JPH0652481A - Home security system and inspecting operation unit used for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide the home security system through which the operation tests of security sensors for a fire, a gas leak, crime prevention, etc., can easily be performed at the main entrance and to provide the inspecting operation unit used for the system. CONSTITUTION:The home security system is constituted by connecting an interphone slave equipment 50, connected to a door phone slave unit 100 installed at the main entrance, to a controller 1 to which various security sensors S1-S4 for a fire, a gas leak, crime prevention, etc., installed indoors are connected; and a connector part 111 into which the testing plug 207 of the inspecting operation unit 200 is inserted is formed on the side of the door phone slave unit 100 and the testing plug 207 is inserted into the connector part 111. Then the inspecting operation unit 200 is operated to test the operations of the various security sensors S1-S4 connected to the controller 1.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fire alarm, a gas alarm, an emergency alarm connected to a controller such as a house information panel or an alarm unit installed in a dwelling unit by inserting and connecting terminals of an inspection operation unit from the intercom subunit. The present invention relates to a home security system in which a test operation signal is sent to a security sensor or the like so that it is possible to check and confirm that these security sensors operate normally, and an inspection operation unit used in this system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A home security system of this type is
It is configured by connecting various sensors such as fire, gas leak, crime prevention, etc. to a controller such as a house information panel and alarm unit installed in the dwelling unit. In addition to the basic function of receiving alarms such as leaks and crime prevention, in order to prevent system troubles, we have developed a controller installed in the dwelling unit with an inspection switch that responds to fire occurrence, gas abnormality, crime prevention, etc. It has been put to practical use.

[0003]

However, in such a conventional structure, the inspection switch is provided in the controller installed in the room, and when the operation state of each security sensor is inspected, the inspection switch is used. Since it is necessary to operate each sensor to bring heat, fire, gas, etc. into close proximity to each sensor, a plurality of inspection personnel are required, which greatly affects the inspection cost. Also, when there are no people in the dwelling unit, it is necessary to visit and inspect again when there are residents, so the work cannot be done smoothly, and
Even when there is a resident at the time of the inspection, it is troublesome for the person in the dwelling unit to go up to the room to perform the inspection, and it is also troublesome for the person who performs the inspection.

The present invention has been proposed in view of such circumstances, and has a basic function of receiving an alarm such as a fire, a gas leak, or crime prevention, and a mutual call between the room and the front door through the intercom base unit and the slave unit. In addition to, the home security system that allows you to easily test the operation of various security sensors such as fire, gas leakage, crime prevention, etc. It is an object to provide an inspection operation unit used in this system.

[0005]

The present invention proposed to solve the above problems includes a home security system and an inspection operation unit having the following configurations. That is, the home security system of the present invention proposed in claim 1 is arranged indoors and is connected to a controller to which various security sensors for fire, gas leakage, crime prevention, etc. are connected, and to an intercom subunit installed at the entrance. This is an improvement of the one that is configured by connecting the intercom base unit through the signal line.On the doorphone subunit side, a connector part for inserting the test plug of the inspection operation unit is formed, and the test plug is attached to this connector part. By inserting and operating the inspection operation unit, the operation test of various security sensors connected to the controller is performed.

An inspection operation unit is proposed in claims 2 to 6, and the one proposed in claim 2 is a test item selection switch for selecting a security sensor to be tested and a test item selection switch. Equipped with a test switch that performs a test operation of the security sensor selected and designated by, and a test signal generation circuit that sequentially sends a test operation command signal to the security sensor selected by the test item selection switch each time the test switch is operated. It is characterized by that.

Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, the inspection operation unit has a test switch for performing a test operation of the security sensor, and when the test switch is operated, the inspection switch unit is controlled by the controller according to the order prepared in advance. A test signal generation circuit for sequentially sending a test operation command signal to various connected security sensors is provided.

The invention proposed in claim 4 is that any one of the above-mentioned inspection operation units is further provided with an operation confirmation display section for confirming an operation state from various security sensors that have performed a test operation. Characterize.

The invention proposed in claim 5 is characterized in that the operation confirmation display section is configured to display an address previously assigned to the security sensor that has performed the test operation.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, when the security sensors which have been subjected to other test operations are operating normally, the addresses previously assigned to those sensors are sequentially displayed on the confirmation operation display section. On the other hand, when the security sensor that has performed the test operation is operating normally, the address display assigned to the inactive sensor is stopped.

Further, a home security system is separately proposed in claims 7 and 8, and in claim 7, the controller is arranged indoors and is connected to a controller to which various security sensors such as fire, gas leak, and crime prevention are connected. The intercom main unit connected to the intercom subunit installed at the entrance is connected via a signal line, and in this system, the intercom subunit has various security signal lines connected to the above-mentioned controller. Is selectively short-circuited to provide a test selection switch, and by selectively operating the test selection switch, the operation of the security sensor to be tested can be inspected for each signal line.

[0012] Claim 8 proposes a further improved home security system, in which the test selection switch is connected to the controller by using various security sensors such as fire, gas leak and crime prevention signal lines. It is composed of a rotary switch that short-circuits each.

[0013]

[Function] When performing an operation test of various security sensors such as fire, gas leak, crime prevention, etc., the test plug of the inspection operation unit is attached to the connector part exposed from the front of the intercom subunit installed at the entrance. Is performed (corresponding to claim 1). The intercom base unit is connected to a controller installed in a dwelling unit by a signal line, and various security sensors such as fire, gas leakage, and crime prevention are connected to the controller by the signal line. When a signal is sent from the security sensor to the test operation, the security sensor detects this signal and, if normal, issues a test report (corresponding to claim 1).

The signal generated by this operation reaches the inspection operation unit from the controller via the intercom subunit and can be known on the display unit of the inspection operation unit. In addition, the presence or absence of the judgment of "normal" or "abnormal" of the security sensor that has been tested is displayed by the presence or absence of lighting on the corresponding display surface, and the inspected security sensor is also displayed as an address. The buzzer sounds, the addresses assigned in advance to the security sensor at the detected location are displayed in characters, and the end of detection is also displayed in characters. When the security sensor that has performed the test operation does not operate, the address display assigned to the inactive sensor stops (claims 1, 4 and 6).

When inspecting using an inspection operation unit having a configuration different from the above, insert the test plug of the inspection operation unit into the connector section of the intercom subunit as in the case described above, and perform the inspection. When the test switch on the operation unit side is operated, a test operation command signal is sent from the test signal generation circuit according to the order prepared in advance, and the security sensor set by this signal is operated, and the result is the above-mentioned inspection operation unit. Is displayed in a similar manner (corresponding to claim 3).

Further, in the case of a home security system having another configuration proposed in claims 7 and 8,
By activating the test selection switch in the door intercom slave at the entrance to selectively short-circuit the signal lines of various security sensors connected to the controller, the security sensor to be tested operates through the signal line at the short-circuited point, The signal that received this operation reaches the inside of the controller, and the intercom slave unit lights and displays it. Further, in the controller, the signal line connected to the intercom sub unit for communication can be automatically switched, and the buzzer can be sounded by the intercom sub unit via the signal line to notify the detection result.
In addition, the presence / absence of the determination of “normal” or “abnormal” is determined by the difference in the number of times the alarm lamp rings or the blinking of the lamp. (Corresponding to claim 7).

When the test selection switch is a rotary switch, the tip of the driver is inserted from the front panel side of the intercom subunit and the rotary switch is rotated to short-circuit any selected signal line. It may be performed (corresponding to claim 8).

[0018]

Embodiments of the home security system of the present invention and an inspection operation unit used in this system will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a home security system of the present invention and an inspection operation unit used in this system, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the same, and FIG. 3 is a front view of the inspection operation unit.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the home security system A of the present invention includes at least various security sensors S1 to S4 for fire, gas leakage, crime prevention and the like.
Is connected to a controller 1 installed in a room, and an intercom master unit 50 having a handset 51 is connected to the controller 1. The intercom master unit 50 is further equipped with an intercom subunit 100 installed at the entrance of a dwelling unit.
And signal line L.

Various security sensors such as the fire detection sensor S1, the gas leak detection sensor S2, and the crime prevention sensors S3, S4 are transmitted through the transmission units 2a, 2b, 2cp2d connected to the signal lines L1, L2, L3, L4, respectively. Is connected to the transmission control unit 3 in the controller 1 so that multiple transmission processing is possible, and the CPU 4, the ROM 5, and the RAM 6 provided in the controller 1 are connected to the transmission control unit 3 via the interface 7, Is connected via a signal line L5 to an alarm unit 8 having an alarm buzzer 9.

An intercom subunit 100 provided at the entrance of one of the dwelling units is provided with a transmission unit 101 connected to the transmission control section 3 in the controller 1 by a signal line L, and an inspection operation described later. A connector portion 111 into which the test plug 206 of the unit 200 is inserted is connected to the transmission unit 101, and the connector portion 111 is exposed on the front panel surface 100a of the intercom subunit 100. Note that 102 is a speaker and 103 is a microphone.

Next, the inspection operation unit of the present invention will be described. This inspection operation unit has two types of configurations. First, FIG. 3 shows an inspection operation unit 200A proposed in claim 2. This inspection operation unit 200
On the front panel surface 200a of A, a test item display section 201 in which test items to be tested are listed, and a security sensor to be tested is arranged in parallel with the test item display section 201. A test item selection switch 202 and a test switch 203 for performing a test operation of a security sensor selected and designated by the test item selection switch 202 are provided, and the test switch 203 is operated in the inspection operation unit 200. A test signal generation circuit 204 for sequentially sending the test operation command signal selected by the test item selection switch 202 to the security sensor is provided.

On the front panel surface 200a, along with the test item display section 201, there is provided an operation confirmation display section 205 for displaying the operation states of various security sensors that have performed a test operation by lighting and confirming them. The operation confirmation display unit 205 is provided with an address display unit 206 that displays an address previously assigned to the security sensor that has performed the test operation.

On the other hand, FIG. 4 shows the inspection operation unit proposed in claim 3. On the front panel surface 200b of the inspection operation unit 200B, a test item display section 201 listing test items to be tested and a test switch 2 for performing a test operation of the security sensor.
03, and when the test switch 203 is operated in the inspection operation unit 200B, a test operation command signal is sequentially sent to various security sensors connected to the controller 1 in accordance with a prepared order. A test signal generating circuit 204 for sending out is provided, and in addition to this, an operation confirmation display section 205 and an address display section 206 similar to those in the case of the above-mentioned inspection operation unit 200A are provided on the front panel surface 200b.

Any of the above-mentioned inspection operation units 200
Also in A and 200B, a test plug 207 corresponding to the connector section 111 of the doorphone subunit 100 is connected to the tip of the signal line L8 derived from the inside thereof, and a test signal including an address is transmitted to each of them. It is configured to receive an operation confirmation signal.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the home security system proposed in claim 7, and FIG. 6 is an electric circuit diagram of the home security system showing another configuration example shown in FIG. As shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, this system A ′ is different from the above-described configuration in that a controller 1 ′ (or an alarm unit) to which various security sensors such as fire, gas leakage, and crime prevention are connected indoors. The door intercom 100 'installed and installed at the front door selects the signal for operating each security sensor and sends it out, and the detection result can be known from the controller 1', as described above. No special inspection operation unit is required.

The various security sensors S1 to S4
Is connected via signal lines L10 to L13 to a receiving circuit 10 provided with an individual input terminal for fire, gas leakage, crime prevention, etc. in the controller 1 ', and the receiving circuit 10 outputs an alarm lamp output circuit 11 , And the sound output amplifier 12 are connected to the control CPU 13. The alarm lamp output circuit 11 is an intercom subunit 10 provided at the entrance.
The call lamp signal line L2 is connected to the alarm lamp 110 in 0 '.
While the sound output amplifier 12 is connected via 0,
The signal line L3 is connected to the speaker 102 in the intercom subunit 100 '.
It is configured to be capable of outputting an alarm corresponding to a fire, a gas leak, a crime prevention, etc. by being connected via 0, and the intercom slave 100 'and the intercom master unit 50 via the signal line L30. It is possible to talk between. 10
Reference numeral 3 is a small microphone for communication provided in the intercom subunit 100 '.

The above-mentioned various security sensors S1
In addition to the signal lines L10 to L13, one end of the inspection system signal line L40 is connected to the signal lines L40 to S4.
The other end is connected to a terminal of a test selection switch composed of a rotary switch 110 provided in the intercom subunit 100 '. The rotary switch 110 is used for the front panel 100a of the intercom subunit 100 '.
By inserting the tip of the driver through the small hole formed in the and rotating the driver, the driver is rotated to an arbitrary set position. Thus, when the operation of the security sensor to be tested is short-circuited for each signal line, the alarm lamp output circuit 11 operates according to the input of each signal, and the sound output amplifier 12 operates the Ry relay 14 to operate the Rya side. The alarm buzzer is emitted from the speaker 102 of the intercom subunit 100 ′, and the alarm lamp 104 is turned on. The rotary switch 1 is provided around the small hole formed in the front panel 100a of the intercom subunit 100 '.
Marks or the like corresponding to the contact positions of 10 are engraved, and the rotation of the rotary switch 110 is also temporarily stopped at each contact position so that the operation position of the rotary switch 110 can be easily understood.

[0029]

According to the present invention described above, it is possible to easily perform an inspection operation such as a fire, a gas leak, and crime prevention on the intercom subunit, from the front door, so that the inspection does not require a plurality of personnel. Moreover, the inspection can be performed smoothly regardless of the presence or absence of the resident. Therefore, the labor cost required for the inspection can be significantly reduced, and the inspection time can be greatly reduced.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a home security system and an inspection operation unit of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a home security system and an inspection operation unit of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front view of the inspection operation unit proposed in claim 2;

FIG. 4 is a front view of another inspection operation unit.

FIG. 5 is a system configuration diagram of a home security system proposed in claim 7.

6 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the home security system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 A, A'Home security system S1 Fire sensor S2 Gas leak sensor S3, S4 Security sensor L to L6 Signal line 1, Controller 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d Transmission unit 3 Transmission control unit 7 Interface 8 Alarm unit 9 Alarm buzzer 10 Connector Part 50 Intercom master unit 101 Transmission unit 110 Rotary switch 111 Doorphone subunit 200 Inspection operation unit 201 Test item display unit 202 Test item selection switch 203 Test switch 204 Test signal generation circuit 205 Operation confirmation display unit 206 Address display unit 207 Test plug

Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. Home security configured by connecting an intercom master unit connected to an intercom subunit installed at a front door to a controller arranged indoors and connected with various security sensors for fire, gas leakage, crime prevention, etc. In the system, a connector portion for inserting a test plug of the inspection operation unit is formed on the intercom subunit, the test plug is inserted in this connector portion, and the inspection operation unit is operated to operate the controller. A home security system characterized by performing operation tests of various security sensors connected to. 2. A test item selection switch for selecting a security sensor to perform a test operation, a test switch for performing a test operation of a security sensor selected and designated by the test item selection switch, and a test every time the test switch is operated. An inspection operation unit characterized by comprising a test signal generating circuit for sequentially sending a test operation command signal to a security sensor selected by an item selection switch. 3. A test switch for performing a test operation of a security sensor, and when the test switch is operated, a test operation command signal is sequentially sent to various security sensors connected to a controller in accordance with a prepared order. An inspection operation unit having a configuration including a test signal generating circuit for transmitting. 4. The inspection operation unit according to claim 2, further comprising an operation confirmation display section for confirming an operation state from various security sensors that have performed a test operation. . 5. The inspection operation unit according to claim 4, wherein the operation confirmation display unit is configured to display an address previously assigned to the security sensor that has performed the test operation. 6. The confirmation operation display section displays the addresses pre-assigned to the security sensors that have been tested, when the security sensors are normally operating. The inspection operation unit according to claim 5, wherein when the security sensor does not operate, the address display assigned to the inoperative sensor stops. 7. A structure in which an intercom master unit connected to an intercom subunit installed at a front door is connected to a controller, which is arranged indoors and connected with various security sensors for fire, gas leakage, crime prevention, etc., through a signal line. In the home security system, a test selection switch for selectively short-circuiting the signal lines of various security sensors connected to the controller is provided on the intercom slave side, and by selectively operating this test selection switch, The home security system is characterized in that the operation of the security sensor to be tested can be inspected for each signal line. 8. The home security system, wherein the test selection switch is constituted by a rotary switch that short-circuits various security sensors such as fire, gas leak, and crime prevention connected to the controller for each signal line.