JP2008234564A - Home security system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce time required for signal processing of a main body device by reducing the number of terminals which directly communicate with the main body device in a home security system having the main body device and a plurality of terminals for abnormality detection. <P>SOLUTION: An abnormality detection group is constituted by the plurality of terminals 2-4, when a terminal 2 in the first order receives a signal from the main body device 7 in the abnormality detection group, the terminal 2 transmits an abnormality detection result of itself to a terminal 3 in the second order and the terminal 3 in the second order transmits an abnormality detection result of itself to a terminal 4 in the third order with the abnormality detection result of the terminal 2 in the first order. Then, the terminal 4 in the third order transmits an abnormality detection result of itself to the main body device 7 with the abnormality detection results of the terminals 2, 3 in the first order and the second order. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a home security system in which an abnormality is detected by a plurality of terminal devices installed in a home and when an abnormal state occurs, and particularly, the communication load of the main unit is reduced. It relates to what was planned.

As a home security system, for example, one disclosed in Patent Document 1 is known. This is because a plurality of terminal devices equipped with detection means are installed in the home, and the main body device individually communicates with the plurality of terminal devices to determine whether or not each terminal device has detected an abnormality. When it occurs, a notification corresponding to each of them, for example, automatically reporting to a predetermined contact address.
JP 2001-189814 A

  However, in the home security system disclosed in Patent Literature 1, the main body device must communicate with all of the plurality of terminal devices to determine whether there is an abnormality to be detected. In such a configuration, when the number of terminal devices increases, the signal processing of the main device takes time, and there arises a problem that other functions and immediacy are affected.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a home security system capable of reducing the time required for signal processing of the main device by reducing the number of terminal devices that communicate directly with the main device. It is to provide.

  In the first and second aspects of the invention, an abnormality detection group is configured by a plurality of terminal devices. In each abnormality detection group, when the first rank terminal apparatus receives a signal from the main apparatus, the first rank terminal apparatus transmits a signal to the second rank terminal apparatus. When the terminal device is received, a signal is transmitted to the terminal device with the next rank, and the terminal device with the last rank transmits the signal to the main device, so that the number of terminal devices communicating with the main device can be reduced.

  In the inventions of claims 3 and 4, an abnormality detection group is constituted by a plurality of terminal devices. In each abnormality detection group, when the first rank terminal apparatus receives a signal from the main apparatus, the first rank terminal apparatus transmits a signal to the second rank terminal apparatus. When a signal is received, a signal is transmitted to the terminal device of the next rank. Then, when the terminal device of the last rank receives a signal from the terminal device of the previous rank, the terminal device transmits a signal to the terminal device of the immediately previous rank. When receiving, a signal is transmitted to the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank, and when the terminal device of the first rank receives a signal from the terminal device of the second rank, the terminal device of the first rank transmits to the main unit. The number of terminal devices that communicate with the main device can be reduced.

  In the fifth and sixth aspects of the invention, a plurality of terminal devices constitutes a first abnormality detection group and a plurality of terminal devices constitutes a second abnormality detection group. Then, the terminal device of the first abnormality detection group communicates with one of the terminal devices of the second abnormality detection group. In the second anomaly detection group, when the terminal device of the first order receives a signal from the main device, the terminal device transmits a signal to the terminal device of the second order. Is received, the signal is transmitted to the terminal device with the next rank, and the terminal device with the last rank transmits the signal to the main device. At this time, when the terminal device of the second abnormality detection group communicating with the terminal device of the first abnormality detection group has a communication result with the terminal device of the first abnormality detection group, the communication result is also transmitted. . The terminal device of the last rank in the second abnormality detection group communicates with the main body device when received from the terminal device of the previous rank. For this reason, the number of terminal devices communicating with the main device can be reduced.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to embodiments.
(1) First Embodiment FIGS. 1 to 6 show a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows the overall configuration of the home security system. In the figure, the house 1 is provided with a plurality of, for example, five terminal devices 2 to 6 and one main body device 7. The terminal device 2 to the terminal device 6 detect different abnormal states. That is, the terminal device 2 has a gas sensor and is provided in the kitchen to detect a gas leak from a gas cooker or the like. The terminal device 3 has a temperature sensor or a smoke sensor and is provided in the kitchen to detect the occurrence of a fire. The terminal device 4 has a water leak sensor and is provided in a water pipe or the like of a toilet to detect water leak. The terminal device 5 has a human sensor and is provided at the entrance to detect the intrusion of a person from the entrance. The terminal device 6 also has a human sensor, and detects the intrusion of a person through a window such as a living room. The terminal devices 5 and 6 detect entry of a person from the entrance opening or the window opening on the condition that the entrance door and the window door are locked. And the terminal devices 2-6 transmit the detection result by an air propagation signal, for example, a radio wave signal.

  FIG. 5 shows an electrical configuration of the terminal devices 2 to 6. As shown in the figure, the terminal devices 2 to 6 share the control unit 8 as the first control unit with the sensor 9, the switch group 10 as the setting operation unit, the first transmission unit, and the first reception unit. The transmission / reception circuit 11 is connected. The control unit 8 includes a microcomputer and includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like. The switch group 10 includes, for example, a plurality of dip switches 10a and push button switches 10b. The transmission / reception circuit 11 communicates with the main body device 7 or another terminal device, and has, for example, a frequency multiplication circuit as a frequency changing means, so that the frequency of the transmitted / received radio wave can be changed. Yes.

  When each switch of the switch group 10 is operated, the operation signal is input to the control unit 8. The control unit 8 can perform various settings according to the switch operation signal. For example, the following items (1) to (3) can be set by operating the dip switch 10a.

(1) Setting the ID (identification number) of the terminal device itself.
(2) The communication function should be set to either only transmission, only reception, or both transmission and reception.
(3) A communication partner can be selected. For example, when the transmission partner is the main device 7 or another terminal device, or when the transmission partner device is specified, the ID of the partner device is set. When the receiving partner is the main device 7 or another terminal device, or when the receiving partner device is specified, the ID of the receiving partner device is set.

  After setting the above items by operating the dip switch 10a, when the push button switch 10b is operated, the set items are transmitted to the main unit 7. The main device 7 stores (registers) the setting items transmitted from the terminal devices 2 to 6. Such a registration setting function is achieved by executing software by the control unit 8 (setting means), but may be configured by hardware.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of the main device 7. As shown in the figure, the main unit 7 has a control unit 12 serving as a second control unit, a transmission / reception circuit 13 that also serves as a second transmission unit and a second reception unit, an alarm generation circuit 14, and a call control circuit 15. Is connected. The control unit 12 includes a microcomputer and includes a CPU, a RAM, a ROM, and the like. And the setting matter transmitted from the above-mentioned terminal devices 2-6 is memorize | stored in RAM as a memory | storage means.

  The transmission / reception circuit 13 emits a radio signal with a predetermined frequency or receives a radio signal with a predetermined frequency. The control unit 12 transmits the radio signal by designating the ID to the terminal device set to receive the radio wave from the main body device 7. The terminal device with the specified ID receives the radio signal transmitted from the main device 7 and performs processing according to the content of the radio signal. In addition, the control unit 12 receives a radio signal from a terminal device set to transmit a radio signal to the main body device 7 and performs processing according to the received radio signal. That is, when the control unit 12 receives an abnormality detection signal from the terminal device, the control unit 12 emits an alarm sound from the speaker 16 serving as a notification unit via the alarm generation circuit 14 (notification operation). Further, the control unit 12 is connected to a preset transmission destination, for example, a security company, a fire department, a police, a gas company, or the like according to the terminal device that has detected the abnormality, and reports the connection. (Reporting means).

  In this embodiment, a part of the terminal devices 2 to 6, for example, the terminal devices 2 to 4 are configured as an abnormality detection group. A series of ranks are defined for the terminal devices 2 to 4 constituting the abnormality detection group. Specifically, the terminal device 2 is set to the first rank, the terminal device 3 is set to the second rank, and the terminal device 4 is set to the third rank (last rank). In the following description, the subscripts (A) to (C) are attached to the terminal devices 2 to 4 of the first to third ranks when indicating the ranks.

  As shown in FIG. 1 in which the transmission / reception direction of radio waves is indicated by broken-line arrows, the terminal device (A) 2 in the first rank of the abnormality detection group receives the radio signal from the main body device 7 and receives the terminal device ( B) Setting is made to transmit to 3. The terminal device (B) 3 in the second order is set to receive the radio signal from the terminal device (A) 2 in the first order and transmit it to the terminal device (C) 4 in the third order. The third rank terminal device (C) 4 is set to receive the radio signal from the second rank terminal device (B) 3 and transmit it to the main body device 7. The terminal devices 5 and 6 excluded from the abnormality detection group are configured to transmit and receive with the main body device 7, respectively. The frequency of the transmitted / received radio waves of the terminal devices 2 to 6 is determined to be the same as the frequency of the transmitted / received radio waves of the main device 7.

  Next, the operation of the above configuration will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. The control part 8 of each terminal device 2-6 acquires the detection signal of the sensor 9 at a fixed time interval, judges the presence or absence of abnormality, and stores the judgment result in the RAM which is a storage means. The control unit 12 of the main unit 7 applies the first rank terminal device (A) 2 of the abnormality detection group and the two terminal devices 5 and 6 excluded from the abnormality detection group at regular time intervals. The inquiry signals are sequentially transmitted from the transmission / reception circuit 13 by designating the IDs of the terminal devices 2, 5, and 6. The control units 8 of the terminal devices 5 and 6 that have received the inquiry signal from the main body device 7 in the transmission / reception circuit 11 designate the presence / absence information of the abnormality to the main device 7 by specifying the ID of the main body device 7. Send from. Moreover, the terminal devices 2-4 which comprise an abnormality detection group transmit abnormality presence / absence information as follows.

That is, the main unit 7 transmits an inquiry signal to the first rank terminal apparatus (A) 2 constituting the abnormality detection group (step S1 in FIG. D), and the transmission / reception circuit 11 of the first rank terminal apparatus (A) 2 Receives the inquiry signal (“YES” in step A1), the control unit 8 of the terminal device (A) 2 acquires the detection result of the presence or absence of abnormality from the RAM (step A2).
When the acquired detection result indicates that there is no abnormality (“NO” in step A3), the control unit 8 of the terminal device (A) 2 sends information indicating no abnormality to the terminal device (B) 3 in the second rank. (B) The ID of 3 is designated and transmitted from the transmission / reception circuit 11 (step A4). When the acquired detection result is abnormal (“YES” in step A3), the control unit 8 of the terminal device (A) 2 indicates that there is an abnormality from the transmission / reception circuit 13 to the terminal device (B) 3 in the second rank. Information is transmitted from the transmission / reception circuit 11 by designating the ID of the terminal device 3 (step A5).

  When receiving the abnormality presence / absence information from the first rank terminal apparatus (A) 2 (“YES” in step B1 in FIG. 3), the control unit 8 of the second rank terminal apparatus (B) 3 receives the terminal apparatus (B 3) The control unit 8 of 3 acquires the detection result of the presence or absence of abnormality from the RAM (step B2). When the acquired detection result indicates that there is no abnormality (“NO” in step B3), the control unit 8 of the terminal device (B) 2 immediately sends information indicating no abnormality to the terminal device (C) 4 in the third rank. The terminal device (A) 2 received from the terminal device (A) 2 of the rank (first rank) and the terminal device (C) 4 ID are designated and transmitted from the transmission / reception circuit 11 together with the abnormality presence / absence information of the terminal device (A) 2 (step) B4).

  If the acquired detection result is abnormal (“YES” in step B3), the control unit 8 of the terminal device (B) 3 sends an abnormality from the transmission / reception circuit 13 to the terminal device (C) 4 in the third rank. Together with the abnormality presence / absence information of the terminal device (A) 2 received from the terminal device (A) 2 of the immediately preceding rank (first rank), the ID of the terminal device (C) 4 is designated and the transmission / reception circuit 11 (Step B5).

    The control unit 8 of the third rank terminal apparatus (C) 4 includes the second rank terminal apparatus (B) 3 to the higher rank terminal apparatuses including the second rank terminal apparatus (B) 3, that is, When the abnormality presence / absence information of the first rank terminal apparatus (A) 2 and the second rank terminal apparatus (B) 3 is received (“YES” in step C1), the control unit 8 of the terminal apparatus (C) 4 The detection result of the presence or absence of abnormality is acquired from the RAM (step C2). When the acquired detection result indicates that there is no abnormality (“NO” in step C3), the control unit 8 of the terminal device (C) 2 receives information indicating no abnormality from the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank to the main body device 7. In addition to the immediately preceding terminal device, the higher order terminal device, that is, the presence / absence information of the immediately preceding second order terminal device (B) 3 and the first order terminal device (A) 2, the main unit 7 is designated and transmitted from the transmission / reception circuit 11 (step C4). When the acquired detection result is abnormal (“YES” in step C3), the control unit 8 of the terminal device (C) 3 receives information indicating the presence of abnormality from the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank to the main body device 7. Together with the terminal device of higher order including the terminal device immediately before that, that is, the abnormality presence / absence information of the terminal device (B) 3 of the previous ranking (second ranking) and the terminal device (A) 2 of the first ranking Then, the ID of the main unit 7 is designated and transmitted from the transmission / reception circuit 11 (step C4).

The transmission / reception relationship between the terminal devices 2 to 6 and the main body device 7 constituting the above abnormality detection group is shown by a broken arrow in FIG.
When the abnormality presence / absence information of all the terminal devices 2 to 4 constituting the abnormality detection group is received from the terminal device (C) 4 of the third rank (last rank) (“YES” in step S2), The control unit 8 determines whether there is a terminal device that is abnormal in the terminal devices 2 to 4 (step S3), and if there is no terminal device ("NO" in step S3), the abnormal processing operation is terminated. . When there is a terminal device that is abnormal in the terminal devices 2 to 4 (“YES” in step S3), the control unit 12 of the main body device 7 preliminarily corresponds to the terminal device that is abnormal to the outside. A predetermined notification process is performed, and an abnormality notification is performed by the speaker 16 (step S4).

  Moreover, the control part 12 of the main body apparatus 7 starts operation | movement of the time measuring means which self has, after transmitting an inquiry signal to the terminal apparatus (A) 2 of a 1st order | rank. When a radio signal is not received from the terminal device (C) 4 at the last rank until a certain time has elapsed (“NO” in step S2 and “YES” in step S5), the control unit 12 A predetermined alarm is issued by the speaker 16 that an abnormality has occurred in any one of 2 to 4 and has been removed and removed due to, for example, failure or theft (step S6).

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, for the plurality of terminal devices 2 to 4 configuring the abnormality detection group, the main body device 7 transmits to the terminal device (A) 2 of the first rank, and the last rank The presence / absence information of the plurality of terminal devices 2 to 4 can be acquired only by receiving from the terminal device (C) 4. For this reason, the communication load with respect to the terminal devices 2-6 of the main body apparatus 7 can be reduced, and the other process, for example, the process about the terminal device which became abnormal can be speeded up.

  Moreover, when transmission from the terminal device (C) 4 of the last rank is not more than fixed time among the several terminal devices 2-4 which comprise an abnormality detection group, at least of these several terminal devices 2-4 Since it is determined that an abnormality has occurred, it is possible to respond quickly to failures. Of course, if one of the terminal devices 2 to 4 is attached to a vehicle or the like, if the transmission from the last terminal device (C) 4 has not been transmitted for a certain period of time, it can be determined that the vehicle has been stolen, and the theft can be quickly handled. it can.

(2) Second Embodiment FIGS. 7 to 9 show a second embodiment of the present invention. The difference between this embodiment and the first embodiment is as follows.
The terminal device (A) 2 in the first rank is received from the main device 7 and the terminal device (B) 3 in the immediately following rank (second rank). B) When it is transmitted to 3 and received from the terminal device (B) 3 of the next rank, it is transmitted to the main unit 7.

  The terminal device (B) 3 in the second rank is received from the terminal device (A) 2 in the immediately preceding rank and the terminal device (C) 4 in the immediately following rank, and received from the terminal device (A) 2 in the immediately preceding rank. Sometimes, it is transmitted to the terminal device (C) 4 in the immediately preceding rank, and when it is received from the terminal device (C) 4 in the immediately following rank, it is transmitted to the terminal device (A) 2 in the immediately preceding rank. The terminal device (C) 4 of the last rank receives from the terminal device (B) 3 of the immediately preceding rank, and transmits to the terminal device (B) 3 of the immediately preceding rank.

  The operation of the terminal devices 2 to 4 set in this way will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. First, an inquiry signal is transmitted from the main unit 7 to the terminal device (A) 2 in the first order by specifying the ID of the terminal device (A) 2 (step S1 in FIG. 8; terminal device in the first order ( A) 2 receives the inquiry signal (step A1), and transmits its own abnormality detection result by designating the ID of the terminal device (B) 3 of the second rank (“NO” in step A2 and step A3). Then, after “YES” in step A4 or step A3, step A5).

  When receiving the abnormality detection result information from the immediately preceding terminal device (A) 2 (step B1 in FIG. 9), the second ranking terminal device (B) 3 converts its own abnormality detection result into the immediately preceding ranking. Along with all the abnormality detection result information higher than that including the terminal device (A) 2, the ID is specified and transmitted to the terminal device (C) 4 of the next rank ("NO" in step B2 and step B3). After step “YES” in step B4 or step B3, step B5).

  When the terminal device (C) 4 in the last rank receives the abnormality detection result information from the terminal device (B) 3 in the immediately previous rank (step C1), the terminal apparatus (B) 3 in the previous rank receives its own abnormality detection result as the terminal apparatus ( B) Along with all the abnormality detection result information higher than that including 3, the ID is transmitted to the terminal device (B) 3 of the immediately preceding rank (step C2, after "NO" in step C3, After “YES” in step C4 or step C3, step C5).

  When receiving the terminal device (B) 3 in the second order from the terminal device (C) 4 in the next order (“YES” in step B6), all the abnormality detection result information of the terminal devices 2 to 4 in the abnormality detection group. Is transmitted to the terminal device (A) 2 of the immediately preceding rank by designating its ID (step B7).

  When receiving the terminal device (A) 2 in the first order from the terminal device (B) 3 in the immediately preceding order (“YES” in step A6), all the abnormality detection result information of the terminal devices 2 to 4 in the abnormality detection group Is transmitted to the main unit 7 by designating its ID (step A7).

  The main body device 7 that has received the abnormality detection result information from the first rank terminal device (A) 2 has a terminal device that has detected an abnormality ("YES" in step S2, "YES" in step S3). Processing according to the terminal device is executed (step S4). Also, the main unit 7 did not receive a signal from the first rank terminal apparatus (A) 2 even after a predetermined time has passed since the inquiry signal was transmitted to the first rank terminal apparatus (A) 2. In the case ("NO" in step S2, "YES" in step S5), an alarm is issued (step S6).

(Third embodiment)
10 to 13 show a third embodiment of the present invention. In this embodiment, there are a plurality of terminal devices in addition to the terminal devices 2 to 6. And among the terminal devices 2-6, the terminal devices 5 and 6 transmit and receive with the main body device 7 similarly to 1st Embodiment. Further, the terminal devices 2 to 4 are set as a first abnormality detection group, and, similarly to the first embodiment, from the main device 7 to the terminal device (A) 2 of the first order, the terminal devices of the first order ( A) From the second rank terminal apparatus (B) 3 to the second rank terminal apparatus (B) 3 to the third rank terminal apparatus (C) 4 and from the third rank terminal apparatus (C) 4 Transmission / reception to / from the main unit 7 is performed.

  The other terminal devices are divided into terminal devices (D) 1 to (D) n and (E) 1 to (E) n that constitute two second abnormality detection groups. And the some terminal device (D) 1- (D) n which comprises one 2nd abnormality detection group is either one of the terminal devices 2-4 of a 1st abnormality detection group, for example of a 2nd order | rank A plurality of terminal devices (E) 1 to (E) n that respectively transmit and receive with the terminal device (B) 3 and constitute the other second abnormality detection group are the terminal devices 2 to 4 of the first abnormality detection group. It is set to transmit / receive to any one of them, for example, the terminal device (C) 4 of the third rank. The terminal devices (D) 1 to (D) n and the terminal device (B) 3 and the terminal devices (E) 1 to (E) n and the terminal device (C) 4 transmit and receive with radio waves having different frequencies. You may make it do, and you may make it transmit / receive by the electromagnetic wave of the same frequency.

  In the above configuration, the terminal devices (D) 1 to (D) n in one second abnormality detection group perform abnormality detection by the sensor 9 at a predetermined time interval, and the result is the first abnormality detection group. It transmits to the terminal device (B) 3 of the second rank. The terminal device (B) 3 stores abnormality information on the terminal devices (D) 1 to (D) n in the RAM. Further, the terminal devices (E) 1 to (E) n of the other second abnormality detection group also perform abnormality detection by the sensor 9 at a predetermined time interval, and the result is the third rank of the first abnormality detection group. To the terminal device (C) 4. The terminal device (C) 4 stores abnormality information on the terminal devices (E) 1 to (E) n in the RAM.

  When the terminal device (A) 2 in the first rank of the first abnormality detection group receives the inquiry signal from the main body device 7 (“YES” in step S1 and step A1 in FIG. 11), the terminal device (A) 2 The own abnormality detection result is transmitted to the abnormal terminal device (B) 3 of the second rank (step A2, “NO” in step A3, step A4 or “YES” in step A3, step A5). When receiving the terminal device (B) 3 in the second rank from the terminal device (A) 2 in the immediately preceding rank (first rank) (“YES” in step B1 in FIG. 12), Together with the abnormality presence / absence information of the terminal devices (D) 1 to (D) n of the second abnormality detection group and the abnormality presence / absence information of the terminal device (A) 2 of the immediately preceding rank (first rank) ( It is transmitted to the terminal device (C) 4 of the third order (“NO” in step B2 and step B3, step B4, “YES” in step B5 or step B3, step B6, step B7).

  The terminal device (C) 4 of the third rank (last rank) receives from the terminal device (B) 3 of the immediately previous rank (“YES” in step C1), and transmits its own abnormality detection result to the other second terminal. Are transmitted to the main unit 7 together with the abnormality presence / absence information of the terminal devices (E) 1 to (E) 2 of the abnormality detection group and all the abnormality presence / absence information transmitted from the terminal device (B) 3 of the immediately preceding rank (step C2). In step C3, “NO” in step C4, and in step C5 or step C3, “YES” in step C6, step C7).

  The main body device 7 includes the abnormality presence / absence information of the terminal devices 2 to 4 of the first abnormality detection group and the terminal devices (D) of the two second abnormality detection groups transmitted from the terminal device (C) 4 of the last rank. 1 to (D) n and (E) 1 to (E) n, from the presence / absence information of the abnormality, a predetermined process is executed for the terminal device determined to be abnormal. If the signal from the terminal device (C) 4 of the last rank is not received, the main device 7 determines that any of the terminal devices 2 to 4 in the first abnormality detection group has failed or removed. And issue an alarm.

(Other embodiments)
The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described above and shown in the drawings, and can be expanded or changed as follows.
The abnormality presence / absence information that is sequentially sent to the terminal devices 2 to 4 that are determined in order may be configured only from information that identifies the terminal information determined to be abnormal.
The group of terminal devices for which the order is determined is not limited to one, and a plurality of groups may be provided.

The 1st Embodiment of this invention, the schematic block diagram which shows the relationship of the other party of transmission / reception Flowchart of transmission / reception of abnormality detection information part 1 Flow chart of transmission / reception of abnormality detection information 2 Block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the main unit Block diagram showing the electrical configuration of the terminal device Block diagram showing the overall configuration of home security FIG. 1 equivalent diagram showing a second embodiment of the present invention 2 equivalent diagram 3 equivalent diagram FIG. 1 equivalent view showing a third embodiment of the present invention 2 equivalent diagram 3 equivalent diagram

Explanation of symbols

  In the drawing, 2 to 6 are terminal devices, 7 is a main body device, 8 is a control unit (first control means), 9 is a sensor, 10 is a switch group, 11 is a transmission / reception circuit (first transmission means, first Receiving means), 12 a control unit (second control means), 13 a transmission / reception circuit (second transmission means, second receiving means), 14 an alarm generation circuit, 15 a call control circuit, and 16 a speaker ( Notification means).

Claims (6)

A plurality of first receiving means for receiving an airborne signal, a first transmitting means for transmitting an airborne signal, a first control means for controlling the first receiving means and the first transmitting means. A terminal device;
A second receiving means for receiving an airborne signal; a second transmitting means for transmitting an airborne signal; a notifying means for performing a notification operation; the second receiving means; the second transmitting means; and the notifying means. A main body device having a second control means for controlling,
In the home security system in which the main unit is configured to control the notification unit by determining the presence or absence of abnormality of the abnormality detection target of the terminal device by communicating with the terminal device.
The whole or a part of the plurality of terminal devices constitute at least one abnormality detection group composed of a plurality of the terminal devices,
A series of ranks are defined for the plurality of terminal devices constituting each abnormality detection group, and the terminal devices having the first rank and the last rank among the plurality of terminal apparatuses constituting each abnormality detection group. The terminal devices other than are configured to transmit signals to the terminal devices in the immediately preceding rank when receiving signals from the terminal devices in the immediately preceding rank, and the terminal devices in the first rank are When the signal is received from the main device, the signal is transmitted to the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank, and when the terminal device of the last rank receives the signal from the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank, the main device Configured to send a signal to
When the main device does not receive a signal from the terminal device of the last rank after transmitting a signal to the terminal device of the first rank among the plurality of terminal devices constituting the abnormality detection group, A home security system that causes the notification means to perform a notification operation when an abnormality has occurred in one of the plurality of terminal devices constituting the abnormality detection group. The plurality of terminal devices constituting each abnormality detection group have detection means for detecting abnormality of the abnormality detection target, and the terminals other than the terminal device of the last rank among the terminal devices. When a device transmits a signal to the terminal device of the next rank, including the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank received from the terminal device of the immediately previous rank, the detection result of the detection means possessed by itself It is configured to transmit together with the detection results of all the terminal devices of higher rank than the terminal device of the last rank, when the terminal device of the last rank transmits a signal to the main body device The detection result of the detection unit includes the detection result of all the terminal devices in the higher rank including the terminal device in the previous ranking received from the terminal device in the previous ranking. And sends it to the body apparatus,
When the main device receives a signal from the terminal device of the last rank of each abnormality detection group, any of the plurality of terminal devices constituting each abnormality detection group is included in the received signal. 2. The home security system according to claim 1, wherein when a signal that detects an abnormality is included, the notifying means performs a notifying operation. A plurality of first receiving means for receiving an airborne signal, a first transmitting means for transmitting an airborne signal, a first control means for controlling the first receiving means and the first transmitting means. A terminal device;
A second receiving means for receiving an airborne signal; a second transmitting means for transmitting an airborne signal; a notifying means for performing a notification operation; the second receiving means; the second transmitting means; and the notifying means. A main body device having a second control means for controlling,
In the home security system in which the main unit is configured to control the notification unit by determining the presence / absence of abnormality of the abnormality detection target of the terminal device by communicating with the terminal device,
The whole or a part of the plurality of terminal devices constitute at least one abnormality detection group composed of a plurality of the terminal devices,
A ranking is determined for the plurality of terminal devices constituting each abnormality detection group, and among the plurality of terminal devices constituting each abnormality detection group, other than the terminal devices of the first ranking and the last ranking. When the terminal device receives a signal from the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank, the terminal device transmits a signal to the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank, and when receiving a signal from the terminal device of the immediately following rank, The terminal device defined in the last rank among the plurality of terminal devices has received a signal from the terminal device in the immediately preceding rank. A signal is transmitted to the terminal device in the immediately preceding rank, and the terminal device in the first rank transmits a signal to the terminal device in the immediately following rank when receiving the signal from the main device, and The terminal device upon receiving a signal from, configured to send a signal to the main device,
When the main body device does not receive a signal from the terminal device of the first order after transmitting a signal to the terminal device of the first order among the plurality of terminal devices constituting the abnormality detection group. A home security system that causes the notification means to perform a notification operation when an abnormality has occurred in any of the abnormality detection targets of the plurality of terminal devices constituting each abnormality detection group. The plurality of terminal devices constituting each abnormality detection group include abnormality detection means for detecting an abnormality, and the terminals other than the terminal devices of the first rank and the last rank among the terminal devices. When the apparatus receives a signal from the terminal device in the immediately preceding rank, the apparatus detects the detection result of the abnormality detection means that the device has immediately before receiving the terminal apparatus in the immediately preceding rank from the immediately preceding terminal device. It is configured to transmit together with the detection results of all the terminal devices of higher rank including the terminal device of the rank, and when a signal is received from the terminal device of the rank immediately after, The content of the received signal is configured to be transmitted to the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank, and the terminal device of the last rank receives a signal from the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank. The detection results of the detection means possessed by the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank including the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank received from the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank are included in all of the higher rank orders. The terminal device is configured to transmit together with the detection result of the terminal device, and when the terminal device of the first order receives a signal from the main body device, the detection result of the detection means that the terminal device has is immediately next to the order of the detection result. When transmitting a signal to the terminal device and receiving a signal from the terminal device in the immediately following rank, each of the terminal device from the first rank to the terminal device in the last rank included in the received signal The detection result is configured to be transmitted to the main device,
Even if the main body device receives a signal from the terminal device of the first order that constitutes each of the abnormality detection groups, the main device includes the plurality of terminal devices that constitute the abnormality detection group in the received signal. 4. The home security system according to claim 3, wherein when a signal indicating that an abnormality has been detected is included, the notification means performs a notification operation. A plurality of first receiving means for receiving an airborne signal, a first transmitting means for transmitting an airborne signal, a first control means for controlling the first receiving means and the first transmitting means. A terminal device;
A second receiving means for receiving an airborne signal; a second transmitting means for transmitting an airborne signal; a notifying means for performing a notification operation; the second receiving means; the second transmitting means; and the notifying means. A main body device having a second control means for controlling,
In the home security system in which the main unit is configured to control the notification unit by determining the presence or absence of abnormality of the abnormality detection target of the terminal device by communicating with the terminal device.
The whole or a part of the plurality of terminal devices constitute at least one first abnormality detection group and at least one second abnormality detection group each consisting of a plurality of terminal devices,
The plurality of terminal devices of each first abnormality detection group are configured to transmit / receive to / from any one of the predetermined terminal devices of the terminal devices of the second abnormality detection group. And
A ranking is determined for the plurality of terminal devices of the second abnormality detection group, and the terminal device of the first ranking among them receives a signal from the main device, and the terminal device of the last ranking is When a signal is transmitted to the main device, and the terminal devices of the respective ranks have a reception result from the terminal device of the first group when receiving a signal from the main device or the immediately preceding terminal device Is configured to transmit the content of the signal received from the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank, together with the reception result from the terminal device of the first group, to the terminal device or the main device immediately after,
The main body device does not receive a signal from the terminal device of the last order after transmitting a signal to the terminal device of the first order among the plurality of terminal devices of the second group, or Among the plurality of terminal devices of the second group, there is an abnormality in the communication result between the terminal device predetermined as communicating with the plurality of terminal devices of the first group and the plurality of terminal devices of the first group. A home security system characterized by causing the notification means to perform a notification operation when an abnormality has occurred in any one of the plurality of terminal devices. Among the plurality of terminal devices of the first group and the plurality of terminal devices of the second group, at least the terminal devices that do not transmit / receive to / from the first group of terminal devices, each abnormality detection target abnormality Having detection means for detecting
Each of the terminal devices of the first group transmits a detection result of the detection means included in the terminal device to any one of the predetermined terminal devices of the terminal devices of the second group,
The terminal devices having the detection means among the terminal devices of the second group each send the detection results of the detection means possessed by the terminal devices to the terminal devices in the next rank. If the detection result is received from the terminal device of the first group including the detection result of the first group and the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank received from the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank The terminal device is configured to transmit together with the transmission contents of all the terminal devices above the immediately preceding terminal device, and the terminal device not having the detection means has received from the terminal device of the first group The detection result and the content received from the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank are configured to be transmitted to the terminal device of the immediately preceding rank, and the terminal device of the last rank has the detecting means. In the case of receiving the detection result of the detection means possessed by itself, or the detection result received from the terminal device of the first group, the detection result of the terminal device of the first group and immediately before When the detection result received from the terminal device of the first group without receiving the detection means is received together with the content received from the terminal device of the order of The detection results of the terminal devices of a group are configured to be transmitted to the main body device together with the contents received from the terminal devices of the immediately preceding rank. The main body device is a plurality of the terminal devices of the second group. After a signal is transmitted to the terminal device of the first order, when a signal is received from the terminal device of the last order, the detection target of each terminal device according to the content received from the terminal device of the last order Home security system according to claim 5, wherein the determining abnormality.

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