JP3069461B2 - Gas Pressure Fluctuation Detection Method in Gas Meter with Mechanism to Detect Gas Supply Pressure - Google Patents
Gas Pressure Fluctuation Detection Method in Gas Meter with Mechanism to Detect Gas Supply PressureInfo
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- JP3069461B2 JP3069461B2 JP5053676A JP5367693A JP3069461B2 JP 3069461 B2 JP3069461 B2 JP 3069461B2 JP 5053676 A JP5053676 A JP 5053676A JP 5367693 A JP5367693 A JP 5367693A JP 3069461 B2 JP3069461 B2 JP 3069461B2
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Description
【0001】[0001]
【産業上の利用分野】本発明は、ガス漏れを判定するた
めに、ガス供給圧力の微小な変動を検出する方法に関す
る。BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a method for detecting a slight change in gas supply pressure in order to determine a gas leak.
【0002】[0002]
【従来の技術】一般家庭用のガスメータにはガスの供給
圧力を圧力スイッチで検出し、この圧力スイッチが作動
すると遮断弁が閉じてガスを止めてしまう安全機構が組
み込まれている。2. Description of the Related Art A general household gas meter has a built-in safety mechanism that detects a gas supply pressure by a pressure switch, and when the pressure switch is operated, a shutoff valve is closed to stop the gas.
【0003】[0003]
【発明が解決しようとする課題】しかし、上記従来例の
場合、圧力スイッチは一定の下限界圧力(設定圧力)を
検出して信号を出力する機能のみを有していることか
ら、この圧力スイッチにより圧力変動を検出することは
できない。勿論、圧力スイッチを圧力センサーに置き換
えて圧力変動を検出することは可能である。しかし、こ
の圧力センサーであって微小な圧力変動までも検出でき
る高精度のものにおいては、ノイズの影響が大きく、微
小な圧力変動はこのノイズに埋もれてしまうという問題
があり、そのままでは実用できない。However, in the case of the above prior art, since the pressure switch has only a function of detecting a constant lower limit pressure (set pressure) and outputting a signal, this pressure switch is Cannot detect pressure fluctuations. Of course, it is possible to detect the pressure fluctuation by replacing the pressure switch with a pressure sensor. However, the high-precision pressure sensor capable of detecting even minute pressure fluctuations has a large influence of noise, and there is a problem that the minute pressure fluctuations are buried in the noise, and cannot be used as it is.
【0004】本発明の目的は、高精度の圧力センサーを
使用して供給圧力を検出する場合、微小な圧力変動信号
がノイズに埋もれないようにすることである。An object of the present invention is to prevent a minute pressure fluctuation signal from being buried in noise when detecting a supply pressure using a high-precision pressure sensor.
【0005】[0005]
【課題を解決するための手段】本発明に係るガス圧力変
動検出方法は次のとおりである。The gas pressure fluctuation detecting method according to the present invention is as follows.
【0006】対象となるガス供給圧力検出センサーから
得られる複数個の圧力変動データの移動平均処理を行う
ことにより、圧力変動の振幅がノイズよりも大きくなる
ように逐次平滑化すると共にこの平滑化データの一次微
分値を逐次加算して行き、加算値がある範囲を超えたと
きに圧力変動があったものと決定するガス供給圧力を検
出する機構を持つガスメータにおけるガス圧力変動検出
方法。[0006] By performing moving average processing of a plurality of pressure fluctuation data obtained from a target gas supply pressure detection sensor, the amplitude of the pressure fluctuation is successively smoothed so as to be larger than noise, and the smoothed data is smoothed. A gas pressure fluctuation detecting method for a gas meter having a mechanism for detecting a gas supply pressure for sequentially adding the primary differential values of the above and determining that the pressure fluctuation has occurred when the added value exceeds a certain range.
【0007】[0007]
【作用】圧力センサーから出力される信号にノイズが含
まれていた場合、このノイズには白色性を持っているの
で、先ず複数個の圧力変動データをとり、この移動平均
処理を行い、圧力変動の振幅がノイズよりも大きくなる
ように逐次平滑化する。この結果得られた平滑化データ
の一次微分値(対前データとの偏差)を逐次加算して行
き、この加算値がある範囲を超えたときに圧力変動があ
ったと決定する。このしきい値は、ノイズの特性、検出
が要求される変動幅等によって決定され、圧力変動を検
出した場合には、加算値は初期化される。以上の演算は
すべて演算回路(マイコン)で処理される。When the signal output from the pressure sensor includes noise, the noise has whiteness. First, a plurality of pressure fluctuation data are obtained, and a moving average process is performed to obtain the pressure fluctuation. Are successively smoothed so that the amplitude of the signal becomes larger than the noise. The primary differential value (deviation from the previous data) of the smoothed data obtained as a result is sequentially added, and when this added value exceeds a certain range, it is determined that there is a pressure fluctuation. This threshold value is determined by the characteristics of the noise, the fluctuation width required to be detected, and the like. When the pressure fluctuation is detected, the added value is initialized. All of the above calculations are processed by a calculation circuit (microcomputer).
【0008】[0008]
【実施例】本発明の実施例を図1〜図4に基づいて説明
する。先ず、圧力センサーにてノイズを含むガス圧力値
を検出する。この信号は図2に示すとおり、真のガス圧
力の変動と、ノイズとの区分はできない。そこで、複数
個例えば10個のデータをとり、この10個のデータの
移動平均処理を行い、圧力変動の振幅がノイズよりも大
きくなるように逐次平滑化する。この移動平均をとった
波形を図3に示す。DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, a gas pressure value including noise is detected by a pressure sensor. As shown in FIG. 2, this signal cannot be distinguished from a true gas pressure fluctuation and noise. Therefore, a plurality of, for example, ten pieces of data are taken, a moving average process is performed on the ten pieces of data, and the data is sequentially smoothed so that the amplitude of the pressure fluctuation becomes larger than the noise. FIG. 3 shows a waveform obtained by taking the moving average.
【0009】次に、平滑化データの一次微分値(対前デ
ータとの偏差)を逐次加算して行き(図4)、加算値が
ある範囲を超えたときに圧力変動があったものと決定す
る。このしきい値はノイズの特性、検出される変動幅等
によって決定し、このようにして真の圧力変動が検出さ
れた場合、ガス漏れ判定のための処理を行い、次に初期
化処理を行う。Next, the primary differential value (deviation from the previous data) of the smoothed data is sequentially added (FIG. 4), and when the added value exceeds a certain range, it is determined that there is a pressure fluctuation. I do. This threshold value is determined by the characteristics of the noise, the fluctuation range to be detected, and the like. When a true pressure fluctuation is detected in this way, a process for determining a gas leak is performed, and then an initialization process is performed. .
【0010】[0010]
【発明の効果】本発明によれば以上のように、ノイズに
影響されないガス供給圧力の変動を検出できるため、ガ
ス供給圧力の微小な変動を利用し、ガス漏れを判定する
ことが可能になる。As described above, according to the present invention, since the fluctuation of the gas supply pressure which is not affected by the noise can be detected, it is possible to determine the gas leakage by utilizing the minute fluctuation of the gas supply pressure. .
【0011】又、本発明は圧力変動が起こった時にのみ
動作を始める電子回路を設計することができるので、消
費電力を極力節約でき、よって、小型の電池の使用が可
能になる。Further, since the present invention can design an electronic circuit that starts operating only when a pressure fluctuation occurs, power consumption can be saved as much as possible, and thus, a small battery can be used.
【図1】本発明に係る検出方法の説明図。FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram of a detection method according to the present invention.
【図2】ノイズを含む圧力測定値の説明図。FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of a pressure measurement value including noise.
【図3】移動平均をとった波形の説明図。FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a waveform obtained by taking a moving average.
【図4】偏差の加算値の説明図。FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of an added value of a deviation.
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Claims (1)
ら得られる複数個の圧力変動データの移動平均処理を行
うことにより、圧力変動の振幅がノイズよりも大きくな
るように逐次平滑化すると共にこの平滑化データの一次
微分値を逐次加算して行き、加算値がある範囲を超えた
ときに圧力変動があったものと決定するガス供給圧力を
検出する機構を持つガスメータにおけるガス圧力変動検
出方法。1. A moving average process of a plurality of pressure fluctuation data obtained from a target gas supply pressure detection sensor is performed so that the amplitude of the pressure fluctuation is successively smoothed so as to be larger than noise, and the smoothing is performed. Pressure fluctuation detection method for a gas meter having a mechanism for sequentially adding primary differential values of coded data and detecting a gas supply pressure that determines that there has been a pressure fluctuation when the added value exceeds a certain range.
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