Composite ship system

Abstract

To provide a composite ship system which is complete with a medical treatment service function of hospital ships and further equipped with a medicine stockroom ship function capable of storing the appropriate amount and quality of medicine in case of emergency, so that a medicine prescription function in the medical treatment service function may not be paralyzed.SOLUTION: A ship control system 202 for controlling via a prescribed communication medium the navigation of a composite ship equipped with a medical ship function and a stockroom ship function, a hospital ship system 206 equipped with apparatuses for providing prescribed medical treatment services in the composite ship, a stockroom management system 201 for storing the storage location of medicine that is stored in a medicine stockroom secured in the composite ship and controls incoming and outgoing of medicine to and from the stockroom, and an emergency information system for issuing maneuvering indications to the composite ship, communicate with one another to cause the medical ship function and the stockroom ship function to complementarily work.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a composite ship system equipped with a medical function in which medical personnel board a ship and go to a disaster area to provide medical treatment to rescue workers, and a drug warehouse ship function for storing prescription drugs prescribed along with the medical function.

Background Art

[0002] In order to prevent disasters associated with global climate change in recent years, global discussions on carbon dioxide emissions restrictions have been actively negotiated at the United Nations and other organizations.

[0003] For example, in the Cabinet Office of Japan, a hospital ship concept is being discussed to quickly provide medical treatment to people affected by large-scale natural disasters, earthquakes, floods, landslides, pyroclastic flows associated with volcanic eruptions, etc.

[0004] Taking the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake as an example, it is still fresh in memory that due to a huge earthquake that occurred in the middle of the night, buildings collapsed and fires broke out simultaneously in multiple places, resulting in the sacrifice of thousands of precious lives. It has been concluded that the interruption of land transportation in various places at the scene and the paralysis of fire-fighting activities and life-saving activities were also factors contributing to the increase in the number of victims.

[0005] Therefore, in the Cabinet Office, there has been a discussion that land routes should be excluded, several hospital ships should be newly built using sea routes, and rapid rescue and medical activities should be supported using a 5G communication network. In addition, in the United States, it is reported in a free encyclopedia that the hospital ship Mercy (AH-8) with a displacement of 9,800 tons operated by the US Navy was active.

[0006] In addition, the following Patent Document 1 describes a rescue ship (e.g., a hospital ship) that is dispatched to coastal disaster areas, etc., and in order to provide a rescue ship that can improve communication conditions in disaster areas, etc., the rescue ship comprises a hull, an onboard relay station mounted on the hull and forming a first wireless communication area around the hull and / or its surroundings, at least one mobile body that is deployed on the hull and can move to any location away from the hull, and a movable relay station mounted on the mobile body, the onboard relay station is configured to receive radio waves transmitted from a terrestrial base station and transmit them to a wireless terminal device within the first wireless communication area, and to transmit radio waves transmitted from the wireless terminal device within the first wireless communication area to the terrestrial base station, and the movable relay station is configured to relay radio waves transmitted and received between the onboard relay station and the terrestrial base station. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0007] [Patent Document 1] JP 2021-172179 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0008] Currently, in the Seto Inland Sea, which has many "doctorless islands" with no resident doctors, a hospital ship called "Saiseimaru" operates as a mobile medical ship.

[0009] Here, the subjects of checkups at Saiseimaru are the same as those at a general hospital, including chest diseases, digestive diseases, circulatory diseases, gynecological diseases, and surgical diseases, and specific medical departments such as ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, plastic surgery, and dermatology are also provided, and a pediatrics department is also provided for general checkups. The Saiseimaru's mobile medical service functions as a sort of general hospital on a boat, providing important medical services to the residents of remote islands in the Seto Inland Sea. On the other hand, in the event of a disaster, the number of people requiring medical care would number in the thousands, and the number of medical personnel at Saiseimaru would not be enough to respond quickly.

[0010] In the event of such an emergency, simply equipping drugs necessary for medical treatment on the scale of hundreds of people is far from sufficient to provide an environment where drugs can be prescribed to rescuers during a disaster involving thousands of people.

[0011] In the discussions about hospital ships in the Cabinet Office, there is an ongoing plan to enhance the medical staff and medical equipment. However, there has been insufficient discussion on permanently installing a drug warehouse ship function on hospital ships to provide sufficient pharmaceuticals for a large number of disaster victims.

[0012] The present invention has been made to solve the above problems. The object of the present invention is to provide a composite ship system with a drug warehouse ship function that can store appropriate quantities and qualities of drugs in preparation for emergencies so that the medical service function of a hospital ship is enhanced and the drug prescription function in the medical service function does not become paralyzed.

Means for Solving the Problems

[0013] The composite ship system of the present invention for achieving the above object has the following configuration.

[0014] The composite ship system according to the present invention communicates via a predetermined communication medium with a ship control system that controls the navigation of a composite ship having both a medical ship function and a warehouse ship function, a hospital ship system equipped with devices for providing predetermined medical services within the composite ship, a warehouse management system that stores storage locations of drugs stocked in a drug warehouse secured within the composite ship and controls the receipt or issue of drugs, and an emergency information system that gives steering instructions for the composite ship, so as to function the medical ship function and the warehouse ship function complementarily.

Effects of the Invention

[0015] According to the present invention, it is to provide a composite ship system that enhances the function as a hospital ship, quickly delivers necessary medical drugs to medical personnel providing emergency medical treatment on site, develops appropriate medical services for disaster victims, and enables medical personnel to stock sufficient quantities of pharmaceuticals in the composite ship that can be prescribed to patients in the disaster area where the hospital ship docks during a disaster.

Brief Description of the Drawings

[0016] The drawings show specific embodiments of the present invention and include not only the essential components of the invention but also optional and preferred embodiments.

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Embodiments for Carrying Out the Invention

[0017] Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. The drawings show specific embodiments of the present invention and include not only the essential components of the invention but also optional and preferred embodiments.

[0018] <Description of System Configuration> 〔First Embodiment〕 Next, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of a composite ship system showing this embodiment. This system is a composite ship having both a medical ship function and a warehouse ship function. A ship control system 202 that controls the navigation of the composite ship communicates with a hospital ship system 206 that provides medical services via a predetermined communication medium, and a warehouse management system 201 that stores the storage locations of drugs stocked in a drug warehouse secured within the composite ship and controls the receipt or delivery of drugs. It is characterized by a composite ship system that functions complementarily between the medical ship function and the warehouse ship function.

[0019] Note that the displacement of the composite ship is built as a large ship or a medium ship depending on the scale of the function as a medical ship and the function as a drug warehouse, and the number of medical beds varies depending on the number of medical staff resident in the medical staff and the possibility of advanced medical treatment with medical equipment.

[0020] In addition, this composite ship constructs a plurality of medical workspaces secured according to a plurality of flow lines secured inside the ship in a multi-layer structure, and arranges medical equipment adapted to the type of medical treatment, a medical diagnostic device, and a medical bed for each medical workspace to provide medical services to the rescue workers. It has a medical ship function, and a warehouse ship function that stores the storage locations of drugs stocked in a drug warehouse secured within the composite ship and performs the receipt or delivery of drugs. Normally, the composite ship is operated as a medical ship, and in the event of a major disaster, it is operated as a warehouse ship for transporting medical supplies. When a disaster occurs and the ship anchors near the disaster area, it supports medical services and pharmaceutical prescription services. In addition to the above emergency pharmaceutical stock storage function (warehouse ship for transporting medical supplies in the event of a major disaster), among the hierarchically laid out warehouse functions, it may be configured to also function as a normal pharmaceutical warehouse in any one of the layers. At that time, the drugs and medicines to be stored in the warehouse will have a lineup specific to surgery, internal medicine, orthopedics, cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, dermatology, and emergency medicine. However, the assortment should be determined through consultation by specialized medical staff in each department.

[0021] Therefore, in the composite ship system shown in this embodiment, in order to automate the warehousing (loading in) and outwarehousing (unloading) of pharmaceuticals using a transport unit (medicine cart described later) in which reserve drugs are stored as a warehouse ship function for transporting pharmaceuticals, an automatic transport route network and dedicated elevators for transport are installed inside the ship. Furthermore, the transport unit is equipped with a camera and an obstacle sensor, enabling it to move vertically or horizontally on the automatic transport route network with an automatic transport function.

[0022] In addition, the composite ship system equipped with this function can be moored at multiple base ports simultaneously. However, depending on the decision from the official residence command, the port of call for each composite ship is narrowed down according to the scale of the composite ship.

[0023] Furthermore, in case of an emergency, based on the candidate land hospitals for transporting the injured, it departs from the mooring port and moves to the port closest to the disaster area, enabling the priority transport of pharmaceuticals to designated general hospitals, etc. in disaster-stricken bases where rapid medical support activities and overland transport are difficult.

[0024] Also, when it is assumed that a single composite ship cannot provide sufficient pharmaceuticals in case of a disaster, it is also possible for a group of multiple composite ships to stockpile the pharmaceuticals collected by land in a port suburban warehouse and use the mooring composite ships to piston transport them to the port close to the disaster area.

[0025] Figure 1 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the composite ship system and the arrangement example of composite ships according to this embodiment. (a) is a configuration block diagram of the composite ship system, and (b) is a diagram showing an arrangement example of the mooring points of the composite ships.

[0026] In Figure 1(a), 1 indicates a group of composite ships (fleet), showing an example composed of composite ships 1-1 to 1-N. Note that the number of composite ships 1-1 to 1-N (in this embodiment, N = 7) is not limited to 7, and depending on the scale of the composite ships, the number may increase or decrease.

[0027] Specifically, as shown in Fig. 1(b), since the composite ship 1-1 is responsible for the PA in the Kyushu region, it is moored at the designated mooring ports in Nagasaki and Saga. As the composite ship 1-1, it is selected by a subcommittee or the like participating in the emergency information system 2 managed by the Cabinet Office shown in Fig. 1(a).

[0028] Since the composite ship 1-2 is responsible for the PF in the San'in Bay coastal area, it is moored at the designated mooring port in Ube, Yamaguchi Prefecture. As the composite ship 1-2, it is selected by a subcommittee or the like participating in the emergency information system 2 managed by the Cabinet Office shown in Fig. 1(a). The emergency information system 2 is composed of an emergency information system communication unit 21 and conference room terminals 22-1 to 22-N.

[0029] Since the composite ship 1-3 is responsible for the PE in the Japan Sea coastal area, it is moored at the designated mooring port in Tsuruga, Fukui Prefecture. As the composite ship 1-3, it is selected by a subcommittee or the like participating in the emergency information system 2 managed by the Cabinet Office shown in Fig. 1(a).

[0030] Since the composite ship 1-4 is responsible for the PG in the Hokkaido Bay coastal area, it is moored at the designated mooring port in Tomakomai, Hokkaido. As the composite ship 1-4, it is selected by a subcommittee or the like participating in the emergency information system 2 managed by the Cabinet Office shown in Fig. 1(a).

[0031] Since the composite ship 1-5 is responsible for the PD in the Tohoku Bay coastal area, it is moored at the designated mooring port in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture. As the composite ship 1-5, it is selected by a subcommittee or the like participating in the emergency information system 2 managed by the Cabinet Office shown in Fig. 1(a).

[0032] Since the composite ship 1-6 is responsible for the PC in the Kanto Bay coastal area, it is moored at the designated mooring port in Takebashi, Tokyo. As the composite ship 1-6, it is selected by a subcommittee or the like participating in the emergency information system 2 managed by the Cabinet Office shown in Fig. 1(a).

[0033] Since the composite ship 1-7 is responsible for the PB in the Tokai Bay coastal area, it is moored at the designated mooring port in Nagoya City, Aichi Prefecture. As the composite ship 1-7, it is selected by a subcommittee or the like participating in the emergency information system 2 managed by the Cabinet Office shown in Fig. 1(a).

[0034] The emergency information system 2 is built inside the Prime Minister's Office. The emergency information system communication unit 21 receives a disaster relief order through each conference room terminal 22-1 to 22-N, and the administrative communication unit 3 under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications issues rescue activities and drug transportation activities to the composite ships 1-1 to 1-7 moored or berthed at designated ports in Japan under the Disaster Relief Act. Note that the administrative communication unit 3 is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and centrally manages the communication status in the information network for emergencies in times of war.

[0035] Figure 2 is a diagram for explaining the configuration of the composite ships 1-1 to 1-7 shown in Figure 1. In this example, as shown by the national flag 55, the ship's registry is Japan. In the following description, the composite ship 1-1 is taken as an example.

[0036] In Figure 2, reference numeral 51 denotes a composite ship, which is preferably configured with a gross tonnage of 10,000 t or more and equipped with a capacity of about 600 to 1,000 people including medical staff and patients.

[0037] Reference numeral 52 denotes a fuel tank, which supplies heavy fuel oil to the engine section disposed in the machinery room 53, enabling the composite ship 1-1 to continuously navigate over a wide area. Reference numeral 54 denotes a propeller, which is configured to transmit the rotational force supplied from the machinery room 53 so as to propel at a predetermined speed, for example, 22.7 knots.

[0038] Reference numeral 56 denotes a crane, which lifts a plurality of medicine cards storing the medicines transported to the pier at the port of call from the land side, moves them to the front of the gate on the receiving floor (receiving deck) of the second elevator 72, and is loaded onto the second elevator 72 by the deck crew and transported to the designated warehouse floor.

[0039] The second elevator (EL) 72 is composed of, for example, a group of four elevators so as to correspond to each of the gates S1 to S4 provided in the first pharmaceutical warehouse 85 to the third pharmaceutical warehouse 83 provided on each floor secured as a pharmaceutical warehouse. Note that on the layer close to the deck, a medicine storage 81 for storing standby items and a cafeteria 82 for medical staff and the like to take meals are arranged.

[0040] 71 is the first elevator, which is composed of, for example, a group of four elevators that move medical staff to each floor to the diagnosis and examination room 64, the third ward 63, the second ward 62, and the first ward 61 that function as a hospital ship.

[0041] The diagnosis and examination room 64 is provided with an examination room equipped with medical equipment for taking X-ray pictures of patients examined in the third ward 63, the second ward 62, and the first ward 61, and examination equipment.

[0042] In addition, the third ward 63, the second ward 62, and the first ward 61 are configured so that, as shown in the figure, an operating room and nursing beds for temporarily caring for patients can be secured, for example, 50 beds per floor.

[0043] 57 is the bridge where the captain and a plurality of navigators work, and a GPS navigation system (not shown) and various communication devices (including a hotline to the official residence) are arranged. 58 is a blade antenna, which is configured to be able to communicate with nearby medical staff and pharmaceutical carriers, for example, via 5G. 59 is a marine radar that performs navigation communication to identify the current position on the nautical chart.

[0044] 60 is a heliport, which is configured so that the transport helicopter 65 for transporting pharmaceuticals and the doctor helicopter (not shown) for transporting rescuers can take off and land freely. In addition, as a means for two composite ships to move patients in a seizing state, it may be equipped with a special lifter function that can load / unload patients from other ships.

[0045] Figure 3 is a block diagram for explaining the configuration of the composite ship system showing this embodiment. Note that the same components as those in Figure 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals and their descriptions are omitted.

[0046] In FIG. 3, reference numeral 200 denotes a composite ship system, which is shown as being composed of a hospital ship system 206 that provides medical services, a ship control system 202 that controls the navigation of the composite ship and a crane 56 etc., and a warehouse management system 201 that includes an in-out state storage unit 210 for storing information on drugs stocked in the warehouse. However, as the configuration of the composite ship system, the function of the hospital ship system 206 may be further configured to be extensible.

[0047] Here, the hospital ship system 206 includes a controller C1 for comprehensively managing power, communication, electronic medical records, etc. in the diagnostic and examination room 64, the third ward 63, the second ward 62, and the first ward 61 shown in FIG. 2. The controller C1 is driven by the power supplied from the power supply unit 203, and in the operating room, controls the power supply to various medical devices used in operations, and performs control for registering the electronic medical record in the storage unit for managing the electronic medical record and reading out the electronic medical record stored in the storage unit.

[0048] Reference numeral 204 denotes an elevator control unit, which receives power supply from the power supply unit 203 and controls the vertical transfer movement of the carriages of the first elevator (EL) 1 and the second elevator (EL) 2 shown in FIG. 2.

[0049] The in-out state storage unit 210 stores the in-out information of the drugs stored in the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N for accommodating the drugs described later. The controller C2 can read the information, type, quantity, storage period, storage location information (identification code indicating where in the warehouse it is stored), etc. of the drugs written in the memory chips provided in the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N stored in the in-out state storage unit 210.

[0050] Reference numeral 211 denotes a totaling means, which, upon receiving an instruction from the official residence, totals the quantities of drugs stored in the warehouse of the composite ship periodically or when a severe disaster occurs, by drug type, and can notify the emergency information system 2 (on the side of the official residence) of the guidelines for identifying the composite ships that can set sail for the disaster area via the emergency information system communication unit 21 of the communication unit 251. Note that the controller C1 of the hospital ship system 206 is configured to be able to share the latest pharmaceutical equipment information obtained by communicating with other composite ships.

[0051] The conveyance control means 212 acquires the current positions of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N, controls the conveyance states of the self-propelled medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N, and comprehensively controls the conveyance states of the medicine carts to be stocked and the medicine carts to be shipped out.

[0052] The controller C2 controls the first communication unit 213 to communicate with the communication units of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N moving in the warehouse via the wireless LAN, and can identify each of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N.

[0053] In addition, the controller C2 communicates with the communication units of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N, reads the information of the memory chips provided in the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N, and can read the types and quantities of the pharmaceuticals currently stored.

[0054] The controller C2 controls the movement of the medicine collection robot 300 moving along a predetermined path in the warehouse via the second communication unit 214, takes out the pharmaceuticals stored in the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N in small lot units, and can convey the specified pharmaceuticals to a medicine elevator box (not shown).

[0055] In addition, the controller C2 controls the movement of the medicine collection robot 300 moving along a predetermined path in the warehouse via the second communication unit 214. After taking out the standing medicines stored in the medicine storage 81 in the warehouse shown in FIG. 2, the controller C2 can convey the specified pharmaceuticals using any elevator.

[0056] The ship control system 202 includes a communication unit 251, a bridge controller 252, a crane control unit 253, an engine room 254, and a power generation unit 255, and comprehensively controls the navigation, power, and power equipment of the composite ship.

[0057] The communication unit 251 performs wireless communication with the outside, for example, the administrative communication unit 3, via the blade antenna 58. The bridge controller 252 controls the crane 56 equipped on the composite ship, the engine room 254, and the power generation unit 255 to control the driving of the engine equipped in the machinery room 53 or supply appropriate power to the power supply unit 203. Note that the controller C1 of the hospital ship system 206 communicates with the emergency information system 2 via the communication unit 251 and has a function of notifying the emergency information system 2 of the latest pharmaceutical equipment information (type, number of tablets, number of packs, etc.) stocked in the warehouse periodically or at any time when called. Thereby, the emergency information system 2 can obtain the latest pharmaceutical equipment information stocked in a plurality of composite ships deployed offshore from each composite ship system and instruct the disposal or replenishment of drugs with a specified expiration date. Furthermore, in the event of an emergency, the emergency information system 2 can instruct the transfer of the pharmaceuticals equipped on any one of the composite ships to specific pharmaceuticals and issue an instruction to transport a sufficient amount of the pharmaceuticals required in the disaster area to the sea quickly. In addition, the emergency information system 2 can also instruct the composite ship to make an emergency voyage designated for dealing with imported infectious diseases as a countermeasure against the infection source in Japan.

[0058] The warehouse management system 201 is composed of an inbound / outbound status storage unit 210, a totaling means 211, a controller C2, a conveyance control means 212, a first communication unit 213, and a second communication unit 214. Note that the controller C2 controls a creation function of receiving the drug information transmitted by the transmission unit and creating a storage map of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N carried into the composite ship, and a display function of displaying the created storage map on a display unit (not shown). Furthermore, the controller C2 controls a first instruction function of communicating with the plurality of medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N to recognize the current positions and instructing the rearrangement of the placement of each medicine cart. In addition, the controller C2 communicates with a medicine collection robot 300 that collects a predetermined medicine from any of the medicine carts in lots, and controls a second instruction function for instructing the medicine collection robot 300 to convey the taken-out medicine in lots to a replenishment port leading to the receiving port of each medical workspace.

[0059] The inventory status storage unit 210 stores, in an updatable manner, the type, level, remaining number of tablets, and expiration date of the medicine contained in the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N for which inventory is taken in or out.

[0060] The totaling means 211 totals the remaining number of tablets of the medicine contained in the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N arranged in the first medicine warehouse 85, the second medicine warehouse 84, and the third medicine warehouse 83 by type, level, and expiration date, totals the latest medicine inventory quantity, and notifies the controller C2.

[0061] The controller C2 causes an external storage device (not shown) to store the latest medicine inventory quantity totaled by the totaling means 211, and when receiving a regular report from the administrative communication unit 3 or an emergency report in an emergency, notifies the administrative communication unit 3 of the latest medicine inventory quantity.

[0062] The conveyance control means 212 communicates with the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N, monitors the current position, moving position, and moving state of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N, and issues an instruction to store in the designated storage position and an instruction to take out from the designated storage position, thereby controlling the linear movement, rotational movement, stop, locking, and unlocking of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N without human intervention.

[0063] The medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N are equipped with wheels for self-running on the floor, can move linearly forward or backward, and are configured to be able to move forward and backward in the left-right direction by independently moving the front wheels and the rear wheels at a predetermined angle.

[0064] As a result, medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N can freely move to each floor within the first medicine warehouse 85, the second medicine warehouse 84, and the third medicine warehouse 83 based on instructions from the transport control means 212, and medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N can be stopped or parked (locked state). This allows the storage positions of the medicines contained in the first medicine storehouse 85, the second medicine storehouse 84, and the third medicine storehouse 83 to be freely interchanged and rearranged.

[0065] The second communication unit 214 notifies the movement, stopping, and drive control commands to the manipulator (arm mechanism (including the hand)) of the medicine collection robot 300 based on instructions from the controller C2.

[0066] This allows the medicine collection robot 300 to freely move within the first medicine warehouse 85, the second medicine warehouse 84, and the third medicine warehouse 83, identify any of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N, and collect the specified medicine by dispensing the specified lot amount.

[0067] In the composite ship system configured in this manner, the equipment providing medical services includes medical equipment adapted to the type of medical treatment, medical diagnostic equipment, and medical beds, and the warehouse management system 201 includes an in-stock / out-stock status memory unit 210 that stores the in-stock or out-stock status of regular medicines prescribed based on the type of medical treatment and emergency medicines to be prescribed for disaster relief, a counting means 211 that counts the inventory amounts of regular medicines and emergency medicines stored in the in-stock / out-stock status memory unit 210 by linking them to storage locations, and a controller C2 that notifies the emergency information system 2 of the medicine information counted by the counting means 211.

[0068] The composite ship system shown in FIG. 3 also includes medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N for storing the medicines to be stored, and a transport control means 212 for controlling the automatic transport of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N into storage boxes laid out inside the ship, or the automatic transport of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N from the storage boxes to outside the ship.

[0069] Furthermore, the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N are equipped with a controller 500 (see FIG. 5) that self-drives along the conveyance route laid out in the storage box according to the received conveyance route information and stops at a designated position. Here, the storage box corresponds to the designated areas (loading boxes) of the locker sections R1 to R4.

[0070] Furthermore, the conveyance control means 212 executes control to determine the conveyance direction of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N while reading the identification information provided in each layer of the ship's interior by communicating with the controllers 500 of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N according to the received storage destination information.

[0071] In addition, when the conveyance control means 212 carries the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N into the ship, it is characterized in that it controls to carry the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N from the topmost deck of the composite ship in the direction of the ship's bottom via the second elevator 72.

[0072] FIG. 4 is a perspective view for explaining the structure of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N shown in FIG. 3.

[0073] In FIG. 4, 401 is the cart body, and the inner boxes 404-1 to 404-6 are configured to be pull-outable from the front side. 402-1, 402-2, 403-1, and 403-2 are wheels and are driven by an electric motor described later and can self-drive in the forward direction, backward direction, and diagonal direction. Note that the corresponding reference numerals for 403-1 are not shown in the perspective view. 406 is an RF tag and stores information for identifying the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N. 407 is an antenna and communicates with the second communication unit 214. In this embodiment, an example of identifying the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N is described. However, an RF tag may be attached to each individual packing unit (each packing containing a PTP sheet) of the medicine stored in the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N so that the inventory can be managed for each individual packing unit. This makes it possible to accommodate both the case of moving the medicine in individual packing units and the case of moving the medicine units in the medicine cart units.

[0074] FIG. 5 is a block diagram for explaining the control system of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N shown in FIG. 4.

[0075] In FIG. 5, reference numeral 500 denotes a controller, which includes a storage chip 501 composed of a PROM, a CPU 502, a communication unit 503, a rechargeable battery unit 504, an electric motor 505, a locking mechanism 506, a power supply plug 507, and a moving body 508. The controller 500 also functions as a travel control unit, and determines the conveyance direction of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N while reading the identification information provided in each layer of the ship according to the storage destination information received from the conveyance control means 212.

[0076] In the present embodiment, the moving body 508 is provided with four wheels 402-1, 402-2, 403-1, and 403-2, and a configuration is shown in which rotational force is transmitted from the electric motor 505 via a gear (not shown). However, it is also possible to adopt a configuration in which the moving body 508 and the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N are separable and the cart itself is not equipped with a smart communication function.

[0077] When the moving body 508 and the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N are separable, the controller 500, ROM 501, CPU 502, communication unit 503, rechargeable battery unit 504, electric motor 505, locking mechanism 506, and power supply plug 507 are integrated into the moving body 508.

[0078] This can significantly reduce the cost of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N.

[0079] FIG. 6 is a perspective view for explaining the structures of the first medicine warehouse 85, the second medicine warehouse 84, and the third medicine warehouse 83 shown in FIG. 2. In this example, the first medicine warehouse 85 will be described, and the descriptions of the second medicine warehouse 84 and the third medicine warehouse 83 will be omitted.

[0080] In FIG. 6, for the four second elevators (shown as EL2 in the figure) 72, gates S1 to S4 corresponding to the first medicine warehouse 85 are associated, and by automatic incoming and outgoing control, the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N are carried into and out of the designated areas (loading boxes) of the locker sections R1 to R4 where they are laid out. Note that it shows that two medicine collection robots 300 are in operation. M1 to M4 are the gates of the first elevator (shown as EL1 in the figure) 71.

[0081] Also, the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N can read the signs marked on the floor surface of the first medicine warehouse 85, and are configured to be conveyed along the path indicated by the dashed line and to be able to store the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N in the loading boxes BOX of the designated locker sections R1 to R4.

[0082] Furthermore, the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N shown in FIG. 6 are separated by a separable transfer robot S-ROB. After the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N are stored in the loading box BOX, the loading box BOX separated from the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N is sent back into the elevator car, enters the bottom of the medicine cart waiting for conveyance, and is placed on the loading platform so as to automatically hold the medicine cart.

[0083] Also, the separable transfer robot S-ROB is provided with a lifter on the loading platform side, and by raising and lowering the lifter, the conveyed medicine cart can be stored in a state of being supported by a guide provided on the loading box BOX side.

[0084] FIG. 7 is a perspective view showing an example of the medicine collection robot shown in FIG. 6.

[0085] In FIG. 7, 300 is a medicine collection robot, which includes a communication antenna, a controller section, a battery, an electric motor, and four wheels 305-1 to 305-4 (however, 305-4 is not shown).

[0086] 301 and 302 show an example where the manipulators (arm mechanisms and end - effector mechanisms 303 and 304) are integrated. By grasping the drawer hooks provided on the medicine cart with the end - effector mechanisms 303 and 304, the drawer trays T1 and T2 are pulled out as shown in Fig. 6, and the designated drugs are taken out in lot units, stored in the drawer trays T1 and T2, and then carried to the designated loading box BOX by riding on the first elevator 71 or the second elevator 72.

[0087] In addition, the medicine - collecting robot 300 is equipped with a camera 310, a microphone 311, and a speaker 312. By communicating with the controller C2 via the second communication unit 214, the image captured by the camera 310 is transmitted to the controller C2 side, and it is also configured to be able to generate a predetermined message from the speaker 312 based on the voice data received from the controller C2.

[0088] In particular, when the operator and the medicine - collecting robot 300 work in the same warehouse, it is configured to be able to communicate with each other between the operator or medical staff monitored on the warehouse management system 201 side via the medicine - collecting robot 300 and the microphone 311.

[0089] Fig. 8 is a diagram for explaining a table for managing the composite ships associated in the composite ship system showing this embodiment.

[0090] In this example, the emergency information system 2 collects the latest drug inventory information stored in the inbound / outbound status memory units 210 of each composite ship 1 - 1 to 1 - 7, and registers and manages it in the memory unit (external storage device including hard disk and SSD) constituting the emergency information system 2.

[0091] Note that the emergency information system 2 can display this management table on a display device (not shown) for reference, so that the person in charge of the Cabinet Office can check the position (based on GPS information), inventory information, classification code, and associated ShipID of the latest composite ship moored or berthed in the Japanese sea area at any time.

[0092] Here, the inventory information is ranked into levels L1 to L5 so that drugs (drugs and chemicals that should be handled carefully, such as morphine and vancomycin) can be clearly distinguished and managed in order to provide disaster-specific pharmaceuticals. The classification codes will be described in detail in FIG. 9.

[0093] This enables the integrated management of composite ships moored or berthed and deployed in the current Japanese sea area, and enables prompt pharmaceutical supply operations by pre-assigning composite ships that will act in coordination during large-scale disasters that cannot be handled by a single ship.

[0094] FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of a drug management table managed by the emergency information system 2 shown in FIG. 1. In this example, the emergency information system 2 collects the latest drug inventory information stored in the inventory status storage units 210 of each composite ship 1-1 to 1-7 and registers and manages it in the memory unit (external storage device including hard disk and SSD) constituting the emergency information system 2. Regarding drugs, tablets are classified as classification code A, packs (including blood and infusions) are classified as classification code B, and they are divided into composite ship identification codes S-ID1 to S-ID7, and the inventory quantity is managed by the number of tablets and the number of packs. However, the management information is not limited to this. When there are regulations in the Pharmaceutical Affairs Law, it shall comply with those standards.

[0095] 〔Effect of the First Embodiment〕 According to this embodiment, while enriching the functions as a hospital ship, it quickly delivers the pharmaceuticals necessary for medical staff providing emergency medical care on-site, provides appropriate medical services to the disaster victims, and in the disaster area where the hospital ship berths during a disaster, medical staff can stock a sufficient amount of pharmaceuticals that can be prescribed to patients in the composite ship.

[0096] 〔Second Embodiment〕 In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the stocked medicine is stored using the second elevator 72 has been described. However, when the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N are carried into the ship, the conveyance control means 212 may be configured to control the opening of the rear opening / closing door of the medical ship and the conveyance of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N from the quay side in the direction of the ship bottom.

[0097] 〔Effect of the Second Embodiment〕 According to the present embodiment, it is also possible to carry the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N into the ship after boarding the medicine conveyance vehicle on the deck without using a crane, in accordance with the structure of the port where the composite ship docks.

[0098] 〔Third Embodiment〕 In the above-described embodiment, the configuration of each layer has not been mentioned in detail. However, the inside of the composite ship may be configured to include a conveyance network including a planar conveyance path for moving the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N in the vertical or horizontal direction on any one of a plurality of layers, and an elevation conveyance path for moving the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N in the vertical direction from the deck.

[0099] 〔Effect of the Third Embodiment〕 According to the present embodiment, by moving the conveyance of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N in a plane or three-dimensionally, it is possible to apply the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N to the box shape (stackable boxes) of the warehouse and accommodate them.

[0100] 〔Fourth Embodiment〕 In the above-described embodiment, an example in which the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N include the storage chip 501 that stores the stocked medicine information in a rewritable manner has been described. However, the configuration may be such that the medicine information stored in the storage chip 501 is transmitted to the warehouse management system 201.

[0101] 〔Effect of the Fourth Embodiment〕 According to this embodiment, the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N can quickly notify the warehouse management system 201 of the medicine information stored in the memory chip 501.

[0102] 〔Fifth Embodiment〕 In the above embodiment, the case where the hospital ship system 206 manages the types of medicines equipped in the warehouse without identification has been described. However, an emergency medicine storage unit for storing emergency medicine information specified based on the type of emergency is provided in a specific memory area of the inventory status storage unit 210. A controller C1 is provided to identify the type of disaster from the disaster information received by the ship control system 202 and determine whether it is possible to issue the highly urgent medicines identified. When the controller C1 determines that it is possible to issue the highly urgent medicines, the conveyance control means 212 may be configured to send the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N to be issued to the exit during navigation so that they can be unloaded immediately after the composite ship is moored at the port where it docks.

[0103] 〔Effect of the Fifth Embodiment〕 According to this embodiment, by sequentially transporting drugs outside the ship in the disaster area, especially the drugs with high designated demand, it is possible to facilitate medical workers who are waiting for specific drugs.

[0104] 〔Sixth Embodiment〕 In the above embodiment, the controller C2 can grasp the arrangement and accommodation status of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N, but the operator cannot visually grasp the arrangement and accommodation status of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N. Therefore, the medicine information transmitted by the controller C2 of the warehouse management system 201 is received, an accommodation map of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N carried into the composite ship is created, and control to display the created accommodation map on a display device (not shown) may be incorporated.

[0105] 〔Effect of the Sixth Embodiment〕 According to this embodiment, an operator working inside the composite ship can visually grasp the arrangement and storage state of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N. Thereby, even when a situation occurs where the medicine collection robot breaks down, the operator can visually grasp the positions of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N that contain the necessary medicines. Thereby, it is possible to collect and distribute the necessary medicines to the medical staff on board waiting for the medicines, and an improvement in medical services can be expected.

[0106] 〔Embodiment 7〕 In the above embodiment, an example where control to move the storage positions of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N is not executed has been described. However, it may be configured to be able to cope even when any one of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N or some communication failure occurs inside the ship. Specifically, the controller C2 of the warehouse management system 201 may be configured to communicate with the plurality of medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N to recognize the current positions and instruct rearrangement of each medicine cart.

[0107] 〔Effect of Embodiment 7〕 According to this embodiment, it is possible to flexibly cope even when any one of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N or some communication failure occurs inside the ship, and it can be expected to shorten the system failure recovery stagnation time.

[0108] 〔Embodiment 8〕 In the above embodiment, an example where the medicine collection robot 300 uses the first elevator 71 or the second elevator 72 to transport the designated medicine has been described. However, when the medicine collection robot 300 collects a predetermined medicine from any one of the medicine carts 101-1 to 101-N in lot units, the controller C2 of the warehouse management system 201 may be configured to instruct the medicine collection robot 300 to transport the taken-out medicine in lot units to the replenishment port leading to the receiving port of each medical workspace.

[0109] 〔Effect of Embodiment 8〕 According to this embodiment, since the distance that the medicine collection robot 300 moves for medicine collection can be shortened, the time required for medicine collection by the medicine collection robot 300 can be shortened, and the medicine can be efficiently collected and distributed to medical staff who perform medical activities in a composite ship in small lot units.

[0110] The disclosure of the present invention described above can be summarized into at least the following matters.

[0111] (1) A ship control system that controls the navigation of a composite ship having both a medical ship function and a warehouse ship function via a predetermined communication medium, a hospital ship system including devices that provide predetermined medical services within the composite ship, a warehouse management system that stores storage locations of medicines stocked in a medicine warehouse secured within the composite ship and controls the receipt or delivery of medicines, and an emergency information system that gives a ship handling instruction of the composite ship communicate with each other to make the medical ship function and the warehouse ship function function complementarily.

[0112] (2) In the hospital ship system, the devices that provide the medical services include medical devices adapted to the type of medical treatment, a medical diagnostic device, and a treatment bed. The warehouse management system includes an in-out state storage means that stores the in-stock state or out-stock state of standing medicines prescribed based on the type of medical treatment and emergency medicines to be prescribed for disaster support, and a totaling means that totals the stock amounts of the standing medicines and the stock amounts of the emergency medicines stored in the storage means and associates them with the storage locations, and a notification means that notifies the emergency information system of the medicine information totaled by the totaling means. In-and-out status The above is characterized by comprising.

[0113] (3) It is characterized by comprising a medicine cart that stores the medicines to be received, and a transfer control means that controls the automatic transfer of the medicine cart into a storage box laid out in the ship or the automatic transfer out of the storage box to the outside of the ship.

[0114] (4) The medicine cart is characterized by comprising a travel control unit that self-drives on the transport route laid out in the storage box according to the received transport route information and stops at a specified position.

[0115] (5) The travel control unit is characterized by determining the transport direction of the medicine cart while reading the identification information provided in each layer of the ship according to the storage destination information received from the transport control means.

[0116] (6) When the transport control means carries the medicine cart into the ship, it is characterized by controlling to carry the medicine cart from the uppermost deck of the composite ship to the bottom of the ship via an elevator in the direction of the ship bottom.

[0117] (7) When the transport control means carries the medicine cart into the ship, it is characterized by controlling to open the rear opening / closing door of the medical ship and carry the medicine cart from the quay side to the bottom of the ship.

[0118] (8) The hospital ship system is characterized by comprising a sharing means for sharing the latest pharmaceutical equipment information obtained by communicating with other composite ships.

[0119] (9) The composite ship Ship inside is composed of a plurality of layers and is provided with a transport network consisting of a planar transport path for moving the medicine cart in the vertical or horizontal direction on any layer and a vertical transport path for moving the medicine cart in the vertical direction from the deck.

[0120] (10) The medicine cart is characterized by comprising a storage chip for storing the stored medicine information in a rewritable manner and a transmission means for transmitting the medicine information stored in the storage chip to the warehouse management system.

[0121] (11) The hospital ship system includes an emergency drug storage unit that stores emergency drug information specified based on the type of emergency. The ship control system identifies the type of disaster from the disaster information received, and provides a determination means for determining whether it is possible to release the highly urgent drugs identified. When the determination means determines that it is possible to release the highly urgent drugs, the transport control means stores them so that they can be immediately unloaded after the composite ship is moored at the port where it docks. The foregoing It is characterized in that the medicine cart is sent to the unloading port during navigation.

[0122] (12) The warehouse management system receives the drug information transmitted Means and creates a storage map of the medicine carts carried into the composite ship, and includes a display means for displaying the storage map created by the creating means. The foregoing It is characterized by comprising a creating means for creating a storage map of the medicine cart and a display means for displaying the storage map created by the creating means.

[0123] (13) The warehouse management system is characterized by comprising a first instruction means for communicating with a plurality of medicine carts to recognize their current positions and instructing the rearrangement of each medicine cart.

[0124] (14) It is equipped with a medicine collection robot that collects a predetermined medicine in lot units from any of the medicine carts. The warehouse management system has a second instruction means for instructing the medicine collection robot to transport the taken-out medicine in lot units to the replenishment port leading to the receiving port of each medical workspace. From any of the medicine carts It is characterized by comprising a second instruction means for instructing the medicine collection robot to transport the taken-out medicine in lot units to the replenishment port leading to the receiving port of each medical workspace.

[0125] Each step of the present invention can also be realized by executing software (program) obtained via a network or various storage media on a processing device (CPU, processor) such as a personal computer (computer).

[0126] The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications (including organic combinations of each embodiment) are possible based on the gist of the present invention, and they are not excluded from the scope of the present invention.

Industrial Applicability

[0127] Hereinafter, in order to explain the industrial applicability, the description in the column of the problems to be solved by the invention will be supplemented.

[0128] The current situation of logistics warehouses for overland transportation tends to have regional concentration due to the location attracted by the convenience of the roads and the like and the invitation of local governments. Moreover, due to changes in purchasing behavior and the rise of Amazon (registered trademark) and the like, the demand for logistics warehouses is increasing more and more, and recently, it has become difficult to secure a logistics center in a favorable location.

[0129] Therefore, the current situation is that the rent or construction price of logistics warehouses including land rent is also soaring.

[0130] Moreover, since the current Japanese archipelago has entered an active period of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions since the Great East Japan Earthquake, it is difficult to specify when, where, and when a disaster will occur. Once a disaster such as an earthquake occurs, the land route will be cut off, logistics will be disrupted, and a situation will occur where transport vehicles cannot reach a logistics warehouse storing pharmaceuticals.

[0131] This means that no matter where a warehouse built by the state or local government on land is located, it cannot be exempted from this risk. This time, it is believed that by moving (shifting) the logistics warehouse, especially the warehouse storing pharmaceuticals, from land to sea, these problems can be solved.

[0132] In particular, in Japan, which is surrounded by the sea, it is considered that by effectively utilizing the natural environment unique to an island country, it is possible to lead to the development of new industries and schemes unparalleled in the world, along with the peace of mind of the people.

[0133] Specifically, in Japan, which is a country prone to earthquakes, it is possible not only to avoid the impact of disrupted land transportation due to volcanic earthquakes, eruptions, etc. and expand the stable supply of pharmaceuticals, but also, in the event of a disaster in countries such as Southeast Asia, which are island countries like Japan, to sail this ship to the disaster-stricken country to provide assistance, or to export the know-how related to the constructed composite ship and its system to the target country, thus leading to contributions to the world and the creation and development of new industries.

[0134] It is particularly believed that it can contribute to further enhancing the overall national strength by not only facing the low-cost competition and the struggling shipbuilding and shipping industries with surplus ships, but also creating new industries at its permanent port of call (Japan), and adding a new perspective to the way of national security of Japan through rescue activities in other countries.

Explanation of Signs

[0135] 1-1 Composite Ship 1-2 Composite Ship 1-3 Composite Ship 1-4 Composite Ship 1-5 Composite Ship 1-6 Composite Ship 1-7 Composite Ship 2 Emergency Information System 3 Administrative Communication Department

Claims

1. A ship control system for controlling the navigation of a composite ship having both a medical ship function and a warehouse ship function via a predetermined communication medium, a hospital ship system including equipment for providing a predetermined medical service within the composite ship, a warehouse management system for storing storage locations of drugs stocked in a drug warehouse secured within the composite ship and controlling the receipt or issue of drugs, and an emergency information system for giving a steering instruction for the composite ship communicate with each other to make the medical ship function and the warehouse ship function function complementarily. A composite ship system characterized by this.

2. In the hospital ship system, The equipment for providing the medical service includes medical equipment adapted to the type of medical treatment, a medical diagnostic device, and a treatment bed. In the warehouse management system, Inventory status storage means for storing the receipt or issue status of standing drugs prescribed based on the type of medical treatment and emergency drugs to be prescribed for disaster support; Aggregation means for aggregating the stock quantities of standing drugs and the stock quantities of emergency drugs stored in the inventory status storage means in association with the storage locations; Notification means for notifying the emergency information system of the drug information aggregated by the aggregation means; The composite ship system according to claim 1, characterized by comprising these.

3. A medicine cart for storing received drugs; Transport control means for controlling automatic loading of the medicine cart into storage boxes laid out in the ship or automatic unloading from the storage boxes to the outside of the ship; The composite ship system according to claim 1, characterized by comprising these.

4. The medicine cart according to claim 3, characterized by comprising a travel control unit that travels automatically on a transport route laid out in the storage box according to transport route information received and stops at a designated position.

5. The travel control unit according to claim 4, characterized by determining the transport direction of the medicine cart while reading identification information provided in each layer of the ship according to storage destination information received from the transport control means.

6. The transport control means according to claim 4, characterized by controlling to load the medicine cart from the uppermost deck of the composite ship toward the bottom of the ship via an elevator when the medicine cart is loaded into the ship.

7. The transfer control means is characterized in that when the medicine cart is carried into the ship, it controls to open the rear opening / closing door of the medical ship and carry the medicine cart from the quay side in the direction of the ship bottom, according to the composite ship system described in claim 4.

8. The hospital ship system is characterized in that it is provided with a sharing means for sharing the latest pharmaceutical equipment information obtained by communicating with other composite ships, according to the composite ship system described in claim 1.

9. Inside the composite ship, it is composed of a plurality of layers, and is provided with a transfer network consisting of a planar transfer path for moving the medicine cart vertically or horizontally on any one of the layers, and an elevation transfer path for moving the medicine cart in the vertical direction from the deck, according to the composite ship system described in claim 3.

10. The medicine cart is provided with a memory chip for rewritably storing the stored medicine information, and is characterized in that it is provided with a transmission means for transmitting the medicine information stored in the memory chip to the warehouse management system, according to the composite ship system described in claim 3.

11. The hospital ship system is provided with an emergency medicine storage unit for storing emergency medicine information specified based on the type of emergency. The ship control system identifies the type of disaster from the disaster information received, and is provided with a determination means for determining whether it is possible to issue the highly urgent medicine thus identified. When it is determined by the determination means that it is possible to issue a highly urgent medicine, the transfer control means causes the medicine cart to be shipped to the outlet during navigation so that it can be immediately carried out after the composite ship is moored at the port where it docks, according to the composite ship system described in claim 3.

12. The warehouse management system receives the medicine information transmitted by the transmission means, and includes a creation means for creating a storage map of the medicine cart carried into the composite ship, and a display means for displaying the storage map created by the creation means, according to the composite ship system described in claim 10.

13. The warehouse management system is characterized in that it is provided with a first instruction means for communicating with a plurality of medicine carts to recognize their current positions and instructing the rearrangement of each medicine cart, according to the composite ship system described in claim 1.

14. It is provided with a medicine collection robot for collecting a predetermined medicine in lot units from any one of the medicine carts. The warehouse management system according to claim 13, characterized in that it comprises second instructing means for instructing the medicine collection robot to convey the medicine in lot units taken out from any of the medicine carts to a replenishment port leading to the receiving port of each medical workspace.

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