JP2002123882A - Abnormality alarming system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an abnormality alarming system enhancing the effect of alarming at a relatively low cost by use of a domestic network at the occurrence of an abnormality in a home. SOLUTION: A centralized control device 2 and equipment installed in various locations inside a home are connected to a domestic network 1, with the control device 2 receiving a detection signal of an abnormality detecting sensor 8 via equipment c. On receiving an alarming command from the control device 2, equipment a3 reports it to users by use of a buzzer or LEDs built into the equipment. Similarly, equipment b turns on an alarm 6 when receiving the alarming command.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention utilizes a home network system in which a plurality of household equipments are connected so as to be able to communicate information, and issues an alarm when an abnormality occurs in the home to notify the user of the alarm. About the system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there has been known a home network system in which equipment and a control device are connected to a home network so as to enable two-way information communication.

[0003] For example, a domestic power DSM system disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. H11-313441 connects each equipment in a home with a DSM control device via a network, and controls each equipment in accordance with an external DSM command. Thus, power consumption is suppressed without compromising comfort.

On the other hand, there has been conventionally known an abnormal alarm device which detects an abnormality in a home such as a gas leak, a fire, or an intruder from outside the home with a sensor, and issues an alarm by sounding a buzzer or blinking an LED. ing.

For example, a gas leak alarm device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 6-337996 discloses a gas sensor that detects gas concentration and converts it into an electric signal, and a control unit that controls the entire alarm device according to the output voltage of the gas sensor. And an alarm unit for issuing an alarm to the user under the control of the control unit. When a gas leak occurs, the user is alerted by blinking a lamp of the alarm unit and notifies a danger state by sounding a buzzer. .

The security device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2000-3490 mounts a security sensor on a door or window of a building, and issues an alarm by detecting the operation of the security sensor.

[0007]

Generally, in these abnormality alarm devices, a control unit for recognizing an abnormality and issuing an alarm command and an alarm unit for issuing an alarm by a buzzer or the like are electrically connected in a wired manner. Is often installed in one place in the home.

[0008] However, in this case, when considering installation and use in a recent house with high confidentiality and improved soundproofing, or a house with a large occupied area and a large number of rooms, an alarm may not reach the user, Alerts may be delayed, which can lead to serious consequences.

On the other hand, there is a method of increasing the number of alarm units and installing alarm units in various places in the home. However, a wired alarm command transmission medium for electrically connecting the control unit and each alarm unit is provided in a house. It is necessary to install it in the whole, and large-scale construction is necessary especially for existing houses.

There is also a method of using radio for connection between the control unit and each alarm unit. However, it is necessary to newly provide a dedicated wireless communication device for each alarm unit and supply power to each alarm unit. No.

[0011] As a result of the above, there may be a situation where the user must select one of the cheaper alarm units.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problem, and an object of the present invention is to provide an alarm system which uses a home network to improve the alarm effect at the time of occurrence of a home abnormality at a relatively low cost. Is to provide.

[0013]

Means for Solving the Problems and Functions / Effects To achieve the above object, an invention according to claim 1 comprises a home network, at least a centralized management device and a plurality of equipment in the home network. The centralized management device is provided with abnormality recognition means for recognizing that an abnormality has occurred in the home, at least two or more of the plurality of equipments are provided with notification means, By recognizing the occurrence of an abnormality in the home by the abnormality recognizing means of the management device, an abnormal signal is transmitted from the centralized management device to the equipment provided with the notifying means through the home network, and the abnormal signal is received. An abnormality alarm system is provided, wherein the facility equipment performs the notification by the notification means.

According to the present invention, an abnormality alarm system is provided on a home network by providing an abnormality recognizing means and a notifying means in each of the centralized management device and each equipment connected to the home network so as to enable two-way information communication. Can be configured. Thereby, an abnormality can be notified to various places in the home where the equipment is installed. Also, in order to notify anomalies to various places in the home by the conventional method, alarm devices were installed in various places in the home and dedicated communication media and communication means were required. Disappears.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an LED display device and a liquid crystal display which can be used as a means for notifying an equipment which receives an abnormal signal through a home network, and which can be used for notifying a normal operation of the equipment. An abnormality warning system including any one of a device, a buzzer output device, and a speech synthesis output device is provided.

According to the present invention, by using various means that can be used for notification relating to the normal operation of the equipment as the notification means provided in the equipment, a notification means dedicated to abnormality alarm is newly provided. There is no need to provide them.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an abnormality alarm which includes an alarm device electrically connected to the equipment, as means for notifying the equipment which receives the abnormality signal through the home network. Provide system.

According to the present invention, the home device connected to the home network can be used as a relay unit for transmitting an alarm command from the central control device to the alarm device. It is possible to minimize the length of the alarm command transmission medium provided exclusively.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the centralized management device includes an alarm device electrically connected to the centralized management device, and the abnormality recognition means provided in the centralized management device detects occurrence of an abnormality in the home. Provided is an abnormality alarm system characterized in that, upon recognition, an alarm is issued by the alarm device.

According to the present invention, by connecting the alarm device to the central control device, it is possible to supplement the notification by the equipment having the notification means. That is, it is possible to notify the entire home by installing an alarm device in a room or the like where the equipment provided with the notification means is not installed.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the plurality of equipment connected to the home network includes equipment electrically connected to the abnormality detection sensor, and the equipment is connected to the abnormality detection sensor. An abnormality warning system is provided, wherein information is transmitted to a centralized management device through the home network, and the centralized management device recognizes that an abnormality has occurred in the home based on the information.

According to the present invention, the home device connected to the home network can be used as a relay unit for transmitting detection information from the abnormality detection sensor to the centralized management device. It is possible to minimize the length of the detection information transmission medium that is provided exclusively between the two.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the centralized management device includes an abnormality detection sensor electrically connected to the centralized management device, and recognizes an abnormality of the centralized management device based on information from the abnormality detection sensor. An abnormality alarm system characterized in that occurrence of an abnormality in a home is recognized by means.

According to the present invention, by connecting the abnormality detection sensor to the central control device, it is possible to complement the abnormality detection by the equipment which is electrically connected to the abnormality detection sensor. That is, it is possible to detect an abnormality in a room or the like where the equipment connected to the abnormality detection sensor is not installed.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the centralized management device includes external communication means capable of communicating with the outside of the home through the external network, and the abnormality recognition means of the centralized management device recognizes the occurrence of an abnormality in the home. Thus, an abnormality alarm system is provided in which the occurrence of the abnormality is reported outside the home by the external communication means.

According to the present invention, the occurrence of an abnormality in the home can be notified to the outside of the home by using the external communication means of the home network. Disappears.

[0027]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 shows, as an embodiment of the abnormality alarm system according to the present invention, a home network 1, a centralized management device 2, type-a equipment 3 and type-b equipment 4 installed at various places in the home, respectively. , A type c facility equipment 5 and a network 10 outside the home.

Although three types of equipment are connected to the home network 1 in FIG. 1, if the configuration conditions of the present invention are satisfied, the number of equipment and the configuration of the type of equipment are shown in FIG. It does not have to be. In addition, these three
The present invention is not affected even if equipment that does not match the type of equipment is connected to the home network 1.

The home network 1 is composed of a communication medium such as a twisted pair line, a power line, and a wireless communication. The home network 1 includes a centralized management device 2, type-a equipment 3, type-b equipment 4, and type-b. The equipment 5c is connected so as to be capable of bidirectional communication, and transmits and receives control data and the like.

Thus, for example, each equipment transmits its own status data to the centralized management device 2, and the centralized management device 2 manages the status of each equipment based on the received status data. In addition, by transmitting control data from the central management device 2 to each facility device, the operation of each facility device can be controlled from the central management device 2.

As examples of the equipment, various types such as a bathroom heater / dryer, a hot water washing toilet seat, and a dishwasher / dryer can be considered, but the type is not limited as long as the configuration of the equipment of the present invention is satisfied.

An alarm device 7 and an abnormality detection sensor 9 are electrically connected to the central control device 2. Similarly, an alarm device 6 is provided for the type-b equipment 4 and an abnormality is detected for the type-c equipment 5. The sensors 8 are respectively connected.

The types of these alarms and abnormality detection sensors are as follows.
For example, a buzzer sounds for an alarm device or a device that uses a flashing LED to notify, a gas sensor for an abnormality detection sensor,
A smoke sensor, an infrared human body detection sensor, a door sensor, and the like are conceivable, but any device having the intended function may be used, and the present invention is not limited to the types of alarms and abnormality detection sensors.

Further, the centralized management device 2 is connected to the external network 10 so as to be capable of two-way information communication, and manages status data and the like of equipment connected to the in-home network 1 through the external network 10, for example, outside the home. It can transmit information to a center or the like and receive information from outside the home.

Hereinafter, the internal configuration of the centralized management apparatus 2 as a component of FIG. 1 and each equipment will be described.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the central management device 2.

The control section 11 controls the entire centralized management device by a microcomputer or the like. An external communication circuit 14, a communication circuit 13, an input circuit 16, and an output circuit 15 are connected to the control unit 11. The detection signal of the abnormality detection sensor 9 is input to the control unit 11 through the input circuit 16, and the control unit 11
The alarm device 7 is turned on / off through the output circuit 15 from. The communication circuit 1 transmits and receives information from the control unit 11 to the external network 10 through the external communication circuit 14.
3 for transmitting and receiving information on the home network 1.

The abnormality recognizing means 11 is included in the control unit 11, and detects an abnormality detection signal received from the home network 1 through the communication circuit 11 or an abnormality detection signal input from the abnormality detection sensor 9 through the input circuit 14, and outputs the signal to the home. Recognize the occurrence of abnormality.

FIG. 3 shows the structure of the facility equipment 3 of type a.

The control unit 11 controls the entire equipment 3 using a microcomputer or the like. An input circuit 19, an output circuit 18, and a communication circuit 13 are connected to the control unit 11.
Information is input to the control unit 11 and the output circuit 1
8 to drive the load 23, ring the buzzer 20, LED
21 is turned on. The communication circuit 13 transmits and receives information to and from other devices on the home network 1.

The switch 22, the buzzer 20, the LED 21 and the load 23 are also used in the normal operation of the type 3 equipment 3. For example, equipment 3 of type a
Is a bathroom heater / dryer, the switch 22 is a tact switch for the user to select the operation mode selection or the operation start, the buzzer 20 receives a sound when the switch 22 is received, and the LED 21 is the operation mode or the running state. , The load 23 corresponds to a fan or a heater.

As described above, the switch 22, the input circuit 19,
The load 23 and the portion of the output circuit 18 that drives the load 23 vary depending on the type of device, and some or all of them may be omitted depending on the type of device.

The buzzer 20 and the LED 21 may be at least one that can notify the user, such as a liquid crystal display device and a voice synthesis output device, depending on the type of device.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the facility equipment 4 of type b.

The configuration of the equipment 4 of type b is basically
The configuration is the same as that of the equipment 3 of type a in FIG. 3 except that the alarm 6 is connected to the outside of the equipment, and the control unit 17 controls the ON / OFF of the alarm 6 through the output circuit 18. OFF can be controlled.

The alarm 6 is turned ON / O from outside the alarm.
Any means can be used as long as an FF signal is input and an alarm can be issued based on the signal to notify the user.

The alarm 6 does not affect the original operation of the equipment, and even if the alarm 6 is deleted from the equipment 4 of type b, the alarm 6 does not affect the normal operation of the equipment.

FIG. 5 shows the structure of the facility equipment 5 of type c.

Similarly, the configuration of the equipment 5 of type c is basically the same as that of the equipment 3 of type a in FIG. 3, except that the abnormality detection sensor 8 is connected outside the equipment. The detection signal of the abnormality detection sensor is input to the control unit 17 through the input circuit 19.

The abnormality detection sensor 8 can output a signal detected by the abnormality detection sensor to the outside of the sensor.
Various types of sensors, such as a gas sensor, a smoke sensor, an infrared human body detection sensor, and a door sensor, can be used in accordance with the purpose of detection.

Further, the abnormality detection sensor 8 does not affect the original operation of the equipment, and even if the abnormality detection sensor 8 is deleted from the equipment c of the type c, the normal operation of the equipment is not affected.

Although the configuration and characteristics of each equipment have been described above, a plurality of the respective characteristics of each equipment may be combined, for example, equipment having the alarm device 6 and the sensor 8 connected.

The operation of this embodiment having the above configuration will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In FIG. 1, the central control device 2 receives the detection signal of the abnormality detection sensor 8 through the home network 1 using the type c equipment 5 as a relay. The central management device 2 also receives a detection signal of the abnormality detection sensor 9.

The central management device 2 recognizes the occurrence of an abnormality in the home by receiving the received detection information from various places in the home.

The centralized management device 2 that recognizes the occurrence of the abnormality transmits an alarm command to the equipment 3 of type a and the equipment b of type b through the home network 1. In addition, the alarm 7 is turned on to issue an alarm, and an abnormality is notified to a management center outside the home through the network 10 outside the home.

Here, the destination to which the warning command is transmitted and the destination of the notification of the abnormality can be selected by the central control device 2.

The equipment 3 of type a, which has received the alarm command through the home network 1, notifies the user of the abnormality by sounding the buzzer 20 and blinking the LED 21.

The equipment 4 of type b, which has also received the alarm command, turns on the alarm 6 to notify the user of the abnormality.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration example of an abnormality alarm system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a centralized control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a type-a facility device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration example of a type b facility device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a type c facility device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... House network, 2 ... Central management apparatus, 3 ... Type-a equipment, 4 ... Type-b equipment, 5 ... Type-c equipment, 6 ... Alarm, 7 ... Alarm, 8 ... Abnormality detection Sensor, 9: abnormality detection sensor, 10: network outside home, 11: control unit, 12: abnormality recognition means, 13: communication circuit, 14: external communication circuit, 15: output circuit, 16: input circuit, 17: control unit , 18 ... output circuit, 19 ... input circuit, 20 ... buzzer, 21 ... display LED, 22 ... switch, 23 ... load

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Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. An abnormal alarm system in which a home network and at least a centralized management device and a plurality of equipment are connected to the home network so that two-way information communication is possible, the centralized management device has an abnormality in the home. An abnormality recognizing means for recognizing the occurrence; at least two or more of the plurality of equipments being provided with a notifying means; An abnormality alarm system, wherein an abnormality signal is transmitted from the management device to the equipment provided with the notification means through the home network, and the equipment receiving the abnormality signal notifies the equipment by the notification means. 2. An informing means for the equipment is an LED which can be used for notification relating to a normal operation of the equipment.
2. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising any one of a display device, a liquid crystal display device, a buzzer output device, and a speech synthesis output device.
Abnormality alarm system described in section. 3. The abnormality alarm system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm means of the equipment includes an alarm which is electrically connected to the equipment. 4. The centralized management device includes an alarm device electrically connected to the centralized management device, and the centralized management device recognizes the occurrence of an abnormality in the home by an abnormality recognition unit of the centralized management device, thereby controlling the centralized management device. The abnormality alarm system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the alarm is issued by an alarm device of the device. 5. The plurality of equipments include equipment electrically connected to an abnormality detection sensor, and the equipment transmits information of the abnormality detection sensor to the centralized management device through the home network. The abnormality alarm system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the abnormality recognition unit recognizes that an abnormality has occurred in the home based on the information. 6. The centralized management device includes an abnormality detection sensor electrically connected to the centralized management device, and recognizes occurrence of an abnormality in the home by the abnormality recognition unit based on information from the abnormality detection sensor. The abnormal alarm system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein: 7. The centralized management device includes external communication means capable of communicating with the outside of the home through a network outside the home, and recognizes the occurrence of an abnormality in the home by recognizing the occurrence of an abnormality in the home by the abnormality recognition means of the centralized management device. 7. The abnormality warning system according to claim 1, wherein a notification is made outside the home by the external communication means.