JP2013232246A - Fire alarm system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fire alarm system that can cause respective fire alarm units to execute self-diagnoses with limited notification time without omission while reducing a burden on a user.SOLUTION: A master unit TR1 comprises: a permission period setting section 10 that sets and stores a permission period for permitting alarm sound to be sounded in response to predetermined operation input; and a clock section 9 for clocking current time of day. When any slave unit is diagnosed as having occurrence of abnormality in a self-diagnosis section 8 thereof, a control section 1 of the slave unit causes a permission inquiry signal for inquiring whether or not the alarm sound can be sounded from a notification section 6 to be transmitted from a radio transmission/reception section 2 to the master unit TR1. When receiving the permission inquiry signal, a control section 1 of the master unit TR1 determines whether or not time of day of reception of the permission inquiry signal is within a permission period and causes a notification permission signal for commanding permission of notification to be replied from a radio transmission/reception section 2 to the slave unit in a case where the time of day thereof is determined to be within the permission period. When receiving the notification permission signal, the control section 1 of the slave unit causes the notification section 6 to sound the alarm sound.

Description

  The present invention relates to a fire alarm system in which a plurality of fire alarm devices transmit and receive radio signals using radio waves as a medium.

  Conventionally, it has been obligatory to install fire alarms in houses to reduce the number of victims of house fires, and multiple fire alarms are linked using wireless signals from the viewpoint of workability in existing houses. A fire alarm system is provided. Such a fire alarm system has a function in which a plurality of fire alarms installed in multiple locations each detect a fire and a function that sounds an alarm sound. When detected, the fire alarm sounds an alarm sound and transmits information notifying the fire detection to other fire alarms by wireless signals, so that not only the fire source fire alarm but also multiple fire alarms By sounding the alarm sound all together, it is possible to quickly and reliably notify the occurrence of a fire.

  Here, in the above-described fire alarm system, when a fire is detected, a wireless signal is transmitted between a plurality of fire alarm devices. At that time, each fire alarm device arbitrarily transmits a wireless signal. Then, radio signals may collide. As a means for avoiding such a collision, a fire alarm system in which a plurality of fire alarm devices transmit radio signals by a TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) method is known, and is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. Yes.

  The operation of the conventional example described in Patent Document 1 will be described below with reference to FIG. In the figure, the fire alarm device TR1 is a parent device, and the fire alarm devices TR2 to TR5 are child devices. Moreover, when these fire alarm devices TR1 to TR5 are collectively shown, they are expressed as fire alarm devices TR. Each of the fire alarms TR repeatedly counts a predetermined intermittent reception interval T and can receive a desired radio wave (a radio signal transmitted by another fire alarm TR) every time the intermittent reception interval T is counted. The average power consumption is greatly reduced by checking whether or not the radio wave is caught and immediately shifting to the standby state. The radio wave reception check is performed based on a received signal strength indication signal (Receiving Signal Strength Indication: RSSI signal) which is a DC voltage signal proportional to the magnitude of the output received signal strength.

  For example, when the child device TR2 senses a fire, the child device TR2 sounds an alarm sound and multicasts a fire alarm message to all other fire alarm devices TR. At this time, the slave unit TR2 as the transmission source continuously multicasts the radio signal by the number of frames that can be transmitted within the transmission period, and switches to the reception state in the pause period after the transmission period. Although each fire alarm device TR receives intermittently asynchronously, the fire alarm message can be received if the transmission period is repeated a certain number of times (for example, three times).

  Here, the parent device TR1 that has received the fire alarm message multicasts the fire alarm message to the child devices TR2 to TR5 continuously by a plurality of times. Upon receiving the fire alarm message transmitted from the slave unit TR2 or the master unit TR1, the slave units TR3 to TR5 immediately sound an alarm sound and shift to a constant reception mode for TDMA communication with the master unit TR1. In addition, the slave unit TR2 immediately shifts to the continuous reception mode upon receiving the fire alarm message transmitted from the master unit TR1. In this way, the fact that all fire alarms TR notify the fire alarm when a fire is detected by at least one fire alarm TR is hereinafter referred to as “fire interlocking”.

  The master unit TR1 multicasts the fire alarm message a plurality of times in succession, and then multicasts a synchronization signal for defining a time slot to the slave units TR2 to TR5 at a constant period. In this conventional example, the first time slot is assigned to the child device TR2, the second time slot is assigned to the child device TR3, the third time slot is assigned to the child device TR4, and the fourth time slot is assigned to the child device TR5. Yes.

  As described above, a specific fire alarm device TR1 is used as a parent device, and other fire alarm devices TR2 to TR5 are used as child devices, and a fire alarm message and other messages are multicast-transmitted from the parent device TR1 to each child device TR2 to TR5. As a result, even if there are slave units TR2 to TR5 that cannot establish a communication path with each other, it is possible to reliably link the fire. In addition, after fire alarms are started to be notified by all the fire alarm devices TR, all the other slave devices TR2 to TR5 are assigned to a plurality of time slots defined by the synchronization signal transmitted by the master device TR1 by multicast transmission, and the TDMA system is used. By using wireless communication, collision can be avoided. In addition, the fire alarm can be reliably notified by including the fire alarm message in the synchronization signal and periodically multicasting from the parent device TR1 to all the other child devices TR2 to TR5. As a result, a plurality of fire alarms TR can be effectively interlocked while avoiding collision of radio signals.

  By the way, the fire alarm device TR as described above monitors whether or not there is an abnormality such as a fire detection failure or a battery exhaustion at regular intervals (for example, one hour). It has a self-diagnosis function for notifying that an abnormality has occurred. In such a self-diagnosis function, a notification sound is sounded when an abnormality occurs, so the sound is sounded during the time when the user is sleeping, such as early morning or late at night. There was a problem of disturbing users by disturbing sleep. A conventional example that solves this problem is disclosed in Patent Document 2, for example.

  This conventional example is an alarm device that uses a battery as a driving power source and outputs an alarm when it is judged that an abnormality has occurred by monitoring security factors such as a fire, and is operated when a predetermined operation is performed. The timer unit that generates a timing signal at the time when the measured time is the starting point of time measurement, the self-diagnosis sensor unit for executing the self-diagnosis of the device including the dead battery, and the self-diagnosis sensor unit are operated, A control unit that determines whether or not to notify the result of the self-diagnosis at the time when the timing signal is received after receiving the predetermined operation input according to a preset condition;

  Thus, in the above-described conventional example, an alarm for occurrence of abnormality can be notified only at a time when a predetermined operation is performed. For example, if a predetermined operation is performed during a user's activity time such as daytime, even if an abnormality occurs in the early morning or late at night, it can be notified only in the daytime, which causes trouble to the user. The above problem can be solved.

International Publication No. 2008/088079 JP 2009-146232 A

  However, when an alarm device (fire alarm device) like the latter conventional example is employed in a fire alarm system like the former conventional example, in order to execute the self-diagnosis with the notification time limited as described above, It is necessary to go to the place where each fire alarm is installed and perform a predetermined operation. For this reason, in order for all fire alarms to perform self-diagnosis with a notification time limit, the user must go to all the fire alarm installation locations, which is troublesome for the user. It was. In addition, if the user forgets to perform a predetermined operation on at least one fire alarm, the alarm time is not restricted in the fire alarm, so an alarm sound sounds in the early morning or late at night and is annoying to the user. There was a risk of applying.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a fire alarm system capable of reducing the burden on the user and allowing each fire alarm to execute self-diagnosis with a limited notification time without omission. The purpose is to do.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 1 is provided with a plurality of fire alarms using a battery as a driving power source, and is capable of communicating with all other fire alarms among the fire alarms. A fire that transmits a radio signal using radio waves as a medium between these multiple fire alarms, with the fire alarms installed in the main unit and all the fire alarms except the master unit as slave units Each fire alarm has a fire detection unit for detecting a fire, a self-diagnosis unit for diagnosing the presence or absence of an abnormality such as a failure of the fire detection unit or a dead battery at regular intervals, and a fire alarm. And a notification unit that sounds an alarm sound in the event of an abnormality, a wireless transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives a radio signal, and a control unit that controls each unit, and the master unit sounds an alarm sound according to a predetermined operation input The permission period setting section for setting and storing the permission period for permitting the A clock unit that counts the time, and if it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit of any of the child units, the control unit of the child unit determines whether or not the alarm unit may sound an alarm sound. The permission inquiry signal to be inquired is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the parent device, and when receiving the permission inquiry signal, the control unit of the parent device determines whether or not the time when the signal is received is within the permission period. If so, a notification permission signal instructing permission of notification is returned from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the slave unit, and the control unit of the slave unit causes the notification unit to sound an alarm sound when receiving the notification permission signal. To do.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 2 is provided with a plurality of fire alarms using batteries as a driving power source, and is capable of communicating with all other fire alarms among the fire alarms. A fire that transmits a radio signal using radio waves as a medium between these multiple fire alarms, with the fire alarms installed in the main unit and all the fire alarms except the master unit as slave units Each fire alarm has a fire detection unit for detecting a fire, a self-diagnosis unit for diagnosing the presence or absence of an abnormality such as a failure of the fire detection unit or a dead battery at regular intervals, and a fire alarm. And a notification unit that sounds and alerts in the event of an abnormality, a wireless transmission / reception unit that transmits and receives wireless signals, and a control unit that controls each unit, the parent device includes a clock unit that measures the current time, Each slave unit has a permission period in which the alarm sound is allowed to sound according to the specified operation input. When a predetermined operation input is received in the permission period setting unit of any one slave unit, the control unit of the one slave unit is the one slave unit. When the setting signal instructing to store the set permission period is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit to all other slave units, the control unit of each of all other slave units receives the setting signal, and the permission period setting unit The permission period set in the one slave unit is stored, and when it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit of any of the slave units, the control unit of the slave unit inquires the time when the abnormality occurred An inquiry signal is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the parent device, and when receiving the time inquiry signal, the control unit of the parent device acquires the time when the signal is received by the clock unit and wirelessly transmits / receives the time signal including the acquired time. From the above When the time signal is received, the control unit of the slave unit determines whether or not the time included in the signal is within the permission period. If it is within the permission period, the alarm unit sounds an alarm sound. It is characterized by making it.

  The invention of claim 3 is the invention of claim 1 or 2, wherein each of the slave units is provided with a timer unit for measuring a predetermined time, and the control unit of the slave unit in which an abnormality has occurred permits the time when the master unit is inquired. When the time is out of the period, a certain time is counted by the counter from the time, and the inquiry signal is transmitted again from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the parent device after the certain time has elapsed.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, each of the slave units includes a timer unit that counts a predetermined time, and the control unit of the master unit is configured such that the time when the permission inquiry signal is received is outside the permission period. Returns a standby signal including standby time information required from the time to reach the permission period from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the child unit in which the abnormality has occurred, and the control unit of the child unit in which the abnormality has occurred receives the standby signal. The timer unit starts timing, and when the standby time elapses, the alarm unit sounds an alarm sound.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, each of the slave units includes a timer unit that counts a predetermined time, and the control unit of the slave unit in which the abnormality has occurred is configured such that the time included in the time signal is outside the permitted period In this case, it is characterized in that the waiting time required for reaching the permission period from the time is calculated and the timer unit starts timing, and when the waiting time elapses, an alarm sound is generated in the notification unit.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 6 includes a plurality of fire alarms using batteries as drive power, and a position where communication is possible with all other fire alarms among the fire alarms. A fire that transmits a radio signal using radio waves as a medium between these multiple fire alarms, with the fire alarms installed in the main unit and all the fire alarms except the master unit as slave units Each fire alarm has a fire detection unit for detecting a fire, a self-diagnosis unit for diagnosing the presence or absence of an abnormality such as a failure of the fire detection unit or a dead battery at regular intervals, and a fire alarm. In addition, it has a notification unit that sounds an alarm sound in the event of an abnormality, a radio transmission / reception unit that transmits and receives radio signals, and a control unit that controls each unit, and the master unit counts time from an arbitrary time, A timer unit is provided that generates a timing signal every time. When a predetermined operation input is received in any one slave unit, the control unit of the slave unit transmits a timing start signal instructing the start of timing from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the master unit, and the control unit of the master unit When the time measurement start signal is received, the timer unit starts timing from the time, and when the abnormality is detected in the self-diagnosis unit of any of the child units, the control unit of the child unit generates an abnormality. When the abnormality notification signal is received from the wireless transmission / reception unit, the control unit of the parent device wirelessly transmits / receives a notification permission signal for instructing permission of notification simultaneously with generation of the timing signal. The control unit of the slave unit in which the abnormality has occurred transmits a warning sound to the notification unit when receiving the notification permission signal.

  In order to achieve the above object, the invention of claim 7 is provided with a plurality of fire alarms using batteries as drive power sources, and is capable of communicating with all other fire alarms among the fire alarms. A fire that transmits a radio signal using radio waves as a medium between these multiple fire alarms, with the fire alarms installed in the main unit and all the fire alarms except the master unit as slave units Each fire alarm has a fire detection unit for detecting a fire, a self-diagnosis unit for diagnosing the presence or absence of an abnormality such as a failure of the fire detection unit or a dead battery at regular intervals, and a fire alarm. In addition, it has a notification unit that sounds an alarm sound in the event of an abnormality, a radio transmission / reception unit that transmits and receives radio signals, and a control unit that controls each unit, and the master unit counts time from an arbitrary time, A timer unit is provided that generates a timing signal every time. When a predetermined operation input is received in any one slave unit, the control unit of the slave unit transmits a timing start signal instructing the start of timing from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the master unit, and the control unit of the master unit Receives the timing start signal, causes the timer unit to start timing from the time, and simultaneously generates the timing signal and transmits the timing signal from the wireless transmission / reception unit to all the slave units. When it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the unit, the control unit of the slave unit causes the alarm unit to sound an alarm sound along with the reception of the timing signal.

  According to the invention of claim 1, when it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit of any of the child units, the parent unit is automatically inquired as to whether or not it can be notified. Self-diagnosis with limited notification time can be executed without going to the place where the alarm device is installed, and the burden on the user can be reduced. Further, even if the user does not perform a predetermined operation input, it is possible to execute a self-diagnosis in which the alarm time is limited without omission in all fire alarms.

  According to the invention of claim 2, when the permission period is set by the permission period setting unit of any of the child devices, the permission period is set for all the child devices, so that the user goes to all the fire alarm installation locations. The self-diagnosis with the notification time limited can be executed without any problem, and the burden on the user can be reduced. In addition, when it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit of any of the child units, the time when the abnormality has occurred in the parent unit is automatically inquired, and the permission period set by itself is compared with the time, so Even if the user does not perform a predetermined operation input, self-diagnosis can be executed in which the alarm time is limited without omission in all fire alarms.

  According to the third to fifth aspects of the present invention, even when the time when the abnormality occurs is outside the permission period, an alarm sound can be generated when the permission period is reached, so that the abnormality has surely occurred to the user. This can be notified.

  According to the invention of claim 6, when a predetermined operation input is accepted in any slave unit, the master unit starts timing, and when an abnormality occurs in any slave unit during timing, the timing signal is generated at the same time. Because notification is allowed for the slave unit, the user can execute a self-diagnosis that limits the notification time without going to the location of all the fire alarms, reducing the burden on the user. . Moreover, the self-diagnosis which restrict | limited the alerting | reporting time without omission can be performed in all the fire alarm devices only by receiving predetermined operation input in any one fire alarm device which belongs to a system.

  According to the invention of claim 7, when a predetermined operation input is accepted in any slave unit, the master unit starts timing, and when an abnormality occurs in any slave unit during timing, Since the notification is made by the slave unit, the self-diagnosis with the notification time limited can be executed without the user going to all the fire alarm installation locations, and the burden on the user can be reduced. Moreover, the self-diagnosis which restrict | limited the alerting | reporting time without omission can be performed in all the fire alarm devices only by receiving predetermined operation input in any one fire alarm device which belongs to a system.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS It is a figure which shows Embodiment 1 of the fire alarm system which concerns on this invention, (a) is a block diagram of the principal part of a fire alarm device, (b) is the schematic of a system. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 2 of the fire alarm system which concerns on this invention, (a) is a block diagram of the principal part of a main unit, (b) is a timing chart figure of notification permission determination operation, (c) is notification permission It is a flowchart figure of determination operation. (A) is a timing chart diagram of the re-inquiry operation same as the above, and (b) is a timing chart diagram of the standby operation when the notification is impossible. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 3 of the fire alarm system which concerns on this invention, (a) is a block diagram of the principal part of a subunit | mobile_unit, (b) is a timing chart figure of notification permission determination operation, (c) is notification permission. It is a flowchart figure of determination operation. (A) is a timing chart diagram of the re-inquiry operation same as the above, and (b) is a timing chart diagram of the standby operation when the notification is impossible. It is a timing chart figure which shows Embodiment 4 of the fire alarm system which concerns on this invention. It is a timing chart figure which shows Embodiment 5 of the fire alarm system which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows Embodiment 6 of the fire alarm system which concerns on this invention, (a) is a block diagram of the principal part of a subunit | mobile_unit, (b) is a timing chart figure of time-measurement correction | amendment operation | movement. It is a time chart figure which shows operation | movement of the conventional fire alarm system.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, a fire alarm system according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, in the following description, when the fire alarm devices TR1 to TR4 are collectively shown, they are expressed as the fire alarm device TR. As shown in FIG. 1B, the present embodiment includes a plurality (four in the present embodiment) of fire alarm devices TR1 to TR4, and wirelessly uses radio waves as a medium between the plurality of fire alarm devices TR. A signal is transmitted. The present embodiment is characterized by self-diagnosis with a limited notification time, and the operation such as fire interlocking is the same as that of the conventional example and is well known. Therefore, detailed description thereof is omitted here.

  As shown in FIG. 1A, the fire alarm TR transmits a radio signal using radio waves as a medium via the antenna 3 and receives a radio signal transmitted by another fire alarm TR via the antenna 3. A wireless transmitter / receiver 2 that performs notification, a notification unit 5 that informs the user by sounding an alarm sound from a speaker in the event of a fire or an abnormality, and time counting from the time when the input is received when a predetermined operation input is received A timer unit 6 that generates a timing signal every time the time starts, and a microcomputer and a rewritable nonvolatile memory (for example, EEPROM) are used as main components, and a fire detection unit 4 described later detects a fire. Control that causes the alarm unit 5 to sound an alarm sound and to transmit a fire alarm message from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to notify other fire alarm devices TR of the fire alarm 1, a wireless monitoring unit 7 that monitors whether or not the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 receives a wireless signal more than a predetermined number of times within a fixed time, and a failure of the fire detection unit 4 every fixed time (for example, 1 hour) A self-diagnosis unit 8 for diagnosing the presence or absence of an abnormality such as a battery exhaustion of the power supply unit 9 to be described later, and a power supply unit 9 for supplying operation power to each unit using a battery such as a dry battery as a power source.

  The radio transmission / reception unit 2 transmits / receives a radio signal using radio waves as a medium in accordance with “radio station of low power security system” defined in Article 6, Paragraph 4, Item 3 of the Radio Law Enforcement Regulations. In addition, the fire detection unit 4 detects fire by detecting smoke, heat, flames, and the like generated with a fire, for example. In addition, since the radio | wireless transmission / reception part 2 and the fire detection part 4 are conventionally well-known, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted here.

  The control part 1 implement | achieves the various functions mentioned later by running the program stored in memory with a microcomputer. When the fire detection unit 4 detects the occurrence of a fire, the control unit 1 drives a buzzer included in the notification unit 5 to sound an alarm sound, or an alarm voice message (for example, stored in a memory or the like in advance) The fire alarm message is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 in order to notify the fire alarm in the other fire alarm devices TR. Even when the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 receives a wireless signal transmitted from another fire alarm device TR, the control unit 1 controls the notification unit 5 to sound an alarm sound.

  Further, when the control unit 1 receives the timing signal from the timer unit 6, the control unit 1 determines whether or not the notification unit 5 is notified of the diagnosis result in the self-diagnosis unit 8 based on a preset condition. For example, when the self-diagnosis unit 8 diagnoses that a failure of the fire detection unit 4 or an abnormal battery has occurred, the diagnosis result is stored in a storage unit (not shown) and a timing signal from the timer unit 6 is received. At this point, the diagnosis result is read from the storage unit, and if there is a diagnosis result that an abnormality has occurred, the alarm unit 5 is caused to sound an alarm sound. Of course, not only the alarm sound but also an alarm message such as “battery is exhausted” may be generated on the speaker if the battery is exhausted.

  The wireless monitoring unit 7 is for performing periodic monitoring for confirming whether or not each fire alarm device TR is normally communicating. Periodic monitoring is performed by the control unit 1 of a specific fire alarm device TR (for example, a parent device) periodically (for example, every 25 hours) and activating the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to send periodic monitoring messages to other fire alarm devices TR. This is performed by transmitting from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 by multicast. At this time, if the wireless monitoring unit 7 of each fire alarm device TR receives a regular monitoring message within a predetermined time more than a predetermined number of times, it is determined that the fire alarm device TR is normally communicating. If the regular monitoring message is not received a predetermined number of times within a certain time, it is determined that the communication of the fire alarm device TR is abnormal. The specific fire alarm device TR may be set to any one of the fire alarm devices TR such as a parent device, for example. However, every time periodic monitoring is performed, a predetermined order (for example, the fire alarm device TR The specific fire alarm device TR may be set in the order of the production number).

  Hereinafter, the self-diagnosis operation in which the notification time is limited in the present embodiment will be described. In the following description, only the case where an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit 8 will be described. Needless to say, the present invention can also be applied to cases where the wireless monitoring unit 7 determines that an abnormality has occurred in communication. .

  First, as shown in FIG. 1B, when a predetermined operation input is received in the timer unit 6 of any one of the fire alarm devices TR (here, the fire alarm device TR1), the control unit 1 of the fire alarm device TR1. Causes the timer unit 6 to start timing from the time when the operation input is accepted. At the same time, the control unit 1 of the fire alarm device TR1 causes the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to transmit a timing start signal instructing the start of timing to all other fire alarm devices TR2 to TR4. When each control unit 1 of the fire alarm devices TR2 to TR4 receives a timing start signal, the timer unit 6 causes the timer unit 6 to start timing from the time when the signal is received. That is, by receiving a predetermined operation input in the timer unit 6 of any of the fire alarm devices TR, the timer units 6 of all the fire alarm devices TR start timing simultaneously and generate timing signals simultaneously every 24 hours. .

  Thus, in the fire alarm device TR other than the fire alarm device TR that has received the predetermined operation input, it is possible to start timing simultaneously with the fire alarm device TR that has received the predetermined operation input. Self-diagnosis with limited notification time can be executed without going to the place where the fire alarm device TR is installed, and the burden on the user can be reduced. Moreover, the self-diagnosis which restrict | limited the alerting | reporting time can be performed in all the fire alarm devices TR only by receiving predetermined operation input in any one fire alarm device TR which belongs to a system.

  In addition, in any fire alarm device TR, when the timing start signal is received in a state where the timing has already been started, the control unit 1 of the fire alarm device TR ignores the timing start signal. For this reason, a predetermined operation was mistakenly performed in the timer unit 6 of another fire alarm device TR in a state where the timer unit 6 of one of the fire alarm devices TR has already performed a predetermined operation and time measurement has already started. Can be continued without resetting the timekeeping.

  Also, in any fire alarm TR, when there is no predetermined operation or reception of a timing start signal from another fire alarm TR for a certain period after the power is turned on, the control unit of the fire alarm TR 1 is configured to automatically cause the timer unit 6 to start measuring time after the predetermined period has elapsed. As described above, when a predetermined time elapses after the power is turned on, the time can be automatically started and the self-diagnosis with the notification time limited can be executed, so that the user forgets to perform a predetermined operation on the timer unit 6. Thus, it is possible to prevent the self-diagnosis with the notification time being restricted from being executed. In addition, it does not matter as the starting point when the power of the fire alarm device TR is turned on, but as a starting point when the work for registering the fire alarm device TR in the fire alarm system is performed. Since this registration work is well known in the art, a detailed description thereof is omitted here.

(Embodiment 2)
Hereinafter, Embodiment 2 of the fire alarm system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, since the basic configuration of the present embodiment is common to that of the first embodiment, common portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. Since the timer unit 6 of each fire alarm device TR in the first embodiment is composed of, for example, a simple counter with a built-in microcomputer, the timekeeping accuracy is low. There is a possibility that the generation time of the timing signal may be shifted during a time zone such as midnight. In order to solve this, the timer unit 6 having a high-precision timekeeping function may be mounted on each fire alarm device TR. However, since the timer unit 6 having a high-precision timekeeping function is expensive, all fires When installed in the alarm device TR, there is a problem that it is very expensive.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, the fire alarm device TR (here, the fire alarm device TR1) disposed at a position where it can communicate with all the other fire alarm devices TR among the plurality of fire alarm devices TR is used as a parent. The fire alarm devices TR2 to TR4 except the master device TR1 are set as slave devices TR2 to TR4, and only the master device TR1 has a clock unit 9 having a highly accurate timekeeping function. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 2 (a), the parent device TR1 has the above-described high-precision timekeeping function, and allows the clock unit 9 to keep the current time and the sound of an alarm sound according to a predetermined operation input. A permission period setting unit 10 for setting and storing the permission period. The slave units TR2 to TR4 have the same configuration as that of the first embodiment or a configuration in which the timer unit 6 is excluded from the configuration of the first embodiment. The clock unit 9 may be composed of, for example, a real-time clock IC having a 32 kHz clock output function, and preferably has a time measurement accuracy of about ± 100 ppm. The permission period setting unit 10 includes, for example, a plurality of pushbutton switches that accept operation inputs, and the user can set a time zone desired by the user as the permission period by pressing the pushbutton switch.

  Hereinafter, the self-diagnosis operation in which the notification time is limited in the present embodiment will be described. As shown in FIG. 2B, when it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit 8 of any of the child units TR2 to TR4 (here, the child unit TR2), the control unit 1 of the child unit TR2 A permission inquiry signal for inquiring whether or not sound may be emitted from the notification unit 6 is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to the parent device TR1. As shown in FIG. 2C, the control unit 1 of the parent device TR1 acquires the current time from the timepiece unit 9 when receiving the permission inquiry signal. Then, it is determined whether or not the current time is within the permission period preset by the permission period setting unit 10. If the current time is within the permission period, a notification permission signal for instructing notification is returned from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to the slave unit TR2, and if the current time is outside the permission period, the notification is disabled. A notification disabling signal is returned from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to the slave unit TR2. When receiving the notification permission signal, the control unit 1 of the slave unit TR2 causes the notification unit 6 to sound an alarm sound, and when receiving the notification disabling signal, maintains the current state without causing the notification unit 6 to sound an alarm sound.

  As described above, when it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit 8 of any of the child devices TR2 to TR4, the user is automatically inquired whether or not the information can be notified to the parent device TR1, so that the user can Self-diagnosis with limited notification time can be executed without going to the place where the fire alarm device TR is installed, and the burden on the user can be reduced. Further, even if the user does not perform a predetermined operation input, it is possible to execute self-diagnosis in which the alarm time is limited without omission in all the fire alarms TR. Furthermore, since the clock unit 9 having a high-precision timekeeping function is mounted only on the parent device TR1, the cost can be significantly reduced compared to the case where the clock unit 9 is mounted on all fire alarm devices TR. it can.

  When a notification disabling signal is received, as shown in FIG. 3A, the control unit 1 of the slave unit TR2 sends a permission inquiry signal from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to the master unit TR1 again after a predetermined time t has elapsed. The transmission is repeated until the notification permission signal is received. Thus, even when the time when the abnormality occurs is outside the permission period, an alarm sound can be sounded when the permission period is reached, so that the user can be surely notified that the abnormality has occurred. . Further, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), when the control unit 1 of the parent device TR1 returns a notification disabling signal to the child device TR2, the waiting time information required for reaching the permission period from the time when the signal is transmitted. Is sent back to the slave unit TR2 from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2, and when the control unit 1 of the slave unit TR2 receives the standby signal, the timer unit 6 starts timing, and when the standby time elapses, the alarm unit 5 is warned. You may make it ring a sound. Even in this case, similarly to the above, it is possible to notify the user that an abnormality has occurred reliably.

(Embodiment 3)
Hereinafter, Embodiment 3 of the fire alarm system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, since the basic configuration of this embodiment is the same as that of the first and second embodiments, common portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In this embodiment, the fire alarm device TR1 is a master device TR1, the remaining fire alarm devices TR2 to TR4 are slave devices TR2 to TR4, and the master device TR1 is equipped with a clock unit 9 having a high-precision timekeeping function. Each of the devices TR2 to TR4 is provided with a permission period setting unit 10 (see FIG. 4A).

  Hereinafter, the self-diagnosis operation in which the notification time is limited in the present embodiment will be described. First, when a predetermined operation input is received in the permission period setting unit 10 of any one child unit (here, child unit TR2), the control unit 1 of the child unit TR2 sets and stores its own permission period. At the same time, a setting signal instructing to store the permission period is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to all the other slave units TR3 and TR4. When receiving the setting signal, the control units 1 of all the other slave units TR3 and TR4 set and store the permission period set by the slave unit TR2 in the permission period setting unit 10.

  Next, as shown in FIG. 4B, when it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit 8 of any of the child units TR2 to TR4 (here, the child unit TR2), the control unit 1 of the child unit TR2 Causes the wireless transmitter / receiver 2 to transmit a time inquiry signal for inquiring about the time when the abnormality has occurred to the parent device TR1. When receiving the time inquiry signal, the control unit 1 of the parent device TR1 acquires the current time when the signal is received from the clock unit 9, and transmits the time signal including the acquired time from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to the child device TR2. Send back. And the control part 1 of subunit | mobile_unit TR2 will determine whether the time contained in the said signal is in a permission period, if a time signal is received, as shown in FIG.4 (c). If the time is within the permission period, the alarm unit 6 is sounded, and if the time is outside the permission period, the alarm unit 6 is not sounded and the current state is maintained.

  As described above, when the permission period is set by the permission period setting unit 10 of any of the child devices TR2 to TR4, the permission period is set by all the child devices TR2 to TR4. Self-diagnosis with a limited notification time can be executed without going to the installation location, and the burden on the user can be reduced. Further, when it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit 8 of any of the child devices TR2 to TR4, the time when the abnormality has occurred is automatically inquired to the parent device TR1, and the permission period and the time set by itself are set. Therefore, even if the user does not perform a predetermined operation input, it is possible to execute a self-diagnosis in which the notification time is limited without omission in all the fire alarm devices TR.

  When the notification disabling signal is received, the control unit 1 of the slave unit TR2 transmits the time inquiry signal from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to the master unit TR1 again after a predetermined time t, as in the second embodiment. The process is repeated until permission for notification is determined (see FIG. 5A). Further, as shown in FIG. 5B, when the time included in the time signal is outside the permission period, the control unit 1 of the slave unit TR2 calculates the waiting time required for reaching the permission period from that time. At the same time, the timer unit 6 may start timing, and when the standby time elapses, the alarm unit 5 may sound an alarm sound. By configuring as described above, it is possible to notify the user that an abnormality has occurred reliably.

(Embodiment 4)
Hereinafter, Embodiment 4 of the fire alarm system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, since the basic configuration of the present embodiment is common to that of the first embodiment, common portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, the fire alarm device TR1 is a master device TR1, the remaining fire alarm devices TR2 to TR4 are slave devices TR2 to TR4, and the timer unit 6 having a high-precision timekeeping function is mounted on the master device TR1. ing.

  Hereinafter, the self-diagnosis operation in which the notification time is limited according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, when a predetermined operation input is received in any of the slave units (here, the slave unit TR2), the control unit 1 of the slave unit TR2 sends a timing start signal for instructing the start of timing from the radio transmission / reception unit 2 to the master unit TR1. To send to. When the control unit 1 of the parent device TR1 receives the time measurement start signal, the control unit 1 causes the timer unit 6 to start measuring time from the time, and generates a timing signal every fixed time T.

  Next, when it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit 8 of any of the child devices (here, child device TR3), the control unit 1 of the child device TR3 notifies the abnormality notification signal that the abnormality has occurred. Is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to the parent device TR1. When receiving the abnormality notification signal, the control unit 1 of the parent device TR1 causes the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 to transmit a notification permission signal that commands permission of notification to the child device TR3 simultaneously with the generation of the timing signal. When the control unit 1 of the slave unit TR3 receives the notification permission signal, the control unit 1 causes the notification unit 5 to sound an alarm sound.

  As described above, when a predetermined operation input is accepted in any of the slave units TR2 to TR4, the master unit TR1 starts timing, and when an abnormality occurs in any of the slave units TR2 to TR4 during timing, a timing signal is generated. At the same time, since the notification is permitted to the slave units TR2 to TR4, the user can execute the self-diagnosis that limits the notification time without going to all the installation locations of the fire alarm devices TR. The burden can be reduced. Moreover, the self-diagnosis which restrict | limited the alerting | reporting time can be performed in all the fire alarm devices TR only by receiving predetermined operation input in any one fire alarm device TR which belongs to a system.

(Embodiment 5)
Hereinafter, Embodiment 5 of the fire alarm system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, since the basic configuration of the present embodiment is common to that of the fourth embodiment, common portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, as in the fourth embodiment, the fire alarm device TR1 is the master device TR1, the remaining fire alarm devices TR2 to TR4 are the slave devices TR2 to TR4, and the timer unit 6 having a highly accurate timekeeping function in the master device TR1. It has a configuration equipped with.

  Hereinafter, the self-diagnosis operation with the notification time limited in the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. First, when a predetermined operation input is received in any of the slave units (here, the slave unit TR2), the control unit 1 of the slave unit TR2 sends a timing start signal for instructing the start of timing from the radio transmission / reception unit 2 to the master unit TR1. To send to. When receiving the timing start signal, the control unit 1 of the parent device TR1 starts the timer unit 6 to start timing from the time, and simultaneously generates the timing signal at a certain time T from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2. All slave units TR2 to TR4 are caused to transmit. Next, when it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit 8 of any of the slave units (here, the slave unit TR3), the control unit 1 of the slave unit TR3 receives a timing signal from the master unit TR1. When the standby signal is received and the timing signal is received, the alarm unit 5 is caused to sound an alarm sound.

  As described above, when a predetermined operation input is accepted in any of the slave units TR2 to TR4, the master unit TR1 starts measuring time, and if any of the slave units TR2 to TR4 has an abnormality during timing, the timing signal is received. At the same time, since the slave units TR2 to TR4 notify the user, it is possible to execute a self-diagnosis in which the notification time is limited without going to the installation locations of all the fire alarm devices TR, thereby reducing the burden on the user. be able to. Moreover, the self-diagnosis which restrict | limited the alerting | reporting time can be performed in all the fire alarm devices TR only by receiving predetermined operation input in any one fire alarm device TR which belongs to a system.

(Embodiment 6)
Hereinafter, Embodiment 6 of the fire alarm system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. However, since the basic configuration of the present embodiment is common to that of the first embodiment, common portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted. In the present embodiment, the fire alarm device TR1 is a master device TR1, the remaining fire alarm devices TR2 to TR4 are slave devices TR2 to TR4, and a timer unit 6 having a high-precision timekeeping function is mounted on the master device TR1. The slave units TR2 to TR4 are provided with a time correction unit 11 described later (see FIG. 8A). The time correction unit 11 corrects the time measured by its own timer unit 6 based on the timing signal transmitted from the parent device TR1.

  Hereinafter, the operation of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, since the operation | movement of the self-diagnosis which restrict | limited the alerting | reporting time in this embodiment is the same as Embodiment 1, description is abbreviate | omitted here. In the present embodiment, as in the first embodiment, the timer unit 6 of any fire alarm device TR (here, the child device TR2) accepts a predetermined operation input, thereby the timer units 6 of all the fire alarm devices TR. Simultaneously start timing and generate timing signals simultaneously every 24 hours. Here, the control unit 1 of the parent device TR1 sends all of the child devices TR2 to TR4 from the wireless transmission / reception unit 2 at intervals longer than the timing signal generation interval (for example, every time the timing signal is generated several times). Send a timing signal. On the other hand, the control unit 1 of the slave units TR2 to TR4 generates a timing signal and performs a self-diagnosis operation in which the notification time is limited as in the first embodiment, but when receiving the timing signal from the master unit TR1, Based on the signal, the timer unit 6 makes the timer unit 6 correct the time signal generation interval of the timing signal generated by the timer unit 6 itself. Thus, in any fire alarm device TR, it is possible to make a time measurement based on the timer unit 6 having a high-precision time measurement function of the parent device TR1, so that the self-diagnosis operation with a limited notification time is accurately performed. Can be made.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Control part 2 Wireless transmission / reception part 4 Fire detection part 5 Notification part 6 Timer part 8 Self-diagnosis part TR1-TR4 Fire alarm

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  It is equipped with a plurality of fire alarms that use batteries as the drive power source, and the fire alarms that are placed at positions where communication with all other fire alarms is possible is the parent unit. A fire alarm system that transmits all radio alarm signals using a radio wave as a medium between these multiple fire alarms, except for the main alarm unit. Each fire alarm senses a fire. A fire detection unit, a self-diagnosis unit that diagnoses the presence or absence of abnormality such as a failure of the fire detection unit or battery exhaustion at regular intervals, a notification unit that sounds and alerts in the event of a fire or abnormality, A permission period setting unit that includes a wireless transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives a wireless signal and a control unit that controls each unit, and the parent device sets and stores a permission period during which an alarm sound is permitted in response to a predetermined operation input And a clock unit that measures the current time, and When it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit, the control unit of the slave unit transmits a permission inquiry signal for inquiring whether or not an alarm sound may be generated from the notification unit to the parent unit from the wireless transmission / reception unit. When receiving the permission inquiry signal, the control unit of the master unit determines whether or not the time when the signal is received is within the permission period. A fire alarm system, wherein a transmitter / receiver makes a reply to the slave unit, and the control unit of the slave unit sounds an alarm sound when the notification permission signal is received.   It is equipped with a plurality of fire alarms that use batteries as the drive power source, and the fire alarms that are placed at positions where communication with all other fire alarms is possible is the parent unit. A fire alarm system that transmits all radio alarm signals using a radio wave as a medium between these multiple fire alarms, except for the main alarm unit. Each fire alarm senses a fire. A fire detection unit, a self-diagnosis unit that diagnoses the presence or absence of abnormality such as a failure of the fire detection unit or battery exhaustion at regular intervals, a notification unit that sounds and alerts in the event of a fire or abnormality, A wireless transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving a wireless signal; and a control unit for controlling each unit, the parent device includes a clock unit for measuring the current time, and each child device outputs an alarm sound according to a predetermined operation input. It has a permission period setting section that sets and stores the permission period for which ringing is permitted. When a predetermined operation input is received in the permission period setting unit of one slave unit, the control unit of the one slave unit instructs to store the permission period set in the one slave unit Is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit to all the other slave units, and when the control unit of each of the other slave units receives the setting signal, the permission period set by the one slave unit is stored in the permission period setting unit. When a self-diagnosis unit of any of the child units diagnoses that an abnormality has occurred, the control unit of the child unit transmits a time inquiry signal for inquiring about the time at which the abnormality has occurred from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the parent unit. When receiving the time inquiry signal, the control unit of the device acquires the time when the signal is received by the clock unit, and returns a time signal including the acquired time from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the slave unit, thereby controlling the slave unit Part is a time signal Fire alarm system, characterized in that time included in a received when the signal is equal to or within permission period, thereby sounding an alarm sound notifying unit if the permission period.   Each of the slave units includes a timer unit that counts a predetermined time, and the control unit of the slave unit in which an abnormality has occurred counts a certain time from the time when the inquiry time of the master unit is outside the permission period with a counter. The fire alarm system according to claim 1, wherein an inquiry signal is transmitted again from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the parent device after a predetermined time has elapsed.   Each of the slave units includes a timer unit for measuring a predetermined time, and when the time when the permission inquiry signal is received is outside the permission period, the control unit of the parent unit waits until reaching the permission period from the time When a standby signal including time information is returned from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the slave unit in which the abnormality has occurred, the control unit of the slave unit in which the abnormality has occurred causes the timer unit to start timing when the standby signal is received, and when the standby time has elapsed The fire alarm system according to claim 1, wherein an alarm sound is sounded by the notification unit.   Each of the slave units includes a timer unit that counts a predetermined time, and the control unit of the slave unit in which an abnormality has occurred, when the time included in the time signal is outside the permitted period, until the permitted period is reached from the time The fire alarm system according to claim 2, wherein the standby time required for the operation is calculated and the timer unit starts measuring time, and the alarm unit sounds an alarm sound when the standby time has elapsed.   It is equipped with a plurality of fire alarms that use batteries as the drive power source, and the fire alarms that are placed at positions where communication with all other fire alarms is possible is the parent unit. A fire alarm system that transmits all radio alarm signals using a radio wave as a medium between these multiple fire alarms, except for the main alarm unit. Each fire alarm senses a fire. A fire detection unit, a self-diagnosis unit that diagnoses the presence or absence of abnormality such as a failure of the fire detection unit or battery exhaustion at regular intervals, a notification unit that sounds and alerts in the event of a fire or abnormality, A wireless transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives a wireless signal and a control unit that controls each unit, and the master unit includes a timer unit that measures a time from an arbitrary time and generates a timing signal every time the time is reached, Predetermined operation input is received in any one slave unit. Then, the control unit of the slave unit transmits a timing start signal instructing the start of timing from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the master unit, and when the control unit of the master unit receives the timing start signal, the control unit starts from the time When the timer unit starts measuring time and it is diagnosed that an abnormality has occurred in the self-diagnosis unit of any of the child units, the control unit of the child unit sends an abnormality notification signal to notify that an abnormality has occurred from the wireless transmission / reception unit When the control unit of the master unit receives the abnormality notification signal, the control unit of the master unit transmits a notification permission signal that commands permission of notification simultaneously with the generation of the timing signal from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the slave unit in which the abnormality has occurred, The fire alarm system, wherein the control unit of the child device in which the abnormality has occurred causes the alarm unit to sound an alarm sound when receiving the notification permission signal.   It is equipped with a plurality of fire alarms that use batteries as the drive power source, and the fire alarms that are placed at positions where communication with all other fire alarms is possible is the parent unit. A fire alarm system that transmits all radio alarm signals using a radio wave as a medium between these multiple fire alarms, except for the main alarm unit. Each fire alarm senses a fire. A fire detection unit, a self-diagnosis unit that diagnoses the presence or absence of abnormality such as a failure of the fire detection unit or battery exhaustion at regular intervals, a notification unit that sounds and alerts in the event of a fire or abnormality, A wireless transmission / reception unit that transmits / receives a wireless signal and a control unit that controls each unit, and the master unit includes a timer unit that measures a time from an arbitrary time and generates a timing signal every time the time is reached, Predetermined operation input is received in any one slave unit. Then, the control unit of the slave unit transmits a timing start signal instructing the start of timing from the wireless transmission / reception unit to the master unit, and when the control unit of the master unit receives the timing start signal, the control unit starts from the time When the timer unit starts timing, and simultaneously with the generation of the timing signal, the timing signal is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception unit to all the child units, and when the diagnosis is made in the self-diagnosis unit of any of the child units, The fire alarm system is characterized in that the control unit of the slave unit causes the alarm unit to sound an alarm sound upon reception of the timing signal.

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