JP2011248615A - Resident safety notification device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a resident safety notification device which can be flexibly used since it can be placed in places such as a washbasin, a toilet, a kitchen and a living room where residents use fluids including water and gas, with which the safety of a resident living alone or elderly residents can be accurately and promptly notified, the whole of which is simple and at a low price, and which does not cause a burden on users since its maintenance cost is low.SOLUTION: A fluid pipe 1C installed in a residence building includes a area flow meter 2 for detecting the flow of fluids which is connected to a sending means 3 through a signal line 4. An emergency alarming means 5 included in the residence building consists of a land line telephone/a mobile phone 6 and a control unit 7, and sends an alarming signal to an alarming reception means 8 in an emergency notification destination which is specified in advance when it does not receive an operation signal of the area flow meter 2 within a specified monitoring time period.

Description

  By detecting the movement of fluid such as tap water, gas, kerosene, etc., the present invention can reliably confirm the safety of so-called single persons living alone or married persons or elderly persons living with parents and children from a remote location. It relates to a resident safety notification device.

  In recent years, with the declining birthrate, the number of elderly people living alone, singles, and even elderly couples living alone has increased, and along with this, these people die lonely in their residences and are discovered a few days or weeks later Accidents are increasing. Today, where there are few contacts with neighboring residents, it is difficult to find such an accident, and some countermeasures are required.

  Therefore, as a method for discriminating and detecting the safety of residents, particularly the safety of elderly people living alone, a detector installed in the toilet and detecting the use of the toilet, and provided outside the residential area, receiving a signal from the detector, There has been proposed a resident safety detection device including a determination device that determines the safety of a resident based on toilet use data (Patent Document 1).

JP 61-44386 A

  The above-described resident safety detecting device of the prior art is, firstly, installed in a residence as a means for realizing the purpose, in the subscriber telephone 3 provided with the subscriber telephone attached data device 5 and the outing notification switch 8, and in the toilet. It is generally configured by an infrared detector 4 to be installed, a collecting and wiring device 10, an automatic transmission device 14, an automatic reception device 15, a process computer 16, and a storage device 18, but each component of the device is special. For this reason, there is a problem of increasing the cost of the entire apparatus, which is lacking in practicality, and there are many problems in implementation.

Secondly, the resident safety detecting device receives daily toilet use data of a single person at a predetermined time interval by the process computer 16 and verifies the data to determine and detect the safety of the single person by the determination device 19. However, there are individual differences depending on gender, age, etc., in what is judged abnormal, and it is not always clear. The toilet usage data is recorded every day in order to grasp the situation when it is unknown to a single person, and this data is used to discriminate and detect the safety, so the storage device and running cost commensurate with the amount of data recorded There are disadvantages in terms of In addition, there is a drawback that the degree of freedom in use is limited to use in a toilet.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned disadvantages of the prior art, and can be arbitrarily installed in a place where a resident uses water or a gas fluid such as a washroom, toilet, kitchen, living room, etc. The purpose is to provide a resident safety reporting device that can reliably and promptly report the safety of a single person, is simple and inexpensive, has low maintenance costs, and does not burden the user. And

  The means of the present invention configured to solve the above-described problems is provided in a fluid pipe disposed in a residential building, and corresponds to the flow detection means for detecting the flow of fluid in the fluid pipe, and the residential building. In order to send an alarm signal to the alarm receiving means registered in advance, the emergency building is provided with an emergency notification means provided in the residence building, and the emergency notification means is a monitoring time in which an operation signal of the flow detection means is set. The alarm signal is transmitted when not received.

  The timer that constitutes the emergency notification means and manages the safety monitoring time is configured to reset the monitoring time to zero when the flow detection means detects a fluid flow.

  Further, an area flow meter may be used as the flow detection means.

Further, the emergency notification means, when the operation signal from the fixed telephone and / or mobile phone and the flow detection means is not received within the monitoring time, from the fixed telephone and / or the mobile telephone to the alarm receiving means. It is good to comprise from the control part which transmits an alarm signal.

  Further, a fixed telephone and / or a mobile phone may be used as the alarm receiving means, and the alarm signal may be a predetermined number of calling signals.

  Further, a switching valve is provided in the fluid pipe located upstream of the flow detection means, a bypass pipe is connected between the upstream side of the switching valve and the downstream side of the flow detection means, and the flow detection means is It is good to comprise so that a fluid may flow into the said fluid piping, without letting it pass.

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Since the fluid did not flow through the fluid piping installed in the residential building within the monitoring time, the safety of a single person was detected, and the alarm received in advance was registered in correspondence with the residential building by means of emergency notification. Since the warning signal is transmitted to the means, the warning to the emergency report destination is quick and reliable, and it is unnecessary to determine whether or not there is an emergency.
(2) The resident safety notification device has a simple configuration and is inexpensive, does not need to store and store huge amounts of data, and does not require a storage device for that purpose. Cost is also very low.
(3) The monitoring time of the timer constituting the emergency notification means is reset to zero when the flow detection means detects the flow of the fluid, so that the single person is alone immediately after receiving the operation signal indicating that the single person is safe. When an accident occurs in a person, an alarm signal is transmitted immediately after the monitoring time has elapsed, so that an emergency can be promptly handled.
(4) By using an area flow meter as the flow detection means, it can be easily assembled to existing fluid piping, and replacement work at the time of failure can be done easily in a short time, so the fluid stop time can be reduced. It can be done in a short time.
(5) Since the emergency notification means is composed of a fixed telephone and / or a mobile telephone and a control unit for transmitting an alarm signal from the fixed telephone and / or the mobile telephone to the alarm receiving means, an existing fixed telephone or mobile telephone The installation cost of the resident safety notification device is extremely low.
(6) Since a fixed telephone and / or a mobile phone is used as the alarm receiving means and the alarm signal is set to a predetermined number of calls, the alarm can be transmitted without calling the emergency reporter. In the use of this device, a single person is not charged a call charge.
(7) Since a bypass pipe that bypasses the flow detection means is connected to the fluid pipe so that the fluid flows without passing through the flow detection means, the fluid is detected even if the flow detection means fails or is replaced. There is no need to stop the supply, and it will not interfere with the lives of residents.

It is a block diagram of the resident safety notification apparatus which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a schematic block diagram of an area flow meter. It is a block diagram of the control unit which comprises an emergency notification means. It is a block diagram of the resident safety notification apparatus which concerns on a modification.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a flush toilet provided in a room where a single person lives, such as a detached house or an apartment house. The flush toilet 1 includes a toilet 1A and a low tank 1B for supplying flush water to the toilet 1A. And a water supply pipe 1C for supplying water to the low tank 1B.

  Reference numeral 2 denotes an area flow meter as a flow detecting means provided in the middle of the water supply pipe 1C. As shown in FIG. 2, the area flow meter 2 is formed on a cylindrical casing 2 </ b> A whose both ends in the axial direction are connected to the water supply pipe 1 </ b> C, and on the inner surface of the cylindrical casing 2 </ b> A, and expands from upstream to downstream. A tapered surface 2B, a magnet, a float 2C that moves up and down in accordance with the increase and decrease of the flow rate in the cylindrical casing 2A, a holder 2D that is fitted outside the cylindrical casing 2A, and a holder 2D that is provided in the holder 2D It consists of a reed switch 2E. Then, when the resident uses the flush toilet 1 to flush the wash water, the water flows into the water supply pipe 1C that supplies the wash water to the low tank 1B, and the float 2C is displaced due to the increase in the flow rate. Turns on.

  Reference numeral 3 denotes a transmission means installed in the toilet located in the vicinity of the area flow meter 2, and the transmission means 3 is provided because the operation signal of the area flow meter 2 is weak. Are connected via a signal line 4. Here, the transmission means 3 includes a receiving unit 3A that receives an operation signal of the area flow meter 2, and a wireless communication slave unit 3B as a transmission unit that transmits a detection signal based on the reception of the operation signal.

  Reference numeral 5 denotes an emergency notification means arranged in a building where a single person lives. 6 is a radio communication master unit corresponding to the radio communication slave unit 3B, which constitutes the emergency notification means 5, and the radio communication master unit 6 includes a fixed telephone for a contact to send an alarm signal in the case of an emergency of a single person, and The telephone number of the mobile phone 8 is stored. 7 is a control unit that constitutes the emergency communication means 5, and as shown in FIG. 3, the control unit 7 has a receiving unit 7 A that receives a detection signal from the transmission means 3 and a desired monitoring time, for example, 12 hours. A timer 7B that can be set, a command signal to a transmitter 7D that will be described later in response to a set monitoring time elapse signal, and a command unit 7B that resets the timer 7B to zero, and the wireless communication that receives the command signal The transmitter 7D is configured to send a start signal to the base unit 6.

The alarm receiving means 8 may be a fixed phone and / or a mobile phone, which may be a fixed phone installed at the home of the emergency report destination or a mobile phone possessed by the emergency report destination. In addition, it is possible to promptly respond to the emergency situation of a single person by sending a warning signal to the telephones and personal computers of condominium management companies and security companies as emergency reporters. I can protect it.
When an alarm signal is sent to the alarm receiving means 8, the alarm signal is set to a predetermined number of calling signals, and the emergency alarm means 5 and the fixed telephone of the alarm receiving means 8 and / or the mobile phone are in a system that does not make a call. By doing so, the burden of communication costs for single persons can be reduced to zero.

  The present embodiment has the above-described configuration, and the operation thereof will be described next. An area flow meter 2 is connected to a water supply pipe 1C of a toilet in a house where a single person lives, a transmitting means 3 is arranged in the vicinity thereof, a power source is connected, and the area flow meter 2 is connected by a signal line 4. As a result, the wireless communication slave unit 3B and the wireless communication master unit 6 of the emergency notification means 5 are in a state where they can communicate wirelessly.

Then, when a single person uses the flush toilet 1 to flow flush water, an operation signal is sent from the area flow meter 2 to the transmission means 3, and a detection signal is sent from the transmission means 3 to the emergency notification means 5. When the receiving unit 7A receives the detection signal, the control unit 7A resets the monitoring time of the timer 7B to zero, and the timer 7B starts counting the monitoring time of 12 hours again. Thus, while the area flow meter 2 of the residence building of the single person is sending a signal to the transmission means 3 by using the flush toilet, it is assumed that there is no abnormality in the single person.

On the other hand, when the timer 7B counts a predetermined 12 hours without being reset to zero, a time lapse signal is sent to the command unit 7C, a signal is sent from the command unit 7C to the transmission unit 7D, and from the transmission unit 7D to the wireless communication master unit 6 Send activation signal. Then, by sending an alarm signal from the wireless communication master device 6 to the alarm receiving means 8, the emergency report destination can quickly and surely know the emergency situation of a single person.

  Next, FIG. 4 shows a modification of the present invention. In the figure, 11 and 11 are T-shaped pipes located upstream and downstream of the area flow meter 2 and connected to the water supply pipe 1C, and 12 and 13 are between the area flow meter 2 and the T-shaped pipes 11 and 11, respectively. It is the lower side and upper side switching valve which were located and provided in 1 C of water supply pipes. Reference numeral 14 denotes a bypass pipe that bypasses the area flow meter 2 by connecting to the T-shaped pipes 11, 11, and the bypass pipe 14 is provided with a shut-off valve 15.

  According to this modification having the above-described configuration, the lower and upper switching valves 12 and 13 of the normal water supply pipe 1C are normally opened and the area flow meter 2 is in operation, and the shutoff valve of the bypass pipe 14 No. 15 is closed, and there is no difference from the embodiment in the operation of confirming the safety of a single person. However, when the area flow meter 2 is malfunctioning, the lower and upper switching valves 12 and 13 are closed, the shut-off valve 15 is opened, and water is allowed to flow through the bypass pipe 14 to stop the water flow. The toilet 1 can be used without any problems, and the area flow meter 2 can be repaired or replaced.

In addition, when a housemate is added to the residence building and is no longer alone, the upper switching valve 12 is closed, the area flow meter 2 is rendered inoperable, and the shutoff valve 15 of the bypass pipe 14 is opened. Thus, the occupant safety notification device can be easily switched to a suspended state.

  In this embodiment, the transmission means 3 is provided in consideration of the output of the area flow meter, and the emergency notification means 5 is provided with the control unit 7 having the receiving unit 7A. You may make it the structure which connects the control unit 7 with an area flowmeter.

In the present embodiment, the area flow meter 2 is provided in the water supply pipe 1C for supplying water to the low tank 1B of the toilet 1, and the safety is determined based on whether or not the toilet 1 is used. It is possible to detect the safety of a single person by connecting a flow detection means to a pipe through which a fluid flows, such as a gas pipe for heating and a heating pipe, and the usable range is wide.

1C Water supply pipe (fluid piping)
2 Area flow meter (flow detection means)
5 Emergency reporting means 6 Fixed telephone / mobile phone 7 Control unit 8 Alarm receiving means 12, 13 Switching valve 14 Bypass pipe 15 Shut-off valve

Claims (6)

  In order to send a warning signal to a flow detection means for detecting the flow of fluid in the fluid pipe, and a warning reception means registered in advance corresponding to the residential building The emergency notification means provided in the residence building, and the emergency notification means transmits an alarm signal when the operation signal of the flow detection means is not received within the set monitoring time. Safety notification device.   The occupant according to claim 1, wherein a timer that constitutes the emergency notification means and manages a safety monitoring time resets the monitoring time to zero when the flow detection means detects a fluid flow. Person safety notification device.   The occupant safety notification device according to claim 1, wherein the flow detection means is an area flow meter. When the emergency notification means does not receive an operation signal from the fixed telephone and / or mobile phone and the flow detection means within the monitoring time, an alarm signal is sent from the fixed telephone and / or mobile telephone to the alarm receiving means. The resident safety notification device according to claim 1, wherein the resident safety notification device is configured with a control unit that transmits a message.   2. The resident safety notification device according to claim 1, wherein a fixed telephone and / or a cellular phone is used as the alarm receiving means, and the alarm signal is a predetermined number of calling signals. A switching valve is provided in the fluid pipe located upstream of the flow detection means, a bypass pipe is connected between the upstream side of the switching valve and the downstream side of the flow detection means, and the flow detection means is not passed. The occupant safety notification device according to claim 1, wherein a fluid flows through the fluid pipe.

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