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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2024
National Applied Research Laboratories, Taipei City, TW;
Chung-Che Chou, Taipei City, TW;
Shu-Hsien Chao, Taipei City, TW;
Che-Min Lin, Taipei City, TW;
Chiao-Chu Hsu, Taipei City, TW;
Yu-Tzu Huang, Taipei City, TW;
NATIONAL APPLIED RESEARCH LABORATORIES, Taipei City, TW;
Abstract
A method for generating an alert for potential structural damage from an earthquake includes: in response to receipt of a first-arrival seismic wave dataset related to a first-arrival seismic wave of the earthquake, calculating an estimated seismic wave parameter set that includes a spectral acceleration; calculating, based on the estimated seismic wave parameter set and a basic structural parameter set associated with a target structure, a ductility value, the basic structural parameter set including a geographical location of the target structure, a structural ultimate base shear coefficient, and an initially hypothetical structural fundamental oscillation period; and in a case where the ductility value is larger than a predetermined threshold, transmitting an alert control signal to control an external alert device to output an alert for potential structural damage of the target structure based on the alert control signal.