JP5893925B2 - Cooperation system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention provides a gas management system and / or an automatic meter reading of a power meter that includes an alarm system for monitoring an abnormality such as a fire by installing an alarm device in a house and the like, and a smart meter for gas that performs automatic meter reading of a gas meter remotely. The present invention relates to a linkage system that links a power output management system including a smart meter for electric power that is remotely operated.

  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.

  In such a house alarm device, it is operated by a battery power source, and is integrally provided with a sensor unit for detecting a fire and an alarm unit for alarming a fire. When a fire is detected from a detection signal of the sensor unit, a predetermined pattern is generated from the alarm unit. Because the fire alarm is output and informed, fire monitoring and alarm can be done with a single mortgage alarm device without the need for dedicated receiving equipment like the so-called automatic fire alarm equipment, so installation is simple and cost-effective It is also inexpensive and has become widespread due to the obligatory installation in ordinary houses.

  On the other hand, in recent years, a gas management system called the new version of the centralized monitoring system that enables automatic gas meter reading at the data center by installing a smart meter for gas that builds a wireless sensor network in the gas meter has been put into practical use. Yes.

  In such a gas management system, it is possible to connect a home communication adapter for short-range wireless communication to a gas meter, and connect the home communication adapter to a wide area wireless communication network or a third generation mobile communication network known as 3G It is connected to a wide-area communication adapter, and automatic meter reading is performed by transmitting and processing meter reading information read from the gas meter in response to a periodic meter reading request from a server provided in the data center.

Similarly, a power management system that performs automatic meter reading of a power meter and manages it has also been proposed.

JP 2010-020663 A JP 2010-028177

  By the way, since such a conventional alarm system for fire monitoring and a gas management system for example for automatic meter reading have different backgrounds and purposes, development has been promoted as separate systems. In particular, various alarm systems that detect and warn of fires in general houses have been developed and widely used in accordance with the mandatory installation of legal systems.

  For this reason, a gas management system using a wireless network (wireless communication network) using an alarm system using a gas monitor and a smart meter for gas will exist and function in the same environment as a house in the near future. .

  For this reason, it is conceivable to integrate the alarm system for monitoring the abnormality of the alarm system, for example, using a wireless network by a gas management system. However, the background and purpose of the two are greatly different, and legal standards and product standards are also unique. Similarly, the alarm system and the power management system require some ingenuity to be integrated.

  For such system integration, the home communication adapter of the gas management system is connected to the house alarm installed in the house with a bus signal line, and the fire interlock signal is linked when a fire is detected and alarmed by the house alarm. For example, it may be sent to a fire monitoring server on the Internet and processed using the communication network of the gas management system.

  However, in order to connect the house alarm to the residential communication adapter of the gas management system through the bus signal line, it is necessary to newly install a dedicated interface circuit unit for transmitting and receiving signals according to a predetermined bus communication protocol on the house alarm side. However, there is a problem that it requires a major renovation and change on the side of the house alarm, and the existing house alarm cannot be used.

  In addition, in the case of a house alarm, there is a transfer circuit part that outputs a transfer signal to the outside when a fire is detected and alarmed, but it is not compatible with the interface circuit part of the home communication adapter, The transfer circuit unit cannot be used for connection with the home communication adapter.

The present invention makes it easy to transfer a warning signal of an alarm system to a wireless communication network of a device management system that performs automatic meter reading of a gas meter and / or a power meter without requiring modification or change of the alarm device (residential alarm device). It is an object to provide a linkage system that can be linked to each other.

(Cooperation system A)
The present invention
When an abnormality is detected by an alarm device installed in a house, an abnormality alarm is output from the alarm device, and an existing alarm system that can transmit a transfer signal to the outside from the transfer transmission unit of the alarm device, and
A home communication device connected to a device installed in a house and another home communication device transmit and receive signals according to the first wireless communication protocol, and one home communication device connected to the device and a wide area connected to the home communication device A signal is transmitted / received to / from the communication device according to a predetermined wired communication protocol, and a signal is transmitted / received between the wide area communication device and the device management server on the external wide area communication network according to the second wireless communication protocol. An existing device management system that transmits and processes the signal to the device management server via the home communication device and the wide area communication device, and
Is a linkage system that links
When connected to the alarm transmission unit of the alarm device and receiving a signal from the alarm device, the alarm signal is converted into a signal in accordance with the wired communication protocol and transmitted to receive the signal from the alarm device. When a stop is detected, a repeater that converts and transmits the message to a message stop signal according to the wired communication protocol, and
When connecting to a repeater and receiving a transfer signal in accordance with a wired communication protocol from the repeater, it converts to a transfer signal in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol and transmits it. When receiving a message stop signal in accordance with the communication protocol, an in-home communication device for cooperation that converts and transmits the message to a message stop signal in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol ;
With
The alarm signal transmitted by the alarm device is transmitted to the abnormality monitoring server on the external wide area communication network via the repeater, the in-home communication apparatus for cooperation, the in-home communication apparatus connected to the wide area communication apparatus, and the wide area communication apparatus. The abnormality monitoring server processes this, sends the processing result to the user terminal, outputs an abnormality alarm ,
Sending the message stop signal sent by the repeater to the anomaly monitoring server on the external wide area communication network via the in-home communication apparatus for cooperation, the in-home communication apparatus connected to the wide area communication apparatus and the wide area communication apparatus, and monitoring the anomaly It handles this server, and wherein the Rukoto to stop the abnormal alarm by sending the processing result to the user terminal.

(Cooperation system B)
The present invention
When an abnormality is detected by an alarm device installed in a house, an abnormality alarm is output from the alarm device, and an existing alarm system that can transmit a transfer signal to the outside from the transfer transmission unit of the alarm device, and
A home communication device connected to a device installed in a house and another home communication device transmit and receive signals according to the first wireless communication protocol, and one home communication device connected to the device and a wide area connected to the home communication device A signal is transmitted / received to / from the communication device according to a predetermined wired communication protocol, and a signal is transmitted / received between the wide area communication device and the device management server on the external wide area communication network according to the second wireless communication protocol. An existing device management system that transmits and processes the signal to the device management server via the home communication device and the wide area communication device, and
Is a linkage system that links
When connected to the alarm transmission section of the alarm device and receiving the alarm signal from the alarm device, the alarm signal is converted into a signal according to the first wireless communication protocol and transmitted. When a signal reception stop is detected, a relay is provided that converts the signal to a message stop signal according to the first wireless communication protocol and transmits the message stop signal ,
The alarm signal transmitted by the alarm device is transmitted to the abnormality monitoring server on the external wide area communication network via the repeater, the in-home communication apparatus connected to the wide area communication apparatus and the wide area communication apparatus, and the abnormality monitoring server transmits this signal. Process, send the processing result to the user terminal and output an abnormal alarm ,
Sending the stop signal transmitted by the repeater to the abnormal monitoring server on the external wide area network via the in-home communication apparatus and the wide area communication apparatus connected to the wide area communication apparatus, and processing this in the abnormal monitoring server characterized by isosamples sends the processing result to the user terminal stops the abnormal alarm.

The alarm system is linked to a gas management system that automatically reads a gas meter installed in a house or a power management system that automatically reads a power meter installed in a house as a device management system .

The alarm system cooperates with both a gas management system that automatically reads a gas meter installed in a house and a power management system that automatically reads a power meter installed in a house as a device management system .

  According to the present invention, a first alarm according to a first wireless communication protocol formed by an alarm device of an alarm system that detects an abnormality and outputs an alarm and transmits a transfer signal and an in-home communication adapter of the device management system. A repeater that is connected to the alarm device and connected to the in-house communication device for cooperation is arranged between the wireless communication network, and when a relay signal is received from the alarm device by this repeater, a predetermined wired communication protocol is set. The communication signal is converted into a conforming in-house communication device and transmitted to the in-home communication device for cooperation, and the in-home communication in which the in-house communication device for cooperation is further converted into the informing signal according to the first wireless communication protocol and connected to the device of the device management system. Since it was made to transmit to the device, the alarm circuit's transfer circuit unit (transfer transmission unit) is not required, without requiring a change such as newly providing an interface circuit unit for connecting the home communication device for cooperation to the alarm device. It can be easily combined to cooperate with the wireless communications network equipment management system using remain. In addition, even an existing alarm system does not require a change of an alarm device, and can be easily combined and linked with a device management system.

  Through such a cooperation, the transfer signal from the alarm device of the alarm system arranged in the house is sent via the wireless communication network formed in the house of the gas management system and / or the power monitoring system as the equipment management system. Since the processing result is transmitted to an abnormality monitoring server on the external wide area network and the processing result is transmitted to a user terminal such as a mobile phone to output an abnormality alarm, the device management system is used to output the alarm system. For example, even when the user is out, the user can know the operation of the alarm device and appropriately respond to it, and can provide convenience to the user.

According to another aspect of the present invention, a relay is connected to the alarm device of the alarm system, and the relay signal from the alarm device is converted into a signal according to the first wireless communication protocol by the relay device. Because it was relayed, there is no need to change the alarm device such as a new interface circuit unit for cooperation, and no in-home communication device for cooperation is required, so the alarm system alarm device and device management system wireless communication The network can be easily combined and linked only by a repeater.

Explanatory drawing which showed schematic structure of the cooperation system by this invention Explanatory drawing which took out and showed the apparatus of the alarm system and gas management system in the house of FIG. Block diagram showing the schematic configuration of the home guard and relay adapter Block diagram showing the schematic configuration of the home communications adapter Block diagram showing schematic configuration of wide area communication adapter Explanatory drawing showing the fire alarm screen displayed on the mobile phone The block diagram which showed the schematic structure of other embodiment of the relay adapter with the residence guard

[Configuration of linkage system]
FIG. 1 shows an outline configuration of a cooperative system according to the present invention, taking as an example a case where an alarm system installed in a house or the like and a gas management system that performs gas meter automatic meter reading, which is an example of a device management system, are linked. FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the alarm system and the gas management system installed in the house shown in FIG. First, the configuration will be described.

(Alarm system configuration)
In FIG. 1, the alarm system is configured by a stand-alone residential alarm (residential fire alarm) 10. The home alarm device 10 is installed in the living room 12, but may be installed in each monitoring area (monitoring area) of the kitchen, the child's room, and the main bedroom as necessary to monitor the fire.

  If the fire alarm 10 detects a fire, it outputs a fire alarm. In addition, the home alarm device 10 includes a message transmission unit, and when an external device is connected thereto via a message signal line, a fire signal is transmitted to the outside when a fire is detected.

(Composition of the home alarm)
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the residence guard and the relay adapter. In FIG. 3, the stand-alone house alarm device 10 includes an alarm control unit 100, a sensor unit 102, a notification unit 104, an operation unit 106, and a message transmission unit 110, and is operated by a battery power source (not shown). The alarm control unit 100 is a computer circuit or a wired logic circuit provided with a CPU, a memory, various input / output ports, and the like.

  The sensor unit 102 detects smoke by, for example, a scattered light type smoke detection mechanism and outputs a smoke detection signal corresponding to the smoke density. Note that a temperature detection element such as a thermistor may be provided in the sensor unit 102, and a temperature detection signal may be output to detect a fire.

  The notification unit 104 includes a speaker and an LED, outputs an alarm sound from the speaker, and performs an alarm display by the LED. The operation unit 106 includes an alarm stop switch.

  The message transmission unit 110 includes, for example, a message relay 116 and a relay contact 118, and the relay contact 118 is connected to the relay adapter 15 via the message signal line 11.

  The alarm control unit 100 performs control for outputting a fire alarm sound from the notification unit 104 and performing control for displaying a fire alarm when a fire is detected based on the smoke detection signal from the sensor unit 102.

The alarm control unit 100 performs control to output a transfer signal from the transfer transmission unit 110 when a fire is detected. That is, in the normal monitoring state, the alarm control unit 100 opens the relay contact 118 while the relay 116 is inactive. However, when a fire is detected and a fire alarm is output, the alarm relay 116 is operated to open the relay contact. 118 is closed, and a transition signal to be a no-voltage contact signal is transmitted to the relay adapter 15 via the transition signal line 11. Further, when a fire recovery or an alarm stop is detected after transmitting the warning signal, the alarm control unit 100 restores the relay 116 to be inactive, opens the relay contact 118, and stops the transmission of the warning signal.

  In addition, the transmission transmission part 110 is not limited to embodiment which transmits a non-voltage contact signal as a transmission signal, The circuit which transmits a suitable transmission signal can be applied.

(Configuration of gas management system)
Referring to FIG. 1 again, a gas management system which is an example of a device management system includes a gas meter 14, a home communication adapter 18-1 to 18-2, a wide area communication adapter 20, a mobile phone base station 21 , a mobile phone network 22, An Internet 24, an access point 25, a public wireless LAN communication network 26, and a gas management server 28 are provided. The in-home communication adapter 18 corresponds to the claimed in-home communication device, and the wide area communication adapter 20 corresponds to the claimed wide area communication device. The home communication adapters 18-1 and 18-2 are collectively referred to as home communication adapters 18 without being distinguished from each other.

(Network configuration)
In the gas management system, the first wireless communication network NW-1 (see FIG. 2) is formed in the house 12 by the home communication adapters 18-1 and 18-2 as shown in the communication path 16a. On the other hand, an external wide area network NW-2 (see FIG. 1) is connected to the outside of the house 12 by a mobile phone network 22 provided with a mobile phone base station 21 , a public wireless LAN communication network 26 provided with an access point 25, and the Internet 24. ). The mobile telephone network 22 and the public wireless LAN communication network 26 included in the external wide area communication network NW-2 form the second wireless communication networks NW-21 and NW-22, respectively, and selectively use one of them. The first wireless communication network NW- 1 and the second wireless communication networks NW-21 and NW-22 are coupled by the wide area communication adapter 20 as shown by the communication path 16b.

(Configuration of home communication adapter)
As shown in FIG. 4, the in-home communication adapter 18 includes a communication control unit 300, a first wireless communication unit 302 to which an antenna 304 is connected, and an interface circuit unit 306 having two circuits. The communication control unit 300 is a computer circuit or a wired logic circuit provided with a CPU, a memory, various input / output ports, and the like.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the in-home communication adapter 18 includes an in-home communication adapter 18-1 in which the gas meter 14 and the wide area communication adapter 20 are connected to the interface circuit unit 306, and an in-home communication adapter 18-2 in which the relay adapter 15 is connected ( 4), each of which has the configuration shown in FIG.

The communication control unit 300 controls transmission / reception of packet signals in cooperation with the first wireless communication unit 302 and the interface circuit unit 306. In the following description, the packet signal is simply referred to as a packet. Packet transmission / reception control by the communication control unit 300 is as follows.
(A residential communication adapter 18-1 in which a gas meter and a wide area communication adapter are connected)
When the communication control unit 300 detects the effective reception of the meter-reading request packet according to the bus communication protocol destined for itself from the wide area communication adapter 20 via the interface circuit unit 306, the communication control unit 300 transmits this from another interface circuit unit 306 to the gas meter 14. Control to send to.

  Further, when the communication control unit 300 detects the effective reception of the meter reading response packet in accordance with the bus communication protocol from the gas meter 14 via the interface circuit unit 306, the communication control unit 300 transmits this to the wide area communication adapter 20 from another interface circuit unit 306. I do.

Further, when the communication control unit 300 detects effective reception of a packet according to the bus communication protocol destined for another in-home communication adapter from the wide area communication adapter 20 via the interface circuit unit 306, this is changed to the first wireless communication protocol. Control is performed so that the first packet is converted into a packet and transmitted from the first wireless communication unit 302.

(B Home communication adapter 18-2 for cooperation)
When the communication control unit 300 detects the effective reception of the transfer packet or the transfer stop packet according to the bus communication protocol destined for the abnormality monitoring server 30 from the relay adapter 15 via the interface circuit unit 306, the communication control unit 300 first detects this. Control is performed to convert the packet into a packet in accordance with the wireless communication protocol and transmit the packet from the first wireless communication unit 302.

  “Detecting effective reception of a packet” means that the destination ID or relay destination ID (for relay) included in the packet matches the own ID of the receiving device and is addressed to itself. This means that it is recognized that there is no abnormality as a message. Hereinafter, such effective reception may be simply referred to as reception.

  In addition, “conversion” is not just a protocol conversion, but a code (address) that identifies a sender (a device that performs protocol conversion and relays), for example, by converting the packet before conversion to transmit (relay) It is a concept that includes the addition of.

(First wireless communication protocol)
As the first wireless communication protocol by the first wireless communication unit 302, for example, a wireless communication protocol for a gas smart meter that is scheduled to be incorporated into the standard of IEEE 802.15.4g is used. The outline of the first wireless communication protocol is as follows.

  In Japan, the frequency used is 950.1 to 955.7 MHz, the transmission power is 1 mW, and conforms to the standard of a specific low power radio station in the 900 HMz band in which the transmission power is 1 mW or less.

  In addition, a 14-byte address is assigned to the home communication adapter 18, and the size of a packet transmitted at one time is fixed to 128 bytes. The address assignment is also performed on the home communication adapter 18, the wide area communication adapter 20, the gas management server 28, and the abnormality monitoring server 30 used for cooperation between the gas management system and the disaster prevention monitoring system for apartment houses. . At the time of packet transmission, necessary addresses are set as a transmission source ID, a destination ID, a relay source ID used for relaying, and a relay destination ID in the header of the packet.

  The home communication adapter 18 is operated by a battery power source (not shown), and performs intermittent transmission and reception called a beacon system in order to suppress battery consumption. In the beacon method, for example, a beacon signal of several milliseconds is intermittently transmitted from the receiving side in-home communication adapter 18 in a cycle of 3 to 4 seconds, and the transmitting side in-home communication adapter 18 transmits a packet at the timing when the beacon signal is received. Send.

  The bus communication protocol, which is an example of a wired communication protocol by the interface circuit unit 306, is compliant with the first wireless communication protocol, and has a packet size of 128 bytes. ID, relay source ID, relay destination ID, and the like are included.

(Configuration of wide area communication adapter)
The wide area communication adapter 20 is connected to the home communication adapter 18-1 to which the gas meter 14 is connected by a bus signal line.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, the wide area communication adapter 20 includes a communication control unit 400, a second wireless communication unit 402 connected to an antenna 404, and an interface circuit unit 406. The communication control unit 400 is a computer circuit or a wired logic circuit having a CPU, a memory, various input / output ports, and the like.

  The communication control unit 400 controls transmission / reception of packets in cooperation with the second wireless communication unit 402 and the interface circuit unit 406.

That is, when the communication control unit 400 detects effective reception of a packet according to the bus communication protocol destined for the gas management server 28 or the abnormality monitoring server 30 from the home communication adapter 18-1 via the interface circuit unit 406, This is converted into a packet in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol and controlled to be transmitted from the second wireless communication unit 402.

When the communication control unit 400 detects effective reception of a packet in accordance with the second wireless communication protocol destined for the home communication adapter 18-1 connected to the gas meter 14 via the second wireless communication unit 402, Control is performed to convert the packet into a packet in accordance with the bus communication protocol and transmit the packet from the interface circuit unit 406 to the in-home communication adapter 18-1 .

(Second wireless communication protocol)
The second wireless communication unit 402 of the wide area communication adapter 20 has a mobile phone communication function according to the mobile phone communication protocol and a public wireless LAN communication function according to the wide area wireless LAN communication protocol as communication functions based on the second wireless communication protocol. Prepare each. When the wide area communication adapter 20 is installed, the service area of the mobile phone network 22 is switched to the mobile phone communication function, and the service area of the public wireless LAN communication network 26 is switched to the public wireless LAN communication function. In both service areas, the service area is switched to either one in consideration of, for example, a usage fee or a communication speed.

When the wide area communication adapter 20 is switched to the mobile phone communication function, packets are transmitted to and received from the gas management server 28 via the mobile phone base station 21 , the mobile phone network 22 and the Internet 24. When the wide area communication adapter 20 is switched to the public wireless LAN communication function, packets are transmitted to and received from the gas management server 28 via the access point 25, the public wireless LAN communication network 26 and the Internet 24. The same applies to packet transmission / reception between the wide area communication adapter 20 and the abnormality monitoring server 30. In the following description, the case where the communication function based on the second wireless communication protocol of the wide area communication adapter 20 is switched to the mobile phone communication function will be described as an example.

(Configuration of gas management server)
The gas management server 28 is installed in, for example, a data center of a gas company, and includes a function of the gas meter reading processing unit 34 and a database 36 as shown in FIG. The database 36 stores user information such as a contractor number, name, address, etc., gas usage, billing information, etc., as necessary, corresponding to the gas meter ID uniquely indicating the gas meter 14.

  The gas meter processing unit 34 of the gas management server 28 transmits a meter-reading request packet to the in-home communication adapter 18-1 to which the gas meter 14 is connected, and returns a meter-reading response packet in response to this, and the meter-reading data (gas Usage) is collected, and for example, it automatically performs procedures such as deducting charges.

(System linkage configuration)
In order to link the disaster prevention monitoring system for apartment buildings and the gas management system, the relay adapter 15 is connected to the home guard 10 via the transfer signal line 11, and the in-home communication adapter 18-2 is connected to the relay adapter 15 as a bus signal. Connect with line 35. In addition, the abnormality monitoring server 30 is connected to the Internet 24 by communication. The relay adapter 15 corresponds to the relay device in the claims.

(Relay adapter)
As shown in FIG. 3, the relay adapter 15 includes a communication control unit 200, a message receiving unit 202, and an interface circuit unit 204, and operates with a battery power source (not shown). The communication control unit 200 is a computer circuit or a wired logic circuit provided with a CPU, a memory, various input / output ports, and the like.

  The transfer receiving unit 202 receives a transfer signal from the home guard 10. The interface circuit unit 204 transmits / receives packets to / from the home communication adapter 18-2 according to a predetermined bus communication protocol.

  When the communication control unit 200 detects the reception of a transfer signal from the mortgage alarm device 10 via the transfer reception unit 202, the communication control unit 200 generates a transfer packet addressed to the abnormality monitoring server 30 and generates a predetermined bus communication protocol. The interface circuit unit 204 performs control for transmission to the in-home communication adapter 18-2 for cooperation.

  Further, when the communication control unit 200 detects the stop of reception of the transfer signal from the home guard 10 via the transfer reception unit 202, the communication control unit 200 generates a transfer stop packet destined for the abnormality monitoring server 30, and the interface circuit Control that causes the unit 204 to transmit to the in-home communication adapter 18-2 for cooperation is performed.

  The in-home communication adapter 18-2 for cooperation that has detected the effective reception of the transfer packet or the transfer stop packet from the relay adapter 15 converts this into a packet of the first wireless communication protocol and converts it into the first wireless communication network NW-1. Send to.

(Configuration of abnormality monitoring server)
Referring again to FIG. 1, the abnormality monitoring server 30 includes a function of the abnormality monitoring processing unit 38 and a database 40. The database 40 stores user information including information indicating the resident (user's) mobile phone number and the location of the home alarm device 10 in correspondence with a unique house ID for identifying each house as necessary. It can be used to output a fire alarm by the mobile phone 32.

When the abnormal monitoring processing unit 38 detects the effective reception of the transfer packet transmitted from the relay adapter 15 based on the transfer signal from the dwelling guard 10, the dwell unit ID is recognized from the transmission source ID of the packet, and the database 40 The user's mobile phone number corresponding to the dwelling unit ID is read out, fire alarm information is generated, and transmitted to the user's mobile phone 32 to output a fire alarm. The fire alarm output in the mobile phone 32 will be described later.

Similarly, when the abnormality monitoring processing unit 38 detects the effective reception of the transmission stop packet transmitted from the relay adapter 15 based on the transmission stop of the transmission signal from the mortgage alarm device 10-1, A stop signal is transmitted to the mobile phone 32 that is in alarm to release the alarm.

[System linkage operation]
Next, the processing operation of the cooperation system according to the present invention will be described. In the following description of the processing operation, the description of the conversion of the bus communication protocol, the first wireless communication protocol, and the second wireless communication protocol is omitted.

(Fire alarm linked operation)
In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, when the house alarm 10 of the house 12 detects a fire, it outputs a fire alarm and transmits a transfer signal to the relay adapter 15. When the relay adapter 15 detects the reception of the transfer signal from the home guard 10, the relay adapter 15 generates a transfer packet in which the address of the abnormality monitoring server 30 is set in the destination ID, and transmits it to the home communication adapter 18-2 for cooperation. .

When the home communication adapter 18-2 for cooperation detects the effective reception of the transfer packet, this is sent via the home communication adapter 18-1, the wide area communication adapter 20, the mobile phone base station 21 , the mobile phone network 22, and the Internet 24. And transmitted to the abnormality monitoring server 30.

When the abnormal monitoring server 30 detects the effective reception of the fire-linked packet, it generates fire alarm information and transmits it to the user's mobile phone 32 via the Internet 24, the mobile phone network 22 and the mobile phone base station 21 , A fire alarm is output from the mobile phone 32.

  In addition, when the fire alarm is output, the Dwelling Alarm 10-1 stops the fire alarm output indicating its own interlocking source and detects the fire recovery interlock signal or the alarm stop interlock signal. The fire alarm output indicating the interlocking destination is stopped by transmitting to the home alarm devices 10-2 to 10-4.

  The fire recovery interlock signal or the alarm stop interlock signal transmitted from the home alarm device 10-1 is also effectively received by the relay adapter 15, and generates a fire recovery interlock packet or an alarm stop interlock packet in which the address of the abnormality monitoring server 30 is set as the destination ID. Then, it is transmitted to the abnormality monitoring server 30 in the same manner as in the case of the fire interlocking packet. When the abnormal monitoring server 30 detects the effective reception of the fire recovery interlock packet or the alarm stop interlock bucket, it transmits a fire recovery signal or an alarm stop signal to the user's mobile phone 32 in the same manner as in the case of the fire interlock packet reception. Release the fire alarm.

(Mobile phone fire alarm output)
When the mobile phone 32 held by the user of the fire-generating unit receives a fire alarm signal (fire alarm information) from the abnormality monitoring server 30, it outputs a fire alarm sound and displays an alarm screen 54 shown in FIG. . For example, an alarm message such as “A fire alarm in the living room has been activated. Please check” is displayed on the alarm screen 54. On the screen, a confirmation button 56, 119 automatic dial button 58, and 110 automatic dial button 60 are displayed as operation parts below the warning message, and a transparent touch panel is arranged on the screen. It is possible to perform an operation.

[Other embodiments of relay adapter]
FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of another embodiment of the relay adapter together with a house alarm.

In FIG. 7 , since the house alarm device 10 is the same as FIG. 3, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and the description is abbreviate | omitted.

  The relay adapter 150 includes a first wireless communication unit 208 to which a communication control unit 200, a message receiving unit 202, and an antenna 210 are connected. The relay adapter 150 is different from the relay adapter 15 of FIG. 3 in that the interface circuit unit 204 is provided, but the first wireless communication unit 208 is provided instead. The first wireless communication unit 208 transmits and receives packets to / from the home communication adapter 18-1 according to the first wireless communication protocol.

  When the communication control unit 200 detects the reception of the transfer signal from the home alarm device 10 via the transfer reception unit 202, the communication control unit 200 follows the first wireless communication protocol in which the address of the abnormality monitoring server 30 is set as the destination ID. Control is performed to generate a transfer packet and transmit it from the first wireless communication unit 208.

  In addition, when the communication control unit 200 detects the stop of reception of the transfer signal from the home guard 10 via the transfer reception unit 202, the communication control unit 200 transfers the message according to the first wireless communication protocol with the abnormality monitoring server 30 as the destination. Control is performed so that a stop packet is generated and transmitted from the first wireless communication unit 208.

  By connecting such a relay adapter 150 to the home alarm device 10, the relay adapter 15 and the in-home communication adapter 18- for cooperation are connected to the home alarm device 10 for cooperation with the gas management system in the cooperation system of FIG. However, in this embodiment, only the relay adapter 150 is required, and the system configuration can be simplified.

[Modification of the present invention]
(Cooperation with power management system)
The linkage system of the present invention may use a power management system that performs automatic meter reading of a power (smart) meter instead of or in addition to the gas management system. In this case, instead of or in addition to the gas (smart) meter and the gas management server, a power (smart) meter and a power management server are provided, respectively, and the residential alarm communicates with the power management system via the home communication adapter. To do.

(Alarm)
In addition, the above embodiment is an example of a residential alarm device that detects and alerts a fire. However, an alarm system including a gas leak alarm device, a CO alarm device, various crime prevention alarm devices, and various types thereof. The present invention can be similarly applied to an alarm system in which the alarm devices are mixed.

(Wired communication and wireless communication)
Further, the communication between the home alarm device and the relay adapter, and the communication between the relay adapter and the in-home communication adapter for cooperation may be performed by wireless communication or by appropriately mixing wired and wireless.

(Applications other than housing)
In addition, the above-described embodiment is not limited to a house, and any house or place where both an alarm system using a home guard and a gas management system and / or a power management system are installed can be used in an appropriate house or place. The linkage system of the invention can be applied.

(Anomaly monitoring server)
The installation location and manager of the abnormality monitoring server are arbitrary. For example, the abnormality monitoring server may be installed and managed in a gas company or a power company, or may be incorporated into the gas management server or power monitoring server as one function. .

(Other)
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.

NW-1: First wireless communication network NW-2: External wide area communication network NW-21, NW-22: Second wireless communication network 10: House alarm 14: Gas meter 15, 150: Relay adapters 18, 18-1, 18-2: Home communication adapter 20: Wide area communication adapter 22: Mobile phone network 24: Internet 26: Public wireless LAN communication network 28: Gas management server 30: Abnormality monitoring server 32: Mobile phone 34: Gas meter reading processing units 36, 40 : Database 38: Abnormality monitoring processing unit 100: Alarm control unit 102: Sensor unit 104: Notification unit 106: Operation unit 110: Transfer transmission unit 208, 302: First wireless communication units 204, 306, 406: Interface circuit unit 200 , 300, 400: Communication control unit 202: Transfer receiving unit 402: Second wireless communication unit

Claims (4)

When an abnormality is detected by an alarm device installed in a house, an abnormality alarm is output from the alarm device, and an existing alarm system that can transmit a transfer signal to the outside from the transfer transmission unit of the alarm device, and
A signal is transmitted / received between a home communication device connected to the device installed in the house and another home communication device according to a first wireless communication protocol, and connected to the one home communication device connected to the device and the home communication device A signal is transmitted / received according to a predetermined wired communication protocol to / from the wide-area communication device, and a signal is transmitted / received according to the second wireless communication protocol between the wide-area communication device and the device management server on the external wide-area communication network, An existing device management system for transmitting and processing a signal from the device to the device management server via the home communication device and the wide area communication device; and
Is a linkage system that links
When connected to the alarm transmission unit of the alarm device and receiving a message from the alarm device, the alarm signal is converted into a signal transmitted according to the wired communication protocol and transmitted. When a reception stop is detected, a repeater that converts and transmits a transmission stop signal according to the wired communication protocol, and
When the relay signal is connected to the repeater and the transfer signal according to the wired communication protocol is received from the repeater, the signal is converted into the transfer signal according to the first wireless communication protocol and transmitted . When receiving a message stop signal in accordance with the wired communication protocol from the home communication device for cooperation to convert and transmit to a message stop signal in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol ,
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The alarm signal transmitted from the alarm device is monitored for abnormalities on the external wide area communication network via the repeater, the in-home communication apparatus for cooperation, the in-home communication apparatus connected to the wide area communication apparatus, and the wide area communication apparatus. Send to the server, process this on the abnormality monitoring server, send the processing result to the user terminal to output an abnormality alarm ,
Transmitting a message stop signal transmitted by the repeater to the abnormal communication server on the external wide area network via the cooperative in-home communication apparatus, the in-home communication apparatus connected to the wide area communication apparatus, and the wide area communication apparatus cooperation system, and processes it in the abnormal monitoring server, characterized by Rukoto to stop the abnormal alarm by sending the processing result to the user terminal.
When an abnormality is detected by an alarm device installed in a house, an abnormality alarm is output from the alarm device, and an existing alarm system that can transmit a transfer signal to the outside from the transfer transmission unit of the alarm device, and
A signal is transmitted / received between a home communication device connected to the device installed in the house and another home communication device according to a first wireless communication protocol, and connected to the one home communication device connected to the device and the home communication device A signal is transmitted / received according to a predetermined wired communication protocol to / from the wide-area communication device, and a signal is transmitted / received according to the second wireless communication protocol between the wide-area communication device and the device management server on the external wide-area communication network, An existing device management system for transmitting and processing a signal from the device to the device management server via the home communication device and the wide area communication device; and
Is a linkage system that links
When connected to the alarm transmission unit of the alarm device and receiving a message from the alarm device, the alarm signal is converted into a signal transmitted in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol and transmitted. A relay for converting a transmission stop signal in accordance with the first wireless communication protocol and transmitting the transmission stop signal when detecting the reception stop of the notification signal ;
The alarm signal transmitted by the alarm device is transmitted to the abnormality monitoring server on the external wide area communication network via the repeater, the home communication apparatus connected to the wide area communication apparatus and the wide area communication apparatus, and the abnormality The monitoring server processes this, sends the processing result to the user terminal, outputs an abnormal alarm ,
The message transmission stop signal transmitted by the repeater is transmitted to the abnormality monitoring server on the external wide area communication network via the in-home communication apparatus connected to the wide area communication apparatus and the wide area communication apparatus, and the abnormality monitoring server It handles this, cooperation system according to claim Rukoto to stop the abnormal alarm by sending the processing result to the user terminal.
The cooperation system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the alarm system includes a gas management system that performs automatic meter reading of a gas meter installed in the house or an automatic meter reading of a power meter installed in the house as the device management system. A linkage system characterized by linking with a power management system.
The cooperation system according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the alarm system includes a gas management system that performs automatic meter reading of a gas meter installed in the house and an automatic meter reading of a power meter installed in the house as the device management system. A collaborative system characterized by collaborating with both power management systems.

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