JP2013097492A - Alarm cooperation system, alarm cooperation method, alarm unit, and power smart meter - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reinforce a system function, and to improve reliability and a feeling of safety by making a plurality of remotely installed alarm systems cooperate with each other by using the network of a power smart grid system for performing the automatic meter-reading or control of the electric power consumption of a client.SOLUTION: Two alarm systems having a plurality of smoke alarms 10-11 to 10-22 which issue alarms in cooperation with each other when detecting a fire, are installed in a plurality of houses 12-1 and 12-2, and made to cooperate via a power smart grid system having power smart meters 14-1 and 14-2 connected to the Internet 22. When a fire is detected by the alarm 10-11 of the house 12-1, a fire cooperation interlock signal is transmitted via the power smart meter 14-1, a power company server 24, and the power smart meter 14-2 to alarms 10-21 and 12-22 in another house 24-2, thus the fire alarm of the other system is output.

Description

The present invention relates to an alarm linkage system, an alarm that links a plurality of alarm systems installed at a plurality of different locations by using a power smart grid system that automatically measures a consumer's power usage by a power smart meter. The present invention relates to a linkage method, an alarm device, and a power smart meter.

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

  For example, in such a house alarm device, a sensor unit and an alarm unit are integrally provided in the house alarm device, and when a fire is detected from the detection signal of the sensor unit, a fire alarm of a predetermined pattern is output from the alarm unit. As the so-called automatic fire alarm system does not require a dedicated receiver, etc., the fire alarm and the fire alarm can be monitored at the place where the house alarm is installed, so it is easy to install and inexpensive. It has become widespread with the obligatory installation in ordinary houses.

  In addition, by communicating between multiple home alarms, we propose a linked alarm system that outputs fire alarms in conjunction with other home alarms when any home alarm outputs a fire alarm. Has been.

  In such an interlock type alarm system, when a fire is detected by a home alarm, the home alarm device that detected the fire has a predetermined pattern of fire alarm sound including a message, for example, “Woo Woo Fire Alarm Confirm that it has been activated ", while the alarm device linked to it outputs a fire alarm sound such as" Please confirm that another fire alarm has been activated. "

On the other hand, in recent years, the construction of a power smart grid system has been widely studied.
The power smart grid system is generally configured to collect power usage information of a consumer automatically read by a power smart meter known as a power meter having a communication function, for example, at a power company server. Here, the power smart meter communicates with the home appliance via a short-range wireless network or the like, and the power usage amount of the home appliance can be managed and controlled on the server side of the power company.

JP 2010-020663 A JP 2009-259125 A JP 2010-128810 A JP 2011-015521 A

  By the way, in the conventional fire alarm system using such an interlocking type house warning device, for example, one dwelling unit is monitored, and the house warning device is provided for each place (predetermined monitoring area) where fire monitoring is required. The basic principle is to detect fires in conjunction with alarms in the dwelling units.

  However, an alarm system using an interlocked house alarm device cannot mutually cooperate with an alarm system installed in a dwelling unit or the like in a place exceeding the communicable distance range. For example, if a parent household and a child household live in different locations (dwelling units) that are more than a predetermined distance apart, and an alarm system using an interlocking alarm is installed in each dwelling unit, between these two alarm systems However, if alarms linked to each other can be achieved, it is possible to enhance the functions of the alarm system, such as expanding the range where alarms can be linked, and to increase the sense of security of users. On the other hand, there is no effective mechanism for the user to simplify.

The present invention reinforces the system function by linking multiple alarm systems installed remotely using a network of power smart grid systems that perform automatic meter reading and control of consumer's power usage. The main objective is to provide an alarm linkage system, an alarm linkage method, an alarm device, and an electric power smart meter that can improve reliability and security.

(Alarm linkage system A)
The present invention provides an alarm linkage system,
A plurality of alarm systems equipped with an alarm device for alarming when an abnormality is detected;
A power smart grid system that transmits the power used by devices detected by a power smart meter, which is a power meter equipped with a communication function, to a server on the network for processing;
A plurality of alarm systems are linked via a power smart meter of a power smart grid system.

The present invention also provides an alarm linkage system,
A plurality of alarm systems equipped with an alarm device for alarming when an abnormality is detected;
A power smart grid system that transmits the power used by devices detected by a power smart meter, which is a power meter equipped with a communication function, to a server on the network for processing;
And a plurality of alarm systems are linked via a power smart meter of a power smart grid system and a server on a network.

  Here, in the cooperation between the plurality of alarm systems, when an abnormality is detected in an arbitrary alarm system among the plurality of alarm systems, an alarm is issued by another alarm system other than the alarm system.

  When the server receives an abnormality detected by any of the plurality of alarm systems via the power smart meter, the server outputs an abnormality alarm from a user terminal held by a user of another alarm system.

  Some or all of the alarm systems operate a plurality of alarm devices provided in the same alarm system.

  The alarm device relays a signal between alarm devices provided in the same alarm system.

(Alarm linkage method A)
The present invention provides an alarm linkage system,
A plurality of alarm systems including an alarm device for alarming when an abnormality is detected are linked via a power smart meter which is a power meter having a communication function of the power smart grid system.

Further, the present invention provides an alarm linkage method,
The fact that multiple alarm systems equipped with alarm devices that alarm when abnormalities are detected are linked via a power smart meter that is a power meter with a power smart grid system communication function and a server on the network. Features.

  Other features of the alarm cooperation method A of the present invention are basically the same as those of the alarm cooperation system A described above.

(Alarm linkage system B)
The present invention transmits a power consumption of a device detected by a power smart meter, which is a power meter having a communication function, to a server on a network, with a plurality of alarm systems provided with an alarm device for alarming when an abnormality is detected. In the alarm linkage system linked via the power smart grid system to be processed,
The alarm
When an abnormality is detected, an abnormality alarm indicating an interlocking source is output, and an abnormality interlocking signal is transmitted to another alarm device and the power smart meter according to a predetermined first communication protocol, while being transmitted from another alarm device. An alarm control unit that outputs an abnormality alarm indicating an interlock destination when an abnormal interlocking signal reception according to the first communication protocol is detected;
A linkage alarm control unit for outputting a failure alarm indicating a failure of the cooperation destination alarm system when detecting the reception of the failure cooperation link signal according to the first communication protocol transmitted from the power smart meter;
With
Electric power smart meter
A meter control unit for transmitting the measured power usage to the server according to a predetermined second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol when detecting reception of a meter reading request signal from the server;
When the reception of the abnormal link signal according to the first communication protocol transmitted from the alarm device is detected, the abnormal link signal is converted into the abnormal link signal according to the second communication protocol and transmitted to the network. On the other hand, when the reception of the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol transmitted from the power smart meter of another alarm system to the network is detected, the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is detected. A link communication control unit that converts the link signal into a link signal and transmits it to the alarm device in the same alarm system;
Is provided.

(Alarm)
The present invention provides each of a plurality of alarm systems linked via a power smart grid system that transmits power used by devices detected by a power smart meter, which is a power meter having a communication function, to a server on the network for processing. In the alarm device which is provided in and alarms when abnormality is detected,
When an abnormality is detected, an abnormality alarm indicating an interlocking source is output, and an abnormality interlocking signal is transmitted to another alarm device and the power smart meter according to a predetermined first communication protocol, while being transmitted from another alarm device. An alarm control unit that outputs an abnormality alarm indicating an interlocking destination when an abnormal interlocking signal reception according to the first communication protocol is detected;
A linkage alarm control unit for outputting a failure alarm indicating a failure of the cooperation destination alarm system when detecting the reception of the failure cooperation link signal according to the first communication protocol transmitted from the power smart meter;
It is characterized by having.

(Power smart meter)
The present invention relates to a power smart meter that is a power meter provided in a power smart grid system that links a plurality of alarm systems including an alarm device that warns when an abnormality is detected.
A meter control unit that, when detecting reception of a meter reading request signal from a server on the network, transmits the measured power usage to the server according to a predetermined second communication protocol; and
When receiving an abnormal interlocking signal according to a predetermined first communication protocol different from the second communication protocol transmitted from the alarm device, the abnormal interlocking signal is changed to an abnormal cooperative interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol. On the other hand, when the reception of the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol transmitted from the power smart meter of another alarm system to the network is detected, the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal is A cooperative communication control unit for converting into an abnormal cooperative interlocking signal according to one communication protocol and transmitting it to an alarm device in the same alarm system;
Is provided.

  According to the present invention, for example, when a predetermined abnormality such as a fire is detected by an alarm of an alarm system provided in any of a plurality of dwelling units, the alarm is detected and the same dwelling unit (alarm system) is installed. A fire alarm is output from another alarm device, and the electricity is automatically metered for each dwelling unit. The electricity smart meter system provided in the power smart grid system, the network, and a fire via the power smart meter of another dwelling unit By sending a linkage interlock signal, the other dwelling unit can also output a fire alarm, and by linking each alarm system separately installed in a dwelling unit, etc., the overall linkage The possible range can be expanded easily and flexibly, and the room for each user's response can be expanded to increase the sense of security.

  In addition, a special alarm is provided by providing a short-distance communication function (first communication unit) that communicates with an alarm in the power smart meter of the power smart grid system, or by providing a relay adapter that mediates communication between the power smart meter and the alarm. It is not necessary to install a vessel, the system can be easily expanded, and the cost can be reduced.

  In the power smart grid system, a new function service called alarm linkage of a plurality of alarm systems can be provided to the user, and the convenience of the service user can be improved.

Furthermore, when a fire is detected in any of the alarm systems, the server on the network that has received the fire cooperation interlocking signal from the alarm system via the power smart meter further becomes, for example, a user terminal such as a mobile phone By cooperating with, you can output a fire alarm that identifies the dwelling unit to the terminal, so you can know the fire detected while you are away and take appropriate action quickly. .

Explanatory drawing which showed schematic structure of the alarm cooperation system by this invention which cooperates the alarm system installed in 2 houses using an electric power smart grid Explanatory drawing which showed the outline of two communication systems which cooperate the alarm system in this invention Explanatory drawing which showed an example of the fire alarm screen displayed on a mobile telephone by the alarm cooperation system of this invention Explanatory drawing which showed the external appearance of the house alarm device used by this invention The block diagram which showed embodiment of the residence guard used by this invention The block diagram which showed embodiment of the electric power smart meter used by this invention The flowchart which illustrated the outline of the process by the residence guard of FIG. The flowchart which illustrated the outline of the processing by a resident alarm following FIG. The flowchart which illustrated the outline of the process by the electric power smart meter of FIG. The flowchart which illustrated the outline of the process by the electric power company server of FIG. Explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of an alarm linkage system of the present invention using a mobile phone network and a public wireless LAN network as a wide area communication network of the power smart grid system FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a power smart meter used in the system of FIG.

  FIG. 1 shows an alarm according to the present invention when an alarm system installed in two houses (two dwelling units) is linked using an electric power smart grid system that performs automatic metering of electric power consumption of electric appliances such as home appliances. It is explanatory drawing which showed schematic structure of the cooperation system. Such alarm linkage systems include, for example, an elderly residence and its manager residence, a care recipient residence and a caregiver residence, a nursery and the parents' child residence, a school and student residence, a workplace and home. It can be used in different establishments within a company, between multiple buildings of the same facility, etc.

  In FIG. 1, a house 12-1 is, for example, a house of a parent household, and a house 12-2 is a house of a child household, both of which are built apart in different places. Wireless interlocking house alarms (fire alarms for houses) that detect and detect alarms as fires in certain alert areas (monitoring areas) such as the kitchen, living room, main bedroom, and staircase of the house 12-1. ) 10-11 and 10-12 are installed to construct a linked alarm system. Similarly, in the house 12-2, wireless interlocking type house alarms (fire alarms for houses) 10-21 and 10-22 are installed to construct an interlocking alarm system.

  In addition, although the house 12-1 and 12-2 have illustrated the case where two residence warning devices are installed for convenience of explanation, the number of alarm devices (the number of interlocking units) constituting each alarm system is arbitrary. Thus, it may be one unit or a plurality of units of three or more, and an appropriate number can be installed as required for each alarm system. In addition, hereinafter, the house alarm devices 10-11 to 10-22 may be referred to as the house alarm device 10 when collectively referred to without being distinguished from each other.

  Further, here, a case where alarm devices are linked in the same alarm system is called “linkage”, and a case where different alarm systems are linked is called “linkage”. As a result of the cooperation of the alarm system, the fact that the alarm device is interlocked in the alarm system of the cooperation destination may be referred to as “cooperation interlocking”.

  In addition, a signal transmitted and received between alarm devices in the same alarm system is referred to as a “link signal”, and a signal transmitted and received between different alarm systems is referred to as a “link signal”. For example, the former interlock signal includes a fire interlock signal, a fire recovery interlock signal, an alarm stop interlock signal, and a fault interlock signal. The latter interlock interlock signal includes, for example, a fire interlock interlock signal, a fire recovery interlock interlock signal, and an alarm. There are stop cooperation interlocking signals and fault cooperation interlocking signals.

  The home alarm device 10 has a function of wirelessly transmitting and receiving interlocking signals to each other, and monitors the presence or absence of a fire in the corresponding monitoring area in each place of the house. If a fire has occurred in the house 12-1, for example, the residence guard 10-11 detects the fire and starts an alarm. When the home alarm detects a fire in this way and starts an alarm, it is called “reporting”.

  When the resident alarm 10-11 issues a report, the resident alarm 10-11 functions as an interlocking source, and wirelessly transmits a fire interlocking signal to another resident alarm 10-12 that is an interlocking destination. When another fire alarm 10-12 effectively receives the fire interlock signal from the interlocking house alarm 10-11, it performs an alarm operation as an interlock destination by an alarm sound and an alarm display. In addition, when the number of residence warning devices of an alarm system is one, the said residence warning device can abbreviate | omit the interlocking function with another residence warning device.

  Here, the home alarm device 10 confirms that the group code included in the received interlocking signal matches the group code registered in the memory, so that the interlocking signal belongs to its own group, and the signal content is When it is recognized normally, it is detected that this interlocking signal has been received effectively. Furthermore, the resident guard 10 that has effectively received the interlocking signal relays the interlocking signal as necessary. The group code is set as a unique code for each alarm system, and each home alarm can recognize and process only the interlocking signal related to the alarm system to which it belongs.

  As the alarm operation of the home alarm device 10-11 that is the link source, for example, a fire alarm sound is output by a voice message such as “Please confirm that the Woo Woo fire alarm has been activated”. On the other hand, in the linked home alarm device 10-12, for example, a fire alarm sound is output by a voice message such as “Please confirm that another fire alarm has been activated”.

  In addition, as an alarm display of the home alarm device 10-11 that is the interlocking source, for example, an LED is lit. On the other hand, in the interlocked residence police 10-12, the LED blinks. As a result, the alarm display by the LED in the interlock source alarm and the interlock destination alarm can be distinguished.

  When the self-guard 10 detects a fire (when it becomes a fire-linked source), the house-guard 10 transmits a fire-linked signal according to a predetermined first communication protocol to another house-guard that belongs to the same alarm system. Further, the home alarm device 10 receives a fire-linked signal transmitted (or relayed) according to the first communication protocol from another home alarm device belonging to the same alarm system. The basic alarm interlocking operation in each alarm system is realized by such a transmission / reception function of the residential alarm 10.

  The transmission / reception by the first communication protocol (transmission / reception by the first communication unit) in the residential security device 10 of the present embodiment is STD-, which is known as a standard of a specific low-power radio station of 400 MHz band, for example, in Japan. 30 (low-power security system radio equipment radio equipment standard) or STD-T67 (specific low-power radio station telemeter, telecontrol and data transmission radio standard). Of course, when used outside Japan, the content conforms to the standard of the assigned radio station in that region. The transmission power of the residential police device 10 compliant with the specific low power radio station is 10 mW or less in the case of STD-30, 10 mW or less or 1 mW or less in the case of STD-T67, and the line-of-sight communication distance is about several tens to It will be about 100 meters.

  In addition to the STD-30 or STD-60 described above, the first communication protocol of the residential alarm 10 and the power smart meter 14 is assigned to, for example, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification). A short-range wireless communication protocol for a sensor network known as Z-Wave (R) or ZigBee (R) using a frequency of 900 MHz, that is, 950 to 957 MHz may be used.

  Electric power smart meters 14-1 and 14-2 are installed in the homes 12-1 and 12-2 as terminal devices for building a power smart grid system that automatically measures the power usage of electric devices such as home appliances. It is installed. Hereinafter, the power smart meters 14-1 and 14-2 are collectively referred to as the power smart meter 14 without being distinguished from each other.

  The power smart meter 14 is a power meter having a communication function. In the present embodiment, a gateway function is provided as a wide area communication function, and signals are transmitted to and received from the power company server 24 via the Internet 22. To do. The gateway function of the power smart meter 14 transmits / receives a signal to / from the power company server 24 according to the Internet communication protocol known as TCP / IP which is the second communication protocol of the present embodiment (transmission / reception by the second communication unit). ).

  That is, the power company server 24 transmits an IP signal (Internet protocol signal) according to the Internet communication protocol, receives it by the power smart meter 14, converts it to a TCP signal (transfer protocol signal), and processes it. The power smart meter 14 converts the TCP signal into an IP signal according to the Internet communication protocol and transmits the IP signal to the power company server 24.

  Such connection with the Internet 22 by the gateway function of the power smart meter 14 uses, for example, a connection service by a server owned by an Internet service provider (ISP) as is well known.

  The electric power smart meters 14-1 and 14-2 are arranged on the primary side of the commercial AC power supply line with respect to the distribution board 16 provided in the houses 12-1 and 12-2. When the amount of power used to supply electric equipment such as the television 18 and the air conditioner 20 installed in the home (house 12) is measured and a meter reading request signal is received from the power company server 24, the amount of power used is indicated based on the measurement result. Send a meter reading response signal.

  In addition, the power smart meters 14-1 and 14-2 of the present embodiment include the above-described specific low power in the 400 MHz band with the residential alarm 10 that constructs the alarm system provided in the houses 12-1 and 12-2. A short-range wireless communication function (function of the first communication unit) for transmitting and receiving signals in accordance with the first communication protocol of the wireless station standard is provided.

  The electric power company server 24 is provided with a function of a meter reading management unit 34 as a software application, and periodically transmits a meter reading request signal to the electric power smart meter 14, and a unit of the house 12 from the meter reading response signal sent thereto. The amount of power used per hour, the total amount of power used for a predetermined period, and the like are obtained, and based on this, the billing process is performed by transmitting to an aggregation center of a power company (not shown).

  The meter-reading management unit 34 transmits the counting result to a user terminal such as a mobile phone 32 through the mobile phone network 28 and the mobile phone base station 30, and the user terminal determines the power usage amount of the house 12 at the user terminal. Can also provide a power management service that can be viewed and managed.

  In order to provide such automatic meter reading, power management, and browsing service, the power company server 24 is provided with a database 36. The database 36 has an IP address of the power smart meter 14 using, for example, a house ID that identifies a house as an index. Information such as user information such as the telephone number and mail address of the mobile phone 32 owned by the user and information on power usage is stored as necessary. For example, a power meter number or a customer number assigned to the power smart meter 14 is used as the house ID.

  Further, the power company server 24 includes the alarm systems 10-11 and 10-12 of the alarm system provided in the house 12-1 and the alarm systems 10-21 and 10-22 of the alarm system provided in the house 12-2. In order to cooperate, the function of the cooperation control part 38 is provided. For example, when a fire is detected by the home alarm device 10-11, the home alarm device 10-11 performs an alarm operation as an interlock source, and sends a fire interlock signal according to the first communication protocol to the housing alarm device 10-12 and Transmit to the power smart meter 14-1. In the home alarm device 10-12 that has received this effectively, an alarm operation is performed as an interlocking destination. On the other hand, the power smart meter 14-1 that has effectively received the fire-linked signal according to the first communication protocol from the home alarm device 10-11 uses the gateway function, and the fire-linked signal is linked to the fire-linked signal according to the Internet communication protocol as the second communication protocol. It converts into a signal, transmits to the electric power smart meter 14-2 of the house 12-2 via the electric power company server 24 on the internet 22, or transmits directly to the electric power smart meter 14-2 via the internet 24. .

  The power smart meter 14-2 of the dwelling unit 12-2 converts the fire cooperation interlocking signal received in accordance with the second communication protocol into a fire cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the first communication protocol, and the residential alarm devices 10-21 and 10-22. The home alarm devices 10-21 and 10-22 that wirelessly transmitted to and output the other system fire alarm indicating the fire occurrence in the house 12-1, which is different from the house in which the alarm system to which the self belongs belongs. Yes (cooperation destination alarm operation).

  In order to realize this, each interlocking signal and the interlocking interlocking signal are given a group code of the transmission side alarm system, and each resident alarm 10 and power smart meter 14 perform identification processing. In addition to this, By attaching the ID of the interlocking former house alarm 10 and performing the same recognition process, the linked fire alarm output indicating the occurrence of a fire in another system not only identifies the source house where the fire occurred It can be set as the content which specifies and alert | reports until which detection device 10 was detected.

Here, there are two communication methods shown in FIG. 2 for the cooperation of the alarm system using the power smart grid system having the Internet communication function according to the present invention.
(1) Direct communication method between power smart meters (2) Communication method between power smart meters via server

  FIG. 3 (A) is an outline of the direct communication system between power smart meters in (1). For example, when a fire is detected in the home alarm device 10-11 of the house 12-1, the power smart meter 14-1 is linked. The fire cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted by designating the IP address of the power smart meter 14-1 of the house 12-2 registered as the destination as the destination address. This is peer-to-peer communication (one-to-one communication) between the two power smart meters 14-1 and 14-2, and the processing is simple and can be linked at high speed because it does not go through the power company server 24. As is well known, connection to the Internet 22 by the power smart meters 14-1 and 14-2 uses a connection service provided by a server (not shown) owned by an Internet service provider (ISP). In this way, the fire occurrence in the house 12-1 is finally output as a fire alarm for the other system by the house alarm devices 10-21 and 10-22 (not shown) of the house 12-2.

  Here, in FIG. 2, an example in which the smart smart meter 14-1 receives the fire interlock signal directly from the residential alarm 10-11 and performs the above processing as a case where a fire is detected by the residential alarm 10-11. Although shown, there is a case where a fire-linked signal relayed from the resident alarm 10-12 is received and the same processing is performed. This is the same as in FIG.

  FIG. 2B is an outline of the communication system between power smart meters via a server in (2) above. For example, when a fire is detected in the residence alarm 10-11 of the house 12-1, the power smart meter 14-1 The fire cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted by designating the IP address of the power company server 24 as the destination address. The power company server 24 that has received the fire cooperation interlocking signal from the power smart meter 14-1 has associated with the ID (which may be a group code) of the power smart meter 14-2 included in the cooperation interlocking signal by the cooperation control unit 38. The database 36 is searched based on the index information such as the customer number, and the IP address of the power smart meter 14-2 of the house 12-2 previously assigned and registered as the alarm cooperation destination information is acquired and the fire cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted. The other system fire alarm indicating the occurrence of a fire in the house 12-1 from the home alarm devices 10-21 and 10-22 (not shown) of the house 12-2 via the power smart meter 14-2 that has received this effectively. Is output.

  The advantage of the communication system between power smart meters via the server is that it is not necessary to set the IP address of the power smart meter corresponding to the cooperation destination alarm system for each power smart meter, and only the database 36 of the power company server 24 is edited. Since the cooperation relationship such as the destination IP address can be freely set, for example, the fire cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted not only to the power smart meter 14-2 of the house 12-2 but also to the power smart meter 14-3 of another house 12-3. It is possible to transmit, one-to-n communication is possible, three or more alarm systems can be linked together, and the linkage relationship can be easily changed. Such cooperation-related data editing in the database 36 of the electric power company server 24 is performed on a user editing function screen provided in the electric power company server 24 via the Internet from a mobile phone 32 or a personal computer which is a user terminal. It may be accessed and directly performed by the user.

  In this inter-server power smart meter communication method, the cooperation control unit 38 provided in the power company server 24 cooperates with, for example, the mobile phone 32 that is a user terminal, and the power company server 24 receives the fire cooperation interlocking signal. In this case, a fire alarm related to the cooperation source and cooperation destination alarm systems can be output from the user's mobile phone 32 registered in the database 36.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing an example of a fire alarm screen displayed on the mobile phone 32 by the server-to-server power smart meter communication method of (2) and FIG. 2 (B). In FIG. 3, the mobile phone 32 displays an alarm screen 300 and outputs a fire alarm sound when a fire alarm signal between units is received from the power company server 24 based on the reception of the fire cooperation interlocking signal.

  For example, if the name of the house 12-1 is “Housing A” and the name of the house 12-1 is “Housing B” on the alarm screen 300, for example, “Fire alarm of“ Housing A (Housing B) ”has been activated. Alert message 302 is displayed. Of course, it can also be set as the content which identifies even the fire alarm which detected the fire. “Housing A” and “Housing B” are identified by, for example, the power company server 24 or the mobile phone 32 recognizing the correspondence with a preset housing name based on the code in the fire cooperation interlocking signal. Description is omitted.

  Below the alarm message 302 on the alarm screen 300, a confirmation button 304, a house A automatic dial button 306, a house B automatic dial button 308, a 119 automatic dial button 310, a 110 automatic dial button 312 and an alarm stop button are operated. 314 and the like are displayed, and each button unit has a transparent touch panel, so that necessary operations can be performed.

  For example, when the confirmation button 304 is operated, a confirmation signal is transmitted to the power company server 24 via the mobile phone ground station 30, the mobile phone network 28, and the Internet 22. Is notified, and corresponding processing is performed as necessary. Further, when the house A automatic dial button 306 or the house B automatic dial button 308 is operated, a call connection with a fixed telephone installed in the house 12-1 or 12-2 is enabled. Of course, not only a fixed telephone but also a telephone connection with another mobile phone may be made possible.

  Further, by operating the 119 automatic dial buttons 310 and 110 automatic dial buttons 312, it is possible to establish a call connection with a fire engine or police agency as necessary. When the alarm stop button 314 is operated, an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted to the electric power company server 24, and the electric power company server 24 that has received it effectively is installed in the houses 12-1 and 12-2. An alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted to the electric power smart meters 14-1 and 14-2, and the fire alarm output from the residential alarm devices 10-11 to 10-22 is stopped.

  It should be noted that any or all of the functional configurations of the database 36 and the cooperation control unit 38 for notifying the fire information from the mobile phone 32 provided in the power company server 24 may be provided on the mobile phone 32 side. Further, as already described, when the database 36 is provided on the electric power company server 24 side, registration of the house alarm device identification code and the like is performed on the electric power company server 24 via the Internet 22 from the mobile phone 32 or another personal computer. It may be performed by accessing a user homepage or the like.

  As described above, the server-to-server power smart meter communication method transmits a fire cooperation interlocking signal to the power company server 24 on the Internet 22 when a fire is detected in the alarm system of the houses 12-1 and 12-2. Even if the user is out of the office by outputting a fire alarm that identifies the unit that has occurred from the mobile phone 32 of the user (resident of the house 12-1, 12-2) through the processing of the company server 24, for example. Knowing the fire of your home or other homes that you detect while you are away, you can take prompt and appropriate action.

  Further, in any of the communication methods (1) and (2) shown in FIGS. 2 (A) and 2 (B), for example, a fire is detected by the home alarm device 10-11 of the house 12-1, and the dwelling unit 12- 1 and dwelling unit 12-2, after alarming fire, when home alarm 10-11 detects fire recovery, or when alarm stop operation of the operation unit provided in dwelling device 10-11 is detected, The alarm device 10-11 transmits a fire recovery interlock signal or an alarm stop interlock signal to the residential alarm device 10-12 and the power smart meter 14-1 according to the first communication protocol. Upon receiving the fire recovery interlocking signal or the alarm stop interlocking signal from the home alarm device 10-11, the housing alarm device 10-12 stops the interlocking destination fire alarm.

  In addition, the power smart meter 14-1 that has received the fire recovery interlock signal or the alarm stop interlock signal from the home alarm device 10-11 uses the fire recovery interlock signal or the alarm stop interlock signal according to the second wireless communication protocol. It converts into a cooperation interlocking signal or an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal, specifies the IP address of the power smart meter 14-2, and transmits it directly to the power smart meter 14-2 via the Internet 22, or a power company server 24 to the power smart meter 14-2. In the case of passing through the electric power company server 24, the IP address of the electric power company server 24 is designated, and the electric power company server 24 designates the IP address of the electric power smart meter 14-2. The fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal or alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal power smart meter 14-2 is further converted into a fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal or an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the first communication protocol, and the residence guard of the house 12-2. It transmits to 10-21, 10-22, and stops the other system fire alarm which shows the fire outbreak of the house 12-1 currently output from the residence guard 10-21, 10-22.

  Here, when each communication path in FIG. 1 is arranged, for example, a communication path 11a is formed between the house alarm devices 10-11 and 10-12 installed in the house 12-1, and the house alarm devices 10-11 and 10-12 are connected to each other. The communication path 11b is connected to the power smart meter 14-1. The dwelling unit 12-2 is also illustrated in the same manner. In these communication paths, the first communication protocol is used.

  Further, the home alarm device 10 effectively receives the interlocking signal or the interlocking interlocking signal indicating the fire, the fire recovery, and the alarm stop operation transmitted from the power smart meter 14 of another home alarm device or another alarm system by the first communication protocol. If detected, the corresponding interlocking signal or the interlocking interlocking signal is relayed and transmitted to another house alarm device by the first communication protocol as necessary.

  In addition, the interlock signal between the home alarm devices 10 according to the first communication protocol, the interlock signal transmitted by relay transmission, the interlock signal and the interlock signal between the home alarm device 10 and the power smart meter 14, and the power smart meter 14 to the power company The linkage interlocking signals to the server 24, the mobile phone base station 28, and the mobile phone 32 are not particularly distinguished except for the communication protocol for the sake of simplicity of explanation, but the signal contents (for example, one fire detection) If the information required for each communication section (for example, the fact that a fire has occurred) is included in a format that conforms to each communication standard or protocol, the contents need not necessarily be the same. Of course, the contents may be different from each other. This is the same when the transmission direction is reversed as described later, that is, when transmission is performed from the mobile phone side to the alarm system side.

  In addition, when the content of the other system fire alarm indicating the occurrence of a fire in the cooperation destination alarm system is the same as that of the cooperation destination fire alarm, the interlocking type house police device having the same configuration as the conventional one is used as the housing alarm device 10. You can also The same applies not only to the fire alarm but also to the case of various types of failure interlocking signals such as a fire recovery interlocking signal and low battery described later, and the interlocking interlocking of the failure recovery interlocking signals.

  4A and 4B are explanatory views illustrating the appearance of a wireless interlocking smoke type house alarm used in the present invention. FIG. 4A shows a front view and FIG. 4B shows a side view. The side provided with the attachment hook 45 is the upper side.

  In FIG. 4, the housing of the residential alarm device 10 of this embodiment includes a cover 42 and a main body 44. A protrusion is provided in the center of the cover 42, a plurality of smoke inlets are opened on the peripheral side surface of the protrusion, and a smoke detector 46 is disposed in the inside thereof, so that smoke accompanying a fire flows into the smoke detector 46. When a predetermined concentration is reached, a fire is detected by an alarm control unit described later. As the smoke detector 46, for example, a known scattered light smoke detector mechanism can be applied.

  A plurality of acoustic holes 48 are provided on the lower left side of the cover 42, and a buzzer and a speaker are incorporated behind this so that an alarm sound and a voice message can be output. An alarm stop switch 50 is provided below the cover 42.

  When the alarm stop switch 50 is operated to press a switch cover formed of a light-transmitting member, a push switch (not shown) is pressed in cooperation therewith. In the vicinity of the push switch inside the switch cover, an LED 52 for displaying an alarm or the like is arranged as indicated by a dotted line. When the LED 52 lights up, flashes, or blinks, the operation light passes through the switch cover portion of the alarm stop switch 50. The operating state can be visually recognized from the outside.

  The alarm stop switch 50 also functions as an inspection switch that instructs the self-inspection of a predetermined function of the home alarm 10 from the outside. For example, when the alarm stop switch 50 is operated during the fire alarm output, the fire alarm is stopped, and when the alarm stop switch 50 is operated in a normal state, a self-inspection is performed for a predetermined function, and the result is obtained by the LED 52 or the speaker. Is notified. Here, the normal state refers to a state where at least a fire alarm is being output or a failure alarm is not being output.

  Further, a mounting hook 45 having an insertion hole in the substantially central portion is provided at the upper part on the back side of the main body 44, and a screw or the like is screwed into the wall surface of the room to be installed and hooked through the insertion hole of the mounting hook 45. The residential alarm 10 can be fixedly installed on the wall surface in a so-called wall-hanging manner.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the main part of a residential alarm used in the present invention. The following description will be made taking the server-to-server power smart meter communication method in FIG. 2B as an example.

  This is only an example, and the separation and integration of each function can be performed arbitrarily. Each part or all of each function may be executed by software (program) or may be executed by hardware.

  Moreover, in FIG. 5, although it has shown about the residence guard 10-11 installed in the house 12-1, it becomes the same structure also about other residence guards 10-12 to 10-22.

  In FIG. 5, the home alarm device 10-11 is provided with a processor 100 known as a one-chip CPU, and the first communication unit 102 that transmits and receives the first communication protocol including the antenna 104 to the processor 100. The memory 106, the sensor unit 108, the notification unit 110, and the operation unit 112 are provided, and the battery power source 114 supplies power to necessary units including these.

  The first communication unit 102 is provided with a first transmission circuit 116 and a first reception circuit 118 connected to the antenna 104. The first communication unit 102 fires and recovers fire between the other residential alarm 10-12 and the power smart meter 14-1 in accordance with a first communication protocol that complies with the standard of a specific low-power radio station in the 400 MHz band, for example. Sends and receives various interlocking signals such as alarm stop and failure, or interlocking interlocking signals.

  In the transmission of the interlocking signal by the first communication protocol in the first transmission circuit 116 of the first communication unit 102, the operation of transmitting the interlocking signal over a predetermined time T1, for example, T1 = 3 seconds, is performed for the predetermined time T2, for example, T2 = 2. For example, it is repeated four times with a second pause. This T1 = 3-second transmission and T = 2-second pause comply with the standard of a specific low-power radio station. Further, in the transmission operation of T1 = 3 seconds, for example, 2.8 seconds from the beginning of the transmission operation is a dummy signal transmission, and the interlocking signal is repeatedly transmitted in the remaining 0.2 seconds. The same applies to relay transmission.

  Moreover, the signal reception by the 1st communication protocol in the 1st receiving circuit 118 of the 1st communication part 102 receives intermittently the interlocking signal from the other resident guard 10-12 which belongs to the same group as the resident guard 10-11. . In the intermittent reception, the reception operation is repeated every predetermined period T3, for example, every T3 = 7 seconds, for a receivable time T4, for example, T4 = 100 milliseconds, and the transmission dummy signal is carrier sensed during the receivable time T4. When the signal is detected, the reception is switched to continuous reception for a predetermined time and the interlocking signal following the dummy signal is received. Such a reception operation of the first receiving circuit 118 is the same for the reception of the cooperation interlocking signal transmitted from the power smart meter 14-1. The same applies to relay transmission / reception.

  The received signal is decoded by the alarm control unit 122 provided in the processor 100. Hereinafter, the process up to this decoding may be referred to as reception. In particular, when the signal is determined to be valid as a result of decoding, it is called effective reception.

  Further, in the first communication protocol, when the resident guard 10-11 itself detects a fire or an event other than a fire and transmits an interlocking signal, it belongs to the same group as the resident guard 10-11 and receives the other signals. An acknowledgment signal (hereinafter referred to as “ACK signal”) indicating that the interlock signal has been normally received from the home alarm device 10-12 is returned, and the home alarm device 10-11 transmits the interlock signal. It is monitored later whether or not this ACK signal is effectively received. The ACK signal may also be relayed by other house alarms as necessary.

  If the ACK signal (reply) is not received from the resident guard 10-12 in response to the interlocking signal transmitted by the resident guard 10-11, it is determined as a communication failure or the like, and a predetermined notification process or cooperation described later is performed. Processing etc. will be performed.

  A signal transmitted and received by the first communication protocol is configured as a format including a serial number, a transmission source identification code, a group code, and an event code. A serial number is a code | symbol produced | generated independently for every residence warning device, and is a serial number which shows the production | generation order or transmission order of an interlocking signal. Based on this, management such as prohibition of re-relay can be performed. The identification code is, for example, the serial number of the home alarm device that identifies each home alarm device, and the group code is the home alarm device 10-11, 10 installed in each of the houses 12-1, 12-2 as shown in FIG. -12 or 10-21, 10-22 is a code for configuring an interlocking group that interlocks with each other, and the power smart meter 14 is also assigned a group code of the corresponding alarm group .

The event code is a code representing the content of an event such as a fire. In the present embodiment, a 4-bit code is used. For example,
0001 = Fire 0010 = ACK
0011 = Alarm stop 0100 = Recovery 0101 = Sensor failure 0110 = Low battery failure.

Furthermore, in the present embodiment, as an event code corresponding to transmission / reception of cooperation interlocking signals between dwelling units,
0111 = Other system fire 1000 = Other system alarm stop 1001 = Other system recovery 1010 = Other system sensor failure 1011 = Other system low battery failure is added.

  It should be noted that both the identification code indicating the transmission source (linkage source) residence warning device and the identification code of the residence security device relaying are added to the linkage signal to be relayed. Further, an identification code for designating a transmission destination (destination) may be added.

  The memory 106 stores serial numbers used for generating and collating and decoding interlocking signals, identification codes, group codes, etc., and various audio data used when alarm sounds are output.

  As described above, the sensor unit 108 is provided with the smoke detection unit 46 that detects smoke based on the scattered light type smoke detection principle and outputs a smoke detection signal corresponding to the smoke density.

  The notification unit 110 is provided with a speaker 120 that is an acoustic output device that outputs an alarm sound and the like, and an LED 52 that performs alarm display and the like along with respective drive circuits (not shown). The speaker 120 receives control from the alarm control unit 122 or the linked alarm control unit 124, and outputs a voice message, an alarm sound, or the like based on various data stored in the memory 106 or the like. The LED 52 notifies the display of abnormalities and other events such as a fire by blinking, blinking, or lighting.

  The operation unit 112 is provided with an alarm stop switch 50. The alarm stop switch 50 also functions as an inspection switch as described above.

  The battery power supply 114 uses, for example, a lithium battery or an alkaline battery having a predetermined number of cells, and supplies power to each necessary part. As the battery capacity, for example, a lifetime of 10 years is guaranteed by reducing the power consumption of the entire circuit unit in the residence guard 10-11.

  The processor 100 is provided with functions of an alarm control unit 122 and a linked alarm control unit 124 as functions realized by executing the program.

  The alarm control unit 122 is provided in the sensor unit 108 based on the presence / absence of a fire based on the smoke detection signal output from the smoke detection unit 46 provided in the sensor unit 108, the presence / absence of an alarm stop instruction input or inspection instruction input by the operation unit 112. The smoke detection signal output from the smoke detector 46 decreases and the fire detection state is resolved, whether there is a fire recovery, sensor failure or failure based on signals from various monitoring circuits not shown, low battery failure etc. Detect. Further, the alarm control unit 122 decodes the interlocking signal from the other residential alarm device 10-12 received by the first receiving circuit 118 and detects information such as the presence / absence of the interlocking signal effective reception and the interlocking content.

  When the alarm control unit 122 detects a fire (presence) based on the smoke detection signal of the smoke detection unit 46 provided in the sensor unit 108, the alarm control unit 122 notifies the notification unit 110 from the speaker 120 a fire alarm sound indicating the link source, for example, “ "Woo Woo is a fire. Please confirm that it is a fire." The voice message is repeatedly output, and the LED 52 is turned on to perform a fire alarm display indicating the interlocking source. The fire interlocking signal according to the 1st communication protocol is transmitted from the 1 transmission circuit 116 to the other residential alarm device 10-12 and the electric power smart meter 14-1.

  Further, the alarm control unit 122 detects the effective reception by decoding the fire-linked signal according to the first communication protocol from the other residential alarm device 10-12 received by the first receiving circuit 118 of the first communication unit 102. In this case, as an alarm operation indicating the link destination, the alarm sound as the link destination is repeatedly output from the speaker 120 of the notification unit 110, for example, “Please confirm that another fire alarm has been activated”. At the same time, control is performed to cause the LED 52 to blink, for example, to display an alarm indicating the interlocking destination. Furthermore, the first transmission circuit 116 is controlled to transmit an ACK signal as a response signal (reply) accompanying the reception of the fire interlock signal from the interlock source.

  Moreover, the alarm control part 122 controls the alerting | reporting part 110, when the operation of the alarm stop switch 50 is detected during the output of the fire alarm sound which shows the interlocking origin, and the alarm sound output from the speaker 120 and the alarm display output of LED52 The fire alarm operation is stopped, and the first transmission circuit 116 of the first communication unit 102 is caused to transmit an alarm stop interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol to the other residential alarm devices 10-12.

  When the alarm control unit 122 detects effective reception of the alarm stop interlocking signal from the other housing alarm device 10-12 while the fire alarm sound indicating the interlocking source is being output, the residence alarm device 10-11 performs alarm control. The unit 122 maintains the output of at least one of the fire alarm sound and the fire alarm display without stopping until at least a predetermined period elapses so that the interlocking source can be identified.

  In addition, when the alarm control unit 122 detects the operation of the alarm stop switch 50 or the effective reception of the alarm stop interlocking signal from the other residential alarm device 10-12 while the alarm sound indicating the interlocking destination is being output, The fire alarm operation by the alarm sound by the voice message from the speaker 120 and the alarm display of the LED 52 is stopped by controlling. Furthermore, the ACK signal accompanying the alarm stop interlock signal reception is returned in the same manner as when the fire interlock signal is received.

  In addition, since it is the same also in each case mentioned later, description is abbreviate | omitted about the reply of the ACK signal accompanying communication between residence police. In addition, although the transmission / reception process of an ACK signal can be similarly performed in the communication between the residential alarm 10 and the power smart meter 14, the description thereof is also omitted. In addition, communication retry, timeout processing, and the like can be performed as appropriate, but description thereof is omitted in this specification.

  In addition, the alarm control unit 122 is provided with a low battery failure monitoring function in which the power supply voltage supplied from the battery power supply 114 is less than a predetermined level in cooperation with a voltage monitoring circuit (not shown). The test is automatically executed periodically in the background, and the result is updated and recorded in the memory 44 each time.

  When the alarm control unit 122 detects an inspection instruction operation (inspection instruction input) by operating the alarm stop switch 50 that functions as an inspection switch in a normal state, the low battery failure flag or the sensor failure flag is set and stored in the memory 106. If it is determined that the low battery failure alarm or sensor failure alarm is output from the notification unit 110, the low battery failure interlocking signal is output from the first transmission circuit 116 of the first communication unit 102 according to the first communication protocol. Alternatively, a sensor failure interlock signal is transmitted to the other residence alarm device 10-12 and the power smart meter 14-1, and a low battery failure alarm or a sensor failure alarm indicating the failure interlock destination is output.

  Needless to say, a low battery failure or a sensor failure may be notified and an interlocking signal transmitted when the failure is detected by a built-in test regardless of the inspection instruction operation.

  In addition to the low battery failure and the sensor failure, it is possible to detect various types of circuit failures and failures such as aging and perform the same processing.

  When the cooperation alarm control unit 124 decodes the fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol from the power smart meter 14-1 received by the first receiving circuit 118 of the first communication unit 102 and detects effective reception Then, the alarm unit 110 is controlled to output a fire alarm for other systems.

  As other system fire alarms, for example, “Please confirm that the fire alarm of Dwelling Unit B has been activated” is repeatedly output from the speaker 120, and the LED 52 blinks to display a fire alarm display. Let it be done. Here, as already explained, it is possible to specify and notify which dwelling unit of "Dwelling unit B" has detected a fire.

  Also, the cooperation alarm control unit 124 detects the effective reception by decoding the fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol from the power smart meter 14-1 received by the first receiving circuit 118 of the first communication unit 102. When it does, the alerting | reporting part 110 is controlled and another system fire alarm is stopped.

  Also, the cooperation alarm control unit 124 detects the effective reception by decoding the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol from the power smart meter 14-1 received by the first receiving circuit 118 of the first communication unit 102. When it does, the alerting | reporting part 110 is controlled and another system fire alarm is stopped.

  In addition, the cooperation alarm control unit 124 detects effective reception by decoding the failure cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol from the power smart meter 14-1 received by the first receiving circuit 118 of the first communication unit 102. In this case, the notification unit 110 is instructed to output another system failure alarm indicating a low battery failure or a sensor failure. The failure alarm recovery and alarm stop are the same as in the case of fire recovery and fire alarm stop.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of the power smart meter 14-1 used in the present invention. This is an example, and the separation and integration of each function can be performed arbitrarily. In addition, any or all of the functions may be executed by software (program) or may be executed by hardware.

  6 shows the power smart meter 14-1 installed in the house 12-1, the power smart meter 14-2 installed in the house 12-2 has the same configuration.

  In FIG. 6, the power smart meter 14-1 is provided with an inlet 200 for inputting commercial AC power and an outlet 202 for outputting the commercial AC power input from the inlet 200 to the distribution board. A power measuring unit 204 is provided in a power supply line from the inlet 200 to the outlet 202 to measure the consumption state of the AC power supplied from the outlet 202 to the home load (electric equipment) through the distribution board.

  Further, the power smart meter 14-1 is provided with a processor 206, a first communication unit 208, and a second communication unit 212. The first communication unit 208 is provided with a first transmission circuit 228 and a first reception circuit 230 to which an antenna 210 is connected. Like the first communication unit 102 of the mortgage alarm 10-11 shown in FIG. Sending and receiving various interlocking signals such as fire, fire recovery, alarm stop, failure, etc. to and from the house police 10-11, 10-12 according to the first communication protocol compliant with the standard of specified low power radio station And according to the 1st communication protocol, various cooperation interlocking signals, such as a fire, fire restoration, an alarm stop, and a failure, are transmitted to dwelling devices 10-11 and 10-12 of the house.

  The second communication unit 212 is provided with a second transmission circuit 232 and a second reception circuit 234 connected to a communication line (transmission path) 216 such as ADSL or an optical telephone connected to the Internet 22 via a connector 214. A signal is transmitted / received to / from the electric power company server 24 shown in FIG. 1 according to the Internet communication protocol which is the second communication protocol of this embodiment via a server owned by the Internet service provider (ISP).

  For example, the power measuring unit 204 calculates a used power amount and an integrated used power amount by performing a predetermined calculation on a current detection signal detected by a current sensor, for example, and outputs the used power information to the processor 206 as used power information. And stored in the memory 222. Note that only the current sensor may be provided as the power measuring unit 204, and the function of accumulating the used power and the used power amount may be realized as a function by executing a program by the processor 206.

  The processor 206 is provided with a meter control unit 236 and a cooperative communication control unit 238 as functions realized by program execution. When the meter control unit 236 receives the meter reading request signal from the electric power company server 24 of FIG. 1 by the second receiving circuit 234 of the second communication unit 212 and decodes this to detect effective reception of the meter reading request signal, When the power consumption information calculated by the power measurement unit 204 stored in the memory 222 and the accumulated power consumption are read, the second communication protocol including the power consumption information and the IP address of the power company server 24 is read. The meter reading response signal is generated, and the second transmission circuit 232 of the second communication unit 212 is controlled to be transmitted from the communication line 216 to the power company server 24 via the Internet 22.

  Note that some or all of the calculations of power consumption, power consumption, and the like in the power measurement unit 204 may be performed on the power company server 24 side. In this case, for example, transmission from the second transmission circuit 232 to the power company server 24 is performed. The signal to be used is data before completion of calculation, for example, a meter reading response signal including current detection data.

  When the communication communication control unit 238 receives a fire-linked signal in accordance with the first communication protocol from the home alarm device 10 by the first receiving circuit 230 of the first communication unit 208, the linked communication control unit 238 decodes the received signal to effectively receive the fire-linked signal. Is detected, the fire-linked signal is converted into a fire-linked signal that is addressed to the IP address of the electric power company server 24 in accordance with the second communication protocol, and the second transmission circuit 232 of the second communication unit 212 is instructed. Is transmitted from the communication line 216 to the power company server 24 via the Internet 22. The electric power company server 24 receives this and transfers it to the electric power smart meter 14-2 of the house 12-2 using the second communication protocol.

  In addition, the cooperative communication control unit 238 receives an interlocking signal indicating fire recovery, alarm stop or failure, failure recovery, etc. according to the first communication protocol from the home alarm device 10 by the first receiving circuit 230 of the first communication unit 208. In addition, when effective reception is detected by decoding the received signal, fire recovery, alarm stop or failure, failure recovery, which is addressed to the IP address of the power company server 24 according to the second communication protocol, is performed on the valid received signal. And the like are transmitted to the electric power company server 24 from the communication line 216 via the Internet 22 according to the second communication protocol. The electric power company server 24 receives this and transfers it to the electric power smart meter 14-2 of the house 12-2 using the second communication protocol.

  In addition, the cooperative communication control unit 238 includes, for example, a power smart meter 14-2, a power company server 24 on the Internet, a communication line based on a fire detection by the home alarm 10-21 provided in an alarm system of another house 12-2. When the fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol is received via 216 by the second receiving circuit 234 of the second communication unit 212, when this is decoded and effective reception is detected, the fire cooperation interlocking signal is detected. Is converted into a fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol, and the first transmission circuit 228 of the first communication unit 208 is instructed to be transmitted to the residential alarm devices 10-11 and 10-12. The house alarm devices 10-11 and 10-12 that have received this output the other system fire alarm.

  In addition, the cooperative communication control unit 238 is connected to the power smart meter 14-2 on the Internet based on detection of fire recovery, alarm stop or failure, failure recovery, and the like provided by another residence 12-2, for example. The second interlock circuit 234 of the second communicator 212 receives a linked signal indicating fire recovery, alarm stop or failure, failure recovery, etc. according to the second communication protocol via the electric power company server 24 and the communication line 216. When this is decoded and effective reception is detected, the cooperation interlocking signal is converted into a fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol, and the first transmission circuit 228 of the first communication unit 208 is instructed. It is made to transmit to the residence guard 10-11, 10-12. The home alarm devices 10-11 and 10-12 that have received this stop the other system fire alarm or output the other system failure alarm according to the content of the signal.

  Further, the cooperative communication control unit 238 sends an alarm sent via the power company server 24 and the communication line 216 in accordance with the operation of the alarm stop button 314 provided on the fire alarm screen 300 of the mobile phone 32 shown in FIG. When the stop cooperation interlocking signal is received by the second receiving circuit 234 of the second communication unit 212, if this is decoded and effective reception is detected, the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal is alerted to the alarm stop cooperation according to the first communication protocol. The signal is converted into an interlocking control signal, and the first transmission circuit 228 of the first communication unit 208 is instructed to transmit the signal to the residential alarm devices 10-11 and 10-12. In response to this, the residential alarm devices 10-11 and 10-12 stop the dwelling unit fire alarm.

  A display unit 218, an operation unit 220, and a memory 222 are provided for the processor 206. The display unit 218 digitally displays, for example, power usage information such as a power usage amount and an integrated power consumption amount measured and calculated by the power measurement unit 204 under the control of the processor 206 via a drive circuit (not shown). The power smart meter 14-1 also includes a power supply circuit unit 224 and a standby power supply unit 226. The power supply circuit unit 224 generates a predetermined DC power source from a commercial AC power source supplied via the inlet 200, and is a processor. 206, the first communication unit 208, the second communication unit 212, and other necessary units. The standby power supply unit 226 includes a secondary battery that is charged by the power supply circuit unit 224. When the AC power supply fails, the backup power supply is backed up so that at least the cooperation alarm function is maintained as much as possible.

  7 and 8 are flowcharts illustrating the outline of the processing of the home guard 10-11 in FIG. In this flowchart, the transmission / reception of the ACK signal and the processing accompanying it are omitted.

  In FIG. 7, when the power supply by the battery power supply 114 of the mortgage guard 10-11 is started, initialization, self-diagnosis, reading of various settings, etc. are executed in step S1, and if there is no abnormality, the process proceeds to step S2. The presence or absence of a fire is detected. If there is an initialization abnormality in step S1, the notification unit 110 notifies that fact and stops the operation halfway, or the process of step S1 is performed again, but the illustration is omitted.

  In step S2, if the smoke detection signal output from the smoke detector 46 provided in the sensor unit 108 exceeds a predetermined fire level, it is detected that there is a fire, and the process proceeds to step S3 to perform interlocking source fire alarm processing. The interlocking source fire alarm process of step S3 generates a fire interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol and wirelessly transmits it to the other residential alarm device 10-12 and the electric power smart meter 14-1, and also as its own alarm operation. A fire alarm indicating an interlocking source is output from the speaker 120 of the notification unit 110 by an alarm sound by a voice message or the like and an alarm display by, for example, lighting of the LED 52.

  Note that the fire-linked signal in accordance with the first communication protocol transmitted to the power smart meter 14-1 in the linked source fire alarm process in step S3 is converted into a fire-linked signal in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol, and the power It is transmitted to the electric power smart meter 14-2 of the house 12-2 via the company server 24, where it is converted into a fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol and transmitted to the residential alarm devices 10-21 and 10-22. The other system fire alarm is output.

  Subsequently, in step S4, it is determined whether or not there is a fire recovery detection in which the smoke detection signal from the smoke detector 16 is lowered and the fire detection state is resolved. If fire recovery detection is determined, the process proceeds to step S5 and fire recovery processing is performed. I do. In the fire recovery process in step S5, a fire recovery interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is transmitted to the other residential alarm device 10-12 and the power smart meter 14-1, and an alarm sound from the speaker 120 and the lighting of the LED 52 are performed. Stop the fire alarm indicating the link source by. Here, the alarm display by the LED 22 may be turned off after a predetermined time has elapsed since the alarm sound stopped.

  The fire recovery interlock signal according to the first communication protocol transmitted to the power smart meter 14-1 in the fire recovery process of step S5 is converted into a fire recovery interlock signal according to the second wireless communication protocol, It is transmitted to the electric power smart meter 14-2 of the house 12-2 via the company server 24, where it is converted into a fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the first communication protocol, and is sent to the residential alarm devices 10-21 and 10-22. Sent to stop other system fire alarms.

  Subsequently, in step S6, it is determined whether or not an alarm stop instruction operation of the alarm stop switch 20 has been detected. If switch operation detection is determined, the process proceeds to step S7 to perform alarm stop processing. The alarm stop process in step S7 transmits an alarm stop interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol to the other residential alarm device 10-12 and the power smart meter 14-1, and indicates the interlocking source from the speaker 120 of its own. The alarm sound output is stopped, and the alarm display by turning on the LED 52 is turned off. In this case, the alarm display by the LED 22 may be turned off after a predetermined time elapses after the alarm sound is stopped.

  The alarm stop interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol transmitted to the power smart meter 14-1 in the alarm stop processing of step S7 is converted into the alarm stop interlocking interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol, and the power It is transmitted to the electric power smart meter 14-2 of the house 12-2 via the company server 24, where it is converted into an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the first communication protocol, and to the residential alarm devices 10-21 and 10-22. Sent to stop other system fire alarms.

  Then, it progresses to step S8 and the presence or absence of the effective reception detection of the fire interlocking signal according to the 1st communication protocol transmitted from other residence police 10-12 or relay transmission is discriminate | determined. When the effective reception detection of the fire interlocking signal from the other home alarm device 10-12 is determined, the process proceeds to step S9, the interlocking destination fire alarm process is performed, and the fire alarm indicating the interlocking destination is transmitted from the speaker 120 of the own notification unit 1100. An alarm sound by a voice message or the like is output, for example, an alarm display by blinking of the LED 52 is performed. At this time, relay transmission or re-relay transmission to other mortgages is performed as necessary, but the description is omitted. The same applies to steps S11 and S13.

  Next, in step S10, it is determined whether or not an effective reception of the fire recovery interlock signal is detected in accordance with the first communication protocol transmitted or relayed from the other residence police 10-12, and the fire recovery interlock signal is effectively received. If the detection is determined, the process proceeds to step S11, and as the interlocking source fire recovery process, the alarm sound output indicating the interlocking destination from the own speaker 120 is stopped, and the alarm display by blinking of the LED 52 is turned off.

  Next, the process proceeds to step S12 in FIG. 8, and it is determined whether or not the effective reception detection of the alarm stop interlocking signal in accordance with the first communication protocol transmitted or relayed from the other home alarm device 10-12 is detected. When the effective reception detection of the interlocking signal is determined, the process proceeds to step S13, and as the interlocking alarm stop process, the alarm sound output indicating the interlocking destination from the own speaker 120 is stopped, and the alarm display by blinking of the LED 52 is turned off.

  Then, it progresses to step S14 and the effective reception detection of the fire cooperation interlocking signal based on the fire detection of the alarm device 10-21 of the other house 12-2 transmitted according to the first communication protocol from the power smart meter 14-1 is performed. If it is determined whether or not the fire cooperation interlocking signal is effectively received, the process proceeds to step S15, and as a fire alarm process (alarm operation) between the units, other than a voice message or the like from the speaker 120 of its own notification unit 110 A system fire alarm sound is output, and an alarm display by blinking of the LED 52, for example, is performed.

  Then, it progresses to step S16, and the effective reception detection of the fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal based on the fire recovery detection of the alarm device 10-21 of the other house 12-2 transmitted according to the first communication protocol from the power smart meter 14-1. If the presence / absence is determined and the effective reception detection of the fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal is determined, the process proceeds to step S17, and the other system fire alarm sound from the speaker 120 is stopped as the inter-unit fire recovery processing, for example, an alarm display by blinking of the LED 22 To stop.

  Then, it progresses to step S18 and the effective reception detection of the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal based on the alarm stop operation detection of the alarm device 10-21 of the other house 12-2 transmitted according to the first communication protocol from the power smart meter 14-1. When the effective reception detection of the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal is determined, the process proceeds to step S19, and the other system fire alarm sound from the speaker 120 is stopped as an alarm stop process between the dwelling units. Stop display.

  Then, it progresses to step S20, and when the fault detection (low battery fault detection or sensor fault detection) is discriminate | determined by the resident guard 10-11 itself, according to the 1st communication protocol from other resident guards 10-12, the fault interlocking signal When valid reception detection is determined, or when valid reception detection of a failure cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is determined from the power smart meter 14-1, the process proceeds to step S21, and failure alarm processing is performed.

  In the failure alarm process of step S21, when the failure detection is determined by the resident alarm 10-11 itself, a failure alarm indicating an interlocking source is performed with an alarm sound and an alarm display, and a failure interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is provided. Is transmitted to the other residential alarm device 10-12 and the power smart meter 14-1.

  In addition, when it is determined that a fault interlocking signal is effectively received in accordance with the first communication protocol from another home alarm device 10-12, a fault alarm indicating the interlocking source is output by an alarm sound output and an alarm display.

  Further, when it is determined from the power smart meter 14-1 that effective reception detection of the fault cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the first communication protocol is detected, another system fault alarm sound such as a voice message is output from the speaker 120 of the own notification unit 110. For example, a failure alarm display by blinking of the LED 52 is performed.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of processing of the power smart meter 14-1 of FIG. 6 used in the alarm linkage system of the present invention.

  In FIG. 9, when the power supply by the power circuit unit 224 of the power smart meter 14-1 is started, initialization, self-diagnosis, reading of various settings, etc. are executed in step S31. If there is no abnormality, the process proceeds to step S32. The power measurement process is executed. If there is an initialization abnormality in step S31, this is notified on the display unit 218, and the operation is stopped halfway or the process of step S31 is performed again, but the illustration is omitted.

  In the power measurement process in step S <b> 32, the power measurement unit 204 obtains the used power amount and the accumulated power amount used at home and stores them in the memory 222.

  Subsequently, in step S33, the presence / absence of detection of effective reception of the meter reading request signal from the power company server 24 according to the second communication protocol is determined. The power consumption amount and the integrated power amount are read out as power consumption information, a meter reading response signal according to the second communication protocol including the power consumption information is generated, and transmitted to the power company server 24 via the Internet 22.

  Subsequently, in step S35, it is determined whether or not there is an effective reception detection of an interlocking signal indicating a fire, a fire recovery, an alarm stop, or a failure according to the first communication protocol. Proceeding to step S36, the IP address of the power company server 24 indicating a fire, fire recovery, alarm stop or failure in accordance with the second communication protocol is converted into a cooperation interlocking signal with the destination as the destination, and the power company server via the Internet 24 24.

  Subsequently, in step S37, it is determined whether or not an effective reception of a cooperative interlocking signal indicating a fire, a fire recovery, an alarm stop, or a failure according to the second communication protocol transmitted from the power company server 24 via the Internet 22 is detected. When the effective reception detection of any one of the linkage interlocking signals is determined, the process proceeds to step S38, where it is converted into a linkage interlocking signal indicating fire, fire recovery, alarm stop or failure according to the first communication protocol. -11, 10-12 to send fire alarm, alarm stop or out-of-book alarm corresponding to other systems.

  FIG. 10 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of the processing of the power company server 24 illustrated in FIG. In FIG. 10, when the electric power company server 24 is started by turning on the power, initialization, self-diagnosis, reading of various settings, etc. are executed in step S41. If there is no abnormality, the process proceeds to step S42 to set a meter reading destination. The meter reading destination is set by sequentially selecting the IP address of the power smart meter 14 installed by the power consumer stored in the database 36.

  Then, it progresses to step S42, the examination request signal which makes the meter-reading point the IP address of the electric power smart meter 14 acquired from the database 36 is produced | generated, and it transmits to the electric power smart meter 14 according to a 2nd communication protocol. The meter reading request signal is transmitted at a frequency of once a week, for example, for each power consumer.

  Subsequently, in step S44, it is determined whether or not the effective reception detection of the meter reading response signal from the power smart meter 14 is determined. If the effective reception detection of the meter reading response signal is determined, the process proceeds to step S45, and the effective receiving meter reading response signal is decoded. The used power amount and the accumulated used power amount are acquired and stored in the database 36 as used power information. The power usage information stored in the database 36 is transferred to a processing device in a data center of an electric power company, for example, at a predetermined timing, and charging and settlement processing are performed.

  Subsequently, in step S46, it is determined whether or not an effective reception detection of the fire cooperation interlocking signal from the power smart meter 14 based on the fire detection of the residential alarm 10 (whichever is the same) is detected. If valid reception detection is determined, the process proceeds to step S47 to perform fire cooperation interlocking processing.

  The fire cooperation interlocking process in step S47 is performed as the IP address and user terminal of the power smart meter provided in the alarm system as the cooperation destination by searching the database 36 using the transmission source code or group code acquired from the fire cooperation interlocking signal. The mobile phone number is acquired, and a fire link interlock signal is sent to the power smart meter of the alarm system that is the link destination, and the fire alarm is output from the home alarm, and the user's mobile phone number is based on the searched mobile phone number. Send a fire alarm signal to the mobile phone to display the alarm.

  Subsequently, in step S48, it is determined whether or not the effective reception detection of the fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal from the electric power smart meter 14 based on the fire recovery detection of the residence police 10 is determined, and the effective reception detection of the fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal is determined. Proceeding to step S49, in the same manner as in step S47, a fire recovery linkage signal is transmitted to the power smart meter of the alarm system to be linked to stop the other system fire alarm from the resident alarm and the searched mobile phone A fire recovery signal is sent to the user's mobile phone based on the number to stop the alarm.

  Subsequently, in step S50, the presence / absence of the effective reception detection of the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal from the electric power smart meter 14 based on the detection of the alarm stop operation of the residential alarm 10 is determined, and the effective reception detection of the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal is detected. If it discriminate | determines, it will progress to step S51 and will transmit the alarm stop interlocking signal to the electric power smart meter of the alarm system used as a cooperation destination to stop the other system fire alarm from the resident alarm, and the searched mobile phone as in step S47. An alarm stop signal is transmitted to the user's mobile phone based on the telephone number to stop the alarm.

  Subsequently, when it is determined in step S52 that effective reception detection of the fault cooperation interlocking signal from the power smart meter 14 based on fault detection such as a low battery fault of the resident alarm 10 is determined, the process proceeds to step S53, and in the same manner as in step S47, Send a fault linkage link signal to the power smart meter of the alarm system to be linked to output another system fault warning from the resident alarm, and send a fault warning signal to the user's mobile phone based on the searched mobile phone number. Send and output a fault alarm.

  FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration in another embodiment of the alarm linkage system according to the present invention. In this embodiment, a wide area communication function (second) according to the second communication protocol provided in the power smart meter. As a function of the communication unit, a cellular phone network and a public wireless LAN network are used. Also, as a server on the network, an abnormality monitoring server dedicated to alarm cooperation is provided in addition to the power company server.

  In FIG. 11, residential houses 10-11 to 10-22 for constructing an alarm system and electric power smart meters 14-1 and 14-2 of an electric power smart grid system are installed in the houses 12-1 and 12-2. The house alarm devices 10-11 to 10-22 are the same as those in the embodiment of FIG. In addition to the electric power company server 24 used in the electric power smart grid system, a dedicated abnormality monitoring server 26 for controlling the linkage alarm is connected to the Internet 24. The electric power company server 24 includes a meter-reading processing unit 34 and a database 36, which are the same as those in the embodiment of FIG. Specifically, the meter reading process of steps S42 to S45 shown in FIG. 10 is executed.

  The abnormality monitoring server 26 is provided with a cooperation control unit 38 and a database 40. The cooperation control unit 38 is the same as that in FIG. 1, and specifically, executes alarm cooperation control in steps S46 to S53 in FIG. .

  The power smart meter 14 of this embodiment provided in the houses 12-1 and 12-2 has a mobile phone communication function as a second communication unit, and passes through the mobile phone base station 30, the mobile phone network 28 and the Internet 22. Thus, signals can be transmitted and received between the power company server 24 and the abnormality monitoring server 26.

  The mobile phone communication function by the second communication unit of the power smart meter 14 is based on, for example, the IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunications 2000) standard defined by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), which is a third generation mobile communication known as 3G communication. The mobile phone communication function is compliant.

  The power smart meter 14 also has a public wireless LAN communication function as a second communication unit, and monitors the power company server 24 and the abnormality on the Internet 22 via an access point 62 provided in the public wireless LAN communication network 60. Signals can also be transmitted to and received from the server 26.

  The mobile phone communication function and the public wireless LAN communication function of the power smart meter 14 can be switched automatically or manually, the mobile phone communication function is selected in the service area of the mobile phone network 28, and the public wireless LAN is in the service area of the public wireless LAN network 60. Select the LAN communication function. This switching may be automatic switching or manual switching.

  As described above, the power smart meter 14 can be connected to the external power company server 24 and the abnormality monitoring server 26 using the wide area wireless communication network such as the mobile phone network 28 or the public wireless LAN network 60, so Connection is unnecessary, and the installation of the power smart meter 14 can be realized easily and at low cost. The points other than the wide area wireless communication function of the power smart meter 14 are the same as in the embodiment of FIG.

  Here, when each communication path in FIG. 11 is arranged, in the house 12-1, the communication path 11a according to the first communication protocol is formed between the residence police 10-11 and the residence police 10-12, and the residence police 10 Between the power smart meter 14-1 and the power smart meter 14-1 is also the communication path 11b by the first communication protocol, and the house 12-1 is in the service area of the cellular phone network 28, for example. -1 and the mobile base station 30 is a communication path 11c based on a mobile phone communication protocol (one form of the second communication protocol).

  Further, in the house 12-2, the communication path 11a according to the first communication protocol is provided between the residence guard 10-21 and the residence guard 10-22, and the residence guards 10-21 and 10-22 and the power smart meter 14- Similarly, the communication path 11b is established between the power smart meter 14-21 and the access point 62 because the house 12-2 is in the service area of the public wireless LAN network 60, for example. The communication path 11d is based on the wireless LAN communication protocol (another form of the second communication protocol).

  The server configuration of FIG. 11 may be provided in the embodiment of FIG. 1, and the server configuration of FIG. 1 may be provided in the embodiment of FIG.

  12 is a block diagram of a schematic configuration showing an embodiment of the power smart meter 14-1 provided in the alarm linkage system of FIG. In FIG. 12, the power smart meter 14-1 includes an inlet 200, an outlet 202, a power measurement unit 204, a processor 206, a first communication unit 208, a second communication unit 212, a display unit 218, an operation unit 220, a memory 222, and a power source. A circuit unit 224 and a standby power supply unit 226 are provided, and the second communication unit 212 is the same as the embodiment of FIG.

  The second communication unit 212 is provided with a mobile phone communication unit 240 connected with an antenna 242 and a wireless LAN communication unit 242 connected with an antenna 246. If the service area of the mobile phone network 28 is selected, the mobile phone communication unit 240 is selected. The second communication is performed to transmit / receive the meter reading request signal and response signal from the power company server 24, and to transmit / receive the linkage interlocking signal indicating the fire, fire recovery, alarm stop or failure with the abnormality monitoring server 26. This is performed according to a cellular phone communication protocol which is one form of protocol.

  On the other hand, if the service area of the public wireless LAN network 60 is selected, the wireless LAN communication unit 244 is selected to be in an operating state, transmission / reception of a meter reading request signal and a response signal from the power company server 24, and between the abnormality monitoring server 26 Transmission / reception of the linkage interlocking signal indicating fire, fire recovery, alarm stop or failure is performed according to the public wireless LAN communication protocol which is another form of the second communication protocol. Other points are the same as in the embodiment of the power smart meter 14 of FIG.

  In addition, although said embodiment took the alarm cooperation of the alarm system installed in 2 houses as an example, if necessary, an appropriate number of house alarm systems, such as 3 houses and 4 houses, are connected to electrical equipment. Can be linked using an electric power smart grid system that performs meter reading of the electric power consumption. The alarm system arranged in each house may be composed of one alarm device for each house, or three or more alarm devices can be linked.

  The communication related to the cooperation may be one-way transmission from one alarm system to the other alarm system, or from one alarm system to another alarm system. That is, according to the present invention, when an abnormality is detected at least in a predetermined alarm system, a linkage interlock signal is transmitted to another alarm system, and based on this, the “other system alarm operation” is performed in the other alarm system. It is not necessary to have a cooperative relationship by transmission in the reverse direction.

  In the above embodiment, the power smart meter is provided with the first communication unit that transmits and receives signals to and from the home alarm according to the first communication protocol. However, the power smart meter is provided with the first communication unit. Instead, a relay adapter that mediates communication between the power smart meter and the alarm device may be provided. The relay adapter receives a signal in accordance with the first communication protocol from the home alarm, converts the signal into a signal in accordance with the second communication protocol, transmits the signal to the power smart meter, and performs second communication from the power smart meter. A signal in accordance with the protocol is received, converted into a signal in accordance with the first communication protocol, and transmitted to the home alarm.

  In addition, the power smart meter in the above embodiment includes a second communication unit that transmits and receives signals to and from a server on an external network according to the second communication protocol, but the second communication unit is separated and independent. It may be configured as a communication adapter, and a power smart meter may be connected to the communication adapter via a signal line using a predetermined interface.

  In addition, a power smart meter for home use that has a communication function with a short-range wireless communication network (including a sensor network) as a power smart meter and a power smart meter for wide area that has a communication function with an external wide-area wireless communication network. Prepare two types, group one smart power meter for wide area and multiple smart power meters for home use, and connect external smart power meter via multi-stage relay of multiple smart power meters for home use. Communication with a wide area wireless communication network may be performed. In this case, the wide area power smart meter may be a wide area communication adapter having no power meter function.

  In the above-described embodiment, a mobile phone is taken as an example of a user terminal that performs a cooperation alarm, but includes an appropriate terminal such as a computer device that can be connected to the Internet.

  Moreover, although the alarm system in the above embodiment is an example of an interlocking system of a residential alarm that detects and alarms a fire as an abnormality, a fire alarm other than a residential alarm, a gas leak alarm, a CO alarm, etc. The same applies to alarm systems equipped with alarm devices, various crime prevention alarm devices, earthquake alarm devices (emergency earthquake broadcast receivers, etc.), other optional alarm devices, and mixed alarm devices. it can. Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to a system including a relay device and a receiving device in addition to these alarm devices.

  In addition, the residential alarm device 10-11 in FIG. 5 includes a smoke detection unit 46, and takes as an example a smoke type fire alarm that detects smoke generated by a fire and detects a fire in the monitoring area. However, other than this, a thermal fire alarm equipped with a temperature detection element such as a thermistor that detects heat associated with a fire, a fire alarm that detects other environmental changes associated with a fire, an alarm that detects a gas leak other than a fire Various alarm devices for detecting alarms, intruders, earthquakes and other abnormalities, and alarm devices formed by combining these alarm devices are also included in the scope of the present invention.

  Further, the communication related to the interlocking of the alarm devices and the cooperation of the respective units may not be wireless, and may be wired communication or a mixture of wired and wireless as appropriate. At this time, each communication protocol may be replaced with a protocol adapted to them. The Internet can be replaced with another network that can realize the functions of the present invention.

  Moreover, the apparatus cooperation system of this invention does not prevent that the alarm device which comprises an alarm system is one.

  Moreover, the electric power smart grid system in the above embodiment is an example in which the electric power used by a consumer is measured and automatically metered. However, various environmental changes are detected by a sensor network, and home appliances such as air conditioners are used. It is also possible to cooperate with an appropriate HEMS such as optimal control of equipment. Of course, it is good also as a cooperation system which combines power management control and such environmental management control.

  Moreover, as each 2nd radio | wireless communication part in the said embodiment, it is not necessarily necessary to use a commercially available radio | wireless transmission / reception chip | tip, and if the function is realizable, another module, a circuit block, etc. can be employ | adopted.

  In addition, the flowcharts in the above-described embodiments have described a schematic example of processing, and the order of processing is not limited to this. In addition, a delay time can be provided between the processes or between the processes, and other determination processes or other processes can be inserted.

  In addition, the processor shown in the above embodiment can replace some or all of its functions with other means such as wired logic. Other electrical and functional configurations including the processor can be appropriately integrated and abolished.

  In addition, the above-described embodiment can be applied not only to residential use but also to cooperation between various types of alarm systems such as buildings and offices and device management systems.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, includes appropriate modifications that do not impair the objects and advantages thereof, and is not limited by the numerical values shown in the above-described embodiments.

10-11 to 10-22: House alarm 12-1, 12-2: House 14-1, 14-2: Electric power smart meter 16: Distribution board 22: Internet 24: Electric power company server 26: Abnormality monitoring server 28 : Mobile phone network 30: Mobile phone base station 32: Mobile phone 34: Meter reading processing unit 36, 40: Database 38: Cooperation control unit 46: Smoke detection unit 50: Alarm stop switch 60: Public wireless LAN communication network 62: Access point 100, 206: Processors 102, 208 First communication units 104, 210, 242, 246: Antenna 106: Memory 108: Sensor unit 110: Notification unit 112: Operation unit 114: Battery power source 116, 228: First transmission circuit 118, 230: First reception circuit 122: Alarm control unit 124: Cooperation control unit 212: Second communication unit 232: First transmission circuit 234: First reception circuit 36: meter control unit 238: cooperative communication control unit 240: Mobile communication unit 244: wireless LAN communication unit

Claims (16)

A plurality of alarm systems equipped with an alarm device for alarming when an abnormality is detected;
A power smart grid system that transmits the power used by devices detected by a power smart meter, which is a power meter equipped with a communication function, to a server on the network for processing;
Provided,
An alarm linkage system, wherein the plurality of alarm systems are linked via a power smart meter of the power smart grid system.
A plurality of alarm systems equipped with an alarm device for alarming when an abnormality is detected;
A power smart grid system that transmits the power used by devices detected by a power smart meter, which is a power meter equipped with a communication function, to a server on the network for processing;
Provided,
An alarm linkage system, wherein the plurality of alarm systems are linked via a power smart meter of the power smart grid system and a server on a network.
The alarm linkage system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the linkage between the plurality of alarm systems is other than the alarm system when an abnormality is detected in any of the plurality of alarm systems. An alarm linkage system characterized by alarming with another alarm system.
3. The alarm linkage system according to claim 2, wherein when the server receives an abnormality detected by any of the plurality of alarm systems via the power smart meter, a user of another alarm system holds the server. An alarm linkage system characterized by causing an abnormal alarm to be output from a user terminal.
3. The alarm cooperation system according to claim 1, wherein a part or all of the alarm system operates a plurality of alarm devices provided in the same alarm system in an interlocking manner. .
3. The alarm cooperation system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm device relays a signal between alarm devices provided in the same alarm system.
Alarm linkage characterized by linking multiple alarm systems equipped with alarm devices that alarm when abnormalities are detected via the power smart meter, which is a power meter with the power smart grid system communication function Method.
The fact that multiple alarm systems equipped with alarm devices that alarm when abnormalities are detected are linked via a power smart meter that is a power meter with a power smart grid system communication function and a server on the network. A characteristic alarm linkage method.
The alarm linkage method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein the linkage between the plurality of alarm systems is other than the alarm system when an abnormality is detected in any of the plurality of alarm systems. An alarm linkage method characterized by alarming with another alarm system.
9. The alarm linkage method according to claim 8, wherein when the server receives an abnormality detected by any of the plurality of alarm systems via the power smart meter, a user of another alarm system holds the server. An alarm linkage method characterized by causing an abnormality alarm to be output from a user terminal.
9. The alarm cooperation method according to claim 7 or 8, wherein a part or all of the alarm system operates a plurality of alarm devices provided in the same alarm system in an interlocking manner. .
9. The alarm cooperation method according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the plurality of alarm systems is provided at a location different from other alarm systems.
9. The alarm cooperation method according to claim 7, wherein the alarm device relays a signal between alarm devices provided in the same alarm system.
Power that causes multiple alarm systems equipped with alarms to alarm when abnormalities are detected to transmit the device power detected by the power smart meter, which is a power meter with communication function, to a server on the network for processing In the alarm linkage system linked via the smart grid system,
The alarm is
When an abnormality is detected, an abnormality alarm indicating an interlocking source is output, and an abnormality interlocking signal is transmitted to another alarm device and the power smart meter according to a predetermined first communication protocol, while being transmitted from another alarm device. An alarm control unit for outputting an abnormality alarm indicating an interlocking destination when detecting abnormality interlocking signal reception according to the first communication protocol;
A cooperation alarm control unit that outputs an abnormality alarm indicating abnormality of the cooperation destination alarm system when detecting reception of the abnormality cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol transmitted from the power smart meter;
With
The power smart meter is
A meter control unit for transmitting the measured power consumption to the server according to a predetermined second communication protocol different from the first communication protocol when detecting reception of a meter reading request signal from the server;
When the reception of the abnormal interlocking signal in accordance with the first communication protocol transmitted from the alarm device is detected, the abnormal interlocking signal is converted into the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the second communication protocol to the network. On the other hand, when the reception of the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol transmitted from the power smart meter of another alarm system to the network is detected, the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted to the first communication protocol. A cooperative communication control unit that converts to an abnormal cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with and transmits to the alarm device in the same alarm system;
An alarm linkage system characterized by providing
Provided in each of a plurality of alarm systems linked via a power smart grid system that transmits the power used by devices detected by a power smart meter, which is a power meter having a communication function, to a server on the network for processing. In an alarm device that warns when an abnormality is detected,
When an abnormality is detected, an abnormality alarm indicating an interlocking source is output, and an abnormality interlocking signal is transmitted to another alarm device and the power smart meter according to a predetermined first communication protocol, while being transmitted from another alarm device. An alarm control unit for outputting an abnormality alarm indicating an interlocking destination when detecting abnormality interlocking signal reception according to the first communication protocol;
A cooperation alarm control unit that outputs an abnormality alarm indicating abnormality of the cooperation destination alarm system when detecting reception of the abnormality cooperation interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol transmitted from the power smart meter;
An alarm device characterized by comprising.
In a power smart meter, which is a power meter provided in a power smart grid system that links a plurality of alarm systems equipped with an alarm device for alarming when an abnormality is detected,
A meter control unit that, when detecting reception of a meter reading request signal from a server on the network, transmits the measured power usage to the server according to a predetermined second communication protocol; and
When detecting an abnormal interlocking signal according to a predetermined first communication protocol different from the second communication protocol transmitted from the alarm device, the abnormal interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol is detected as the abnormal interlocking signal. When the reception of the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol transmitted from the power smart meter of the other alarm system to the network is detected, the abnormal cooperation is detected. A link communication control unit that converts a link signal into an abnormal link link signal according to the first communication protocol and transmits the signal to the alarm device in the same alarm system;
Electric power smart meter characterized by providing.

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