JP2000215376A - Life information monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make remotely checkable the monitor of life information in each house and to prevent trouble to residents without necessity to enter each house at the time of check and to operate a control panel for house by transmitting a check alarm request signal from a monitor panel through a transmission line to the control panel for house and a receiving a check alarm signal corresponding to this request signal. SOLUTION: The check alarm request signal designating an address is transmitted from a monitor panel 2 through a transmission line L to a control panel 1 for house in each house and by receiving the check alarm signal corresponding to this request signal, the life information can be normally monitored on the control panel 1 for house in each house remotely. A water quantity sensor S1 for monitoring the life information from the quantity of water used in each house and a human body sensor 82 for monitoring the life information from the action of a human body are connected to the control panel 1 for house in each house and the control panel 1 for house judges the presence/absence of the resident and monitors an abnormality in the life.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a living information monitoring system, and more particularly to a living information monitoring system capable of remotely checking the monitoring of each dwelling unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, in a housing complex for the elderly, a living information monitoring system has been developed in order to quickly detect when an elderly or sick person living alone falls down in a dwelling due to an unexpected illness or accident. Has been introduced.

In this system, a control panel for dwelling units installed in each dwelling is connected to a living information monitoring means for monitoring various dwelling information and an occupancy setting switch, and is provided at a door of each dwelling. It is configured to work with an electric lock.

The living information monitoring means includes a human body detection sensor for detecting the movement of the human body in each dwelling by infrared rays, a water amount sensor for detecting the use state of water and the like in a toilet, and a gas consumption amount for detecting the use state of gas. There is a sensor, an electricity usage sensor for detecting the usage status of electricity, and the like.

[0005] The dwelling unit control panel, for example, if the water level sensor does not detect that the water in the flush toilet has been used for a predetermined time (for example, 12 hours), it is determined that an abnormality has occurred in a person in the dwelling. Judging and outputting an alarm from the connected house information panel, notifying the monitoring panel installed in the manager's office, etc., and setting an external notification from the automatic notification device via a telephone line etc. Report destination (for example, security company,
Automatically dials (fire department, etc.) and reports that an abnormality has occurred. In addition, an alarm can be output from a door phone handset installed at the entrance via a house monitoring panel.

If a resident stays in the house when the resident goes out, if the electric lock is locked from outside the room within a predetermined time (for example, three minutes) after the occupancy setting switch is operated. While maintaining the room mode and continuing to monitor the living information, if the electric lock is locked without operating the occupancy setting switch when going out, the absence mode is set, the monitoring of the living information is released, and Alarm output. If all the residents are out, and if any of the residents return from the outside, the electric lock is unlocked from the outside or locked from inside the room, the mode switches from the absence mode to the presence mode, and the living information Resume monitoring.

In such a living information monitoring system, it is possible to check whether the monitoring of each dwelling unit is functioning normally or not. The same condition as the abnormality can be forcibly generated, and by operating the check switch of each control panel for dwelling units, the monitoring panel notifies the user of the life abnormality caused by the operation of this check switch. And that the living information monitoring system is working properly.

[0008]

However, in the above-mentioned conventional living information monitoring system, it is necessary to enter each dwelling unit and operate the dwelling unit control panel to check that it is operating normally. Therefore, there is a problem that the inspector cannot perform the inspection if the dweller is not present, and it is troublesome to put the inspector in the dwelling unit in each dwelling unit.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a living information monitoring system capable of remotely monitoring the monitoring of living abnormalities in each dwelling unit.

[0010]

According to the present invention, there is provided a monitoring panel installed in a manager's office or the like to solve the above problems.
By connecting via a transmission line a control panel for dwelling units provided with living information monitoring means installed in each dwelling unit and monitoring living information in the dwelling unit, by monitoring the control panel for each dwelling unit with the monitoring panel A living information monitoring system capable of centrally monitoring the presence or absence of a living abnormality in each dwelling unit, wherein the monitoring panel includes an inspection notification requesting unit that transmits an inspection notification request signal to the dwelling unit control panel; When receiving an inspection report signal from a control panel for a dwelling unit requested to issue an inspection report, the control panel for a dwell unit for each dwelling unit comprises: Inspection alarm means for transmitting an inspection alarm signal, which is a pseudo alarm signal, when receiving an inspection alarm request signal from the monitoring panel is provided.

[0011] In addition, the inspection and reporting means of the monitoring panel includes:
It is a display means for displaying the inspection result. Further, the inspection alerting and notifying means of the monitoring panel is a sound output means for outputting an inspection result as a sound.

Still further, the living information monitoring means of the control panel for dwelling units is a water amount sensor for monitoring living information based on the amount of water used. Still further, the living information monitoring means of the control panel for a dwelling unit is a human body detection sensor for monitoring living information by movement of a human body. Furthermore, the living information monitoring means of the control panel for dwelling units is an operation button operated when an abnormality occurs.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of a living information monitoring system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a living information monitoring system, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control panel for dwelling units, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a monitoring panel, and FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a house information panel.

This living information monitoring system is applied to a nursing home or an apartment for the elderly, and transmits a control panel 1 for dwelling units installed in each dwelling unit to a monitoring panel 2 installed in a management room or the like. The connection is made via a line L.

The dwelling unit control panel 1 of each dwelling unit includes, as living information monitoring means, a water amount sensor S1 for monitoring living information based on an amount of water used in each dwelling unit, and an infrared sensor for monitoring living information based on movement of a human body. The human body detection sensor S2 is connected, and the control panel for dwelling unit 1 determines whether the resident is in the room or not, and according to this determination, the sensors S1,
S2 is activated to monitor abnormalities in life.

Specifically, the control panel 1 for dwelling units is
If the door is closed from the outside of the dwelling unit and an electric lock (not shown) is locked, it is determined that the resident has gone out and the mode shifts to the absence mode,
If the electric lock is unlocked from the outside, or the lock is operated from the inside by operating the locking and unlocking thumb turn provided on the indoor side of the door,
It judges that it has returned from going out and shifts to the occupancy mode. However, even when locking is performed from the outside, there is a case where a person remains in the room. Therefore, if the locking is performed from the outside after operating the occupancy setting switch (not shown), the switching to the absence mode is not performed and the occupancy is not set. Keep mode.

For example, if a water flow sensor S1 is installed at the base of a water pipe and detects the use of water such as a toilet in daily life, the water flow sensor is set when the occupancy mode is set. The usage status of the water amount is monitored in S1, and when a certain amount or more of water is not continuously used for a predetermined time (for example, 12 hours), the monitoring panel 2 in the management room, the house information panel 3, and connected to this. An anomaly is notified by a voice message, an alarm sound, an anomaly occurrence signal, or the like from a door phone slave unit (not shown) or an automatic notification device 4 to a predetermined notification destination. On the other hand, when the absence mode is set, the abnormality monitoring by the water amount sensor S1 is released.

In the occupancy mode, the non-use time of the water amount is measured by a timer (not shown) of the dwelling unit control panel 1, and the timer is reset every time a predetermined amount or more of water is used. When the timer is started (reset) and the measured time exceeds a predetermined time set in advance, an abnormality is notified to the monitoring panel 2 or the like.

The control panel 1 for dwelling units is designed to be easily operated by a call push button b1 installed on a wall or a sick person as operation buttons operated by dwelling units when an abnormality occurs. The call push button b2 is connected. If these are operated, the control panel 1 for dwelling units will
If the canceling operation is not performed within a predetermined time, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred, and the abnormality is notified to the monitoring panel 2 and the like in the same manner as when the abnormality is determined using the sensors S1 and S2. In addition, the control panel 1 for dwelling units has sensors S1,
It is not necessary to connect all of S2 and the call push buttons b1 and b2, and they may be connected arbitrarily according to the living environment.

The living information monitoring system of the present invention transmits an inspection report request signal with an address specified from the monitoring panel 2 to the control panel 1 for each dwelling unit through the transmission line L. By receiving the check report signal, it is possible to remotely check that the living information monitoring of the dwelling unit control panel 1 is normally performed.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 2, the control panel 1 for each dwelling unit includes a control circuit 11, a signal transmission / reception circuit 12, a lifestyle abnormality detection circuit 13, and a control circuit 11 corresponding to an inspection / reporting means of the present invention. A call input detection circuit 14 is provided, and the water amount sensor S1, the human body detection sensor S2, the call push button b1, and the nigiri call push button b2 constitute a living information monitoring means of the present invention.

When the signal transmission / reception circuit 12 receives the inspection report signal from the monitoring panel 2, the control circuit 11 instructs the signal transmission / reception circuit 12 to transmit the inspection report signal, which is a pseudo report signal. . Then, the signal transmitting / receiving circuit 12
Transmits an inspection alert signal to the monitoring panel 2 via the transmission line L.

In other words, the inspection report signal is transmitted (replyed) to the monitoring panel 2 through the signal transmission / reception circuit 12 in a simulated manner, and the dwelling unit is not actually forcibly generated by the water volume sensor S1 or the human body detection sensor S2. It is a signal obtained by setting the control panel 1 for use in a pseudo alert state.

On the other hand, the monitoring panel 2 is configured as shown in FIG. 3, and includes a CPU 21, a transmission input / output circuit 22,
Display circuit 23 (indicating means) which constitutes inspection alerting and informing means
And a sound generation circuit 24 (sound output means), a key scan input circuit 25 for detecting a key operation, and an intercom control circuit for controlling an intercom call between the house information panel 3 of each dwelling unit and a lobby intercom (not shown). 26, and a transfer contact output circuit 27 for transferring an alarm or the like.

When the key scan input circuit 25 detects the operation of the inspection switch, the CPU 21 of the monitoring panel 2 transmits an inspection report request signal, which specifies the control panel 1 for the dwelling unit to be inspected by address, to the transmission / input / output terminal. When the inspection report signal is received from the control panel for dwelling unit 1 which has transmitted the inspection report request signal through the circuit 22, the display unit displays the dwelling unit number and the content of normal operation as the inspection result. For example, the sound is output from the speaker SP2 by operating the sound generation circuit 24.

FIG. 4 shows the structure of the house information panel 3 of each dwelling unit. The housing information panel 3 includes a CPU 31 and a monitoring panel 2
A transmission / input / output circuit 32 for controlling transmission with the handset H, a call control circuit 33 for controlling an interphone call with the intercom slave unit and the monitoring panel 2 by the handset H, and a speaker SP3
An alarm output circuit 34 for outputting an alarm from the controller, an alarm input circuit 35 for receiving an alarm signal from a connected fire detector (not shown) or the like and the control panel 1 for dwelling units, and a switch input circuit 36 for receiving various switch operations. It has.

When the control panel 1 for dwelling units is inspected by the monitoring panel 2, the housing information panel 3 determines that the signal is an inspection report signal based on an inspection report request signal, and does not output an alarm to the dwelling unit. Is desirable.

[0028]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, an inspection report signal is transmitted from a monitoring panel to a control panel for dwelling units via a transmission line, and an inspection report signal corresponding thereto is received. By doing so, it is possible to remotely check the monitoring of living information of each dwelling unit, and it is not necessary to enter the dwelling unit and operate the dwelling unit control panel at the time of inspection, and it does not bother dwellers. This has the effect of providing a living information monitoring system.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, the inspection report notification means of the monitoring panel displays the inspection result by the display means, so that the inspection result is erroneously recognized. It is effective in providing an excellent living information monitoring system without the need.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, since the inspection alerting and notifying means of the monitoring panel outputs the inspection result by sound by the sound output means, visibility is poor. This has the effect of providing an excellent living information monitoring system that allows the user to know the inspection result even when the inspection is performed.

According to the invention described in claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, living information is monitored by the amount of water.
This has the effect of providing an excellent living information monitoring system.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, there is an effect that an excellent living information monitoring system for monitoring living information by movement of a human body can be provided.

According to the invention described in claim 6, in addition to the effect of the invention described in claim 1, it is possible to provide an excellent living information monitoring system that monitors living information with an operation button operated when an abnormality occurs. This has the effect.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing a living information monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a control panel for dwelling units of the living information monitoring system.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a monitoring panel of the living information monitoring system.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a house information panel of the living information monitoring system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control panel for dwelling units 11 Inspection alerting means 2 Monitoring panel 23 Display means (Inspection alerting alerting means) 24 Sound output means (Inspection alerting alerting means) 25 Inspection alerting requesting means b1 Operation button (Life information monitoring means) b2 Operation button (living information monitoring means) L Transmission line S1 Water volume sensor (living information monitoring means) S2 Human body detection sensor (living information monitoring means)

Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Kenji Hirota 1048 Kadoma Kadoma, Osaka Pref. Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. 5C086 AA22 BA02 CA12 CA30 CB16 CB21 DA10 DA12 DA14 EA45 FA02 FA06 5C087 AA32 AA37 AA44 BB03 BB74 CC02 CC04 CC23 DD04 DD26 DD30 FF01 FF04 FF05 FF24 FF25 GG30 GG32 GG36 GG39 GG46 GG46 GG46 GG46 GG

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A control panel for a dwelling unit, which is provided in each dwelling unit and has a living information monitoring means for monitoring living information in the dwelling unit, is connected via a transmission line. A living information monitoring system that monitors the presence of living abnormalities in each dwelling unit by monitoring the control panel for each dwelling unit with the monitoring panel, wherein the monitoring panel is a control panel for the dwelling unit. Inspection alarm request means for transmitting an inspection alarm request signal to the vehicle, and an inspection alarm that notifies the reception of the inspection alarm signal when the inspection alarm signal is received from the control panel for the dwelling unit requested for the inspection alarm notification. The control panel for dwelling unit of each dwelling unit includes an inspection alarming means for transmitting an inspection alarming signal, which is a pseudo alarming signal, upon receiving an inspection alarming request signal from the monitoring panel. Life information monitoring system, characterized in that is. 2. The living information monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the inspection report notifying unit of the monitoring panel is a display unit for displaying an inspection result. 3. The living information monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the check report notifying means of the monitor panel is a sound output means for outputting a check result as a sound. 4. The living information monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the living information monitoring means of the control panel for a dwelling unit is a water amount sensor for monitoring living information based on a used water amount. 5. The living information monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the living information monitoring means of the control panel for a dwelling unit is a human body detection sensor for monitoring living information by movement of a human body. 6. The living information monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the living information monitoring means of the control panel for a dwelling unit is an operation button operated when an abnormality occurs.