Display control apparatus, display system, display method, and computer readable medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12596007-B2
Application number	US-202118575397-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2021
Priority date	Jul 12, 2021
Publication date	Apr 7, 2026
Grant date	Apr 7, 2026

Abstract

A display control apparatus capable of finding the position of a working entity even when the site is not provided with an infrastructure is provided. A display control apparatus includes a position calculation unit and a display control unit. The position calculation unit calculates the position of each of a plurality of working entities relative to a reference point by using distance measurement result information indicating results of measurements of distances between a plurality of detection apparatuses. The display control unit performs control so that position information indicating the position of at least one working entities is displayed on a mask worn by a worker.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display control apparatus comprising:
hardware, including a processor and memory; position calculation unit implemented at least by the hardware and configured to calculate a position of each of a plurality of working entities working in a site relative to a reference point by using distance measurement result information indicating results of measurements of distances performed by transmitting and receiving radio waves between a plurality of detection apparatuses each of which is attached to a respective one of the plurality of working entities; and display control unit implemented at least by the hardware and configured to perform control so that position information indicating the position of at least one working entity is displayed on a mask attached to a worker who is the working entity, wherein the display control unit performs control so that an evacuation route generated based on a moving trajectory of the worker is displayed on the mask, the evacuation route being one that is used by at least the worker wearing the mask when he/she evacuates from the site.

2 . The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control so that a position of the worker wearing the mask is displayed more conspicuously than a position of a working entity different from the worker is.

3 . The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control so that the evacuation route generated according to an operation performed by a leader who leads in the site is displayed on the mask.

4 . The display control apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the display control unit performs control so that the evacuation route is displayed on the mask by displaying a direction in which the worker wearing this mask should proceed.

5 . The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the display control unit performs control so that a plurality of areas, divided in a mesh pattern, corresponding to positions in the site are displayed on the mask and a position of the working entity is superimposed on the displayed areas.

6 . The display control apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the display control unit performs control so that a way of displaying an area determined to have already been searched by the working entity is different from that for displaying an area determined to have not yet been searched by the working entity.

7 . The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the display control unit performs control to make a monitoring apparatus of a leader who leads in the site display a position of the working entity, and the display control unit performs control to make the monitoring apparatus display a content different from that displayed on the mask.

8 . The display control apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the position calculation unit specifies a floor level on which the working entity is present in the site based on atmospheric pressure information indicating atmospheric pressures detected in the plurality of detection apparatus, respectively.

9 . A display method comprising:
calculating a position of each of a plurality of working entities working in a site relative to a reference point by using distance measurement result information indicating results of measurements of distances performed by transmitting and receiving radio waves between a plurality of detection apparatuses each of which is attached to a respective one of the plurality of working entities; performing control so that position information indicating the position of at least one working entity is displayed on a mask attached to a worker who is the working entity; and performing control so that an evacuation route generated based on a moving trajectory of the worker is displayed on the mask, the evacuation route being one that is used by at least the worker wearing the mask when he/she evacuates from the site.

10 . The display method according to claim 9 , wherein control is performed so that a position of the worker wearing the mask is displayed more conspicuously than a position of a working entity different from the worker is.

11 . The display method according to claim 9 , wherein control is performed so that an evacuation route is displayed on the mask, the evacuation route being one that is used by at least the worker wearing the mask when he/she evacuates from the site.

12 . The display method according to claim 11 , wherein control is performed so that the evacuation route generated based on a moving trajectory of the worker is displayed on the mask.

13 . The display method according to claim 11 , wherein control is performed so that the evacuation route generated according to an operation performed by a leader who leads in the site is displayed on the mask.

14 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to perform operations comprising:
calculating a position of each of a plurality of working entities working in a site relative to a reference point by using distance measurement result information indicating results of measurements of distances performed by transmitting and receiving radio waves between a plurality of detection apparatuses each of which is attached to a respective one of the plurality of working entities; performing control so that position information indicating the position of at least one working entity is displayed on a mask attached to a worker who is the working entity; and performing control so that an evacuation route generated based on a moving trajectory of the worker is displayed on the mask, the evacuation route being one that is used by at least the worker wearing the mask when he/she evacuates from the site.

15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14 , wherein the program causes the computer to perform operations further comprising:
performing control so that a position of the worker wearing the mask is displayed more conspicuously than a position of a working entity different from the worker is.

16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 14 , wherein the program causes the computer to perform operations further comprising:
performing control so that an evacuation route is displayed on the mask, the evacuation route being one that is used by at least the worker wearing the mask when he/she evacuates from the site.

17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16 , wherein the program causes the computer to perform operations further comprising:
performing control so that the evacuation route generated based on a moving trajectory of the worker is displayed on the mask.

18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 16 , wherein the program causes the computer to perform operations further comprising:
performing control so that the evacuation route generated according to an operation performed by a leader who leads in the site is displayed on the mask.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Fukukawa Masatoshi

Classifications

• G08B21/02

  Alarms for ensuring the safety of persons · CPC title

• G06F3/14

  Digital output to display device {; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units} · CPC title

• G01S13/06

  Systems determining position data of a target · CPC title

• A62B18/08

  Component parts for gas-masks or gas-helmets, e.g. windows, straps, speech transmitters, signal-devices (eye-pieces for protective goggles A61F9/02; composition of materials for the windows or other transparent parts A62D7/00) · CPC title

• A62B3/00 Primary

  Devices or single parts for facilitating escape from buildings or the like, e.g. protection shields, protection screens; Portable devices for preventing smoke penetrating into distinct parts of buildings (A62B1/00 takes precedence) · CPC title