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US 12,299,992 · App. 18/239,622 · Granted May 13, 2025

Information acquisition support apparatus, information acquisition support method, and recording medium storing information acquisition support program

Inventors: Masaya Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Masako Wada (Tokyo, JP); Masayuki Ogawa (Tokyo, JP); Muneaki Onozato (Tokyo, JP); Takamichi Yamazaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
G06V20/52G06F40/289G06N5/022G10L15/26
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Patent No.
US 12,299,992
App. No.
18/239,622
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information acquisition support apparatus includes: an acquisition unit that acquires a plurality of notifications related to an event; an analysis unit that analyzes the plurality of notifications on the basis of an analysis criterion; and an event state generation unit that generates event state information obtained by integrating information indicated by the plurality of notifications on the basis of an analysis result of the plurality of notifications and an information integration criterion, and thereby, the information acquisition support apparatus supports rapid and accurate grasping of a state of a site where an event is occurring.

Claims (37)

1. An information acquisition support apparatus comprising: at least one memory storing a computer program; and

at least one processor configured to execute the computer program to acquire notifications regarding an event,

analyze the notifications based on an analysis criterion, determine which information among plural kinds of event state information representing an analysis result of the notifications to display on a display screen based on a presentation destination of the display screen, and

display the determined information among the plural kinds of event state information side by side on the display screen,

wherein the plural kinds of the event state information include all of a damage state of an event occurrence site, an activity state of the event occurrence site, a captured image of the event occurrence site, and a location of the event occurrence site;

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

in a case of the presentation destination of the display screen being a command center, control the display screen to display the damage state of the event occurrence site, the activity state of the event occurrence site, the captured image of the event occurrence site, and the location of the event occurrence site; and

in a case of the presentation destination of the display screen being a general public, control the display screen to display the damage state of the event occurrence site and the location of the event occurrence site.

2. The information acquisition support apparatus according to: The information acquisition support apparatus according to wherein the event is fire, and wherein the damage state of the event occurrence site includes at least any one of a fire occurrence location, a number of houses where the fire is occurring, a state where the fire in occurring, and a state where rescue is required.

3. The information acquisition support apparatus according to: The information acquisition support apparatus according to wherein the event is fire, and wherein the activity state of the event occurrence site includes at least either a fire department dispatched for the fire or rescue state.

4. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the captured image of the event occurrence site includes s still image or a moving image representing a state of the event occurrence site captured by a smartphone or a monitoring camera.

5. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 4 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to display a real-time captured image transmitted from the smartphone or the monitoring camera.

6. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to select the captured image matching the damage state of the event occurrence site.

7. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to display plural captured images on the event occurrence site side by side on the display screen.

8. The information acquisition support apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the location of the event occurrence site is indicated on a map of surrounding area of the event occurrence site.

9. An information acquisition support method by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:

acquiring notifications regarding an event;

analyzing the notifications based on an analysis criterion;

determining which information among plural kinds of event state information representing an analysis result of the notifications to display on a display screen based on a presentation destination of the display screen, and

displaying the determined information among the plural kinds of event state information side by side on the display screen,

wherein the plural kinds of the event state information include all of a damage state of an event occurrence site, an activity state of the event occurrence site, a captured image of the event occurrence site, and a location of the event occurrence site;

wherein in a case of the presentation destination of the display screen being a command center, control the display screen to display the damage state of the event occurrence site, the activity state of the event occurrence site, the captured image of the event occurrence site, and the location of the event occurrence site; and

in a case of the presentation destination of the display screen being a general public, control the display screen to display the damage state of the event occurrence site and the location of the event occurrence site.

10. The information acquisition support method according to: The information acquisition support method according to wherein the event is fire, and wherein the damage state of the event occurrence site includes at least any one of a fire occurrence location, a number of houses where the fire is occurring, a state where the fire in occurring, and a state where rescue is required.

11. The information acquisition support method according to: The information acquisition support method according to wherein the event is fire, and wherein the activity state of the event occurrence site includes at least either a fire department dispatched for the fire or rescue state.

12. The information acquisition support method according to claim 9 , wherein the captured image of the event occurrence site includes s still image or a moving image representing a state of the event occurrence site captured by a smartphone or a monitoring camera.

13. The information acquisition support method according to claim 12 , further comprising: displaying a real-time captured image transmitted from the smartphone or the monitoring camera.

14. The information acquisition support method according to claim 9 , further comprising: selecting the captured image matching the damage state of the event occurrence site.

15. The information acquisition support method according to claim 9 , further comprising: displaying plural captured images on the event occurrence site side by side on the display screen.

16. The information acquisition support method according to claim 9 , wherein the location of the event occurence site is in indicated on a map of surrounding area of the event occurrence site.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing an information acquisition support program for causing a computerto perform:

acquiring notifications regarding an event,

analyzing the notifications based on an analysis criterion, determining which information among plural kinds of event state information representing an analysis result of the notifications to display on a display screen based on a presentation destination of the display screen, and

displaying the determined information among the plural kinds of event state information side by side on the display screen,

wherein the plural kinds of the event state information include all of a damage state of an event occurrence site, an activity state of the event occurrence site, a captured image of the event occurrence site, and a location of the event occurrence site;

wherein in a case of the presentation destination of the display screen being a command center, control the display screen to display the damage state of the event occurrence site, the activity state of the event occurrence site, the captured image of the event occurrence site, and the location of the event occurrence site; and

in a case of the presentation destination of the display screen being a general public, control the display screen to display the damage state of the event occurrence site and the location of the event occurrence site.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-216117 · Dec 25, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17548875 · Dec 13, 2021
Related Publication 20230410516A1 · Dec 21, 2023
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