JP2001222779A - Water leak alarm system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To automatically detect the water leaks of buildings such as houses and apartment houses and also to automatically notify the house-related dealers including the housing dealers, reform dealers, water service dealers, etc., of the building having a water leak and the leak point. SOLUTION: This water leak alarm system 1 consists of a controller 9 which inputs the detection signals received from many humidity/water leak sensors 7, 7... placed under the floor 5 of a customer's house 3, an NTT(Nippon Telegraph and Telephone) 13 which is connected to the controller 9 via a telephone line 11 and a house-related dealer 17 having the portable communication terminals 15 including a portable telephone, a PHS(personal handyphone system), a pocket pager, etc., which are called by radio from the NTT 13. When a water leak is detected, the house 3 having the water leak and the leak point are transmitted in a short mail via the line 11. Thus, it is possible to attain a 24-hour water leak monitoring system without applying a worker's periodical patrol system.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for warning a water leak in a building such as a wooden house or an apartment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a wooden house, water may accumulate under the floor or the humidity under the floor may increase due to water leaking from around the kitchen, toilet, bath, etc. As a result, There is a problem that damage is caused by termites and rot fungi.

[0003] For this reason, according to Japanese Patent No. 2862835, a place with poor ventilation efficiency, a damp place caused by water leakage or the like is found at an early stage, and the countermeasures are taken.
There has been proposed a method for extending the life of a house that can prevent damage from termites and rot fungi.

This proposal includes a step of measuring the humidity of air exhausted from a ventilation port by a hygrometer, a step of measuring the humidity of air entering the ventilation port by a hygrometer, and a step of measuring the humidity of air exhausted from the ventilation port. Measuring the difference between the humidity and the humidity of the air entering the ventilation port, and when the difference in the humidity exceeds a predetermined value, measuring the portion through which the air has passed by a moisture content meter; and And performing a water content increase factor removing operation at a place where the measured value of the meter exceeds a predetermined value.

[0005]

However, according to the prior art, a worker is periodically dispatched to each house,
It is necessary to check the measured value of the hygrometer and measure with the moisture content meter according to the result of the check, and it is not possible to detect the water leak in a timely manner and take care of it, There is a problem that a large labor cost is required.

[0006] Such a problem of water leakage may occur not only in wooden houses but also in apartment houses such as condominiums, and it is desired to cope with such problems with a small amount of labor.

Accordingly, the present invention automatically detects a water leak in a building such as a house or an apartment, and identifies a building in which the water leak has occurred and the leak location thereof by a housing company, a remodeling company, The purpose is to be able to automatically contact a house-related company such as a water supply construction company.

[0008]

A water leak alarm system according to the present invention, which has been made to achieve the above object, comprises a water leak detecting means installed at a location of a building where there is a possibility of water leak, and the water leak detecting means. Water leak detection means for storing an installation location of the leak detection means and a detection signal from the water leak detection means for inputting a detection signal from the water leak detection means to determine whether or not a water leak has occurred. Means, a water leak location identification means for identifying a water leak location determined to have caused a water leak by the water leak determination means in relation to the storage content of the water leak detection means installation location storage means, A building identification information storage unit that stores information for identifying a building in which the water leak detection unit is installed; and a water that stores contact information when a water leak occurs in the building. Leak contact information storage means; When it is determined that the water leak has occurred by the determining means, the building stored in the building specifying information storage means is identified with respect to the contact stored in the water leak contact storage means. And a water leak notifying means for automatically communicating information for performing the operation and the water leaking part identified by the water leaking part identifying means.

According to the water leak alarm system of the present invention employing such a configuration, a portion where a water leak is likely to occur in a building such as a wooden house or an apartment, for example, a kitchen, a toilet, or a bathroom Water leak detection means is installed in advance near a water supply pipe or the like. In addition, the installation location of each water leak detection means is registered and stored in advance in the water leak detection means installation location storage means, and information for specifying the building where the water leak detection means is installed is stored. It is registered and stored in the building identification information storage means in advance.
Further, when a water leak occurs, the contact information of a house-related company such as a housing contractor, a renovation contractor, and a water supply contractor for notifying the fact is registered and stored in the water leak contact storage means in advance. .

[0010] By preparing in advance in this way, whether or not a water leak has occurred in the building is determined by the water leak determining means by inputting a detection signal from the previously installed water leak detecting means. Is determined. Then, when it is determined by the water leak determining means that a water leak has occurred,
The leak location is identified by the leak location identifying means in relation to the stored contents of the location storing means for installing the leak detecting means.
If the water leak determining means determines that a water leak has occurred, the water leak notifying means is activated and the building identification is performed on the contact information stored in the water leak contact storing means. The information for specifying the building stored in the information storage means and the water leak location identified by the water leak location identification means are automatically communicated.

As a result, according to the water leak warning system of the present invention, whether or not a water leak has occurred in a building can be determined without taking measures such as periodically circulating workers. It is possible to timely and accurately contact house-related contractors, such as housing contractors, renovation contractors, and water supply contractors, who are in charge of maintenance and management of goods. Therefore, according to the water leak alarm system of the present invention, it is possible to perform an optimal response while saving the labor required for building maintenance and management. In particular, not only the building where the water leak has occurred, but also the location where the water leak has occurred can be notified. Measures can be taken.

Here, in the water leak alarm system according to the present invention, the water leak notifying means, when contacting the contact when the water leak occurs, includes a pager, a mobile phone, a PHS, etc. owned by the contact. The communication may be configured to be performed by communication with the mobile communication terminal or transmission of an electronic mail to the electronic mail address of the contact.

[0013] By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to timely and surely carry out communication when a water leak occurs. In particular, recently, it has become possible to transmit character information to mobile phones and PHSs. Therefore, as a contact point, a mobile phone or PHS phone number owned by a person in charge of a house-related company is used as a contact. By storing it in the leak contact information storage means, even if the person in charge is on the road, it is possible to accurately confirm that a water leak has occurred in the building that he is in charge of maintenance and management. The effect is that the user can be surely informed and quick response becomes possible.

[0014]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIG. 1, a water leak alarm system 1 according to an embodiment
, A plurality of humidity / water leak sensors 7, 7,... Arranged at predetermined positions under the floor 5, a control device 9 for inputting detection signals from the humidity / water leak sensors 7, 7,. Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company (N
TT) 13 and a house-related company 17 having a mobile communication terminal 15 such as a mobile phone, a PHS or a pager which is wirelessly communicated from the NTT 13.

Here, the humidity / water leak sensors 7, 7,.
In the underfloor 5 of the house 3, it is installed in advance at a location where water leakage may occur, for example, near a kitchen, a toilet, a bathroom, or a water pipe.

The control device 9 has a schematic configuration. As shown in FIG. 2, the CPU 9 controls the center of the control process.
And a ROM 23 in which a program for control processing by the CPU 21 and predetermined control data are stored in advance.
A RAM 25 for temporarily storing data in a control process by the CPU 21 or for inputting and storing various control information described later;
, And an output port 29 for outputting a water leak alarm to the telephone line 11. And this output port 29
Includes a line control device 31 controlled by the CPU 21.
The input port 27 is connected to an operation panel 33 for inputting various control information and the like.

In the RAM 25, each humidity / water leak sensor 7,
And the humidity and water leak sensors 7, 7, ...
The information for specifying the building where is installed and the contact information of the house-related company 17 such as a housing company, a remodeling company, and a waterworks company for notifying that the water leak has occurred. Are stored in advance as control information in accordance with an input from the operation panel 33.

Next, the contents of the control processing executed by the CPU 21 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. In this control process, first, each humidity and
.. Are stored in the RAM 25 in accordance with the input from the operation panel 33 (S10). Subsequently, information for specifying the building where the humidity / water leak sensors 7, 7,... Are installed is stored in the RAM 25 in accordance with an input from the operation panel 33 (S20). Next, when a water leak occurs, the contact information of the house-related company 17 such as a housing contractor, a remodeling contractor, and a water supply contractor for notifying the fact is stored in the RAM 25 by input from the operation panel 33. (S30).

The detection signals S from the humidity / water leak sensors 7, 7,... Are sequentially input through the input port 27 (S40), and the detection signals S sequentially input are stored in the ROM 2 in advance.
Then, the threshold value is compared with the threshold value S0 stored in step S3 (S50).
As a result of this comparison, if the detection signal S exceeds the threshold value S0 (S50: YES), the humidity / water leak sensor 7 that has output the detection signal S is specified (S60). Then, the installation location of the humidity / water leak sensor 7 specified in the process of S70 is specified according to the stored contents of the RAM 25 (S70). If the detection signal S input from each of the humidity / water leak sensors 7, 7,... Is less than the threshold value S0 in the process of S50, the flow returns to the process of S40, and each of the humidity / water leak sensors 7 , 7,... Are repeatedly compared with the threshold value S0 to determine whether or not water leakage has occurred.

When the occurrence of the water leakage and the location of the occurrence of the water leakage can be identified in this way, the contact information of the house-related company stored in the RAM 25 is read out in advance (S80), and the line controller 31 is controlled. NTT via telephone line 11
A short mail consisting of information for specifying the house where the water leak has occurred and information for specifying the place where the water leak has occurred is output to the terminal 13 (S90). As a result, S9 is sent to the mobile communication terminal 15 owned by the house-related company 17 who is to perform maintenance and management of the house 3.
The short mail output at 0 is received (S100). Then, the house-related company 17 that has received the short mail immediately visits the house 3 where the water leak has occurred and takes necessary measures to take measures against the water leak (S110).

According to the present embodiment, since the configuration is as described above, the following operations and effects are exhibited. That is, according to the water leak warning system 1, the maintenance and management of the house 3 can be performed without taking measures such as periodically circulating workers to determine whether or not a water leak has occurred in the house 3. For the house-related company 17
Can be contacted in a timely and accurate manner. Therefore,
According to the water leak warning system 1, it is possible to perform an optimal response while saving the labor required for maintenance and management of the house 3. In particular, not only the building where the water leak has occurred, but also the place where the water leak has occurred can be notified, and the house-related business operator 17 who has been notified can promptly and accurately receive the water leak. Measures can be taken.

Further, according to the water leak alarm system 1, the portable communication terminal 1
Since the occurrence of water leakage can be notified in the form of a short mail for the device 5, the notification of the occurrence of water leakage can be executed in a timely and reliable manner around the clock.
Then, the house-related company 17 rushes the person in charge to the house 3 in which the water leak has occurred, so that the effect that the quick response is possible is exhibited. Further, in the present embodiment, the telephone number of the mobile phone or the PHS owned by the person in charge of the house-related company 17 is stored in the RAM 25 as the contact information at the time of water leakage, as the contact information. Even if you are on the road, you can know accurately and reliably that a water leak has occurred in the house 3 that you are in charge of maintenance and management, and the effect that prompt response is possible is exhibited. Is done.

The embodiments of the present invention have been described above. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be embodied in various other forms without departing from the gist thereof. .

Although the embodiment has been described in connection with the case where the maintenance / management of the single-family house 3 is performed in the event of water leakage, the possibility of water leakage also occurs in an apartment house such as an apartment. It is also possible to install a water leak detecting means at a location where there is, and to perform maintenance and management thereof.

In the embodiment, the house-related business 1
7 was contacted, but the email address of the house-related agent 17 was stored in the RAM 25, and the occurrence of water leakage occurred in the form of an email using the Internet or the like. It may be configured to notify the building where the water leak has occurred and the location where the water leak has occurred.

[0026]

As described above, according to the present invention, a water leak in a building such as a house or an apartment is automatically detected, and the building in which the water leak has occurred and the water leak location are identified. Can be automatically notified to a house-related company such as a housing company, a remodeling company, and a waterworks company.

As a result, according to the water leak warning system of the present invention, it is possible to determine whether or not a water leak has occurred in a building without taking measures such as periodically circulating workers. It is possible to timely and accurately contact house-related contractors, such as housing contractors, renovation contractors, and water supply contractors, who are in charge of maintenance and management of goods. Therefore, according to the water leak alarm system of the present invention, it is possible to perform an optimal response while saving the labor required for building maintenance and management. In particular, not only the building where the water leak has occurred, but also the location where the water leak has occurred can be notified. Measures can be taken.

Also, as a contact point at the time of occurrence of water leakage, a pager, a mobile phone, a PHS
When using communication to mobile communication terminals, such as when a person in charge of the mobile communication terminal is on the road, water leakage may occur in a building that is in charge of maintenance and management. It is possible to know exactly and exactly what is happening, and it is possible to quickly respond 24 hours a day.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram showing a schematic configuration of a water leak warning system as an embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a schematic configuration of a control device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the contents of a control process according to the embodiment.

[Description of Signs] 1 ・ ・ ・ Water leak alarm system 3 ・ ・ ・ Customer's house 5
... under floor, 7: humidity / water leak sensor, 9: control device, 11: telephone line, 13: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Company (NTT), 15: portable communication terminal, 17 ... house related business, 21 ... CPU, 23 ... ROM,
25: RAM, 27: Input port, 29:
Output port, 31 ... line control device, 33 ... operation panel.

Continued on front page F-term (reference) DD28 DD51 EE02 FF02 FF20 FF23 5K101 KK02 KK14 LL12 LL13 RR12

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A water leak detecting means installed at a location of a building where a water leak is likely to occur, a water leak detecting means installation location storing means for storing an installation location of the water leak detecting means, A water leak determining unit that receives a detection signal from the water leak detecting unit to determine whether a water leak has occurred, and a water leak that has been determined by the water leak determining unit to be a water leak. A leak location identifying means for identifying a location in relation to the storage content of the location for storing the leak detection means, and information for specifying a building in which the leak detection means is installed. A building identification information storage unit to be stored; a contact information storage unit at the time of water leakage that stores contact information when a water leak has occurred in the building; and a water leak determination unit that determines that a water leak has occurred. In the event of a water leak, For the contact information stored in the column, the information for specifying the building stored in the building specifying information storage means and the water leak location identified by the water leak location identification means are automatically output. A water leak alarm system comprising: 2. The water leak alarm system according to claim 1, wherein the water leak notifying unit is configured to notify the contact when the water leak occurs to a pager owned by the contact.
A water leak alarm system, wherein communication is performed by communication with a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a PHS or by sending an electronic mail to an electronic mail address of the contact.