JPH06215284A - Remote control device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute quick processing by simple constitution in order to suppress the influence of abnormality concentration into an equipment from a certain region upon other regions as less as possible by switching the informing destination of terminal equipments arranged in a region having no relation with the concentrated region of abnormal information to a monitoring center device in another group. CONSTITUTION:When an abnormality judging device 20 in a self-group judges that the amount of abnormal information from a cetain region exceeds a fixed amount corresponding to the amount of abnormal information to be processed by a group monitoring center device 3 in the self-group, an informing destination changing device 9 in the device 3 transmits a signal for temporarily switching the informing destination of abnormal information to a group monitoring center device 11 in another monitoring group 1B to respective terminal equipments Y1 to Yn, Z1 to Zn in regions other than the region generating much abnormal information. Respective terminal equipments Y1 to Yn, Z1 to Zn receiving the signal switch their abnormal. informing destination to another group monitoring center device 11 in preparation for the generation of abnormality, and at the time of generating abnormality, inform the abnormality to the device 11.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote monitoring device for monitoring abnormalities of equipment in many buildings.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional remote monitoring device is composed of a plurality of terminal devices for detecting an abnormality of equipment in each building and a group monitoring center device for receiving and processing an abnormality notification from these terminal devices. There are usually a plurality of blocks configured by these terminal devices and group monitoring center devices. The group monitoring center device includes a receiving device that receives information of an abnormality notification transmitted from the terminal device group through a communication line, a processing device that processes the information received by the receiving device, and a result of processing by the processing device. And a display device for displaying on a screen or by printing.

Since each group monitoring center device monitors the operating conditions of the equipments in a large number of buildings, the equipment configuration and the number of equipments are set on the assumption that abnormality notifications of the equipments are concentrated in time. Therefore, the number is set to be larger than the required number of devices calculated by the probability of occurrence of anomaly notification.
Especially regarding the number of display devices, since it is an important device that supplies the monitoring operator with the information necessary for recovery correspondence instructions,
The number is set to withstand the concentration of abnormality notifications of equipment to some extent. The same applies to the monitoring operator who issues a recovery response instruction to the dispatch base.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned conventional remote monitoring device, the number of extreme abnormality notifications in the event of a wide area disaster such as a power outage, an earthquake, or a typhoon can withstand a certain amount of concentration of abnormality notifications. With respect to the increase, the number of abnormality notifications that take a long time to be displayed on the display device occurs because the capacity is limited. Further, even if it is displayed on the display device, there is a limit to the number of monitoring operators and their processing capability. Then, a recovery response instruction from the monitoring operator to the dispatch base is delayed, and as a result, normal recovery of the equipment is delayed accordingly. At this time, as for the abnormality notification from areas other than the disaster area, the details of the abnormality caused by the disaster are clear, so it is normal to take action for each building regardless of whether there is an abnormality notification. If an abnormality notification of an area other than the above area is included in the abnormality notification of (1), it will take time until it is displayed on the display device, and the corresponding measures for the building will be delayed.

The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems of the prior art and to promptly deal with the concentration of abnormality notifications of equipment from one area with a simple structure in order to suppress the influence on other areas as much as possible. It is to provide a remote monitoring device capable of performing the above.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides each terminal device for detecting an abnormality of various facilities in each building and information of an abnormality report transmitted from these terminal devices. In a remote monitoring device comprising a plurality of blocks of a group monitoring center device having a processing device for processing and a display device for displaying or printing the result of processing by the processing device, a terminal monitored by the group monitoring center device The equipment is divided into regions, while the group monitoring center equipment is
An abnormality judging device for judging an area abnormality when the number of notifications from the terminal devices divided into regions exceeds a predetermined number, and a terminal in another region which is operated by a command of the abnormality judging device and has not reported a region abnormality. The device is provided with a report destination changing device for giving a command to the device to notify another group monitoring center device.

[0007]

Since the present invention is configured as described above, it is judged that the number of abnormality notifications from a certain area exceeds a certain amount with respect to the abnormality notification amount that can be processed by its own group monitoring center device. When the device judges, the device for changing the notification destination of its own monitoring center device temporarily sets the destination of the abnormality notification to the group of other monitoring blocks for each terminal device in the area other than the area where there are many abnormal notifications. A signal for switching to the monitoring center device is transmitted. Receiving this signal, each terminal device switches the destination of the abnormality notification to another group monitoring center device in preparation for the occurrence of the abnormality and holds the same, and when the abnormality occurs, notifies the other group monitoring center device of the abnormality. As a result, it is possible to promptly take appropriate measures against abnormality notifications in areas other than the areas in which abnormality notifications are concentrated.

[0008]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the remote monitoring apparatus of the present invention. In the figure, 1A is one monitoring block, X, Y, and Z are regional blocks in the monitoring block 1A, and X _{1 to} Xn, Y _{1 to} Yn, and Z _{1 to} Zn are abnormalities in equipment in a building (not shown). The terminal device 3 for detecting the abnormal state takes in information of the abnormality notification from each of the terminal devices X _{1 to} Xn, Y _{1 to} Yn, and Z _{1 to} Zn through the communication line, and monitors the abnormality of the equipment in each building. It is a group monitoring center device. 4 ₁ to 4
i each terminal device X ₁ ~Xn, Y ₁ ~Yn, a communication control device which receives via the communication line information abnormality notification from Z ₁ ~Zn, 5 is abnormal by the communication control apparatus 4 ₁ ~4i received A processing device that receives the information of the notification and performs the required processing, 6 is a storage device that stores information necessary for the processing device 5 to perform processing, and 7 _{1 to} 7j are processing results that the processing device 5 has processed. Display operation devices for displaying and editing screens, 8 _{1 to} 8 j are printing devices for printing the processing results processed by the processing device 5, 20
Is an abnormal area judging device for judging an abnormality in the number of abnormal notifications from a certain area, 9 is a notification destination changing device for performing a process of sending a signal for switching the notification destination of the abnormality notification to the terminal device, and 4k is a signal for switching the notification destination. Each terminal device X _{1 to} Xn, Y _{1 to} Yn,
It is a communication control device for transmitting to Z _{1 to} Zn via a communication line. Each device 4 ₁ ~4i of the group monitoring center apparatus 3,
The 4k, 5, 6, 7 _{1 to} 7j, 8 _{1 to} j, 9 are connected in a ring shape via the transmission units 10 ₁ to 10 ₇ assigned to them, respectively, to form a network.

[0010] 1B Other monitoring block, 11 the regional block 1X in the monitoring block 1B, 1Y, each terminal 1X ₁ ～1Xn of _{1Z, 1Y 1 ~1Yn, 1Z 1} ~1Z
It is a group monitoring center device for monitoring the abnormality of the equipment in each building under the control of the abnormality notification from n, and has the same configuration as the group monitoring center device 3 described above. That is, the same communication control devices 13 ₁ ... as the group monitoring center device 3 described above.
13i and 13k, a processing device 14, a storage device 15, display operation devices 16 _{1 to} 16j, printing devices 17 _{1 to} 17j, an abnormal area determination device 21, and a notification destination changing device 18. Further, each device 13 _{1 to} 13 i, 13
k, 14, 15, 16 _{1 to} 16j, 17 _{1 to} 17j, 18
Are connected in a ring shape via the transmission units 19 _{1 to} 19 ₇ assigned to each to form a network.

The transmission units 10 ₁ to 10 ₇ and 19 ₁ to
19 ₇ has a function device for each relationship adds the destination of the transmission information created among the transmission information transmitted over the network has been configured with a function of recognizing a transmission information addressed to itself, detail Will be described later.

In this embodiment, for example, the terminal device X
_{If an} abnormality occurs in the equipment in the building monitored by ₁ , the terminal device X ₁ detects the abnormality and sends the abnormality notification information to the group monitoring center device 3 via the communication line. The information content of the abnormality notification includes, for example, the name of the building in which the abnormality has occurred, the name of the facility device in which the abnormality has occurred, the content of the abnormality, and the like. Group monitoring center device 3 that received the information of this abnormality notification
4 of the communication control apparatus _1, the receiving process ends, the process unit information of the abnormality notification to the transmission unit 10 ₁ 5
To transmit to the transmission unit 10 ₂ . The transmission unit 10 _{1 that} has received this transmission instruction sends the number of the transmission unit 10 ₁ as the transmission source number to the information of the abnormality notification,
Create a transmission information added transmission unit 10 ₂ of the number, and the transmission time, etc. as the destination number and sends it over the network. In the transmission unit 10 ₂ is received source transmission information, monitors the presence or absence of information destined for itself by checking the transmission information to be sent over the network at all times, the transmission information addressed to the previous destination number When it is confirmed that the information is present, the transmission information is analyzed and only the information of the abnormality notification, which is necessary information, is sent to the processing device 5. In the processing apparatus 5 has received this, indicating to transmit a request signal of the information necessary to analyze the information of the abnormality notification received for transmission unit 10 ₂ to the transmission unit 10 _third storage device 6. The transmission unit 10 _{2, which} has received this transmission instruction, creates transmission information by adding the number of the transmission unit 10 ₂ as the source number, the number of the transmission unit 10 ₃ as the destination number, and the transmission time to the request signal. , Send it over the network. Transmission unit 1 of the processing device 5
The storage device 6 that has received the request signal from the transmission information via the transmission unit 10 ₃ that constantly performs the same operation as that of 0 ₂
The contents such as the building name, the equipment name, and the abnormality history necessary for analyzing the information of the abnormality notification are transmitted to the processing device 5 as analysis information through a route opposite to the request signal. In the processing device 5, the building name, the name of the equipment, the content of the abnormality, the identification number of the terminal device, the occurrence time, the dispatch instruction method, and the like are determined based on the received analysis information and the previously received abnormality notification information. Create display information by editing the contents so that they can be displayed on the screen and printed. After that, the identification number of the terminal device X ₁ and the details of the abnormality are sent to the abnormal area determination device 20, and it is retained that there was one abnormal notification from the X area, and 10 abnormal notifications from this X area are retained. / Determine if there was more than 5 minutes. The processing device 5 which has finished creating the display information sends the display information to the transmission unit 10 ₂ of the processing device 5 by transmitting the display information to the transmission unit 1 of the display operation devices 7 _{1 to} 7 j.
0 ₄ and the transmission units 10 _{5 of the} printers 8 _{1 to} 8 j. Upon receiving this transmission instruction, the transmission unit 10 ₂ displays the display information as the transmission source number of the transmission unit 10 ₂ and the transmission destination number as the transmission unit 10 ₄ .
Transmission information to which the number 10 ₅ and the transmission time are added is created and transmitted to the network. The display operation device 7 _{1, which} has received the display information via the transmission unit 10 ₄ which constantly performs the same operation as the transmission unit 10 ₂ of the processing device 5, displays the display information on the screen, and the transmission unit 10 ₅ similarly. Printing device 8 ₁ which received display information via
Prints the display information. Based on the information displayed and notified here, the monitoring operator can take appropriate measures for the equipment in the building where the abnormality has occurred.

Here, when the equipments in each building all become abnormal due to the earthquake occurring in the regional block X of the monitoring block 1A and the terminal devices X _{1 to} Xn report the abnormality, the group monitoring center device 3 is simultaneously notified. Information of many abnormal reports will be concentrated. First, when all the communication control devices from the communication control device 4 ₁ to the communication control device 4i are in use, even if the terminal device reports an abnormality, the communication cannot be reported and the system waits. Then, the processing unit 5, it means that receive the information simultaneously abnormality notification from the communication control apparatus 4 ₁ ~4i, treatment also delayed creates display information becomes overcrowded. The display information analyzed by the processing device 5 is transmitted to the transmission unit 1
The transmission unit 10 ₄ of the display operation device 7 _{1 to} 7 j, which has received from 0 _2, tries to transmit the display information to the display operation device which is not displaying the display information, but a lot of information of the abnormality notification is processed. Therefore, there is no space in the display operation device, and the display information cannot be sent. Transmission unit 10 _4,
Until there is room to transmit retries to display operation device 7 ₁ ~7j the display operation device 7 ₁ ~7j. At this time, the abnormal area determination device 20 identifies the abnormal area block X based on the identification number given from the processing device 5 and given to each terminal device that has reported the abnormality, and the abnormal area determination device 20 determines from the area 5 It is detected that abnormality notifications are concentrated under the condition of 10 or more cases per minute, it is determined to be abnormal, and it is sent to the processing device 5 as abnormal area information. Accordingly, the processing device 5 recognizes the notification destination change of the terminal devices Y _{1 to} Yn and Z _{1 to} Zn of the other area blocks Y and Z, and transmits the notification destination change information to the transmission unit 10 ₆ of the notification destination change device 9. That the transmission unit 10 ₂
Instruct. The transmission unit 10 ₂ creates transmission information by adding the number of the transmission unit 10 ₂ as the transmission source number, the number of the transmission unit 10 ₆ of the notification destination changing device 9 as the transmission destination number, the transmission time, and the like, and transmits this to the network. Send on. In the transmission unit 10 ₆ which constantly performs the same operation as the transmission unit 10 ₂ , when it is confirmed from the destination number of the previous transmission information that the transmission information is addressed to itself, the transmission information is analyzed and necessary. Only the report destination changing information, which is information, is sent to the report destination changing device 9. The notification destination changing device 9 to which the notification destination changing information is transmitted recognizes the area where the abnormality notifications are concentrated from the notification destination changing information and sends a notification destination switching signal to an area unrelated to the disaster. To do. Since this processing is performed in the same manner as the information transmission performed through the transmission unit described above, details thereof will be omitted, but the notification destination changing device 9 sends to the storage device 6 using the identification number of the terminal device other than the concentrated area as a key. In the storage device 6, the telephone number of the terminal device other than the concentrated area is extracted from the stored information and returned to the notification destination changing device 9 as the telephone number information. Upon receiving the telephone number information, the report destination changing device 9 sequentially transmits the telephone number to the communication control device 4k. The communication control device 4k uses the received telephone number to send the terminal devices Y _{1 to} Y.
When an abnormality is reported, a switching signal is transmitted to the group monitoring center device 11 of the other monitoring blocks 1B other than the own monitoring block 1A when the abnormality is reported to n, Z _{1 to} Zn. . The terminal device holds this switching signal in the report destination switching unit in preparation for the occurrence of an abnormality, and notifies the group monitoring center device 11 of another monitoring block 1B when the abnormality occurs. In this way, the terminal device Y outside the concentrated area
_The notification destination changing process is performed for all of _{1 to} Yn and Z _{1 to} Zn. In addition, the method of returning the report destination is a method of automatically recovering by the time held by the clock held by the terminal device, for example, a time of 3 hours or the like. It is also possible to transmit the restoration signal after confirming that the concentration of notifications is alleviated.

As described above, in this embodiment, since the report destination changing devices 9 and 18 and the communication control devices 4k and 13k are provided in the respective group monitoring center devices 3 and 11, the group monitoring center device 3 can be moved from the area where it is located. Even if the intensive notification of abnormalities is received, it is recognized that the notification destination changing device 9 is concentrated in this area, and the terminal device in an area other than the area receiving the abnormal notification intensively When the abnormality occurs in advance, the abnormality notification destination is instructed to be switched to the group monitoring center device 11 of another monitoring block 1B, so that the abnormality notification in the area where the abnormality occurrence is not concentrated is mixed with the abnormality notification in the concentrated area. It is possible to prevent delay, error, and omission of the coping measures.

It should be noted that in the present embodiment, the terminal devices X ₁ ...
In the case of intensive abnormality notification from the area of Xn, the example in which the destination of the abnormality notification to the terminal devices Y _{1 to} Yn and Z _{1 to} Zn in other areas is switched to the other group monitoring center apparatus 11 has been described. during intensive abnormality notification from the area of the terminal device 1X ₁ ~1Xn, in other regions the terminal apparatus 1Y ₁ ~1Yn, 1Z ₁ ~1Z
to the other group monitoring center device 3
Of course, it can be switched to. Further, each of the group monitoring center devices 3 and 11 in the two monitoring blocks 1A and 1B has a report destination changing device 9 and 18, a communication control device 4k and 1k.
Although the case where 3 k is provided has been described, the group monitoring center device in more monitoring blocks is provided with the report destination changing device and the communication control device of the present embodiment to concentrate the abnormality notification of each group monitoring center device. Of course, they may be configured so as to complement each other.

Further, 10 cases / 5 minutes are exemplified as the abnormal area judging conditions of the abnormal area judging devices 20 and 21, but they can be arbitrarily set in consideration of the scale of the monitoring blocks and the regional blocks, the disaster occurrence record, and the like. Good.

[0017]

According to the present invention, when abnormality notifications from a certain area are concentrated on each group monitoring center apparatus, the notification destinations are monitored by the terminal apparatuses in the areas not related to this concentrated area to the other groups. Since the report destination changing device for issuing the instruction to switch to the center device is provided, it is possible to suppress the delay, error, and omission of the abnormality response processing for the abnormality notification from the unrelated area which is affected by the disaster in a certain area.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a remote monitoring device of the present invention.

[Reference Numerals] 1A, 1B monitoring block X, Y, Z regional blocks _{X 1 ~Xn, Y 1 ~Yn,} Z 1 ~Zn terminal device 3 group monitoring center apparatus 4 ₁ ~4i, 4k communication control unit 5 processor 6 storage device 7 ₁ ～7J display operation device 8 ₁ ~8j printer 9 report destination change device 10 ₁ to 10 ₇ transmission unit 20 abnormality region determiner 1X, 1Y, 1Z regional blocks 1X ₁ ~1Xn, 1Y ₁ ~1Yn, 1Z _{1 to} 1Zn terminal device 11 group monitoring center device 13 _{1 to} 13i communication control device 14 processing device 15 storage device 16 _{1 to} 16j display operation device 17 _{1 to} 17j printing device 18 report destination changing device 19 _{1 to} 19 ₇ transmission unit 21 Abnormal area determination device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A terminal device for detecting an abnormality of various facilities in each building, a processing device for processing information of an abnormality report transmitted from these terminal devices, and a screen display of a result processed by the processing device. Alternatively, in a remote monitoring device including a plurality of blocks of a group monitoring center device having a display device for printing and displaying, a terminal device monitored by the group monitoring center device is divided into regions, while the group monitoring center device is , An abnormality determination device that determines that there is an area abnormality when the number of notifications from the terminal devices that have been divided into regions exceeds a predetermined number; A remote monitoring device comprising a notification destination changing device for giving a command to a terminal device to notify another group monitoring center device.