JP2013145584A - Repeater - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the possibility of a signal collision and improve reliability even when the number of house alarms is increased.SOLUTION: Included are a first channel group 14-1 composed of house alarms 10-1 to 10-3 and a second channel group 14-2 composed of house alarms 10-4 to 10-6. A communication frequency is set that is different for each of the groups. Repeaters 12-1, 12-2 are allocated and arranged for the respective groups, and are connected by wiring to the house alarms 10-1, 10-6 using transfer signal lines 16-1, 16-2. The repeater 12-1 wirelessly performs relayed transmission of an event signal indicating fire to the house alarms 10-4 to 10-6 of the second channel group 14-2 by using a channel frequency of the second channel group 14-2 to make an interlocking alarm perform, when receiving a transfer signal due to fire detection from the house alarm 10-1. In addition, the repeater may be connected to a transfer signal line from a master unit in each of the channel groups to perform relayed transmission by providing a master unit and a slave unit in each of the channel groups.

Description

  The present invention relates to a repeater used in an alarm system that detects an abnormality such as a fire and issues an alarm and transmits a signal to another alarm device to output the alarm in an interlocking manner.

  Conventionally, residential alarms (hereinafter referred to as “residential alarms”) that detect and warn of fires in houses have become widespread. In recent years, a plurality of residential alarms can communicate with each other to provide a single residence. Wireless dwelling alarms for linked alarm systems that can alarm alarm information with other alarms have been put into practical use, and some of these operate by battery power.

  In a linked alarm system that performs wireless communication, if a fire is detected by a certain home alarm, the home alarm that detected the fire is, for example, “Woo Woo Fire Alarm has been activated. Please send a voice message saying "Please," while the linked house alarm outputs a voice message saying "Check if a fire alarm for each Woo has been activated". In addition, the indicator light of the interlocking home alarm device is turned on, and the indicator light of the interlocking destination home alarm device is blinking so that the interlock source or the interlocking destination can be distinguished from the display of the indicator light.

JP 2007-094719 A JP 2008-004037 A JP 09-212777 A

  However, in a wireless alarm system that performs such a conventional interlocking alarm, when a certain resident alarm receives a signal from another resident alarm, a plurality of wireless signals simultaneously arrive and signal A collision may occur, and the degree of signal collision becomes higher as the number of residential alarms installed in a monitoring area such as a house increases, which limits the number of residential alarms that can be installed in one monitoring area. There's a problem.

  For example, there is a system in which when a certain home alarm detects a fire and wirelessly transmits an event signal, a plurality of other home alarms relays simultaneously with reception. In this system, radio signals relayed by a plurality of residential alarms collide, and if the number of residential alarms is large, appropriate reception cannot be performed.

  In addition, when registering a group for configuring a group with a plurality of home alarms, if a registration event is wirelessly transmitted from one home alarm, the event signals of the transmission source codes are simultaneously transmitted from the other plurality of home alarms. The response is transmitted wirelessly, and if the number increases, signals will collide and proper reception will not be possible.

  This problem also applies to a parent-child wireless alarm system in which a plurality of child devices are arranged with respect to the parent device. The master unit uses the individual IDs of the slave units to sequentially call the slave units to acquire and process events. However, in this case, if the number of slave units increases, the entire communication takes time. Therefore, if the slave devices are called all at once using a common code such as a group code, the response signals collide with each other on the master device side, and appropriate reception cannot be performed. As the number of slave units increases, the possibility of signal collision increases.

  As described above, in the conventional system, in order to expand the number of alarm devices constituting the system, it is necessary to solve the problems of signal collision and processing speed.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a repeater used in a highly reliable wireless alarm system that can reduce signal collision even when the number of alarm devices increases.

The present invention consists of one master unit and a plurality of slave units that can be linked by wireless communication, and is allocated and arranged for each of a plurality of groups set with different communication frequencies, and received from a master unit belonging to its own group. In the repeater that relays to the base unit belonging to another group,
A wired communication unit in which a parent device belonging to its own group is connected by wire;
A wireless communication unit that wirelessly transmits a signal to a parent device belonging to another group;
A communication frequency selection instruction unit for instructing selection of a communication frequency set in another group as a relay destination from a plurality of predetermined communication frequencies;
A communication frequency setting unit for setting the wireless communication unit to be transmittable at a communication frequency instructed by a communication frequency selection instruction unit;
A relay processing unit that wirelessly transmits a signal input from the parent device belonging to its own group wired to the wired communication unit to the wireless communication unit using a communication frequency set to be transmittable;
It is provided with.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a master unit and a plurality of slave units that can be linked by wireless communication are arranged between a plurality of groups each set with a different communication frequency, and belong to a certain group. In the repeater that relays the signal received from the machine to the parent machine belonging to another group,
A wired communication unit in which the parent device belonging to each group is connected by wire;
A plurality of transmission circuit units that wirelessly transmit signals to a parent device belonging to another group corresponding to each group, and a wireless communication unit,
A communication frequency selection instruction unit for instructing selection of a communication frequency set for each group from a plurality of predetermined communication frequencies;
A communication frequency setting unit that sets a plurality of transmission circuit units to be able to transmit at a communication frequency indicated by a communication frequency selection instruction unit, and
Relay processing for wirelessly transmitting a signal input from a parent device belonging to each group wired to the wired communication unit to a transmission circuit unit corresponding to a communication frequency of a group other than the group to which the parent device outputting the signal belongs And
It is provided with.

  According to the present invention, one master unit and a plurality of slave units to be linked are configured as a group, and the master unit and the slave units in the group are linked together, and are linked and linked between different groups via a repeater. Repeaters are assigned and assigned to each group, and the master unit belonging to the assigned group is connected by signal lines.When a fire is detected in a master unit or slave unit belonging to the group, the repeater is connected to the repeater through the link within the group. An incoming signal is sent from the connected base unit, and an abnormal signal based on this incoming signal is transmitted wirelessly using the communication frequency of the other group. An abnormal signal is received and a linked alarm is issued.

  In this way, multiple groups within the same monitoring area can be linked and linked to increase the total number of linked units.If the group is different, the communication frequency of the base unit and slave units will be different. Even if a signal from a slave unit in a group and a signal from another group's master unit and / or slave unit arrive at the same time, signal transmission does not occur because the communication frequency is different, and transmission and reception of signals are performed reliably. Can do.

  In addition, since the repeater assigned to each group and the master unit are wired communication by signal line connection, the number of communication within the group using the same communication frequency can be reduced, and signal collision can be made difficult to occur. .

  In addition, since the master unit and the repeater belonging to the relay source group are connected by wire, the repeater group is installed on the relay source base unit even if the location of the repeater is poor in the communication environment. In consideration of the communication environment with respect to the parent device belonging to the group, the groups can be reliably linked even between groups in which the communication environment is blocked by the structure of the building.

An explanatory view showing an embodiment of an alarm system according to the present invention taking a two-group configuration as an example The block diagram which showed embodiment of the residence guard of FIG. Explanatory drawing showing the format of the event signal used in this embodiment The flowchart which showed the basic processing operation of the residence guard of FIG. The flowchart which showed the detail of the detection event process in step S3 of FIG. The flowchart which showed the detail of the reception event process in step S5 of FIG. The block diagram which showed embodiment of the repeater provided with the alarm function provided in the alarm system of FIG. Flowchart showing the relay process of FIG. Block diagram showing an alarm system that relays relay signals from multiple groups of home alarms The block diagram which showed embodiment of the repeater provided in the alarm system of FIG. The flowchart which showed the relay process of FIG.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an embodiment of an alarm system using a repeater according to the present invention, taking a two-group configuration as an example.

  In FIG. 1, in the monitoring area such as a house, the residence guards 10-1 to 10-6 are divided into a first channel group 14-1 and a second channel group 14-2, and the first channel group 14- 1, the repeater 12-1 is assigned to the second channel group 14-2, and the repeater 12-2 is assigned to the second channel group 14-2.

  The first channel group 14-1 is composed of three residential alarms 10-1 to 10-3, and one of four channel frequencies (communication frequencies) f1, f2, f3, and f4 in the 400 MHz band, for example, A channel frequency f1 is set.

  The second channel group 14-2 is composed of three residential alarms 10-4 to 10-6, and one of four channel frequencies (communication frequencies) f1, f2, f3, and f4 in the 400 MHz band, for example, A channel frequency f2 is set. In FIG. 1, the setting state of the channel frequency f1 is indicated by “CH1”, and the setting state of the channel frequency f2 is indicated by “CH2”.

  The repeater 12-1 is an arbitrary one of the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 belonging to the first channel group 14-1, in this example, wired to the residential alarm device 10-1 by a transmission signal line 16-1. It is connected and a transfer signal is input from the residence guard 10-1. Here, the transfer signal from the resident guard 10-1 received an event signal indicating a fire from the resident guard 10-2 or 10-3 when a fire was detected by the resident guard 10-1 itself. Sometimes output to repeater 12-1.

  In addition, the repeater 12-1 is set with the channel frequency f2 of the second channel group 14-2 as a relay destination, and from the transfer signal received from the mortgage alarm device 10-1 via the transfer signal line 16-1. An event signal indicating a fire is generated, and this event signal is relayed and transmitted by radio using the channel frequency f2.

  The repeater 12-2 is an arbitrary one of the residential alarm devices 10-4 to 10-6 belonging to the second channel group 14-2. In this example, the relay device 12-2 is wired to the residential alarm device 10-6 by a transmission signal line 16-2. It is connected, and a transfer signal is input from the residence guard 10-6. Here, the transfer signal from the resident guard 10-6 received an event signal indicating a fire when the resident guard 10-6 itself detects a fire or from the resident guard 10-4 or 10-5. Sometimes output to repeater 12-1.

  In addition, the repeater 12-2 is set with the channel frequency f1 of the first channel group 14-1 as a relay destination, and the message signal received from the resident alarm device 10-6 via the message signal line 16-2. An event signal indicating a fire is generated from this, and this event signal is wirelessly relayed and transmitted using the channel frequency f1.

  As a result, in the first channel group 14-1, the house alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 transmit and receive signals to and from each other using the channel frequency f1, and the house alarm devices in the second channel group 14-2. From 10-4 to 10-6, an event signal indicating a fire relayed by using the channel frequency f2 is transmitted from the repeater 12-1 wired to the home guard 10-1.

  Further, in the second channel group 14-2, the residential alarm devices 10-4 to 10-6 transmit / receive signals to / from each other using the channel frequency f2, and the residential alarm devices 10 of the first channel group 14-1 From -1 to 10-3, an event signal indicating a fire relayed using the channel frequency f1 is transmitted from the repeater 12-2 wired to the resident guard 10-6. As a result, it is possible to perform linked monitoring within a group and between groups.

  In addition, since the number of residential alarms constituting each of the first and second channel groups 14-1 and 14-2 is as small as three, the rate of reception failure due to signal collision can be reduced. Since it is a radio signal at this time, it is mutually between dwelling devices 10-1 to 10-3 of the 1st channel group 14-1 and dwelling devices 10-4 to 10-6 of the 2nd channel group 14-2. Although the signal may arrive, the channel frequency is different for each group, so the possibility that the signal will collapse due to collision does not increase. In other words, a maximum of 6 signals (8 units when repeaters are added) propagates through the space as a whole system, but the same channel signal is 3 units (4 units even if repeaters are added). Min).

  In addition, since the communication between the home alarm devices 10-1 and 10-6 and the repeaters 12-1 and 12-2 is wired communication using the transmission signal lines 16-1 and 16-2, the wireless communication is performed between them. In comparison, the number of communications using the same channel frequency is reduced, and signal collision is less likely to occur.

  The repeater 12-1 needs to be installed in the communication area of the second guard group 10-4 to 10-6 of the second channel group 14-2 as a relay destination. Therefore, it is not necessary to arrange in the communication area of the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 of the first channel group 14-1 as the relay source, and the communication area is blocked between the groups so that the communication area is blocked. Can be linked by relay transmission. This also applies to the repeater 14-2 assigned to the second channel group 14-2.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a residential alarm (residential fire alarm) provided in the alarm system of FIG. 1, and a circuit is provided for the residential alarm 10-1 of the first channel group shown in FIG. The configuration is shown in detail. In addition, in order to make an explanation easy to understand, the home guards 10-4 to 10-6 and the repeaters 12-1 and 12-2 of the second channel group 14-2 are shown together. The other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-6 also have the same configuration as the home alarm device 10-1.

  The home guard 10-1 includes a processor 18 known as a one-chip CPU. For the processor 18, a wired communication unit 70, a wireless communication unit 20 including an antenna 21, a memory 22, a sensor unit 24, and a notification unit. 26, an operation unit 28, and a battery power source 30 are provided.

  The wired communication unit 70 is provided with a message transmission circuit 72 connected to the message output terminal 76 and a message reception circuit 74 connected to the message input terminal 78. When the home alarm device 10-1 itself detects a fire or receives an event signal indicating a fire from the other home alarm devices 10-2 and 10-3, the transfer transmission circuit 72 turns on the switching circuit to make contact. A transfer signal as a signal is output to a transfer output terminal 76.

  The transfer output terminal 76 is connected to the repeater 12-1 assigned to the first channel group 14-1 through the transfer signal line 16-1, and transmits as a transfer signal accompanying the fire detection. The transfer receiving circuit 74 receives a transfer signal (contact signal) from another home guard, but is not used in this embodiment.

  The wireless communication unit 20 is provided with a transmission circuit 32 and a reception circuit 34. Based on an instruction from the processor 18, for example, one of four channel frequencies (communication frequencies) f1, f2, f3, and f4 in the 400 MHz band, for example, A channel frequency f1 is set so that event signals can be transmitted and received wirelessly between the other residential alarm devices 10-2 and 10-3 and the repeater 12 belonging to the same group.

  As the radio communication unit 20, in Japan, for example, STD-30 (low power security system radio station radio equipment standard) or STD-T67 (known as a standard for a specific low power radio station of 400 MHz band) It has a configuration that conforms to the standard equipment for specific low-power radio station telemeters, telecontrol and data transmission radio equipment.

  Of course, the wireless communication unit 20 has contents conforming to the standard of the assigned wireless station in the area in places other than Japan.

  The memory 22 stores a serial number 38 that is a serial number indicating the order of event signals, a transmission source code 40 that is an ID (identifier) that identifies the home alarm, and a group code 42 that constitutes an interlocking group. Yes.

  The serial number 38 is used for managing the relay processing of the event signal in the communication between alarm devices, but will not be described in detail because it is not directly related to this embodiment.

  As the transmission source code 40, the number of home guards provided in the country is predicted, and for example, a 26-bit code code is used so as not to be duplicated as the same code. For example, a unique serial number or the like is used as the transmission source code. The relay signal transmitted from the repeater 12 is also added with the serial number of the repeater as a transmission source code.

  The group code 42 is a code that is set in common to a plurality of residential alarms constituting the interlocking group, and the group code included in the event signal from another residential alarm received by the wireless communication unit 20 is registered in the memory 22. When this matches the group code 42, the event signal is received and processed as a valid signal, avoiding interference with alarm devices that are installed in nearby houses and do not require interlocking. I can do it.

  The sensor unit 24 is provided with a smoke detector 46, which detects a fire when smoke from the fire reaches a predetermined concentration. In addition to the smoke detector 46, a temperature detecting element such as a thermistor for detecting the temperature due to a fire, and various elements for detecting other physical phenomenon changes accompanying the fire may be provided. A plurality of elements that detect different phenomena may be combined.

  The notification unit 26 is provided with a speaker 48 that outputs an alarm sound and an LED 50 that displays an alarm. The speaker 48 outputs a voice message and an alarm sound from a voice synthesis circuit unit (not shown). The LED 50 displays an abnormality such as a fire by blinking, lighting, or blinking. Instead of the speaker 48, a buzzer or the like may be used.

  The operation unit 28 is provided with an alarm stop switch 52 and a channel frequency selection switch 54 that functions as a communication frequency selection instruction unit. The alarm stop switch 52 can input an alarm stop instruction only when an alarm is displayed by an alarm sound from the notification unit 26 through the speaker 48.

  That is, the alarm stop switch 52 also functions as an inspection switch for instructing a functional inspection of the home alarm. For example, when the alarm stop switch 52 is operated during a fire alarm, the alarm is stopped, and when the alarm stop switch 52 is operated in a normal state, the function check is started and the result is notified.

  When the alarm stop switch 52 is operated in a state in which the house alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 are emitting an alarm sound, the alarm sound stop process is performed. Here, the alarm sound stop process of the present embodiment is performed. As one of the following stop processing is performed.

  (1) Of the residence alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 and the gas leak alarm device 12, if any alarm stop switch 52 other than the interlock source is operated, only the interlock source continuously outputs an alarm sound, Stop the alarm sound. On the other hand, when the interlocking source alarm stop switch 52 is operated, all the alarm sounds of the interlocking source and the interlocking destination are stopped.

  (2) When any alarm stop switch 52 is operated in the house alarm devices 10-1 to 10-5 and the gas leak alarm device 12 during the alarm, all alarm sounds are stopped regardless of the interlock destination and the interlock source. To do.

  (3) The stop process in (1) is the first mode, and the stop process in (2) is the second mode, and either one of the modes is selected to perform the stop process.

  The battery power source 30 uses, for example, a lithium battery or an alkaline battery having a predetermined number of cells, and has a battery capacity of, for example, 10 by reducing the power consumption of the entire circuit unit including the wireless communication unit 20 in the residential alarm 10-1. The battery life of the year is guaranteed.

  The channel frequency selection switch 54 has, for example, a dip switch connected to the processor 18. If the channel frequency selection switch 54 is switched to one of the channel frequencies f1, f2, f3, and f4, the state of the dip switch is changed to the processor when the power is turned on. 18 reads a command and transmits a command from the processor 18 to the wireless communication unit 20 according to the read state to set channel frequencies for the transmission circuit 32 and the reception circuit 34. For example, the state of the dip switch may be periodically read and the channel may be switched according to the read state.

  The processor 18 is provided with an event detection unit 56, a transmission processing unit 58, a reception processing unit 60, a channel frequency setting unit 62, and an alarm processing unit 64 as functions realized by executing the program.

  The event detection unit 56 detects events such as abnormality detection by the sensor unit 24, alarm stop or inspection instruction by the operation unit 28, abnormality recovery in which the abnormality detection of the sensor unit 24 disappears.

  The transmission processing unit 58 detects when its own event is detected by the event detection unit 56, such as a fire detection by the sensor unit 24, an alarm stop or inspection instruction by the operation unit 28, or an abnormality recovery that eliminates the abnormality detection of the sensor unit 24. An event signal indicating the event is transmitted to the interlocking house police.

  The reception processing unit 60 receives and decodes the event signal from the other residence guard or repeater 12-2. The channel frequency setting unit 62 sets the transmission circuit 32 and the reception circuit 34 to the transmission / reception state of the channel frequency instructed by the operation of the channel frequency selection switch 54 of the operation unit 28, for example, f1.

  The alarm processing unit 64 outputs an alarm sound indicating the interlocking source from the speaker 48 when the event detection unit 56 detects a fire as its own abnormality, and drives the LED 50 to display the interlocking source. An event signal indicating an alarm is wirelessly transmitted to another home alarm.

  More specifically, the alarm processing unit 64 indicates the link source from the speaker 48 of the notification unit 26 when a fire is detected by the event detection unit 56 from the smoke detection signal from the smoke detection unit 46 provided in the sensor unit 24. An alarm sound, for example, “Woo Woo fire alarm has been activated Please confirm” is repeatedly output, and LED 50 is lit, for example, to display an alarm indicating the interlock source.

  Further, the alarm processing unit 64 causes the transmission circuit 32 of the wireless communication unit 20 to transmit an event signal indicating a fire when the fire is detected from the antenna 21 to another residential alarm using the channel frequency f1.

  In addition, the alarm processing unit 64 receives an event signal indicating a fire from another house alarm device by the reception circuit 34 of the wireless communication unit 20 at the channel frequency f1, and when the reception processing unit 60 becomes effective, the notification unit The alarm sound indicating the link destination is repeatedly output from the 26 speaker 48, for example, "Woooo another fire alarm has been activated. Please check again", and at the same time, the LED 50 blinks, for example, to indicate the link destination I do.

  Further, the alarm processing unit 64 transmits a transfer signal from the transfer transmission circuit 72 of the wired communication unit 70 to the repeater 12-1 via the transfer signal line 16-1 when the fire is detected, and from the repeater 12-1. An event signal indicating a fire using the channel frequency f2 is wirelessly transmitted and relayed to the residential alarm devices 10-4 to 10-6 of the second channel group 14-1.

  Similarly, when the alarm processing unit 64 receives an event signal indicating a fire from another house alarm device at the channel frequency f1 by the reception circuit 34 of the wireless communication unit 20 and becomes effective at the reception processing unit 60, the alarm processing unit 64 similarly The transmission signal is transmitted from the transmission transmission circuit 72 of the wired communication unit 70 to the repeater 12-1 via the transmission signal line 16-1. Then, an event signal indicating a fire using the channel frequency f2 is wirelessly transmitted from the repeater 12-1, and is relayed to the residential alarm devices 10-4 to 10-6 of the second channel group 14-1.

  Here, when the alarm processing unit 64 receives an event signal indicating a fire relayed from the repeater 12-2 assigned to the second channel group 14-2, the alarm processing unit 64 does not output the transfer signal. . Whether or not the received event signal is a signal from the repeater 12-2 is determined by registering a transmission source ID of the repeater 12-2 in advance or including relay information in the event signal. . As a result, the relay signal is prevented from being repeatedly output between the first and second channel groups 14-1 and 14-2 and the event signal indicating the fire corresponding to the broadcast signal is repeated.

  In addition, the event signal indicating the fire relayed from the repeaters 12-1 and 12-2 is valid only once and the transfer signal is output, so that the event signal is returned to the relay source group and the interlock alarm is issued. You may make it improve reliability.

  For example, the fire alarm is detected by the home guard 10-1 and a transfer signal is output to the repeater 12-1, and an event signal indicating a fire is transmitted to the second channel group 14-2 using the channel frequency f2, It is assumed that the alarm of the interlocking destination is performed by the residence guards 10-4 to 10-6. In this case, if it is allowed only once without prohibiting the output of the transfer signal from the home alarm device 10-6 that has determined reception of the event signal indicating the fire from the repeater 12-1, the home alarm device 10- When the repeater signal 12 from 6 is received by the repeater 12-2, an event signal indicating a fire is transmitted to the first channel group 14-1 serving as a relay source using the channel frequency f1.

  As a result, the home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 receive the event signal indicating the fire again, and in the unlikely event that there is a home alarm device that cannot receive the event signal first transmitted within the group, it is returned by relay transmission. Receiving the event signal that has been received, it is possible to reliably alert the linkage destination.

  When the alarm processing unit 64 detects an alarm stop operation of the alarm stop switch 52 provided in the operation unit 28 during the output of the fire alarm, the alarm processing unit 64 stops the alarm sound from the speaker 48 and stops the display of the LED 22. In this case, the display by the LED 50 may be continued for a predetermined time.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing the format of the event signal used in this embodiment. In FIG. 3, the event signal 36 includes a serial number 38, a transmission source code 40, a group code 42, and an event code 34.

  The serial number 38 is a serial number indicating the order of event signals, and is incremented by one each time an event signal is transmitted. The serial number 38 is used for managing the relay processing of the event signal in the communication between alarm devices, but will not be described in detail because it is not directly related to this embodiment.

  The transmission source code 40 is a 26-bit code, for example. The group code 42 is, for example, an 8-bit code, and the same group code is set for each of, for example, the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 and 10-4 to 10-6 in FIG.

  The group code is provided so as not to process the received signal from other (not required to be linked) residence guards installed in the vicinity and to prevent the transmission signal to those systems from being processed. In the case of the embodiment, since the house alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 and 10-4 to 10-6 are separated by the difference in channel frequency, all the same group codes are assigned to the house alarm devices 10-1 to 10-6. It is also good.

  As the group code 42, in addition to setting the same group code for the same group of house alarms, a reference code common to the house alarms constituting a predetermined group, and a sender unique to each house alarm A different group code may be used for each residential alarm obtained from the calculation with the code.

  The event code 44 is a code representing the event contents such as fire and gas leak. In this embodiment, a 3-bit code is used. For example, “001” indicates a fire, “010” indicates a gas leak, “ “011” is recovery, “100” is alarm stop, “101” is recovery, “110” is inspection, and the rest is reserved. It should be noted that the number of bits of the event code 44 can be increased to 4 bits and 5 bits when the type of event increases, thereby representing a plurality of types of event contents.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the basic processing of the house guard in the embodiment of FIG. In FIG. 4, when power supply is started from the battery power supply 30 of the residence guard 10-1, initialization and self-diagnosis are executed in step S <b> 1. Based on the setting state of the channel frequency selection switch 54, the selected channel frequency, for example, f1 is set in the transmission circuit 32 and the reception circuit 34 provided in the wireless communication unit 20.

  Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S3, where the presence or absence of event detection by the event detection unit 56 is checked. If event detection is determined, the process proceeds to step S4, and processing corresponding to the detected event is executed.

  Subsequently, in step S5, it is checked whether or not an event signal has been received from another residence guard. If it is determined that an event signal has been received, the process proceeds to step S6, and processing corresponding to the received event is executed.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing details of the detected event handling process in step S4 of FIG. 4, and is a process by executing a program of the processor 18.

  In FIG. 5, the detection event handling process monitors the occurrence of fire in step S11. When the smoke detection signal output from the sensor unit 24 exceeds a predetermined fire level, the fire occurrence is determined, and the process proceeds to step S12. In step S12, an event signal including a serial number, a transmission source code, a group code, and an event code indicating a fire is transmitted to another dwelling unit, and at the same time, a transfer signal indicating a fire is transmitted to the repeater 12-1. Is relayed using the channel frequency f2. Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S13, and a fire alarm indicating the interlocking source is output by an alarm sound from the speaker 48 and a display (alarm display) by turning on the LED 50.

  Subsequently, in step S14, it is determined whether or not there is a fire recovery in which the smoke detection signal from the sensor unit 24 is reduced and the fire state is resolved. When the fire recovery is determined, the process proceeds to step S15, where the serial number, the transmission source code, After the event signal including the group code and the event code indicating the fire recovery is wirelessly transmitted to the other residential alarm devices, the fire alarm indicating the link source is stopped in step S16.

  Subsequently, in step S17, it is determined whether or not the alarm stop switch 52 is operated. If the switch operation is determined, in step S18, it is determined whether or not an alarm is being issued. If it is determined in step S18 that an alarm is being issued, the process proceeds to step S19, and after transmitting an event signal including a serial number, a transmission source code, a group code, and an event code indicating an alarm stop to another house alarm device, in step S20 Stop the fire alarm.

  On the other hand, if the alarm is not being issued in step S18, it is in a normal monitoring state, so that the process proceeds to step S21 to send an event signal including a serial number, a transmission source code, a group code, and an event code indicating inspection to another event signal. After transmitting to the home alarm, a predetermined inspection process is performed in step S22, and an inspection message indicating the inspection result is output.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing details of the received event handling process in step S6 of FIG.

  In FIG. 6, the fire using the same channel frequency f1 as the self from the other residence guard belonging to the same first channel group 14-1 or the repeater 12-2 assigned to the second channel group 14-2 in step S31. Whether or not an event signal is received is determined.

  If it is determined in step S31 that an event signal indicating a fire has been received, the process proceeds to step S32, where it is determined whether or not the event signal transmitted from the repeater 12-2 has been received. If it is determined in step S32 that the event signal indicates a fire not from the repeater 12-2 but from another residential alarm device belonging to the same first channel group 14-1, the process proceeds to step S33, where the repeater 12- 1 is transmitted to the second channel group 14-2 using the channel frequency f2 to relay and transmit the event signal indicating the fire.

  Subsequently, the process proceeds to step S34, where an alarm sound from the speaker 48 and blinking of the LED 50 (notification display) are performed as a fire alarm indicating the interlock destination. Subsequently, in step S35, it is determined whether or not a fire recovery event signal has been received. If it is determined that an event signal indicating fire recovery has been received, the fire alarm is stopped in step S36.

  Subsequently, in step S37, it is determined whether or not an event signal indicating an alarm stop has been received. If it is determined that an event signal has been received indicating an alarm stop, it is determined in step S38 whether or not an alarm is being issued. If it is determined in step S38 that an alarm is being issued, the process proceeds to step S39 to stop the fire alarm.

  Subsequently, in step S40, it is determined whether or not an event signal indicating inspection is received. If it is determined that an event signal indicating inspection is received, it is determined whether or not an alarm is stopped in step S41. If it is determined in step S41 that the alarm is stopped, the process proceeds to step S42, where a predetermined inspection process is performed and an inspection message indicating the result is output from the speaker 48 of the notification unit 26.

  FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the repeater 12-1 according to the present invention provided in the alarm system of FIG. In FIG. 7, the repeater 12-1 includes a processor 18 known as a one-chip CPU. For the processor 18, a wired communication unit 70, a wireless communication unit 20 including an antenna 21, a memory 22, and a sensor unit 34 are provided. A notification unit 26, an operation unit 28, and a battery power source 30 are provided.

  Here, the configuration of the processor 18, the wireless communication unit 20, the memory 22, the operation unit 28, and the battery power source 30 is basically the same as that of the residential alarm device 10-1 shown in FIG.

  The difference is that the wired communication unit 70 is provided with a message receiving circuit 74, and the message signal input line from the mortgage alarm device 10-1 of the first channel group 10-1 to which the message input terminal 76 is assigned. 16-1 is connected. The message receiving circuit 74 receives and outputs a message signal as a contact signal output by turning on the switching circuit provided in the message transmitting circuit 74 of the home alarm device 10-1 in FIG. Note that the relay transmission circuit is omitted from the repeater 12-1 when it is not used.

  The wireless communication unit 20 is provided with a transmission circuit 32, the operation unit 28 is provided with a channel frequency selection switch 54 that functions as a frequency selection instruction unit, and the processor 18 is further provided with a relay processing unit 66. Note that the transmission / reception circuits with channel frequencies f2, f3, and f4 are not shown.

  The channel frequency selection switch 54 of the operation unit 28 is a dip switch, and can select any of the four channel frequencies f1, f2, f3, and f4 in the 400 MHz band. When the alarm system of FIG. The channel frequency selection switch 54 selects the channel frequency f2 of the second channel group 14-2 as a relay destination.

  The channel selection state of the channel frequency selection switch 54 is read by the processor 18, and the channel frequency setting unit 62 sets the channel frequency f <b> 2 in the transmission circuit 32 of the wireless communication unit 20.

  The relay processing unit 66 provided in the processor 18 detects an event indicating a fire when the relay processing unit 66 receives and determines the transfer signal indicating the fire from the mortgage alarm device 10-1 in the transfer receiving circuit 74 of the wired communication unit 70. A signal is generated and relay-transmitted from the transmission circuit 32 of the wireless communication unit 20 to the residential alarm devices 10-4 to 10-6 of the second channel group 14-2 using the channel frequency f2.

  The repeater 12-2 assigned to the second channel group 14-2 is also the same as the repeater 12-1, and the relay destination is the first channel group 14-1, so the transmission state of the channel frequency f1 is set. Are different.

  Due to the relay operation of the repeaters 12-1 and 12-2, the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 using the channel frequency f1 belonging to the first channel group 14-1 and the second channel group 14- Event signals are transmitted and received while building a communication environment that can reduce signal collision with each other from the home guards 10-4 to 10-6 using the channel frequency f2 belonging to 2, and substantially one interlocking group As a fire can be monitored.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing relay processing in the repeater 12-1 of FIG. In FIG. 8, when the operation of the repeater 12-1 is started by the power supply from the battery power source, after the initialization process and the self-diagnosis are performed in step S51, if there is no abnormality, the process proceeds to step S52 and is provided in the operation unit 28. Based on the state of the channel frequency selection switch 54, the same channel frequency f2 as the second channel group 14-2 serving as a relay destination is set in the transmission circuit 32 provided in the wireless communication unit 20.

  Subsequently, in step S53, the presence / absence of the transmission signal is determined. If the reception of the transmission signal is determined, the process proceeds to step S54, where an event signal indicating a fire is generated, and the second event signal is generated using the channel frequency f2. Relay transmission is performed toward the residential alarm devices 10-4 to 10-6 of the channel group 14-2.

  FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing another embodiment of an alarm system using a repeater according to the present invention, taking a two-group configuration as an example. In this embodiment, the repeater is transferred from a plurality of groups. It is characterized in that the report signal is input by wire and relayed wirelessly.

  In FIG. 9, in the monitoring area such as a house, the residence guards 10-1 to 10-6 are divided into the first channel group 14-1 and the second channel group 14-2, and the first channel group 14- One repeater 12 is assigned to the first and second channel groups 14-2.

  The first channel group 14-1 is composed of three residential alarms 10-1 to 10-3, and one of four channel frequencies (communication frequencies) f1, f2, f3, and f4 in the 400 MHz band, for example, A channel frequency f1 is set.

  The second channel group 14-2 is composed of three residential alarms 10-4 to 10-6, and one of four channel frequencies (communication frequencies) f1, f2, f3, and f4 in the 400 MHz band, for example, A channel frequency f2 is set. In FIG. 1, the setting state of the channel frequency f1 is indicated by “CH1”, and the setting state of the channel frequency f2 is indicated by “CH2”.

  The repeater 12 includes a message transmission signal line 16-1 from the residential alarm device 10-1 belonging to the first channel group 14-1, and a message transmission signal from the residential alarm device 10-6 belonging to the first channel group 14-2. Line 16-2 is connected.

  The repeater 12 is set with the channel frequency f2 of the second channel group 14-2 serving as a relay destination in response to the transmission signal on the transmission signal line 16-1 from the first channel group 14-1. An event signal indicating a fire is generated on the basis of the transfer signal accompanying the fire detection received from the home guard 10-1 via the transfer signal line 16-1, and relayed and transmitted wirelessly using the channel frequency f2.

  In addition, the repeater 12 is set with the channel frequency f1 of the first channel group 14-1 as a relay destination in response to the transfer signal on the transfer signal line 16-2 from the second channel group 14-2. Then, an event signal indicating a fire is generated based on the transfer signal associated with the fire detection received from the home guard 10-6 via the transfer signal line 16-2, and relayed using the channel frequency f1.

  As a result, in the first channel group 14-1, the house alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 transmit and receive signals to and from each other using the channel frequency f1, and the house alarm devices in the second channel group 14-2. From 10-4 to 10-6, an event signal indicating a fire using the channel frequency f2 is wirelessly transmitted from the repeater 12 wired to the home guard 10-1.

  At the same time, in the second channel group 14-2, the live alarm devices 10-4 to 10-6 transmit and receive signals to and from each other using the channel frequency f2, and the live alarm devices 10 in the first channel group 14-1 From -1 to 10-3, an event signal indicating a fire using the channel frequency f1 is wirelessly transmitted from the repeater 12-2 wired to the residence guard 10-6. As a result, it is possible to perform linked monitoring within a group and between groups.

  In the alarm system shown in FIG. 9, only one repeater needs to be allocated to two groups. Therefore, compared to the alarm system shown in FIG. 1, the required number of repeaters can be reduced to reduce costs. it can.

  9 are basically the same as the home guard 10-1 shown in FIG. 2, and the home guards 10-4 to 10-6 are channels. The only difference is that the frequency f2 is used.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the repeater 12-1 according to the present invention provided in the alarm system of FIG. In FIG. 10, the repeater 12-1 includes a processor 18 known as a one-chip CPU. For the processor 18, a wired communication unit 70, a wireless communication unit 20 including an antenna 21, a memory 22, and an operation unit 28 are provided. The battery 22 and the battery power source 30 are basically the same as the relay 12-1 of FIG.

  The wired communication unit 70 is provided with a first message receiving circuit 74-1 and a second message receiving circuit 74-4, and the first alarm signal input terminal 76-1 is connected to the first channel group 14-1 residence guard. 10-1 is connected by a transmission signal line 16-1, and the second alarm input terminal 76-2 is connected to the second channel group 14-2 dwelling guard 10-6 by a transmission signal line 16-2. doing.

  The wireless communication unit 20 includes a first channel transmission circuit 32-1 in which the channel frequency f1 of the first channel group 14-1 serving as a relay destination is set, and a second channel group 14-2 serving as another relay destination. A second channel transmission circuit 32-2 in which the channel frequency f2 is set is provided.

  The operation unit 28 is provided with a first channel frequency selection switch 54-1 and a second channel frequency selection switch 54-2 that function as a frequency selection instruction unit, and the first channel frequency selection switch 54-1 serves as a relay destination. The channel frequency f2 of the first channel group 14-1 is selected, and the channel frequency f2 of the second channel group 14-2 serving as a relay destination is selected by the second channel frequency selection switch 54-2.

  The channel selection states of the first and second channel frequency selection switches 54-1 and 54-2 are read by the processor 18, and the channel frequency setting unit 62 sends the channel frequency f1 to the first channel transmission circuit 32-1 of the wireless communication unit 20. And the channel frequency f2 is set in the second channel transmission circuit 32-2 of the wireless communication unit 20.

  When the relay processing unit 66 provided in the processor 18 determines that the first signal receiving circuit 74-1 of the wired communication unit 70 has received the transmission signal indicating the fire from the mortgage alarm device 10-1, the wireless communication unit 20 An event signal indicating a fire is relayed and transmitted from the second channel transmission circuit 32-2 using the channel frequency f2.

  In addition, when the relay processing unit 66 provided in the processor 18 determines that the second message receiving circuit 72-2 of the wired communication unit 70 has received the transfer signal indicating the fire from the mortgage alarm device 10-6, An event signal indicating a fire is relayed and transmitted by the antenna 21 from the first channel transmission circuit 32-1 of the unit 20 using the channel frequency f1.

  Due to the relay operation of the repeater 12, the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 using the channel frequency f1 belonging to the first channel group 14-1 and the channel frequency f2 belonging to the second channel group 14-2. Sending and receiving event signals while constructing a communication environment that can reduce signal collision with each other, and monitoring the fire substantially as one interlocking group Can do.

  FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing relay processing in the repeater 12-1 of FIG. In FIG. 11, when the operation of the repeater 12-1 is started by supplying power from the battery power source, the initialization process and the self-diagnosis are performed in step S61. If there is no abnormality, the process proceeds to step S62, and the operation unit 28 is provided. Based on the selection state of the first and second channel frequency selection switches 54-1 and 54-2, the channel frequency f1 is set in the first channel transmission circuit 32-1 provided in the wireless communication unit 20, and the second channel transmission circuit is set. The channel frequency f2 is set to 32-2.

  Subsequently, in step S63, the presence / absence of reception of a transmission signal from the repeater 12-1 or 12-2 is determined. It is determined whether or not it is received.

  If it is determined that the first signal receiving circuit 74-1 has received the signal from the residence guard 10-1, the process proceeds to step S65, where an event signal indicating a fire is generated, and the second channel frequency f2 is used. Then, the event signal is relay-transmitted from the second channel transmission circuit 32-2 to the home alarm devices 10-4 to 10-6 of the second channel group 14-2.

  If it is determined in step S64 that the second message receiving circuit 74-2 has received a message from the mortgage alarm device 10-6, the process proceeds to step S66, where an event signal indicating a fire is generated, and the first channel is generated. The event signal is relayed and transmitted from the first channel transmission circuit 32-1 to the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-3 of the first channel group 14-1 using the frequency f1.

  In the above embodiment, the number of residence alarms constituting a channel group using the same channel frequency is set to three to reduce signal collision. However, the number of channels and the number of alarms per group are further increased. If you increase it, you can also increase the overall number of interlocking units. In this case, adjustment is made within a range not impairing the object of the present invention.

  Further, in the alarm system of FIG. 1, a repeater is assigned to each channel group, and an arbitrary one residence guard of each group is connected to a signal line, but by assigning a repeater to only one channel group, It can be used to relay to the other channel group but not reversely.

  In addition, although the embodiment of FIG. 9 is an example in which two channel groups are linked to each other, for three or more channel groups, an arbitrary one of each group is connected to one repeater. May be linked to each other by wirelessly transmitting the input transmission signal using channel frequencies of other plural groups.

  Moreover, it does not prevent that the number of the residential alarms which comprise one channel group becomes one.

  In the above embodiment, each alarm device communicates with each other without distinction between the parent device and the child device. However, each channel group has a parent device and a child device, and the repeater has a parent device of each channel group. A relay signal line from the machine may be connected to perform relay transmission.

  And you may make it communicate via a repeater between the channel group comprised by a main | base station and a subunit | mobile_unit, and the channel group which does not have a main | base station and a subunit | mobile_unit.

  In addition, the above embodiment is an example of a residential alarm device that detects and alerts a fire, but the same applies to an alarm system including a gas leak alarm device, a CO alarm device, and various crime prevention alarm devices. Applicable.

  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. Further, it is possible to provide a delay time between each process or between processes, insert another determination, or the like.

  Further, the above-described embodiment is applicable not only to residential use but also to various types of alarm devices such as buildings and offices.

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

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described 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.

10-1 to 10-5: Residential alarm device 12, 12-1, 12-2 :: Repeater 14-1: First channel group 14-2: Second channel group 18: CPU
20: Wireless communication unit 21: Antenna 22: Memory 24: Sensor unit 26: Notification unit 28: Operation unit 30: Battery power source 32: Transmission circuit 32-1: First channel transmission circuit 32-2: Second channel transmission circuit 34 : Receiving circuit 36: event signal 38: serial number 40: transmission source code 42: group code 44: event code 46: smoke detector 48: speaker 50: LED
52: Alarm stop switch 54: Channel frequency selection switch 54-1: First channel frequency selection switch 54-2: Second channel frequency selection switch 56: Event detection unit 58: Transmission processing unit 60: Reception processing unit 62: Channel frequency Setting unit 64: Alarm processing unit 66: Relay processing unit 70: Wired communication unit 72: Message transmission circuit 74: Message reception circuit 74-1: First message reception circuit 74-2: Second message reception circuit

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It consists of one master unit and multiple slave units that can be linked by wireless communication, and is allocated and arranged for each group with different communication frequencies set, and signals received from the master unit belonging to its own group to other groups In the repeater that relays to the parent machine belonging to
A wired communication unit in which a parent device belonging to its own group is connected by wire;
A wireless communication unit that wirelessly transmits a signal to a parent device belonging to another group;
A communication frequency selection instruction unit for instructing selection of a communication frequency set in another group as a relay destination from a plurality of predetermined communication frequencies;
A communication frequency setting unit configured to set the wireless communication unit to be transmittable at a communication frequency instructed by the communication frequency selection instruction unit;
A relay processing unit that wirelessly transmits a signal input from the base unit belonging to its own group wired to the wired communication unit to the wireless communication unit using the communication frequency set to be transmittable;
A repeater characterized by comprising: It consists of one master unit and multiple slave units that can be linked by wireless communication, and is placed between multiple groups with different communication frequencies set, and signals received from a master unit belonging to one group belong to another group In the repeater that relays to the base unit,
A wired communication unit in which the parent device belonging to each group is connected by wire;
A plurality of transmission circuit units that wirelessly transmit signals to a parent device belonging to another group corresponding to each group, and a wireless communication unit,
A communication frequency selection instruction unit for instructing selection of a communication frequency set for each group from a plurality of predetermined communication frequencies;
A communication frequency setting unit for setting the plurality of transmission circuit units to be transmittable at a communication frequency indicated by the communication frequency selection instruction unit,
A signal input from a parent device belonging to each group wired to the wired communication unit is wirelessly transmitted to the transmission circuit unit corresponding to a communication frequency of a group other than the group to which the parent device outputting the signal belongs. A relay processing unit;
A repeater characterized by comprising:

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