Flood monitoring system, transmitter, and flood monitoring device

Abstract

Determine the ID code of the reference transmitter. [Solution] The flood monitoring system comprises a plurality of transmitters and a flood monitoring device. Each of the plurality of transmitters comprises a pressure sensor, an acceleration sensor, a transmitter control unit, a storage unit storing an ID code, and a transmission circuit that transmits data linking the pressure, transmitter information, and ID code to the flood monitoring device. At least one of the plurality of transmitters is a reference transmitter. Transmitters other than the reference transmitter are flood monitoring transmitters positioned in a different orientation from that of the reference transmitter. The transmitter information is information indicating whether a transmitter is a reference transmitter or a flood monitoring transmitter. The flood monitoring device performs at least one of the following: flood determination and water level calculation.

Claims

1. Multiple transmitters, A flood monitoring system comprising a flood monitoring device, Each of the aforementioned plurality of transmitters is Pressure sensor and Accelerometer and A transmitter control unit that acquires pressure from the pressure sensor and acceleration from the acceleration sensor, A memory unit in which the ID code is stored, The system includes a transmission circuit that transmits data linking the pressure and transmitter information with the ID code to the flood monitoring device, At least one of the aforementioned plurality of transmitters is a reference transmitter, and the transmitters other than the reference transmitter are flood monitoring transmitters positioned in a different orientation from that of the reference transmitter. The transmitter information includes the acceleration, the attitude of the transmitter calculated from the acceleration, or information indicating whether the transmitter is the reference transmitter or the flood monitoring transmitter. The aforementioned flood monitoring device is A receiving circuit that receives the data transmitted from the transmitter, It comprises a control unit and, The control unit, The ID code of the reference transmitter is determined from the aforementioned transmitter information, A flood monitoring system that performs at least one of the following: determining flooding and calculating the water level, based on the reference pressure, which is the pressure associated with the ID code of the reference transmitter, and the flood monitoring pressure, which is the pressure associated with the ID code of the flood monitoring transmitter.

2. The aforementioned flood monitoring device is Multiple relay devices, The system includes a server that receives relay data from the aforementioned multiple relay devices, Each of the aforementioned relay devices is The receiving circuit and, A relay device storage unit in which the relay device ID code is stored, The system includes a communication device that transmits the pressure, the transmitter information, and relay data linking the ID code and the relay device ID code to the server, The server comprises the control unit, The flood monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the control unit groups the ID codes associated with the same relay device ID code into the same group, and performs at least one of flood determination and water level calculation based on the ID codes within the same group.

3. The flood monitoring system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the control unit determines that flooding has occurred when the pressure difference between the reference pressure and the flood monitoring pressure exceeds a pressure threshold.

4. The control unit calculates the flooding velocity from the difference between the pressure differences between the reference pressure and the flooding monitoring pressure and the reception interval, or from the difference between the flooding monitoring pressures and the reception interval, and determines that flooding has occurred if the flooding velocity is equal to or greater than a velocity threshold, according to claim 1 or claim 2.

5. Pressure sensor and Accelerometer and A transmitter control unit that acquires pressure from the pressure sensor and acceleration from the acceleration sensor, A memory unit in which the ID code is stored, A transmitter comprising: a transmission circuit that transmits data linking the pressure, transmitter information and the ID code to a flood monitoring device that performs at least one of flood determination and water level calculation based on a reference pressure which is the pressure linked to the ID code of a reference transmitter and a flood monitoring pressure which is the pressure linked to the ID code of a flood monitoring transmitter positioned in a different orientation from the reference transmitter, The transmitter information includes the acceleration, the attitude of the transmitter calculated from the acceleration, or information indicating whether the transmitter is the reference transmitter or the flood monitoring transmitter.

6. A receiving circuit that receives data transmitted from multiple transmitters, including a reference transmitter and a flood monitoring transmitter positioned in a different orientation from the reference transmitter, It comprises a control unit and, The aforementioned data links the pressure and transmitter information detected by the transmitter with the ID code of the transmitter. The transmitter information includes the acceleration detected by the transmitter, the attitude of the transmitter calculated from the acceleration, or information indicating whether the transmitter is the reference transmitter or the flood monitoring transmitter. The control unit, The ID code of the reference transmitter is determined from the aforementioned transmitter information, A flood monitoring device that performs at least one of flood determination and water level calculation based on the reference pressure, which is the pressure associated with the ID code of the reference transmitter, and the flood monitoring pressure, which is the pressure associated with the ID code of the flood monitoring transmitter.

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