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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10287739 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 07, 2017

Disaster prevention system

Applicant:

Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;

Inventors:

Satoshi Kida, Tokyo, JP;

Masakazu Wada, Yokohama, JP;

Assignee:

KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Minato-ku, JP;

Attorney:

Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

Primary Examiner:

Thomas G Black

Assistant Examiner:

Luat T Huynh

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B 3/10 (2006.01); G08B 31/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); G08B 27/00 (2006.01); E02B 7/20 (2006.01); E02B 3/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/20 (2006.01); G08B 7/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B 3/104 (2013.01); E02B 3/10 (2013.01); E02B 7/20 (2013.01); G01C 21/3407 (2013.01); G08B 27/005 (2013.01); G08B 31/00 (2013.01); E02B 3/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/20 (2013.01); G08B 7/066 (2013.01); Y02A 10/42 (2018.01);
Abstract

This invention provides a disaster prevention system capable of taking an effective measure against a flood disaster. According to one embodiment, a disaster prevention system comprises a weather prediction unit configured to calculate a predicted rainfall in a region based on rainfall information necessary for protecting the region from a flood; an analysis unit configured to determine, based on the predicted rainfall calculated by the weather prediction unit, whether a flood can occur in the region; and a control unit configured to control to close a water stop gate provided in the region to protect the region from the flood if the analysis unit determines that the flood can occur in the region.

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