Implementation of an Interactive Information Sharing System for Disaster Measure Operation

Abstract

This study develops an interactive information sharing system for disaster measure operations, called “HyperRem.” It consists of the HyperRem-Master and the HyperRem-Node. The HyperRem-Master aggregates information held by meeting participants and visualizes it on a large display. The HyperRem-Node transmits information to the HyperRem-Master by flicking operation from mobile terminals and laptops owned by meeting participants. HyperRem saves screen states visualized on a large display to a database in chronological order, and the saved screen states can be reused. A reuse function and a playback function are implemented to reuse past screen states. The reuse function enables users to resume meetings by restoring past meeting contents to the large display. The playback function provides a review function for past meetings to absentees via a dedicated web page. The operability, functionality, effectiveness, and applicability of HyperRem were confirmed in an evaluation experiment with 10 subjects. The survey results of all five measures revealed an overwhelmingly positive response.