JP5127382B2 - Residential earthquake early warning system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a residential emergency earthquake warning system that issues a sound to a resident when an earthquake warning is issued.

In recent years, technologies for predicting earthquakes and issuing earthquake early warnings on televisions and the Internet have been advanced. Moreover, in an apartment house management system, there have been proposed an earthquake detection means for detecting an earthquake, and a system for notifying a countermeasure guidance when the earthquake detection means detects an earthquake (for example, Patent Document 1).
JP2003-066786

However, even if an earthquake warning is issued, if the TV or PC is not turned on, or if it is in a location away from the TV or PC in the house, the earthquake warning will be noticed or delayed. There is.
Moreover, it is difficult for earthquake detection means provided in a house to predict an earthquake, and it is only possible to notify the response after the earthquake occurs. Therefore, it cannot be dealt with before the earthquake.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a residential emergency earthquake warning system that allows anyone in the house to immediately notice when an earthquake warning is issued, and can facilitate countermeasures before the earthquake occurs. Objective.

The emergency earthquake warning system for residential use according to the present invention receives earthquake warnings by wired or wireless signals, arranges the received earthquake bulletins, and provides information on the occurrence of an earthquake, seismic intensity, and time until the occurrence of the earthquake in a predetermined format. Receiving / calculating means (1) for outputting an ON / OFF signal of a predetermined voltage and a storage unit (19) for storing a voice signal of a message to be notified in a natural language. When the sound output signal of the calculation means (1) is input, the sound signal output means (2) for reading out the sound signal from the storage unit and amplifying it and outputting it, and the sound signal installed at a plurality of locations in the house And voice issue means (2) for converting the voice signal output from the signal output means into voice.

  According to the emergency earthquake warning system for residential buildings of this configuration, when the earthquake warning is issued, the reception / calculation means (1) receives it, and in response to this reception, an earthquake occurs from the audio signal output means (2). The information on the effect, the seismic intensity, and the time until the occurrence of the earthquake is output, and is output from the voice notification means (3) such as a speaker. Therefore, when an earthquake bulletin is issued, anyone in the house can immediately notice, and the countermeasures before the occurrence of the earthquake are promoted.

The upper Symbol receiving and calculating means (1), and the audio signal output means, and the audio alarm means (2), connected by wires to constitute a device having a housing which is independent respectively are separated from each other, and the The reception / calculation means (1) and the audio signal output means (2) are housed in the information distribution board (4) installed in the house . The voice notification means (2) is installed outside the information distribution board (4). Information distribution board (4) is a summarizes the apparatus for connecting wiring in the out-of-home and residential are installed in a residence with the wiring system of the information communication, which was housed in a case.
In this way, by dividing the receiving / calculating means (1), the audio signal output means (2), and the audio reporting means (3), it becomes possible to change each of these means, and in the future It becomes easy to cope with the change. Further, by using the empty space in the information distribution board (4), the reception / calculation means (1) and the audio signal output means (2), which are the main body in the emergency earthquake warning system for residential use, are accommodated, so that Can be prevented from being seen by the person, and it is possible to avoid the appearance of the house from being deteriorated due to the exposure of the reception / calculation means (1) and the audio signal output means (2), and to avoid taking extra space in the house, and In this residential earthquake early warning system, the location of the reception / calculation means (1) and the audio signal output means (2) in the house can be easily understood.

When storing in the information distribution board (4) as described above, the information distribution board (4) has an input unit (7) and an output unit (8) installed outside, and the input unit ( 7) A life / death monitoring means for checking whether the reception / calculation means (1) and the audio signal output means (2) are operating normally in accordance with the operation of 7) and outputting a confirmation result to the output unit. It is preferable to provide 6).
If the receiving / calculating means (1) and the audio signal output means (2), which are the main parts of this earthquake early warning system for residential use, are placed in the information distribution board (4) so that they cannot be seen, the system is normal. It is difficult to confirm whether or not it is operating. On the other hand, when the life and death monitoring means (6) having the input unit (7) and the output unit (8) installed outside the information distribution board (4) is provided as described above, it operates normally. It is easy to check whether or not

The upper SL audio signal outputting means (2), alarm seismic input unit for setting by entering the alarm seismic intensity (25), the seismic intensity of the sound output signal input from the receiving and calculation means (1) Is greater than the alarm intensity set in the alarm intensity input unit (25), the audio signal is output to the audio alarm means (3), and is less than the alarm intensity set. In some cases, a seismic intensity selection means (18a) for performing processing that does not output the audio signal is provided . Thus, by making it possible to adjust the seismic intensity to be reported, it is possible to eliminate unnecessary reporting according to residents' consciousness and situation, and to use this emergency earthquake warning system for homes more effectively.

The emergency earthquake warning system for residential use according to the present invention receives earthquake warnings by wired or wireless signals, arranges the received earthquake bulletins, and provides information on the occurrence of an earthquake, seismic intensity, and time until the occurrence of the earthquake in a predetermined format. Receiving / calculating means for outputting an ON / OFF signal of a predetermined voltage, and a storage unit storing a voice signal of a message to be notified in a natural language, and outputting the voice output of the receiving / calculating means Audio signal output means that reads out and amplifies the audio signal from the storage unit and outputs it when the signal is input, and converts the audio signal output from the audio signal output means installed in a plurality of locations in the house into audio With the voice alerting means to perform, when earthquake early warning is issued, anyone can be immediately noticed if it is in the house, it can promote the pre-earthquake response Kill.
In addition, since the receiving / calculating unit, the audio signal output unit, and the audio reporting unit are divided, it is possible to change each of these units and to easily cope with future changes. In addition, by using the empty space in the information distribution board, the reception / calculation means and the audio signal output means, which are the main body in this emergency earthquake warning system for homes, can be hidden from the residents, It is possible to avoid the appearance of the house from being deteriorated by taking out the reception / calculation means and the audio signal output means, and to avoid taking extra space in the house. The location of the means and the audio signal output means becomes easy to understand.
Furthermore, since the seismic intensity to be reported can be adjusted, wasteful reports can be eliminated according to the residents' consciousness and situation, and this emergency earthquake warning system for houses can be used more effectively.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the emergency earthquake warning system for residential use includes a receiver 1 as reception / calculation means, a voice unit 2 as voice signal output means, and a plurality of speakers 3 as voice notification means. It is divided and configured. The speaker 3 is a ceiling-embedded speaker or the like, and is installed in each room or hallway.

  The receiver 1 and the audio unit 2 each have an independent casing, and both are installed in an empty space in the information distribution board 4 in the house. The information distribution board 4 is a collection of devices 5 that are installed in a house and connect the outside wiring and the inside wiring in the information communication wiring system. It is installed on the wall surface. In addition, a confirmation operation terminal 9 of life and death monitoring means 6 for confirming whether or not the receiver 1 and the audio unit 2 are operating properly is provided outside the information distribution board 4. The confirmation operation terminal 9 is a device that combines the input unit 7 and the output unit 8.

The receiver (reception / calculation means) 1 receives earthquake early warnings by wired or wireless signals, organizes the received earthquake early warnings, and indicates that an earthquake will occur, seismic intensity, and time until the earthquake occurs in a predetermined format. And an on / off signal with a predetermined voltage.
Earthquake early warning is information transmitted from a server (not shown) via the Internet or the like via a wireless or wired communication line network. For example, information indicating that an earthquake will occur, time of occurrence, seismic intensity, area of occurrence, etc. Information is included. Earthquake early warning is a video signal, an audio signal, or the like.

As shown in FIG. 4, the receiver 1 includes an earthquake early warning receiving unit 11 and main processing means 10. In addition to this, the receiver 1 includes an audio output signal output unit 14, an on / off signal output unit 15, a test signal input unit 16, a test signal relay unit 17, and an alive monitoring processing unit 6a.
The earthquake early warning receiving unit 11 is connected to a server (not shown) via the communication network and is a means for receiving information output from the server.
The test signal relay unit 17 is a terminal that relays a test signal between the receiver 1 and the audio input unit 2, and is connected to a predetermined channel of the test signal input unit 16.

The main processing means 10 arranges the earthquake early warning of the above-mentioned format received by the earthquake early warning receiving unit 11 according to the setting rule appropriately defined in the processing program 13 so that the voice unit 2 outputs it, and an earthquake occurs. , A means for generating an audio output signal in a predetermined format including information on seismic intensity and time until the occurrence of the earthquake. The generated audio output signal is output from the audio output signal output unit 14.
In addition to this, the main processing means 10 performs a process of outputting an on / off signal as an on state to the on / off signal output unit 15 from the time of receiving the earthquake early warning to the time of occurrence as an on / off signal generation process. This on / off signal is, for example, a contact signal of 5 volts. For example, as shown in FIG. 2, the on / off signal output unit 15 is connected to the buzzer 32, the gas stove 31 or the like directly or via the answering machine monitor controller 33 or the like.

In FIG. 4, the main processing means 10 comprises a computer such as a microcomputer, and includes an arithmetic processing unit 12 and a processing program 13 to be executed by the arithmetic processing unit 12. The processing program 13 is a memory (not shown). Is remembered. The arithmetic processing unit 12 includes a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and an operation system (OS) stored in the memory.
The processing program 13 includes an audio output signal generation program unit 13a and an on / off signal output program unit (not shown), and is executed by the arithmetic processing unit 12 to perform the audio output signal generation process and the on / off signal described above. Generation processing is performed.

  The audio unit (audio signal output means) 2 is a device that outputs a predetermined audio signal notified in natural language to the speaker 3 when an audio output signal output from the receiver 1 is input. The voice unit 2 includes a message storage unit 19 that stores a voice signal of a message to be notified in a natural language, an arithmetic processing unit 18, and an amplifier unit 20. When the audio output signal of the receiver 1 is input to the audio output signal receiving unit 21, the arithmetic processing unit 18 reads out the audio signal from the message storage unit 19 and amplifies the amplified signal to the amplifier unit 20. 23 to output. The arithmetic processing unit 18 may be a circuit board including a logic circuit or the like, or may be a microcomputer or the like in which a program is incorporated.

For example, the message storage unit 19 includes a message indicating that an earthquake has occurred, such as “Emergency Earthquake Early Warning, Seismic Intensity ○ 10, 9, 8, 8,... A seismic intensity message such as “Seismic intensity ○” and an audio signal notifying the time of occurrence of the earthquake by counting down to the time of occurrence of the earthquake such as “10, 9, 8, 7,.
Also, in the message storage unit 19, as a test report message, a distribution test called “Earthquake Early Warning Delivery Test” such as “Earthquake Early Warning Delivery Test Seismic Intensity ○ 10, 9, 8, 7,... Is stored.

  The arithmetic processing unit 18 transmits the stored information of the message storage unit 19 to the amplifier unit 20. At this time, the seismic intensity and the countdown start time are selected according to the input audio output signal. In addition to this, the arithmetic processing unit 18 can output an appropriate audio signal according to the earthquake early warning transmitted from the server side.

  The audio unit 2 has a volume adjustment input unit 24 and a seismic intensity input unit 25. The volume adjustment input unit 24 has a volume dial type knob 24a, and the operation volume of the knob 24a can be used to set the alarm volume to be amplified and output by the amplifier unit 20. The alarm seismic intensity input unit 25 has a dial-type knob 25a, and is a means for setting the alarm intensity for determining whether or not the seismic intensity is greater than or equal to the dial 25a. The arithmetic processing unit 18 includes a reporting seismic intensity selection unit 18a, and the seismic intensity selection unit 18a has a seismic intensity in the input audio output signal equal to or greater than the reporting seismic intensity set by the reporting seismic intensity input unit 25. If it is, the output to the amplifier unit 20 is performed, and if it is less than the set seismic intensity, the sound output is not performed even if the sound output signal is input. Note that the alarm seismic intensity input unit 25 and the alarm seismic intensity selection means 18 a for selecting the presence / absence of the alarm based on the seismic intensity set by the input unit 25 may be provided in the receiver 1.

The interface specifications in the wiring system between the audio output signal receiving unit 21 of the audio unit 2 and the audio output signal transmitting unit 14 of the receiver 1 are Ethernet (registered trademark) (using TCP / IP protocol), USB, Others are used.
The output of the amplifier unit 20 is preferably 5 W or more, which enables output to each speaker 3 in five rooms or more. The speaker 3 may be, for example, an existing ceiling embedded type of about 1 W, and is connected to the audio signal output unit 23 of the audio unit 2 by a bus. The audio input terminal unit 26 serving as an external input terminal provided in the audio unit 2 is connected to the amplifier unit 20.
In addition, the audio unit 2 is preferably provided with local check means (not shown) capable of performing a function check separately from the receiver 1, for example. The local check means is provided in the arithmetic processing unit 18, for example. As a specific example, a test signal input / output unit 22 is provided and connected to the confirmation operation terminal 9, and a notification voice such as the distribution test is played by operating the input unit 8 including input buttons of the confirmation operation terminal 9. To. The confirmation operation terminal 9 may be connected directly, but in this example, the confirmation operation terminal 9 is connected via the test signal relay unit 17 of the receiver 1.

  The audio unit 2 is preferably housed in a metal casing and has a size of about 12 × 12 × 5 cm, for example. The power of the audio unit 2 is, for example, 12V DC, and is supplied from a commercial AC power source through an AC adapter.

Next, life and death monitoring of the receiver 1 and the like will be described. The alive monitoring means 6 is a means for confirming whether or not the receiver 1 and the audio unit 2 are operating normally and performing confirmation output. The life and death monitoring means 6 comprises the life and death monitoring means 6 and the life and death monitoring processing means 6 a provided in the receiver 1 and the confirmation operation terminal 9 installed outside the information distribution board 4.
The confirmation operation terminal 9 is provided with a test notification button as the input unit 7 and a monitoring pilot lamp as the output unit 8. The confirmation operation terminal 9 is connected to the test signal input / output unit 16 of the receiver 1 via, for example, a power supply 34 and a relay 35 (FIG. 2).

  The life and death monitoring processing means 6a is constituted by an electronic circuit such as a logic circuit, but may be provided as a part of the processing program 13. A processing example of the life and death monitoring processing means 6a will be described. When the on / off signal is input from the input unit 8 composed of the test button or the like of the confirmation operation terminal 9 to the life and death monitoring processing unit 6a, an on / off signal of 5 volts, for example, is input to the test signal input / output unit 16 as shown in Table 1. Output to. Note that the relay 35 may have the function of the life and death monitoring processing means 6a.

  In the example of Table 1, there is no output when the power of the receiver 1 is off. When the power of the receiver 1 is on and there is a failure such as inability to communicate between the receiver 1 and the server, and between the receiver 1 and the audio unit 2, a short flashing output is performed. When the receiver 1 is turned on, the communication between the receiver 1 and the server is normal, and there is a failure such as an inability to communicate between the receiver 1 and the audio unit 2, a short flashing output is output. Do. When the power of the receiver 1 is on, the communication between the receiver 1 and the server is faulty, and the communication between the receiver 1 and the audio unit 2 is normal, a long flashing output is performed. When the power of the receiver 1 is on, the receiver 1 and the server are normal, and the receiver 1 and the audio unit 2 are also normal, continuous lighting output is performed. The short flashing is repeatedly turned on / off at intervals of 1 second, for example, and the long flashing is repeated for 3 seconds on and 1 second off, for example.

According to the emergency earthquake warning system for residential buildings of this configuration, when an earthquake warning is issued, the receiver 1 receives it, and the voice unit 2 outputs information on the occurrence of the earthquake, the seismic intensity, and the time until the earthquake occurs. Then, it is reported from the speaker 3. Therefore, when an earthquake bulletin is issued, anyone in the house can immediately notice, and the countermeasures before the occurrence of the earthquake are promoted. Further, since the seismic intensity input unit 25 and the seismic intensity selection means 18a are provided so that the seismic intensity to be reported can be adjusted, there is no unnecessary reporting according to residents' consciousness and situation, and this emergency earthquake early warning for homes The system can be used more effectively.
The number of speakers 3 connected to the audio unit 2 is variable, and this makes it possible to report to a place that meets the needs of the resident.

Since the main body of the system, the receiver 1 and the audio unit 2 are housed in the information distribution board 4, they are not visible to the resident, so that the appearance in the house is deteriorated or extra space is provided in the house. Can be avoided.
Since the receiver 1 and the audio unit 2 are housed in the information distribution board 4, it is not possible to see whether the system is operating normally. Since the confirmation is performed, it is possible to confirm whether or not the system is operating normally at the place requested by the resident. At this time, the actual voice can be confirmed as described above.
The life and death monitoring means 6 confirms whether a failure has occurred between the receiver 1 and the server, between the receiver 1 and the audio unit 2, or the like, depending on the lighting state of the life and death monitoring lamp serving as the output unit 7. You can also. For this reason, at the time of notification of a system failure from the resident to the management company of this system, a certain degree of failure isolation is possible, and wasteful dispatch can be reduced.

In addition, the residential emergency earthquake warning system is divided into the receiver 1, the audio unit 2, and the speaker 3, so that it is easy to cope with future changes.
Since the receiver 1 is operated by the processing program 13, it is possible to replace the processing program 13 in the future by replacing the processing program 13, and even when earthquake early warning is no longer necessary. It can be reused as another application.
In addition to the voice information, an on / off signal consisting of a 5V contact signal, etc., is output when an earthquake early warning comes. Even if there is no voice unit 2 or speaker 3, it can be reduced by connecting a buzzer or the like. It is possible to construct a system at a low cost. If the on / off signal output unit 15 is connected to a residential equipment such as a gas stove, processing such as gas shut-off and power-off can be performed automatically.
Since the audio unit 2 has the audio input terminal portion 26, it can be operated as an in-house broadcasting facility even when an earthquake occurs.

It is explanatory drawing which shows schematic structure of the emergency earthquake warning system for houses concerning one Embodiment of this invention. It is explanatory drawing which shows the example of a connection form with the peripheral device. It is an external appearance perspective view of the audio | voice unit in the same system. It is a block diagram of a conceptual configuration of the system.

Explanation of symbols

1 ... Receiver (reception / calculation means)
2 ... Audio unit (Audio signal output means)
3 ... Speaker (Voice alerting means)
4 ... Information distribution board 6 ... Life and death monitoring means 7 ... Input part 8 ... Output part 9 ... Confirmation operation terminal 18 ... Calculation processing part 18a ... Alarm seismic intensity selection means 19 ... Storage part

Claims (2)

Receiving earthquake early warnings via wired or wireless signals, organizing the received earthquake early warnings, outputting information about the occurrence of an earthquake, seismic intensity, and time until the occurrence of the earthquake as a sound output signal in a predetermined format. Receiving / calculating means for outputting a voltage on / off signal;
An audio signal having a storage unit that stores an audio signal of a message to be notified in a natural language, and when the audio output signal of the reception / calculation unit is input, the audio signal is read from the storage unit, amplified, and output Output means;
Voice alert means for converting voice signals output from the voice signal output means installed at a plurality of locations in a house into voice;
For example Bei the door,
The reception / calculation means, the audio signal output means, and the voice notification means are configured as devices that are divided from each other and each have an independent casing, and are connected by wiring. The signal output means is housed in an information distribution board installed in a house, and the voice notification means is arranged outside the information distribution board,
The seismic intensity input unit for inputting and setting the seismic intensity to the audio signal output means, and the seismic intensity in the audio output signal input from the receiving / calculating means are set in the alarm seismic intensity input section. When the seismic intensity is equal to or higher than the alarm seismic intensity, the audio signal is output to the audio alarm means. Provided a selection means,
An emergency earthquake warning system for residential use. The input / output unit according to claim 1 , further comprising an input unit and an output unit installed outside the information distribution board, wherein the reception / calculation unit and the audio signal output unit operate normally according to the operation of the input unit. An emergency earthquake warning system for homes provided with a life and death monitoring means for confirming whether or not it is present and outputting a confirmation result to the output unit.

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