Osaka University and Shinshu University will start developing a risk management system and smart clothing specializing in heat stroke prevention measures in collaboration with the Japan Weather Association and Kurabo.
In recent years, the number of casualties due to heat stroke has been increasing, and the importance of heat stroke prevention measures is increasing in the construction industry and the transportation industry, which often work outdoors.As measures to prevent heat stroke so far, a rest management system based on the heat index = WBGT value, a rest area with a spot cooler, and work clothes equipped with a cooling fan have been introduced. Since the physical condition management of each worker is basically "self-management", the fact is that the company is not able to sufficiently manage the risk at the individual worker level.
Therefore, the research group of Osaka University and others acquired biometric information such as the worker's heart rate and body surface temperature from the smart clothing "Smartfit ®" equipped with a heart rate sensor, etc., and meteorological information and in each region. "Ultra-local real-time heat stroke risk management system (patent pending)", a system that predicts, evaluates, and manages the risk of heat stroke in real time based on a new index analyzed by a unique algorithm that fuses the emergency transportation information of Aim for development.
Information on the acquired data is automatically transmitted to the cloud server, and the analysis results can be transmitted to the site manager and individual workers in real time for confirmation.With this system, not only the risk level of the entire construction site, but also the risk level of each work site (ultra-local) seen from the group of workers (human sensor group) wearing the smart clothing "Smartfit ®". It will be possible to judge the degree of risk of individual circumstances of each worker in real time.
In the development, Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering will analyze data based on biometric information and build an evaluation algorithm for the risk of developing heat stroke, and Shinshu University will be comfortable to wear so that biometric information can be acquired with high accuracy. Develop smart clothing.In addition, from May 2017, with the cooperation of nine major construction and transportation companies such as Kajima Corporation and Takenaka Corporation, a monitor survey of 5 people will be conducted with the aim of putting it into practical use in FY9.
