System and method for controlling equipment installed within a building upon receiving disaster notification

An equipment control method comprising:

• determining whether a user of a portable terminal is present inside of a building or outside of the building based on a communication situation between a wireless communication apparatus provided in the building and one or more portable terminals;
• and
• upon receiving a disaster notification indicating an occurrence of a disaster, controlling a plurality of pieces of equipment installed within the building, each of the plurality of pieces of equipment being controlled differently based on whether it is determined that the user of the portable terminal is present inside of the building or is present outside of the building and based on a disaster type included in the disaster notification, the plurality of pieces of equipment including a first piece of equipment that is turned off when it is determined that the user of the portable terminal is present inside of the building regardless of the disaster type, a second piece equipment that is turned on when it is determined that the user of the portable terminal is present inside of the building regardless of the disaster type, and a third piece of equipment that is turned on when it is determined that the user of the portable terminal is present inside of the building and the disaster type is a first disaster type and is turned off when it is determined that the user of the portable terminal is present inside of the building and the disaster type is a second disaster type that is different from the first disaster type.

An equipment control system comprising:

• a disaster notification apparatus configured to transmit a disaster notification indicating an occurrence of a disaster;
• and
• a wireless communication apparatus provided in a building, the wireless communication apparatus including a processor configured to receive the disaster notification, wherein
• the processor determines whether a user of a portable terminal is present inside of the building or outside of the building, based on a communication situation between the wireless communication apparatus and one or more portable terminals;
• and
• upon receiving the disaster notification, the processor controls a plurality of pieces of equipment installed within the building, each of the plurality of pieces of equipment being controlled differently based on whether it is determined that the user of the portable terminal is present inside of the building or is present outside of the building and based on a disaster type included in the disaster notification, the plurality of pieces of equipment including a first piece of equipment that is turned off when it is determined that the user of the portable terminal is present inside of the building regardless of the disaster type, a second piece equipment that is turned on when it is determined that the user of the portable terminal is present inside of the building regardless of the disaster type, and a third piece of equipment that is turned on when it is determined that the user of the portable terminal is present inside of the building and the disaster type is a first disaster type and is turned off when it is determined that the user of the portable terminal is present inside of the building and the disaster type is a second disaster type that is different from the first disaster type.