JP5893847B2 - Alarm linkage system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an alarm linkage system that links an alarm system using a plurality of wireless interlocking alarms installed in a house and a device management system that comprehensively manages power consumption of home appliances.

  Conventionally, alarm devices that detect and warn of abnormalities such as fires and gas leaks in homes have become widespread. Of these, residential fire alarms are referred to as residential alarms.

  For example, in such a house alarm device, a sensor unit and an alarm unit are integrally provided in the house alarm device, and when a fire is detected from the detection signal of the sensor unit, a fire alarm of a predetermined pattern is output from the alarm unit. It is easy to install and inexpensive because it can be used for fire monitoring and alarms without requiring a dedicated receiving facility, etc. Yes.

  In addition, by communicating between multiple home alarms, we propose a linked alarm system that outputs fire alarms in conjunction with other home alarms when any home alarm outputs a fire alarm. Has been.

  In such an interlock type alarm system, when a fire is detected by a home alarm, the home alarm device that detected the fire will have a predetermined pattern of fire alarm sound including an alarm sound and a message, for example, “Woo Woo Fire Alarm”. On the other hand, the alarm device linked to the unit outputs a fire alarm sound, for example, “Please check if another fire alarm was activated.” .

  Furthermore, in the conventional interlocking type alarm system, a fire interlock signal is received from a transmitter that transmits an emergency report signal wirelessly to the house alarm by an emergency push button operation, and an emergency report alarm. In some cases, an interlocking illumination device that illuminates the installation area is also provided. A human sensor for detecting a human body is provided in the interlocking illumination device and used for illumination control.

  On the other hand, in recent years, HEMS (Home Energy Management System) is a management system that reduces power energy consumption by connecting home appliances such as refrigerators, air conditioners, and televisions with a network, with the goal of reducing power consumption at home. Development is underway.

In such a home appliance management system, a wireless transmission / reception IC is built into a power outlet that supplies power to the home appliance, and the power consumption is detected by a sensor. Is sent to the gateway device, sent from the gateway device to the server on the network, and necessary processing is performed by the power management application, and the processing result is sent to the user terminal such as a mobile phone owned by the user for viewing. . In addition, the user can control the power supply of the home appliance as needed by operating the mobile terminal.

JP 2010-020663 A JP 2011-014062 A JP 2009-259125 A

  By the way, since the background and the purpose of the alarm system that connects such a conventional interlocked home alarm device with a wireless line and the device management system for energy saving are different, development has been promoted as separate systems. . In particular, various alarm systems for detecting and alarming fires have been developed and spread with the legal installation obligation.

  For this reason, in the near future, an alarm system using a wireless network and a device management system will exist and function in the same environment of a home. Therefore, it is conceivable to integrate the alarm system and the device management system, for example, by sharing a wireless sensor network. However, the background and purpose of the two differ greatly, and the product standards are also unique.

  In both the alarm system that detects abnormalities and alarms, and the device management system that manages the power consumption of home appliances, whether or not a resident is at home in the managed house It is an important element in equipment management, and it is desirable to have a mechanism that can detect and use the home status in common in both management systems.

The present invention links an alarm system that detects and warns of abnormalities such as fires, and a device management system that manages device status such as power consumption of home appliances, including detection of home conditions without impairing the respective functions. Therefore, an object is to provide an alarm linkage system that can complement and extend functions mutually.

(Alarm linkage system)
The present invention provides an alarm linkage system,
When an abnormality is detected, an abnormality alarm is output, an abnormality interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is transmitted, and when an abnormality interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is received, an abnormality alarm is output, An alarm system provided with a plurality of alarm devices for detecting presence / absence of a person by a human sensor and transmitting a person detection signal according to the first communication protocol when a home confirmation request signal according to one communication protocol is received; ,
A device state detection device that detects a state of a predetermined device and transmits a state detection signal according to the second communication protocol, and receives various signals according to the second communication protocol including the state detection signal. The signal is converted into a signal according to the Internet communication protocol and transmitted, and when the home confirmation request signal is received from the server, the home confirmation request signal is converted into a signal according to the second communication protocol and transmitted. 2. When a human detection signal according to the communication protocol is received, the human detection signal is converted into a signal according to the Internet communication protocol and transmitted , and processing corresponding to the signal received from the network adapter is performed. A device management system provided with a server for transmitting the processing result to the user terminal and outputting it;
With
When an abnormality is detected to any of the plurality of alarm devices or when an abnormality interlocking signal in accordance with the first communication protocol is received, the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the second communication protocol is transmitted , and the second communication protocol When the home confirmation request signal according to the first communication protocol is received, the home confirmation request signal according to the first communication protocol is transmitted, and when the person detection signal according to the first communication protocol is received, the second communication protocol is followed. Provided a cooperation processing unit to send a human detection signal ,
On the server,
An alarm management unit that, when receiving the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal from the network adapter, transmits a processing result of the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal to the user terminal and outputs an abnormality alarm;
When a home confirmation request signal is received from a user terminal, the home confirmation request signal is transmitted to the network adapter to obtain human detection signals from a plurality of alarm devices, and a plurality of alarm devices are installed based on the human detection signals. A home management unit that generates home information corresponding to the information and displays the home information on the user terminal;
Is provided.

When a plurality of alarm devices detect abnormality recovery, alarm stop, or failure, they transmit an abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol,
When the cooperation processing unit receives an abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol, it transmits an abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure interlocking interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol,
When the network adapter receives a cooperative link signal for abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure according to the second communication protocol, the network adapter converts the cooperative link signal to a signal according to the Internet communication protocol,
When the alarm management unit of the server receives the cooperation recovery signal for abnormality recovery, alarm stop, or failure from the network adapter, the processing result of the cooperation interlocking signal is transmitted to the user terminal for output.

  According to the present invention, for example, when an alarm device such as a housing alarm device provided in an alarm system such as a house detects a predetermined abnormality such as a fire, the alarm device itself outputs a fire alarm and a fire interlock signal to other alarm devices. Fire alarm is output, and a fire coordination interlock signal is transmitted to the server via an external network such as the Internet from the network adapter provided in the device management system that manages the power consumption of home appliances, etc. Since the fire information is transmitted and displayed from the server to the user terminal such as a mobile phone, it can be easily and flexibly expanded using the device management system. Even when the user is away from home, the user can know the operation of the alarm device and take appropriate action.

  In addition, a transmitter is installed in the alarm system for homes, etc. When the emergency switch of the transmitter is operated, an emergency notification signal is transmitted to the alarm device, and an emergency notification alarm is output. An emergency call linkage signal is transmitted from a network adapter provided in the device management system that manages the server to the server via an external network such as the Internet, for example, and is processed by the server. Is output, for example, even when the user is out, it is possible to know the occurrence of an emergency on the go and take appropriate action.

  In addition, by providing a human sensor on the alarm device, when a fire alarm is output from the user terminal by the server, the operation button for home confirmation request of the house where the alarm device is activated is displayed in cooperation with the fire alarm. When the user performs a home confirmation request operation, the server acquires the detection signal of the human sensor provided on the alarm device, displays the home information on the user terminal, and the home status of the house where the alarm device is operating And can take appropriate action.

  In addition, a situation in which a fire is detected by an alarm device is a situation that does not normally occur, and an alarm system with multiple interlocked alarm devices is not used on a daily basis, In the present invention, since the presence sensor is provided in the alarm device, the server acquires the detection signal of the presence sensor provided in the alarm device by making a home confirmation request from the user terminal as necessary. The home information is displayed on the user terminal to enable daily use of the alarm system.

  In addition, the interlock type alarm device operates with a battery power source, and, for example, guarantees a battery life of more than 10 years. Therefore, power consumption will be increased if detection signals are frequently collected by human sensors. May increase the battery life. However, in the present invention, only when a home confirmation request is received from the user terminal, the server acquires the detection signal of the human sensor provided in the alarm device, and the degree of the home confirmation request is based on battery consumption. Is not so large as to be a problem, and home information can be used without affecting the battery life of the alarm.

  In addition, the alarm device will be installed on the wall near the ceiling overlooking the entire room, which is the monitoring area. By providing a human sensor on the alarm device, the detection area of the human sensor can be secured appropriately, Compared to the case where the sensation sensor is individually installed or built in the home appliance, the installation area is appropriately set and the human body can be detected reliably.

  On the other hand, in the device management system that manages the power consumption of home appliances, a new function to detect and warn of fire can be added in cooperation with the alarm system. As a result, the services that can be provided as a device management system are enhanced, improving the convenience of service users and increasing the service user subscription.

Also in the device management system, for example, unnecessary home appliances are turned off by acquiring the detection signal of the human sensor provided in the alarm device by the server on the network as needed and grasping the home status. Can be controlled.

Explanatory drawing which showed schematic structure of the cooperation system by this invention which linked the alarm system and equipment management system which were installed in the house Explanatory drawing which showed the external appearance of the house alarm device used by this invention Explanatory drawing showing the appearance of the transmitter used in the present invention Explanatory drawing showing a home confirmation request screen displayed on the mobile phone of FIG. Explanatory drawing which showed the home information screen displayed on the mobile phone of FIG. Explanatory drawing showing the fire alarm screen displayed on the mobile phone of FIG. Explanatory drawing showing the emergency call alarm screen displayed on the mobile phone of FIG. The block diagram which showed embodiment of the residence guard used by this invention The block diagram which showed embodiment of the residence guard used by this invention The block diagram which showed embodiment of the power outlet apparatus used by this invention The block diagram which showed embodiment of the gateway apparatus used by this invention The flowchart which illustrated the outline of the processing by the house alarm of FIG. The flowchart which illustrated the outline of the processing by the resident alarm following FIG. The flowchart which illustrated the outline of the processing by the transmitter of FIG. The flowchart which illustrated the outline of the processing by the server of FIG.

  FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing a schematic configuration of a linkage system according to the present invention in a case where an alarm system installed in a house or the like and a device management system for managing power consumption of household electrical appliances are linked.

  In the example of FIG. 1, a wireless interlocking residence police that detects fire and interlocks alarms in the respective alert areas (monitoring areas) of the kitchen, living room, children's room, and master bedroom provided in the house 24. Units (fire alarms for houses) 10-1 to 10-4 are installed to construct an alarm system.

  Hereinafter, the housing alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4 are collectively referred to as the housing alarm device 10 without being distinguished from each other. In addition, although a residence guard is also installed in a staircase or the like, the illustration is omitted.

  In addition, a case where alarm devices are linked in the alarm system is called “linkage”, and a case where devices of different systems are linked is called “linkage”.

  In addition, a signal transmitted and received between alarm devices in the alarm system is referred to as a “linked signal”, and a signal transmitted and received between devices in different systems is referred to as a “linked signal”. The former interlock signal includes a fire interlock signal, a fire recovery interlock signal, an alarm stop interlock signal, a failure interlock signal, and an emergency alert interlock signal. There is an alarm stop linkage signal, a failure linkage linkage signal, and an emergency call linkage linkage.

  The home alarm device 10 has a function of wirelessly transmitting and receiving interlocking signals to each other, and monitors the presence or absence of a fire in the corresponding monitoring area in each place of the house. If a fire has occurred in the kitchen of the house 24, the home alarm device 10-1 detects the fire and starts an alarm. Detecting this fire and initiating an alarm is referred to as “reporting” at the home alarm.

  When the home alarm device 10-1 issues a report, the home alarm device 10-1 functions as an interlocking source, and wirelessly transmits a fire interlocking signal to the other interlocking devices 10-2 to 10-4 as the interlocking destination. To do. When the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 have received the fire interlock signal from the home alarm device 10-1 of the interlocking source effectively, the alarm operation as the interlocking destination is performed by the alarm sound and the alarm display.

  Here, when the group code included in the received interlocking signal matches the group code registered in the memory and the signal content is normally recognized, the resident alarm 10 confirms that the interlocking signal has been effectively received. I try to detect it. Furthermore, the resident guard 10 that has effectively received the interlocking signal relays the interlocking signal as necessary. The group code is set as a unique code for each alarm system, and each residential alarm can identify and process only the interlocking signal related to the alarm system to which it belongs.

  As an alarm operation of the home alarm device 10-1 that is the interlock source, for example, a fire alarm sound is output by a voice message such as “Please confirm that the Woo Woo fire alarm has been activated”. On the other hand, the interlocking home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 output a fire alarm sound with a voice message such as “Please confirm that another fire alarm device has been activated”.

  Moreover, as an alarm display accompanying the fire alarm of the residence police device 10-1 which became the interlocking source, for example, an LED is lit. On the other hand, in the interlocking residence police 10-2 to 10-4, the LED blinks. As a result, the alarm display by the LED in the interlock source alarm and the interlock destination alarm can be distinguished.

  When the home alarm device 10 detects a fire, the home alarm device 10 transmits a fire-linked signal according to a predetermined first communication protocol to the other home alarm devices. Moreover, the residence guard 10 receives a fire interlocking signal transmitted from another residence guard.

Home alarm that you only to 10 transmission and reception by the first communication protocol, in the case of Japan, for example, STD-30 is known as a standard for specified low power radio stations in 400MHz band (low-power security system radio station It conforms to STD-T67 (standard specification for radio equipment for specific low power radio station telemeter, telecontrol and data transmission). Of course, when used outside Japan, the content conforms to the standard of the assigned radio station in that region. The transmission power of the residential guard 10 compliant with the specified low power radio station is 10 mW or less for STD-30, 10 mW or less or 1 mW or less for STD-T67, and the line-of-sight communication distance is approximately 100 meters. It becomes.

  Furthermore, a human sensor 15 is provided in the home alarm device 10 to detect a human body and output a human detection signal. The human detection signal from the human sensor 15 is used to generate home information.

  2A and 2B are explanatory views showing the appearance of a wireless interlocking smoke-type home alarm used in the present invention. FIG. 2A shows a front view and FIG. 2B shows a side view. The side provided with the mounting hook 24 is the upper side.

  In FIG. 2, the housing of the residential alarm 10 according to the present embodiment includes a cover 12 and a main body 14. A protrusion is provided at the center of the cover 12, a plurality of smoke inlets are opened around the protrusion, and a smoke detector 16 is disposed in the inside thereof, so that smoke accompanying a fire flows into the smoke detector 16. When the predetermined concentration is reached, a fire is detected by an alarm control unit described later. As the smoke detector 16, for example, a known scattered light smoke detector mechanism can be applied.

  An acoustic hole 18 is provided on the lower left side of the cover 12, and a buzzer and a speaker are incorporated behind this so that an alarm sound and a voice message can be output. An alarm stop switch 20 is provided below the cover 12.

  The alarm stop switch 20 is configured to press a built-in push switch (not shown) when a switch cover formed of a translucent member is pressed. An LED 22 for displaying an alarm or the like is disposed near the push switch inside the switch cover.

  The alarm stop switch 20 also functions as an inspection switch that instructs the self-inspection of the function of the home alarm 10 from the outside. For example, when the alarm stop switch 20 is operated during the fire alarm output, the fire alarm is stopped, and when the alarm stop switch 20 is operated in a normal state, a self-check is performed for a predetermined function, and the LED 22 or a speaker is used. Inform the results. Here, the normal state refers to a state where at least a fire alarm is being output or a failure alarm is not being output.

  A human sensor 15 is provided on the upper right of the cover 12. The human sensor 15 detects infrared rays emitted from the human body and outputs a human detection signal, and the human sensor 15 is provided so as to have a directivity direction that is obliquely downward when the dwelling guard 15 is mounted on the upper wall surface of the room. It has been.

  Further, a mounting hook 24 having an insertion hole in the substantially central portion thereof is provided at the upper part on the back side of the main body 14, and a screw or the like is screwed into the wall of the room to be installed and hooked through the insertion hole of the mounting hook 24. The residential alarm 10 can be fixedly installed on the wall surface in a so-called wall-hanging manner.

  Referring to FIG. 1 again, a transmitter 100 is provided in the child room. The transmitter 100 is provided with an emergency push button switch. When the emergency push button switch is operated, an emergency report interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is transmitted to the home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4. From -1 to 10-4, output an emergency call warning sound such as “Woo-woo transmitter was activated”.

  FIG. 3 is an explanatory view showing the appearance of a wireless interlocking transmitter used in the alarm system of the present invention, with FIG. 3 (A) showing a front view and FIG. 3 (B) showing a side view. . The side provided with the attachment hook 115 is the upper side.

  In FIG. 3, the casing of the transmitter 100 according to the present embodiment includes a cover 112 and a main body 114. An emergency push button switch 116 is provided at the center of the cover 112. The emergency push button switch 116 includes a switch cover formed of a translucent member and a push switch (not shown) arranged inside the switch cover.

  An LED 118 that functions as a transmitter lamp is arranged near the push switch inside the switch cover, and the operating light passes through the translucent switch cover of the emergency push button switch 116 and the operating state of the LED 118 is external. It is made visible from.

  When the emergency push button switch 116 is pushed in, the LED 118 blinks or blinks. When it is confirmed that the emergency notification signal has been transmitted, the LED 118 is turned on and turned off after a predetermined time.

  The emergency push button switch 116 also functions as an alarm stop switch. For example, when the emergency push button switch 116 is operated during the fire alarm output, the fire alarm is stopped.

  A plurality of slit-like acoustic holes 120 are provided on the lower left side of the emergency push button switch 116, and a buzzer and a speaker are incorporated behind this so that an alarm sound and a voice message can be output.

  A mounting hook 115 having an insertion hole in a substantially central portion is provided at the upper part on the back side of the main body 114. A screw or the like is screwed into a wall surface of a room to be installed, and the insertion hook 115 is hooked through the screw. The transmitter 100 can be fixedly installed in a so-called wall-hanging manner at a position where the wall surface can be reached.

Network to connect Referring again to FIG. 1, as a device for the housing 24 to construct a device management system for managing power consumption of a household electrical appliance, the electrical outlet device 200-1～ 200 -5 and the Internet 400 A gateway device 300 that functions as an adapter is installed. As is well known, the gateway device 300 connects to the Internet 400 using a connection service provided by a server owned by an Internet service provider (ISP).

The power outlet 200-1 is connected refrigerator 230, the electrical outlet 200-2 is connected TV 232, the electrical outlet device 200-3～ 200 -5 is connected air 234. Hereinafter, the power outlet devices 200-1 to 200-5 are collectively referred to as the power outlet devices 200 without being distinguished from each other.

  The power outlet device 200 is provided with a sensor for detecting power consumption and a wireless transmission / reception chip. When power is supplied by connecting a plug of a household appliance to an outlet, the power consumption is periodically measured, and a power detection signal is generated. The data is transmitted from the wireless transmission / reception chip to the gateway device 300 according to a predetermined second wireless communication protocol.

  The gateway device 300 converts the power detection signal transmitted from the power outlet device 200 according to the second wireless communication protocol into an Internet communication protocol known as TCP / IP, and serves as a server on the network via the Internet 400. A power detection signal is transmitted to the server 500.

The server 500 is provided with the function of the device management unit 502 as an application. Based on the power detection signal sent from the power outlet device 200, for example, the total consumption specifying the power consumption per unit time and the period of the target device. The amount of power is being sought. The server 500 transmits browsing page information and the like to the user terminal, for example, the mobile phone 800 via the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700 and displays the information, and uses the power consumption information of the home appliances in the house 24 Can be viewed.

  In order to provide such a power management service, the server 500 includes, for example, a database 508 that stores subscriber information, power consumption information, and the like using the telephone number of the mobile phone 800 held by the service subscriber as an index. Yes.

  A service for managing power consumption provided by the server 500 is a paid service provided to the subscriber of the mobile phone 800.

  Note that taking the first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication program in the present embodiment corresponds to the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol in the claims.

  As signal transmission / reception performed according to the second wireless communication protocol by the wireless transmission / reception chip built in the power outlet apparatus 200 and the gateway apparatus 300 installed in the house 24, for example, RFID (Radio Frequency IDentification) is an abbreviation of “individual identification by radio wave”. A short-range wireless communication protocol for sensor networks known as Z-Wave (R) or ZigBee (R) using the 900 MHz frequency assigned to, ie 950-957 MHz.

  In particular, Z-Wave (R) is a wireless communication protocol developed for home automation, uses an intelligent mesh network topology, does not have a master node, for example, nodes A, B, and C are arranged. If the node A and the node C are at a distance that cannot communicate with each other, the relay function of the node B located between them can communicate from the node A to the node C. It is suitable as a two-wireless communication protocol.

  ZigBee (R) provided as a short-range wireless communication standard for home appliances can also be used. In ZigBee (R), a node that functions as a coordinator and a plurality of nodes that function as routers can be used to construct a star-type network and a topology based on the coordinator. In the case of only, a peer-to-peer network topology can be constructed.

Z-Wave 900 MHz short-range wireless communications such as (R) or ZigBee (R) is a 1mW or less similar to the specified low power radio stations in home alarm 10 the transmission power, the communication distance outlook is generally several tens of meters a degree, compared to approximately about 100 meters the sight communication distance of home alarm 10 using the 400MHz band is shorter.

In order to link an alarm system in which such a home alarm device 10 is arranged with a device management system including a power outlet device 200 and a gateway device 300, in the present invention, at least one of the home alarm devices 10, for example, The same second wireless communication that is installed in the same kitchen where the gateway device 300 can communicate with each other, and which is built in the power outlet device 200 and the gateway device 300, in the home guard 10-1 which can communicate with each other. For example, a wireless transmission / reception chip that performs communication according to the protocol is additionally provided.

  Here, the wireless transmission / reception chip that transmits and receives the cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is not limited to the residential alarm device 10-1 installed at a communicable distance with the gateway device 300, but other residential alarm devices 10-. You may make it provide in all 2-10-4.

  Alternatively, the home alarm may be provided with a transmission / reception function according to only a predetermined first communication protocol, and a mutual conversion function between the first communication protocol and the Internet protocol may be provided on the gateway 300 side. Further alternatively, a conversion adapter having an interconversion function between the predetermined first communication protocol and the predetermined second communication protocol may be interposed between the residential alarm 10 and the gateway 300. In this way, at least the residential alarm 10 does not need to be equipped with a wireless transmission / reception chip or the like for the communication protocol on the stand, and a device having a conventional communication function can be used. In addition, when the gateway 300 is provided with a conversion function between the first communication protocol and the Internet protocol, a cooperative operation can be performed without performing communication using the second communication protocol.

  In order to link with the device management system, the transmitter 100 is also provided with a wireless transmission / reception chip that operates according to the same second wireless communication protocol as that incorporated in the power outlet apparatus 200 and the gateway apparatus 300.

  For this reason, for example, when the fire is detected by the home alarm device 10-1 itself, a fire interlock signal according to the first wireless communication protocol is transmitted to the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 to perform the interlock alarm. In addition, a fire cooperation interlocking signal is wirelessly transmitted to the gateway device 300 in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol, and the gateway device 300 receives this signal and converts it into an Internet communication protocol known as TCP / IP. Then, the destination is specified by the IP address and transmitted to the server 500. Upon receiving this, the server 500 processes the fire cooperation interlocking signal received by the function of the alarm management unit 504 provided as an application, and the processing result is transmitted to the user's mobile phone via the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700. Then, the mobile phone 800 outputs a fire alarm. Fire alarm output from the mobile phone 800 can be performed in an appropriate form such as display screen output or sound output from a speaker.

  In addition, when a fire is detected and alarmed by the home alarm device 10-1, when the fire recovery or alarm stop operation of the operation unit provided in the home alarm device 10-1 is detected, the home alarm device 10-1 A fire recovery interlock signal or an alarm stop interlock signal in the dwelling unit is transmitted to the alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 according to a predetermined first protocol, and a fire according to a predetermined second wireless communication protocol is transmitted to the gateway device 300. The gateway device 300 that has received and received the recovery cooperation interlocking signal or the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal converts it into an Internet communication protocol known as TCP / IP, and specifies the destination by the IP address via the Internet 400. Send to server 500. Upon receiving this, the server 500 processes the disaster recovery linkage signal or the alarm stop linkage linkage signal received by the function of the alarm management unit 504, and the processing result is sent to the mobile phone 800 via the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700. The alarm is stopped and the fire recovery is displayed on the alarm screen 802 of the mobile phone 800 to cancel the fire alarm. The fire alarm canceling operation on the mobile phone 800 can be an appropriate operation such as outputting a canceling effect in the same manner as the fire alarm output or simply stopping the fire alarm output. If the fire alarm 10-1 detects a fire, a fire recovery, or an alarm stop operation, the home alarm device 10-1 performs other in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol in addition to the fire-linked signal transmission to the gateway device 300 by the second wireless communication protocol. The fire interlocking signal is also transmitted to the home guards 10-2 to 10-4.

In addition, after the residence guard 10-1 detects the reception of the fire-linked signal from the other residence guard by the first wireless communication protocol and transmits the contents of the fire-linked signal to the gateway device 300 according to the second wireless communication protocol, the other Similarly, when a fire recovery interlock signal or alarm stop interlock signal is received from a home alarm device (for example, the home alarm device that detected the fire), the fire recovery interlocking according to the second wireless communication protocol is used. A signal or an alarm stop interlocking signal is sent to the server 500 via the gateway device 300, and the server 500 sends the processing result in the alarm management unit 504 to the mobile phone 800 via the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700. In the same manner as described above, the fire alarm is canceled by displaying alarm stop or fire recovery on the alarm screen 802 of the mobile phone 800.

  In addition, when the home alarm device 10-1 detects the interlocked signal effective reception indicating the fire, the fire recovery, and the alarm stop operation transmitted from the other home alarm device by the first wireless communication protocol, the second wireless communication protocol In addition to transmitting the corresponding interlocking signal content to the gateway device 300 according to the above, the corresponding interlocking signal is relayed and transmitted to another dwelling alarm device by the first wireless communication protocol as necessary.

  In addition, the interlocking signal and relay interlocking signal between the residential alarms 10 according to the first wireless communication protocol, the interlocking signal from the residential alarm 10-1 to the gateway device 300, the gateway device 300 to the server 500, the mobile phone base station 700, The signal to the mobile phone 800 is not particularly distinguished except for the communication protocol for the sake of simplicity of explanation, but each communication is performed according to the signal content (for example, the occurrence of fire due to one fire detection) associated with a series of interlocking. If the information required in the section (for example, the fire occurrence) is included in a format that conforms to each communication standard or protocol, the information does not necessarily have to be the same. Of course. This is the same when the transmission direction is reversed as described later, that is, when transmission is performed from the mobile phone 800 side to the alarm system side.

  The first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication protocol in the present embodiment correspond to the first communication protocol and the second communication protocol in the claims.

  On the other hand, when the emergency call switch is operated by the transmitter 100, in addition to the transmission of the emergency call interlocking signal in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol to the home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4, the second wireless communication protocol is followed. The emergency call interlocking signal is wirelessly transmitted to the gateway device 300, converted into the Internet communication protocol by the gateway device 300, transmitted to the server 500, processed by the alarm management unit 504, and the processing result is transmitted to the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone. The information is transmitted to the user's mobile phone 800 via the base station 700 to output an emergency call alarm.

  When the home management unit 506 provided in the server 500 detects reception of a home confirmation request signal from the mobile phone 800, the home management unit 506 is provided in the home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4 via the Internet 400 and the gateway device 300. The detection signal of the human sensor 15 is acquired to generate home information, and the generated home information is displayed on the mobile phone 800.

Here, when the communication paths according to the respective protocols in FIG. 1 are arranged, for example, when viewed mainly from the residential police 10-1 installed in the kitchen, the residential police 10-1 and the other residential police 10-2 to 10- 4 becomes the first wireless communication protocol path 11a, and between the home alarm device 10-1 and the gateway apparatus 300 becomes the second wireless communication protocol path 11b, and between the power outlet apparatus 200-1 and the gateway apparatus 300, A second wireless communication protocol path 11b is formed, and an Internet communication protocol path 11c is formed between the gateway apparatus 300 and the server 500 via the Internet 400. In addition, although illustration is abbreviate | omitted, it becomes the 1st wireless communication protocol path | route 11a between the transmitter 100 and dwelling devices 10-1 to 10-4, and it is 2nd wireless communication between the transmitter 100 and the gateway apparatus 300. Protocol route 11b is obtained. In addition, a first wireless communication protocol path 11 a is formed between the home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4 and the transmitter 100 directly or by relay.

  FIG. 4 is an explanatory view showing an example of a home confirmation request screen 802 displayed on the mobile phone 800 of FIG. Since the mobile phone 800 uses a display with a touch panel, the home confirmation request screen 802 displays a guidance message 803 for home confirmation request operation to the user, and each button is a transparent touch panel. When the button 804 is operated, an at-home confirmation request signal is transmitted to the server 500, and the at-home management unit 506 of the human sensor 15 provided in the home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4 via the Internet 400 and the gateway device 300. The home signal is generated by acquiring the detection signal, and the home information screen 810 shown as an example in FIG.

  The home information screen 810 of FIG. 5 shows the absence as “is” indicating home based on the person detection signal of the human sensor 15 divided into each room of the house 24 as home information 814 following the time information 812. “Free” is displayed. With such an at-home confirmation function, the user can confirm the state of the house 24 as needed, such as when going out.

The display of the home information, in addition to home recognition request from the cellular phone 800, when detecting a person from the absence state in a human sensor 15 for home alarm 10, the gateway device 300, the server 500 via the Internet 400 The home information may be displayed on the mobile phone 800 by sending a person detection signal to the home management unit 506.

  In addition, the device management unit 502 of the server 500 acquires a human detection signal of the human sensor 15 provided in the home alarm device 10 via the Internet 400 and the gateway device 300 as necessary, and detects, for example, the absence. Control processing such as power-off control of home appliances can also be performed.

  FIG. 6 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a fire alarm screen 816 displayed on the mobile phone 800 of FIG. In FIG. 6, the mobile phone 800 displays a warning screen 816 and outputs a fire warning sound when the server 500 receives a fire interlocking signal from the house alarm 10. On the alarm screen 816, for example, an alarm message such as “Check that the kitchen fire alarm has been activated” is displayed along with the installation location.

  Under the alarm message, a home confirmation button 818, a home automatic dial button 820, a 119 automatic dial button 822, a 110 automatic dial button 824, and an alarm stop button 826 are displayed as operation parts, and necessary operations can be performed.

  For example, when the home confirmation button 818 is operated, a home confirmation request signal is transmitted to the server 500 via the mobile phone base station 700 and the mobile phone network 600, and the home information screen 810 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. It is possible to confirm whether or not there is a person in the house 24 in which 10-1 is operating. If there is a person, the home automatic dial button 820 is operated to contact the person, and the 119 automatic dial button according to the situation. By operating the automatic dial buttons 708, 110, it is possible to establish a call connection with a fire department or a police organization.

  Home information that can be acquired and displayed in real time when a fire alarm is output in this manner is extremely important information for taking a quick judgment response to the fire alarm.

  Further, when the fire alarm in the house 24 is stopped after the situation is confirmed by home information or a home phone, the alarm stop button 710 is operated. When the alarm stop button 710 is operated, the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal is second wirelessly transmitted to the home alarm device 10-1 that has detected the fire via the mobile phone base station 700, the mobile phone network 600, the server 500, and the gateway device 300. Sent according to the communication protocol to stop the linked fire alarm. In addition, when the home alarm device 10-1 receives the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal from the gateway device 300, the alarm stop interlocking signal is transmitted to the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 according to the first wireless communication protocol. In addition, the linked fire alarm can be stopped.

  In order to display the fire alarm screen 816 as shown in FIG. 6 on the mobile phone 800 and output the fire alarm, the alarm management unit 504 of the server 500 of FIG. 1 stores the fire alarm in the database 508 based on the subscriber's service application. As information necessary for alarm device management, information indicating the installation location is registered in advance corresponding to the identification codes of the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4 installed in the house 24, such as serial numbers.

For this reason, when the alarm management unit 504 of the server 500 detects the effective reception of the fire-linked signal via the gateway device 300, the information on the installation location is obtained by referring to the database 508 by the house alarm identification code. As shown in Fig. 6, it is possible to display a fire alarm indicating the installation location of the house alarm.

Of course, any part or all of the functional configuration of the database and the alarm management unit 504 provided in the server 500 may be provided on the mobile phone 800 side. In addition, when the database is provided on the server 500 side, the registration of the above-mentioned resident alarm identification code, etc. is accessed from the mobile phone 800 or another personal computer to the user home page of the server 500 via the Internet 400. You may make it do.

  FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of an emergency call alarm screen 828 displayed on the mobile phone 800 of FIG. In FIG. 7, when the mobile phone 800 detects reception of an emergency call interlocking signal from the transmitter 100 from the server 500 via the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700, the mobile phone 800 displays an emergency call warning screen 828 and alarms. Output sound. For example, an alarm message such as “Please confirm that the transmitter has been activated” is displayed on the emergency call alarm screen 828.

  Below the alarm message, as in the case of the fire alarm screen 816 in FIG. Since each button is a transparent touch panel, necessary operations can be performed.

  In particular, when the home confirmation button 818 is operated, a home confirmation request signal is transmitted to the server 500 via the mobile phone base station 700 and the mobile phone network 600, and the home information corresponding to the home information is generated by the server 500 receiving the signal. When the information signal is transmitted via the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700 and is received by the mobile phone 800, the home information screen 810 shown in FIG. 5 is displayed. In this case, it is possible to check a home situation such as a person in the child room where the kitchen and the transmitter 100 are operated, operate the home automatic dial button 820 to communicate, and further according to the situation, the 119 automatic dial button 706, By operating the 110 automatic dial button 708, it is possible to establish a call connection with a fire engine or a police agency.

  In this way, when an emergency call alarm is output, it is extremely important to be able to obtain and display real-time home information in cooperation with each other in order to quickly determine and respond to the emergency call alarm.

  Furthermore, when the situation is confirmed and the emergency call alarm in the house 24 is stopped, the alarm stop button 710 is operated. When the alarm stop button 710 is operated, an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal is sent to the residential alarm device 10-1 that outputs an emergency call alarm via the mobile phone base station 700, the mobile phone network 600, the server 500, and the gateway device 300. The emergency call alarm is stopped.

  In addition, when the home alarm device 10-1 receives the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal from the gateway device 300, the alarm stop interlocking signal is transmitted to the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 according to the first wireless communication protocol. The emergency call alarm can be stopped.

  FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main part of the house alarm used in the present invention. This is an example, and the separation and integration of each function can be performed arbitrarily. Each part or all of each function may be executed by software (program) or may be executed by hardware. Moreover, in FIG. 4, although it has shown about the residence guard 10-1 installed in the kitchen, in the case of this embodiment, it becomes the same structure also about other residence guards 10-2 to 10-4.

  In addition, when providing the 2nd radio | wireless communication part 34 (equivalent to the "radio | wireless transmission / reception chip | tip" demonstrated so far) only in the residence guard 10-1, other residence guards 10-2 to 10-4 are this. Not equipped.

In FIG. 8, the home alarm device 10-1 includes a processor 28 known as a one-chip CPU, and a first wireless communication unit 30 that performs transmission / reception of a first wireless communication protocol to which an antenna 32 is connected to the processor 28, the second wireless communication unit 34 performs transmission and reception of the second wireless communication protocol connected to the antenna 36, the sensor unit 38, the notification unit 40, an operation unit 42, a memory 44 is provided, the battery power source 46 supplies power required each section ing. In addition, the 1st radio | wireless communication part and the 2nd radio | wireless communication part in this embodiment respond | correspond to the 1st communication part and the 2nd communication part of a claim.

The first wireless communication unit 30 first transmitting circuit 48 and the first receiver circuit 50 connected to the antenna 32 is found provided. The first wireless communication unit 30 communicates with the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 via the antenna 32, for example, a first wireless communication protocol that complies with the standard of a specific low power wireless station in the 400 MHz band. In accordance with the above, various interlocking signals such as fire, fire recovery, alarm stop, and failure are transmitted and received.

  The transmission of the interlocking signal by the first wireless communication protocol in the first transmission circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30 is the operation of transmitting the interlocking signal for a predetermined time T1, for example, T1 = 3 seconds, and the predetermined time T2, for example, T2 For example, four times with a pause of 2 seconds. This T1 = 3-second transmission and T = 2-second pause comply with the standard of a specific low-power radio station. Further, in the transmission operation of T1 = 3 seconds, for example, 2.8 seconds from the beginning of the transmission operation is a dummy signal transmission, and the interlocking signal is repeatedly transmitted in the remaining 0.2 seconds.

  In addition, the reception by the first wireless communication protocol in the first receiving circuit 50 of the first wireless communication unit 30 is intermittently received and decoded by interlocking signals from the other mortgages 10-2 to 10-4. In the intermittent reception, the reception operation is repeated for a predetermined period T3, for example, every T3 = 7 seconds, for a receivable time T4, for example, T4 = 100 milliseconds, and during the receivable time T4, the transmission dummy signal is carrier sensed. When the signal is detected, the reception is switched to continuous reception for a predetermined time, and the interlocking signal following the dummy signal is received and decoded.

  The received signal is decoded by an alarm control unit 60 provided in the processor 28. Hereinafter, the process up to this decoding may be referred to as reception. In particular, when the signal is determined to be valid as a result of decoding, it is called effective reception. Similarly, reception by the second wireless communication protocol, which will be described later, is decoded by the processor 56, and further, in the case of the transmitter 100, the power outlet device 200, and the gateway device 300, they are decoded by the processors 156, 228, and 328.

  Further, in the first wireless communication protocol, when the resident alarm 10-1 itself detects a fire or an event other than a fire and transmits an interlocking signal, from the other resident alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 that have received this signal. It is monitored whether or not an acknowledgment signal (hereinafter referred to as “ACK signal”) indicating that the interlocking signal has been normally received is effectively received.

  When the other resident alarm is detected that the ACK signal is not received, the resident alarm 10-1 transmits the relay request presence interlock signal to the other resident alarm that has received the ACK signal, and the relay request. A relay signal with a relay request is relay-transmitted from the home alarm device that has received the interlock signal with the relay to the home alarm device that has not yet responded to the AKC signal. An ACK signal that has not received an AKC signal that has received a relay signal with a relay request returns an ACK signal in response to the relay signal with a relay request. After that, it is received by the interlocking home security device 10-1. Accordingly, if there is a residence guard that does not receive the ACK signal, it is determined as a communication failure or the like, and a predetermined notification process, a linkage process, a linkage process described later, and the like are performed.

  A signal transmitted and received by the first wireless communication protocol is configured in a format including a serial number, a transmission source identification code, a group code, and an event code. A serial number is a code | symbol produced | generated independently for every residence alarm device, and is a serial number which shows the production | generation order or transmission order of an interlocking signal. Based on this, management such as prohibition of re-relay can be performed. The identification code is, for example, the serial number of the home police device that identifies each home police device, and the group code is linked to each other by the home police devices 10-1 to 10-4 installed in the house 24 as shown in FIG. It is the code | symbol for comprising an interlocking group.

The event code is a code representing the content of an event such as a fire. In the present embodiment, a 4-bit code is used. For example, 0001 = fire 0010 = ACK
0011 = Alarm stop 0100 = Recovery 0101 = Emergency notification 0110 = Sensor failure 0111 = Low battery failure. Note that the above-described code indicating “relay request is present” is omitted here, but it can be added to the event code by increasing the number of bits. Moreover, both the identification code which shows the resident alarm of a transmission source (interlocking origin) and the identification code of the resident alarm which relays are added to the interlocking signal which carries out relay transmission. Further, an identification code for designating a transmission destination may be added.

The second wireless communication unit 34 which corresponds to the aforementioned wireless transceiver chip second transmission circuit 48 and the second receiving circuit 50 and a processor 56 that connects the antenna 36 is found provided. The second wireless communication unit 34 communicates with the gateway device 300 via the antenna 36 in accordance with, for example, a second wireless communication protocol compliant with 900 MHz band Z-Wave (R), fire, fire recovery, alarm stop, failure, etc. Send and receive various interlocking signals.

  The sensor unit 38 is provided with a smoke detection unit 16 that detects smoke based on, for example, a scattered light type smoke detection principle and outputs a detection signal corresponding to the smoke density. A human sensor 15 for detecting a human body is provided in the sensor unit 38.

  The notification unit 40 is provided with a speaker 66 that is an acoustic output device that outputs an alarm sound and the like, and an LED 22 that performs alarm display and the like along with respective drive circuits (not shown). Under the control of the alarm control unit 60, the speaker 66 outputs a voice message, an alarm sound, or the like based on various data stored in the memory 44 or the like by the residence guard 10-1. The LED 22 notifies an abnormality or other event such as a fire by a display by blinking, blinking, or lighting.

  The operation unit 42 is provided with the alarm stop switch 20, and the alarm stop switch 20 also functions as an inspection switch as described above.

  The memory 44 stores a serial number, an identification code, and a group code used for generating the interlocking signal.

  The battery power supply 46 uses, for example, a lithium battery or an alkaline battery having a predetermined number of cells, and supplies power to necessary parts. As a battery capacity, for example, a lifetime of 10 years is guaranteed by reducing the power consumption of the entire circuit unit in the residence guard 10-1.

  The processor 28 is provided with functions of an alarm control unit 60, a cooperation processing unit 62, and a human sensor processing unit 64 as functions realized by executing the program.

  The alarm control unit 60 is provided in the sensor unit 38 based on the presence / absence of a fire based on the smoke detection signal from the smoke detection unit 16 provided in the sensor unit 38, the presence / absence of an alarm stop instruction input or inspection instruction input by the operation unit 42. An event such as the presence or absence of a fire recovery, a sensor failure or failure, or a low battery failure or the like, in which the smoke detection signal from the smoke detector 16 is lowered to cancel the fire detection state, is detected. Further, the alarm control unit 60 detects the presence / absence of interlocking signal effective reception obtained as a result of decoding the interlocking signals from the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 and the interlocking contents via the first receiving circuit 50. .

  When the alarm control unit 60 detects a fire (presence) based on the smoke detection signal of the smoke detection unit 16 provided in the sensor unit 38, the alarm control unit 60 issues a fire alarm as an alarm operation indicating an interlocking source from the speaker 66 to the notification unit 40. Sound, for example, “Woo Woo is a fire. Please confirm that it is a fire” is repeatedly output, and the LED 22 is turned on to perform a fire alarm display indicating the link source. Control that causes the first transmission circuit 48 of the unit 30 to transmit a fire-linked signal according to the first wireless communication protocol from the antenna 32 to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4.

Further, the alarm control unit 60 is linked to a fire in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol from any of the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 via the antenna 32 and the first receiving circuit 50 of the first wireless communication unit 30. When it is detected that the signal has been received effectively, an alarm sound indicating the link destination is issued from the speaker 66 of the notification unit 40 as an alarm operation indicating the link destination, for example, “Please check whether another fire alarm has been activated. The voice message to be repeatedly output is controlled, and the LED 22 is blinked, for example, and the alarm display indicating the interlock destination is performed. Furthermore, the first transmission circuit 48 is controlled to transmit an ACK signal as a response signal (reply) accompanying the reception of the fire interlock signal from the interlock source.

  When the alarm control unit 60 detects the operation of the alarm stop switch 20 during the output of the fire alarm sound indicating the interlock source, the alarm control unit 60 controls the alarm unit 40 to output the alarm sound from the speaker 66 and the alarm display output of the LED 22. While stopping the fire alarm operation, an alarm stop interlocking signal in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol is sent from the antenna 32 to the other transmission devices 10-2 to 10- to the first transmission circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30. Control to transmit to 4 is performed.

  The home alarm device 10-1 receives the alarm stop interlocking signal from any of the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 during the output of the fire alarm sound indicating the interlocking source. If detected, the alarm control unit 60 makes it possible to identify the interlock source without stopping the fire alarm.

  Further, the alarm control unit 60 detects the operation of the alarm stop switch 20 or the effective reception of the alarm stop interlocking signal from any of the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 during the output of the alarm sound indicating the interlocking destination. When it does, the alerting | reporting part 40 is controlled and operation | movement of the alarm sound by the audio | voice message from the speaker 64 and the fire alarm by the alarm display of LED22 is stopped.

  Further, the alarm control unit 60 returns an ACK signal accompanying the reception of the alarm stop interlocking signal in the same manner as when the fire interlocking signal is received. In addition, since it is the same also in each case mentioned later, description is abbreviate | omitted about the reply of the ACK signal accompanying communication between residence police. It should be noted that the ACK signal transmission / reception processing can be performed in the same way in the communication between the resident alarm and the gateway device, but the description thereof is also omitted. Although communication retries can be performed as appropriate, the description is omitted in this specification.

  When the alarm control unit 60 detects that the emergency notification signal according to the first wireless communication protocol is effectively received from the transmitter 100 via the first receiving circuit 50 of the first wireless communication unit 30, the alarm control unit 60 For example, an alarm sound indicating an emergency call from 40 speakers 66, for example, a voice message such as “Please confirm that the Woo Woo transmitter has been activated” is repeatedly output, and at the same time an LED 22 is flashed and an alarm display indicating an emergency call is displayed. Control to be performed.

  In addition, the alarm control unit 60 is provided with a low battery failure monitoring function in which the power supply voltage supplied from the battery power supply 46 is less than a predetermined level in cooperation with a voltage monitoring circuit (not shown). The test is automatically executed periodically in the background, and the result is updated and recorded in the memory 44 each time.

  Specifically, the low battery failure monitoring is performed by reading the power supply voltage supplied from the battery power supply 46 at a predetermined measurement time interval (cycle), for example, at an interval of 4 hours, and comparing it with a predetermined threshold voltage. The built-in test is performed, and when the battery voltage is lower than the threshold voltage, the low battery failure is preliminarily determined and stored in the memory 44. Further, when the low battery failure preliminary determination continues continuously a predetermined number of times, the low battery A failure is determined (determined) and detected, a low battery failure flag is set, and the memory 44 is updated and stored.

  In addition, the alarm control unit 60 is provided with a sensor failure monitoring function for monitoring failures (including part deterioration and failure) of the sensor unit 38, and is also automatically executed periodically in the background as a built-in test. Specifically, the sensor failure monitoring reads a smoke detection signal output from the smoke detector 16 of the sensor unit 38 at a predetermined measurement time interval (cycle), for example, at an interval of 1 second, and stores the smoke detection signal in the memory 44. The average value of the detected data for the last 10 minutes held in the memory 44 is obtained every time interval, for example, every 10 minutes, and the output is stopped when the average value falls below a predetermined reference level (referred to as the zero point level). It is determined that the sensor unit 38 has a fault, for example, as a state, and a sensor fault flag is set and stored in the memory 44.

  When the alarm control unit 60 detects an inspection instruction operation (inspection instruction input) by operating the alarm stop switch 20 that functions as an inspection switch in a normal state, the low battery failure flag or the sensor failure flag is set and stored in the memory 44. If it is determined that the low battery failure alarm or sensor failure alarm is output from the notification unit 40, the low battery failure alarm or the sensor failure alarm is output from the notification unit 40 via the first transmission circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30 according to the first wireless communication protocol. A battery fault interlocking signal or a sensor fault interlocking signal is transmitted to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 to output a low battery fault alarm or a sensor fault alarm indicating the fault interlocking destination.

  Needless to say, a low battery failure or a sensor failure may be notified and an interlocking signal transmitted when the failure is detected by a built-in test regardless of the inspection instruction operation. In addition to a low battery failure and a sensor failure, various types of circuit failures and failures such as aging may be detected and the same processing may be performed.

  When the alarm processing unit 60 detects a fire, the cooperation processing unit 62, or from any of the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 via the first receiving circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30. When it is detected that the fire-linked signal according to the first wireless communication protocol has been effectively received, the instruction is received from the alarm control unit 60 and the processor 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34 is instructed to generate the fire-linked signal. Correspondingly, a fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated and transmitted from the second transmission circuit 52 to the gateway device 300 via the antenna 36, and this is transmitted from the second transmission circuit 52 to the antenna. 36 to the gateway apparatus 300 via the Internet 400, to the server 500 via the Internet 400 for processing, and the processing results are transmitted to the cellular phone network 600 and the cellular phone. Via the base station 700 is transmitted to the mobile phone 800 of the user and to output the fire alarm.

  Moreover, the cooperation process part 62 is any of other residence alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 when the alarm control part 60 detects a fire restoration, or via the 1st receiving circuit 48 of the 1st radio | wireless communication part 30. When it is detected that the fire recovery interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol has been effectively received, the instruction from the alarm control unit 60 is received and the processor 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34 is instructed to Corresponding to the recovery interlocking signal, a fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated, transmitted from the second transmission circuit 52 to the gateway device 300 via the antenna 36, and via the Internet 400. Send the server 500 to process and send the processing result to the user's mobile phone 800 via the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700 to stop the fire alarm. To.

  The cooperation processing unit 62 detects the operation of the alarm stop switch 20 provided in the operation unit 42 by the alarm control unit 60 as an alarm stop operation, or via the first reception circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30. When it is detected that an alarm stop interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol is effectively received from any of the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4, the second instruction is received from the alarm control unit 60. Instruct the processor 56 of the wireless communication unit 34 to generate an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol in response to the alarm stop interlocking signal, and from the second transmission circuit 52 via the antenna 36 to the gateway The data is transmitted to the device 300, transmitted to the server 500 via the Internet 400, processed, and the processing result passes through the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700. To then be sent to the mobile phone 800 of the user to stop the fire alarm.

  Further, the cooperation processing unit 62 detects that the alarm control unit 60 has effectively received the emergency call interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol from the transmitter 100 via the first receiving circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30. In response to the instruction from the alarm control unit 60, the controller 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34 is instructed to respond to the emergency notification interlocking signal and to output the emergency notification cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol. Generated, transmitted from the second transmission circuit 52 to the gateway device 300 via the antenna 36, transmitted to the server 500 via the Internet 400 and processed, and the processing results are transmitted to the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base An emergency call alarm is output by transmitting to the user's mobile phone 800 via the station 700.

  Further, the cooperation processing unit 62 detects a low battery failure or a sensor failure as a built-in test result or an inspection result by operating the alarm stop switch 20 in the alarm control unit 60, or the first receiving circuit of the first wireless communication unit 30. When it is detected that a low battery failure or sensor failure failure-linked signal according to the first wireless communication protocol is effectively received from any of the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 via 48, alarm control is performed. In response to the instruction from the unit 60, the processor 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34 is instructed to generate a failure cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol in response to the failure old interlocking signal, and the second transmission It is transmitted from the circuit 52 to the gateway device 300 via the antenna 36 and transmitted to the server 500 via the Internet 400 for processing. The processing result via is sent to the mobile phone 800 of the user of the cellular telephone network 600 and cellular base station 700 to output a low battery failure alarm or sensor failure alarm.

  Further, when an alarm stop interlock signal is transmitted based on the operation of the alarm stop button 826 of the mobile phone 800, the alarm stop interlock signal is received by the server 500 via the mobile phone base station 700 and the mobile phone network 600, It is converted into an alarm stop interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol by the gateway device 300 from the server 500 via the Internet 400 and received by the resident alarm device 10-1. In this case, when the processor 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34 of the residential alarm 10-1 interprets the alarm stop interlocking signal received via the antenna 36 and the second receiving circuit 54 and detects effective reception, the processor 28 Control processing unit 62 is instructed to control the alarm control unit 60 to control the notification unit 40 so that the alarm sound by the voice message from the speaker 64 and the fire alarm by the alarm display of the LED 22 are stopped. Furthermore, the cooperation processing unit 62 instructs the alarm control unit 60 to instruct the alarm control unit 60 to the first transmission circuit 48 of the first wireless communication unit 30 and the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4. Control to stop the fire alarm by transmitting an alarm stop interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol. Similarly, for other control based on the operation of the mobile phone 800, processing corresponding to the control content is performed.

The human sensor processing unit 64 sends a home confirmation request signal from the mobile phone 800 via the mobile phone base station 700, the mobile phone network 600, the server 500, and the gateway device 300 to the antenna 36 and the second radio communication unit 34. When receiving through the receiving circuit 54 and decoding this to detect effective reception, the human detection signal from the human sensor 15 is transmitted through the second transmission circuit 52 and the antenna 36 of the second wireless communication unit 34. The home information is generated by transmitting to the server 500 via the gateway device 300, and the home information signal corresponding to this is generated from the server 500 to the mobile phone 800 via the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700. Send home information to be displayed.

  FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a transmitter used in the present invention. This is an example, and the separation and integration of each function can be arbitrarily performed, and each part or all of each function is executed by hardware even if executed by software (program). It may be a thing.

  The transmitter 100 shown in FIG. 9 includes a processor 128 known as a one-chip CPU. The processor 128 includes an antenna 132 that transmits and receives the first wireless communication protocol, a first transmission circuit 148, and a first reception circuit 150. A first wireless communication unit 130, an antenna 136 that transmits and receives a second wireless communication protocol, a second transmission circuit 152, a second reception circuit 154, a second wireless communication unit 134 that includes a processor 156, a speaker 164, and an LED 118. A notification unit 140 provided, an operation unit 142 provided with an emergency push button switch 116, a memory 144, and a battery power source 146 are provided.

  Details of the first wireless communication unit 130, the second wireless communication unit 134, the notification unit 140, the memory 144, and the battery power source 146 are the first wireless communication unit 30 and the second wireless communication unit of the residential police device 10-1 shown in FIG. 8. The communication unit 34, the notification unit 40, the memory 44, and the battery power source 46 are basically the same.

  The processor 128 is provided with functions of a transmission control unit 160 and a cooperation processing unit 162 as functions realized by executing the program.

  When detecting an emergency call operation by the emergency push button switch 116, the transmission control unit 160 transmits an emergency call interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol via the first transmission circuit 148 and the antenna 132 of the first wireless communication unit 130. The LED 118 that functions as a transmitter lamp is blinked or blinked for a predetermined time to notify the fact that the switch operation has been accepted and the emergency notification signal has been transmitted and that it has been transmitted. At this time, a switch operation acceptance sound such as “beep” may be output from the speaker 164 of the notification unit 140.

  When the transmission control unit 160 detects the effective reception of the fire-linked signal according to the first wireless communication protocol from the home alarm device 10 via the antenna 132 and the first reception circuit 150 of the first wireless communication unit 130, From 164, control is performed to output a fire alarm sound such as “Please confirm that the Woo Woo fire alarm has been activated”, and at the same time, the LED 118 blinks, for example, to perform an alarm display indicating a fire.

  In addition, when another transmitter is installed in the alarm system, the transmission control unit 160 receives the first wireless signal from the other transmitter through the antenna 132 and the first reception circuit 150 of the first wireless communication unit 130. When it is detected that an emergency call signal according to the communication protocol has been received effectively, an alarm sound indicating the occurrence of an abnormality such as “Please check if another transmitter has been activated” is repeatedly output from the speaker 164 of the notification unit 140 In addition, the LED 118 is blinked, for example, and a control for displaying an alarm is performed.

  Further, the transmission control unit 160 performs control to stop the alarm output when detecting the stop operation of the emergency push button switch 116 and the effective reception of the alarm stop interlocking signal from the house alarm device 10 during the fire alarm. In addition, the transmission control unit 160 performs control to relay the effectively received signal as necessary.

  In addition, the transmission control unit 160 performs transmission control, reception control, and low-battery fault monitoring in addition to this, and details thereof are the functions of the alarm control unit 60 provided in the residential alarm device 10-1 in FIG. Basically the same.

  When the transmission control unit 160 detects the operation of the emergency push button switch 116, the cooperation processing unit 162 instructs the processor 56 of the second wireless communication unit 34 from the transmission control unit 160, and in this case, the output from the transmission control unit 160 In response to the emergency call interlocking signal generated, an emergency report cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol is generated and transmitted from the second transmission circuit 52 to the gateway device 300 via the antenna 36, and the Internet 400 is transmitted. 7 is transmitted to the server 500 via the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700 and sent to the user's mobile phone 800, and the mobile phone 800 shown in FIG. An emergency call alarm screen 828 is displayed and an alarm sound is output.

  FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a power outlet device used in the present invention. This is an example, and the separation and integration of each function can be performed arbitrarily. In addition, any or all of the functions may be executed by software (program) or may be executed by hardware.

  The power outlet apparatus 200-1 is provided with the processor 208 and the second wireless communication unit 210 described above as a wireless transmission / reception chip. For a commercially available product compliant with the Z-Wave (R) wireless communication protocol, the processor 228 and A wireless transmission / reception IC chip including a second transmission circuit 222 and a second reception circuit 224 is provided.

  The power outlet device 200-1 is provided with an inlet 202 for inputting commercial AC power, and three outlets 204 for branching and outputting the commercial AC power input from the inlet 202, so that a power plug of a home electric appliance can be connected. A sensor 206 is inserted and connected to one of the power lines for the output outlet 204, and for example, an alternating current consumed by a device connected to each outlet 204 is detected and input to the processor 208. One sensor 206 may be provided for three outlets 204 (one inlet 202). In this case, the sensor 206 detects the sum of alternating current consumed by the devices connected to the three outlets 204.

  Specifically, plugs and sockets are used as the inlet 202 and the outlet 204, and fuses, noise filters, and the like are appropriately inserted in the power input and output lines (not shown).

  The second wireless communication unit 210 is provided with a second transmission circuit 222, a second reception circuit 224, and a processor 228. The antenna 212 uses, for example, a 900 MHz band in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol compliant with Z-Wave (R). A signal is transmitted / received to / from the gateway device 300 via

  The processor 208 is provided with the function of the power measuring unit 226. The power measuring unit 226 performs AD conversion on the current detection signal detected by the sensor 206 at a predetermined sampling period and reads the predetermined current calculation using a predetermined AC rated voltage. The power consumption is calculated and the power consumption is integrated, and the control is instructed to the processor 228 of the wireless communication unit 210, and the power detection signal (power detection message) indicating the calculated power consumption and the power consumption is second. It is generated according to the communication protocol, and is transmitted from the second transmission circuit 222 of the second wireless communication unit 210 to the gateway device 300 via the antenna 212.

  Note that some or all of the calculation of power consumption and power consumption in the power measurement unit 226 may be performed on the gateway device 300, the server 500, or the mobile phone 800 side. In this case, for example, the second transmission circuit 222 is used. To the gateway device 300 is a signal indicating data before the completion of the calculation.

The processor 208 receives the power control signal from the server 500 side transmitted from the gateway device 300 as necessary by the second reception circuit 224 of the second wireless communication unit 210 via the antenna 212 and decodes it by the processor 228. When it is detected that the signal is effectively received, the control corresponding to the power control signal transferred from the processor 228 is performed. For such power control based on an instruction from the server 500 side, for example, a relay contact disposed on a power supply line for the outlet 204 is opened and closed, and power is turned on or off as necessary. In addition to this, control or the like for changing the limit value of the power that can be supplied from the outlet 204 to the device connected to the outlet 204 may be performed.

  A power indicator lamp 214, an operation unit 216, a memory 218, and a power supply circuit unit 220 are provided for the processor 208. The power supply circuit unit 220 generates a predetermined DC power source from a commercial AC power source supplied via the inlet 202. Then, the data is supplied to the processor 208, the second wireless communication unit 210, and other necessary units including the above-described relay.

  FIG. 11 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the gateway device 300 used in the present invention. This is an example, and the separation and integration of each function can be performed arbitrarily. In addition, any or all of the functions may be executed by software (program) or may be executed by hardware.

  The gateway apparatus 300 is provided with a processor 302. For the processor 302, a wired communication unit 304, an antenna 312, a second wireless communication unit 310 that is a wireless transmission / reception chip, a display unit 314, an operation unit 316, a memory 318, and a commercial A power supply circuit unit 320 is provided for connecting an AC power supply (this inlet is not shown). The power supply circuit unit 320 generates DC power from commercial AC power and supplies it to each necessary unit.

  The second wireless communication unit 310 includes a second transmission circuit 322, a second reception circuit 324, and a processor 328. The antenna 312 uses, for example, a 900 MHz band in accordance with a second wireless communication protocol compliant with Z-Wave (R). A signal is transmitted / received to / from the power outlet device 200 or the residential security device 10-1.

The wired communication unit 304 is connected to a network device such as a router constituting the Internet 400 through a signal line 306, and transmits / receives a signal to / from the server 500 according to the Internet communication protocol. Of course, when a wireless network device is used, instead of the wired communication unit 304 and the signal line 306, a predetermined wireless communication unit to which an antenna is connected may be provided to make this communication wireless.

  The processor 302 is provided with the function of the protocol conversion unit 326, which converts the IP signal (Internet protocol signal) according to the Internet communication protocol received by the wired communication unit 304 into a TCP signal (transfer protocol signal) and performs the second wireless communication. Transfer is performed to the processor 328 of the unit 310 and control is instructed. Under the control of the processor 328, the TCP signal is converted into a signal in accordance with the two wireless communication protocol and transmitted via the second transmission circuit 322 and the antenna 312.

Further, the processor 328 provided in the second wireless communication unit 310 decodes a signal in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol received via the antenna 312 and the second receiving circuit 324, and detects the second signal when effective reception is detected. A signal in accordance with the wireless communication protocol is converted into a TCP signal and transferred to the protocol converter 326 of the processor 302 to instruct control. The protocol conversion unit 326 converts the TCP signal transferred from the processor 328 into an IP signal according to the Internet communication protocol, transfers the IP signal to the wired communication unit 304, outputs the IP signal, and transmits the IP signal to the server 500 from the Internet 400.

  In the present embodiment, the IP address of the server 500 that is the destination is specified by the home alarm device 10-1 and the power outlet devices 200-1 to 200-5, but the IP address of the server 500 that is the destination by the gateway device 300. An address may be specified.

  FIG. 12 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of the processing of the home guard 10-1 of FIG. 8 used in the linkage system of the present invention. In FIG. 13, when the power supply by the battery power source 46 of the mortgage alarm device 10-1 is started, initialization, reading of various self-diagnosis settings, etc. are executed in step S1, and if there is no abnormality, the process proceeds to step S2 and fire The presence or absence of is detected. If there is an initialization abnormality in step S1, the notification unit 40 notifies that fact and stops the operation halfway or performs the process of step S1 again, but the illustration is omitted.

  FIG.12 and FIG.13 is the flowchart which illustrated the outline of the process of the residence guard 10-1 of FIG. 8 used for the cooperation system of this invention. In this flowchart, the transmission / reception of the ACK signal and the processing accompanying it are omitted.

  In FIG. 12, when the power supply by the battery power source 40 of the residence guard 10-1 is started, initialization, self-diagnosis, reading of various settings, etc. are executed in step S1, and if there is no abnormality, the process proceeds to step S2. The presence or absence of a fire is detected. If there is an initialization abnormality in step S1, the notification unit 40 notifies that fact and stops the operation halfway, or the process of step S1 is performed again, but the illustration is omitted.

  In step S2, when the smoke detection signal output from the smoke detector 16 provided in the sensor unit 38 exceeds a predetermined fire level, it is detected that there is a fire, and the process proceeds to step S3 to perform a fire-linked process and a linked process. The fire interlocking process of step S3 generates a fire interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol and wirelessly transmits it to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4. The fire alarm indicating the interlocking source is output from the speaker 66 by an alarm sound by a voice message or the like and an alarm display by, for example, lighting of the LED 22.

  In addition, the cooperation processing in step S3 generates a fire cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol, transmits the fire cooperation interlocking signal to the server 500 via the gateway device 300, and further transmits the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station from the server 500. 6 is transmitted to the mobile phone 800 to display the fire alarm screen shown in FIG. 6 and to perform a fire alarm by cooperation interlocking that outputs an alarm sound (fire cooperation interlocking).

  Subsequently, in step S4, the presence or absence of a fire restoration in which the smoke detection signal from the smoke detecting section 16 is lowered to cancel the fire detection state is detected. And linked processing. In the fire recovery interlocking process in step S5, the fire recovery interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol is transmitted to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4, and then the alarm sound from the speaker 66 and the lighting of the LED 22 are performed. Stops the fire alarm indicating the link source. Here, the alarm display by the LED 22 may be turned off after a predetermined time has elapsed since the alarm sound stopped.

  In addition, the cooperation processing in step S5 generates a fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol and transmits the fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal to the server 500 via the gateway device 300, and the server 500 transmits the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station. 700 is transmitted to the mobile phone 800 via 700 to stop the fire alarm due to the cooperation (fire recovery cooperation).

  Subsequently, in step S6, the presence or absence of an alarm stop instruction operation of the alarm stop switch 20 is detected. When the switch operation is detected, the process proceeds to step S7, where the alarm stop interlocking process and the linkage process are performed. In the alarm stop interlocking process in step S7, the alarm stop interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol is transmitted to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4, and the alarm sound indicating the interlocking source from its own speaker 66 is transmitted. The output is stopped, and the alarm display by turning on the LED 22 is turned off. In this case, the alarm display by the LED 22 may be turned off after a predetermined time has elapsed from the stop of the alarm sound.

  In addition, the cooperation process in step S7 generates an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol and transmits it to the server 500 via the gateway device 300. The server 500 transmits the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station. 700 is transmitted to the mobile phone 800 via 700 to stop the fire alarm due to the cooperation (alarm stop cooperation).

  Then, it progresses to step S8 and the presence or absence of the effective reception of the fire interlocking signal according to the 1st radio | wireless communication protocol transmitted from any of other residence police devices 10-2 to 10-4 according to the 1st wireless communication protocol is detected. . When the effective reception of the fire interlocking signal from any of the other home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 is detected, the process proceeds to step S9, and the fire interlocking process and the cooperation process are performed. In the fire interlocking process in step S9, an alarm sound such as a voice message is output from the speaker 66 of the own notification unit 40 as a fire alarm indicating the interlock destination, and an alarm display by blinking of the LED 22, for example, is performed. At this time, relay transmission or re-relay transmission to other mortgages is performed as necessary, but the description is omitted. The same applies to steps S11 and S13.

  In addition, in the cooperation process in step S9, a fire cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated and transmitted to the server 500 via the gateway device 300, and the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700 are transmitted from the server 500. Is sent to the mobile phone 800 via the link, and a fire alarm is output by a cooperative link (fire alarm cooperative link).

  Next, the process proceeds to step S10 in FIG. 13 to detect the presence / absence of effective reception of the fire recovery interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol transmitted or relayed from the other mortgages 10-2 to 10-4. If the effective reception of the fire recovery interlock signal is detected, the process proceeds to step S11 to perform the fire recovery interlock process and the cooperation process. In the fire recovery interlocking process of step S11, the alarm sound output from the speaker 66 and the alarm display by the blinking of the LED 22 which are performed as the alarm of the interlocking destination are stopped.

  In addition, the cooperation processing in step S11 generates a fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol and transmits the fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal to the server 500 via the gateway device 300. The server 500 transmits the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station. 700 is transmitted to the mobile phone 800 via 700 and the fire alarm is stopped by cooperation (fire recovery cooperation).

  Next, in step S12, the presence or absence of effective reception of the alarm stop interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol transmitted or relayed from the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 is detected, and the alarm stop interlocking is performed. When the effective reception of the signal is detected, the process proceeds to step S13, and the interlocking alarm stop interlocking process and the interlocking process are performed. The interlocking alarm stop interlocking process of step S13 stops the alarm display by the alarm sound output from the speaker 66 and the blinking of the LED 22, which is performed as the interlocking destination alarm.

  In addition, the cooperation processing in step S13 generates an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol and transmits the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal to the server 500 via the gateway device 300. The server 500 transmits the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station. 700 is transmitted to the mobile phone 800 via 700 and the fire alarm is stopped by cooperation (alarm stop cooperation).

  Next, in step S14, the presence or absence of effective reception of the emergency call interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol transmitted or relayed from the transmitter 100 is detected. Proceeding to S15, the emergency call linkage processing and the linkage processing are performed. In the emergency call interlocking process of step S15, an alarm indicating an emergency call is output from the speaker 66 by an emergency call alarm sound by a voice message or the like and an alarm display by turning on the LED 22, for example.

  In addition, the cooperation processing in step S15 generates an emergency call cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol and transmits it to the server 500 via the gateway device 300. The server 500 transmits the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station. 7 is transmitted to the mobile phone 800 to display the emergency call alarm screen shown in FIG. 7 and output an alarm sound to perform an emergency call alarm operation by linkage (emergency call linkage).

  Then, it progresses to step S16, and when a low battery failure or a sensor failure is detected by the home police device 10-1 itself, or a low battery failure is detected from the other home watch devices 10-2 to 10-4 according to the first wireless communication protocol. Or when the effective reception of the fault interlocking signal which shows a sensor fault is detected, it progresses to step S17 and performs a fault interlocking process and a cooperation process. In the fault interlocking process in step S17, a low battery fault alarm or a sensor fault alarm indicating the interlock source or the interlock destination is performed with an alarm sound and an alarm display. Also, in the cooperation processing in step S17, a corresponding failure cooperation interlocking signal is generated according to the second wireless communication protocol, transmitted to the server 500 via the gateway device 300, and the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700 are transmitted from the server 500. Is transmitted to the mobile phone 800 via the mobile phone 800 to display a fault alarm screen and to output a fault alarm by a cooperative interlocking operation that outputs an alarm sound.

Subsequently, in step S18, a reception process of the cooperation interlocking signal transmitted from the user's mobile phone 800 via the server 500 and the gateway device 300 , for example, effective reception of the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol. When a fire alarm is detected, the fire alarm is stopped, and further, an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol is transmitted to the other residential alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4 as cooperation processing with the alarm system. To stop the alarm.

  FIG. 14 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of processing of the transmitter 100 of FIG. In FIG. 14, when the power supply by the battery power source 146 of the transmitter 100 is started, initialization, self-diagnosis, reading of various settings, etc. are executed in step S21. The presence or absence of an operation is detected.

  In step S22, when it is detected that there is an emergency call operation by the emergency push button switch 116, the process proceeds to step S23, and an emergency call link process and a linkage process are performed. In the emergency call interlocking process in step S23, an emergency call signal in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol is wirelessly transmitted to another resident alarm device, and an alarm sound by a voice message or the like from the speaker 164 of the notification unit 140 and the LED 118, for example, is turned on. The emergency call alarm is output by the alarm display. Further, in the cooperation process in step S23, an emergency call signal according to the second wireless communication protocol is generated and transmitted to the gateway device 300.

  Then, it progresses to step S24, and the presence or absence of the effective reception of the fire interlocking signal according to the 1st radio | wireless communication protocol transmitted or relay-transmitted from either of the resident guards 10-1 to 10-4 is detected. When the effective reception of the fire interlocking signal from any of the other home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4 is detected, the process proceeds to step S25, and the fire interlocking process and the cooperation process are performed. In the fire interlocking process in step S25, an alarm sound such as a voice message is output from the speaker 164 of the self-notification unit 140 as a fire alarm indicating the interlocking destination, and an alarm display by blinking of the LED 118, for example, is performed. At this time, relay transmission or re-relay transmission to the home policing device is performed as necessary, but the description is omitted. The same applies to steps S11 and S13.

  In addition, the cooperation processing in step S25 generates a fire cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol and transmits the fire cooperation interlocking signal to the server 500 via the gateway device 300. From the server 500, the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700 are transmitted. Is transmitted to the mobile phone 800 via the, and a fire alarm is output by cooperation.

  Next, in step S26, the presence or absence of effective reception of the fire recovery interlock signal in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol transmitted or relayed from the home alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4 is detected. When valid reception is detected, the process proceeds to step S27, and fire recovery interlocking processing and cooperation processing are performed. In the fire recovery interlocking process in step S27, the alarm display by the alarm sound output from the speaker 164 and the blinking of the LED 118, which is performed as the alarm of the interlocking destination, is stopped.

  In addition, the cooperation processing in step S27 generates a fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol and transmits the fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal to the server 500 via the gateway device 300. The server 500 transmits the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station. The fire alarm is stopped by being linked to the mobile phone 800 via 700.

  Next, in step S28, the presence or absence of an effective reception of the alarm stop interlocking signal according to the first wireless communication protocol transmitted or relay-transmitted from the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4 is detected. When valid reception is detected, the process proceeds to step S29, and the interlocking alarm stop interlocking process and the cooperation process are performed. The interlocking alarm stop interlocking process of step S13 stops the alarm display by the alarm sound output from the speaker 164 and the blinking of the LED 118, which is performed as the interlocking destination alarm.

  In addition, the cooperation processing in step S29 generates an alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal according to the second wireless communication protocol and transmits it to the server 500 via the gateway device 300. The server 500 transmits the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station. The fire alarm is stopped by being linked to the mobile phone 800 via 700.

  Then, it progresses to step S30, and when the low battery failure or the sensor failure is detected by the transmitter 100 itself, or the low battery failure is detected according to the first wireless communication protocol from the other transmitters or the residential alarm devices 10-1 to 10-4. Or when effective reception of the failure interlocking signal which shows a sensor failure is detected, it progresses to step S31 and performs a failure interlocking process and a cooperation process. In the fault interlocking process in step S31, a low battery fault alarm or a sensor fault alarm indicating the interlock source or the interlock destination is performed with an alarm sound and an alarm display. Further, in the cooperation processing in step S31, a corresponding failure cooperation interlocking signal is generated according to the second wireless communication protocol, and is transmitted to the server 500 via the gateway device 300. From the server 500, the mobile phone network 600 and the mobile phone base station 700 are transmitted. Is transmitted to the mobile phone 800 via the mobile phone 800 to display a fault alarm screen and to output a fault alarm by a cooperative interlocking operation that outputs an alarm sound.

  FIG. 15 is a flowchart illustrating an outline of processing of the server 500 shown in FIG. In FIG. 15, when the server 500 is started by turning on the power, initialization, self-diagnosis, reading of various settings, and the like are executed in step S41. If there is no abnormality, the process proceeds to step S42 and power management processing is executed.

  In the power management process in step S42, the power consumption amount, the total power consumption amount, etc. are obtained based on the power detection signal sent from the power outlet device 200, and when the browsing request signal from the mobile phone 800 is received, Send and display power consumption information for home appliances.

  Subsequently, in step S43, the presence / absence of a home confirmation request from the home confirmation request signal from the mobile phone 800 is detected. If it is detected that there is a home confirmation request, the process proceeds to step S44. A human detection signal is acquired from the provided human sensor 15, and a home information screen 810 as shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, in step S45, the presence / absence of effective reception of the fire-linked signal from the home alarm device 10 is detected. If it is detected that the fire-linked signal is effectively received, the process proceeds to step S46, and the portable terminal 800 receives the fire-linked processing. A fire alarm screen 818 as shown in FIG. 6 is displayed and an alarm sound is output.

  Moreover, in the fire cooperation process of step S46, when the home confirmation request signal by operation of the home confirmation button 818 provided in the fire alarm screen 818 of FIG. A human detection signal is acquired from the human sensor 15 provided on the mobile phone 800, and a home information screen 810 as shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, in step S47, the presence / absence of effective reception of the emergency call cooperation interlocking signal from the transmitter 100 is detected. When the presence of effective reception of the emergency call cooperation interlocking signal is detected, the process proceeds to step S48, and the emergency call cooperation processing is carried out as a mobile phone. The terminal 800 displays an emergency call alarm screen 828 as shown in FIG. 7 and outputs an alarm sound.

  Further, in the emergency call linkage processing in step S48, when it is detected that a home confirmation request signal by operating the home confirmation button 818 provided on the emergency call alarm screen 828 in FIG. Then, a human detection signal is acquired from the human sensor 15 provided in the house alarm 10, and a home information screen 810 as shown in FIG.

  Subsequently, in step S49, the presence / absence of effective reception of the fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal from the home alarm device 10 is detected. If the presence of effective reception of the fire recovery cooperation interlocking signal is detected, the process proceeds to step S50, and the fire alarm by the mobile terminal 800 is detected. Stop.

  Subsequently, in step S51, the presence / absence of effective reception of the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal from the resident alarm 10 is detected. When the presence of effective reception of the alarm stop cooperation interlocking signal is detected, the process proceeds to step S52, and the fire alarm by the mobile terminal 800 is detected. Or stop the emergency call alarm.

  Subsequently, when it is detected in step S53 that there is an effective reception of a fault cooperation interlocking signal such as a low battery fault from the home alarm device 10 or the transmitter 100, the process proceeds to step S54, and the mobile phone 800 starts the operation of the home alarm device 10 or the transmitter 100. The failure information is notified.

  The alarm system in the above embodiment is an example of an interlocking system of a residential alarm that detects and alerts a fire. However, a fire alarm other than a residential alarm, a gas leak alarm, a CO alarm It can be applied in the same way to various alarm devices, crime prevention alarms, earthquake alarms (emergency earthquake warning receivers, etc.), other alarm systems with any alarm devices, and mixed alarm devices. . Furthermore, the present invention can be applied to a system including a relay device and a receiving device in addition to these alarm devices.

  In addition, the residential alarm device 10-1 of FIG. 8 is provided with a smoke detection unit 16 and takes as an example a smoke type fire alarm that observes smoke generated by a fire and detects a fire in the monitoring area. However, in addition to this, a thermal dwelling device equipped with a temperature sensing element such as a thermistor that detects heat associated with a fire, a fire alarm device that detects other environmental changes associated with a fire, and an alarm that detects a gas leak other than a fire Various alarm devices for detecting alarms, intruders, earthquakes and other abnormalities, and alarm devices formed by combining these alarm devices are also included in the scope of the present invention.

Further, the communication related to the alarm device linkage and the cooperation of each unit does not have to be performed by wireless communication, and may be performed by wired communication or by appropriately mixing wired and wireless communication. In this case, each communication protocol may be replaced with a protocol adapted to them. Also, the Internet 400 can be replaced with another network that can realize the functions of the present invention.

Further, in the above embodiment, the conversion between the first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication protocol is performed on the side of the house alarm, but this may be performed on the gateway device side. In this case, the gateway device 300 of the above embodiment is provided with a first wireless communication unit, a conversion processing unit for the first wireless communication protocol and the second wireless communication protocol, and performs processing in cooperation with the second wireless communication unit. To. In such a system, the second wireless communication unit of the alarm device can be omitted.

  Moreover, the apparatus cooperation system of this invention does not prevent that the alarm device which comprises an alarm system is one.

  The device management system in the above embodiment is an example of managing the power consumption of home appliances. However, various environmental changes are detected by a sensor network to optimally control home appliances such as air conditioners. It is also possible to link with an appropriate device management system. Of course, it is good also as an apparatus cooperation system which performs power management control and such environmental management control in combination.

  In addition, the flowcharts in the above-described embodiments have described a schematic example of processing, and the order of processing is not limited to this. In addition, a delay time can be provided between the processes or between the processes, and other determination processes or other processes can be inserted.

  In the above embodiment, a mobile phone is taken as an example of the user terminal, but includes an appropriate user terminal such as a mobile terminal that can be connected to a server via a wireless network or a wired network.

  In addition, the processor shown in the above embodiment can replace some or all of its functions with other means such as wired logic. Other electrical and functional configurations including the processor can be appropriately integrated and abolished.

  In addition, the above embodiment can be applied not only to a house (dwelling unit) but also to a cooperation between an alarm system for various uses such as a building or an office and a device management system.

  The installation location and manager of each device are arbitrary. For example, the server 500 can be installed in an electric power company and managed by the electric power company, and the alarm device can be installed in the home.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, includes appropriate modifications that do not impair the objects and advantages thereof, and is not limited by the numerical values shown in the above-described embodiments.

10-1 to 10-4: House alarm device 24: Housing 28, 56 , 128 , 156 , 208 , 228 , 302 , 328: Processor 30, 130 : First wireless communication unit 34, 134 , 210 , 310 : Second Wireless communication units 32 , 36, 132, 136, 212, 312 : Antenna 38: Sensor unit 40: Notification unit 42: Operation unit 44: Memory 46: Battery power supply 48: First transmission circuit 50: First reception circuit 52, 152 , 222 , 322 : second transmission circuit 54, 154 , 224 , 324 : second reception circuit 60: alarm control unit 62: cooperation processing unit 100: transmitter 200-1 to 200-5: power outlet device
202 : Inlet
204 : Outlet
206 : Sensor 226: Power measurement unit 300: Gateway device 304: Wired communication unit 400: Internet 500: Server 502: Device management unit 504: Alarm management unit 600: Mobile phone network 700: Mobile phone base station 800: Mobile phone 802 : Alarm screen

Claims (2)

When an abnormality is detected, an abnormality alarm is output, an abnormality interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is transmitted, and when an abnormality interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol is received, an abnormality alarm is output, An alarm system provided with a plurality of alarm devices for detecting presence / absence of a person by a human sensor and transmitting a person detection signal according to the first communication protocol when a home confirmation request signal according to one communication protocol is received; ,
A device state detection device that detects a state of a predetermined device and transmits a state detection signal in accordance with the second communication protocol, and receives various signals in accordance with the second communication protocol including the state detection signal. When the home confirmation request signal is received from the server , the home confirmation request signal is converted into a signal according to the second communication protocol and transmitted. When a human detection signal according to the second communication protocol is received, a network adapter that converts the human detection signal into a signal according to the Internet communication protocol and transmits the signal, and processing corresponding to the signal received from the network adapter And a device management system provided with the server for sending the processing result to the user terminal and outputting it,
With
When detecting the abnormality or receiving an abnormality interlocking signal in accordance with the first communication protocol, any of the plurality of alarm devices transmits an abnormality cooperation interlocking signal in accordance with the second communication protocol; When the home confirmation request signal according to the communication protocol is received, the second communication protocol is transmitted when the home confirmation request signal according to the first communication protocol is transmitted and the person detection signal according to the first communication protocol is received. Provided a cooperation processing unit to send a human detection signal according to
To the server,
When receiving an abnormal cooperation interlocking signal from the network adapter, an alarm management unit that transmits the processing result of the abnormal cooperation interlocking signal to the user terminal and outputs an abnormal alarm;
When a home confirmation request signal is received from the user terminal, a home detection request signal is transmitted to the network adapter to obtain a person detection signal from the plurality of alarm devices, and the plurality of alarms are based on the person detection signal. A home management unit for generating home information corresponding to the installation location of the device and displaying the home information on the user terminal;
An alarm linkage system characterized by providing

In the alarm linkage system according to claim 1 ,
The plurality of alarm devices, when abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure is detected, transmit an abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol,
When the cooperation processing unit receives an abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure interlocking signal according to the first communication protocol, it transmits an abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure cooperation interlocking signal according to the second communication protocol. ,
When the network adapter receives a cooperative link signal of abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure according to the second communication protocol, it converts the cooperative link signal into a signal according to the Internet communication protocol, and sends it.
The alarm management unit of the server, when receiving the cooperation recovery signal of abnormality recovery, alarm stop or failure from the network adapter, transmits the processing result of the cooperation interlocking signal to the user terminal for output. Characteristic alarm linkage system.

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