1
12, a display unit 113, a memory unit 115, a field data storage unit 116, and a bus 114 for connecting them, etc., are provided with a configuration and functions similar to a general personal computer.
The CPU 112 is the multimedia portable terminal device 1
1 controls the entire system and processes data. The memory unit 115 includes a CPU 112 such as a ROM and a RAM.
Is a storage device used for the operation of. The display unit 113 is a lightweight display device such as a liquid crystal panel, and performs display notification to the user of the multimedia portable terminal device 11 and confirms data input from the character input unit 133. The communication unit 111 is a wired or wireless communication device that connects the multimedia portable terminal device 11 and the public network 17. The field data storage unit 116
It stores and accumulates collected field data, and is composed of a large-capacity non-volatile storage device such as a flash memory, or a portable recording medium such as a disk device or a memory card and a driving device therefor.

The main unit 110 includes a microphone unit 131 for collecting audio data, a camera unit 132 for collecting image data, and a GPS antenna unit for collecting coordinate values indicating the current position of the user by GPS. 134 is connectable via the control unit 120 so that such multimedia information can be collected and stored. Furthermore, it is also possible to connect a character input unit 133 for inputting text data and a collection history for the stored multimedia information.

Each of the input devices 130 is
And the controller unit 120 may be configured as an integral type, or may be configured to be separately connectable as described above. Further, the display unit 113 may be configured as a touch panel so that touch input can be performed on the screen with a fingertip, a stick, or the like. In this case, the character input unit 1
33 becomes unnecessary, so that portability is further increased. In addition, in the case of this configuration, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which character recognition of handwritten characters is performed and character data can be input.

The user of the multimedia portable terminal device 11 obtains image data and audio data as field data using the attached microphone unit 131 and camera unit 132, and inputs multimedia data to input multimedia data. It collects and takes in the collected data into the multimedia portable terminal device 11. Furthermore, for the collected data, for example, the name of the data collector,
It is also possible to add date and time. At this time, the multimedia portable terminal device 11 is
In the case of the configuration including the information, position information indicated by the latitude, longitude, and the like of the collected position is automatically added to the acquired data. Note that this position information is not limited to that obtained by the GPS antenna unit 134. For example, when the multimedia portable terminal device 11 has a communication function by PHS, it may be position information by the positioning function of PHS.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of registering the field data transmitted from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 in the database 19 by the information storage device 12. In the case of FIG. 3, the multimedia portable terminal device 11 does not have the GPS antenna unit 134, and the database 19 does not register the position information of the field data.

The field data stored in the multimedia portable terminal device 11 is sent to the multimedia information collection and management device 20 via the public line network 17. First, as step S101, the multimedia portable terminal device 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes an image, sound, character information,
Combine field data consisting of location information etc.
For example, MIME (Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extens
ion) a multimedia information collection and management device 20 via a public line 17 in a general electronic mail format based on the standard.
Send to

The information storage device 12 in the multimedia information collection and management device 20 is a multimedia portable terminal device 11.
Field data transmitted in MIME format from an image data header section provided in the header section thereof,
Analyze the voice data header and character data header,
The content is separated into image data, audio data, and character data (step S102).

The image data separated in step S102 is formed into an image file of a general data format such as JPEG, GIF, etc. by image data creation processing (step S103). Then, this image file is stored in the database 19 by the image data saving process (step S104). At this time, the image file itself is
The image file is stored as it is in the database 19, and the file name of this image file is registered as an information database for easy retrieval.

The audio data separated from the MIME content by the information separation processing in step S102 is converted into C data by the audio data creation processing in step S105.
The data is stored in the audio data file as data in a data format such as ZA or WAVE. The audio data file is stored in the audio data storage process in step S106.
It is stored in the information database 19. At this time, the audio file itself is stored as it is in the database 19 in the same manner as the image file, and its file name is registered in the information database for searching.

The character data separated from the content by the information separation processing in step S102 is analyzed in the character data creation processing in step S107. Then, the analyzed character data is registered and stored in the information database by the character data saving process in step S108.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a process of registering the field data transmitted from the information terminal device 14 to the database 19 by the information storage device 12. First, in step S201, the information terminal device 14 converts the field data including the image, voice, character information, and the like into an e-mail format that can handle voice and image data, for example, MIME.
The data is transmitted to the multimedia information collection and management device 20 via the Internet / intranet 18 in a format based on the standard. The field data transmitted from the information terminal device 14 is obtained by directly inputting the information terminal device 14 by the operator of the information terminal device 14 or collecting the data by the multimedia portable terminal device 11 through a public line or a direct cable connection. Into the information terminal device 14,
Alternatively, it is received from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 via a storage medium.

The information storage device 12 converts the field data received from the information terminal device 14 in step S202 into an image data header portion provided in the header portion thereof,
Analyze the voice data header and character data header,
The content is separated into audio data, image data, and character data from the content of the received data and extracted.

The image data separated in step S202 is subjected to data conversion such as compression processing in an image data creation process (step S203) to create a file in a general image data format such as JPEG, GIF and the like. Then, this image file is stored and accumulated in the database 19 by the image data saving process in step S204. At this time, the image file itself is stored as it is on the disk, and the file name of this file is registered in the information database for searching.

On the other hand, the audio data separated by the information separation processing in step S202 is converted into a general audio data format such as CZA or WAVE by the audio data creation processing in step S205, and stored in an audio data file.
This audio data file is then stored in the information database 19 by the audio data saving process in step S206. At this time, the audio file itself is stored as it is in the database 19, and the file name of the audio file is registered in the information database for easy retrieval.

The character data separated from the content by the information separation processing in step S202 is analyzed by the character data creation processing in step S207. Then, the analyzed character data is registered and stored in the information database by the character data storage processing in step S208.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a process of registering the field data transmitted from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 in the database 19 by the information storage device 12. In the case of FIG. 4, the multimedia portable terminal device 11
Has a GPS antenna unit 134, and transmits the coordinate data from the GPS antenna unit 134 to the multimedia information collection management device 20 together with the field data as position information indicating the collection location of the field data.

The field data stored in the multimedia portable terminal device 11 is sent to the multimedia information collection and management device 20 via the public network 17. First, as step S301, the multimedia portable terminal device 1
Reference numeral 1 denotes an image, sound, character information,
Combine field data consisting of location information etc.
It is transmitted to the multimedia information collection and management device 20 via the public line 17 in a general electronic mail format based on the MIME standard or the like.

The information storage device 12 in the multimedia information collection and management device 20 is a multimedia portable terminal device 11.
Analyzes the field data sent from, the image data header section, the audio data header section, the character data header section and the coordinate data header section provided in the header section, and converts the contents into image data, audio data, and character data. And coordinates (step S302).

The image data separated in step S302 is formed into an image file of a general data format by image data creation processing (step S303), similarly to steps S102 and S103 in FIG. The data is stored in the database 19 by S304). The audio data separated by the information separation processing in step S302 is the same as that in steps S105 and S105 in FIG.
As in the process of step S06, the data is stored in the voice data file by the voice data creation process of step S305, and is stored in the information database 19 by the voice data storage process of step S306. At this time, the image file and the audio file themselves are stored in the database 19 as they are as in the case of the image file, and their file names are registered in the information database for searching.

The character data separated from the content by the information separation processing in step S302 is analyzed in the same manner as in steps S107 and S108 in FIG. 3 as character data creation processing in step S307. The information is registered and stored in the information database in the character data storage processing in S308.

The coordinate data separated from the content by the information sorting process in step S302 is analyzed by the coordinate data creating process in step S309. The analyzed coordinate data is stored and stored in the information database in association with other corresponding field data by the coordinate data storing process in step S310.

FIG. 6 is a flow chart showing the storage and registration processing of the collected field data performed by the information storage device 12 in more detail. MIME from network
When receiving field data in the standard format,
The information storage device 12 first examines the header part of the received data in step S401, and separates and extracts image data, audio data, character data, and position information (coordinate data) from the content. If the received data does not include image data as a content (step S402, N), the process proceeds to step S407.

If the contents include image data (step S402, Y), the image data is encoded based on BASE64 and data conversion is performed at step S403.

In step S404, a file name of an image file for storing the converted data is generated. At this time, a unique file name having an extension corresponding to the data format of the image data is generated based on the information in the header portion. Then, the image data converted in step S403 is stored in the database 19 using the file name. Also, in step S406, an SQL that describes a process for the database 19 in order to register the file name of the image file in the database
Embed this file name in the sentence.

When the processing for the image data is completed, it is determined in next step S407 whether or not the received data includes audio data as content.
If no audio data is included (step S4
07, N), and proceeds to the processing for character data in step S412. If it is determined in step S407 that audio data is included (step S407, Y), the audio data is encoded based on BASE64 and data conversion is performed in step S408.

Then, in step S409, a file name of an audio file for storing the converted data is created. The file name generated at this time is a unique file name having a file extension corresponding to the header part of the transmission data and representing the data format of the audio data. Then, the voice data converted in step S408 is stored in the database 19 as a voice data file with this file name (step S410). Also, in step S411, the database 19 is registered in order to register the file name of this image file for search.
This file name is embedded in an SQL statement that describes the processing for.

When the processing on the voice data is completed, the character data is analyzed based on the MIME standard in step S412, and an SQL sentence is created in step S413 so that it can be registered in the database.

When the processing for the character data is completed, the coordinate data is analyzed based on the MIME standard in step S414, and an SQL statement is created in step S415 so that it can be registered in the database. Transfer processing. The processing steps S414 and S415 for the coordinate data are performed only when the collected field data includes the coordinate data, and the multimedia portable terminal device 11 having no GPS antenna unit 14 as shown in FIG. In the case of the field data collected by step S413, steps S413 and S413
Upon completion of the process on the character data in 413, the process proceeds to step S416.

In step S416, step S40
6, SQL created in S411, S413 and S415
The statement registers each data in the database. As described above, in the present embodiment, the collection and registration of the field data in the database 19 can be performed from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 via the public line network 17 or the information terminal device 14 via the Internet / intranet 18.
Can be done from Next, a case where the field data collected and registered in the multimedia information collection management device 20 is browsed will be described.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a processing flow performed by the information distribution device 13 when there is a browsing request for field data from the multimedia portable terminal device 11. When a browsing request is made from the multimedia portable terminal device 11, first, in step S501, a search condition of information to be viewed together with the browsing request is transmitted to the information distribution device 13 via the public line network 17 by a browsing information search condition input process. Is done.

On the other hand, the information distribution device 13 searches the database 19 in the information storage device 12 from the search condition received from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 in step S502, and acquires the search result from the information storage device 12. . The search result is processed into a format that can be referred to by browsing software such as a WWW browser that operates on the multimedia portable terminal device 11, such as by converting the search result into HTML format data by the database search result editing process in step S503. . Then, the data converted into the HTML format is transmitted to the multimedia portable terminal device 11 via the public line network 17, and is displayed by browsing software (step S504). In this way, browsing of necessary field data or registration confirmation of the field data transmitted to the multimedia information collection management device 20 can be performed from the multimedia portable terminal device 11.

When updating the registration data of the database 19, the update data is input by the update data input processing of the multimedia portable terminal device 11 (step S505). The input update data is transmitted to the public network 1
7 is transmitted to the information distribution device 13. The update data transmitted from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 is:
The data is converted into a format that can be registered in the database 19 by the database update process in step S506, and the data is updated.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a processing flow performed by the information distribution apparatus 13 when a request for viewing field data is made from the information terminal 14. When a request for information to be browsed is made from the information terminal 14, as a browse information search condition input process, a search condition for searching for information to be browsed is transmitted to the information distribution device 13 via the Internet / intranet 18 together with the browse request ( Step S601).

Upon receiving the browsing request from the Internet / intranet 18, the information distribution device 13 searches the database 19 in the information storage device 12 from the search conditions transmitted in step S 602, and stores the result in the information storage device 12. Receive more.

The search result is processed into a format that can be referred to by browsing software of the information terminal 14 by, for example, converting the search result into HTML format data by a database search result editing process (step S603). The data converted to the HTML format is transmitted to the information terminal 1 via the public network 17.
4 and displayed on the information terminal device 14 by browsing software.

When the data registered in the database 19 is updated from the information terminal device 14, the update data is input from the information terminal device 14 by an update data input process (step S605). The input update data is transmitted to the information distribution device 13 via the Internet / intranet 18, and the information distribution device 13
Then, the update data is converted into a format that can be registered in the database 19 by the database update process in step S606, and is registered in the database 19 to update the data.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the search processing of the database 19 in steps S502 and S602 in FIGS. 7 and 8 performed by the information distribution apparatus 13 which has received the browsing request for registered data.

The information processing device 13 first receives a search condition for searching information to be browsed together with a browse request transmitted from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 or the information terminal device 14 (step S701).

The search condition is transmitted to the information distribution apparatus 13 in a form embedded in a URL, for example.
Next, as step S702, the search condition is analyzed. Then, an SQL sentence for search is created based on the search condition analyzed in step S703, and this SQL is issued to the database 19 of the information storage device 12 (step S704).

The database 19 that has received this executes the SQL statement in step S705, searches for the field data registered in itself, and returns the search result to the information distribution device 13.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing step S50 in FIGS.
6 is a flowchart showing the database update process shown in S606 in more detail. When receiving the update data of the MIME standard format from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 or the information terminal device 14 (step S801), the information distribution device 13 analyzes the update data from the header part of the MIME standard (step S802). , Creates an update SQL statement based on the analysis result (step S
803).

The created update SQL statement is issued to the database 19 (step S804). The database 19 executes the SQL statement to update the data (step S805).

As described above, in the present embodiment, it is possible to view or update the registration of the transmitted field data by browsing the desired field data or from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 and the information terminal device 14.

Next, the processing on the information terminal device 14 side when browsing field data from the information terminal 14 will be described in detail. FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of software running on the information terminal device 14. As shown in FIG.

The information terminal device 14 generally has the same configuration as a personal computer, and an operating system 141 and WWW browser software 142 are recorded in a storage device in a main body 140. A person who views field data from the information terminal device 14 can use WWW browser software 142 operating on the operating system 141.
Is started, and the information distributed from the information distribution device 13 can be viewed from the WWW browser software 142. The execution module 143 is software that is downloaded to the information terminal device 14 via the network and operates on the WWW browser software 141.
It is like a pplet.

The execution module 143 is appropriately downloaded from the information distribution device 13 to the information terminal device 14 via the Internet / intranet 18 and executed.
The downloaded execution module 143 is transmitted to the information distribution device 13 via the Internet / intranet 18.
Can be communicated with, and data distributed from the information distribution device 13 via the Internet / intranet 18 can be browsed. The execution module 143 has a function of displaying map information on WWW browser software, downloads information necessary for map drawing from the information distribution device 13 via the Internet / intranet 18, and draws a map. At this time, the data such as the terrain and the field data are linked to each other, and the field data can be dynamically displayed on the map.

FIG. 12 shows that the user of the information terminal device 14 downloads the execution module 143 from the information distribution device 13 to the information terminal device 14 via the Internet / intranet 18 and sends the activated execution module 143 to the information distribution device 13. 5 shows a flow of processing for registration.

First, the WWW browser software 142 on the information terminal device 14 specifies the URL and connects to the information distribution device 13 via the Internet / intranet 18 (step S901). The information distribution device 13 stores the execution module 143 similarly to other contents, and distributes the module 143 specified by the URL to the information terminal device 14 via the Internet / intranet 18 (step S902). The downloaded execution module is automatically activated on the WWW browser 142. After performing necessary processing such as initialization, the execution module 143 registers itself in the information distribution apparatus 13 so that the information distribution apparatus 13 can identify the execution module 143 (step S903).

FIG. 13 shows an execution module 143 operating on the WWW browser software 142 of the information terminal device 14.
Shows the flow of processing performed by the information distribution device 13 when displaying map data.

First, in step S902 in FIG. 12, the information distribution apparatus 1 is connected via the Internet / intranet 18.
3, the execution module 143 downloaded from
An RL is specified to connect to the information distribution device 13 (step S1001). In the URL, information such as the size of the map, the coordinates of the center point of the map, the scale of the map, and the like are embedded as parameters for specifying the map data to be browsed together with the information indicating the connection destination.

Based on this information, the information distribution device 13 first requests the map information distribution device 21 to distribute the map information corresponding to the request from the execution module 143 (step S1002). Map information distribution device 21 receiving this
Creates map image data that meets this requirement. Then, the map image data is transmitted to the information distribution apparatus 13 as a general image file such as JPEG or GIF (step S1003). The information distribution device 13 transmits the map image data received from the map information distribution device 21 as a response to the request to the execution module 143 in the form of an image file as it is (step S100).
4).

Next, the information distribution device 13 uses the map range requested from the execution module 143 as a search condition, and requests the information storage device 12 for field data having coordinate values within this range (step S1005). The information storage device 12 extracts corresponding field data from the database 19 based on the search condition. Then, the extracted field data is transmitted to the information distribution device 13 (step S1006). After converting the field data into a format that can be recognized by the execution module 143, the information distribution device 13 transmits the field data to the execution module 143 via the Internet / intranet 18 (step S).
1007).

The execution module 143 determines in step S10
At step 04, a map image is developed from the data transmitted from the information distribution device 13. Then, the image data returned from the information distribution device 13 in step S1007 is mapped onto the map image, and the field data is displayed in a state linked to the map image.

When the field data is collected and stored together with the position information indicating the collection position, the information terminal device 14 browses the field data and the position where the field data was collected in correspondence with the map. You can do it. Further, in this system, the multimedia information collection and management device 20 can receive the field data, register it, and distribute the latest field data to the information terminal device 14.

FIG. 14 shows that the field data sent from the multimedia portable terminal device 11 having the GPS antenna unit 134 is executed by the execution module 143 on the information terminal device 14.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a flow of processing performed by the present system at the time of push-type distribution automatically distributed to the system.

The person who performs information registration is the GPS antenna 13
Using the multimedia portable terminal device 11 having the
Field data such as images and sounds together with position information indicating the collected positions are stored in the information storage device 1 via the public line network 17.
2 (step S1101). Information storage device 1
2 receives this field data (S1102),
Sorting is performed according to the type of data such as images, sounds, characters, and coordinates, and stored in the database 19 (step S110)
3).

The information storage device 12 sets the information distribution device 13 when the field data is registered in the database 19.
Request for creating a field data message (step S1104). The field data message is data obtained by converting the field data stored in the database 19 into a format that the information terminal device 14 can receive and process.

[0086] The information distribution apparatus 13 proceeds to step S1104.
Receives the message creation processing request from the information storage device 12, reads the field data corresponding to the request from the database 19 and creates a field data message (step S1105). At this time, if the information storage device 12 specifies a process for the latest field data registered in S1103, a latest field data message is created.

Next, the information distribution device 13 distributes the latest field data message created in S1105 to the information terminal device 14 (step S1106). Information terminal device 14 to which this field data message is delivered
Are dynamically registered in the information distribution device 13, and the information distribution device 13 performs push-type distribution to all or selected registered information terminal devices 14. The execution module 143 on the information terminal device 14 receives this field data message (step S110).
7), based on the coordinate data in the field data, a new point on the map indicating the position corresponding to this field data is obtained, and the map including this point is redrawn (S110).
8). Also, a dialog indicating that the message has been received and the received field data are displayed (step S1109). The creation of the field data message in step S1105 and the push-type distribution of the field data in step S1106 performed by the information distribution apparatus 13 can be performed for all the received field data, or can be performed for each specific condition, for example, for each specific reception count, or It is also possible to adopt a method of selecting whether or not to perform distribution according to the importance of the field data.

As a result, the information terminal device 14 automatically updates the screen without any operation by the viewer, and displays the latest field data in real time. By the way, in many places where field data is collected, there is a high possibility that a sudden danger such as a new disaster occurs. In such a case, it is necessary to immediately confirm the safety of the persons involved at the site. In such a case, the system according to the present embodiment calls a mobile communication device 16 such as a mobile phone or a PHS held by the concerned party in order to confirm the safety information of the related party registered in advance in an emergency. Means to do so.

FIG. 15 is a diagram showing a flow of a process for activating the automatic calling device 15 from the information terminal device 14 and confirming the safety of the persons concerned. In step S1201, the information processing apparatus 14 transmits a distribution request for an automatic call-up apparatus activation screen to the information distribution apparatus 13 via the Internet / intranet 18 using a WWW browser or the like.

The information distribution device 13 having received this request,
The automatic calling device startup screen is returned to the information terminal device 14 via the Internet / intranet 18 (step S1202), and the information terminal device 14 displays the automatic calling device startup screen using a WWW browser.

FIG. 16 is a diagram showing an example of the automatic call device activation screen. On the automatic paging apparatus start screen shown in FIG. 16, a paging group selection button 201, an automatic paging apparatus start button 202, and a paging message selection button 203 are displayed.

[0092] The callers are registered in advance in the automatic caller 15 by grouping callers, and a call group selection button 201 is for selecting these groups. For example, when a call group selection button of “Group 1” is pressed, the automatic calling device 15 transmits a message to a plurality of mobile communication devices 16 such as mobile phones and PHSs registered in Group 1, Receive the reply.

The call message selection button 203 is used to select a voice message or a question to be transmitted to the mobile communication device 16.
Selection is made by pressing a corresponding button from among a plurality of voice messages and question items registered in 5.

The automatic paging device start button 202 starts the automatic paging device 15. When this button is pressed, the automatic paging device 15 is started and registered in the call group selected by the call group selection button 201. For a human mobile communication device 16,
The call message selected by the call message selection button 203 is transmitted, and the call is made at once.

FIG. 16 displayed on the information terminal device 14
When the operator of the information terminal device 14 performs an operation input based on the display information from the automatic call device start screen, the information terminal device 14 sends an automatic call device start signal to the information distribution device 13 via the Internet / intranet 18. The request is transmitted, and a request is made for a person belonging to the specified group to call the message (step S1203).

When receiving the automatic call device activation signal, the automatic distribution device 13 performs automatic call device activation processing as step S1204, and activates the automatic call device 15. Note that the automatic calling device activation process in step S1204 can be performed not only from the information terminal device 14 but also directly from the information distribution device 13.

The automatic calling device 15 started by the information distribution device 13 transmits a voice message to the mobile communication device 16 registered in the group selected by the operator on the automatic calling device start screen by the information terminal device 14. Then, a response thereto is received from the mobile communication device 16. The person called from the automatic calling device 15 is the mobile communication device 1
In response to the voice message from 6, a response such as voice or pressing a button of the mobile communication device 16 is made, and the information is transmitted to the automatic calling device 15. And this mobile communication device 1
The automatic calling device 15 transmits the result information received from 6 to the information distribution device 13.

[0098] The information distribution apparatus 13 performs a result information receiving process (step S1205), and then proceeds to step S120.
As 6, the received information is converted into a format that can be registered in the database 19 and stored in the database 19.

Also, from the information terminal 14, step S 120
When there is a result information display request (step S1207) requesting a response from the person who made the call in step 3, the information distribution device 13 refers to the result information stored in the database 19 in step S1206, and The information terminal device 1 is converted into a browsable format, for example, an HTML format.
4 (step S1208).

The information terminal device 14 receives the data distributed from the information distribution device 13 via the Internet / intranet 18 and displays the result using a WWW browser. The viewing of the result information in step S1208 can be performed not only from the information terminal device 14, but also by the operator directly operating the information distribution device 13.

The information terminal device 1 in step S1207
4 requests the information distribution apparatus 13 to display the result information at regular intervals. As a result, the latest information recorded in the database 19 is distributed to the information terminal device 14 from the information distribution device 13 as a result information distribution process, and the information terminal device 14 transmits the information for the called device in real time. It can be browsed.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart for explaining the automatic caller result distribution processing (S1208) of FIG. 15 in more detail. The information distribution device 13 receives a result information display request from the information terminal device 14 as a result display request receiving process (step S1301). At this time, this request is UR
The information is transmitted from the information terminal device 14 to the information distribution device 13 in the L format.

The information distributing apparatus 13 which has received the information performs an issuance processing of a call information search SQL statement prepared in advance as step S1302. This SQL sentence is set so that the latest information can be obtained as a search condition. Next, as step S1303, this SQL statement is issued to the database 19 and executed. As a result, the search result from the database 19 is
The information distribution device 13 analyzes the search result (step S1304) and converts the search result into a format that can be browsed by the information terminal device 14, for example, an HTML format (step S1).
305). In the data conversion to the HTML format in step S1305, a template HTML is created in advance in step S1306, and the search result obtained from the database 19 is converted into an HTML document based on this.

The HTML document created in step S1305 is distributed to the information terminal device 14 by the HTML distribution process in step S1307, and displayed on the information terminal device 14 on a screen.

[0105]

As described above, according to the present invention, it becomes possible to transmit and register collected field data not only from a public line but also from the Internet.

Further, it is possible to browse desired field data, check whether transmitted field data is registered, and update registered field data via a public line or the Internet.

Further, in an emergency, a voice signal can be transmitted to a person concerned and a reply can be received, and the safety of the person concerned can be confirmed. Further, the collected field data can be collected in association with the position information indicating the collection place. Therefore, the collected field data and its position information can be stored and managed in association with each other. Therefore, the collection position can be specified when viewing the field data, and the field data can be browsed by linking the field data to the map information.

Furthermore, the display contents are updated to the latest field data without any operation by the viewer of the field data. This allows the viewer to view the latest field data in real time.
Since the display content is updated when new field data is collected, it can be realized without requiring a large communication cost or imposing a heavy load on the browsing terminal and the data management device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a system configuration of an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of a multimedia portable terminal device.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a process of field data transmitted from the multimedia portable terminal device performed by the information storage device.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing processing of field data transmitted from the information terminal device, performed by the information storage device.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing processing of field data transmitted from the multimedia portable terminal device with GPS performed by the information storage device.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process of accumulating and registering collected field data.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a processing flow performed by the information distribution device when a request for browsing field data is made from the multimedia portable terminal device.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a processing flow performed by the information distribution device when a field data browsing request is made from the information terminal.

FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating a database search process performed by the information distribution apparatus that has received a browsing request for registered data.

FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating a database update process in further detail.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration of software running on the information terminal device.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing a process flow for downloading an execution module from the information distribution device to the information terminal device and registering the activated execution module in the information distribution device.

FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating a flow of a process performed by the information distribution device when the execution module displays the map data.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a flow of processing performed by the present system at the time of push-type distribution in which field data transmitted from a multimedia portable terminal device having a GPS antenna unit is automatically distributed to an execution module on the information terminal device. is there.

FIG. 15 starts an automatic calling device from the information processing device,
It is a figure which shows the flow of a process for confirming the safety of the concerned person.

FIG. 16 is a diagram illustrating an example of an automatic calling device activation screen.

FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing an automatic calling device result distribution process.

[Explanation of symbols]

 11 Multimedia portable terminal device 12 Information storage device 13 Information distribution device 14 Information terminal device 15 Automatic calling device 16 Mobile communication device 17 Public line network 18 Internet / Intranet 19 Database 20 Multimedia information collection management device 21 Map information distribution device

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Kiyomasa Kubomura 1 Fuji-cho, Hino-shi, Tokyo FFC Co., Ltd. (72) Takashi Karasawa 1-1-1 Tanabe Nitta, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki-ku, Kanagawa No. Fuji Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takeshi Saito 1Fuji-cho, Hino-shi, Tokyo FFC Co., Ltd.

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A system for collecting field data and publishing the collected field data so that the field data can be referred to via a network, wherein the field data received via the Internet is stored in a database and stored and managed. Means, and internet communication means for transmitting the collected field data to the information storage management means via the internet. 2. The multimedia information collection and management system according to claim 1, wherein the Internet communication unit transmits the collected field data to the information storage and management unit in the form of an electronic mail. 3. The multimedia information collection and management system according to claim 1, further comprising information distribution means for distributing field data stored in said information storage and management means via a public line. 4. A public line communication means for transmitting the collected field data to the information storage management means via a public line, and whether the field data transmitted by the public line communication means is stored in the information storage means. 4. A multimedia information collection and management system according to claim 1, further comprising: confirmation means for confirming the information via the public line. 5. A system for collecting field data and publishing the collected field data so that the collected field data can be referred to via a network, wherein the collected field data is stored in a database in association with position information indicating a collection position of the field data. A multimedia information collection and management system comprising an information storage and management means for storing and managing the multimedia information. 6. A map information distributing means for creating and transmitting map information corresponding to a browsing request, and field data associated with position information corresponding to the map information created by said map information distributing means. 6. The information transmitting apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising an information distribution unit for transmitting.
The described multimedia information collection management system. 7. A destination registering means for storing one or more specific destinations, wherein said information distribution means stores said new field data when said new field data is stored in said information storage management means. The multimedia information collection and management system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the multimedia information is transmitted to the specific destination. 8. A calling means for transmitting a voice signal to an arbitrary one of a plurality of mobile communication devices, and a call instruction for instructing said calling means to transmit a voice signal to a specific mobile communication device. 8. The multimedia information collection and management system according to claim 1, further comprising means. 9. A reply transmitting means for transmitting a reply from the mobile communication device, wherein the calling means stores a reply from the mobile communication device in the information storage means, and the reply transmission means comprises 9. The multimedia information collection and management system according to claim 8, wherein said reply is received from said information storage means in response to a reply transmission request. 10. The multimedia information collection and management system according to claim 8, wherein said call instructing means instructs said calling means to transmit a voice signal for each call group. 11. A terminal device for collecting field data and transmitting the field data, the terminal device comprising a field data transmitting means for transmitting the collected field data in association with information indicating a collection position.