JP2011175524A - Monitoring system, earthquake prompt report apparatus, relay adaptor, and alarm - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a user to recognize the occurrence an earthquake even in a room in which an emergency earthquake prompt report apparatus is not installed. <P>SOLUTION: An emergency earthquake prompt report apparatus 25 detects, reproduces and outputs an emergency earthquake prompt report signal through FM broadcasting and outputs a transmission signal. The transmission signal outputted from the emergency earthquake prompt report apparatus 25 is received by a relay adaptor 26 and an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake prompt report is transmitted to home alarms 10-1 to 10-5. When detecting an abnormality in a caution area, each of the home alarms 10-1 to 10-5 outputs an abnormality alarm indicating a linking source and transmits an event signal indicating the abnormality to the other home alarm to make the other home alarm output an abnormality alarm indicating a linked destination, and when receiving an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake prompt report from the relay adaptor 26, outputs information indicating the emergency earthquake prompt report. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

The present invention detects an abnormality such as a fire or a gas leak, and outputs an emergency earthquake warning by linking an emergency earthquake warning device to an alarm device that transmits a signal to another alarm device and outputs the alarm in conjunction with the alarm. The present invention relates to a monitoring system, an earthquake warning device, a relay adapter, and an alarm device.

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

  In such a house alarm, a sensor unit and an alarm unit are integrated in the house alarm, and when a fire is detected by the sensor unit, a fire alarm is output from the alarm unit by voice message, etc. Because it is possible to perform fire monitoring and alarm with a single residence guard without requiring any receiving equipment, it is easy to install and inexpensive, and it is widely used with the mandatory installation in ordinary houses.

  On the other hand, by communicating between multiple home alarms, if a fire alarm is given by any home alarm, another type of home alarm system is also proposed, in which other home alarms also give an alarm. Has been.

  In such a home alarm system, when a fire is detected by the home alarm, the home alarm device that detected the fire is, for example, “Please check that the Woo Woo Fire Alarm has been activated”. A voice message is output. When an alarm is issued by the house alarm, the alarm is stopped by operating an alarm stop switch provided in the house alarm.

On the other hand, a dedicated emergency earthquake warning device for receiving an earthquake early warning transmitted when an earthquake of a predetermined scale or larger occurs and issuing an alarm is known. The earthquake early warning device, for example, selects a specific FM radio broadcast and is in a reception standby state. After the earthquake early warning broadcasts a predetermined chime sound twice, for example, “Earthquake earthquake broadcast. For example, the first chime sound is analyzed to detect the earthquake early warning signal, the broadcast playback operation is started, and the automatic sound following the chime sound is output from the speaker at a high volume. The occurrence is notified.

JP 2007-094719 A Utility Model Registration No. 3154579 JP 2009-244937 A

  However, in such a conventional earthquake early warning device, the emergency earthquake early warning device can only be heard within the range where the sound from the emergency earthquake early warning device can be heard, and the emergency earthquake early warning device is installed in each room. Although it is necessary, there is a problem that the cost becomes high and installation spaces must be secured in various places.

  In addition, since it is basically an FM radio receiver, radio wave conditions may be poor in some rooms and FM radio waves may not be received with sufficient strength, and may not function effectively even if installed in such a place. is there.

The present invention relates to a monitoring system, an earthquake warning device, a relay adapter, and an alarm device that make it possible to know the occurrence of an earthquake even in a room where no earthquake early warning device is installed or in a place where FM broadcast reception environment is not good. The purpose is to provide.

(Monitoring system)
The present invention provides a monitoring system comprising:
A warning device event such as reception of an earthquake early warning signal by FM broadcasting is detected, and notification output control corresponding to the detected predetermined warning device event is performed, and a transfer signal corresponding to the detected predetermined warning device event is performed. Earthquake early warning device that outputs,
A relay adapter that transmits an adapter event signal indicating an event content of the earthquake warning device based on the transfer signal output from the earthquake warning device;
When an alarm event such as a warning area abnormality is detected, notification output control corresponding to a predetermined alarm event is performed, and an adapter event signal is received when an adapter event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning is received from a relay adapter. An alarm device that performs information output control according to the contents of
It is provided with.

Here, the relay adapter of the monitoring system is
A bulletin receiving unit that receives a bulletin signal output when a breaking news device event is detected by the earthquake warning device;
An adapter event detection unit for detecting relay adapter events including reception of a transfer signal by the transfer reception unit;
When the adapter event detection unit detects the reception of the transfer signal, the transmission control unit that transmits an adapter event signal corresponding to the transfer signal to the alarm device;
Is provided.

  The relay adapter further includes a test switch, and the transmission control unit transmits an adapter event signal indicating an emergency earthquake early warning test to the earthquake early warning device and / or alarm device when the operation of the test switch is detected by the adapter event detecting unit. .

The monitoring system alarm
A sensor unit that detects a physical phenomenon in the monitoring area and outputs a detection signal;
An event detection unit for detecting an alarm event including the presence or absence of an abnormality based on the detection signal output of the sensor unit;
A notification unit for performing a notification output according to a predetermined alarm device event detected by the event detection unit;
A reception processing unit for receiving an adapter event signal from the relay adapter;
A transmission processing unit for transmitting an event signal to the outside;
When the event detection unit detects reception of a predetermined adapter event signal from the relay adapter, a processing unit that performs information output control corresponding to the content of the adapter event signal to the notification unit;
Is provided.

  When a predetermined alarm device event is detected by the event detection unit, the alarm processing unit performs notification output control corresponding to the detected alarm device event content to the notification unit and detects the transmission processing unit. An event signal corresponding to the alarm event is transmitted.

  When the processing unit of the alarm device receives an adapter event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning test from the relay adapter, the alarm unit causes the notification unit to output information indicating the emergency earthquake warning test.

  The processing unit of the alarm device can set a prohibit mode for prohibiting output of information indicating an emergency earthquake warning from the notification unit by a setting operation.

(Earthquake Early Warning Device)
The present invention also provides an earthquake early warning device that detects and reproduces an emergency earthquake early warning signal by FM broadcasting.
The present invention is characterized in that a transfer unit that outputs a transfer signal to an external device when an emergency earthquake warning signal reception is detected is provided.

  The earthquake warning device further includes a breaking test switch. When the breaking test switch is operated, it is detected as a breaking device event indicating the operation of the breaking test switch, and a transfer signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning test is sent from the transfer section. Send.

(Relay adapter)
In addition, the present invention provides a relay adapter that relays a signal between an earthquake warning device and one or more alarm devices.
An earthquake receiving device that receives an earthquake signal that is output when an earthquake early warning signal received by FM broadcasting is detected and reproduced;
An adapter event detection unit that detects its own event including reception of a transfer signal by the transfer reception unit;
When the adapter event detection unit detects the reception of the transfer signal, the transmission control unit causes other devices to send an adapter event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning to be notified,
Is provided.

  The relay adapter further includes a test switch, and when the transmission control unit detects the operation of the test switch by the adapter event detection unit, the adapter event signal indicating that the earthquake early warning test is being performed is transmitted to the earthquake warning device and / or alarm device. To inform the test.

(Alarm)
The present invention also provides:
A sensor unit that detects a physical phenomenon in the monitoring area and outputs a detection signal;
A notification unit for outputting an alarm;
An event detection unit for detecting an alarm event including anomaly detection based on a detection signal output of the sensor unit;
A transmission processing unit that transmits an event signal indicating a predetermined alarm device event detected by the event detection unit to another alarm device; and
A reception processing unit for receiving event signals from other alarm devices;
When an abnormality is detected by the event detection unit, an abnormality alarm indicating the interlocking source is output from the notification unit, and an event signal indicating the abnormality is transmitted to the other alarm device by the transmission processing unit. An alarm processing unit that outputs an abnormality alarm indicating a linkage destination from the notification unit when an event signal reception indicating an abnormality is detected,
In the alarm device provided with
When an event signal indicating an earthquake early warning is received from another device, a processing unit that outputs information indicating an earthquake early warning from the notification unit,
Is provided.

  The processing unit of the alarm device causes the notification unit to output information indicating that the earthquake early warning test is performed when the event detection unit detects reception of an event signal indicating that the earthquake early warning test has been performed from another device.

The processing unit of the alarm device can set a prohibit mode for prohibiting the output of information indicating that the earthquake early warning and / or the earthquake early warning test is performed by a setting operation.

  According to the present invention, an abnormality alarm such as a fire is detected and an abnormality alarm is output, and an event signal indicating the abnormality is transmitted to another alarm device, and the housing is configured with a plurality of alarm devices that link the abnormality alarm. For example, an earthquake early warning device that receives and reproduces an earthquake early warning by FM broadcasting, for example, is linked to the monitoring system via a relay adapter. Can send an adapter event signal indicating an earthquake early warning to one or more alarm devices, and can notify the occurrence of an earthquake from each alarm device. For example, an alarm can be provided only by installing an earthquake early warning device at one location in a house. In other rooms where alarms are installed, the occurrence of an earthquake can be notified, and since the number of earthquake warning devices can be minimized, the cost can be reduced, and if alarms are installed Which room to ensure even stay to be able to respond immediately know the earthquake.

  In addition, since the earthquake warning device is linked to multiple alarms, it can be installed in a location with good radio conditions where FM broadcasts can be received well. It is possible to notify the occurrence of an earthquake from the earthquake early warning device itself and a plurality of alarm devices linked together.

  For example, for alarm devices installed in the same room as the earthquake warning device, you can set an emergency earthquake warning or emergency earthquake warning test prohibition mode so that both the earthquake warning device and the alarm can It is possible to eliminate difficulty in hearing due to notification of test execution, and it is possible to suppress wasteful power consumption for an alarm device that does not need to output notification.

In addition, by operating a test switch provided in the relay adapter, an adapter event signal indicating a test can be sent to the alarm device, so that an emergency earthquake warning can be easily tested.

Explanatory drawing which showed the house which installed the surveillance system by this invention which consists of an earthquake early warning device, a relay adapter, and a residence guard Explanatory drawing which showed the external appearance of the radio | wireless-type residence guard by this invention 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a residential alarm, an earthquake early warning device and a relay adapter provided in the alarm system of FIG. Explanatory drawing showing the format of the event signal used in this embodiment The flowchart which showed the monitoring process by the house alarm of FIG. Flowchart showing the monitoring process of the residential alarm following FIG. Flowchart showing processing by the earthquake early warning device of FIG. The flowchart which showed the process by the relay adapter of FIG.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory view showing an installation state of a monitoring system according to the present invention for a house. In the example of FIG. 1, a wireless residential alarm (residential fire alarm) that detects and alarms in each of the kitchen, living room, master bedroom, children's room, and staircase provided in the house 24. ) House alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4 are installed, and an earthquake early warning device 25 and a relay adapter 26 are installed in the living room where the FM radio wave environment is good. Here, the earthquake early warning device 25 corresponds to the earthquake early warning device described in the claims.

  The home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 have a function of transmitting / receiving event signals to / from each other wirelessly, and perform fire monitoring of the entire house. If a fire has occurred in the child's room of the house 24, the residence guard 10-4 detects the fire and starts an alarm. Detecting this fire and initiating an alarm is referred to as “reporting” at the home alarm. When the mortgage alarm device 10-4 makes a report, the mortgage alarm device 10-4 functions as an interlock source, and a fire occurs with respect to the other alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 and 10-5 that are the interlocking destination. An event signal indicating is transmitted by radio. When the other home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 and 10-5 receive an event signal indicating the occurrence of a fire from the home alarm device 10-4 as the interlock source, the alarm is displayed as an interlock destination by an alarm sound and an alarm display. The alarm action is performed.

  Self-events (alarm device events) detected by the home alarm include not only the above-mentioned fire occurrence, but also fire recovery, alarm stop, emergency earthquake warning and emergency earthquake warning test, etc. To do.

  As the alarm sound of the home alarm device 10-4 that is the linkage source, for example, “Please confirm that the Woo-Woo Fire Alarm has been activated” is output by a voice message. On the other hand, in the interlocked residence alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3, 10-5, a voice message such as “Please confirm that another fire alarm has been activated” is output.

  In addition, as a display (alarm display) associated with the alarm of the residence police device 10-4 as the interlocking source, for example, an LED 22 (described later) is turned on. On the other hand, the LED 22 is blinked in the interlocked residence police 10-1 to 10-3, 10-5. As a result, the alarm display by the LED 22 in the interlock source alarm and the interlock destination alarm can be distinguished.

  It should be noted that the interlocking source LED 22 may be blinking and the interlocking destination LED 22 may be lit, or the same LED 22 may be blinking or blinking or lit for both the interlocking source alarm and the interlocking destination alarm. Further, for example, a red LED and a yellow LED may be provided, and the two-color display may be performed such that the interlocking source drives the red LED and the interlocking destination drives the yellow LED. Of course, a two-color LED capable of emitting both red and yellow by combining two LEDs can be adopted.

  When the alarm stop switch 20 (described later) is operated in a state in which the house alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 are emitting an alarm sound, the alarm sound and the alarm display stop process are performed. At this time, for example, when an alarm stop operation is performed at the home police device 10-4 that is the interlock source, the alarms of all the home police devices 10-1 to 10-65 are stopped, and the home police device that is the interlock destination When the alarm stop operation is performed in any one of the devices 10-1 to 10-3 and 10-5, the alarm of the home alarm device 10-4 does not stop, and the home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 , 10-5 alarm is stopped. Moreover, you may enable it to perform alarm stop operation of an alarm device similarly from the earthquake early warning apparatus 25 and the relay adapter 26 demonstrated below.

  The earthquake early warning device 25 detects, for example, an emergency earthquake early warning signal by FM broadcasting as its own event (breaking news device event), reproduces and outputs it, and outputs a moving signal to the relay adapter 26 connected by the moving signal line. . Here, the event detected by the earthquake early warning device 25 corresponds to the early warning device event described in the claims.

  The earthquake early warning by FM broadcasting repeats "(Chime sound twice) emergency earthquake early warning. Be wary of strong shaking" twice. The earthquake early warning device 25, for example, analyzes the signal of the first chime sound and detects the receiver of the emergency earthquake early warning signal and switches from the reception standby state to the reproduction operation, “Earthquake early warning. Be wary of strong shaking. Please output "at the set volume.

  The relay adapter 26 wirelessly transmits an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning to the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 based on the transfer signal output from the emergency earthquake warning device 25. Here, the event detected by the relay adapter 26 corresponds to the adapter event described in the claims, and the event signal transmitted from the relay adapter 26 corresponds to the adapter event signal described in the claims.

  The residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 of the present embodiment receive an emergency earthquake bulletin when an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake bulletin is received from the relay adapter 26 with the installation of the emergency earthquake warning device 25 and the relay adapter 26. The indicated information is output as a voice message. For example, “Peepy Earthquake Early Warning. Be wary of strong shaking.” Is output as a voice message with information indicating the earthquake early warning.

  Note that the breaking device event detected by the earthquake early warning device includes, in addition to the above-mentioned reception of the earthquake early warning signal, restoration of the reception, various instructions by operation of the operation unit, and the like. These will be described later.

  The emergency earthquake warning device 25 and / or the relay adapter 26 are provided with a test switch. When the test switch is operated, an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning test is transmitted via the relay adapter 26 or from the relay adapter 26. Information indicating the earthquake early warning test that is received by the resident guards 10-1 to 10-5 and output from the resident guards 10-1 to 10-5 is output by, for example, a voice message. As the contents of the voice message output as information indicating the implementation of the earthquake early warning test, for example, “PPP emergency earthquake warning test” is output.

  Here, the earthquake early warning device 25 and the residential alarm 10-1 are installed in the living room, and if it is left as it is, it will be difficult to hear the emergency earthquake early warning and the emergency earthquake early warning test from both. Therefore, in this embodiment, the prohibition mode setting that prohibits the emergency earthquake warning and / or the emergency earthquake warning test execution output to the residential alarms 10-1 to 10-5 can be set by a dip switch or the like. For example, even if the event signal indicating the emergency earthquake warning is received from the relay adapter 26 by setting the prohibit mode for the residential alarm 10-1 installed in the living room, the information indicating the emergency earthquake warning is not output. I am doing so.

  This mode setting function may be provided on the side of the house alarm, but it is generally considered that the number of units installed in the house alarm is larger than that in the earthquake early warning device. The emergency earthquake warning device 25 may be provided.

  In particular, when the prohibition mode setting function is provided on the side of the house alarm, it is considered more reasonable to prohibit the notification output of the emergency earthquake warning test execution in this setting state. For the earthquake warning device, information indicating that the emergency earthquake warning test is performed may be output even when the prohibit mode is set. Further, an emergency earthquake warning test and a mode for prohibiting the test output may be set separately.

  FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the appearance of a wireless residential security device according to the present invention. FIG. 2 (A) shows a front view and FIG. 2 (B) shows a side view.

  In FIG. 2, the housing of the residential alarm 10 (10-1 to 10-5) of the present embodiment is composed of a cover 12 and a main body 14. A plurality of smoke inlets are opened in the center of the cover 12, and a smoke detector 16 is disposed inside the cover 12, so that a fire is detected when smoke from the fire reaches a predetermined concentration.

  An acoustic hole 18 is provided on the lower left side of the smoke detector 16 provided in the cover 12, and a buzzer and a speaker are built in behind this so that an alarm sound and a voice message can be output. An alarm stop switch 20 is provided below the smoke detector 16.

  The alarm stop switch 20 also has a function as an inspection switch for instructing a functional inspection of the residential alarm 10. For example, when the alarm stop switch 20 is operated during a fire alarm, the alarm is stopped, and when the alarm stop switch 20 is operated in a normal state, the function self-inspection is started and the result is notified.

  The alarm stop switch 20 includes a switch cover formed of a translucent member and a tact switch (not shown) arranged inside the switch cover. In the vicinity of the tact switch inside the switch cover, an LED 22 for displaying an alarm is arranged as indicated by a dotted line. When the LED 22 is turned on, blinks, or blinks, the operation light passes through the switch cover portion of the alarm stop switch 20. Thus, the operating state of the LED 22 can be seen from the outside.

  In addition, a mounting hook 15 having an insertion hole in a substantially central portion is provided at the upper back side of the main body 14, and a screw or the like is screwed into the wall of the installation room, and the screw is passed through the insertion hole of the mounting hook 15. The residential alarm 10 can be fixedly installed on the wall surface.

  In the residential alarm 10 of FIG. 1, a smoke detector 16 is provided as an example, and a residential alarm that detects smoke due to fire is taken as an example. However, the temperature of a thermistor or the like that detects heat due to fire is also taken as an example. House alarm with detection elements, house alarm to detect other physical phenomena associated with fire, alarm to detect gas leaks in addition to fire, various alarms to detect intruders, earthquakes and other abnormalities A warning device and a combination of these alarm devices are also included in the subject of the present invention.

  FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of an emergency earthquake broadcast receiver, a relay adapter, and a house alarm provided in the alarm system of FIG. 1, and the house alarm is shown for the house alarm 10-1 installed in the living room. However, it becomes the same structure also about other residence guards 10-2 to 10-5.

  The home guard 10-1 includes a processor 28 known as a one-chip CPU. For the processor 28, a wireless communication unit 30 including an antenna 31, a recording unit (memory) 32, a sensor unit 34, a notification unit 36, An operation unit 38 and a battery power source 40 are provided.

  The wireless communication unit 30 is provided with a transmission circuit 42 and a reception circuit 44 so that event signals can be transmitted and received wirelessly between the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-5, and an event from the relay adapter 26 The signal can be received. Note that when the fire alarm or the like by the resident alarm device 10-1 is linked and notified by the display unit 76 or the speaker 74 of the earthquake early warning device 25 described later, the transmission circuit 42 also transmits a signal to the relay adapter 26. Will do.

  As the wireless communication unit 30, in Japan, for example, STD-30 (wireless equipment standard of a low power security system wireless station) or STD-T67 known as a standard of a specific low power wireless station of 400 MHz band. It has a configuration that conforms to the standard for specific low-power radio station telemeters, telecontrol and data transmission radio equipment.

  Of course, the wireless communication unit 30 has contents conforming to the standard of the assigned wireless station in the area in places other than Japan.

  In the memory 32 as a storage unit, a serial number 48 that is a serial number indicating the order of event signals, a transmission source code 50 that becomes an ID (identifier) for identifying each home alarm, and installed in a house as shown in FIG. The group code | symbol 52 for comprising the interlocking | linkage group which performs an interlocking | linkage alarm with the house alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 is stored.

  The serial number 48 is used to manage event signal relay processing and the like in communication between alarm devices, but will not be described in detail because it is not directly related to the present invention.

  As the transmission source code 50, for example, a 26-bit code code is used so as not to be duplicated with any of the domestic alarms provided in the country, and the serial number of the residential alarm is used.

  The group code 52 is a code that is set in common to a plurality of house alarm devices constituting the interlocking group. For example, the group code included in the event signal from another house alarm device received by the wireless communication unit 30 is stored in the memory 32. When it matches the registered group code 52, this event signal is received and processed as a valid signal, so alarms belonging to other groups that are installed in nearby houses and do not require interlocking Unnecessary interlocking with the vessel can be avoided.

  The sensor unit 34 is provided with a smoke detector 16 that detects smoke and outputs a signal. As described above, the sensor unit 34 may be provided with a temperature detecting element such as a thermistor for detecting a temperature due to a fire, and various elements for detecting other physical phenomenon changes due to a fire, instead of the smoke detecting unit 16. .

  The notification unit 36 is provided with a speaker 56 that outputs an alarm sound and the LED 22 that displays an alarm. The speaker 56 outputs various voice messages, alarm sounds, and the like stored and held by a voice synthesis circuit unit (not shown) through an amplification unit (not shown). The LED 22 displays an abnormality such as a fire by blinking, blinking, or lighting. Instead of the speaker 56, a buzzer or the like may be used. Further, instead of the LED 22, a two-color LED, a liquid crystal display, or the like may be provided. Of course, an LED and a liquid crystal display may be provided together.

  The operation unit 38 is provided with an alarm stop switch 20. The alarm stop switch 20 functions as an alarm stop switch only when an alarm sound of a fire or failure is output from the notification unit 36 by the speaker 56 or when an alarm display is performed by the LED 22. For example, if the alarm stop switch 20 is operated during the alarm indicating the interlock source, the alarm sound and the alarm display are stopped. On the other hand, if the alarm stop switch 20 is operated during the alarm indicating the interlock destination, the alarm sound is stopped. Alarm stop processing is performed such that the display stops or stops after a predetermined time.

  On the other hand, in a normal monitoring state in which an alarm indicating the interlocking source or the interlocking destination is not performed, the alarm stop switch 20 functions as an inspection switch. When the alarm stop switch 20 is operated in this state, a predetermined self-inspection operation is executed. Then, a voice message indicating the inspection result is output from the notification unit 36.

  When the alarm stop switch 20 is operated during the fault alarm, the fault alarm stop process may be performed after performing a predetermined self-inspection operation and informing the result. In this way, for example, the failure alarm stop process is performed after rechecking the sensor failure or the like, so that the user can be more clearly aware of the failure state. If the failure state has been resolved at this time, for example, a message such as “The failure has been resolved” may be output and the process may proceed to the failure stop process.

  Further, the operation unit 38 is provided with a mode switch 21. The mode switch 21 is a dip switch or the like provided on the back surface of the main body, and the emergency earthquake warning prohibition mode can be set on or off. When the prohibit mode is set by turning on the mode switch 21, even if an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning is received from the relay adapter 26, the information indicating the emergency earthquake warning is not output.

  Necessary when using this function, for example, when a house alarm is installed in a room where an earthquake early warning device is installed, or when a plurality of house alarms are installed in the same room. Because information can be output only to a predetermined device according to the situation, it is possible to avoid redundant information output by a plurality of devices. The effect that it can do is acquired.

  The battery power source 40 uses, for example, a lithium battery or an alkaline battery having a predetermined number of cells, and has a battery capacity of, for example, 10 by reducing the power consumption of the entire circuit unit including the wireless communication unit 30 in the residential alarm 10-1. The battery life of the year is guaranteed.

  The processor 28 is provided with functions of an event detection unit 58, a transmission processing unit 60, a reception processing unit 62, an alarm processing unit 64, and an emergency earthquake warning processing unit 66 as functions realized by executing the program.

  The event detection unit 58 detects an event such as detection of an abnormality (here, fire) by the sensor unit 34, an alarm stop or inspection instruction by the operation unit 38, an abnormality recovery in which the abnormality detection of the sensor unit 34 is eliminated. In addition, the event detection unit 58 detects the event content obtained as a result of decoding the event signals acquired from the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-5 and the relay adapter 26 via the reception processing unit 62.

  The transmission processing unit 60 detects when the event detection unit 58 detects its own event such as abnormality detection by the sensor unit 34, alarm stop or inspection instruction by the operation unit 38, or abnormality recovery in which the abnormality detection of the sensor unit 34 disappears. An event signal indicating an event is transmitted from the wireless communication unit 30 to a home alarm device serving as a linkage destination. The reception processing unit 62 receives and decodes the event signals from the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-5 and the relay adapter 26 via the wireless communication unit 30.

  In addition, when installing the function which stops the fire alarm etc. of the residence warning devices 10-1 to 10-5 by operation of the operation part 78 provided in the earthquake early warning device 25, as a kind of event signal from the relay adapter 26 The event signal indicating the alarm stop is also included.

  The alarm processing unit 64 outputs an alarm sound indicating the interlocking source from the speaker 56 when the event detection unit 58 detects a fire as its own abnormality, and performs an alarm display indicating the interlocking source by driving the LED 22 to be lit, for example. In addition, an event signal indicating a fire is transmitted from the antenna 31 to another residential alarm via the transmission processing unit 60 and the transmission circuit 42.

  Specifically, the alarm processing unit 66 indicates the link source from the speaker 56 of the notification unit 36 when the event detection unit 60 detects a fire from the smoke detection signal of the smoke detection unit 16 provided in the sensor unit 34. An alarm sound, for example, “Woo Woo is a fire” is repeatedly output, the LED 22 is turned on to display an alarm indicating the interlocking source, and an event signal indicating a fire is transmitted from the transmission processing unit 60 and the wireless communication unit 30. The circuit 42 transmits the signal from the antenna 31 to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-5.

  Further, the alarm processing unit 64 receives an event signal indicating a fire from any of the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-5 by the reception circuit 44 of the wireless communication unit 30, and becomes effective in the reception processing unit 64. The alarm sound indicating the link destination, for example, “Woooo, please confirm that another fire alarm has been activated” is repeatedly output from the speaker 56 of the notification unit 36, and the LED 22 is driven to blink. Displays an alarm indicating the link destination.

  The event detection unit 58 detects a sensor failure and a low battery failure. The sensor failure is detected by reading the smoke detection signal output from the smoke detector 16 of the sensor 34 at a predetermined measurement time interval T1, for example, T1 = 1 second by A / D conversion, and holding it in the buffer area of the memory 32. For example, at every predetermined time interval T2 = 10 minutes, an average value of 10 minutes of detection data held in the buffer area of the memory 32 is obtained, and this average value is used as a predetermined reference level (referred to as a zero point level). If it falls below, it is determined that the sensor unit 16 has a fault, such as an output stop state.

  The reason why the 10-minute average value of the smoke concentration detection signal falls below the zero point level in this way may be that a failure such as disconnection of the light receiving element provided in the smoke detector 16 or stop of the light receiving amplifier has occurred. Is expensive. Even when a temperature detection element such as a thermistor is provided in the sensor unit 16, a sensor failure can be similarly detected by various processes.

  Low battery failure is detected by reading the power supply voltage of the battery power supply 40 by A / D conversion at a predetermined measurement time interval T3, for example, T3 = 4 time intervals, and comparing it with a predetermined threshold voltage. It is determined that there is a low battery failure, and when the determination of a low battery failure continues for a predetermined number of times, the low battery failure is determined.

  When the event detection unit 58 detects a sensor failure or a low battery failure, the alarm processing unit 64 detects a sensor failure and / or a low battery failure alarm indicating an interlocking source by an alarm sound from the speaker 56 of the notification unit 36 and the display of the LED 22. Is output. The alarm processing unit 64 transmits an event signal indicating a sensor failure or a low battery failure from the antenna 31 to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-5 via the transmission processing unit 60 and the transmission circuit 42. The other housing alarm devices 10-2 to 10-5 are caused to perform a sensor failure and / or a low battery failure alarm indicating an interlocking destination with an alarm sound and / or display.

  Similarly, an event signal indicating a sensor failure and / or a low battery failure is transmitted to the relay adapter 26, and the emergency earthquake warning device 25 outputs a sensor failure and / or a low battery alarm indicating the link destination via this event signal. Anyway. In this case, the relay adapter 26 is provided with a function of receiving a signal from the home guard and a function of transferring (relaying) the information to the emergency earthquake warning device 25. Further, the earthquake early warning device 25 receives a signal transfer (relay) from the relay adapter 26 and outputs a corresponding alarm from the display unit 76 and the speaker 74 through analysis by the processor 68. The same applies to fire alarms as well as sensor failures and low battery failures.

  Further, the alarm processing unit 64 receives an event signal indicating a sensor failure and / or a low battery failure from any of the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-5 via the reception circuit 44 and the reception processing unit 60. The alarm sound from the speaker 56 of the notification unit 36 and the display of the LED 22 are used to output a sensor failure indicating a link destination and / or a low battery failure alarm.

  When the event detection unit 58 detects a sensor failure, the alarm processing unit 64 continuously outputs, for example, “it is a pin failure” multiple times as a sensor failure alarm sound indicating the link source (failure source) from the speaker 56 of the notification unit 36. At the same time, for example, the LED 22 is turned on, and thereafter, a process of outputting a sound “pick failure” and displaying the LED 22 a plurality of times is repeated at regular intervals.

  Moreover, the alarm process part 64 transmits the event signal which shows a sensor failure to other dwelling devices 10-2 to 10-5, and the sensor which shows an interlocking destination to the other dwelling devices 10-2 to 10-5 A fault alarm is output. At this time, for example, “a separate alarm device is faulty” is output as an alarm sound from the speaker 56, and a blinking display different from the interlocking source is performed by the LED 22.

  When the event detection unit 58 detects a low battery failure, the alarm processing unit 64 outputs, for example, “Battery is dead” from the speaker 56 of the notification unit 36 as a low battery failure alarm sound indicating the link source (failure source). For example, the LED 22 is turned on continuously for a plurality of times and, after that, the process of outputting a sound “battery exhausted” and displaying the LED 22 a plurality of times is repeated at regular intervals.

  In addition, the alarm processing unit 64 transmits an event signal indicating a low battery failure to the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-6, thereby indicating the interlock destination to the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-5. For example, a low battery failure alarm is output as an alarm sound, for example, “a separate alarm device is out of battery”, and a blinking display different from that of the interlock source is performed by the LED 22.

  In addition, the alarm processing unit 64 receives an event signal indicating that the alarm stop switch 20 is operated during the output of the fire alarm indicating the link source or the fire alarm indicating the link destination, or the alarm stop from another residential alarm device. Is detected, the fire alarm output by the voice message from the speaker 56 and the alarm display of the LED 22 is stopped. At this time, the alarm display by the LED 22 may be stopped after continuing for a predetermined time.

  In addition, when receiving an event signal that indicates an alarm stop from another house alarm, if the fire that it detects has not recovered, it will continue to output the alarm with its own alarm sound and / or alarm display You may make it do. That is, the alarm output as its own interlocking source may be stopped only when its own alarm stop switch is operated or when a fire recovery based on a signal from its own sensor unit 34 is detected.

  Further, when the alarm processing unit 64 detects the alarm stop operation of the alarm stop switch 20 provided in the operation unit 38 during the output of the failure alarm indicating the interlocking source, the alarm processing unit 64 stops the alarm sound indicating the interlocking source and displays the alarm. It stops after continuing for a predetermined time, and further transmits an alarm stop signal to the alarm device that is outputting the fault alarm indicating the interlocking destination to stop the alarm sound and display.

  When receiving the event signal indicating the earthquake early warning from the relay adapter 26, the emergency earthquake warning processing unit 66 outputs a voice message indicating the earthquake early warning from the speaker 56 of the notification unit 36. At this time, for example, the LED 22 is sometimes lit, blinks, or blinks.

  Further, when the earthquake early warning processing unit 66 receives a test event signal indicating an emergency earthquake early warning test from the relay adapter 26, the emergency earthquake early warning processing unit 66 outputs information indicating the emergency earthquake early warning test from the speaker 56 of the notification unit 36. For example, also at this time, the LED 22 is lit, blinks, or blinks.

  Further, the emergency earthquake warning processing unit 66 sets an event indicating the emergency earthquake warning from the relay adapter 26 when the prohibit mode for prohibiting the output of the information indicating the emergency earthquake warning is set by setting the mode switch 21 to be turned on. Even if the signal is received, information indicating the earthquake early warning test is not output as a voice message.

  Prohibition of voice message output by the mode switch 21 may be set for emergency earthquake warnings. Even when voice messages and sound output are prohibited, only display may be performed, and conversely, only display may be prohibited. Further, this may be specified separately. That is, the setting of output prohibition can be appropriately selected and set for the earthquake early warning, the earthquake early warning test, and the sound output and display output.

  In this way, the notification method can be selectively set according to the type of event for which notification output is performed, and an appropriate notification pattern can be obtained depending on the user's wishes and the installation status of the device. Easy to use.

  Next, the earthquake early warning device 25 will be described. The earthquake early warning device 25 includes a processor 68, an FM receiving unit 70, a sound amplifying unit 72, a speaker 74, a display unit 76, an operation unit 78, and a transfer unit 80. The processor 68 has a function realized by executing a program. An emergency earthquake warning analysis unit 82 is provided. The operation unit 78 can be provided with a rapid test switch similar to the test switch 90 of the relay adapter 26 described later, if necessary.

  The FM receiving unit 70 tunes the tuner to the FM station selected by the operation of the operation unit 78, receives the broadcast radio wave by the FM antenna 71, demodulates and outputs it as an audio signal. The sound amplifying unit 72 stops operating in the standby state, and therefore, the FM broadcast received from the speaker 74 is not reproduced and output.

  When an emergency earthquake warning signal is detected by the analysis processing of the processor 68, the voice amplifying unit 72 is switched to the operating state, and at that time, the broadcast content of the emergency earthquake warning reproduced and output from the FM receiving unit 68 is output from the speaker 74. The display unit 76 displays necessary for FM broadcast reception, such as standby reception display, emergency earthquake warning reception display, and channel selection frequency display.

  Here, not only the earthquake early warning but also FM notification broadcast, for example, can be received and appropriate processing is performed according to the contents, but here the FM earthquake early warning is received and accompanied by the earthquake early warning An explanation will be given of a case where an alarm is output and the alarm is output in conjunction with the home alarm.

  The earthquake early warning analysis unit 82 provided in the processor 68 detects the reception of the emergency earthquake early warning signal by the analysis processing of the broadcast audio signal that reproduces the two chime sounds that flow at the beginning of the emergency earthquake early warning, for example, and the audio amplification unit 72 Is operated for a predetermined period of time to reproduce and output emergency earthquake bulletin from the speaker 74. The analysis of the chime sound of the emergency earthquake warning by the emergency earthquake warning analysis unit 82 is performed by, for example, the vector correlation method described in Patent Document 3.

  The events detected by the earthquake early warning device, including receiving the earthquake early warning, are collectively referred to as the breaking device event, and correspond to the breaking device events in the claims.

  When the earthquake early warning analysis unit 82 detects the reception of the emergency earthquake early warning signal by the chime sound signal analysis process, the emergency earthquake early warning analysis unit 82 operates the transfer unit 80 to transfer the emergency earthquake early warning to the relay adapter 26 connected to the outside. Output a signal. This transfer signal becomes a trigger signal that instructs the relay adapter 26 from the earthquake early warning device 25 to perform cooperation processing with the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5. The transfer unit 80 outputs, for example, a no-voltage contact signal. In the present embodiment, the earthquake early warning device 25 operates with a commercial AC power source.

  Next, the relay adapter 26 will be described. The relay adapter 26 includes a processor 84, a wireless communication unit 86, a message reception unit 88, and a test switch 90. The processor 84 is provided with an event detection unit 96 and a transmission processing unit 98 as functions realized by executing the program. Although not shown in this embodiment mode, a memory or the like can be provided as necessary. Here, the event detection unit 96 corresponds to the adapter event detection unit described in the claims. The event detection unit 96 detects various events of the relay adapter such as the operation of the test switch 90 including the reception of the transfer signal by the transfer receiving unit 88, and these events are the adapter events in the claims. Corresponding to

  The wireless communication unit 86 is provided with a transmission circuit 92 so that an event signal can be transmitted wirelessly from the antenna 94 to the home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5. The event signal transmitted from the relay adapter 26 corresponds to the adapter event signal in the claims. The radio communication unit 86 conforms to STD-30 or STD-T67, which is known as a standard for a specific low-power radio station in the 400 MHz band, for example, in the case of Japan, as in the case of the residential alarm 10-1. It has a configuration.

  The memory (not shown) has a serial number that is a serial number indicating the order of event signals, a transmission source code that is an ID (identifier) that identifies the adapter, and an interlocking group, similar to the memory 32 of the residential alarm 10-1. The group code for configuring is stored.

  The transfer receiving unit 88 receives a transfer signal that is output when the earthquake early warning device 25 detects and reproduces an earthquake early warning signal by FM broadcasting.

  An event detection unit 96 provided in the processor 84 detects an event including reception of a transfer signal by the transfer reception unit 88. The transmission control part 98 transmits the event signal which shows an emergency earthquake bulletin to the mortgage guard 10-1-10-5 side, when the event detection part 96 detects reception of a transfer signal, and the information which shows an emergency earthquake bulletin Is output.

  The test switch 90 performs an output test of information indicating an emergency earthquake warning on the side of the house alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5. That is, when the test switch 90 is operated, the operation of the test switch 90 is detected by the event detection unit 96, and based on this, the transmission processing unit 98 performs an emergency earthquake warning test on the side of the mortgages 10-1 to 10-5. Send an event signal to perform test operation. The power source of the relay adapter 26 may be a commercial AC power source or a battery power source. Alternatively, power may be supplied from the earthquake early warning device 25 to the relay adapter 26.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing the format of the event signal used for the interlocking alarm in this embodiment. In FIG. 4, the event signal 46 includes a serial number 48, a transmission source code 50, a group code 52, and an event code 54.

  The serial number 48 is a serial number indicating the order of event signals, and is incremented by one each time an event signal is transmitted. The serial number 48 is generated asynchronously in each of the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 and the relay adapter 26. The serial number 48 is used for managing event signal relay processing between alarm devices and repeater adapters mainly in wireless communication, but is not directly related to the present invention, and therefore will not be described in detail.

  The transmission source code 50 is a 26-bit code, for example, and uses a serial number or the like. The group code 52 is an 8-bit code, for example, and the same group code is set for, for example, the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 and the relay adapter 26 of FIG.

  In addition, as the group code | symbol 52, in addition to setting the same group code | symbol to the housing alarm of the same group, the common code | symbol common to the housing alarm device and relay adapter which comprise a predetermined group, and each housing alarm device and relay A different group code may be used for each resident alarm obtained from the calculation with the source code unique to the earthquake early warning device connected to the adapter or the relay adapter.

The event code 54 is a code representing the event content such as a fire, gas leak (for example, a gas leak alarm device or a residence alarm device having a gas leak detection function), and in this embodiment, a 4-bit code is used. Used, for example, 0001 = fire 0010 = gas leak (when using a gas leak alarm, fire gas leak combined alarm, etc.)
0011 = Alarm stop 0100 = Recovery 0101 = Sensor fault 0110 = Low battery fault 0111 = Earthquake early warning 1000 = Earthquake early warning test. Here, 0000 is used for periodic notification, for example, without event detection.

  By increasing the number of bits of the event code 42 to 5 bits and 6 bits, more event contents can be expressed. For example, recovery event codes may be divided into fire recovery and failure recovery.

  5 and 6 are flowcharts showing an example of the monitoring process in the residential alarm 10-1 of FIG. In FIG. 5, when the power supply by the battery power source 40 of the mortgage alarm device 10-1 is started, various setting information including initialization, self-diagnosis, and prohibition mode setting is read in step S1. If not, the process proceeds to step S2 to monitor the fire. When the smoke detection signal output from the sensor unit 34 exceeds a predetermined fire level, a fire is determined in step S2, and the process proceeds to step S3, where an event signal including a serial number, a transmission source code, a group code, and an event code indicating a fire Is wirelessly transmitted to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-5 and the relay adapter 26 (when the relay adapter has a signal reception processing function from the alarm device, the same applies hereinafter), and then from the speaker 56 in step S4. A fire alarm indicating an interlocking source is output by an alarm sound and an alarm display of the LED 22, for example, by lighting.

  Subsequently, in step S5, it is determined whether or not there is a fire recovery in which the smoke detection signal from the sensor unit 34 is reduced and the fire state is resolved. When a fire recovery is determined, a serial number, a transmission source code, and a group code are determined in step S6. After transmitting an event signal including an event code indicating a fire recovery to another house alarm or relay adapter, a fire alarm indicating an interlocking source by an alarm sound from the speaker 56 and an alarm display by lighting the LED 22 is sent in step S7. Stop. The alarm display by the LED 22 may be turned off after a predetermined time has elapsed.

  Subsequently, in step S8, it is determined whether or not the alarm stop switch 20 is operated. If switch operation is determined, it is determined in step S9 whether or not an alarm is being issued. If it is determined in step S9 that an alarm is in progress, the process proceeds to step S10, and an event signal including an event code indicating a serial number, a transmission source code, a group code, and an alarm stop is transmitted to another house alarm device or relay adapter. Proceeding to S11, the alarm sound from the speaker 56 indicating the interlock source is stopped, and the alarm display by turning on the LED 22 is turned off. The alarm display by the LED 22 may be turned off after a predetermined time has elapsed.

  When it is determined in step S9 that the alarm is not in progress, a predetermined inspection operation is performed to notify the result, but the illustration is omitted.

  Then, it progresses to step S12 of FIG. 6, and the presence or absence of the event signal which shows the fire from another dwelling device is discriminate | determined. If it is determined that an event signal indicating a fire from another house alarm is detected, the process proceeds to step S13, and an alarm sound from the speaker 56 and an alarm display by blinking of the LED 22, for example, are performed as a fire alarm indicating the interlocking destination.

  Next, in step S14, it is determined whether or not an event signal indicating a fire recovery from another house alarm is received, and when an event signal indicating a fire recovery is received, the process proceeds to step S15 and is performed as an interlock destination alarm. The alarm display by the alarm sound from the speaker 56 and the blinking of the LED 22 is stopped.

  Next, in step S16, it is checked whether or not an event signal indicating an alarm stop has been received from another residential alarm, and if it is determined that an event signal indicating an alarm stop has been received, the process proceeds to step S17 and whether or not an alarm is being issued. If it is determined that the alarm is being performed, the process proceeds to step S18, the alarm sound indicating the interlocking destination is stopped, and the alarm display is also stopped.

  Subsequently, in step S19, it is determined whether or not an emergency earthquake warning prohibition mode is set. If there is no prohibition mode setting, the process proceeds to step S20 to check whether or not an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning has been received. If it is determined that the event signal shown is received, an emergency earthquake warning message is output from the speaker 56 of the notification unit 36 in step S21 and, for example, the LED 22 is turned on.

  The earthquake early warning message is received when an event signal including an event code indicating the stop of the message is received from the emergency earthquake early warning device 25 (via the relay adapter 26) after a predetermined number of outputs or after a predetermined time has elapsed, The operation may be stopped when the operation of the alarm stop switch 20 is determined during the output of the earthquake early warning by voice or display (not shown). The same applies to the lighting of the LED 22.

  Note that the voice message output stop and the display output stop timing by the LED 22 do not have to be the same. For example, the display output of the LED 22 can be stopped after a predetermined time has elapsed since the voice message output stop. In this way, it is possible to confirm the fact that the emergency earthquake warning message was output even after the emergency earthquake warning message was stopped.

  If it is determined in step S19 that the emergency earthquake warning prohibition mode is set, steps S20 and S21 are skipped, and no emergency earthquake notification message is output even if reception of an event signal indicating the emergency earthquake warning is determined. This is a function that can be used when the residential alarm 10-1 (10-2 in FIG. 1) is installed in the same room as the emergency earthquake warning device 25 as shown in FIG.

  In this way, it can be avoided that the same alarm is output from a plurality of devices in the same room, resulting in confusion. Moreover, the battery consumption of the house alarm device which set the prohibition mode can be suppressed. In the case of this processing example, the order of step S19 and step S20 can be switched.

  Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S22, where it is checked whether or not an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning test has been received. If an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning test is determined to be received, an emergency earthquake notification test message is notified in step S23. For example, the LED 22 is turned on while being output from the speaker 56 of the unit 36. This test message is stopped after being output a predetermined number of times or after a predetermined time has elapsed (not shown).

  FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an example of reception processing of the earthquake early warning device 25 shown in FIG. In FIG. 7, when the earthquake early warning device 25 is turned on, initialization and self-diagnosis are performed in step S31. If there is no error, the process proceeds to step S32 to perform FM station tuning processing by the tuning operation of the operation unit 78. .

  Subsequently, the process proceeds to a reception standby operation in step S33. In the reception standby operation, the FM receiving unit 70 is operated to receive and reproduce FM broadcast radio waves, but the operation of the audio amplifying unit 72 is stopped and broadcasting from the speaker 74 is not performed.

  In step S34, the presence or absence of the chime sound of the emergency earthquake warning is determined through the analysis process of the emergency earthquake warning analysis unit 68. When the chime sound reception is determined, the process proceeds to step S35, and the voice amplifying unit 72 is operated. The broadcast of the earthquake early warning that is received at that time is sent from the speaker 74 at a sufficiently large volume.

  Next, in step S36, the transfer unit 80 is operated, and a transfer signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning is output to the relay adapter 26. Subsequently, in step 37, for example, after elapse of a predetermined time, the process proceeds to step S38, and the operation of the audio amplifying unit 72 is stopped to stop the reproduction output of the broadcast sound.

  The reproduction output may be stopped when a stop operation by the operation unit 78 is accepted regardless of the elapse of the predetermined time. Further, when the reproduction output of the broadcast sound is stopped, an event signal indicating the stop of the emergency earthquake warning may also be transmitted to the mortgage alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 via the relay adapter 26.

  This can be realized by outputting a dedicated signal from the earthquake early warning device 25 to the relay adapter 26 so that the relay adapter 26 determines the reception and generates and transmits an event signal. On the relay adapter 26 side, after detecting the transfer signal from the emergency earthquake warning device 25, it is determined that the transfer signal is not detected (there is a signal change), and an event signal is generated to generate a residence police. It can also be realized by configuring to transmit to the device side. Of course, when the relay adapter 26 determines that a predetermined time has elapsed since the transmission of the event signal indicating the earthquake early warning, the event signal indicating the stop of the earthquake early warning can be transmitted.

  The above processing is repeated until an operation stop instruction due to power-off is determined in step S39.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a processing example of the relay adapter 26 of FIG. In FIG. 8, when the relay adapter 26 is turned on, initialization and self-diagnosis are executed in step S41. If there is no error, the process proceeds to step S42 to determine whether or not a transfer signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning has been received. When it is determined in step S42 that a transfer signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning has been received, the process proceeds to step S43, where an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning according to the format of FIG.

  In step S44, it is determined whether or not the test switch 90 is operated. If the test switch 90 is determined, the process proceeds to step S43 to generate an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning test according to the format of FIG. And wirelessly transmit to the house alarm.

  Actually, when the test switch 90 is operated at a timing such as when an earthquake early warning is being regenerated or notified in the system or when an abnormality alarm is being output, the operation reception is canceled or the operation is accepted. Therefore, it is necessary to perform a process such as once the test is in a standby state and the test is performed after the emergency earthquake warning is reproduced and notified, the output of the abnormality alarm is stopped.

  Of course, on the side of the house alarm that received the event signal indicating the test, it is determined whether the emergency earthquake warning is being issued and whether an abnormal alarm is being output, and the emergency earthquake warning is being reported. The emergency earthquake warning test may not be performed while the alarm is being output.

  As described above, by receiving a signal indicating that the earthquake early warning has been stopped from the earthquake early warning device 25 or the relay adapter 26, it is possible to stop the emergency earthquake early warning output of the resident watch, but sending an event signal indicating the emergency earthquake early warning Thereafter, when the operation of the test switch 90 is received until the event signal indicating the stop of the emergency earthquake warning is transmitted due to the elapse of a predetermined time or the reception of a signal from the emergency earthquake warning device, the relay adapter 26 at that time You may make it transmit the event signal which shows the stop of emergency earthquake bulletin.

  When the emergency warning is output by the operation stop of the alarm stop switch 20 while the emergency warning is output by voice or display, the emergency warning is output by the emergency warning. In response to the stop, an event signal indicating the stop of the earthquake early warning is transmitted to the relay adapter 26 and the earthquake early warning device 25, and the emergency earthquake early warning output from the relay adapter 26 and the earthquake early warning device 25 that has received the event signal is output. The system can be stopped, and in this way, the emergency earthquake warning output status of the system can be matched.

  On the other hand, at this time, only the earthquake early warning device 25 may cancel (ignore) this stop instruction. In this way, only the earthquake early warning device 25 stops the output only when it receives its own broadcast reception determination or a stop instruction from its own operation unit. Since the earthquake warning is not stopped by the instruction signal, safety for disaster prevention can be ensured.

  It should be noted that such an emergency earthquake warning stop operation with a home alarm may also be effective (can be transmitted with an event signal indicating that an emergency earthquake warning has been stopped) even when it is performed with a home alarm with a prohibited mode set. .

  Also, the alarm devices do not necessarily have to be linked to each other, and any alarm device can be used as long as the predetermined alarm device can be linked with the emergency earthquake warning device.

  In addition, each link between the alarm device, the earthquake early warning device 25, and the relay adapter 26 may not be based on wireless communication, or may be wired communication or a combination of wired and wireless as appropriate.

  Further, the relay adapter 26 may be built in the earthquake early warning device 25. In this case, the transfer (transmission) unit 80 of the earthquake early warning device 25 and the transfer reception unit 88 of the relay adapter can be replaced with appropriate communication means. The relay adapter only needs to have a function of relaying a signal between the earthquake early warning device and the residential alarm, and may have other functions in combination.

  In the above-described embodiment, a system using a plurality of house alarms has been described as an example. However, one house alarm may be provided. Conversely, a plurality of earthquake early warning devices 25 and relay adapters 26 may be provided.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the earthquake early warning device 25 that has received an event signal indicating a fire from the home alarm device by the relay adapter 26 and has received the fire transfer from the relay adapter 26 is used as the linkage destination. Although the example which outputs a fire alarm was given, you may be made to perform the fire alert | report as an interlocking destination by the relay adapter 26. FIG.

  That is, the relay adapter 26 may be provided with a buzzer, a speaker, and a display unit to output an alarm as a linkage destination. Of course, the relay adapter 26 having such a configuration not only receives the transfer signal from the earthquake early warning device 25 and relays it to the home alarm, but also outputs the emergency earthquake early warning by itself. You may do it. Further, such a relay adapter 26 can be provided with a prohibit mode setting function for prohibiting an abnormality alarm (for example, a fire alarm) output or an emergency earthquake warning output from itself or collectively.

  In this way, the relay adapter 26 can be used as a device that outputs not only a signal but also a warning and an earthquake early warning, and the notification range can be expanded as necessary. Ease of use as a system is improved.

  Further, since it is possible to prohibit the output of an earthquake early warning from a resident guard installed in the vicinity of the relay adapter 26, for example, in FIG. 1, the earthquake early warning device 25 is installed in the living room, and the relay adapter 26 is installed in the kitchen. In such a case, the emergency earthquake warning information is output from the resident alarm devices 10-1 and 10-2 by outputting the emergency earthquake warning information from the emergency earthquake warning device 25 and the relay adapter 26 and displaying it. In addition, there is an effect that the number of home alarm devices capable of suppressing battery consumption in the system is increased. The power supply for the relay adapter is more preferably a commercial power supply or a power supply supplied in a wired manner from an earthquake early warning device.

  In addition, it is impossible to prohibit the alarm output function of a house alarm (house fire alarm) according to the standard, but when using an appropriate alarm device other than a house alarm, an alarm on the alarm side is issued. It is also possible to provide a prohibit mode. In this way, for example, instead of outputting an alarm from the earthquake early warning device 25 or the relay adapter 26 (fire in the case of a residential alarm), it is installed near the earthquake early warning device 25 or the relay adapter 26. It is also possible to adopt a pattern that prohibits abnormal alarms from alarming devices.

  Further, the operation means shown as the alarm stop switch 20 in the above embodiment does not necessarily need to be a switch, and any operation means such as an instruction for alarm history output by external communication using a remote control device or the like. Means and methods may be applied, and the “operation unit” includes these other means and methods.

  In addition, the interlocking output of an abnormality alarm (fire alarm or the like) from the home alarm to the relay adapter or the earthquake early warning device may be performed only by display. For example, a sound alarm output such as a buzzer sound or a voice message is sufficient with only a residential alarm, but if you want to enhance the visual notification effect of the occurrence of abnormality using a flashlight with high power consumption, etc. A warning light warning device or relay adapter with a relatively low necessity to suppress power consumption by using a dedicated power source or other equipment is equipped with a display device such as the flashlight, which is used as an alarm (fire) alarm The effect of display notification may be enhanced by operating in conjunction.

  In addition, the flowchart in the above embodiment describes a schematic example of processing, and the order of processing is not limited thereto. Further, it is possible to provide a delay time between each process or between processes, insert another determination, or the like.

  In addition, the processor of each device described in the above embodiment can replace some or all of its functions with other means such as wired logic.

  Further, the earthquake early warning device may directly receive the FM earthquake early earthquake warning as in the embodiment of the regulations, or indirectly via another device or facility.

  In addition, “reception is received”, “no reception”, “when received”, “determination of reception”, etc., described in the above embodiment, determine whether the received signal is recognized as valid. Also included.

  In addition, the above embodiment is an example of a residential alarm device that detects and alerts a fire, but an alarm system in which various alarm devices such as a gas leak alarm device, a CO alarm device, and a security alarm device are arranged. The same applies to.

  Further, depending on the standard of the alarm device, the display by the LED of the above embodiment may not be recognized as “alarm”, but in the present invention, the alarm display is performed regardless of whether it is included in the “alarm” according to the standard. It is described as a display accompanying an alarm or simply as a display. Any display means may be used as long as the object of the present invention can be achieved. The display unit may be provided separately from the alarm device.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the residential alarm operating by the battery power source is taken as an example, but the present invention can also be applied to those operating by a power source other than the battery power source.

  The above embodiment can be applied not only to residential use but also to various types of alarm devices such as buildings and offices, and can also be applied to a system in which alarm devices having different uses are appropriately combined.

  Moreover, although said embodiment took the case where the earthquake early warning apparatus and the residence guard as an alarm device were made into an example, in addition to this, the system which cooperates arbitrary apparatuses, such as an intercom and a hot water supply remote control device, for example It is also good.

  In the above embodiment, the alarm unit is provided with the sensor unit and the alarm output processing unit as an example. However, as another embodiment, the alarm unit has a separate sensor unit and alarm output processing unit. There may be.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, includes appropriate modifications without impairing the object and advantages thereof, and is not limited by the numerical values shown in the above-described embodiment.

10, 10-1 to 10-14: House alarm 12: Cover 14: Body 16: Smoke detector 17: Mounting hook 18: Acoustic hole 20: Alarm stop switch 22: LED
24: House 25: Earthquake early warning device 26: Relay adapter 28, 68, 84: Processor 31: Antenna 30, 86: Wireless communication unit 32: Memory 34: Sensor unit 36: Notification unit 38: Operation unit 40: Battery power source 42 : Transmission circuit 44, 92: reception circuit 46: event signal, adapter event signal 48: serial number 50: transmission source code 52: group code 54: event code 56, 74 :: speaker 58: event detection unit 60: transmission processing unit 62: Reception processing unit 64: Alarm processing unit 66: Earthquake early warning processing unit 70: FM receiving unit 71: FM antenna 72: Voice amplification unit 76: Display unit 78: Operation unit 80: Transfer unit 88: Transfer receiving unit 82: Earthquake Early Warning Analysis Unit 90: Test Switch 96: Adapter Event Detection Unit 98: Transmission Control Unit

Claims (14)

Detects early warning device events such as receiving an earthquake early warning signal by FM broadcast, performs notification output control corresponding to the detected early warning device event, and outputs a transfer signal corresponding to the detected predetermined early warning device event An earthquake early warning device,
A relay adapter that transmits an adapter event signal indicating an event content of the earthquake warning device based on the transfer signal output from the earthquake warning device;
When an alarm event including an abnormality in a warning area is detected, notification output control corresponding to a predetermined alarm event is performed, and when the adapter event signal indicating the emergency earthquake warning is received from the relay adapter, the adapter event An alarm device that performs information output control according to the content of the signal;
A monitoring system characterized by comprising:
The monitoring system according to claim 1,
The relay adapter is
A message receiving unit that receives a message signal output when the event information is detected by the earthquake warning device;
An adapter event detection unit for detecting an event of a relay adapter including reception of a transfer signal by the transfer reception unit;
A transmission control unit for transmitting an event signal corresponding to the alarm signal to the alarm device when the adapter event detector detects reception of the alarm signal;
A monitoring system characterized by providing.
3. The monitoring system according to claim 2, wherein the relay adapter further includes a test switch, and the transmission control unit detects the operation of the test switch by the adapter event detection unit, and / or An event signal indicating an earthquake early warning test is transmitted to the alarm device.
The monitoring system according to claim 1,
The alarm is
A sensor unit that detects a physical phenomenon in the monitoring area and outputs a detection signal;
An event detection unit for detecting an alarm event including the presence or absence of abnormality based on the detection signal output of the sensor unit;
A notification unit for performing a notification output according to a predetermined alarm device event detected by the event detection unit;
A reception processing unit for receiving an adapter event signal from the relay adapter;
A transmission processing unit for transmitting an event signal to the outside;
When a predetermined adapter event signal is received from the relay adapter in the event detection unit, a processing unit that performs information output control corresponding to the content of the adapter event signal with respect to the notification unit;
A monitoring system characterized by providing.
5. The monitoring system according to claim 4, wherein when the event detection unit detects a predetermined alarm event, the alarm unit processing unit notifies the notification unit of the detected alarm event content. A monitoring system that controls output and causes the transmission processing unit to transmit an event signal corresponding to the detected alarm event.
6. The monitoring system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein when the processing unit of the alarm device receives an adapter event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning test from the relay adapter, the alarm unit receives an emergency earthquake warning test. The monitoring system characterized by outputting the information which shows.
The monitoring system according to claim 4 or 5, wherein the processing unit of the alarm device can set a prohibit mode for prohibiting output of information indicating an emergency earthquake warning from the notification unit by a setting operation. A characteristic surveillance system.
In the earthquake warning device that detects and reproduces the earthquake early warning signal by FM broadcasting,
A seismic warning device characterized by comprising a transfer section for outputting a transfer signal to an external device when the emergency earthquake warning signal is detected.
9. The earthquake early warning device according to claim 8, further comprising a early warning test switch, and when the early warning test switch is operated, is detected as an early warning device event indicating the operation of the early warning test switch, and an emergency is issued from the transfer unit. An earthquake early warning device that transmits a transfer signal indicating an earthquake early warning test.
In the relay adapter that relays between the earthquake warning device and one or more alarm devices,
A bulletin receiving unit that receives a bulletin signal output when an earthquake early warning signal received by FM broadcasting is detected and reproduced by the earthquake bulletin device;
An adapter event detector that detects a self-event including reception of a transfer signal by the transfer receiver;
When the adapter event detection unit detects the reception of the transfer signal, a transmission control unit that transmits an event signal indicating an emergency earthquake warning to other devices to be notified,
A relay adapter characterized by the provision of
11. The relay adapter according to claim 10, further comprising a test switch, wherein the transmission control unit detects an emergency earthquake warning in the earthquake warning device and / or the alarm device when the event detection unit detects an operation of the test switch. A relay adapter that transmits an adapter event signal indicating a test to notify the test.
A sensor unit that detects a physical phenomenon in the monitoring area and outputs a detection signal;
A notification unit for outputting an alarm;
An event detector that detects an alarm event including the presence or absence of an abnormality based on the detection signal output of the sensor unit;
A transmission processing unit for transmitting an event signal indicating a predetermined alarm device event detected by the event detection unit to another alarm device;
A reception processing unit for receiving event signals from other alarm devices;
When an abnormality is detected by the event detection unit, an abnormality alarm indicating an interlocking source is output from the notification unit, and an event signal indicating abnormality is transmitted to another alarm device, while other alarm devices are output. When an event signal reception indicating an abnormality from the alarm device is detected, an alarm processing unit that outputs an abnormality alarm indicating a linkage destination from the notification unit; and
In the alarm device provided with
When receiving an event signal indicating an earthquake early warning from another device, a processing unit that outputs information indicating an emergency earthquake early warning from the notification unit;
An alarm device characterized by providing.
13. The alarm device according to claim 12, wherein when the event detection unit detects an event signal reception indicating that an emergency earthquake warning test has been performed from another device, the processing unit sends an emergency earthquake warning to the notification unit. An alarm device characterized in that information indicating test execution is output.
  13. The alarm according to claim 12, wherein the processing unit is capable of setting a prohibit mode for prohibiting output of information indicating an emergency earthquake warning and / or an emergency earthquake warning test by a setting operation. vessel.

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