Burnout ratio calculation device, burnout ratio calculation method, and computer program

Abstract

A burn damage ratio calculation device for a multi-unit dwelling including residential and non-residential areas, comprising: a display unit that displays a floor plan superimposed on a grid on a screen; an input unit that receives input from the user along the grid regarding burned areas in the residential area; and a calculation unit that calculates the burn damage ratio of the residential area as the number of grid surfaces of burned areas in the residential area relative to the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the residential area, wherein the input unit further receives input of non-residential areas along the grid, and the display unit hides non-residential areas on the floor plan in response to a hide instruction from the user.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a burn ratio calculation device, a burn ratio calculation method, and a computer program.

Background Art

[0002] Non-Patent Document 1 describes that "the burned part of the floor is horizontally projected onto the ceiling, and the burned part in contact with this is included in the burned floor area as a three-dimensional component" (P.61, description of FIG. 10). [Prior Art Documents] [Non-Patent Documents] [Non-Patent Document 1] New Fire Investigation Textbook, Volume 2 (Publisher: Tokyo Disaster Prevention and Emergency Association, a public interest incorporated foundation; First Edition Release Date: July 1998; Fourth Edition Release Date: January 2024)

Summary of the Invention

[0003] According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a burn ratio calculation device for an apartment building including a residential part and a non-residential part. The burn ratio calculation device may include a display unit that displays a floor plan superimposed on a grid on a screen. The burn ratio calculation device may include an input unit that receives an input along the grid from a user for a burned location in the residential part. The burn ratio calculation device may include a calculation unit that calculates, as the burn ratio of the residential part, the number of grid surfaces of the burned locations in the residential part with respect to the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the residential part. In the burn ratio calculation device, the input unit may further receive an input of the non-residential part along the grid. In the burn ratio calculation device, the display unit may make the non-residential part non-displayed on the floor plan in response to a non-display instruction from the user.

[0004] In any of the above-mentioned burnt-out ratio calculation devices, the input unit may further accept input from the user regarding burnt locations in the non-residential area, along with the grid, while the non-residential area is displayed on the floor plan. In any of the above-mentioned burnt-out ratio calculation devices, if the user instructs the calculation unit to calculate the burnt-out ratio while the non-residential area is hidden on the floor plan, the calculation unit may calculate the burnt-out ratio of the entire building by subtracting the hidden floor area of ​​the non-residential area from the total floor area of ​​the entire apartment building, and then calculating the total floor area corresponding to the number of grid faces of burnt locations in the residential area. In any of the above-mentioned burnt-out ratio calculation devices, if the user instructs the calculation of the burnt-out ratio while the non-residential portion is displayed on the floor plan, the calculation unit may calculate the total floor area corresponding to the sum of the number of grid faces of burnt areas in the residential portion and the number of grid faces of burnt areas in the non-residential portion, relative to the total floor area of ​​the entire apartment building, as the burnt-out ratio of the entire building.

[0005] One embodiment of the present invention provides a method for calculating the percentage of damage caused by fire to a multi-unit dwelling, including residential and non-residential areas. The method for calculating the percentage of damage caused by fire may include receiving input from a user regarding the locations of fire in the residential area, along a grid on which floor plans are superimposed. The method for calculating the percentage of damage caused by fire may include calculating the number of grid faces of the locations of fire in the residential area relative to the total number of grids corresponding to the residential area as the percentage of damage caused by fire in the residential area. In the method for calculating the percentage of damage caused by fire, receiving the input may include receiving input for the non-residential area along the grid, and hiding the non-residential area on the floor plan in response to a hide instruction from the user.

[0006] According to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer program is provided. When the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer may be instructed to perform a procedure to receive input from a user regarding burnt areas in the residential portion of a multi-unit dwelling, which includes residential and non-residential portions, along a grid on which floor plans are superimposed. When the computer program is executed by a computer, the computer may be instructed to perform a procedure to calculate the burnt-out ratio of the residential portion as the number of grid faces of burnt areas in the residential portion relative to the total number of grids corresponding to the residential portion. In the computer program, the procedure for receiving the input may include receiving input for the non-residential portion along the grid and, in response to a hide instruction from the user, hiding the non-residential portion on the floor plan.

[0007] It should be noted that the above summary of the invention does not list all the necessary features of the present invention. Furthermore, subcombinations of these features may also constitute an invention. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0008] [Figure 1] This figure schematically shows how a burnout ratio calculation device 100 according to one embodiment is operated by a user 10. [Figure 2] This is a functional block diagram of a burnout ratio calculation device 100 according to one embodiment. [Figure 3] This is a flowchart illustrating the operation flow of the burnout ratio calculation method performed by a burnout ratio calculation device 100 according to one embodiment. [Figure 4] Figure 3 shows an example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to steps S1 to S3. [Figure 5] Figure 3 shows an example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to step S5. [Figure 6] Figure 3 shows an example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to step S5. [Figure 7] Figure 3 shows an example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to step S7. [Figure 8] An example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to steps S11 to S13 in Figure 3 is shown. [Figure 9] An example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to steps S13 to S16 in Figure 3 is shown. [Figure 10] An example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to steps S13 to S16 in Figure 3 is shown. [Figure 11] An example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to step S19 in Figure 3 is shown. [Figure 12] An example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to step S19 in Figure 3 is shown. [Figure 13] A schematic example of the hardware configuration of a computer 1200 that functions as a burnout ratio calculation device 100 is shown. [Modes for carrying out the invention]

[0009] The present invention will be described below through embodiments, but these embodiments are not intended to limit the scope of the claims. Furthermore, not all combinations of features described in the embodiments are necessarily essential to the solution of the invention.

[0010] Various embodiments may be described with reference to flowcharts or configuration diagrams. Each block in a flowchart or functional configuration diagram may represent (1) a stage in a process in which an operation is performed, or (2) a section of equipment having the role of performing the operation. Certain stages and sections may be implemented by dedicated circuits, programmable circuits supplied with computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable medium, and / or processors supplied with computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable medium. Dedicated circuits may include digital and / or analog hardware circuits, and may include integrated circuits (ICs) and / or discrete circuits. Programmable circuits may include reconfigurable hardware circuits, including logic AND, logic OR, logic XOR, logic NAND, logic NOR, and other logic operations, flip-flops, registers, memory elements such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic arrays (PLAs), etc.

[0011] Computer-readable media may include any tangible device capable of storing instructions to be executed by a suitable device, and as a result, computer-readable media having instructions stored therein will comprise a product that includes instructions that can be executed to create means for performing operations specified in a flowchart or diagram. Examples of computer-readable media may include electronic storage media, magnetic storage media, optical storage media, electromagnetic storage media, semiconductor storage media, etc. More specific examples of computer-readable media may include floppy disks (registered trademark), diskettes, hard disks, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM), static random access memory (SRAM), compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), digital multipurpose disc (DVD), Blu-ray (registered trademark) disc, memory stick, integrated circuit card, etc.

[0012] Computer-readable instructions may include assembler instructions, instruction set architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine-dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including object-oriented programming languages ​​such as Smalltalk®, Java®, C++, and traditional procedural programming languages ​​such as the C programming language or similar programming languages.

[0013] Computer-readable instructions may be provided locally or via a wide area network (WAN) such as a local area network (LAN) or the internet to the processor or programmable circuit of a programmable data processing device such as a computer. The computer may execute computer-readable instructions to create means for performing operations specified in a flowchart or configuration diagram. Here, the computer may be a PC (personal computer), tablet computer, smartphone, workstation, server computer, general-purpose computer, or special-purpose computer, and may also be a computer system in which multiple computers are connected. Such a computer system in which multiple computers are connected is also called a distributed computing system and is a computer in a broad sense. In a distributed computing system, multiple computers execute a program collectively by having each computer execute a part of the program and passing data during program execution between computers as needed.

[0014] Examples of processors include computer processors, central processing units (CPUs), processing units, microprocessors, digital signal processors, controllers, and microcontrollers. A computer may have one or more processors. In a multiprocessor system with multiple processors, each processor executes a portion of the program, and the processors collectively execute the program by passing program execution data between them as needed. For example, in the execution of multitasking, each of the multiple processors may execute a portion of each task in small chunks by switching tasks at each time slice. In this case, which part of a program each processor executes changes dynamically. Which part of a program each of the multiple processors executes may also be statically determined by multiprocessor-aware programming.

[0015] Figure 1 is a schematic diagram showing how a burnt-out ratio calculation device 100 according to one embodiment is operated by a user 10. The burnt-out ratio calculation device 100 is an information processing device that calculates the burnt-out ratio of a house based on information about the burnt-out locations of the house input by the user 10. The burnt-out ratio calculation device 100 according to this embodiment has input / output devices that accept information input from the user 10 and present information to the user 10. Examples of input / output devices include, but are not limited to, displays, mice, keyboards, touch panel displays, and stylus pens. The house may be made of wood or not. As an example, the house is a multi-unit dwelling that includes residential and non-residential areas. In the following description, the non-residential area of ​​the multi-unit dwelling may be referred to as a floor. The non-residential area may refer to common areas such as indoor corridors, stairs, and elevators, or it may refer to shops. The house may also be a detached house, an annex, a storage shed, a garage, a shop, a warehouse, a building, etc.

[0016] The burn rate calculation device 100 according to this embodiment is, as an example, a tablet terminal, and includes a touch panel display 101 and a touch pen 20. The burn rate calculation device 100 may not include the touch pen 20. The burn rate calculation device 100 may be a smartphone, a personal computer, or the like. The burn rate calculation device 100 may or may not have a communication function.

[0017] An application for executing the burn rate calculation method described as an example hereinafter is pre-installed in the burn rate calculation device 100 according to this embodiment. The burn rate calculation device 100 may operate the application offline. Note that the burn rate calculation device 100 may be a server that provides, online to a communication terminal used by the user 10, such as a smartphone or a tablet terminal, a website for executing the burn rate calculation method. The website may provide the user 10 with the same functions as the above-described application.

[0018] The user 10 of the burn rate calculation device 100 is, for example, a staff member who works for a local government that conducts damage certification of damaged houses as a fire response and issues a disaster victim certificate. The burn rate calculation device 100 may be used by the user 10, for example, when conducting an on-site inspection of a damaged house, or may also be used when conducting a damage certification survey from an image of the damaged house in the local government office building. The user 10 operates, for example, the above-described application on the burn rate calculation device 100. The user 10 may, for example, register in advance in the application the local government code of the local government where the user 10 works, the authentication ID of the user 10, and the authentication password of the user 10 so that the user 10 can use the application using the burn rate calculation device 100. In this case, when using the application on the burn rate calculation device 100, the user 10 may or may not be required to re-enter the local government code, their own authentication ID, and authentication password in the application.

[0019] The burn damage ratio calculation device 100 calculates the burn damage ratio of damaged houses in real time (immediately) on behalf of the user 10 by having the user 10 input the results of the on-site survey of the damaged houses into a touch panel display 101, for example, using a stylus pen 20. This reduces the workload of the user 10 and shortens the user 10's working time. The burn damage ratio calculation device 100 may record the on-site survey results input by the user 10 along with the burn damage ratio calculated by the burn damage ratio calculation device 100. This makes it easier for the user 10 to search for on-site survey results and burn damage ratios in the burn damage ratio calculation device 100, for the user 10 to share the on-site survey results and burn damage ratios recorded in the burn damage ratio calculation device 100 with external devices, and / or for the user 10 to manage the on-site survey results and burn damage ratios in the burn damage ratio calculation device 100. In the following explanation, the touch panel display 101 may be simply referred to as the screen.

[0020] The burn damage ratio calculation device 100 according to this embodiment, as an example, acquires information on water damage, soiling, and physical damage to a house, in addition to acquiring information on the burn damage to the house. Specifically, the burn damage ratio calculation device 100 may acquire information on the locations of water damage to the house input by the user 10, may acquire information on the locations of soiling to the house input by the user 10, and may acquire information on the locations of physical damage to the house input by the user 10. The burn damage ratio of the house calculated by the burn damage ratio calculation device 100, and the information on water damage, soiling, and physical damage to the house acquired by the burn damage ratio calculation device 100 may be used, for example, when determining whether the condition of the damaged house is total destruction, major damage, moderate damage, partial destruction, near-partial destruction, partial damage not reaching near-partial destruction, or no damage, that is, when determining the degree of damage to the house. Note that burn damage, water damage, soiling, and physical damage can be collectively referred to as fire damage.

[0021] Figure 2 is a functional block diagram of a burnout ratio calculation device 100 according to one embodiment. The burnout ratio calculation device 100 comprises a display unit 110, an input unit 120, and a calculation unit 140. The burnout ratio calculation device 100 may further include a storage unit 160. In Figure 2, the signal flow between these multiple functional blocks is indicated by arrows. Also in Figure 2, for the sole purpose of clarifying the explanation, the touch panel display 101 of the burnout ratio calculation device 100 is shown with a dashed frame.

[0022] The display unit 110 displays the house floor plan D1 and the layout plan D2 on the touch panel display 101. The display unit 110 may read the image of the house floor plan D1 stored in the storage unit 160 and display it on the touch panel display 101. The display unit 110 may also display the image of the house floor plan D1 taken by the user 10 using the camera mounted on the burnt-out ratio calculation device 100 on the touch panel display 101.

[0023] The house floor plan D1 may be the same one used for the building permit application or the house register. The house floor plan D1 may be a floor plan for each part of the house, or it may be a floor plan that combines multiple parts of the house.

[0024] The input unit 120 receives information input from the user 10. The input unit 120 receives, for example, the results of the field survey described above. In this embodiment, the input unit 120 receives information input from the user 10 on the touch panel display 101. At least a part of the touch panel display 101 may also serve as the input unit 120. The input unit 120 may output the information input from the user 10 to the display unit 110 or to the calculation unit 140. The input unit 120 may read information stored in the storage unit 160 according to the information input from the user 10. The input unit 120 may store the information input from the user 10 in the storage unit 160.

[0025] The calculation unit 140 calculates the percentage of house damage based on information from the user 10 input via the input unit 120, such as the results of the on-site survey described above. The calculation unit 140 displays the calculated percentage of damage on the touch panel display 101.

[0026] The storage unit 160 consists of, for example, an SSD (Solid State Drive), an HDD (Hard Disk Drive), etc. The storage unit 160 may read the information it stores from the display unit 110 and the input unit 120, and may store the information input from the input unit 120.

[0027] Figure 3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of the operation flow of a burnout ratio calculation method performed by a burnout ratio calculation device 100 according to one embodiment. Figure 4 shows an example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to steps S1 to S3 in Figure 3. Figures 5 and 6 show an example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to step S5 in Figure 3. Figure 7 shows an example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to step S7 in Figure 3. Figure 8 shows an example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to steps S11 to S13 in Figure 3. Figures 9 and 10 show an example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to steps S13 to S16 in Figure 3. The display screens shown in Figures 4 to 10 may be the main screens that the above-mentioned application, which is pre-installed on the burnout ratio calculation device 100, displays on the touch panel display 101 when the application is run. Figures 11 and 12 show an example of the display screen of the touch panel display 101 corresponding to step S19 in Figure 3. The display screens illustrated in Figures 4 to 12 show multiple dashed-line frames simply for the purpose of clarifying the explanation. The display screens shown in Figures 4 to 12, and the various options described thereafter in relation to these display screens, are merely illustrative and are not intended to limit the possibilities. The operation flow of Figure 3 will be explained with reference to Figures 4 to 12.

[0028] As an example, the operation flow in Figure 3 begins when user 10 launches the aforementioned application on the burnout ratio calculation device 100, and the application displays a screen on the touch panel display 101 for creating a floor plan D2 from the house floor plan D1.

[0029] The burnt-out ratio calculation device 100 receives input from the user 10, such as the survey number, survey mode, and floor number (step S1). In the example screen shown in Figure 4, multiple input fields for receiving this input are provided at the top of the screen.

[0030] Specifically, from left to right at the top of the screen, there are fields for entering the survey number, selecting the survey mode, selecting the survey target, entering the floor number, entering the room number, entering the fire serial number, and entering the drawing scale. To the right of these input fields, from left to right, there is a field displaying the automatically generated record number, a "clear" button, and an input field for data search. The survey number is, for example, a 7-digit number. There are two survey modes to choose from: floor mode and room mode. The floor mode refers to a state where user 10 is allowed to input damage to common areas (non-residential parts), and the room mode refers to a state where user 10 is allowed to input damage to rooms (residential parts). As shown in Figure 4, when the floor mode is selected, a message for user 10 stating "※When selecting a floor, please do not input damage to rooms" may be displayed below the input field.

[0031] The survey area is selected from five options: regular floors, intermediate floors, basement floors, penthouse, and seismic isolation layer. The fire serial number is a two-digit number. The drawing scale is the dimension per square in the grid section described later. The record number is a 16-digit number consisting of 7 digits + 3 digits + 4 digits + 2 digits. The "Clear" button deletes all of these input fields at once. The record number mentioned above is entered in the input field for data search.

[0032] In the example in Figure 4, in step S1, user 10 selects "Floor" as the survey mode, "Normal Floor" as the survey target, enters "2" as the number of floors, and enters "1 square: 30cm x 30cm" as the drawing scale. In Figures 4 to 10, for illustrative purposes only, the room numbers 201 to 205 are also indicated for the five rooms drawn in the house floor plan D1 and layout plan D2.

[0033] The burnt-out ratio calculation device 100 creates a floor plan D2 based on the input of user 10 to the input unit 120 (step S3).

[0034] In the example shown in Figure 4, the remaining part of the screen, from left to right, consists of an investigation data input area A1 and a drawing settings and damage input area A2. The investigation data input area A1 is where the user 10 draws floor plans D2 for each floor of the house and inputs damage to each part, i.e., the location and state of fire damage, on the floor plans D2 for each floor. The state of fire damage is one of the following: burnt, water damaged, soiled, damaged, or no damage. The investigation data input area A1 is provided with a grid section consisting of multiple grids G, and the house floor plans D1 for each floor of the house are displayed as the background in the grid section. By touching the grid lines, grid surfaces, or intersections of grid lines in the grid section superimposed on the house floor plans D1, the user 10 can create floor plans D2 and input the locations and state of fire damage on floor plans D2, for example, by tracing grid lines that coincide with each wall on the house floor plans D1 or grid lines close to each wall.

[0035] In the following explanation, grid lines, grid planes, and intersections of grid lines may be collectively referred to simply as the grid or grid G. For example, when describing input along grid G ​​by user 10, it may refer to input along grid lines by user 10, input to grid planes by user 10, or input to intersections of grid lines by user 10.

[0036] The grid area can be switched between an "enlarged view" state, which displays a 22x32 grid G, and an "full view" state, which displays a 44x64 grid G. A "enlarged / full view switch" button is provided at the bottom of the grid area to switch between these two states. When the grid area is in "enlarged view" mode, sliders are displayed on the right and bottom of the grid area to slide it vertically and horizontally, respectively.

[0037] The drawing settings and damage input area A2 is where user 10 configures settings related to the floor plan D2 and damage input, and uses various functions. The drawing settings and damage input area A2 has three selectable tabs: the "Floor Plan" tab, the "Floor / Ceiling / Interior Walls" tab, and the "Exterior Walls" tab. The display of the drawing settings and damage input area A2 switches depending on the selected tab. In the example in Figure 4, the "Floor Plan" tab is selected.

[0038] As shown in Figure 4, when the "Floor Plan" tab is selected, the drawing settings and damage input area A2 has three input / output areas: "1. Floor Plan Settings", "2. Select Floor Plan Stamp", and "3. Enter Free Text".

[0039] The "1. Floor Plan Settings" area displays several buttons for creating floor plan D2 from house floor plan D1. Specifically, the "1. Floor Plan Settings" area displays the following buttons: "Select File," "Take Photo," "Delete Photo," "Draw Lines," "Eraser Lines," "Black Out," "Hide Background," "Copy Drawing," "Batch Copy Drawing," "Move / Enlarge / Reduce," and "Reset Movement."

[0040] The "Select File" button is for calling up a file selection function specific to the burn damage ratio calculation device 100, for example, the image of the house floor plan D1 mentioned above. The "Take Photo" button is for calling up a camera function specific to the burn damage ratio calculation device 100, for example, for taking a photo of the house floor plan D1 mentioned above. The "Delete Photo" button is for deleting the image of the house floor plan D1 mentioned above that is set as the background. The "Draw Lines" button is for drawing lines by touching the grid G ​​in the survey data input area A1. The "Eraser Lines" button is for deleting lines by touching the grid G ​​in the survey data input area A1.

[0041] The "Blackout" button is used to black out the image of the house floor plan D1 that is set as the background. If the image of the house floor plan D1 contains personal information such as the name of the house or the name of the homeowner, this button may be used to erase that information. The "Hide Background" button is used to hide the image of the house floor plan D1 that is set as the background.

[0042] The "Copy Drawing" button allows you to select the area where you want to duplicate the floor plan D2 and display the duplicated floor plan D2 in the survey data input area A1 of the currently displayed area. The "Batch Copy Drawings" button allows you to select the area where you want to duplicate the floor plan D2 and display the duplicated floor plan D2 in the survey data input area A1 of all areas. When you operate the "Batch Copy Drawings" button, the floor plan D2 of the main floor will be duplicated as the floor plan D2 of the main floor of each area, and the floor plan D2 of other floors will be duplicated as the floor plan D2 of the other floors of each area.

[0043] The "Move / Zoom / Reduce" button is used to move, enlarge, or reduce the image of the house floor plan D1 that is set as the background. The "Reset Movement" button is used to reset the state of the image of the house floor plan D1 that has been moved, enlarged, or reduced.

[0044] The "2. Select Floor Plan Stamp" area displays "Add Stamp," "Move," and "Delete" buttons, and provides a field for selecting floor plan stamps. Floor plan stamps represent the names of the floor plans for each area of ​​the house. There may be 16 options for floor plan stamps, such as "Entrance," "Living Room," "Dining Room," "Kitchen," "Japanese-style Room," "Western-style Room," "Bathroom," "Washroom," "Toilet," "Alcove," "Buddhist Room," "Corridor," "Veranda," "Storage," "Balcony," and "Staircase." The "Add Stamp" button adds the selected floor plan stamp to grid G. The "Move" button moves the floor plan stamp on grid G. The "Delete" button removes the floor plan stamp from grid G.

[0045] The "3. Enter Free Text" area displays buttons for "Add Text," "Move," "Rotate," and "Delete," along with a text input field and a "Voice" button for inputting audio data as text. The "Add Text" button adds the text entered in the field to Grid G. The "Move" button moves the text on Grid G. The "Rotate" button rotates the text on Grid G. The "Delete" button deletes the text on Grid G.

[0046] A "Reset All" button is displayed at the bottom of the drawing settings and damage input area A2. The "Reset All" button deletes all input data for the specified area.

[0047] User 10 inputs the house floor plan D1 and the floor plan D2 of the house into the input unit 120 via the survey data input area A1 displayed on the screen of the touch panel display 101 and the drawing settings and damage input area A2 displayed when the "Floor Plan" tab is selected.

[0048] In the example shown in Figure 4, in step S3, the display unit 110 displays the house floor plan D1, acquired by user 10 operating the "File Selection" button or "Photo Shooting" button on the input unit 120, as the background in the survey data input area A1. User 10 adjusts the position of the house floor plan D1 by pressing the "Move / Zoom / Zoom" button so that the top left line of the house floor plan D1 overlaps with the grid lines of grid G ​​displayed in the survey data input area A1. User 10 adjusts the position of the house floor plan D1 so that the lines inside the house on the house floor plan D1 also overlap with the grid lines as much as possible. When adjusting the position of the house floor plan D1, user 10 may move the display area by operating the slider when the grid part is in "Zoomed In" mode, or switch the grid part to "Full Display" mode to check the whole picture.

[0049] The display unit 110 displays the floor plan D2 created by the user 10 tracing walls and other features on the house floor plan D1 with a stylus pen 20 in the survey data input area A1. The display unit 110 displays the floor plan D2 superimposed on the grid G ​​on the screen. Lines representing walls and other features on the floor plan D2 are displayed superimposed on the grid lines of the grid G. If the lines traced by the user 10 do not coincide with the grid lines, the nearest grid line to the traced line may be automatically selected as the line representing the wall or other feature on the floor plan D2. Once the user 10 has finished drawing the floor plan D2, they press the "Hide Background" button to hide the house floor plan D1 that was displayed as the background. Figure 5 shows an example of a display screen in which the floor plan D2 created in step S3 is displayed superimposed on the grid G.

[0050] After selecting a floor plan stamp, user 10 can overlay the stamp on any location on floor plan D2 by touching the desired location on floor plan D2. To move a floor plan stamp placed on floor plan D2, user 10 presses the "Move Stamp" button and then drags and drops the stamp on floor plan D2. To delete a floor plan stamp placed on floor plan D2, user 10 presses the "Delete Stamp" button and then touches the stamp on floor plan D2. The same operation is possible for the victim stamps described later, and redundant explanations will be omitted.

[0051] As shown in Figure 5, when the "Floor, Ceiling, and Interior Walls" tab is selected, the drawing settings and damage input area A2 has six input / output areas: "1. Enter the area," "2. Select batch input," "3. Enter non-residential area," "4. Enter the degree of burn damage," "5. Select damage stamp," and "6. Enter free text."

[0052] The "1. Enter Part" area has a field for selecting the part name. There are three options for the part name: "Floor," "Ceiling," and "Interior Wall." In the example in Figure 5, "Floor" is selected as the part name. Therefore, the example display screen in Figure 5 shows the display unit 110 displaying the floor plan D2 superimposed on grid G ​​in the survey data input area A1 on the floor screen. If "Ceiling" is selected as the part name, the display unit 110 will display the ceiling plan D2 superimposed on grid G ​​in the survey data input area A1 on the ceiling screen.

[0053] The "2. Select Batch Input" area displays a "Batch Input" button. The "Batch Input" button accepts the selection of the degree of burntness for batch input, and the selection can be toggled on or off by moving the slider left or right.

[0054] The "3. Input Non-Residential Area" area is provided with multiple buttons for operating the non-residential area setting unit 124, which will be described later. The "4. Input Degree of Burning" area is provided with exclusive selection buttons for selecting the fire damage status for both floor area and surface area. Specifically, there are nine radio buttons consisting of a "No Damage" button common to both floor area and surface area, a "Burned" button for floor area, a "Burned" button for surface area, a "Water Damaged" button for floor area, a "Water Damaged" button for surface area, a "Stained" button for floor area, a "Stained" button for surface area, a "Damaged" button for floor area, and a "Damaged" button for surface area. Each of these nine selection buttons displays a series of grayscale lines drawn at different densities. The grayscale line corresponding to "burn" for floor area is the darkest, and the lines gradually become lighter in the following order: "burn" for surface area, "water damage" for floor area, "water damage" for surface area, "soiling" for floor area, "soiling" for surface area, "damage" for floor area, "damage" for surface area, and finally, "undamaged" button.

[0055] User 10 can draw a grayscale line or color the touched area with grayscale by selecting one of the radio buttons in the "4. Enter the degree of burn damage" area and touching the grid area. The input method for the grid area may be predetermined for each part name, and the input method may be automatically adopted when a part name is selected in the part name selection field. For example, if User 10 selects "floor" or "ceiling" as the part name, and selects one of the radio buttons in the "4. Enter the degree of burn damage" area and touches the grid surface on floor plan D2, the grid surface can be colored with a grayscale color of the density corresponding to the selected fire damage state. If User 10 selects "interior wall" as the part name, and selects one of the radio buttons in the "4. Enter the degree of burn damage" area and traces the grid line on floor plan D2, the grayscale line of the density corresponding to the selected fire damage state can be overlaid on the grid line. If the line traced by user 10 does not coincide with a grid line, the nearest grid line to the traced line may be automatically selected, and a grayscale line may be overlaid on that grid line.

[0056] Furthermore, the display format for the fire damage status selected by user 10 and entered into the grid area may be any visually distinguishable format other than shades of grayscale, such as different colors like blue, green, or yellow.

[0057] The "5. Select Damage Stamp" area displays the buttons for "Add Stamp," "Move," and "Delete," and provides a field for selecting damage stamps. Damage stamps indicate the damage status of each area of ​​the house. The selection of damage stamps may include damage stamps common to multiple parts, or it may include damage stamps unique to each of multiple parts. Damage stamps unique to each part may be configured to be included in the selection field for damage stamps when the corresponding part name is selected in the part name selection field at the top of the screen. The "Add Stamp" button is used to add the selected damage stamp to grid G. The "Move" button is used to move a damage stamp on grid G. The "Delete" button is used to delete a damage stamp from grid G.

[0058] The "6. Enter free text" area displays the same content as "3. Enter free text" which is displayed in the drawing settings and damage input area A2 when the "Floor plan" tab is selected, thus omitting redundant explanations.

[0059] The burnt-out ratio calculation device 100 accepts the user 10's specification of the non-residential area on the floor plan D2 (step S5). Specifically, the input unit 120 accepts input of the non-residential area along the grid G. Input of the non-residential area along the grid G ​​may refer to the user 10 specifying the range of the common area, which is the non-residential area, on the floor plan D2 superimposed on the grid G. The user 10 may specify the range of the common area, which is the non-residential area, by touching the grid surface on the floor plan D2. The user 10 may also specify the range of the common area, which is the non-residential area, by tracing the grid lines that coincide with the wall surface on the floor plan D2.

[0060] The input unit 120 may have a non-residential area setting unit 124 that accepts input from the user 10 for non-residential areas along grid G. In the area "3. Input non-residential area", the non-residential area setting unit 124 displays a selection button for the user 10 to select a non-residential area to input, and a display switching button for the user 10 to input a hide instruction to hide the non-residential area. The selection button for selecting a non-residential area to input is a radio button and may be mutually exclusive with the nine radio buttons displayed in the area "4. Input degree of burn". The selection button for selecting a non-residential area to input is displayed with a series of shaded areas. The user 10 selects the selection button and touches the grid surface to make the touched grid surface a shaded area. Figure 6 shows an example of a display screen in which the grid surface corresponding to the non-residential area on the floor plan D2 is displayed as a shaded area.

[0061] The display switching button for inputting a hide command allows switching between the hide and display states of the non-residential area by moving the slider left or right. The non-residential area setting unit 124 outputs the hide command input from the user 10 to the display unit 110.

[0062] The burnt area calculation device 100 receives input from the user 10 regarding the burnt areas in the non-residential portion of the building on the floor plan D2 (step S7). Specifically, the input unit 120 receives input from the user 10 along the grid G ​​for the burnt areas on the floor and the burnt areas on the ceiling, respectively, on the floor and ceiling screens. In step S7, with the non-residential portion displayed on the floor plan D2, the input unit 120 receives input from the user 10 along the grid G ​​for the burnt areas in the non-residential portion. In the example in Figure 7, on the floor screen, with the non-residential portion displayed on the floor plan D2, the input unit 120 receives input from the user 10 along the grid G ​​for the burnt areas on the floor in the non-residential portion. Note that, as will be described later, the user 10 is also requested to input undamaged areas in the residential portion, but as shown in Figure 7, the user 10 is not required to input undamaged areas in the non-residential portion. However, the input unit 120 may also accept input from the user 10 along grid G ​​for the undamaged areas of the floor and ceiling on the respective screens for the non-residential areas.

[0063] If the burnt portion calculation device 100 has not yet completed inputting the burnt locations of all surveyed parts from the user 10 for the non-residential portion (step S9: NO), it accepts new input from the user 10 to the field for selecting the part name (step S10) and returns to step S7. In step S10, the user 10 may operate the "Drawing Copy" button on the input unit 120 to select the part for which the floor plan D2 to be duplicated was created, and display the duplicated floor plan D2 in the survey data input area A1 of the currently displayed part. The duplicated floor plan D2 may have the floor plan stamps that were superimposed on the original floor plan D2 superimposed on it.

[0064] The burn damage ratio calculation device 100 accepts input from the user 10 to switch the survey mode from "floor" to "room" and instructions to hide the non-residential areas when the user 10 has completed inputting the burn damage locations of all areas to be surveyed for the non-residential areas (step S9: YES) (step S11). The display unit 110 hides the non-residential areas on the floor plan D2 in accordance with the instructions to hide input from the non-residential area setting unit 124 of the input unit 120. Figure 8 shows an example of the display screen when the area designated as a non-residential area on the floor plan D2 is hidden. By hiding the non-residential areas on the floor plan D2 and displaying only the residential areas, the burn damage ratio calculation device 100 makes it easier for the user 10 to input the degree of burn damage, thereby reducing the workload on the user 10 and shortening the work time.

[0065] The burnt area calculation device 100 accepts input from user 10 regarding burnt and undamaged areas in the residential portion of the building on floor plan D2 (step S13). In step S13, user 10 may input or change the room number. In the examples in Figures 8, 9, and 10, user 10 has entered room number 201. For the residential portion, user 10 inputs burnt and undamaged areas for each room on floor plan D2. If user 10 has not yet completed inputting burnt and undamaged areas for all areas under investigation for the residential portion (step S15: NO), the burnt area calculation device 100 accepts new input from user 10 in the field for selecting the area name (step S16) and returns to step S13. If the burnt percentage calculation device 100 has completed inputting burnt locations for all surveyed parts of the residential portion from the user 10 (step S15: YES), and if burnt locations and undamaged locations are subsequently input for other floors (step S17: YES), it accepts changes to the survey mode, number of floors, etc. (step S18) and returns to step S5. In step S18, if the floor plan D2 for which damage survey results are to be newly input for a floor is the same as the floor plan D2 for which damage survey results have already been input for a floor, the user 10 may duplicate the created floor plan D2 and use it as the floor plan D2 for the other floor. The user 10 may also create a new floor plan D2 for other floors from the house floor plan D1. In step S17, if burnt locations and undamaged locations are not input for other floors (step S17: NO), the burnt percentage of the house is calculated (step S19) and the operation flow ends.

[0066] The input unit 120 receives input from the user 10 regarding the burnt areas in the residential portion, along with a grid G. More specifically, the input unit 120 receives input from the user 10 regarding the burnt areas on the floor and the burnt areas on the ceiling, respectively, along with a grid G, on the respective floor and ceiling screens. In the examples in Figures 8 and 10, the input unit 120 receives input from the user 10 regarding the burnt areas on the floor of room 201, along with a grid G, on the floor screen. In the example in Figure 9, the input unit 120 receives input from the user 10 regarding the burnt areas on the ceiling of room 201, along with a grid G, on the ceiling screen.

[0067] The input unit 120 accepts input from the user 10 along the grid G ​​for the floor and ceiling of the residential portion, on the respective screens for the floor and ceiling, including the undamaged areas of each. As will be described later, in this embodiment, as an example, the number of grid surfaces with burnt areas in the residential portion relative to the total number of grid surfaces of the residential portion entered by the user 10 on the floor plan D2 is calculated as the burnt-out ratio of the residential portion of the house. Therefore, the user 10 may be required to input some kind of fire damage status, including undamaged areas, for all grids G of the residential portion on the floor plan D2, for example, by describing it in the user manual for the application of the burnt-out ratio calculation device 100. As shown in Figure 8, the user 10 has entered burnt or undamaged areas for all grid surfaces of room 201 for the floor of room 201. As shown in Figure 9, the user 10 has entered burnt or undamaged areas for all grid surfaces of room 201 for the ceiling of room 201. User 10 inputs whether the floors and ceilings of all residential areas on the second floor, that is, all five rooms from room 201 to room 205, are burned or undamaged for all grid surfaces in each room.

[0068] As shown in Figure 8, when the "Floor, Ceiling, and Interior Walls" tab is selected, the following buttons are displayed from left to right at the bottom of the survey data input area A1 and the drawing settings and damage input area A2: "Copy Ceiling Damage," "Calculate Damage Ratio," "Reset Damage Input," and "Reset All."

[0069] The "Copy Ceiling Damage" button is displayed when "Floor" is selected in the drawing settings and the part name selection field in damage input area A2. If "Ceiling" is selected in the drawing settings and the part name selection field in damage input area A2, the "Copy Floor Damage" button will be displayed in the same location instead of the "Copy Ceiling Damage" button.

[0070] The "Copy ceiling damage" button and the "Copy floor damage" button are buttons for operating the transfer unit 130. The input unit 120 has a transfer unit 130. The transfer unit 130, in response to a transfer instruction received from the user 10, transfers the grid surface input as a burnt area for one of the floor and ceiling to the other grid surface of the floor and ceiling as a burnt area. The transfer unit 130 also, in response to the transfer instruction, transfers the grid surface input as an undamaged area for one of the floor and ceiling to the other grid surface of the floor and ceiling as an undamaged area.

[0071] The transfer unit 130 displays a "Copy Ceiling Damage" button and a "Copy Floor Damage" button. In the example in Figure 8, when the user 10 presses the "Copy Ceiling Damage" button, the transfer unit 130 receives a transfer instruction and transfers the grid surfaces that were entered as burnt areas on the ceiling to the grid surfaces on the floor as burnt areas, and transfers the grid surfaces that were entered as undamaged areas on the ceiling to the grid surfaces on the floor as undamaged areas. In the example in Figure 9, when the user 10 presses the "Copy Floor Damage" button, the transfer unit 130 receives a transfer instruction and transfers the grid surfaces that were entered as burnt areas on the floor to the grid surfaces on the ceiling as burnt areas, and transfers the grid surfaces that were entered as undamaged areas on the floor to the grid surfaces on the ceiling as undamaged areas.

[0072] However, if the other grid surface corresponding to a grid surface entered as an undamaged area for one of the floor or ceiling has been previously entered as a burnt area, the transfer unit 130 will leave the other grid surface as a burnt area. In other words, if a grid surface to be transferred to has already been entered as a burnt area, the transfer unit 130 will not transfer the grid surface that has been entered as an undamaged area from the source. Note that, as in the example in Figure 8, if a burnt area has not yet been entered for the ceiling, the transfer to the floor grid surface will not be performed.

[0073] The input unit 120 may accept input from the user 10 along the grid G ​​for areas of fire damage other than burning on the floor and ceiling screens for both the residential and non-residential areas. However, the input unit 120 may be configured not to accept further input for areas of fire damage other than burning on grid surfaces of burned areas after the data has been transferred. The input unit 120 may also be configured not to accept further input for areas of fire damage other than burning on grid surfaces that have already been entered as burned areas, even before the data has been transferred. If the user 10 mistakenly enters a burned area on a grid surface that should be a non-burned area, the user may delete the incorrect input by operating the "Reset Damage Input" button described later.

[0074] The transfer unit 130 does not transfer grid surfaces that have been input as areas of fire damage other than burning on one of the floors and ceilings to the other grid surface of the floor or ceiling. In other words, the transfer unit 130 transfers burning and no damage as fire damage conditions, but does not transfer water damage, soiling, and damage. The transfer unit 130 also transfers grid surfaces on the other floor or ceiling that correspond to grid surfaces input as burned areas on one of the floors and ceilings as areas of fire damage other than burning, if such grid surfaces have been pre-inputted as burned areas on the other grid surface, it changes the other grid surface from an area of ​​fire damage other than burning to a burned area.

[0075] Thus, if different fire damage conditions have been entered or are about to be entered for the ceiling and floor respectively for a single grid surface, the transfer unit 130 will change the fire damage condition to burnt, prioritizing burnt damage over undamaged, water damage, soiled, and broken, or will not accept the input of different fire damage conditions.

[0076] In the example shown in Figure 9, when user 10 presses the "Copy Floor Damage" button on the ceiling screen, the grid surfaces entered as burnt areas on the floor are transferred to the ceiling grid surfaces as burnt areas, and the grid surfaces entered as undamaged areas on the floor are transferred to the ceiling grid surfaces as undamaged areas. User 10 may press the "Copy Floor Damage" button on the ceiling screen after entering the burnt areas on the ceiling of room 201, or may press the "Copy Floor Damage" button before entering the burnt areas on the ceiling of room 201. In either order, as shown in Figure 9, some of the grid surfaces on the ceiling that correspond to some of the grid surfaces entered as undamaged areas on the floor are entered as burnt areas instead of undamaged areas. This is because, if the "Copy Floor Damage" button is pressed after entering the burnt areas on the ceiling of room 201, the transfer unit 130 will not accept further input of undamaged areas for grid surfaces that have already been entered as burnt areas on the ceiling. If the "Copy Floor Damage" button was pressed before inputting the burnt areas on the ceiling of Room 201, the input unit 120 received further input on the ceiling screen as burnt areas on the grid surface of the undamaged areas after the transfer.

[0077] In the example shown in Figure 10, when user 10 presses the "Copy Ceiling Damage" button on the floor screen, the grid areas entered as burnt areas on the ceiling are transferred to the floor grid areas as burnt areas, and the grid areas entered as undamaged areas on the ceiling are transferred to the floor grid areas as undamaged areas. As a result, the input locations for the fire damage status on floor plan D2 shown in Figure 10 are the same as the input locations for the fire damage status on floor plan D2 shown in Figure 9. As shown in Figure 9, user 10 can summarize the fire damage status of room 201 by adding the fire damage status of the floor and the fire damage status of the ceiling on the ceiling screen of room 201, and then transferring the combined fire damage status from the ceiling screen to the floor screen of room 201.

[0078] Thus, by providing a function to transfer burnt and undamaged areas of the floor and ceiling, the burnt percentage calculation device 100 can facilitate the calculation of the burnt percentage of a house by the user 10 based on the sum of the burnt and undamaged areas of the floor and ceiling. As a result, the burnt percentage calculation device 100 can reduce the workload and shorten the working time for the user 10.

[0079] The "Calculate Damage Ratio" button is used to output an instruction to the calculation unit 140 to perform the calculation of the percentage of damage caused by fire to the house. The "Reset Damage Input" button deletes the input data for the degree of fire damage for a specified part. The "Reset All" button deletes all input data for a specified part. Pressing the "Reset Damage Input" button does not delete the house floor plan D1 and layout plan D2, but pressing the "Reset All" button deletes both the house floor plan D1 and layout plan D2.

[0080] In step S19, the calculation unit 140 calculates the number of grid surfaces of the burnt areas after transfer as the ratio of the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the house to the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the house, and uses this as the burnt-out ratio of the house. The number of grid surfaces of the burnt areas after transfer as the ratio of the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the house refers to the ratio of the number of grid surfaces of the burnt areas after transfer to the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the house. In other words, it may refer to the value obtained by dividing the number of grid surfaces of the burnt areas after transfer by the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the house.

[0081] The total number of grid surfaces corresponding to a house may refer to the total number of grid surfaces with fire damage status input from user 10 for the floors and ceilings of all floors. Alternatively, the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to a house may refer to the total number of known grid surfaces obtained in advance for the total floor area of ​​all floors. This known total number of grids may, for example, be stored in the storage unit 160 together with the house floor plan D1. This known total number of grids may, for example, be automatically calculated by the burnt-out ratio calculation device 100 based on the house floor plan D1 or floor plan D2, or it may be input by user 10.

[0082] The number of grid surfaces of burnt areas after transfer refers to the logical OR of the number of grid surfaces of burnt areas on the floor and the number of grid surfaces of burnt areas on the ceiling. Specifically, as shown in Figures 9 and 10, the number of grid surfaces of burnt areas after transfer refers to the sum of the grid surfaces entered as burnt areas for the ceiling and the grid surfaces entered as burnt areas for the floor. As explained with reference to Figures 8 to 10, these summed grid surfaces refer to the grid surfaces entered as burnt areas for at least one of the ceiling and the floor.

[0083] With respect to step S19, if the house is a multi-unit dwelling including residential and non-residential areas, as in this embodiment, the calculation unit 140 calculates the number of grid surfaces of the burnt areas after transfer in the residential area as the burnt percentage of the residential area (on a room-by-room basis), relative to the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the residential area. More specifically, the calculation unit 140 calculates the number of grid surfaces of the burnt areas after transfer in the residential area, relative to the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the residential area that the input unit 120 has received input for, as the burnt percentage of the residential area that the input unit 120 has received input for. That is, for each room (on a room-by-room basis) in which the user 10 has input the fire damage status, the calculation unit 140 calculates the number of grid surfaces of the burnt areas after transfer in each room as the burnt percentage of each room as the burnt percentage of the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to each room.

[0084] For the entire building of an apartment complex, the calculation unit 140 calculates the burn ratio of the entire building using a different method. Specifically, when calculating the burn ratio of the entire building (building unit) including the non-residential parts of the apartment complex, the calculation unit 140 calculates the burn ratio of the entire building (building unit), including the non-residential parts, as the total floor area corresponding to the sum of the number of grid faces of the burned locations after transfer in each of the multiple residential parts, relative to the total floor area of ​​the entire apartment complex. When calculating the burn ratio of the entire building (building unit) excluding the non-residential parts of the apartment complex, the calculation unit 140 calculates the burn ratio of the entire building (building unit), excluding the non-residential parts, as the total floor area corresponding to the sum of the number of grid faces of the burned locations after transfer in each of the multiple residential parts, relative to the total floor area of ​​all residential parts in the apartment complex. The total floor area corresponding to the sum of the number of grid faces is the value obtained by multiplying the sum of the number of grid faces of the burned locations after transfer in all rooms of the apartment complex by the area of ​​one grid face. In the examples from Figures 4 to 12, the "drawing scale" is set to 30cm x 30cm per square, so the area of ​​one grid surface is 0.09m². 2 That is the case.

[0085] In this way, the burn damage ratio calculation device 100, in calculating the burn damage ratio of the entire apartment building, uses the total floor area rather than the total number of grid surfaces that the input unit 120 has received input for. This eliminates the need for the user 10 to input the fire damage status of floors that were not affected by the fire. As a result, the burn damage ratio calculation device 100 can reduce the workload of the user 10 and shorten their working time.

[0086] For example, the calculation unit 140 may be predetermined to calculate the burn damage ratio for the entire building (building unit) including the non-residential parts of the apartment building, or to calculate the burn damage ratio for the entire building (building unit) excluding the non-residential parts of the apartment building, depending on whether the display unit 110 has hidden the non-residential parts on the floor plan D2 in response to a hide instruction input from the non-residential part setting unit 124 of the input unit 120.

[0087] Specifically, when the user instructs the calculation unit 140 to calculate the burn damage ratio while the non-residential portion is displayed on the floor plan D2, the calculation unit 140 calculates the burn damage ratio for the entire building as the sum of the number of grid faces of burned areas in the residential portion and the number of grid faces of burned areas in the non-residential portion relative to the total floor area of ​​the entire apartment building. Figure 11 shows an example of a display screen where the calculation result is output to the result output field 132 when the calculation unit 140 calculates the burn damage ratio for the entire building (building unit), including the non-residential portion of the apartment building, in this manner.

[0088] When the calculation unit 140 receives a request from the user 10 to calculate the burn damage ratio while the non-residential portion is hidden on the floor plan D2, it calculates the burn damage ratio of the entire building by subtracting the hidden non-residential portion's floor area from the total floor area of ​​the entire apartment building, and then calculating the floor area corresponding to the number of grid faces of the burned residential portion. Figure 12 shows an example of a display screen where the calculation result is output to the result output field 132 when the calculation unit 140 calculates the burn damage ratio of the entire building (building unit) excluding the non-residential portion of the apartment building in this way.

[0089] In the display screen examples in Figures 11 and 12, the result output field 132 contains the burn location and burn area [m²]. 2 The calculation results for the percentage of damage [%] and the damage rate [%] are displayed. The result output field 132 may display at least one of the number of damaged locations and the damaged area for each fire damage condition for the floor, ceiling, interior wall, and exterior wall.

[0090] To the left of the result output field 132 are multiple radio buttons for selecting the floor to be included in the calculation by the calculation unit 140, and multiple radio buttons for selecting the room to be included in the calculation by the calculation unit 140. Each radio button has adjacent fields for entering the floor number and room number, respectively. By arbitrarily selecting or deselecting these radio buttons, the user 10 can include or exclude specific floors and rooms from the fire damage calculation performed by the calculation unit 140.

[0091] At the bottom of the result output field 132, from left to right, are the following buttons: "Bulk Copy (for Buildings / Houses)", "Bulk Copy (for Rooms)", "CSV Output", "Snapshot (ZIP)", "Snapshot (Image)", and "Full Reset".

[0092] The "Batch Copy (Building / House)" button is used to save the building-level burn calculation results displayed in the result output field 132 to the clipboard. The "Batch Copy (Room)" button is used to save the room-level burn calculation results displayed in the result output field 132 to the clipboard. For example, user 10 can press either batch copy button to save the information to the clipboard, i.e., the burn ratio calculation results reflecting the on-site survey results, to an external device. The "CSV Output" button is used to output the burn calculation results in CSV format. The "Snapshot (ZIP)" button is used to create a ZIP file containing multiple image files by taking an image of the screen displaying the burn calculation results and store it in the storage unit 160. The "Snapshot (Image)" button is used to create an image of the screen displaying the burn calculation results on a single page, i.e., create a single image file and store it in the storage unit 160.

[0093] The burnt percentage calculation device 100 according to one embodiment has been described above with reference to Figures 1 to 12. The example of the operation flow of the burnt percentage calculation method performed by the burnt percentage calculation device 100 shown in Figure 3 is merely an example where the house for which the burnt percentage is to be calculated is a multi-unit dwelling that includes residential and non-residential parts, as described above. For example, even if the target house is a multi-unit dwelling, the order of some steps in the operation flow of Figure 3 may be changed, and some steps may be omitted. For example, if the burnt locations in the non-residential parts of a multi-unit dwelling are not input, and only the burnt locations in the residential parts, for example, the burnt locations in only one room, steps S7 to S10 in the operation flow of Figure 3 may be omitted. Also, for example, if a fire occurs in only one room of a multi-unit dwelling and does not spread to other rooms, steps S7 to S10 in the operation flow of Figure 3 may be omitted. Furthermore, if the target property is not an apartment building, for example, a detached house, steps S5 to S11 in the operation flow of Figure 3 may be omitted, as detached houses do not include non-residential areas. Note that if the burn damage in the non-residential area is not entered, as in these examples, the inspection mode may remain set to "room" throughout the process.

[0094] As described above, the house burn damage ratio calculation device 100 according to this embodiment includes at least a display unit 110 that displays a floor plan D2 of the house superimposed on a grid G ​​on the respective screens for the floor and ceiling, an input unit 120 that receives input from the user 10 along the grid G ​​for burned areas on the floor and burned areas on the ceiling, respectively, and a calculation unit 140 that calculates the burn damage ratio of the house. Furthermore, the input unit 120 has a transfer unit 130 that, in response to a transfer instruction received from the user 10, transfers the grid surface input as a burned area for one of the floor and ceiling to the other grid surface of the floor and ceiling as a burned area, and the calculation unit 140 calculates the number of grid surfaces of the burned areas after transfer as the burn damage ratio of the house relative to the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the house.

[0095] When the definition of a house is limited to an apartment building that includes residential and non-residential areas, the burnt-out ratio calculation device 100 according to this embodiment comprises at least a display unit 110 that displays a floor plan D2 superimposed on a grid G ​​on a screen, an input unit 120 that receives input from the user 10 along the grid G ​​regarding burnt-out areas in the residential area, and a calculation unit 140 that calculates the burnt-out ratio of the residential area as the number of grid surfaces of burnt-out areas in the residential area relative to the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the residential area. Furthermore, the input unit 120 receives input for non-residential areas along the grid G, and the display unit 110 hides the non-residential areas on the floor plan D2 in response to a hide instruction from the user 10.

[0096] As described above, the burnout ratio calculation device 100, which has these configurations, can reduce the workload of user 10 and shorten user 10's working time.

[0097] Figure 13 schematically shows an example of the hardware configuration of a computer 1200 that functions as a burnout ratio calculation device 100. A program installed on the computer 1200 can cause the computer 1200 to function as one or more "parts" of the apparatus according to this embodiment, or to cause the computer 1200 to execute operations associated with the apparatus according to this embodiment or such one or more "parts", and / or to cause the computer 1200 to execute a process or a stage of such process according to this embodiment. Such a program may be executed by the CPU 1212 to cause the computer 1200 to execute specific operations associated with some or all of the blocks in the flowcharts and block diagrams described herein.

[0098] The computer 1200 according to this embodiment includes a CPU 1212, a GPU 1213, RAM 1214, and a graphics controller 1216, which are interconnected by a host controller 1210. The computer 1200 also includes input / output units such as a communication interface 1222, a storage device 1224, a DVD drive 1226, and an IC card drive, which are connected to the host controller 1210 via an input / output controller 1220. The DVD drive 1226 may be a DVD-ROM drive and a DVD-RAM drive, etc. The storage device 1224 may be a hard disk drive and a solid-state drive, etc. The computer 1200 also includes legacy input / output units such as a ROM 1230 and a keyboard, which are connected to the input / output controller 1220 via an input / output chip 1240.

[0099] The CPU 1212 operates according to the programs stored in the ROM 1230 and RAM 1214, thereby controlling each unit. The graphics controller 1216 acquires the image data generated by the CPU 1212 and stores it in the frame buffer provided in RAM 1214 or within itself, so that the image data is displayed on the display device 1218.

[0100] The communication interface 1222 communicates with other electronic devices via a network. The storage device 1224 stores programs and data used by the CPU 1212 in the computer 1200. The DVD drive 1226 reads programs or data from a DVD-ROM 1227, etc., and provides them to the storage device 1224. The IC card drive reads programs and data from an IC card and / or writes programs and data to an IC card.

[0101] The ROM 1230 stores boot programs and / or hardware-dependent programs of the computer 1200, which are executed by the computer 1200 upon activation. The input / output chip 1240 may also connect various input / output units to the input / output controller 1220 via USB ports, parallel ports, serial ports, keyboard ports, mouse ports, etc.

[0102] The program is provided on a computer-readable storage medium such as a DVD-ROM 1227 or an IC card. The program is read from the computer-readable storage medium and installed on a storage device 1224, RAM 1214, or ROM 1230, which are examples of computer-readable storage media, and executed by the CPU 1212. The information processing described within these programs is read by the computer 1200, resulting in coordination between the program and the various types of hardware resources described above. The apparatus or method may be configured to realize the operation or processing of information in accordance with the use of the computer 1200.

[0103] For example, when communication is performed between a computer 1200 and an external device, the CPU 1212 may execute a communication program loaded into RAM 1214 and, based on the processing described in the communication program, instruct the communication interface 1222 to perform communication processing. Under the control of the CPU 1212, the communication interface 1222 reads transmission data stored in a transmission buffer area provided in a recording medium such as RAM 1214, storage device 1224, DVD-ROM 1227, or IC card, transmits the read transmission data to the network, or writes received data received from the network to a reception buffer area or the like provided on the recording medium.

[0104] Furthermore, the CPU 1212 may read all or necessary parts of files or databases stored on external recording media such as the storage device 1224, DVD drive 1226 (DVD-ROM 1227), or IC card into the RAM 1214, and perform various types of processing on the data in the RAM 1214. The CPU 1212 may then write the processed data back to the external recording media.

[0105] Various types of information, such as various types of programs, data, tables, and databases, may be stored on the recording medium and subjected to information processing. The CPU 1212 may perform various types of processing on the data read from RAM 1214, including various types of operations, information processing, conditional judgments, conditional branching, unconditional branching, information retrieval / replacement, etc., as described throughout this disclosure and specified by the program instruction sequence, and write the results back to RAM 1214. The CPU 1212 may also retrieve information in files, databases, etc., within the recording medium. For example, if multiple entries are stored in the recording medium, each having an attribute value of a first attribute associated with an attribute value of a second attribute, the CPU 1212 may search among the multiple entries for an entry that matches the specified condition for the attribute value of the first attribute, read the attribute value of the second attribute stored in that entry, and thereby obtain the attribute value of the second attribute associated with the first attribute that satisfies the predetermined condition.

[0106] The program or software module described above may be stored on or near the computer 1200 in a computer-readable storage medium. Alternatively, a recording medium such as a hard disk or RAM provided within a server system connected to a dedicated communication network or the Internet can be used as a computer-readable storage medium, thereby providing the program to the computer 1200 via the network.

[0107] In this embodiment, blocks in the flowchart and block diagram may represent a stage in a process in which an operation is performed or a "part" of a device that has the role of performing an operation. A particular stage and "part" may be implemented by a dedicated circuit, a programmable circuit supplied with computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium, and / or a processor supplied with computer-readable instructions stored on a computer-readable storage medium. The dedicated circuit may include digital and / or analog hardware circuits, and may include integrated circuits (ICs) and / or discrete circuits. The programmable circuit may include reconfigurable hardware circuits, such as field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and programmable logic arrays (PLAs), which include logical AND, logical OR, exclusive OR, negated AND, negated OR, and other logical operations, flip-flops, registers, and memory elements.

[0108] A computer-readable storage medium may include any tangible device capable of storing instructions that can be executed by a suitable device, and as a result, a computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored therein will comprise a product that includes instructions that can be executed to create means for performing operations specified in a flowchart or block diagram. Examples of computer-readable storage media may include electronic storage media, magnetic storage media, optical storage media, electromagnetic storage media, semiconductor storage media, etc. More specific examples of computer-readable storage media may include floppy disks, diskettes, hard disks, random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), erasable programmable read-only memory (EPROM or flash memory), electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM®), static random access memory (SRAM), compact disk read-only memory (CD-ROM), digital multipurpose disc (DVD), Blu-ray® disc, memory stick, integrated circuit card, etc.

[0109] Computer-readable instructions may include assembler instructions, instruction set architecture (ISA) instructions, machine instructions, machine-dependent instructions, microcode, firmware instructions, state setting data, or source code or object code written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including object-oriented programming languages ​​such as Smalltalk®, Java®, C++, and traditional procedural programming languages ​​such as the C programming language or similar programming languages.

[0110] Computer-readable instructions may be provided locally or via a wide area network (WAN) such as a local area network (LAN) or the internet to a processor or programmable circuit of a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, or another programmable data processing device, so that the processor or programmable circuit of the programmable data processing device, such as a computer, may execute the instructions to generate means for performing operations specified in a flowchart or block diagram. Here, the computer may be a PC (personal computer), a tablet computer, a smartphone, a workstation, a server computer, a general-purpose computer, or a special-purpose computer, and may also be a computer system in which multiple computers are connected. Such a computer system in which multiple computers are connected is also called a distributed computing system and is a computer in a broad sense. In a distributed computing system, multiple computers execute a program collectively by each computer executing a part of the program and passing data during program execution between computers as needed.

[0111] Examples of processors include computer processors, central processing units, processing units, microprocessors, digital signal processors, controllers, and microcontrollers. A computer may have one or more processors. In a multiprocessor system with multiple processors, each processor executes a portion of the program, and the processors collectively execute the program by passing program execution data between them as needed. For example, in the execution of multitasks, each of the multiple processors may execute a portion of each task in small chunks by switching tasks at each time slice. In this case, which part of a program each processor executes changes dynamically. Which part of a program each of the multiple processors executes may also be statically determined by multiprocessor-aware programming.

[0112] Although the present invention has been described above using embodiments, the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to the scope described in the above embodiments. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications or improvements can be made to the above embodiments. It will be clear from the claims that such modified or improved forms may also be included in the technical scope of the present invention.

[0113] It should be noted that the execution order of operations, procedures, steps, and stages in the apparatus, systems, programs, and methods shown in the claims, specifications, and drawings is not explicitly stated as "before" or "prior to," and that these can be implemented in any order unless the output of a previous process is used in a later process. Even if the operation flow in the claims, specifications, and drawings is described using phrases such as "first," and "next," for convenience, this does not mean that it is essential to perform the operations in that order. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0114] A1 Survey data entry area A2 Drawing settings and damage input area G Grid D1 House floor plan D2 Floor Plan 10 users 20 stylus pens 100 Burnout Ratio Calculator 101 Touchscreen Display 110 Display section 120 Input section 124 Non-residential house part setting section 130 Transfer section 132 Result Output Fields 140 Calculation Department 160 Storage section 1200 Computers 1210 Host Controller 1212 CPU 1213 GPU 1214 RAM 1216 Graphics Controller 1218 Display Devices 1220 Input / Output Controller 1222 Communication Interface 1224 Storage device 1226 DVD drive 1227 DVD-ROM 1230 ROM 1240 Input / Output Chip

Claims

1. A device for calculating the percentage of damage caused by fire in a multi-unit building that includes residential and non-residential areas, A display unit that displays a floor plan superimposed on a grid on the screen, Regarding the burnt areas in the aforementioned residential portion, an input unit receives input from the user along the grid, A calculation unit calculates the burnt-out ratio of the residential portion by the number of grid surfaces in the burnt-out areas of the residential portion relative to the total number of grid surfaces corresponding to the residential portion. Equipped with, The input unit further receives input of the non-residential portion along the grid, and the display unit hides the non-residential portion on the floor plan in response to a hide instruction from the user. Burnout ratio calculation device.

2. The input unit further receives input from the user regarding the burnt areas in the non-residential area, along the grid, while the non-residential area is displayed on the floor plan. The calculation unit, If the non-residential portion is hidden on the floor plan and the user instructs the calculation of the burn damage ratio, the burn damage ratio of the entire building is calculated by subtracting the hidden non-residential portion's floor area from the total floor area of ​​the entire apartment building, and then calculating the floor area corresponding to the number of grid faces of the burned residential portion. When the non-residential portion is displayed on the floor plan and the user instructs the calculation of the burn damage ratio, the total floor area corresponding to the sum of the number of grid faces of burned areas in the residential portion and the number of grid faces of burned areas in the non-residential portion, relative to the total floor area of ​​the entire apartment building, is calculated as the burn damage ratio of the entire building. The burnout ratio calculation device according to claim 1.

3. A method for calculating the percentage of damage caused by fire to a multi-unit dwelling, including residential and non-residential areas, which is performed by a computer, Regarding the burnt areas in the aforementioned residential portion, the system accepts input from the user along a grid on which the floor plan is superimposed, The number of grid faces in the burnt areas of the residential area is calculated as the burnt-out ratio of the residential area, relative to the total number of grids corresponding to the residential area. Equipped with, Accepting the aforementioned input includes accepting the input of the non-residential portion along the grid and hiding the non-residential portion on the floor plan in response to the user's instruction to hide it. Method for calculating the percentage of burnt damage.

4. When executed by a computer, the computer: A procedure for receiving input from a user regarding the burnt-out areas in the residential portion of a multi-unit dwelling, which includes residential and non-residential portions, along with a grid on which floor plans are superimposed, A procedure for calculating the burnt-out ratio of the residential portion by the number of grid faces of the burnt-out areas in the residential portion relative to the total number of grids corresponding to the residential portion. Make it run, The procedure for receiving the aforementioned input includes receiving input for the non-residential portion along the grid, and, in response to a user instruction to hide it, hiding the non-residential portion on the floor plan. Computer program.

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