JP2023069940A - Notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a notification system by which a user easily discriminates an occurrence place of an abnormality such as a fire.SOLUTION: A notification system comprises: a radio communication machine 10 which is connected with a transfer terminal of a fire protection facility 100 to transmit data based on a transfer signal; a server 20 which receives transfer data to perform notification to a terminal 300 used by a user; and setting means 30 for setting the notification, wherein the setting means 30 comprises: a terminal registration unit 31; a group creation unit 32; an allocation unit 33; and a display setting unit 34, the terminal registration unit 31 accepts registration of the terminal 300, the group creation unit 32 accepts creation of a group, the allocation unit 33 accepts allocation of the terminal 300 and the radio communication machine 10 to the group, the display setting unit 34 accepts setting of an arbitrary display sentence for every radio communication machine 10, and the server 20 performs the notification to the terminal 300 included in the group to which the radio communication machine 10 which has transmitted the data belongs when the data is received from the radio communication machine 10, and displays the display sentence set in the terminal 300.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

There is an application for the application of Article 30, Paragraph 2 of the Patent Act. Exhibition on April 7, 2021 2. Explanation on October 6, 2021 3. October 7, 2021, rental of demo machine

The present invention relates to a notification system for notifying a terminal used by a user of the occurrence of a fire or the like.

A system has been proposed that notifies a portable terminal such as a smartphone when a fire outbreak is detected.
For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a system comprising a plurality of fire detectors with call transfer contacts, a wireless communication device connected to the fire detectors, a base station, and an information processing server connected to an information communication network. The fire detector and wireless communication device are located inside the fire prevention facility, and the base station and information processing server are located outside the fire prevention facility. A radio communication device that receives the radio communication signal transmits a fire signal containing information on the source of the fire to the base station via radio communication, and the base station that receives the fire signal sends it to the information processing server. A fire alarm system is disclosed in which a fire signal is transmitted and an information processing server that receives the fire signal transmits the fire signal to a portable information terminal.
In addition, in Patent Document 2, information of an alarm system forming a first wireless communication network in a predetermined area is combined with a second wireless communication network outside the predetermined area while forming a second wireless communication network in the predetermined area. The information is transmitted to a monitoring server outside the predetermined area via the equipment management system forming the third wireless communication network, the information is processed by the monitoring server, the processing result is transmitted to the terminal, and the terminal relates to the alarm system. A cooperation system for outputting information is disclosed.

JP 2020-144933 A JP 2016-076238 A

However, as the number of facilities to be notified increases, it becomes difficult for the user who receives the notification when the fire breaks out to immediately determine where the fire broke out. If the content of the notification is detailed, the location of the occurrence can be easily understood, but on the other hand, the setting of the content of the notification becomes complicated, and the cost tends to be high.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a low-cost notification system that allows a user to easily determine the location of an abnormality such as a fire.

The notification system of the present invention according to claim 1 includes a wireless communication device 10 that is wired to a report transfer terminal of a firefighting equipment 100 and wirelessly transmits data based on a report transfer signal, and a terminal that receives the report data and is used by a user. 300, and setting means 30 for setting the notification. Then, the terminal registration unit 31 accepts registration of the terminal 300 that receives the notification from the server 20, the group creation unit 32 accepts creation of a group to which the terminal 300 registered in the terminal registration unit 31 is assigned, The allocation unit 33 accepts allocation of the terminal 300 and the wireless communication device 10 to the group created by the group creation unit 32, the display setting unit 34 accepts the setting of an arbitrary display sentence for each wireless communication device 10, and the server When data is received from the wireless communication device 10, the device 20 notifies the terminal 300 included in the group to which the wireless communication device 10 that sent the data belongs, and sends the display message set by the display setting unit 34 to the terminal 300. is displayed.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the notification system according to the first aspect, the wireless communication device 10 can be connected by wire to a terminal provided in the fire extinguishing equipment 100 and other equipment 200 other than the fire extinguishing equipment 100. Yes, the contact data based on the contact signal from the other equipment 200 is wirelessly transmitted to the server 20, and when the server 20 receives the contact data from the wireless communication device 10, the group to which the wireless communication device 10 that has transmitted the contact data belongs. is notified to the terminal 300 included in , and the characters set by the display setting unit 34 are displayed on the terminal 300 .

The present invention according to claim 3 is the notification system according to claim 1 or claim 2, wherein the wireless communication device 10 is wire-connected to the alarm panel 400 and duplicates based on the transfer signal input from the transfer terminal. It is characterized by outputting a signal to the alarm panel 400 .

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the notification system according to the third aspect, the wireless communication device 10 outputs the duplicate signal to a device 500 other than the alarm panel 400 as well.

The present invention according to claim 5 is the notification system according to claim 3 or claim 4, wherein the firefighting equipment 100 is a fire extinguishing equipment, and the fire extinguishing equipment is an operating part 108 for ejecting the extinguishing agent from the extinguishing agent storage container 102. A body repeater 109 for relaying control signals to and a collective repeater 110 for relaying control signals to the main selection valve 105 and the individual selection valves 107 are connected by a multiplex transmission method.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, in the notification system according to the fifth aspect, addresses are assigned to the main repeater 109 and the aggregate repeater 110 .

1 is a block diagram showing a notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention by means of function implementation; FIG. A diagram showing a setting flow in the same setting means Conceptual diagram showing allocation to the same group Diagram showing an example of notification from the wireless communication device Diagram showing another example of notification from the wireless communication device Diagram showing a connection example of the wireless communication device Diagram showing an example of the same fire extinguishing equipment

A notification system according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless communication device that is wired to a report transfer terminal of a firefighting equipment and wirelessly transmits report data based on a report signal, and a user that receives the report data and uses it. and setting means for setting the notification, the setting means having a terminal registration section, a group creation section, an allocation section, and a display setting section, and the terminal registration section , the group creation unit accepts registration of a terminal that receives a notification from the server, the group creation unit accepts creation of a group to which the terminal registered by the terminal registration unit is assigned, and the allocation unit accepts the group created by the group creation unit The display setting unit accepts the setting of arbitrary characters for each wireless communication device, and the server transmits the transfer data when receiving the transfer data from the wireless communication device. The notification is sent to the terminals included in the group to which the selected wireless communication device belongs, and the characters set by the display setting section are displayed on the terminals.
According to this embodiment, it is possible for the user to easily determine the place where an abnormality such as a fire occurs while suppressing the cost of the notification system.

According to a second embodiment of the present invention, in the notification system according to the first embodiment, the wireless communication device can be connected by wire to a terminal provided in equipment other than the fire extinguishing equipment in addition to the fire extinguishing equipment. , wirelessly transmits contact data based on the contact signal from other equipment to the server, and when the server receives the contact data from the wireless communication device, the server sends to the terminal included in the group to which the wireless communication device that sent the contact data belongs and displays the characters set in the display setting section on the terminal.
According to the present embodiment, it is possible for the user to easily determine the location of the other equipment in which an abnormality has occurred while suppressing the cost of the notification system.

According to a third embodiment of the present invention, in the notification system according to the first or second embodiment, the wireless communication device is connected by wire to the alarm board, and duplicates based on the transfer signal input from the transfer terminal. It outputs the signal to the alarm panel.
According to this embodiment, both the radio communication device and the alarm panel can receive the transfer signal from the firefighting equipment without providing an additional contact panel.

According to a fourth embodiment of the present invention, in the notification system according to the third embodiment, the wireless communication device outputs a duplicate signal to a device other than the alarm board.
According to this embodiment, it is possible to output the duplicate signal to devices other than the alarm panel.

According to a fifth embodiment of the present invention, in the notification system according to the third or fourth embodiment, the fire-fighting equipment is a fire-extinguishing equipment, and the fire-extinguishing equipment is an operating part for ejecting the extinguishing agent from the extinguishing agent storage container. A body repeater for relaying the control signal to the main selection valve and a collective repeater for relaying the control signal to the main selection valve and the individual selection valve are connected by a multiplex transmission method.
According to this embodiment, it is possible to save wires in the fire extinguishing equipment and thus in the notification system.

According to a sixth embodiment of the present invention, in the notification system according to the fifth embodiment, addresses are assigned to the main repeater and the collective repeater.
According to this embodiment, a fire sensor without an address can be connected to a wireless communication device.

A notification system according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the notification system in terms of function implementation means.
The notification system includes a wireless communication device 10, a server 20, and setting means 30. FIG.
The wireless communication device 10 is connected by wire to a transfer terminal of a firefighting equipment 100 having a fire sensor, and upon receiving a transfer signal from the firefighting equipment 100, transfers report data as information based on the transfer signal. It wirelessly transmits to the server 20 via an information communication network such as the Internet. In this embodiment, three radio communication devices a to c are provided as the radio communication device 10 , and the radio communication devices a to c are connected to the relay contacts on the receiving panel of the fire extinguishing equipment 100 .
The wireless communication device c is also connected by wire to the terminals of the monitoring device 201 and the monitoring device 202 which are other equipment 200 other than the fire extinguishing equipment 100 . Upon receiving a contact signal from the monitoring device 201 or the watching device 202, the wireless communication device c wirelessly transmits contact data as information based on the contact signal to the server 20. FIG. The monitoring device 201 is, for example, a device that is installed in a factory, business office, or the like, and detects an equipment abnormality, an intrusion by a suspicious person, or the like. Also, the monitoring device 202 is, for example, a device that is installed in an elderly person's house and detects the presence or absence of a person's fall or body movement.
The server 20 processes the transfer data or contact data transmitted from the wireless communication device 10 and notifies the terminal 300 used by the user. The terminals 300 are, for example, a personal computer, a smart phone, a tablet, etc. Four terminals A to D are shown in FIG.
The setting unit 30 has a terminal registration unit 31 , a group creation unit 32 , an allocation unit 33 , and a display setting unit 34 , and sets notifications transmitted from the server 20 to the terminals 300 .

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a setting flow in the setting means, and FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram showing allocation to groups.
First, the terminal registration unit 31 receives registration of the terminal 300 that receives the notification from the server 20 (step S1).
Next, the group creation unit 32 accepts creation of a group to which the terminals 300 registered by the terminal registration unit 31 are assigned (step S2). As a result, for example, groups such as group 1 and group 2 are created.
Next, the allocation unit 33 receives allocation of the terminals 300 and the wireless communication devices 10 to the groups created by the group creation unit 32 (step S3). As a result, the terminals 300 and wireless communication devices 10 belonging to each group are set. Assignment to each group is performed in consideration of, for example, attributes such as the company and position of the user who owns the terminal 300, and the position of the firefighting equipment 100 or other equipment 200 to which the wireless communication device 10 is connected. In FIG. 3, terminals A to C and wireless communication devices a and b are assigned to group 1, and terminals A and D and wireless communication device c are assigned to group 2. FIG. Note that, like terminal A, one terminal 300 can be assigned to a plurality of groups.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of notification from a wireless communication device.
In this notification example, the wireless communication device 10 has seven contacts, the contacts 1 to 3 are connected to the fire extinguishing equipment 100 having two fire detectors with different detection methods, and the contacts 4 to 6 are connected to other Equipment 200 is connected. Also, the contact 7 is open. Contact 1 receives an alarm signal when one of the two fire detectors is activated, and contact 2 receives an alarm signal when the other fire detector is also activated (fire confirmed). , to the contact 3, a transfer signal is input when an abnormality occurs in the firefighting equipment 100 such as a failure of a fire sensor. Further, a predetermined contact signal from the other equipment 200 is input to the contacts 4-6.
When receiving a transfer signal or contact signal, the wireless communication device 10 wirelessly transmits transfer data or contact data based on the signal to the server 20 . When receiving the transfer data or the contact data from the wireless communication device 10, the server 20 notifies the terminals 300 included in the group to which the wireless communication device 10 that sent the data belongs, by e-mail.

When the user opens the mail, the terminal 300 displays a display text (mail text). The display text includes characters related to "device (name)", "status", "serial number", "link URL" to detailed information, and the like. The device name is a name assigned to the wireless communication device 10 and the serial number is an identification number unique to each wireless communication device 10 .
In the status column, the operation status of the fire extinguishing equipment 100 or other equipment 200 is simply displayed according to the contact, such as "one report detected", "fire broke out", "equipment 1 operated", etc. characters are displayed. In this embodiment, the characters displayed in the status column are fixed in advance and cannot be changed by the system administrator or the user. Also, the characters displayed in the serial number field and the link URL field cannot be changed.
On the other hand, the device name column is initially set so that the name of the wireless communication device 10 is displayed, but the characters displayed in the device name column can be arbitrarily changed by the system administrator or the user. The display setting unit 34 accepts setting changes of arbitrary characters to be displayed in the device name column for each wireless communication device 10 . The user or the like customizes and sets the characters displayed in the device name column, such as by inputting the target section name of the firefighting equipment 100 to which the wireless communication device 10 is connected, the installation location of the other equipment 200, etc. from the terminal 300. By doing so, the characters set by the display setting unit 34 are displayed in the device name column of the received mail, so that it becomes easy to determine the place where an abnormality such as a fire occurred or the location of the other equipment 200 where an abnormality occurred. . In addition, by limiting the part where the user can arbitrarily set characters to a part of the device name column, the cost of the notification system can be suppressed compared to the case where characters such as the status column can be arbitrarily set. can be done.
The characters displayed in the status column as well as the device name column can be changed arbitrarily by the system administrator or the user. In this case, the cost is higher than if the characters displayed in the status column cannot be changed. can increase

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing another example of notification from the wireless communication device.
In this notification example, the wireless communication device 10 has seven contacts, the contacts 1 to 3 are not connected to the firefighting equipment 100, the contacts 4 to 6 are connected to the other equipment 200, respectively, and the contacts 7 is vacant.
As for the text in the status column that cannot be changed arbitrarily by the user or the like, different text is set for each of the contacts 1 to 3 as in the example of FIG. 4, but the text for the contacts 4 to 7 is blank. The same sentence may be set for the contacts 4-7.
As a result, the display text displayed on the terminal 300 is the same regardless of which of the contacts 4 to 7 changes. The user or the like can arbitrarily set the text (for example, the number of the installed floor) by operating the terminal 300, so that the user who receives the mail can detect that there is some kind of abnormality in the other equipment 200 installed in a certain place. You can immediately understand what happened. Details such as which contacts have actually changed can be checked on another page by clicking the link URL.

The server 20 also sends an e-mail to the terminal 300 when the wireless communication device 10 malfunctions.
For example, the server 20 periodically communicates with the wireless communication device 10, and if the regular communication fails due to a communication failure or the like, the server 20 notifies the terminal 300 of the occurrence of a communication error with the wireless communication device 10. Send an email showing Further, when detecting that the remaining battery level of the wireless communication device 10 is low, the server 20 sends an email to the terminal 300 indicating that the battery level of the wireless communication device 10 is low. to send.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of connection of wireless communication devices. The schematic diagram of the circuit is shown on the right side of FIG. 6(a). An alarm panel 400 in FIG. 6 is a facility to which the firefighting equipment 100 to which the wireless communication device 10 is attached issues a report.
If the wireless communication device 10 is connected by wire to the report transfer terminals of the fire fighting equipment 100, there may be a case where the signal transfer signal from the fire fighting equipment 100 cannot be input to the alarm panel 400 due to the lack of the number of the report transfer terminals. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 6(a), the wireless communication device 10 is provided with an output terminal 11 for outputting a copy signal (contact information) equivalent to the transfer terminal occupied by the wireless communication device 10. Connect the alarm panel 400 . As a result, both the radio communication device 10 and the alarm panel 400 can receive the transfer signal from the fire fighting equipment 100 without providing an additional contact panel.
Further, by increasing the number of output terminals 11 provided in the wireless communication device 10 to the number of relay terminals provided in the firefighting equipment 100, the wireless communication device 10 can be provided with the function of a contact expansion board. As a result, as shown in FIG. 6(b), the duplicate signal can be output to the device 500 other than the alarm panel 400 as well.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing an example of fire extinguishing equipment.
Here, a case where the fire extinguishing equipment 100 is a fire extinguishing equipment will be described. The fire extinguishing equipment includes a receiving panel 101 that controls the entire fire extinguishing equipment, a fire extinguishing agent storage container 102 filled with extinguishing agent, and a nitrogen cylinder 103 filled with nitrogen as a pressurized gas supplied to the extinguishing agent storage container 102. , a plurality of main selection valves 105 arranged in the main fire extinguishing pipe 104 connected to the fire extinguishing agent storage container 102, and a plurality of individual fire extinguishing pipes 106 branching from the main fire extinguishing pipe 104 and reaching each section A selection valve 107, an operating unit 108 for ejecting the extinguishing agent from the extinguishing agent storage container 102, a plurality of main body relays 109 for relaying control signals from the receiving panel 101 to the operating unit 108, etc., are installed in each section. It has a plurality of collective relays 110 for monitoring fire sensors and relaying control signals to the main selection valve 105 and the individual selection valves 107 .
The receiving board 101, the collective repeater 110 and the main repeater 109 are connected by the multiplex transmission method using the Ethernet cable 111. FIG. As a result, the fire extinguishing equipment and thus the notification system can be wire-saving. The receiving board 101 also has a self-diagnostic function, and can detect the occurrence of various abnormalities such as disconnection of the Ethernet cable 111, low battery level, high temperature or high humidity in the installation environment of the repeater. A storage medium such as an SD card is set in the receiving board 101, and a communication log is recorded. By checking the communication log recorded in the storage medium, the system administrator can confirm the presence or absence of an abnormality and use it to investigate the cause when an abnormality occurs.
Addresses are assigned to the collective repeater 110 and the main repeater 109 . This allows a fire sensor that does not have an address to be connected to the wireless communication device 10 .

The wireless communication device 10 is installed, for example, in the housing of the receiving panel 101, and is connected by wire to the alarm transfer terminal of the fire detector. to send. In addition, when the target section is divided into a plurality of floors, by assigning the wireless communication device 10 to each group divided by floor, the terminal 300 can easily identify on which floor a fire or the like has occurred. can be confirmed.

In addition to the large-scale automatic fire extinguishing equipment shown in Fig. 7, this system can also be used, for example, for automatic fire extinguishing equipment installed in small booths for telework and small automatic fire extinguishing equipment installed in small-scale welfare facilities. , equipment related to fire detection such as automatic fire alarm equipment, etc., can be applied to various firefighting equipment.

10 Wireless communication device 11 Output terminal 20 Server 30 Setting means 31 Terminal registration unit 32 Group creation unit 33 Allocation unit 34 Display setting unit 100 Firefighting equipment 101 Receiver panel 102 Extinguishing agent storage container 105 Main selection valve 107 Individual selection valve 108 Actuating unit 109 Main repeater 110 Aggregate repeater 111 Ethernet cable 200 Other facilities 300 Terminal 400 Alarm board 500 Equipment

Claims (6)

a wireless communication device that is wired to a report transfer terminal of the firefighting equipment and wirelessly transmits the report data based on the report signal;
a server that receives the transfer data and notifies the terminal used by the user;
and setting means for setting the notification,
the setting means has a terminal registration unit, a group creation unit, an allocation unit, and a display setting unit;
The terminal registration unit accepts registration of the terminal that receives the notification from the server,
The group creation unit receives creation of a group to which the terminal registered by the terminal registration unit is assigned,
The allocation unit receives allocation of the terminal and the wireless communication device to the group created by the group creation unit;
The display setting unit accepts setting of arbitrary characters for each wireless communication device,
When the server receives the transfer data from the wireless communication device, the server notifies the terminal included in the group to which the wireless communication device that transmitted the transfer data belongs, and sends the A notification system characterized by displaying the characters set by a display setting unit. The wireless communication device can be connected by wire to terminals provided in equipment other than the fire extinguishing equipment in addition to the fire extinguishing equipment, and wirelessly transmits contact data based on contact signals from the other equipment to the server. ,
When receiving the contact data from the wireless communication device, the server notifies the terminal included in the group to which the wireless communication device that transmitted the contact data belongs, and displays the information on the terminal. 2. The notification system according to claim 1, wherein the characters set by the setting unit are displayed. 3. The wireless communication device according to claim 1, wherein the wireless communication device is wired to an alarm panel, and outputs a duplicate signal based on the transfer signal input from the transfer terminal to the alarm panel. notification system. 4. The notification system according to claim 3, wherein said wireless communication device also outputs said duplicate signal to a device other than said alarm board. The fire extinguishing equipment is a fire extinguishing equipment, and in the fire extinguishing equipment, a main body relay that relays a control signal to an operating part that ejects the extinguishing agent from the extinguishing agent storage container, and a control signal to the main selection valve and the individual selection valve. 5. The notification system according to claim 3, wherein the relaying collective repeaters are connected by a multiplex transmission method. 6. The notification system according to claim 5, wherein addresses are assigned to said main body repeater and said collective repeater.

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