JP5815278B2 - Alarm linkage system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an alarm linkage system that links an alarm system using a plurality of wireless interlocking alarms installed in a home and the like and a device management system that comprehensively manages the power consumption of home appliances.

  Conventionally, alarm devices that detect and warn of abnormalities such as fires and gas leaks in homes have become widespread. Of these, residential fire alarms are referred to as residential alarms.

  For example, in such a house alarm device, a sensor unit and an alarm unit are integrally provided in the house alarm device, and when a fire is detected from the detection signal of the sensor unit, a fire alarm of a predetermined pattern is output from the alarm unit. It is easy to install and inexpensive because it can be used for fire monitoring and alarms without requiring a dedicated receiving facility, etc. Yes.

  In addition, by communicating between multiple home alarms, we propose a linked alarm system that outputs fire alarms in conjunction with other home alarms when any home alarm outputs a fire alarm. Has been.

  In such an interlock type alarm system, when a fire is detected by a home alarm, the home alarm device that detects the fire has a predetermined pattern of fire alarm sound including an alarm sound and a message, for example, “Woo Woo Fire”. `` Check that the alarm has been activated '', on the other hand, output the fire alarm sound such as `` Please check if another fire alarm has been activated '' on the linked alarm. Yes.

  On the other hand, in recent years, HEMS (Home Energy Management System) is a management system that reduces power energy consumption by connecting home appliances such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and televisions with a network, with the goal of reducing power consumption at home. Development is underway.

In such a home appliance management system, a wireless transmission / reception IC is built into a power outlet that supplies power to the home appliance, and the power consumption is detected by a sensor. To the gateway device, send it from the gateway device to the server on the network, perform the necessary processing by the power management application, and send this processing result to the user terminal such as a mobile phone owned by the user so that it can be viewed Yes. In addition, the user can control the power supply of the home appliance as needed by operating the mobile terminal.

JP 2010-020663 A JP 2009-259125 A

  By the way, since the background and the purpose of the alarm system that connects such a conventional interlocked home alarm device with a wireless line and the device management system for energy saving are different, development has been promoted as separate systems. . In particular, various alarm systems for detecting and alarming fires have been developed and spread with the legal installation obligation.

  For this reason, in the near future, an alarm system using a wireless network and a device management system will exist and function in the same environment of a home. For this reason, it is conceivable to integrate the alarm system and the device management system, for example, by sharing a wireless sensor network. However, the background and purpose of the two differ greatly, and the product standards are also unique.

The present invention is capable of expanding the functions of each other by linking the alarm system that detects and warns of abnormalities such as a fire and the device management system that manages the device state such as the power consumption of home appliances without impairing the respective functions. The purpose is to provide an alarm linkage system .

(Alarm linkage system)
The present invention provides an alarm linkage system,
When an abnormality is detected, an abnormality alarm is output, an abnormality interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is transmitted, and an abnormality alarm is output when an abnormality interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is received. An alarm system with an alarm device;
A device state detection device that detects a state of a predetermined device and transmits a state detection signal according to the second communication protocol, and receives various signals according to the second communication protocol including the state detection signal. A network adapter that converts a signal into a signal in accordance with the Internet communication protocol and transmits the signal, and a server that performs processing corresponding to the signal received from the network adapter and transmits the processing result to the user terminal for output. A device management system;
With
Cooperation processing for transmitting an abnormal cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol when abnormality is detected to at least one of the plurality of alarm devices or an abnormal interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is received. Set up a section,
When the server receives the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal from the network adapter, the processing result of the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted to the user terminal to output an abnormality alarm, and when the confirmation signal is received from the user terminal, An alarm device management unit is provided that makes it possible to recognize that an abnormal alarm has been notified to the user terminal .

Here, the linkage processing unit may be provided in one of the plurality of alarm devices .

When a plurality of alarm devices detect abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure, the abnormality recovery according to the first communication protocol, alarm stop or failure interlocking signal is transmitted, abnormality recovery according to the first communication protocol, When an alarm stop or failure interlock signal is received, the abnormal alarm is stopped,
When the cooperation processing unit receives an abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol, it transmits an abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure interlocking interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol,
When the network adapter receives a cooperative link signal of abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure according to the second communication protocol, the network adapter converts it into a signal according to the cooperative link signal Internet communication protocol, and transmits it.
When the alarm management unit of the server receives the cooperation recovery signal for abnormality recovery, alarm stop, or failure from the network adapter, the processing result of the cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted to the user terminal for output .

When the alarm management unit receives the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal from the user terminal, it transmits the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal to the network adapter,
When the network adapter receives the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal from the alarm device management unit, the network adapter transmits the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol,
When receiving the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol, the cooperation processing unit transmits the alarm stop interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol .

The device management system detects and manages the power consumption of a predetermined device by the device state detection device .

  According to the present invention, when an alarm device such as a house alarm device provided in an alarm system of a house detects a predetermined abnormality such as a fire, the alarm device itself outputs a fire alarm and another alarm according to the first wireless communication protocol. A fire-linked signal is sent to the device to output a fire alarm, and a fire-linked signal converted according to the second wireless communication protocol is sent to the network adapter provided in the device management system that manages the power consumption of home appliances. Since the fire cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted from the network adapter to the server on the network and processed, and abnormal information is transmitted and displayed from the server to the user terminal, for example, a mobile phone, an alarm is provided using the device management system. System expansion is realized, for example, even when the user is out, he can know the operation of the alarm device and respond appropriately. .

On the other hand, in the device management system that manages the power consumption of home appliances, a new function to detect and warn of fire can be added in cooperation with the alarm system. As a result, the services that can be provided as a device management system are enhanced, improving the convenience of service users and increasing the service user subscription.

Explanatory drawing which showed the schematic structure of the alarm cooperation system by this invention which made the alarm system installed in the house cooperate with an equipment management system Explanatory drawing which showed the external appearance of the house alarm device used by this invention Explanatory drawing showing the fire alarm screen displayed on the mobile phone of FIG. The block diagram which showed embodiment of the residence guard used by this invention The block diagram which showed embodiment of the power outlet apparatus used by this invention The block diagram which showed embodiment of the gateway apparatus used by this invention The flowchart which illustrated the outline of the process by the residence guard of FIG.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of an alarm linkage system according to the present invention in which an alarm system installed in a house or the like and an appliance management system for managing the power consumption of household electrical appliances are linked.

  In the example of FIG. 1, a wireless interlocking residence police that detects fire and interlocks alarms in the respective alert areas (monitoring areas) of the kitchen, living room, children's room, and master bedroom provided in the house 24. Units (fire alarms for houses) 10-1 to 10-4 are installed, and these radio-linked dwelling units 10-1 to 10-4 construct an alarm system.

  Hereinafter, the housing alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4 are collectively referred to as the housing alarm device 10 without being distinguished from each other. In addition, although a residence guard is also installed in a staircase or the like, illustration is omitted.

  In addition, a case where alarm devices are linked in the alarm system is called “linkage”, and a case where devices of different systems are linked is called “linkage”.

  In addition, a signal transmitted and received between alarm devices in the alarm system is referred to as a “linked signal”, and a signal transmitted and received between devices in different systems is referred to as a “linked signal”. The former interlocking signals include fire interlocking signals, fire recovery interlocking signals, alarm stop interlocking signals, fault interlocking signals, emergency call interlocking signals, etc., and the latter interlocking interlocking signals include fire interlocking interlocking signals and fire recovery interlocking interlocking signals. , Alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal, fault cooperation interlocking signal, emergency report cooperation interlocking signal, and the like.

  The home alarm device 10 has a function of wirelessly transmitting and receiving interlocking signals to each other, and monitors the presence or absence of a fire in the corresponding monitoring area in each place of the house. If a fire has occurred in the kitchen of the house 24, the home alarm device 10-1 detects the fire and starts an alarm. Detecting this fire and initiating an alarm is referred to as “reporting” at the home alarm.

  When the home alarm device 10-1 issues a report, the home alarm device 10-1 functions as an interlocking source, and wirelessly transmits a fire interlocking signal to the other interlocking devices 10-2 to 10-4 as the interlocking destination. To do. When the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 have received the fire interlock signal from the home alarm device 10-1 of the interlocking source effectively, the alarm operation as the interlocking destination is performed by the alarm sound and the alarm display.

  Here, when the group code included in the received interlocking signal matches the group code registered in the memory and the signal content is normally recognized, the resident alarm 10 confirms that the interlocking signal has been effectively received. I try to detect it. Furthermore, the resident guard 10 that has effectively received the interlocking signal relays the interlocking signal as necessary.

  As an alarm operation of the home alarm device 10-1 that is the interlock source, for example, a fire alarm sound is output by a voice message such as “Please confirm that the Woo Woo fire alarm has been activated”. On the other hand, the interlocking home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 output a fire alarm sound with a voice message such as “Please confirm that another fire alarm device has been activated”.

  Moreover, as an alarm display accompanying the fire alarm of the residence police device 10-1 which became the interlocking source, for example, an LED is lit. On the other hand, in the interlocking residence police 10-2 to 10-4, the LED blinks. As a result, the alarm display by the LED in the interlock source alarm and the interlock destination alarm can be distinguished.

  When the home alarm device 10 detects a fire, the home alarm device 10 transmits a fire-linked signal to another home alarm device according to a predetermined first wireless communication protocol. Moreover, the residence guard 10 receives a fire interlocking signal transmitted from another residence guard.

Housing transmission and reception by the first wireless communication protocol to警器10 that contact only in the case of Japan, for example, STD-30 is known as a standard for specified low power radio stations in 400MHz band (Low Power Security system radio station Standard radio equipment standard) or STD-T67 (standard standard for radio equipment for specific low power radio station telemeter, telecontrol and data transmission). Of course, when used outside Japan, the content conforms to the standard of the assigned radio station in that region. The transmission power of the residential guard 10 compliant with the specified low-power radio station is 10 mW or less for STD-30, 10 mW or less or 1 mW or less for STD-T67, and the line-of-sight communication distance is approximately 100 meters. It becomes.

  2A and 2B are explanatory views showing the appearance of a wireless interlocking smoke-type home alarm used in the present invention. FIG. 2A shows a front view and FIG. 2B shows a side view. The side provided with the attachment hook 15 is the upper side.

  In FIG. 2, the housing of the residential alarm 10 according to the present embodiment includes a cover 12 and a main body 14. A protrusion is provided at the center of the cover 12, a plurality of smoke inlets are opened around the protrusion, and a smoke detector 16 is disposed in the inside thereof, so that smoke accompanying a fire flows into the smoke detector 16. When the predetermined concentration is reached, a fire is detected by an alarm control unit described later. As the smoke detector 16, a smoke detector mechanism such as a scattered light type smoke detector can be applied.

  An acoustic hole 18 is provided on the lower left side of the cover 12, and a buzzer and a speaker are incorporated behind this so that an alarm sound and a voice message can be output. An alarm stop switch 20 is provided below the cover 12.

  The alarm stop switch 20 is configured to press a built-in push switch (not shown) when a switch cover formed of a translucent member is pressed. An LED 22 for displaying an alarm or the like is disposed near the push switch inside the switch cover.

  The alarm stop switch 20 also functions as an inspection switch that instructs the self-inspection of the function of the home alarm 10 from the outside. For example, when the alarm stop switch 20 is operated during the fire alarm output, the fire alarm is stopped, and when the alarm stop switch 20 is operated in a normal state, a self-inspection is performed for a predetermined function, and the result is obtained by the LED 22 or a speaker. Is notified. Here, the normal state refers to a state where at least a fire alarm is being output or a failure alarm is not being output.

  Further, a mounting hook 15 having an insertion hole in the substantially central portion thereof is provided at the upper part on the back side of the main body 14, and a screw or the like is screwed into the wall of the room to be installed and hooked through the insertion hole of the mounting hook 15. The residential alarm 10 can be fixedly installed on the wall surface in a so-called wall-hanging manner.

  Referring again to FIG. 1, a network adapter connected to the power outlet devices 100-1 to 100-5 and the Internet 300 as a device for constructing a device management system for managing the power consumption of home appliances in the house 24. Is installed as a gateway device 200. As is well known, the gateway device 200 connects to the Internet 300 using a connection service provided by a server owned by an Internet service provider (ISP).

A refrigerator 130 is connected to the power outlet device 100-1, a television 132 is connected to the power outlet device 100-2, and an air conditioner 134 is connected to the power outlet devices 100-3 to 100-5. Hereinafter, the power outlet devices 100-1 to 100-5 are collectively referred to as the power outlet device 100 without being distinguished from each other.

  The power outlet device 100 is provided with a sensor for detecting power consumption and a wireless transmission / reception chip. When power is supplied by connecting a plug of a home appliance to an outlet, the power consumption is periodically measured, and a power detection signal is generated. The data is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception chip to the gateway device 200 according to a predetermined second wireless communication protocol.

  The gateway device 200 converts the power detection signal transmitted from the power outlet device 100 in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol into an Internet communication protocol known as TCP / IP, and detects power in the management server 400 via the Internet 300. Send a signal.

  The server 400 is provided with the function of the power management unit 402 as an application. Based on the power detection signal sent from the power outlet apparatus 100, for example, the total consumption specifying the power consumption per unit time and the period of the target device. The amount of power is obtained and transmitted to the mobile phone 700 serving as a user terminal via the mobile phone network 500 and the mobile phone base electrode 600 so that the user can view and manage the power consumption information of the home appliances in the house 24. I have to.

  In order to provide such a power management service, the server 400 includes a database that stores subscriber information, power consumption information, and the like using the telephone number of the mobile phone 700 held by the service subscriber as an index.

  The service for managing power consumption provided by the server 400 is, for example, a paid service provided to subscribers of the mobile phone 700.

  As signal transmission / reception performed according to the second wireless communication protocol by the wireless transmission / reception chip built in the power outlet device 100 and the gateway device 200 installed in the house 24, for example, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) A short-range wireless communication protocol for sensor networks known as Z-Wave (R) or ZigBee (R) using the 900 MHz frequency assigned to, ie 950-957 MHz.

  In particular, Z-Wave (R) is a wireless communication protocol developed for home automation, uses an intelligent mesh network topology, does not have a master node, for example, nodes A, B, and C are arranged. If the node A and the node C are at a distance where they cannot communicate with each other, a message can be transmitted from the node A to the node C by the relay function of the node B located between them. This is suitable as the second wireless communication protocol.

  ZigBee (R) provided as a short-range wireless communication standard for home appliances can also be used. In ZigBee (R), a node that functions as a coordinator and a plurality of nodes that function as routers can be used to construct a star-type network and a topology based on the coordinator. In the case of only, a peer-to-peer network topology can be constructed.

Z-Wave 900 MHz short-range wireless communications such as (R) or ZigBee (R) is a 1mW or less similar to the specified low power radio stations in home alarm 10 the transmission power, the communication distance outlook is generally several tens of meters a degree, compared to approximately about 100 meters the sight communication distance of home alarm 10 using the 400MHz band is shorter.

  In order to construct an alarm linkage system by linking such an alarm system in which the house alarm device 10 is arranged with a home appliance management system including the power outlet device 100 and the gateway device 200, the present invention has The same second radio as that incorporated in the power outlet device 100 and the gateway device 200 is installed in at least one of the home appliances, for example, in the same kitchen as the gateway device 200 and having a communicable distance. For example, a wireless transmission / reception chip that performs communication operation according to a communication protocol is additionally provided. In this case, the wireless transmission / reception chip may be incorporated in the house alarm 10 or externally attached.

  Here, the wireless transmission / reception chip that transmits and receives the cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is not limited to the residential police device 10-1 installed at a communicable distance with the gateway device 200, but also other residential police devices 10-. You may make it provide in all 2-10-4.

  Alternatively, the home alarm may be provided with a transmission / reception function according to only a predetermined first communication protocol, and a mutual conversion function between the first communication protocol and the Internet protocol may be provided on the gateway 200 side. Further alternatively, a conversion adapter having an interconversion function between the predetermined first communication protocol and the predetermined second communication protocol may be interposed between the residential alarm 10 and the gateway 200. In this way, at least the residential alarm 10 does not need to be equipped with a wireless transmission / reception chip or the like for the communication protocol on the stand, and a device having a conventional communication function can be used. In addition, when the gateway 200 is provided with a conversion function between the first communication protocol and the Internet protocol, a cooperative operation can be performed without performing communication using the second communication protocol.

  For this reason, for example, when a fire is detected by the home guard 10-1 itself, or when a fire-linked signal received by the first wireless communication protocol is detected from the other home-guard 10-2 to 10-4, the fire-linked signal Is converted into a fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol and wirelessly transmitted to the gateway device 200. The gateway device 200 further converts it into an Internet communication protocol and transmits it to the server 400. The server 400 processes the fire cooperation interlocking signal by the function of the alarm management unit 404 provided as an application, and transmits the processing result to the user's mobile phone 700 via the mobile phone network 500 and the mobile phone base station 600. In response to this, the portable terminal 700 outputs a fire alarm. The fire alarm output in the cellular phone 700 can be performed in an appropriate form such as a display screen output or a sound output from a speaker.

  In addition, after the fire is detected by the home alarm 10-1, the fire interlock signal is converted into a fire interlock signal in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol and transmitted to the gateway device 200, and then the fire recovery by the alarm stop switch 20 or When an alarm stop operation is detected, the fire recovery interlock signal or alarm stop interlock signal according to the first wireless communication protocol is converted into a fire recovery interlock signal or alarm stop interlock interlock signal according to the second wireless communication protocol. Is transmitted to the gateway device 200, and the gateway device 200 converts it into a fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal or an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the Internet communication protocol, and sends it to the server 400. The result is transmitted to the mobile phone 700 via the mobile phone network 500 and the mobile phone base station 600. , To display the alarm stop and fire restoration to the alarm screen 702 of the mobile phone 700 to release the fire alarm.

  The fire alarm canceling operation in the mobile phone 700 can be an appropriate operation such as outputting a canceling effect similarly to the fire alarm output or simply stopping the fire alarm output. In addition, when the home alarm device 10-1 detects a fire, a fire recovery, and an alarm stop operation, the linkage interlocking signal transmission corresponding to the fire, the fire recovery, and the alarm stop to the gateway device 200 by the second wireless communication protocol is performed. In addition, an interlocking signal corresponding to fire, fire recovery, and alarm stop is also transmitted to the other dwelling devices 10-2 to 10-4 according to the first wireless communication protocol.

  The gateway device 10-1 detects the reception of a fire-linked signal from the other house-guard by the first wireless communication protocol, converts it to a fire-linked signal according to the second wireless communication protocol, and converts it into a gateway device. Similarly, when the reception of a fire recovery interlock signal or an alarm stop interlock signal is detected from another house alarm (for example, the home alarm system that detected the fire) after transmission to 200, the second wireless communication It is converted into a fire recovery linkage signal or an alarm stop linkage linkage signal according to the protocol, and sent to the server 400 via the gateway device 200. The server 400 sends the processing result in the alarm management unit 404 to the mobile phone network 500 and Transmitting to the mobile phone 700 via the mobile phone base station 600 and displaying the alarm stop or fire recovery on the alarm screen 702 of the mobile phone 700 in the same manner as described above. To release the disaster alarm.

  The home alarm device 10-1 receives the second radio communication protocol when it detects a fire, a fire recovery, or an interlocked signal effective reception indicating an alarm stop operation transmitted from another home alarm device by the first radio communication protocol. In addition to the transmission of the cooperation interlocking signal corresponding to the gateway device 200 according to the above, the corresponding interlocking signal is relayed and transmitted to another house alarm device by the first wireless communication protocol as necessary.

  In addition, an interlocking signal and a relay interlocking signal between the home alarm devices 10 according to the first wireless communication protocol, an interlocking interlock signal from the home alarm device 10-1 to the gateway device 200, the gateway device 200 to the server 400, and the mobile phone base station 600. The signal to the mobile phone 700 is not particularly distinguished except for the communication protocol for the sake of simplicity of explanation. However, each signal content associated with a series of interlocks (for example, the occurrence of a fire due to one fire detection) If the information required in the communication section (for example, the fact that the fire has occurred) is included in a format that conforms to each communication standard or protocol, it does not necessarily have the same content, and each has different content as appropriate. Of course there may be. This is the same when the transmission direction is reversed as described later, that is, when transmission is performed from the mobile phone 700 side to the alarm system side.

  The first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication protocol in the present embodiment correspond to the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol in the claims.

Here, when the communication paths according to the respective protocols in FIG. 1 are arranged, for example, when viewed mainly from the residential police 10-1 installed in the kitchen, the residential police 10-1 and the other residential police 10-2 to 10- 4 is the first wireless communication protocol path 11a, and between the residential alarm device 10-1 and the gateway apparatus 200 is the second wireless communication protocol path 11b, and between the power outlet apparatus 100-1 and the gateway apparatus 200 is The second wireless communication protocol path 11b is used, and the Internet communication protocol path 11c is connected between the gateway device 200 and the server 400 via the Internet 300. In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, the 1st radio | wireless communication protocol path | route 11a by direct or a relay is formed between residence police devices 10-1 to 10-4.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a fire alarm screen displayed on the mobile phone of FIG. In FIG. 3, when the mobile phone 700 detects the reception of a fire alarm signal generated and transmitted based on the reception of the fire cooperation interlocking signal from the server 400, the mobile phone 700 displays an alarm screen 702 and outputs a fire alarm sound. For example, an alarm message such as “Check that the kitchen fire alarm has been activated” is displayed on the alarm screen 402 together with the installation location.

  Also, confirmation buttons 704, 119 automatic dial buttons 706, 110 automatic dial buttons 708, and alarm stop buttons 720 are displayed as operation parts below the alarm message, and a transparent touch panel is arranged on the screen. Operations can be performed.

  For example, when the confirmation button 704 is operated, a confirmation signal is transmitted to the server 400 via the mobile phone base station 600 and the mobile phone network 500, thereby making it possible to recognize that a fire alarm has been notified to the user. Further, by operating the 119 automatic dial buttons 706 and 110 automatic dial buttons 708, it is possible to establish a call connection with a fire engine or a police agency as necessary. In addition to this, for example, an automatic dial button or the like that can select and operate automatic dialing to a telephone number such as a home or neighboring acquaintance that is assigned and registered in advance may be provided.

  Furthermore, the alarm stop button 710 is operated to stop the fire alarm in the house 24 after confirming the situation. When the alarm stop button 710 is operated, an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted from the mobile phone 700 to the server 400 via the mobile phone base station 600 and the mobile phone network 500, and further fires from the Internet 300 via the gateway device 200. Is transmitted in accordance with the second communication protocol to the home alarm device 10-1 that has detected the alarm, and the interlocking source alarm is stopped. In addition, when receiving the alarm stop signal from the gateway device 200, the home alarm device 10-1 transmits an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol to the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4. The interlocking destination alarm can be stopped.

  Thus, the fire alarm output by the mobile phone 700 is controlled mainly by the function of the alarm management unit 404 shown in the server 400 of FIG. The alarm management unit 404 functions effectively based on the subscriber's service application, and the housing alarm 10-1 installed in the house 24 as information necessary for alarm management in the database used by the power management unit 402. Corresponding to the identification codes of 10 to 4-4, information indicating the installation location is registered in advance.

  For this reason, when the fire interlocking signal is received by the server 400 via the gateway device 200, the information on the installation location is obtained by referring to the database by the resident alarm identification code, and as shown in FIG. It is possible to display an alarm indicating the installation location.

  Of course, any or all of the functional configurations of the database 406 and the alarm device management unit 404 provided in the server 400 may be provided on the mobile phone 700 side. In addition, when the database 406 is provided on the server 400 side, the registration of the home alarm device identification code or the like is accessed from the mobile phone 700 or another personal computer to the user home page of the server 400 via the Internet 300. May be performed.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main part of the house alarm used in the present invention. This is an example, and the separation and integration of each function can be performed arbitrarily. Each part or all of each function may be executed by software (program) or may be executed by hardware. Moreover, in FIG. 4, although it has shown about the residence guard 10-1 installed in the kitchen, it becomes the same structure also about other residence guards 10-2 to 10-4. In addition, when providing the 2nd radio | wireless communication part 34 (equivalent to the "radio | wireless transmission / reception chip | tip" demonstrated so far) only in the residence guard 10-1, other residence guards 10-2 to 10-4 are this. Not equipped.

  In FIG. 4, the home alarm device 10-1 includes a processor 28 known as a one-chip CPU, and a first wireless communication unit 30 that performs transmission / reception of a first wireless communication protocol connected to an antenna 32 to the processor 28, A second wireless communication unit 34, a sensor unit 38, a notification unit 40, an operation unit 42, a memory 44, and a battery power source 46 that perform transmission / reception of the second wireless communication protocol connected to the antenna 36 are provided. The first wireless communication unit and the second wireless communication unit correspond to the first communication unit and the second communication unit in the claims.

  The first wireless communication unit 30 is provided with a first transmission circuit 48 and a first reception circuit 50 and is connected to the antenna 32. The first wireless communication unit 30 communicates with the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 via the antenna 32, for example, a first wireless communication protocol that complies with the standard of a specific low power wireless station in the 400 MHz band. In accordance with the above, various interlocking signals such as fire, fire recovery, alarm stop, and failure are transmitted and received.

  In the transmission of the interlocking signal by the first wireless communication protocol, the operation of transmitting the interlocking signal for a predetermined time T1, for example, T1 = 3 seconds, is repeated, for example, four times with a pause of the predetermined time T2, for example, T2 = 2 seconds. ing. This T1 = 3-second transmission and T = 2-second pause comply with the standard of a specific low-power radio station. Further, in the transmission operation of T1 = 3 seconds, for example, 2.8 seconds from the beginning of the transmission operation is a dummy signal transmission, and the interlocking signal is repeatedly transmitted in the remaining 0.2 seconds.

  In addition, the reception by the first wireless communication protocol is performed by intermittently receiving the interlocking signals from the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 and deciphering them. In the intermittent reception, the reception operation is repeated for a predetermined period T3, for example, every T3 = 7 seconds, for a receivable time T4, for example, T4 = 100 milliseconds, and during the receivable time T4, the transmission dummy signal is carrier sensed. When the signal is detected, the reception is switched to continuous reception for a predetermined time, and the interlocking signal following the dummy signal is received and decoded.

  The received signal is decoded by an alarm control unit 60 provided in the processor 28. Hereinafter, the process up to this decoding may be referred to as reception. In particular, when the signal is determined to be valid as a result of decoding, it is called effective reception. Similarly, reception by the second wireless communication protocol, which will be described later, is decoded by the processor 56, and further, in the case of the power outlet apparatus 100 and the gateway apparatus 200, which will be clarified later, they are decoded by the processors 128 and 228.

  Also, in the first wireless communication protocol, when a fire or an event other than a fire is detected and an interlocking signal is transmitted, an acknowledgment indicating that the interlocking signal has been normally received from the other mortgages 10-2 to 10-4 It is monitored whether a signal (hereinafter referred to as “ACK signal”) is effectively received.

  When the other resident alarm is detected that the ACK signal is not received, the resident alarm 10-1 transmits the relay request presence interlock signal to the other resident alarm that has received the ACK signal, and the relay request. A relay signal with a relay request is relay-transmitted from the home alarm device that has received the interlock signal with the relay to the home alarm device that has not yet responded to the AKC signal. An ACK signal that has not received an AKC signal that has received a relay signal with a relay request returns an ACK signal in response to the relay signal with a relay request. After that, it is received by the interlocking home security device 10-1. Accordingly, if there is a residence guard that does not receive the ACK signal, it is determined as a communication failure or the like, and a predetermined notification process, a linkage process, a linkage process described later, and the like are performed.

  A signal transmitted and received by the first wireless communication protocol is configured in a format including a serial number, a transmission source identification code, a group code, and an event code. A serial number is a code | symbol produced | generated independently for every residence warning device, and is a serial number which shows the production | generation order or transmission order of an interlocking signal. Based on this, management such as prohibition of re-relay can be performed. The identification code is, for example, the serial number of the home police device that identifies each home police device, and the group code is linked to each other by the home police devices 10-1 to 10-4 installed in the house 24 as shown in FIG. It is the code | symbol for comprising an interlocking group.

The event code is a code representing the content of an event such as a fire. In the present embodiment, a 4-bit code is used. For example, 0001 = fire 0010 = ACK
0011 = Alarm stop 0100 = Recovery 0101 = Sensor failure 0110 = Low battery failure. Note that the above-described code indicating “relay request is present” is omitted here, but it can be added to the event code by increasing the number of bits. Moreover, both the identification code which shows the resident alarm of a transmission source (interlocking origin) and the identification code of the resident alarm which relays are added to the interlocking signal which carries out relay transmission. Further, an identification code for designating a transmission destination may be added.

The second wireless communication unit 34 corresponding to the above-described wireless transmission / reception chip is provided with a second transmission circuit 48 , a second reception circuit 50, and a processor 56 connected to the antenna 36, to which the antenna 36 is connected. The second wireless communication unit 34 communicates with the gateway device 200 via the antenna 36 in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol compliant with, for example, 900 MHz band Z-Wave (R), fire, fire recovery, alarm stop, failure, etc. Send and receive various linkage signals.

  The sensor unit 38 is provided with a smoke detection unit 16 that detects smoke based on, for example, a scattered light type smoke detection principle and outputs a detection signal corresponding to the smoke density.

  The notification unit 40 is provided with a speaker 64 that is an acoustic output device that outputs an alarm sound and the like, and an LED 22 that performs alarm display and the like along with respective drive circuits (not shown). Under the control of the alarm control unit 60, the speaker 64 outputs a voice message, an alarm sound, or the like based on various data stored in the memory 44 or the like by the residence guard 10-1. The LED 22 notifies an abnormality or other event such as a fire by a display by blinking, blinking, or lighting.

  The operation unit 42 is provided with the alarm stop switch 20, and the alarm stop switch 20 also functions as an inspection switch as described above.

  The memory 44 stores a serial number, an identification code, a group code, and the like used for generating the interlocking signal.

  The battery power supply 46 uses, for example, a lithium battery or an alkaline battery having a predetermined number of cells, and supplies power to necessary parts. As a battery capacity, for example, a lifetime of 10 years is guaranteed by reducing the power consumption of the entire circuit unit in the residence guard 10-1.

  The processor 28 is provided with functions of an alarm control unit 60 and a cooperation processing unit 62 as functions realized by executing the program.

  The alarm control unit 60 detects whether there is a fire based on a detection signal from the smoke detector 16 provided in the sensor unit 38, whether there is an alarm stop instruction input by the operation unit 42, whether there is an inspection instruction input, Detection of events such as the presence or absence of fire recovery, sensor failure or failure, low battery failure or the like, where the detection signal from the smoke unit 16 decreases and the fire detection state is resolved. Further, the alarm control unit 60 provides information on the presence / absence of interlocking signal effective reception and the interlocking contents obtained as a result of decoding the interlocking signals from the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 via the first receiving circuit 50. Is detected.

  In addition, when the alarm control unit 60 detects a fire (presence) based on the smoke detection signal of the smoke detecting unit 16 provided in the sensor unit 38, for example, as a fire alarm operation indicating the interlock source from the speaker 64 to the notification unit 40, for example. While performing the control to repeatedly output the voice message “Woo Woo is a fire, please confirm that it is a fire”, the LED 22 is turned on to perform a control to display a fire alarm indicating the link source, and the first wireless communication unit 30 The first transmission circuit 48 is controlled to transmit a fire-linked signal according to the first wireless communication protocol from the antenna 32 to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4.

In addition, the alarm control unit 60 fires in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol from any of the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 via the antenna 32 and the first receiving circuit 50 of the first wireless communication unit 30. When it is detected that the interlock signal has been received effectively, as an alarm action indicating the interlock destination, an alarm sound indicating the interlock destination from the speaker 64 of the notification unit 40, for example, “Woo Woo another fire alarm has been activated. And a control to cause the LED 22 to blink, for example, to display an alarm indicating the interlocking destination. Furthermore, the first transmission circuit 48 is controlled to transmit an ACK signal as a response signal (reply) accompanying the reception of the fire interlock signal from the interlock source.

  When the alarm control unit 60 detects the operation of the alarm stop switch 20 during the output of the fire alarm sound indicating the interlock source, the alarm control unit 60 controls the alarm unit 40 to output the alarm sound from the speaker 64 and the alarm display output of the LED 22. While stopping the fire alarm operation, an alarm stop interlocking signal in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol is sent from the antenna 32 to the other transmission devices 10-2 to 10- to the first transmission circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30. Control to transmit to 4 is performed.

  The home alarm device 10-1 receives the alarm stop interlocking signal from any of the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 during the output of the fire alarm sound indicating the interlocking source. If detected, the alarm control unit 60 makes it possible to identify the interlocking source without performing stop control of at least one of the fire alarm sound and the fire alarm display until at least a predetermined period has elapsed.

  Further, the alarm control unit 60 warns the operation of the alarm stop switch 20 or the effective reception of the alarm stop interlock signal from any of the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 during the output of the alarm sound indicating the interlock destination. When detected by the control unit 60, the alarm control unit 60 controls the notification unit 40 to stop the operation of the alarm sound by the voice message from the speaker 64 and the fire alarm output by the alarm display of the LED 22.

  Further, the alarm control unit 60 returns an ACK signal accompanying the reception of the alarm stop interlocking signal in the same manner as when the fire interlocking signal is received. In addition, since it is the same also in each case mentioned later, description is abbreviate | omitted about the reply of the ACK signal accompanying communication between residence police. It should be noted that the ACK signal transmission / reception processing can be performed in the same way in the communication between the resident alarm and the gateway device, but the description thereof is also omitted. Although communication retries can be performed as appropriate, the description is omitted in this specification.

  In addition, the alarm control unit 60 is provided with a low battery failure monitoring function in which the power supply voltage supplied from the battery power supply 46 is less than a predetermined level in cooperation with a voltage monitoring circuit (not shown). The test is automatically executed periodically in the background, and the result is updated and recorded in the memory 44 each time.

  Specifically, the low battery failure monitoring is performed by reading the power supply voltage supplied from the battery power supply 46 at a predetermined measurement time interval (cycle), for example, at an interval of 4 hours, and comparing it with a predetermined threshold voltage. When the built-in test is performed, the low battery failure is preliminarily determined and stored in the memory 44 when the threshold voltage is lower than the threshold voltage, and when the low battery failure preliminary determination continues for a predetermined number of times, the low battery failure Is determined (determined) and detected, the low battery failure flag is set, and the memory 44 is updated and stored.

  In addition, the alarm control unit 60 is provided with a sensor failure monitoring function for monitoring failures (including part deterioration and failure) of the sensor unit 38, and is also automatically executed periodically in the background as a built-in test. Specifically, the sensor failure monitoring reads a smoke detection signal output from the smoke detector 16 of the sensor unit 38 at a predetermined measurement time interval (cycle), for example, at an interval of 1 second, and stores the smoke detection signal in the memory 44. The average value of the detected data for the last 10 minutes held in the memory 44 is obtained every time interval, for example, every 10 minutes, and the output is stopped when the average value falls below a predetermined reference level (referred to as the zero point level). It is determined that the sensor unit 38 has a fault, for example, as a state, and a sensor fault flag is set and updated and stored in the memory 44.

  When the alarm control unit 60 detects an inspection instruction operation (inspection instruction input) by operating the alarm stop switch 20 that functions as an inspection switch in a normal state, the low battery failure flag or the sensor failure flag is set and stored in the memory 44. If it is determined that the low battery failure alarm or sensor failure alarm is output from the notification unit 40, the low battery failure alarm or the sensor failure alarm is output from the notification unit 40 via the first transmission circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30 according to the first wireless communication protocol. A battery fault interlocking signal or a sensor fault interlocking signal is transmitted to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 to output a low battery fault alarm or a sensor fault alarm indicating the fault interlocking destination.

  Needless to say, a low battery failure or a sensor failure may be notified and an interlocking signal transmitted when the failure is detected by a built-in test regardless of the inspection instruction operation. In addition to a low battery failure and a sensor failure, various types of circuit failures and failures such as aging may be detected and the same processing may be performed.

  When the alarm processing unit 60 detects a fire, the cooperation processing unit 62, or from any of the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 via the first receiving circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30. When it is detected that a fire-linked signal according to the first wireless communication protocol has been effectively received, an instruction from the alarm control unit 60 is received and the processor 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34 is instructed to control the fire-linked signal. A fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated (converted) by the signal, and is transmitted from the second transmission circuit 52 to the gateway device 200 via the antenna 36.

  Moreover, the cooperation process part 62 is any of other residence alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 when the alarm control part 60 detects a fire restoration, or via the 1st receiving circuit 48 of the 1st radio | wireless communication part 30. When it is detected that the fire recovery interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol has been effectively received, the processor 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34 is instructed to control in response to an instruction from the alarm control unit 60, The fire recovery link signal is generated (converted) according to the second wireless communication protocol by the fire recovery link signal, and is transmitted from the second transmission circuit 52 to the gateway device 200 via the antenna 36.

  In addition, the cooperation processing unit 62 detects another alarm stop operation in the operation unit 42 by the alarm control unit 60, or other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-2 through the first reception circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30. 10-4, when it is detected that an alarm stop interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol has been received effectively, the processor 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34 receives control from the alarm control unit 60 And generates (converts) an alarm stop interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol by the alarm stop interlocking signal, and transmits this to the gateway device 200 via the antenna 36 from the second transmission circuit 52. .

  Further, the cooperation processing unit 62 detects a low battery failure or a sensor failure as a built-in test result or an inspection result by operating the alarm stop switch 20 in the alarm control unit 60, or the first receiving circuit of the first wireless communication unit 30. When it is detected that a low battery failure or sensor failure failure-linked signal according to the first wireless communication protocol is effectively received from any of the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 via 48, alarm control is performed. In response to an instruction from the unit 60, the processor 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34 is instructed to control, and a failure cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated (converted) by the alarm stop interlocking signal. Transmission is performed from the second transmission circuit 52 to the gateway device 200 via the antenna 36.

Further, the cooperation processing unit 62 is connected to the alarm stop cooperation link transmitted from the gateway device 200 based on the operation of the alarm stop button 710 of the mobile phone 700 by the antenna 36, the second reception circuit 54, and the processor 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34. When the effective reception of the signal is detected, the alarm control unit 60 is instructed to control, the alarm control unit 60 controls the notification unit 40 to stop the output control of the fire alarm, and the first wireless communication unit 30 The first transmission circuit 48 is instructed to transmit the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 to stop the fire alarm. Similarly, for other controls based on the operation of the mobile phone 700, processing corresponding to the control content is performed.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a power outlet device used in the present invention. This is an example, and the separation and integration of each function can be performed arbitrarily. In addition, any or all of the functions may be executed by software (program) or may be executed by hardware. 5 shows the power outlet device 100-1 installed in the kitchen, the other power outlet devices 100-2 to 100-5 have the same configuration.

  In FIG. 5, the power outlet apparatus 100-1 includes a processor 108 and the second wireless communication unit 110 described above as a wireless transmission / reception chip. In a commercially available product compliant with the Z-Wave (R) wireless communication protocol, the processor 128 is provided as a wireless transmission / reception IC chip including a second transmission circuit 122 and a second reception circuit 124.

  The power outlet device 100-1 is provided with an inlet 102 for inputting commercial AC power and three outlets 104 for branching and outputting the commercial AC power input from the inlet 102, so that a power plug of a home electric appliance can be connected. A sensor 106 is inserted and connected to one of the power lines for the output outlet 104, and for example, an alternating current consumed by a device connected to each outlet 104 is detected and input to the processor 108.

  One sensor 106 may be provided for three outlets 104 (one inlet 102). In this case, the sensor 106 detects the total of alternating current consumed by the devices connected to the three outlets 104.

  Moreover, as the inlet 102 and the outlet 104, specifically, a plug or a socket is used, and a fuse, a noise filter, or the like is appropriately inserted in the input or output line of the power source (not shown).

  The second wireless communication unit 110 is provided with a second transmission circuit 122, a second reception circuit 124, and a processor 128 that are connected to an antenna 112. For example, the second wireless communication unit 110 uses, for example, a 900 MHz band in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol that conforms to Z-Wave (R). Used to transmit and receive signals via the antenna 112.

  The processor 108 is provided with the function of the power measuring unit 126. The power measuring unit 126 performs AD conversion on the current detection signal detected by the sensor 106 at a predetermined sampling period and reads the predetermined current calculation using a predetermined AC rated voltage. To calculate the power consumption and integrate the power consumption, generate a power detection signal (power detection message) indicating the calculated power consumption value and power consumption, and instruct the processor 128 according to the second communication protocol It is converted into a power detection signal, which is transmitted from the second transmission circuit 122 of the second wireless communication unit 110 to the gateway device 200 via the antenna 112.

  Note that some or all of the calculation of the power consumption and the power consumption in the power measuring unit 126 may be performed on the gateway device 200, the server 400, or the mobile phone 700 side. In this case, for example, the second transmission circuit 122 is used. To the gateway device 200 is a signal indicating data before the completion of the calculation.

The processor 108 receives the power control signal from the server 400 side transmitted from the gateway device 200 by the second receiving circuit 124 via the antenna 112 of the second wireless communication unit 110 as necessary, and decodes it by the processor 128. When effective reception is detected, control corresponding to the received power control signal is performed. In such power control based on an instruction from the server 400 side, for example, a relay contact disposed in a power supply line for the outlet 104 is opened and closed, and power is turned on or off as necessary. In addition to this, control for changing a limit value of power that can be supplied from the outlet 104 to the device connected to the outlet 104 may be performed.

  In addition, a predetermined DC power source is generated from the commercial AC power supplied to the processor 108 via the power indicator lamp 114, the operation unit 116, the memory 118, and the inlet 102, and the processor 108, the second wireless communication unit 110, A power supply circuit unit 120 that supplies necessary components including the above-described relay is provided. The power supply circuit unit 120 generates a predetermined DC power source from a commercial AC power source that is supplied via the inlet 102 to generate a processor 108 and second wireless communication. It supplies to part 110 and each required part containing the above-mentioned relay.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the gateway device 200 used in the present invention. This is an example, and the separation and integration of each function can be performed arbitrarily. In addition, any or all of the functions may be executed by software (program) or may be executed by hardware.

  The gateway device 200 includes a processor 202. For the processor 202, a wired communication unit 204, an antenna 212, a second wireless communication unit 210 that is a wireless transmission / reception chip, a display unit 214, an operation unit 216, a memory 218, and a commercial AC power supply Is connected (this inlet is not shown). The power supply circuit unit 220 generates a DC power source from a commercial AC power source and supplies it to each necessary unit. In addition, when a commercial power failure occurs, a call power supply device (not shown) is switched to maintain power supply.

  The second wireless communication unit 210 includes a second transmission circuit 222 and a second reception circuit 224 processor 228, and uses, for example, a 900 MHz band via the antenna 212 according to a second wireless communication protocol compliant with Z-Wave (R). Then, a signal is transmitted / received to / from the power outlet device 100 or the residential alarm device 10-1.

The wired communication unit 204 is connected to a network device such as a router constituting the Internet 300 through a signal line 206, and transmits and receives signals to and from the server 400 according to, for example, an Ethernet (R) communication protocol. Of course, when a wireless network device is used, instead of the wired communication unit 204 and the signal line 206, a predetermined wireless communication unit to which an antenna is connected can be provided to make this communication wireless.

  The processor 202 is provided with the function of the protocol conversion unit 126, which converts the IP signal (Internet protocol signal) according to the Internet communication protocol received by the wired communication unit 204 into a TCP signal (transfer protocol signal) and performs the second wireless communication. Output to the processor 228 of the second wireless communication unit 210 of the unit 210, converted by the control of the processor 228 into a signal according to the second wireless communication protocol, and transmitted via the second transmission circuit 122 and the antenna 212. Then, the data is transmitted from the Internet 400 to the server 500.

  In addition, the processor 228 provided in the second wireless communication unit 210 decodes a signal according to the second wireless communication protocol received via the antenna 212 and the second reception circuit 224, and detects the second signal when effective reception is detected. A signal in accordance with the wireless communication protocol is converted into a TCP signal and transferred to the protocol converter 226 of the processor 202. The protocol conversion unit 320 converts the TCP signal transferred from the processor 328 into an IP signal according to the Internet communication protocol, transfers the IP signal to the wired communication unit 304, and outputs the IP signal to the server 500 from the Internet 400.

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart exemplifying the outline of the process of the residential alarm 10-1 of FIG. 4 used in the alarm linkage system of the present invention. In this flowchart, the transmission / reception of the ACK signal and the processing accompanying it are omitted.

  In FIG. 7, when power supply by the battery power supply 46 of the home guard 10-1 is started, initialization, self-diagnosis, reading of various settings, etc. are executed in step S1, and if there is no abnormality, the process proceeds to step S2. The presence or absence of a fire is detected. If there is an initialization abnormality in step S1, the notification unit 40 notifies that fact and stops the operation halfway or performs the process of step S1 again, but the illustration is omitted.

  In step S2, if the smoke detection signal output from the smoke detector 16 provided in the sensor unit 38 exceeds a predetermined fire level, it is detected that there is a fire and the process proceeds to step S3, and the fire interlocking according to the first wireless communication protocol is performed. A signal is generated and wirelessly transmitted to other residential alarm devices, and a fire alarm indicating an interlocking source is output by an alarm sound by a voice message from the speaker 64 of the notification unit 40 and an alarm display by, for example, lighting of the LED 22.

  Subsequently, in step S4, a fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated and transmitted to the gateway apparatus 200 as an alarm cooperation process using the device (power) management system.

  Subsequently, in step S5, it is detected whether or not there is a fire restoration in which the smoke detection signal from the smoke detecting unit 16 is reduced and the fire detection state is resolved. When the presence of the fire restoration is detected, the first wireless communication protocol is changed in step S6. The fire recovery interlocking signal thus transmitted is transmitted to the other home alarm devices, and the alarm sound by the voice message from the speaker 64 and the fire alarm indicating the interlocking source by the lighting of the LED 22 are stopped. Here, the alarm display by the LED 22 may be turned off after a predetermined time has elapsed since the alarm sound stopped. Subsequently, in step S <b> 7, a fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated and transmitted to the gateway device 200 as the cooperation processing using the device management system.

  Subsequently, in step S8, the presence or absence of an alarm stop instruction operation of the alarm stop switch 20 is detected. When the presence of an alarm stop instruction is detected, the process proceeds to step S9, and an alarm stop interlocking signal in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol is sent to another address. The alarm sound output indicating the interlocking source from the speaker 64 is stopped, and the alarm display by turning on the LED 22 is turned off. In this case, the alarm display by the LED 22 may be turned off after a predetermined time has elapsed since the alarm sound stopped. Subsequently, in step S <b> 10, an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated and transmitted to the gateway device 200 as the cooperation processing using the device management system.

  Then, it progresses to step S11 and the presence or absence of the fire interlocking | linkage signal effective reception according to the 1st radio | wireless communication protocol transmitted from other residence police or relay transmission is detected. When it is detected that there is effective reception of a fire-linked signal from another house alarm, the process proceeds to step S12, and a warning sound by a voice message or the like is output from the speaker 64 of the own notification unit 40 as a fire alarm indicating the linked destination, For example, an alarm is displayed by blinking the LED 22. Subsequently, in step S <b> 13, a fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated as cooperation processing using the device management system, and is transmitted to the gateway device 200.

  Next, in step S14, the presence / absence of effective reception of the fire recovery interlock signal is detected in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol transmitted or relayed from another resident alarm. In step S15, the alarm sound output from the speaker 64 and the alarm display by the blinking of the LED 22 are stopped as an interlocking destination alarm. Subsequently, in step S <b> 16, a fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated as cooperation processing using the device management system and transmitted to the gateway device 200.

  Next, in step S17, the presence / absence of an alarm stop interlocking signal effective reception according to the first wireless communication protocol transmitted or relayed from another house alarm is detected, and the presence / absence of the alarm stop interlocking signal being effectively received is detected. Then, it progresses to step S18, the alarm sound output as an interlocking | linkage destination is stopped, and an alarm display is also stopped. Subsequently, in step S <b> 19, an alarm stop interlock signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated as cooperation processing using the device management system, and transmitted to the gateway device 200.

  Subsequently, failure processing is executed in step S20. The fault processing is a first wireless communication protocol that indicates a low battery fault or a sensor fault when the home police 10-1 itself detects a low battery fault or a sensor fault. When the effective reception of a fault interlocking signal according to the system is detected, a low battery fault alarm or a sensor fault alarm indicating the source or destination of the interlock is performed with a predetermined alarm sound and alarm display, and further linked processing using a device management system Then, a fault interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated and transmitted to the gateway device 200.

  Subsequently, in step S21, the cooperative link signal received from the user's mobile phone 700 via the server 400 and the gateway device 200 is received, for example, the alarm stop cooperative link signal is effectively received according to the second wireless communication protocol. When a fire alarm is detected, the fire alarm is stopped, and further, an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol is transmitted to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 as a cooperation process with the alarm system. To stop the alarm.

  The alarm system in the above embodiment is an example of an interlocking system of a residential alarm that detects and alerts a fire. However, a fire alarm other than a residential alarm, a gas leak alarm, a CO alarm It can be applied in the same way to various alarm devices, crime prevention alarms, earthquake alarms (emergency earthquake warning receivers, etc.), other alarm systems with any alarm devices, and mixed alarm devices. . Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to a system including a relay device and a receiving device in addition to these alarm devices.

  In addition, the residential alarm device 10-1 in FIG. 4 includes a smoke detection unit 16 and takes a smoke-type fire alarm as an example to detect smoke generated by a fire and detect a fire in the monitoring area. But other than this, a thermal fire alarm equipped with a temperature detection element such as a thermistor that detects heat associated with a fire Fire alarm that detects other environmental changes associated with a fire, an alarm that detects gas leaks other than a fire Various alarm devices that detect intruders, earthquakes, and other abnormalities, and alarm devices that combine these alarm devices are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  Further, the communication related to the interlocking of the alarm devices and the cooperation of the respective units may not be wireless, and may be wired communication or a mixture of wired and wireless as appropriate. In this case, each communication protocol may be replaced with a protocol adapted to them. Further, the Internet 300 can be replaced with another network that can realize the functions of the present invention.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the conversion between the first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication protocol is performed on the side of the house alarm, but this may be performed on the gateway device side. In this case, the gateway device 200 of the above embodiment is provided with a first wireless communication unit, a conversion processing unit for the first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication protocol, and performs processing in cooperation with the second wireless communication unit. To. In such a system, the second wireless communication unit of the alarm device can be omitted.

  Moreover, the apparatus cooperation system of this invention does not prevent that the alarm device which comprises an alarm system is one.

  The device management system in the above embodiment is an example of managing the power consumption of home appliances. However, various environmental changes are detected by a sensor network to optimally control home appliances such as air conditioners. It is also possible to link with an appropriate device management system. Of course, it is good also as an apparatus cooperation system which performs power management control and such environmental management control in combination.

  Moreover, as each 2nd radio | wireless communication part in the said embodiment, it is not necessarily necessary to use a commercially available radio | wireless transmission / reception chip | tip, and if the function is realizable, another module, a circuit block, etc. can be employ | adopted.

Moreover, in the said embodiment, the 2nd radio | wireless communication part which connected the antenna to at least the residence guard 10-1 is provided, and cooperation with a 1st communication part (cooperation with an apparatus management system and an alarm system) is controlled by the processor 28. although the example in which, by providing the first wireless communication unit which connects the antenna to the gateway device 200 by omitting the second radio communication unit of the home alarm (alarm), it is possible to implement the same cooperative it can. At this time, the processor 202 of the gateway device 200 performs control related to cooperation. In the case of such a system, the residential alarm device (alarm device) and the alarm system do not require a special configuration, and conventional ones can be used as they are.

  In addition, the flowcharts in the above-described embodiments have described a schematic example of processing, and the order of processing is not limited to this. In addition, a delay time can be provided between the processes or between the processes, and other determination processes or other processes can be inserted.

  In addition, the processor shown in the above embodiment can replace some or all of its functions with other means such as wired logic. Other electrical and functional configurations including the processor can be appropriately integrated and abolished.

  In addition, the above-described embodiment can be applied not only to residential use but also to cooperation between various types of alarm systems such as buildings and offices and device management systems. The installation location and manager of each device are arbitrary. For example, the server 400 is installed in an electric power company and managed by the electric power company, and the alarm device can be installed in the home.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, includes appropriate modifications that do not impair the objects and advantages thereof, and is not limited by the numerical values shown in the above-described embodiments.

10-1 to 10-4: House alarm device 24: House 28, 108, 202: Processor 30: First wireless communication unit 34, 110 , 210 : Second wireless communication unit 32 , 36, 112, 212 : Antenna 38: Sensor unit 40: Notification unit 42: Operation unit 44: Memory 46: Battery power supply 48: First transmission circuit 50: First reception circuit 52, 122, 222: Second transmission circuit 54, 124, 224: Second reception circuit 60 : Alarm control unit 62: Cooperation processing units 100-1 to 100-5: Power outlet device 102: Inlet 104: Outlet
106 : Sensor 126: Power measurement unit 200: Gateway device 204: Wired communication unit 300: Internet 400: Server 402: Power management unit 404: Alarm management unit 500: Mobile phone network 600: Mobile phone base station 700: Mobile phone 702 : Alarm screen

Claims (5)

When an abnormality is detected, an abnormality alarm is output, an abnormality interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is transmitted, and an abnormality alarm is output when an abnormality interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is received. An alarm system with an alarm device;
A device state detection device that detects a state of a predetermined device and transmits a state detection signal in accordance with the second communication protocol, and receives various signals in accordance with the second communication protocol including the state detection signal. A network adapter that converts the transmitted signal into a signal according to the Internet communication protocol and transmits the signal, and a server that performs processing corresponding to the signal received from the network adapter and transmits the processing result to the user terminal for output An established equipment management system;
With
When the abnormality is detected or when the abnormality interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is received, the abnormality cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol is transmitted to at least one of the plurality of alarm devices. Establish a cooperation processing unit,
When the server receives the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal from the network adapter, the server transmits the processing result of the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal to the user terminal, outputs an abnormality alarm, and receives a confirmation signal from the user terminal In such a case, an alarm linkage system is provided, in which an alarm device management unit is provided that makes it possible to recognize that the abnormal alarm has been notified to the user terminal.
2. The alarm cooperation system according to claim 1, wherein the cooperation processing unit is provided in one of the plurality of alarm devices.
In the alarm linkage system according to claim 1 or 2,
The plurality of alarm devices, when abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure is detected, transmit abnormality recovery according to the first communication protocol, alarm stop or failure interlock signal, and abnormality recovery according to the first communication protocol. When an alarm stop or failure interlock signal is received, the abnormal alarm is stopped,
When the cooperation processing unit receives an abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol, it transmits an abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol. ,
When the network adapter receives a cooperative link signal of abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure according to the second communication protocol, it converts it into a signal according to the cooperative link signal Internet communication protocol, and transmits it.
The alarm management unit of the server, when receiving the cooperation recovery signal of abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure from the network adapter, transmits the processing result of the cooperation interlocking signal to the user terminal for output. Characteristic alarm linkage system.
In the alarm linkage system according to claim 3,
When the alarm device management unit receives an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal from the user terminal, it transmits the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal to the network adapter,
When the network adapter receives an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal from the alarm management unit, the network adapter transmits an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol,
The cooperation processing unit transmits an alarm stop interlock signal according to the first communication protocol when the alarm stop cooperation interlock signal according to the second communication protocol is received.
3. The alarm cooperation system according to claim 1 , wherein the device management system detects and manages power consumption of the predetermined device by the device state detection device .

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