JPH02309862A - Emergency annunciation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To exactly respond an informing call by switching an outside telephone circuit to a telephone for confirmation of answers after a report is automatically given to a report means and connecting the outside telephone circuit to the incoming answer set at the side of an emergency telephone equipment when a call signal is received from the report means after the switch of the outside telephone circuit. CONSTITUTION:A connection control part 18 is actuated by a command of a control part 12 when a changeover switch 15 is switched to a telephone 17 after an automatic informing. Then the part 18 receives a call signal for confirmation from a fire station via a telephone circuit 16, i.e., a call signal of 16Hz of the normal circuit 16. This received call signal is converted into a call signal used at the side of an emergency telephone equipment and sent to a signal line 3n doubling as a power supply and connected to a transmitter 5 used as a talking circuit via a receiver calling part 6. As a result, a respondence is secured to the call given from a report means even on the spot.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an emergency notification device that automatically notifies an organization such as a fire department when receiving an alarm reception output from disaster prevention monitoring equipment.

[Prior art] In conventional emergency notification devices, when receiving an alarm reception output of a fire or other alarm from a receiver of a disaster prevention monitoring equipment, a pre-recorded call is made by automatically calling a reporting agency such as a fire department using automatic dial control. It automatically reports the occurrence of an emergency by sending a voice message.

For this reason, when a fire is received, the fire department is automatically notified, so lifeguards can immediately rush to the fire scene to confirm the fire and do initial extinguishing without having to waste time contacting the fire department by phone. I can do it.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] However, with such conventional emergency notification devices, it is difficult for the fire department to confirm the automatic notification when the watchman is far away from the receiver installation location. In some cases, a call is made by communication, and even though the emergency call system is equipped with a telephone for confirmation and response, it is not possible to respond to the call by communication from the fire department because the supervisor has already gone to the scene. However, there was a problem in which it was not possible to contact them by phone for confirmation.

The present invention has been made in view of these conventional problems, and focuses on the fact that disaster prevention monitoring equipment is equipped with emergency telephone equipment for making phone calls between the receiver and the site. An object of the present invention is to provide an emergency call device that can accurately respond to calls from a fire department or the like using emergency telephone equipment.

[Means for Solving the Problems] First, the present invention is provided with a disaster prevention monitoring equipment equipped with emergency telephone equipment, and when receiving an alarm reception output from a receiver of the disaster prevention monitoring equipment, a preset fire station, etc. The target is an emergency reporting device that calls a reporting agency via an external telephone line using automatic dialing control and sends out a predetermined voice message.

The present invention for such an emergency notification device includes a switching means for switching the external telephone line to a confirmation response telephone side after the automatic notification to the reporting agency is completed; When receiving a calling signal from the emergency telephone equipment, the calling signal is converted and sent to the telephone line of the emergency telephone equipment to make a call, and in response to the incoming call of the emergency telephone equipment, connection control is performed to connect the external telephone line for a telephone call. A means and; are provided.

[Function] According to the emergency call device of the present invention having such a configuration, when receiving a telephone call signal for confirmation after automatically reporting to a fire department, etc., a call is made to the telephone line of the emergency telephone equipment of the disaster prevention monitoring equipment. A call is made by converting and transmitting a signal at the location where the emergency telephone or telephone jack terminal is installed at the site, and when the call is answered by hooking up or connecting to the jack at the site, the external telephone line and the line of the emergency telephone equipment are connected. This allows you to respond to calls from reporting agencies even when you are on the scene.

[Embodiment] FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is an emergency notification device, which is installed near a disaster prevention receiver 2 in disaster prevention monitoring equipment. Power signal lines 38 to 3n are led out from the disaster prevention receiver 2, and in this embodiment, a fire detector 4 is connected to the power signal line 3a, and a transmitter 5 is connected to the power signal line 3n. Connected.

When the disaster prevention receiver 2 receives a fire detection signal from the fire detector 4 or a fire detection signal from the push button operation of the transmitter 5, it lights up a fire alarm light to indicate that a fire has been received, and also sounds an alarm bell to issue a fire alarm. and further provides an alarm reception output to the emergency notification device 1.

Such disaster prevention monitoring equipment consisting of the disaster prevention receiver 2, the fire detector 4, and the transmitter 5 installed at the site usually includes emergency telephone equipment for making phone calls between the disaster prevention receiver 2 and the site. is provided.

That is, a receiver talking section 6 of emergency telephone equipment is provided in the disaster prevention receiver 2, and a handset 7 is connected to the receiver talking section 6. Further, in this embodiment, the power signal line 3n to which the transmitter 5 is connected is used as a telephone line for emergency telephone equipment, and a jack terminal 9 for connecting a handset 8 to the transmitter 5 is used. A calling section 10 consisting of a buzzer or an indicator light for making a call on the transmitter 5 side is also provided.

To control the call of the emergency telephone equipment, when the telephone jack of the handset 8 is inserted into the jack terminal 9 of the transmitter 5 as shown in the figure, the receiver communication part 6 provided in the disaster prevention receiver 2 starts the call by a buzzer and/or an indicator light. A call is made and the handset 7
By hooking up the handsets 8 and 7, it is possible to communicate by telephone. Of course, it is also possible to make a call on the transmitter 5 side by picking up the handset 7 of the receiver talking section 6.

Next, the emergency notification device 1 of the present invention includes an interface section 11 that inputs the alarm reception output from the disaster prevention receiver 2, and the alarm reception output from the disaster prevention receiver 2 obtained through the interface section 11 is sent to the control section. given to 12. Control unit 12
A network control section 13 and an audio signal storage/transmission section 14 are provided for the system. When the control unit 12 receives the alarm reception output from the disaster prevention receiver 2 side, the control unit 12 selects a preset number, for example, fire department number 1.
The number 19 is given to the network control $13 for automatic dial control, that is, the push button dial signal indicating the number 119 is sent to the changeover switch 1.
5 to an external telephone line 16 to call the fire department.

The audio signal storage and output section 14 stores a predetermined audio message blown by a microphone or the like, such as a voice saying, "There is a fire. A fire has broken out at ○○ in 1-2-3. Please contact us." Messages are recorded and stored on magnetic tape or RAM, and when a call connection is made to the fire department by automatic dialing by the network control section 13, the recorded voice messages are sent to the telephone line 16 via the network control section 13. Automatic notification is performed by sending a message to

Furthermore, a telephone 17 is installed in the emergency notification device 1 in order to respond to confirmation calls (communications) from a reporting agency such as a fire department, and the telephone 17 is selectively connected to a telephone line 16 via a changeover switch 15. Ru.

That is, in the steady monitoring state, in order to effectively utilize the telephone 17, the control section 12 sets the changeover switch 15 to the telephone 17.
When receiving the alarm reception output from the disaster prevention receiver 2, it switches to the network control unit 13 side as shown in the figure to automatically call the fire department and connect the call after the call. When the automatic notification by sending the voice message is completed, the changeover switch 15 is switched to the telephone 17 side, and the fire department can respond to a call for confirmation from the fire department where the automatic notification was made. That's what I do.

Further, the line on the telephone 17 side is given to a connection control section 18, and is connected to the receiver communication section 6 in the emergency telephone equipment on the disaster prevention receiver 2 side via the connection control section 18.

The connection control unit 18 is activated by a command from the control unit 12 when the changeover switch 15 is switched to the telephone 17 side after the automatic report, and then receives a call signal for confirmation from the fire department via the telephone line 16, that is, a normal When a 16 Hz calling signal is received on the telephone line 16 of It is sent to the dual-purpose signal line 3n.

Specifically, since a call to the emergency telephone equipment is made by switching the hook-up switch when the handset 7 provided in the receiver communication section 6 is hooked up, the connection control section 18 is connected to the telephone line 16. When receiving a calling signal from the transmitter 5, the receiver talking section 6 creates the same switching state of the hook-up switch as when the handset 7 is hooked up, thereby making it possible to make a call to the transmitter 5 side.

Furthermore, while the connection control unit 18 is converting and transmitting the call to the emergency telephone equipment, an incoming call state is detected by connecting the telephone jack of the handset 8 to the jack terminal 9 of the transmitter 5 as shown in the figure. Then, after answering the incoming call on the telephone line 16 side, the external telephone line 16 is connected to the telephone line consisting of the power supply and signal line 3n in the emergency telephone equipment, and the handset 8 connected to the transmitter 5 by jack is used to make a call. Make it possible to communicate by phone with the fire department. Of course, the connection control unit 18 also monitors the call status of the handset 8 to the telephone line 16, and when the call connection of the handset 8 or the fire department side is cut off, the previous control operation is canceled and the initial state is restored. It will be restored to .

Next, the operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be explained with reference to the operation flow diagram shown in FIG.

First, in step S1, the presence or absence of an alarm output from the disaster prevention receiver 2, that is, the alarm reception output is monitored, and when the alarm output from the disaster prevention receiver 2 is determined in step S1, the control unit 12 controls the changeover switch 15. is switched to the network control unit 13 side, and at the same time, under the control of the network control unit 13, automatic dial control is performed to call the fire department as the reporting agency, and in response to the incoming call from the fire department, a voice message is sent from the voice signal storage and transmission unit 14. The automatic notification is finished, and when the automatic notification is finished, the changeover switch 15 is switched to the telephone 17 side.

Next, in step S3, the presence or absence of a call to the telephone set 17 is monitored, and when a call signal is received from the telephone line 16, the process proceeds to step S4, where the connection control unit 18 transmits the call signal from the telephone line 16 to call the emergency telephone equipment. It is converted into a signal and sent through the receiver communication section 6 of the disaster prevention receiver 2 to the power supply signal line 3n as a communication line of the emergency telephone equipment, and the indicator light is turned on by the call section 10 provided in the transmitter 5. Or make a call using the buzzer.

On the other hand, the lifeguard goes to the scene of the fire when a fire alarm is issued by the disaster prevention receiver 2, but since the call is made by the transmitter 5 installed near the fire scene, the watchman goes to the scene of the fire. When the user goes to the transmitter 5 and connects the plug of the handset 8 that he is carrying to the jack terminal 9, the incoming call response is confirmed by the hook-up determination in step $5, and the process proceeds to step S6 to connect to the external telephone line 16. After that, a call can be made to the fire department in the same way as when the telephone 17 is picked up.

The call connection state with this telephone line 16 is monitored by checking whether or not the loop is disconnected in step S7.
When the loop is disconnected at the end of the call, the series of processes is completed and the initial state is restored.

In addition, in the above embodiment, the case where the transmitter of the disaster prevention monitoring equipment is provided with a calling section for receiving a call from the fire department is taken as an example, but the present invention is not limited to the transmitter, and any suitable terminal may be used. Installed equipment or dedicated emergency telephone boxes should be equipped with a calling unit that makes calls based on call signals from the fire department, so that calls from the fire department can be answered by plugging in the telephone jack of the handset or hooking up the emergency telephone. You may also do so.

In addition, the location of on-site equipment such as transmitters is limited, and if a fire breaks out far from the location where the transmitter is installed, it will not be known even if a call is made. The transmitter 5 is equipped with a transmitter that wirelessly transmits a call signal in response to a call, and the monitor is made to carry a wireless receiver that receives the call signal, so that the watcher can receive the call signal even when he or she is away from the place where the transmitter 5 is installed. In response to a call by radio, the user may go to the transmitter installation location 5 and respond to the call from the fire department.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the present invention, when a telephone call signal is received for confirmation after automatic notification to the fire department, the call signal is converted and sent to the call line of the emergency telephone equipment of the disaster prevention monitoring equipment. A call is made at the location where an emergency telephone or telephone jack terminal is installed at the site, and when the call is answered by foot-up or jack connection at the site, the external telephone line and the line of the emergency telephone equipment are connected. Therefore, even if you are at the scene, you can appropriately respond to calls from agencies such as the fire department.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is an operational flow diagram of the present invention. 1: Emergency notification device 2: Disaster prevention receiver 3a to 3n: power supply signal line 4: Fire detector 5: Transmitter 6: Receiver talking section 7.8: Handset 9: Jack terminal 10: Call unit (indicator light, buzzer, etc.) 1 tote interface engineering department 12: Control unit 13: Network control unit 14: Audio signal storage and transmission section 15: Selector switch 16: Telephone line 17: Telephone 18: Connection control section

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A disaster prevention monitoring facility equipped with emergency telephone equipment is installed, and when an alarm reception output is received from a disaster prevention receiver of the disaster prevention monitoring facility, a preset reporting agency such as a fire department is called by an external telephone. In an emergency notification device that automatically dials a call through a line and sends a predetermined voice message, a switching means switches the external telephone line to a confirmation response telephone after the automatic notification to the reporting agency is completed; When a calling signal from the reporting agency is received after switching by the switching means, the calling signal is converted and sent to the telephone line of the emergency telephone equipment to make a call, and the emergency telephone equipment side responds to the incoming call. An emergency telephone notification device comprising: connection control means for connecting the external telephone line for a call.