JP2005038280A - Disaster prevention system, maintenance device, maintenance method, and maintenance program - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To efficiently replace a plurality of disaster prevention terminals installed in a plurality of properties. <P>SOLUTION: The maintenance device 20 collects maintenance information (specifically, stain data) about the maintenance of a plurality of disaster prevention terminals 1 collaborating with respective disaster prevention receivers 10 from the disaster prevention receivers 10 of each property, and calculates the necessity of replacement of each disaster prevention terminals 1 based on that. The maintenance device 20 tabulates the number of the replacement-needed disaster prevention terminals 1, which are predicted that they need replacement, each for a plurality of groups dividing the disaster prevention receivers 10 of each property in terms of its location (or patrol route of a maintenance personnel), and informs the result of the aggregation on a screen. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a disaster prevention system in which a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that perform disaster prevention processing in cooperation with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals, and a maintenance management device that maintains and manages each disaster prevention receiver via a network, in the disaster prevention system The present invention relates to a maintenance management device, a maintenance management method, and a maintenance management program.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, disaster prevention systems that issue an alarm by detecting the presence of a fire or a gas leak have been widely used in office buildings and factories. That is, it is a disaster prevention system in which a disaster prevention terminal such as a fire detector or a gas leak detector and a disaster prevention receiver that receives a signal from the disaster prevention terminal and outputs a warning of the occurrence of a fire are connected via a transmission line. .

  In such a disaster prevention system, generally, a plurality of disaster prevention receivers installed in a plurality of regions and a central monitoring center are connected via a network, and each disaster prevention receiver is connected to the monitoring center. It is also possible to output a fire alarm. For example, in Patent Document 1, “a terminal device that is installed in a monitored facility and receives a signal from a sensor for monitoring the operation state of facilities in the facility and the state of crime prevention and disaster prevention and reports it through a telephone line network or a monitoring center. Receives and displays a report from a terminal device via the telephone line network, and when the received report content or time matches a predetermined condition, describes the report content in a predetermined language that matches the forwarding destination A disaster prevention system provided with a receiving facility for converting and transferring the received message is disclosed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 11-164036

  By the way, the above-mentioned conventional technology is merely a real-time monitoring system for the purpose of remote monitoring of facilities, maintenance management of disaster prevention terminals and the like is insufficient, and it is said that efficient replacement work of disaster prevention terminals cannot be performed. There was a problem. In other words, in the above prior art, the number of smoke detectors that are about to be replaced in a certain property (an office building or factory where disaster prevention receivers and disaster prevention terminals are installed) (the number of smoke detectors to be replaced) As the number of smoke detectors taken for replacement is insufficient, the number of smoke detectors taken for replacement is not enough, and the property is sent again to the property or replaced with another property in the vicinity of the property that was exchanged the next day. We were unable to perform efficient replacement work for disaster prevention terminals, such as going to the station.

  Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-described problems of the prior art, and provides a disaster prevention system, a maintenance management apparatus, a maintenance management method, and a maintenance management program that can efficiently replace a disaster prevention terminal. The purpose is to do.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the invention according to claim 1 is connected to a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that perform disaster prevention processing in cooperation with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals via a network. A maintenance management device that collects maintenance information related to maintenance from a machine and maintains and manages each disaster prevention receiver, and a plurality of disaster prevention cooperating with each disaster prevention receiver based on the maintenance information collected from the plurality of disaster prevention receivers Predicting means for predicting whether or not a terminal needs to be replaced, and totaling the number of disaster-preventing terminals that need to be replaced by the predicting means for each of a plurality of groups obtained by grouping the plurality of disaster prevention receivers. Means and a notifying means for notifying the number of disaster prevention terminals requiring replacement in a predetermined group counted by the counting means.

  Further, in the invention according to claim 2, in the above-mentioned invention, the counting means includes a plurality of groups obtained by grouping the plurality of disaster prevention receivers from the viewpoint of the location of each disaster prevention receiver or the traveling route of maintenance personnel. In addition, the number of the disaster prevention terminals requiring replacement is counted.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the above invention, the notifying unit is configured to perform the predetermined processing when the number of disaster prevention terminals requiring replacement in the predetermined group totaled by the totaling unit exceeds a predetermined constant. The number of disaster prevention terminals requiring replacement is notified in association with the group.

  The invention according to claim 4 is characterized in that, in the above invention, the predicting means predicts whether or not replacement is necessary from a history of dirt data of each disaster prevention terminal collected from the disaster prevention receiver.

  Further, the invention according to claim 5 is the above invention, wherein the prediction means is a liquid crystal based on maintenance information of the liquid crystal backlight, power supply unit and / or storage battery of the disaster prevention receiver collected from the disaster prevention receiver. Further, the necessity of replacement of the backlight, the power supply unit and / or the storage battery is further predicted, and the aggregation means is a liquid crystal backlight and power supply unit for replacement that are predicted to be replaced by the prediction means for each of the plurality of groups. And / or further summing up the number of storage batteries, and the reporting means reports the number of liquid crystal backlights, power supply units, and / or storage batteries that need replacement in a predetermined group counted by the counting means. .

  Moreover, the invention which concerns on Claim 6 collects the maintenance information regarding maintenance via a network from the some disaster prevention receiver which cooperates with several disaster prevention terminals, and performs disaster prevention processing, and maintains and manages each disaster prevention receiver A management method for predicting the necessity of replacement of a plurality of disaster prevention terminals that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver based on maintenance information collected from the plurality of disaster prevention receivers, and the plurality of disaster prevention receivers. For each of a plurality of groups divided into groups, a totaling step for counting the number of disaster prevention terminals that are required to be replaced by the prediction step, and a disaster prevention terminal for replacement in a predetermined group that is tabulated by the totalization step And a notification step of notifying the number of pieces.

  Moreover, the invention which concerns on Claim 7 collects the maintenance information regarding a maintenance from the some disaster prevention receiver which cooperates with several disaster prevention terminals and performs a disaster prevention process via a network, and maintains and manages each disaster prevention receiver A maintenance management program for causing a computer to execute a management method, wherein a prediction procedure for predicting whether or not to replace a plurality of disaster prevention terminals cooperating with each disaster prevention receiver based on maintenance information collected from the plurality of disaster prevention receivers; , For each of a plurality of groups in which the plurality of disaster prevention receivers are grouped, a counting procedure for counting the number of disaster prevention terminals that need to be replaced that are predicted to be replaced by the prediction procedure, and a predetermined number calculated by the counting procedure And a notification procedure for notifying the number of disaster prevention terminals in need of replacement in the group.

  The invention according to claim 8 is a disaster prevention in which a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that perform disaster prevention processing in cooperation with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals and a maintenance management device that maintains and manages each disaster prevention receiver are connected via a network. A system for predicting whether or not to replace a plurality of disaster prevention terminals that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver based on maintenance information related to maintenance of each disaster prevention receiver, and the plurality of disaster prevention receivers are grouped For each of a plurality of groups, a totaling unit that counts the number of disaster prevention terminals that are required to be replaced by the prediction unit, and a number of disaster prevention terminals that need replacement in a predetermined group that is totaled by the totaling unit. And an informing means for informing.

  The invention according to claim 9 is a disaster prevention system in which a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that perform disaster prevention processing in cooperation with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals and a maintenance management device that maintains and manages each disaster prevention receiver are connected via a network. A maintenance management method in the system, which predicts whether or not to replace a plurality of disaster prevention terminals that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver based on maintenance information regarding maintenance of each disaster prevention receiver, and the plurality of disaster prevention receivers For each of a plurality of groups divided into groups, a totaling step for counting the number of disaster prevention terminals that are required to be replaced by the prediction step, and a disaster prevention for replacement in a predetermined group totaled by the totaling step A notification step of notifying the number of terminals.

  The invention according to claim 10 is a disaster prevention system in which a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that perform disaster prevention processing in cooperation with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals and a maintenance management device that maintains and manages each disaster prevention receiver are connected via a network. A maintenance management program for causing a computer to execute a maintenance management method in the system, and predicting the necessity of replacement of a plurality of disaster prevention terminals that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver based on maintenance information related to maintenance of each disaster prevention receiver And, for each of a plurality of groups in which the plurality of disaster prevention receivers are grouped, a totaling procedure for totaling the number of disaster prevention terminals that are required to be replaced according to the prediction procedure, and the totaling procedure A notification procedure for notifying the number of disaster prevention terminals requiring replacement in a predetermined group is executed by a computer.

  According to any one of claims 1 and 6 to 10, a plurality of disaster prevention terminals installed in a plurality of properties (an office building or a factory in which a disaster prevention receiver and a disaster prevention terminal are installed) are efficiently exchanged. It becomes possible to do. That is, not only the number of disaster prevention terminals that are about to be replaced for a given property (the number of disaster prevention terminals that are taken for replacement), but also the number of disaster prevention terminals that are about to be exchanged for a given group of multiple properties. The total number can also be grasped on the maintenance management device side. For this reason, the situation where the number of disaster prevention terminals taken for replacement is not enough and the property goes to the property again is eliminated, and multiple properties belonging to the specified group are visited at once and the disaster prevention terminals are exchanged together. It is possible to efficiently formulate and carry out such an exchange plan.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 2, an appropriate time is considered in consideration of the total number of disaster prevention terminals that are about to be replaced in a plurality of properties belonging to a predetermined area or a plurality of properties scattered on the patrol route of maintenance personnel. It becomes possible to efficiently exchange disaster prevention terminals, such as visiting a plurality of properties at a time and exchanging disaster prevention terminals together (for example, when the total number is not too small and not too many).

  According to the invention of claim 3, it is possible to promptly replace the disaster prevention terminal at an appropriate time, and it is possible to efficiently replace the disaster prevention terminal while preventing a situation where the replacement of the disaster prevention terminal is forgotten. become.

  Moreover, according to the invention of claim 4, the replacement time of the disaster prevention terminal can be predicted with high accuracy, and the disaster prevention terminal can be efficiently replaced while preventing a situation where the disaster prevention terminal that can still be used is replaced. Is possible.

  Further, according to the invention of claim 5, the liquid crystal backlight, the power supply unit and / or the storage battery of the disaster prevention receiver can be efficiently exchanged together with the disaster prevention terminal.

  Exemplary embodiments of a disaster prevention system, a maintenance management device, a maintenance management method, and a maintenance management program according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following, the overview and features of the disaster prevention system according to the present embodiment (1: overview and features of the disaster prevention system), the configuration of each device (2: the configuration of the disaster prevention receiver, 3: the configuration of the maintenance management device), disaster prevention The flow of processing by the system (4: maintenance management processing) will be described in order, and finally various modified examples (5: other embodiments) of this embodiment will be described.

[1: Overview and features of disaster prevention system]
First, the outline and characteristics of the disaster prevention system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram illustrating the overall configuration of the disaster prevention system according to the present embodiment. As shown in the figure, the disaster prevention system according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of disaster prevention receivers 10 installed in each property (for example, property numbers 1 to 200) such as office buildings and factories, and a central monitoring center. The installed maintenance management apparatus 20 is connected to be communicable with each other via a network 6 such as the Internet, a public telephone network, or a dedicated line, and is further connected to the disaster prevention receiver 10 of each property via the transmission path 5. A plurality of disaster prevention terminals 1 are connected.

  Of these, the disaster prevention terminal 1 is a detection means for detecting the presence or absence of a fire or a gas leak. Specifically, a fire detector (smoke analog detector or thermal analog detector), a gas leak detector, etc. It corresponds to. The detection signal (smoke and heat output value) of the disaster prevention terminal 1 is transmitted to the disaster prevention receiver 10 via the transmission path 5.

  In addition, the disaster prevention receiver 10 determines whether the output value (smoke or heat output value) of the disaster prevention terminal 1 connected to the transmission line 5 is at any sensitivity level (caution level, fire level, interlocking level, etc.). Accordingly, disaster prevention processing is performed for each of a plurality of levels. Specifically, so-called message data is displayed, the corresponding emergency bell is ringed, the fire door to be linked is closed, and further, a fire alarm is sent to the monitoring center via the network 6 Different disaster prevention processes set in advance for each level.

  Here, the disaster prevention system according to the present embodiment has a main feature in the maintenance management of the disaster prevention terminal 1 described above, and specifically, efficiently replaces a plurality of disaster prevention terminals 1 installed in a plurality of properties. To be possible. Briefly describing this, the disaster prevention terminal 1 such as a smoke analog sensor becomes unusable due to excessive output value if the detection site becomes very dirty. For example, the level of contamination using a test LED or the like. (Dirt data) is measured to determine the control limit, and replacement work by maintenance personnel of the monitoring center is required at an appropriate time before the control limit is exceeded.

  In response to such a request for replacement work, the disaster prevention system maintenance management apparatus 20 according to the present embodiment has a plurality of disaster prevention receivers 10 that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver 10 as shown in FIG. Maintenance information on the maintenance of the disaster prevention terminal 1 (specifically, dirt data) is collected, and the necessity of replacement of each disaster prevention terminal 1 is predicted based on this. Then, the maintenance management device 20 replaces the disaster prevention receiver 10 of each property for each of a plurality of groups (areas A to n shown in FIG. 1) divided into groups from the viewpoint of the location (or maintenance staff's patrol route). The number of disaster prevention terminals 1 that are predicted to require replacement is totaled, and the result of the totalization is reported on the screen (see FIG. 7).

  Therefore, according to the present embodiment, not only the number of disaster prevention terminals 1 whose replacement time is approaching for a predetermined property (the number of disaster prevention terminals to be taken for replacement) but also a predetermined group (district) composed of a plurality of properties. The total number of disaster prevention terminals 1 whose replacement time is approaching can also be grasped by the maintenance management device 20 side. For this reason, the number of disaster prevention terminals 1 taken for replacement is not enough, and the situation such as going to the property again is excluded, and the total number of disaster prevention terminals 1 whose replacement time is approaching in a plurality of properties belonging to a predetermined area Efficiently plan the replacement of disaster prevention terminals 1, such as visiting multiple properties at once and exchanging the disaster prevention terminals 1 at a suitable time (for example, when the total number is not too small or too large) Can be planned and executed. In other words, as described above, a plurality of disaster prevention terminals 1 installed in a plurality of properties can be efficiently exchanged.

  In the disaster prevention system according to the present embodiment, the liquid crystal backlight, the power supply unit, and the storage battery of the disaster prevention receiver 10 can be efficiently exchanged together with the disaster prevention terminal 1 in relation to the above main features. ing. That is, in the maintenance management device 20, the maintenance information of the liquid crystal backlight, power supply unit, and storage battery of each disaster prevention receiver 10 from the disaster prevention receiver 10 of each property (specifically, the total usage time of the liquid crystal backlight, (Accumulated usage time, storage battery discharge time) are also collected. Based on the collected maintenance information, it is further predicted whether or not the liquid crystal backlight, power supply unit, and storage battery need to be replaced. For each group (district), the number of liquid crystal backlights, storage batteries, and power supply units that need replacement is further increased. Aggregate and report the aggregation result on the screen (see FIG. 7).

[2: Configuration of disaster prevention receiver]
Next, the configuration of the disaster prevention receiver 10 shown in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the disaster prevention receiver 10. As shown in the figure, the disaster prevention receiver 10 includes a transmission control unit 11, an operation unit 12, a display unit 13 (and a liquid crystal backlight 13a), a main acoustic unit 14, a power supply unit 15, a standby power supply. (Battery) 16, an external transfer unit 17, a storage unit 18, and a control unit 19.

  Among these, the transmission control unit 11 is a transmission control unit that performs transmission control with the disaster prevention terminal 1. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the transmission control unit 11 includes a disaster prevention terminal 1 such as a fire detector or a gas leak detector, or a relay to these disaster prevention terminals 1 via a transmission path 5. A repeater 2 that performs transmission is connected. And based on the various commands transmitted via the transmission control part 11, polling / selecting etc. with respect to the disaster prevention terminal 1 are performed.

  The operation unit 12 is an operation unit for performing various operations on the disaster prevention receiver 10, and the display unit 13 is a display unit for displaying various types of information to the operator. Both of them are composed of a liquid crystal screen touch panel (a touch panel having a liquid crystal backlight to be replaced). The main acoustic unit 14 is a main acoustic unit for outputting various alarm sounds in the disaster prevention receiver 10, and specifically includes a speaker or the like.

  The power supply unit 15 is a main power supply unit that supplies power to each part of the disaster prevention receiver 10 at normal times, and the standby power supply (battery) 16 is a standby power supply unit (battery) that supplies power to each part of the disaster prevention receiver 10 in the event of a power failure. ). The power supply unit 15 and the battery 16 are also subject to replacement like the liquid crystal backlight described above, and the power supply unit 15 also charges the battery 16 during normal operation.

  The external transfer unit 17 is a communication control unit that controls communication with an external communication device of the disaster prevention receiver 10. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 1, the external transfer unit 17 is connected to an external communication device (for example, an external monitoring board or other) via a network 6 such as the Internet, a public telephone network, or a dedicated line. Communication with this communication device is controlled by the external transfer unit 17.

  The transmission control unit 11 is also connected to an emergency bell 3 arranged in each warning area and a release 4 for automatically opening and closing the fire door in each warning area via the transmission line 5. The control unit 19 (via the transmission control unit 11) controls the ringing of the emergency bell 3 and the opening / closing of the release 4.

  The storage unit 18 is a storage unit (storage unit) that stores various data acquired from each disaster prevention terminal 1 and data and programs necessary for various processes by the control unit 19, and is particularly closely related to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, a maintenance information table 18a is provided.

  The maintenance information table 18a is a means for storing maintenance information regarding each disaster prevention terminal 1, the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the power supply unit 15, and the battery 16. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 3, the maintenance information is registered. The dirt data of each disaster prevention terminal 1 specified by the address, the accumulated usage time of the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the accumulated usage time of the power supply unit 15, and the discharge of the battery 16 are associated with the time (date) It is configured to memorize time. The acquisition of each maintenance information will be described later.

  The control unit 19 has an internal memory for storing a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program that defines various processing procedures, and necessary data, and performs various processes (for example, as described above). As shown in FIG. 2, a disaster prevention processing unit 19a, a maintenance information acquisition unit 19b, and a maintenance information transmission unit 19c, as shown in FIG. Prepare.

  Among these, the disaster prevention processing unit 19a is a processing unit that performs disaster prevention processing such as an alarm output of a fire occurrence or a transfer output based on an output value from each disaster prevention terminal 1. Specifically, when a detection signal is received from any disaster prevention terminal 1, it determines which sensitivity level (attention level, fire level, interlocking level, etc.) the output value is, and further exceeds such sensitivity level. It is determined whether or not the state has continued over the accumulation time of each sensitivity level. And as a result of the determination, when the output value exceeding each sensitivity level exceeds the accumulation time of each sensitivity level and is output from the disaster prevention terminal 1, the disaster prevention processing unit 19a displays so-called message data on the display unit 13 , The emergency bell 3 corresponding to the disaster prevention terminal 1 is ringed, the release 4 is activated in order to close the fire door to be linked, or the fire is sent to the monitoring center via the network 6 Different disaster prevention processes set in advance for each level, such as performing.

  The maintenance information acquisition unit 19b is a processing unit that acquires maintenance information regarding each disaster prevention terminal 1, the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the power supply unit 15, and the battery 16, and stores this in the maintenance information table 18a. Specifically, by causing a test LED built in the disaster prevention terminal 1 to emit light and measuring the level of dirt (for example, dirt data indicating which level 1 to level 10 belongs) from its output value. The maintenance information (dirt data) of the disaster prevention terminal 1 is acquired. Also, the maintenance information (integrated usage time) of the liquid crystal backlight 13a is acquired by integrating the usage time of the liquid crystal backlight 13a from the start of use (at the time of replacement). Further, the maintenance information (integrated usage time) of the power supply unit 15 is acquired by integrating the usage time of the power supply unit 15 from the start of use (at the time of replacement). Furthermore, the maintenance information (discharge time) of the battery 16 is acquired by discharging the battery 16 from a fully charged state and measuring the time until the battery 16 drops to a predetermined voltage. The acquisition (and storage) of the maintenance information is periodically executed at a predetermined timing (for example, the first day of every month).

  The maintenance information transmission unit 19c stores maintenance information (dirt data of each disaster prevention terminal 1, the accumulated usage time of the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the accumulated usage time of the power supply unit 15, and the discharge time of the battery 16) stored in the maintenance information table 18a. It is a processing unit that transmits to the maintenance management device 20. The transmission of the maintenance information is periodically executed at a predetermined timing, such as immediately after acquisition (and storage) by the maintenance information acquisition unit 19b.

[3: Configuration of maintenance management device]
Next, the configuration of the maintenance management device 20 illustrated in FIG. 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of the maintenance management apparatus 20. As shown in the figure, the maintenance management device 20 includes an input unit 21, an output unit 22, an input / output control IF unit 23, a communication control IF unit 24, a storage unit 25, and a control unit 26. Configured.

  Among these, the input unit 21 is an input unit that receives input of various types of information, and includes a keyboard, a mouse, and a microphone. For example, the input unit 21 receives and inputs an output instruction of maintenance information stored in the storage unit 25. To do. The output unit 22 is an output unit that outputs various types of information, and includes a monitor (or a display, a touch panel) and a speaker. For example, the output unit 22 displays and outputs maintenance information stored in the storage unit 25 ( FIG. 7 and FIG. 8). The monitor also realizes a pointing device function in cooperation with the mouse.

  The input / output control IF unit 23 is means for controlling the input / output of data by the input unit 21 and the output unit 22, and the communication control IF unit 14 exchanges various information with the disaster prevention receiver 10 of each property. It is a means for controlling communication related to (for example, a fire alarm, maintenance information, etc.).

  The storage unit 25 is a storage unit (storage unit) that stores data and programs necessary for various types of processing by the control unit 26. In particular, the storage unit 25 is closely related to the present invention as shown in FIG. A DB 25a and a district DB 25b are provided.

  Among these, receiver DB25a is a means (database) which memorize | stores the maintenance information etc. which were received from the disaster prevention receiver 10, and specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 5, the district and property of each disaster prevention receiver 10 Corresponding to the number, the dirt data of each disaster prevention terminal 1 connected to the disaster prevention receiver 10 and the integration of the liquid crystal backlight 13a every time (date) when the maintenance information is registered in each disaster prevention receiver 10 The use time, the accumulated use time of the power supply unit 15, and the discharge time of the battery 16 are stored, and the replacement prediction described later for each device (disaster prevention terminal 1, liquid crystal backlight 13a, power supply unit 15, battery 16). It is configured to store the necessity of exchange predicted by the unit 26a.

  The district DB 25b is a means (database) for storing maintenance information aggregated for each district. Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 6, the district DB 25b is associated with a district code that uniquely identifies each district. The total number of disaster prevention terminals 10, liquid crystal backlight 13 a, power supply unit 15, and battery 16 predicted to be replaced is stored for each total number of disaster prevention terminals 1, liquid crystal backlight 13 a, power supply unit 15, and battery 16. Configured. The summation of the maintenance information will be described later.

  The control unit 26 is a processing unit that has a control program such as an OS (Operating System), a program that defines various processing procedures, and an internal memory for storing necessary data, and executes various processes using these. Particularly, as closely related to the present invention, as shown in FIG. 4, a maintenance information collecting unit 26a, a replacement predicting unit 26b, a replacement counting unit 26c, and a replacement notification unit 26d are provided.

  Among these, the maintenance information collection unit 26a is a processing unit that collects maintenance information from the disaster prevention receiver 10 of each property. Specifically, the maintenance information transmitted by the disaster prevention receiver 10 of each property (dirt data of each disaster prevention terminal 1, the accumulated usage time of the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the accumulated usage time of the power supply unit 15, and the discharge time of the battery 16). These are received and registered in the receiver DB 25a.

  The exchange prediction unit 26b includes a plurality of disaster prevention terminals 1 that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver 10, the liquid crystal backlight 13a of the disaster prevention receiver 10, the power supply unit based on the maintenance information collected from the disaster prevention receiver 10 of each property. 15 and a processing unit that predicts whether or not the storage battery 16 needs to be replaced. Specifically, regarding whether or not each disaster prevention terminal 1 needs to be replaced, the contamination data of each disaster prevention terminal 1 has a predetermined control limit (for example, level 8) within a predetermined period (for example, within three months from the present). It is predicted from the history of dirt data of each disaster prevention terminal 1 stored in the receiver DB 25a. In other words, since the prediction is based on the history of dirt data, for example, the disaster prevention terminal 1 with a fast progress of dirt is predicted to be “replacement required” even if the current dirt data is level 6, and the disaster prevention terminal 1 with a slow progress of dirt is Even if the current dirt data is level 7, it is predicted that “replacement is not allowed”.

  Also, regarding whether or not the liquid crystal backlight 13a needs to be replaced, a predetermined management limit (for example, 20,000 hours) is set within a predetermined period (for example, within three months from the present) of the liquid crystal backlight 13a. It is predicted from the history of the accumulated usage time of the liquid crystal backlight 13a stored in the receiver DB 25a. That is, also in this case, the current accumulated use time and the result of the necessity of replacement may be reversed between the liquid crystal backlight 13a having a fast progress of the accumulated use time and the slow liquid crystal backlight 13a.

  Similarly, regarding whether or not the power supply unit 15 needs to be replaced, a predetermined management limit (for example, 50,000 hours) within a predetermined period (for example, within three months from the present) of the power supply unit 15 is necessary. Is predicted from the history of the accumulated usage time of the power supply unit 15 stored in the receiver DB 25a. Further, regarding whether or not the battery 16 needs to be replaced, it is received whether or not the discharge time of the battery 16 falls within a predetermined period (for example, within 3 months from the present) whether or not the predetermined control limit (for example, 1 hour) is exceeded. Predicted from the history of the discharge time of the battery 16 stored in the machine DB 25a.

  In addition, the replacement prediction unit 26b executes the above-described replacement necessity prediction at a predetermined timing (for example, immediately after the maintenance information is stored in the receiver DB 25a). As illustrated in FIG. 5, registration is performed in the receiver DB 25a. The purpose of the prediction based on the maintenance information history, rather than uniquely predicting whether or not the current maintenance information is required, is that the disaster prevention terminal 1, the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the power supply unit 15, and the storage battery This is because it is possible to accurately predict the replacement time of 16 and prevent a situation where a still usable one is replaced.

  The exchange totaling unit 26c replaces the disaster prevention receiver 10 of each property that is predicted to require replacement by the exchange prediction unit 26b for each of a plurality of groups (districts) grouped from the viewpoint of the location of each disaster prevention receiver 10. It is a processing unit that counts the number of essential disaster prevention terminals 1, the liquid crystal backlight 13 a, the power supply unit 15, and the storage battery 16. Specifically, referring to the maintenance information of each property stored in the receiver DB 25a (specifically, information of “replacement required”), the disaster prevention terminal 1 in the district, the liquid crystal backlight 13a, The total numbers of the disaster prevention terminal 10, the liquid crystal backlight 13 a, the power supply unit 15, and the battery 16 that are predicted to be replaced are totaled for the total number of the power supply unit 15 and the battery 16.

  Further, the exchange totaling unit 26c executes the totalization at a predetermined timing (for example, immediately after the information on the exchange “necessary” is updated in the receiver DB 25a), and the result of the totalization is illustrated in FIG. Register in the district DB 25b. In addition, the purpose of counting for each group (district) divided into groups from the viewpoint of the location of the property is the total number of disaster prevention terminals 1 etc. that are about to be replaced in a plurality of properties belonging to a given district. In order to enable efficient exchange work, such as visiting multiple properties at once and exchanging the disaster prevention terminals 1 together at an appropriate time (for example, when the total number is not too small and not too many) It is.

  The replacement notification unit 26d is a processing unit that notifies the total number of disaster prevention terminals 1, the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the power supply unit 15, and the battery 16 that need replacement in each group (district). Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 7, the total number of disaster prevention terminals 10, the liquid crystal backlight 13 a, the power supply unit 15, and the battery 16 that are required to be replaced and stored in the district DB 25 b is output to the output unit 22. Control to display.

  Here, the screen illustrated in FIG. 7 will be described. The replacement notification unit 26d is predicted to require replacement for the total number of disaster prevention terminals 1, liquid crystal backlights 13a, power supply units 15, and batteries 16 in each district. The total number of disaster prevention terminal 10, liquid crystal backlight 13a, power supply unit 15, and battery 16 is displayed for each district. In addition, the total number of exchange points is a predetermined constant (a constant that is determined in advance to be efficient to exchange together within the district when it exceeds this. 10 and the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the power supply unit 15, and the battery 16). For items exceeding (), the output unit is distinguished from other items, such as “district A, disaster prevention terminal” illustrated in FIG. 22 is displayed in white. In addition, when the district name (district A, etc.) illustrated in the figure is selected and instructed, the exchange notification unit 26d selects the property number of each disaster prevention receiver 10 belonging to the designated district or the disaster prevention receiver of each property. 10, the dirt data of each disaster prevention terminal 1 connected to 10, the accumulated use time of the liquid crystal backlight 13 a, the accumulated use time of the power supply unit 15, the discharge time of the battery 16, etc. are displayed on the output unit 22.

  In addition, the exchange notification unit 26 d not only displays the above-described screen on the output unit 22 in response to an operation instruction via the input unit 21. That is, when an item whose total number of replacements exceeds the above-mentioned constant occurs in a predetermined group (district), as illustrated in FIG. 8, the total number of replacements (here, Then, the number of disaster prevention terminals 1 is displayed on the output unit 22. In addition, regardless of the operation instruction via the input unit 21 (automatically), the purpose of displaying such an alarm is to promote replacement of the disaster prevention terminal 1 and the like at an appropriate time, and to perform replacement work. This is to prevent the situation from being forgotten.

  The maintenance management apparatus 10 described above is realized by mounting the functions of the above-described units on an information processing apparatus such as a known personal computer, workstation, mobile phone, PHS terminal, mobile communication terminal, or PDA. You can also.

[4: Maintenance management processing]
Next, the maintenance management process by the disaster prevention system according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the flow of maintenance management processing. Here, maintenance management processing is executed between a certain disaster prevention receiver 10 and the maintenance management device 20 irrespective of an operation instruction via the input unit 21 of the maintenance management device 20 (automatically). This will be described as an example.

  As shown in the figure, the disaster prevention receiver 10 has maintenance information (each disaster prevention terminal 1) about each disaster prevention terminal 1, the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the power supply unit 15, and the battery 16 at a predetermined timing (for example, the first day of every month). The contamination data, the accumulated usage time of the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the accumulated usage time of the power supply unit 15, and the discharge time of the battery 16 are acquired and stored in the maintenance information table 18a (step S901). Subsequently, the disaster prevention receiver 10 transmits the maintenance information stored in the maintenance information table 18a to the maintenance management device 20 (step S902).

  On the other hand, when the maintenance management device 20 receives maintenance information from the disaster prevention receiver 10 (dirt data of each disaster prevention terminal 1, the accumulated use time of the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the accumulated use time of the power supply unit 15, and the discharge time of the battery 16). These are stored in the receiver DB 25a (step S903). And the maintenance management apparatus 20 is based on the maintenance information stored in receiver DB25a, the some disaster prevention terminal 1 which cooperates with the disaster prevention receiver 10, the liquid crystal backlight 13a of the said disaster prevention receiver 10, the power supply unit 15, and It is predicted whether or not the storage battery 16 needs to be replaced, and the prediction result is stored in the receiver DB 25a (step S904).

  Further, the maintenance management device 20 determines the number of the disaster prevention terminal 1, the liquid crystal backlight 13 a, the power supply unit 15, and the storage battery 16 that are required to be replaced in the group (district) to which the disaster prevention receiver 10 belongs. Aggregate (step S905) and store the aggregated result in the district DB 25b (step S906). Subsequently, the maintenance management device 20 determines whether or not an item in which the total number of replacements exceeds a predetermined constant has occurred in the group (district) (step S907).

  Here, if the item whose total number of replacements exceeds a predetermined constant does not occur in the above-mentioned district (No in step S907), the processing is ended as it is. On the contrary, the total number of replacements is predetermined. If an item exceeding the constant is generated (Yes in step S907), as illustrated in FIG. 8, the total number of exchange points (here, the number of disaster prevention terminals 1) associated with the group is output as an alarm. 22 (step S908).

  Through the series of processes described above, the maintenance management device 20 notifies the total number of disaster prevention terminals 1, liquid crystal backlights 13 a, power supply units 15, and batteries 16 that need replacement in each group (district). Further, this notification is automatically performed when the total number of replacements exceeds a predetermined constant.

[5: Other embodiments]
Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention may be implemented in various different forms within the scope of the technical idea described in the claims other than the embodiments described above. It is. Accordingly, as shown below, different embodiments will be described by dividing into (1) exchange prediction, (2) exchange aggregation, (3) exchange notification, (4) application target, and (5) system configuration. .

(1) Replacement prediction For example, in the present embodiment, the case where the disaster prevention terminal 1, the liquid crystal backlight 13a, the power supply unit 15, and the battery 16 are predicted to be replaced has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. The present invention can be similarly applied to the case of predicting replacement of any device or part used in the disaster prevention system, such as an indicator lamp of the disaster prevention receiver 10 or a bell connected to the transmission line 5.

  Moreover, although the present Example demonstrated the case where the replacement prediction was performed in the maintenance management apparatus 20, this invention is not limited to this, The replacement prediction is performed in the disaster prevention receiver 10 of each property, and the prediction Even when the result is transmitted to the maintenance management apparatus 20, the present invention can be similarly applied.

  In addition, the maintenance information acquisition method and the exchange prediction method described in the present embodiment are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and other acquisition methods and prediction methods may be used. Any method that can predict the replacement time of the disaster prevention terminal 1 and the liquid crystal backlight 13a can be applied in the same manner.

  In addition, although the present Example demonstrated the case where the disaster prevention receiver 10 transmits maintenance information to the maintenance management apparatus 20 at predetermined timing, this invention is not limited to this, The maintenance management apparatus 20 from The disaster prevention receiver 10 may transmit maintenance information according to the command.

(2) Exchange aggregation For example, in the present embodiment, the case where the exchanges are aggregated for each of a plurality of groups (districts) grouped from the viewpoint of the location of each disaster prevention receiver 10 has been described, but the present invention is limited to this. For example, grouping from the viewpoint of the maintenance staff's patrol route and grouping from the viewpoint of each property management company (company that bears the replacement costs) The present invention can be similarly applied.

  Further, in this embodiment, the case where the maintenance management apparatus 20 is installed in the monitoring center to perform exchange aggregation and exchange notification has been described, but this uses the existing network 6 that connects the monitoring center and each property as it is. Therefore, the present invention is not necessarily limited to this. For example, when the entity that undertakes monitoring differs from the entity that undertakes maintenance management, it is different from the monitoring center. The maintenance management device 20 may be installed at the place.

(3) Exchange notification For example, in the present embodiment, the case where the output unit 22 notifies the exchange total result has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, for example, maintenance that is separate from the monitoring center. You may alert | report with respect to the terminal of a management center, Furthermore, you may alert | report with respect to the mobile terminal which a maintenance worker owns.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the totaling result of the exchange is displayed has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this, for example, when the totaling result as an alarm is notified by a warning sound such as a buzzer. The present invention can be applied to not only visual but also auditory notification methods.

  Moreover, although the present Example demonstrated the case where it determined whether the total number of replacement required exceeded the predetermined constant for every disaster prevention terminal 1 or liquid crystal backlight 13a, this invention is not limited to this. Alternatively, it may be determined whether or not the total number obtained by integrating the total number of the disaster prevention terminal 1, the liquid crystal backlight 13 a, the power supply unit 15, and the battery 16 to be replaced exceeds a predetermined constant.

  Further, in this embodiment, the case where the white display (see FIG. 7) and the alarm display (see FIG. 8) are performed when the total number of replacements exceeds a predetermined constant has been described, but the present invention is not limited to this. For example, if there is a liquid crystal backlight 13a, etc., for which a predetermined period has elapsed since the replacement was predicted to be necessary, the white space display or warning display is performed regardless of whether or not a predetermined constant is exceeded. Other criteria such as prompting may be used.

(4) Applicable object For example, in the present embodiment, the replacement of the disaster prevention terminal 1 has been described by taking a smoke detector as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other devices such as a heat detector can be used. Even when the disaster prevention terminal 1 is replaced, the present invention can be similarly applied.

  Further, in the present embodiment, the case where the present invention is applied to an R-type disaster prevention receiver has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and a signal line is drawn for each line, The present invention can be similarly applied to a P-type disaster prevention receiver that receives a report based on opening and closing of a contact point of a disaster prevention terminal connected to this line.

  Further, in this embodiment, the case where a touch panel is adopted as an operation and display form has been described as an example, but the present invention is not limited to this, and an operation configured to include a so-called switch, button, or the like. The present invention can be similarly applied to the disaster prevention receiver 10 that employs a system and a display system that includes a so-called district indicator light, a segment indicator, and the like. Similarly, the disaster prevention receiver 10 adopting an operation system configured with a keyboard, a mouse, a microphone, etc. and a display system configured with a monitor (or display) or a speaker. The present invention can be similarly applied.

(5) System configuration etc. In addition, among the processes described in the present embodiment, all or a part of the processes described as being automatically performed can be manually performed or manually performed. All or a part of the processing described as a thing can also be automatically performed by a known method. In addition, the processing procedures, control procedures, specific names, and information including various data and parameters shown in the above-mentioned documents and drawings (in particular, the information shown in FIGS. 3 and 5 to 8) are specially noted. It can be changed arbitrarily unless you want to.

  The constituent elements of the illustrated disaster prevention receiver 10 and the maintenance management device 20 are functionally conceptual and need not be physically configured as illustrated. That is, the specific form of distribution / integration of the disaster prevention receiver 10 and the maintenance management device 20 is not limited to the illustrated one, and all or a part thereof can function in arbitrary units according to various loads and usage conditions. Can be distributed or integrated physically or physically. Furthermore, each processing function performed in the disaster prevention receiver 10 and the maintenance management device 20 is realized by a CPU and a program that is analyzed and executed by the CPU, or by wired logic. It can be realized as hardware.

  The maintenance management processing method described in the present embodiment can be realized by executing a program prepared in advance by the maintenance management apparatus 20 (computer) and further by the disaster prevention receiver 10 (computer). This program can be distributed via a network such as the Internet. The program is recorded on a recording medium readable by the disaster prevention receiver 10 (computer) such as a hard disk, a flexible disk (FD), a CD-ROM, an MO, a DVD, and the like, and the maintenance management apparatus 20 (computer). It can also be executed by being read from the recording medium by the disaster prevention receiver 10 (computer).

  As described above, the disaster prevention system, the maintenance management device, the maintenance management method, and the maintenance management program according to the present invention are useful for maintenance management of disaster prevention terminals, and in particular, a plurality of properties (a disaster prevention receiver and a disaster prevention terminal are installed). It is suitable for efficiently exchanging multiple disaster prevention terminals installed in an office building or factory.

It is a system configuration figure showing the whole disaster prevention system composition. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a disaster prevention receiver. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in a maintenance information table. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a maintenance management apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in receiver DB. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the information memorize | stored in district DB. It is a figure which shows the structure of the screen displayed on a maintenance management apparatus. It is a figure which shows the structure of the screen displayed on a maintenance management apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a maintenance management process.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Disaster prevention terminal 2 Repeater 3 Bell 4 Release 5 Transmission path 6 Network 10 Disaster prevention receiver 11 Transmission control part 12 Operation part 13 Display part 13a Liquid crystal backlight 14 Main acoustic part 15 Power supply unit 16 Reserve power supply (battery)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 17 External transfer part 18 Memory | storage part 18a Maintenance information table 19 Control part 19a Disaster prevention process part 19b Maintenance information acquisition part 19c Maintenance information transmission part 20 Maintenance management apparatus 21 Input part 22 Output part 23 Input / output control IF part 24 Communication control IF part 25 storage unit 25a receiver DB
25b District DB
26 Control Unit 26a Maintenance Information Collection Unit 26b Exchange Prediction Unit 26c Exchange Totaling Unit 26d Exchange Notification Unit

Claims (10)

A maintenance management device that is connected via a network to a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that cooperate with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals to perform disaster prevention processing, collect maintenance information from each disaster prevention receiver, and maintain and manage each disaster prevention receiver Because
Prediction means for predicting the necessity of replacement of a plurality of disaster prevention terminals that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver based on maintenance information collected from the plurality of disaster prevention receivers,
For each of a plurality of groups in which the plurality of disaster prevention receivers are grouped, a counting unit that counts the number of disaster prevention terminals that are predicted to be replaced by the prediction unit;
Informing means for notifying the number of disaster prevention terminals in need of replacement in the predetermined group totaled by the totaling means,
A maintenance management device characterized by comprising:   The counting means totals the number of disaster prevention terminals requiring replacement for each of a plurality of groups obtained by grouping the plurality of disaster prevention receivers from the viewpoint of the location of each disaster prevention receiver or the patrol route of maintenance personnel. The maintenance management device according to claim 1, wherein   When the number of disaster prevention terminals requiring replacement in the predetermined group counted by the totaling means exceeds a predetermined constant, the notification means reports the number of disaster prevention terminals required for replacement in association with the predetermined group. The maintenance management device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein   The maintenance management apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the predicting unit predicts whether or not replacement is necessary from a history of dirt data of each disaster prevention terminal collected from the disaster prevention receiver. The prediction means further determines whether or not the liquid crystal backlight, the power supply unit and / or the storage battery need to be replaced based on the maintenance information of the liquid crystal backlight, the power supply unit and / or the storage battery of the disaster prevention receiver collected from the disaster prevention receiver. Predict,
The counting means further counts the number of liquid crystal backlights, power supply units and / or storage batteries that are required to be replaced by the prediction means for each of the plurality of groups,
6. The notification means according to claim 1, wherein the number of replacement liquid crystal backlights, power supply units and / or storage batteries in a predetermined group counted by the counting means is reported. The maintenance management device described. A maintenance management method for collecting maintenance information on maintenance from a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that perform disaster prevention processing in cooperation with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals, and maintaining and managing each disaster prevention receiver,
A prediction step of predicting whether or not to replace a plurality of disaster prevention terminals that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver based on maintenance information collected from the plurality of disaster prevention receivers;
For each of a plurality of groups in which the plurality of disaster prevention receivers are grouped, a counting step of totalizing the number of disaster prevention terminals that are required to be replaced by the prediction step, and
An informing process for informing the number of disaster prevention terminals in need of replacement in the predetermined group that is aggregated by the aggregation process;
The maintenance management method characterized by including. A maintenance management program that collects maintenance information related to maintenance from a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that perform disaster prevention processing in cooperation with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals, and causes the computer to execute a maintenance management method for maintenance management of each disaster prevention receiver Because
A prediction procedure for predicting whether or not to replace a plurality of disaster prevention terminals that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver based on maintenance information collected from the plurality of disaster prevention receivers;
For each of a plurality of groups into which the plurality of disaster prevention receivers are grouped, a counting procedure for totalizing the number of disaster prevention terminals in need of replacement predicted to require replacement by the prediction procedure;
A notification procedure for notifying the number of disaster prevention terminals in need of replacement in the predetermined group calculated by the calculation procedure;
A maintenance management program for causing a computer to execute. A disaster prevention system in which a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that perform disaster prevention processing in cooperation with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals and a maintenance management device that maintains and manages each disaster prevention receiver via a network,
Predictive means for predicting whether or not to replace a plurality of disaster prevention terminals that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver based on maintenance information on maintenance of each disaster prevention receiver,
For each of a plurality of groups in which the plurality of disaster prevention receivers are grouped, a counting unit that counts the number of disaster prevention terminals that are predicted to be replaced by the prediction unit;
Informing means for notifying the number of disaster prevention terminals in need of replacement in the predetermined group totaled by the totaling means,
Disaster prevention system characterized by having A maintenance management method in a disaster prevention system in which a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that perform disaster prevention processing in cooperation with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals and a maintenance management device that maintains and manages each disaster prevention receiver via a network,
A prediction process for predicting whether or not to replace a plurality of disaster prevention terminals that cooperate with each disaster prevention receiver based on maintenance information on maintenance of each disaster prevention receiver;
For each of a plurality of groups in which the plurality of disaster prevention receivers are grouped, a counting step of totaling the number of disaster prevention terminals that are required to be replaced by the prediction step, and
An informing process for informing the number of disaster prevention terminals in need of replacement in the predetermined group aggregated by the aggregation process;
The maintenance management method characterized by including. A computer executes a maintenance management method in a disaster prevention system in which a plurality of disaster prevention receivers that perform disaster prevention processing in cooperation with a plurality of disaster prevention terminals and a maintenance management device that maintains and manages each disaster prevention receiver via a network. A maintenance management program,
A prediction procedure for predicting the necessity of replacement of a plurality of disaster prevention terminals based on maintenance information on maintenance of each disaster prevention receiver,
For each of a plurality of groups into which the plurality of disaster prevention receivers are grouped, a counting procedure for totalizing the number of disaster prevention terminals in need of replacement predicted to require replacement by the prediction procedure;
A notification procedure for notifying the number of disaster prevention terminals in need of replacement in the predetermined group calculated by the calculation procedure;
A maintenance management program for causing a computer to execute.

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