JPH06274782A - Full automatic disaster prevention monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly and accurately report abnormal generation information such as fire and illegal intrusion to the required reporting destination by an unattended system. CONSTITUTION:The system is provided with plural slave units 1 encoding abnormal sensing signals from a disaster prevention camera 3 and illegal intrusion sensor 6 located in the specific monitoring area by a warning signal generation device 11 and sending abnormal warning signals including the abnormal generation place and the abnormal contents and a controlling device (personal computer) 23 decoding the received abnormal warning signal and producing the abnormal reporting signals acceptable at the reporting destination including the abnormal information. It includes a master unit 19 reporting the abnormal reporting signal from an automatic dial modem 27 for transmission and plural reception information devices (telephone sets) 31 accepting plural abnormal reporting signals from the automatic dial modem 27 for transmission according to the set priority reporting order.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system, and in particular, it monitors unmanned stores, factories, offices, etc. at night, and when an abnormality is detected, the abnormality is detected by a communication line such as a telephone line. The present invention relates to a fully-automatic disaster prevention monitoring system for reporting to a central monitoring center through a communication line and then reporting to a plurality of predetermined reporting destinations via a communication line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, stores, factories, offices, etc. have been unmanned at night, but in recent years, those facilities or their contents have become more sophisticated,
With the increasing sophistication, interest in disaster prevention such as fire and crime prevention has increased. In addition, the technology for detecting such abnormalities has been developed, for example, (1) fire detection device (automatic fire detection and notification device, gas leak detection and notification device, etc.), (2) crime prevention device (intruder detection and automatic tracking). Devices, etc.), (3) power abnormality monitoring device (power abnormality occurrence detection device such as power failure, leakage, overcurrent), (4) lighting and air conditioning facility monitoring device (lighting equipment failure and temperature abnormality detection device, etc.),
(5) Others Various kinds of abnormality sensing means such as facility monitoring devices (septic tanks or elevator abnormality detecting devices) have been developed.

As a disaster prevention system using such an abnormality monitoring device, a system as shown in FIG. 3 has been conventionally developed. FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a disaster prevention system in which the above-described various sensing devices are arranged in unmanned facilities and a sensing signal regarding a corresponding event sensed therein is sent to a central management center. In FIG. 3, 51 is a store that is unmanned at night, 52 is an unmanned night or large unmanned factory, 5
3 is a research institute or a large school with important research facilities, 54
Are usually unmanned warehouses, and 55 are lodges scattered over a wide area.

Further, 56 is a telephone exchange facility or modem which receives an abnormality detection signal from each of the above facilities 51-55 via a telephone line 57 and sends it to a management center via a telephone line 59, and 58 is a telephone. A management center, such as a head office, a branch office, a main building or an owner's house, which receives an abnormality detection signal via the line 59, determines the location and type of the abnormality and handles it, 61 is sent by a supervisor of the management center 58. Telephone switching equipment or a modem for outputting the alarm signal to the telephone line 62, 63, 64, and 65 are mobile station telephones such as vehicles for receiving voice alarm signals via the telephone line 62,
It is the telephone of the person in charge of disaster prevention and the telephone of important parties.

At each of the above-mentioned monitoring places, for example, a fire or illegal intrusion, an overcurrent, an abnormality in power equipment such as an abnormality in an in-house generator, an abnormality in lighting, temperature control, a refrigerator, etc. are monitored. When detected by the monitoring device, the signal transmitter or modem of the monitoring device calls the abnormality detection signal including information on the abnormal state (for example, the location of the abnormality and / or the type of abnormality identified from the device number). Output to the modem 56 via the line 57. This telephone line 57 is a public telephone line or a private telephone line. The modem 56 receives the abnormality detection signal, exchanges it, and sends it to the management center via the telephone line 59.

When the management center 58 receives the abnormality detection signal, the monitoring staff who is always waiting there takes appropriate action. That is, the observer can know the place and type of the abnormality from the received abnormality detection signal.
Through 2 to notify the mobile station telephone 63 that is constantly patrolling to have the security personnel rush, call the telephone 64 of the disaster prevention manager, or contact the telephone 65 of an important person such as the president.
Etc.

[0007]

However, in the conventional disaster prevention system as described above, the supervisor must constantly monitor the presence or absence of the abnormality detection signal at the management center, especially at night. In such cases, there was a problem in that the failure to receive the disaster prevention signal was overlooked, and appropriate measures could not be taken due to delay in response, or it would be too late, which could lead to serious situations.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and when an abnormality detection signal such as a fire is received from a remote place at an abnormality monitoring center,
It is an object of the present invention to provide a fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system which dials a plurality of predetermined report destinations and promptly and reliably reports the occurrence of an abnormality to relevant persons.

[0009]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to the present invention includes at least a disaster prevention camera and an illegal intruder installed in each of a plurality of specific monitoring areas where abnormal occurrence should be monitored. An abnormality detection signal from an abnormality detection means including one of a detection device, a fire detector, and a gas leak detector is converted into a predetermined abnormality alarm signal including at least the identification of a specific monitoring area where the abnormality has occurred and the type of the abnormality. Connected to multiple unmanned slave stations that output to the communication line and multiple unmanned slave stations in the monitoring center, receive the abnormal alarm signal via the communication line, create the abnormal information by decoding, and receive the abnormal information to the report destination A master station that converts an abnormality notification signal of a form that corresponds to the function and outputs it to the communication line, and an abnormality notification signal that is received from the master station via the communication line, and outputs a corresponding alarm sound, voice, or print alert. A plurality of report destination slave stations including information output means for generating information, and the master station notifies the plurality of report destination slave stations a plurality of times by the hope until at least one of the report recipients confirms receipt. It is characterized by repeatedly transmitting a signal.

The fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to the present invention is
Further, in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, an alarm device, a telephone, a fax machine, a printer, a personal computer, or an image display device is included as information output means. In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to the present invention further receives the abnormality notification signal from the master station via a radio calling station, and makes a bell call together with the abnormality occurrence slave station number and alarm content. It is characterized by having a report destination slave station including a pager calling device for displaying.

[0011]

The fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to the present invention is configured as described above, and the unattended master station which receives an abnormal alarm signal from an unattended child station via a communication line such as a telephone line automatically sends it. Anomaly information is decoded and created, and the anomaly notification signal including the anomaly information is repeatedly transmitted to a plurality of report destination slave stations according to a predetermined priority order until the report recipient confirms reception. As a result, the unattended disaster prevention monitoring system can safely and promptly and reliably notify the abnormality occurrence information to the abnormality notification destination.

[0012]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of a fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to a first embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a slave station which is installed in a place such as a store, a factory, or a warehouse where a fire, illegal intrusion, or other abnormal condition should be monitored and which reports the abnormal condition when it is detected. , A plurality of slave stations (A, B, ..., N).

Within each slave station, A, B, ... N, 3
Is a disaster prevention camera (either a normal camera or a video camera) that can trace and record the location of the abnormality,
5 is an image signal generator that generates an image signal from the image of the disaster prevention camera 3, 6 is an illegal intruder detection device that detects an illegal intruder by the disaster prevention camera 3 and generates an illegal intruder detection signal, 7 is an indoor desired Is a fire detector that generates a fire detection signal when a fire or smoke is detected, and a gas leak detector 9 that detects a gas leak or the like and generates a gas leak detection signal.

Reference numeral 11 is an image signal generated by the image signal generator 5, the illegal intruder detector 6, the fire detector 7, the gas leak detector 9, etc. under the control of the control device described later, and the illegal intruder detector 11 is detected. An alarm signal generator that generates an abnormal alarm signal from a signal, a fire detection signal, a gas leak detection signal, etc.
In addition to these various abnormal alarm signals, 13 detects the incidental abnormalities such as warning and cancellation by the disaster prevention camera 3 at each slave station, power loss of the disaster prevention camera 3, end of camera film, camera failure, etc. A control device for notifying the master station via the signal generation device 11 is an automatic dial modem for transmitting these various signals to the master station via the public telephone line or the private telephone line 15.

Reference numeral 19 is provided in a disaster prevention monitoring center in a certain wide area or a room in a building. It automatically receives and records abnormal alarm signals from a plurality of slave stations, and a predetermined person concerned (details later). And a telephone exchange facility 17 for performing communication exchange between the master station 19 and each slave station 1.

In the master station 19, 21 is a receiving modem device for converting an abnormal signal or control signal transmitted from each slave station 1 into a digital signal which can be processed by a personal computer, and 23 is for receiving the abnormal alarm signal and control signal. , A control device that runs a pre-created processing program to control the entire system (any control device such as a personal computer, and one that can display a movable state on a display device such as a CRT is preferable), 25 is a control device 23 Is a printer that records appropriate visible data.

Further, reference numeral 26 stores the contents of the abnormal signal and the control signal transmitted from the slave station digitized by the reception modem device 21 in the time and the slave station No. of the year / month / day / hour, and the reception modem device 21. A storage device (a hard disk or a floppy disk) for storing the image signal transmitted from the slave station, which is digitized in step 27, according to the location of the abnormality, the type of the abnormality, etc. under the control of the control device 23. A predetermined abnormality notification destination is automatically dialed according to the priority notification order, and an abnormality notification signal of a form (analog or digital) that can be received by the receiving device of the notification destination (alarm sound signal of constant wavelength, voice signal, It is an automatic dial modem device for transmitting image signals, FAX signals, personal computer communication signals, etc.).

Reference numeral 29 is a telephone exchange device for transmitting an abnormality notification signal from the automatic dial modem 27 to a notification destination designated by the signal, and reference numerals 31, 33, 35 and 45 are in accordance with the priority notification order determined by the control of the control device 23. , A contract report destination telephone set which receives an abnormality report signal via a public telephone line or a private telephone line 37, 39, 41, 43, respectively. In particular, reference numeral 45 denotes a display device-integrated telephone, which can grasp the situation of the site by directly imaging both sides taken by the disaster prevention camera 3. In addition, after receiving the abnormality notification signal, the display device-integrated telephone set can be used by the master station 1 separately if desired.
9 may be called and the image signal stored in the image signal storage device 26 may be continuously output and imaged.

Abnormality report destination telephone 31, 33, 35, 45
Etc. can be replaced with other information crisis or alarm devices such as a fax and a printer in addition to the above-mentioned telephone.
At this time, the abnormality notification signal generated from the control device 23 needs to be converted into a signal (analog, digital, or signal of a certain wavelength, etc.) that can be received depending on the type of information crisis or alarm device that receives it.

The telephone number of this contract report destination telephone is determined in advance by contract or the like. For example, when an abnormality occurs, the first priority report destination 31 to call the first priority 31
Assuming that the mobile telephone is the mobile telephone, the second priority callee 33 is the disaster prevention officer's telephone, and the third priority callee is the president's home telephone, an automatic dial modem device for transmission 27 Automatically, first to the mobile phone
For example, dial up to 5 times (any time). If you are still absent, dial the disaster prevention officer's phone up to 5 times (any number of times). If that is also absent, dial the president's house up to 5 times (any number of times).

If the call is not answered in any of the cases, this abnormality notification may be repeated from the beginning or stopped, or may be notified by other means such as fax or print. The abnormality notification destination may be any number, and the priority notification order may be determined each time depending on the abnormality occurrence place or its type.

For example, in the case of determining by the location of the abnormality, if the location of the abnormality happens to be closest to the president's residence, the president's residence may be determined as the first priority report destination. If it is an illegal intruder, the disaster prevention officer can be designated as the first priority report destination.
The control can be automatically performed by program control in the control device 23.

The contents of the notification from the slave station 1 to the master station 19 include the master station telephone number, the slave station telephone number, the type and content of the abnormality,
It is appropriate to include on-time notification, warning start / end, camera film end / fault, external alarm, power loss signal, etc. The content of notification from the control device 23 to the abnormality notification destination is primarily determined by the contract, but it is appropriate to include the location of the abnormality, the type of abnormality, and the degree thereof.

Next, the operation of the fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to this embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. 1 and FIG. First, the control device (personal computer) 23 is turned on (in the present embodiment, the main station 19 mainly turns on the power,
If the slave station 1 has a built-in battery, the fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to the present invention is initialized, and the power source of the slave station 1 is also on (it may be taken from the AC power source at the slave station installation location, in which case The power must also be turned on) and the system enters disaster prevention monitoring mode (step 1).

In the disaster prevention monitoring mode, the fire detector 7, the gas leak detector 9, etc., respectively generate a fire detection signal or a gas leak detection signal when a fire or a gas leak is detected.
The disaster prevention camera 3 may be constantly operated and may periodically photograph, and may transmit an image signal via the image signal generator 5, or may detect an abnormality and photograph it when an abnormality occurs ( The same is true for video cameras).

The illegal intruder detecting device 6 outputs an illegal intruder detecting signal to the alarm signal generating device 11 when it or the image signal generating device 5 determines that there is an illegal intruder. The alarm signal generating device 11 is based on various received sensing or detection signals, and at least the content of the abnormality (whether it is a fire or an illegal intruder, etc.), its location (almost any identification number that can be identified by a telephone number), and the abnormality An abnormality alarm signal including a signal indicating strength or the like (and an image signal if desired) is coded and output to the automatic dial modem 14 (step 2).

The automatic dial modem 14 automatically dials and connects to the master station 19 through the telephone line 15 and the telephone exchange facility 17 and transmits the abnormality alarm signal just created (step 1). The master station 19 converts the received analog abnormality alarm signal into a digital signal by the receiving modem device 21 and sends it to the control device (personal computer) 23 (step 3). Most of all, if a digital line is used for the telephone line 15, this receiving modem device 21 is necessary on the slave station 1 side. At this time, since the control device 23 is on standby for reception, it automatically receives the abnormality alarm signal (step 4), checks the identification number of the slave station, and checks the number (A, B, ..., N). Is confirmed (step 5).

If the identification numbers do not match, the reception is rejected and left alone (step 6), and if they match, the coded abnormality alarm signal is immediately compounded to at least the location of the abnormality (the company name, etc.). Data), including the content), the content of the abnormality (whether it is a fire or an illegal intruder), and the content data including the time when the abnormality occurred, is drawn from the memory, displayed on the CRT of the controller 23, and printed on the printer 25 (step 7). At the same time, an information signal (analog or digital) such as a voice signal and an image signal corresponding to the above content, which is notified to the notification destination from the data continuously output from the memory by automatic dialing,
For example, a conversation signal actually generated from the telephone is formed. The image signal is extracted from the image signal storage device 26.

The control device 23 forms an abnormality notification signal by the above-formed information signal and a necessary control signal such as priority notification order. The priority notification order of the report destination is set in consideration of preset items such as the priority notification order (which does not take into consideration the location of the abnormality and the content of the abnormality) and / or the content received from the slave station 1 in principle. (When considering the place where the abnormality has occurred and the contents of the abnormality) (step 8).

The control device 23 sends an abnormality notification signal to the transmitting automatic dial modem device 27. The automatic dial modem device 27 for transmission which has received it automatically dials the first priority report destination telephone (for example, 31) in accordance with the priority report order determined by the control device 23, and the connected phone (or information device). ) Is transmitted via the telephone exchange facility 29 to the telephone or the information device (step 9).

The abnormality reporting signal can be repeatedly reported to one reporting destination several times (five times in this embodiment) (step 1).
0) If the other party does not come out even after reporting to all the reporting destinations (step 11), the reporting can be repeated from the beginning if desired (step 12). If the other party still does not come out, a hard copy may be made by fax or a printer, or may be put in an answering machine (step 13).

Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In FIG. 4, 71 is the master station 19.
A wireless caller connected to the communication line from No. 1, and connected to a pager caller at the end of the pager to control the call, and 73 is a display device for displaying the slave station number in which the abnormality has occurred and / or the content of the alarm. It is a pager caller that can include.

In this embodiment, in addition to the information output means such as the telephone or the personal computer shown in the first embodiment, a pager caller 73 is connected as a notification destination. Thereby, even if the above-mentioned information output means is absent, it is possible to trace the pager calling device 73 at the moving destination and notify the minimum necessary information.

Although the present invention has been described in detail based on the embodiments thereof, the present invention is not limited to them.
For example, when all the callees have been notified once and no one comes out, an alarm sound may be generated at regular intervals. In addition, if the person to be notified later knows of the abnormality, it is possible to call the parent station 19 of the disaster prevention monitoring center and obtain again the contents of the abnormality notification signal sent previously and other information.

[0035]

As described above, according to the present invention,
The master station in the disaster prevention monitoring center automatically receives the abnormality detected by the unmanned child station installed in the specific monitoring area, and automatically dials it to notify the predetermined notification destination according to the priority notification order. By doing so, even if at least the slave station and the parent station have no observer or unattended, it is automatically and repeatedly notified to the desired destination, so that an abnormal occurrence can be requested inexpensively and quickly and surely. It is now possible to notify the report recipients. In addition, if desired, by playing back the image of the location of the abnormality on the report display device, it is possible to see the abnormality site and immediately respond to the abnormality.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to the embodiment shown in FIG.

[Figure 3] Block diagram of a conventional disaster prevention monitoring system

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Slave Station 3 Disaster Prevention Camera 5 Image Signal Generator 6 Illegal Intruder Detector 7 Fire Detector 9 Gas Leak Detector 11 Alarm Signal Generator 13 Controller 14 Automatic Dial Modem 17 Telephone Switch 19 Master Station 21 Reception Modem Device 23 control device (personal computer) 25 printer 26 image signal storage device 27 automatic dial modem device for transmission 29 telephone exchange device 31 first priority callee telephone 33 second priority callee telephone 35 third priority callee telephone 45 display Equipment integrated telephone 51 Store 52 Unmanned factory 53 Laboratory or school 54 Unmanned warehouse 55 Loans scattered over a wide area 56 Telephone exchange equipment or modem 57 Telephone line 58 Management center 61 Telephone exchange equipment or modem 63 Mobile station telephone Device 64 Telephone for disaster prevention manager 65 Telephone for important persons 71 Radio Calling station 73 Pager caller

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An anomaly from an anomaly detection means including at least one of a disaster prevention camera, an illegal intruder detection device, a fire detector, and a gas leak detector installed in each of a plurality of specific monitoring areas where the occurrence of an abnormality is to be monitored. A plurality of unmanned slave stations that convert the sensing signal into a predetermined abnormality alarm signal including at least the identification of the specific monitoring area where the abnormality has occurred and the type of the abnormality and output it to the communication line; and in the monitoring center, the plurality of unmanned slave stations. Connected to the
A master station that receives and decodes the abnormality alarm signal via a communication line to create abnormality information, converts the abnormality information into an abnormality notification signal in a form corresponding to the receiving function of the report destination, and outputs the signal to the communication line, A plurality of notification destination slave stations including information output means for receiving the abnormality notification signal from a master station via a communication line and generating alarm information such as alarm sound, voice, or printing corresponding thereto; A fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system, wherein the station repeatedly transmits the abnormality notification signal to the plurality of report destination slave stations a plurality of times as desired until at least one of the report destinations confirms receipt. 2. The fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein communication with respect to the plurality of report destination slave stations is performed according to a changeable predetermined priority order. 3. The fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein each of the information output means includes an alarm, a telephone, a fax, a printer, a personal computer, and an image display device. 4. An anomaly from an anomaly detection means including at least one of a disaster prevention camera, an illegal intruder detection device, a fire detector, and a gas leak detector installed in each of a plurality of specific monitoring areas where the occurrence of an abnormality is to be monitored. A plurality of unmanned slave stations that convert the sensing signal into a predetermined abnormality alarm signal including at least the identification of the specific monitoring area where the abnormality has occurred and the type of the abnormality and output it to the communication line; and in the monitoring center, the plurality of unmanned slave stations. Connected to the
A master station that receives and decodes the abnormality alarm signal via a communication line to create abnormality information, converts the abnormality information into an abnormality notification signal in a form corresponding to the receiving function of the report destination, and outputs the signal to the communication line, And a callee slave station including a pager caller that receives the abnormality notification signal from the master station via the radio calling station and displays the abnormality calling slave station number and the alarm content together with the bell call. Fully automatic disaster monitoring system. 5. The notification destination slave station receives the abnormality notification signal from the master station via a communication line, and outputs an alarm sound, a voice,
Alternatively, information output means for generating alarm information such as printing, and a pager call for receiving the error notification signal from the master station via a radio calling station and displaying a bell call together with an error occurrence slave station number and alarm content 5. The fully automatic disaster prevention monitoring system according to claim 1 or 4, characterized in that it is operated at the same time.