Title:
METHOD OF DETECTING WATER IN A STRUCTURE AS WELL AS A DEVICE FOR DETECTING WATER IN STRUCTURAL MEMBERS AND THE STRUCTURE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/146762
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Disclosed is a method for detecting flooding, freshets, or inundation in a structure. The aforementioned structure is characterized by an arrangement wherein one or more active type RFIDs are buried or installed in those places of the structure where flooding, freshets, or inundation is to be detected; wherein a receiving means which receives electromagnetic waves transmitted by one or more active type RFIDs in the structure is provided in or near the structure; and wherein if flooding, freshets, or inundation occurs in the structure, with the result that water intrudes into one or more areas between those locations in the structure where one or more active type RFIDs are buried or installed and the location where the aforementioned receiving means is provided, then the receiving means receives electromagnetic waves which are transmitted by the aforementioned active type RFID or RFIDs and the intensity of which is changed by the aforementioned water, thereby detecting flooding, freshets, or inundation in the structure. Provided are a method for detecting water in the aforementioned structure and a device for detecting water in those structural members and that structure to which is applied the aforementioned method for detecting water in the structure.
Inventors:
KIMIJIMA TAKEYUKI (JP)
UEHARA NOBUO (JP)
TACHIBANA KIKUO (JP)
YAMADA HIROYUKI (JP)
MOROKUMA TATSUSHI (JP)
UEHARA NOBUO (JP)
TACHIBANA KIKUO (JP)
YAMADA HIROYUKI (JP)
MOROKUMA TATSUSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2010/003073
Publication Date:
December 23, 2010
Filing Date:
April 28, 2010
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SUMITOMO OSAKA CEMENT CO LTD (JP)
UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORP (JP)
KIMIJIMA TAKEYUKI (JP)
UEHARA NOBUO (JP)
TACHIBANA KIKUO (JP)
YAMADA HIROYUKI (JP)
MOROKUMA TATSUSHI (JP)
UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY CORP (JP)
KIMIJIMA TAKEYUKI (JP)
UEHARA NOBUO (JP)
TACHIBANA KIKUO (JP)
YAMADA HIROYUKI (JP)
MOROKUMA TATSUSHI (JP)
International Classes:
G01V3/00; G01V15/00; G01W1/00
Foreign References:
| JP2008309586A | 2008-12-25 | |||
| JP2009085846A | 2009-04-23 | |||
| JP2006345414A | 2006-12-21 | |||
| JP2007068089A | 2007-03-15 | |||
| JPH10153541A | 1998-06-09 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SHIGA, Masatake et al. (JP)
Masatake Shiga (JP)
Masatake Shiga (JP)
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