JP3218336U - Inclinometer - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is an inclinometer that allows a user to easily sense that the inclination of an object has changed without continuously monitoring the detection result.
An inclinometer 10 senses that the inclination of an object has changed, a button switch 15 for setting a reference inclination angle, a detector 11 for detecting an inclination angle from the reference inclination angle, and The control unit 13 and a notifying unit for notifying the user that the tilt angle has exceeded the predetermined angle when the tilt angle detected by the detector 11 and the control unit 13 exceeds the predetermined angle are provided. . The notification means is based on the reception of mail by the terminal device 30 via the server 20 or the lighting of the LED 16 provided on the button switch 15.
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Description

  The present invention relates to an inclinometer that detects an inclination from a reference angle.

  As an inclinometer for detecting the inclination of an object, for example, as shown in FIG. 1 of Patent Document 1, there is one having a reset switch for setting the display of the tilt angle to 0, a power switch, and a display for displaying the tilt angle.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-136010

  For the user, it may be necessary to immediately recognize that the tilt of the object has changed. However, the inclinometer of Patent Document 1 simply displays the detected inclination angle as it is. Therefore, in order to recognize whether or not the inclination of the object has changed, it is necessary to always monitor the display.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an inclinometer that allows a user to easily recognize that the inclination of an object has changed without continuously monitoring the detection result.

  The present invention provides a switch for setting a reference state, a detection means for detecting an inclination angle from the reference state, and an inclination angle when the inclination angle detected by the detection means exceeds a predetermined angle. An inclinometer having an informing means for informing the user that the angle exceeds a predetermined angle.

  According to the inclinometer of the present invention, the reference state is set by operating the switch. Then, when the inclination angle detected by the detecting means for detecting the inclination angle from the reference state exceeds a predetermined angle, the user is notified that the inclination angle has exceeded the predetermined angle. Therefore, since the user is automatically notified that the predetermined angle has been exceeded, it is confirmed that the inclination of the object has exceeded the predetermined angle without the user continuously monitoring the inclinometer and confirming the inclination angle. Easy to recognize.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the notification means notifies the user by at least one of data transmission to an external device and lighting of a light emitting diode. According to this, in the case of data transmission to an external device, it is easy to recognize that the inclination of the object has changed even if the user is away from the object. In addition, in the case of a light emitting diode, it can be used for a long time and consumes less power. Therefore, it is suitable for use on an object such as a building that is expected to be monitored for a long period of time by an inclinometer. Note that the data transmission is executed to a computer or the like owned by the user.

  In the present invention, it is preferable that the notification means notifies the user by turning on the light emitting diode, and the light emitting diode is provided in the switch. According to this, since the light emitting diode is provided in the switch, the lighting position of the light emitting diode is easily understood by the user.

It is a block diagram which shows schematic structure of the inclination detection system containing the inclinometer which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is the schematic of the inclinometer of FIG.

  Hereinafter, an inclination detection system 1 including an inclinometer 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. The tilt detection system 1 includes an inclinometer 10, a server 20, and a terminal device 30. The inclinometer 10, the server 20, and the terminal device 30 can communicate with each other through the communication network N. The communication network N is composed of a wireless LAN (Local Area Network), an LPWA (Low Power Wide Area), and the Internet. For example, the inclinometer 10 can transmit data to the server 20 via the Internet via LPWA. LPWA is one of the wireless communication methods that can secure a wide communication area with relatively low power consumption. In the following configuration, when data is transmitted among the inclinometer 10, the server 20, and the terminal device 30, it is executed via the communication network N.

  The inclinometer 10 includes a housing 100, a detector 11, a DIP switch 12, a control unit 13, a communication unit 14, a button switch 15, an LED (Light Emitting Diode) 16, and a battery holder 17. The housing 100 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped shape. Components such as the detector 11, the DIP switch 12, the control unit 13, and the communication unit 14 are provided in the housing 100.

  A disk-shaped button switch 15 is provided on the side surface of the housing 100. An LED 16 is provided at the center of the button switch 15. When the button switch 15 is operated, a signal indicating that the button switch 15 has been operated is transmitted to the control unit 13. A battery holder 17 is provided on another side surface of the housing 100. A battery in the battery holder 17 supplies power to each part of the inclinometer 10. A dip switch 12 is provided in the battery holder 17.

  The detector 11 detects the tilt angle of the detector 11 with respect to the vertical direction by a triaxial acceleration sensor. The detection result of the detector 11 is output to the control unit 13. The dip switch 12 has four switches. Each of the four switches selectively takes two states. The states of these four switches indicate the angle threshold. Note that the number of switches may be three or less or five or more.

  The control unit 13 is constructed by an embedded system using a microprocessor. The control unit 13 periodically receives the detection result by the detector 11. The control unit 13 holds an inclination angle in the reference state (reference inclination angle), and the server 20 transmits the difference between the inclination angle detected by the detector 11 and the reference inclination angle via the communication unit 14. Send to. In addition, when the difference between the tilt angle detected by the detector 11 and the reference tilt angle exceeds the threshold set by the dip switch 12, the control unit 13 notifies the fact via the communication unit 14. Are transmitted to the server 20 and the LED 16 is turned on. By turning on the LED 16, the user can recognize that the tilt angle has exceeded the threshold value. The control unit 13 updates the current state of the inclinometer 10 to a reference state related to the inclination angle when the button switch 15 is pressed. Specifically, the control unit 13 resets the inclination angle indicated by the detection result by the detector 11 at the timing when the button switch 15 is operated to the reference inclination angle. The detection means in the present invention means the detector 11 and the control unit 13.

  The server 20 includes hardware such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), ROM (Read Only Memory), RAM (Random Access Memory), hard disk, and software including program data stored in a storage unit such as ROM and RAM. It has. The following functions are realized by cooperation of these hardware and software.

  The server 20 holds the detection result transmitted from the inclinometer 10. If there is an inquiry from the terminal device 30, the held detection result is transmitted to the terminal device 30. When the fact that the detection result exceeds the set threshold value is transmitted from the inclinometer 10, a mail indicating that fact is transmitted to the terminal device 30.

  The terminal device 30 includes hardware such as a CPU, ROM, RAM, hard disk, and display, and software including program data stored in a storage unit such as ROM and RAM. The functions described later are realized by the cooperation of these hardware and software. The terminal device 30 may be a desktop or notebook personal computer, tablet, smartphone, mobile phone, or the like. The terminal device 30 is equipped with applications such as a mail browser for displaying received mail on a display and a Web (World Wide Web) browser for displaying a home page on the display.

  The terminal device 30 can make an inquiry to the server 20 by using the function of the Web browser, and can receive the tilt angle detection result from the server 20. The detection result is displayed on the display screen of the terminal device 30 by the function of the Web browser. Note that a dedicated application related to the tilt detection system 1 may be installed in the terminal device 30, and the detection result received from the server 20 may be displayed on the display screen by the function of the dedicated application. In addition, when the terminal device 30 receives mail indicating that the detection result exceeds the threshold value from the server 20, the terminal device 30 notifies the user to that effect by the function of the mail browser. The user can recognize that the tilt angle has exceeded the threshold value by checking the mail according to the notification.

  Next, a method for using the tilt detection system 1 according to the above-described embodiment will be described. First, the inclinometer 10 is attached to an object (hereinafter referred to as a “target object”) whose change in inclination is to be monitored. For example, the angle threshold is set to 5 ° by the dip switch 12. Next, the button switch 15 is pressed to set the current state of the inclinometer 10 to a reference state regarding the inclination angle. When the tilt angle of the inclinometer 10 from the reference state exceeds the threshold set by the dip switch 12, the LED 16 is turned on and the fact is sent from the inclinometer 10 to the terminal device 30 via the server 20. You will be notified by email. The user can recognize that the tilt angle has exceeded the threshold value by turning on the LED 16 and mailing.

  In addition, the inclination angle of the inclinometer 10 from the reference state is periodically transmitted to the server 20 via the communication unit 14. The user can inquire the server 20 about the detection result of the tilt angle using the terminal device 30 and can display the detection result of the tilt angle received from the server 20 on the display screen of the terminal device 30 in response to this. .

  According to the embodiment described above, when the button switch 15 is operated, the control unit 13 sets the current tilt angle transmitted from the detector 11 to the reference tilt angle. When the difference between the tilt angle detected by the detector 11 and the reference tilt angle exceeds the threshold set by the dip switch 12, the control unit 13 notifies the server via the communication unit 14 to that effect. 20 and the LED 16 is turned on. The server 20 transmits to the terminal device 30 an email indicating that the difference between the tilt angle detected by the detector 11 and the reference tilt angle has exceeded the threshold value. The user recognizes that the inclination angle of the inclinometer 10 exceeds the threshold value by looking at the mail from the server 20 or the lighting of the LED 16. Therefore, even if the user does not continue to monitor the inclinometer 10 and confirm the tilt angle, it is easy to recognize that the tilt angle of the target object has exceeded a predetermined angle.

  In addition, by sending a mail from the server 20 to the terminal device 30 and turning on the LED 16, the user is notified that the tilt angle has exceeded a predetermined angle. According to the mail transmission, it is easy to recognize that the inclination of the target object has changed even if the user is away from the target object. Since the LED can be used for a long period of time and consumes little power, the LED is suitable for use on an object such as a building that is expected to be monitored for a long period of time by an inclinometer. In addition, since the LED 16 is provided in the button switch 15, the lighting position of the LED 16 is easily understood by the user.

<Modification>
The above is a description of a preferred embodiment of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications are possible within the scope described in the means for solving the problem. It is possible.

  For example, in the above-described embodiment, the LED 16 is provided, and the user is notified that the tilt angle has exceeded a predetermined angle by turning on the light emitting diode. However, the user may be notified by sound.

10 Inclinometer 11 Detector 13 Control Unit 15 Button Switch 16 LED

Claims (3)

A switch for setting the reference state;
Detecting means for detecting an inclination angle from the reference state;
An inclinometer, comprising: an informing device for informing a user that the inclination angle exceeds a predetermined angle when the inclination angle detected by the detection means exceeds a predetermined angle.   2. The inclinometer according to claim 1, wherein the notification unit notifies the user by at least one of data transmission to an external device and lighting of a light emitting diode. The notification means notifies the user by lighting of the light emitting diode,
The inclinometer according to claim 2, wherein the light emitting diode is provided in the switch.

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