JPH07234288A - Rainwater information servicing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a rainwater information servicing device which detects rainwater on the roof top of a building and announces rainwater information by means of an extension call via a private branch exchange inside the building. CONSTITUTION:A rainwater collecting device 2 installed outdoors collects rainwater and a rainwater detection device 3 detects the rainwater collected by the rainwater collecting device 2. Rainwater information from the rainwater detection device 3 is provided by an announcing device 4 as a voice message to an extension terminal 7 via a line connecting device 5 and a private branch exchange 6. This allows those who are seated away from windows or work on higher floors, and anyone when it is dark outside the building during the night, to easily make sure the weather condition outside the building using an extension and thus save the trouble of turning back to take umbrellas as it rains, which they cannot notice before going out of the building.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a rainwater information providing device for providing rainfall information as a voice message.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, current rainfall information has been obtained from weather forecast information on ordinary telephones, weather forecasts on television and radio news. Information on a very limited small area, such as rainfall information around the building where I work, is visually checked.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of the weather information system (AMeDAS) currently used for weather forecast in the Kanto region. This meteorological information system (AMeDAS) installs a plurality of measuring stations 41a in fixed measuring areas 40a, 40b, 40c, and collects meteorological data such as temperature, humidity, atmospheric pressure, and rainfall through a communication line to a central processing station 42. Transferring. Based on this meteorological data, weather forecast information for telephones and news forecasts for television and radio news are provided.

[0004]

Conventionally, since the weather condition around oneself, for example, around the building in which one works, has been visually confirmed, it is possible to check the outdoor weather when going out or leaving the building. We judge the need for rain gear by looking at the situation through the window.If your seat is far from the window, the floor you work on is on a higher floor, or if the building is dark outside at night, etc. In many cases, it is difficult to check the weather conditions, and once he leaves the building, he notices the rain and returns to pick up the rain gear.

[0005] In addition, although the probability of rainfall is predicted in a wide area, for example, in units of prefectures, in the weather forecast information on the telephone, news forecasts on television and radio, the state of rainfall at the moving destination is not known at this point. There was a problem that it was uneconomical to carry out excessive equipment and packing because it was not possible to judge whether or not it was necessary to prepare rain gear and whether or not it was necessary to prepare drip-proof packaging for luggage to be brought. On the other hand, there was a case where the bag was wet with a small package.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and provides rainwater information for detecting rainwater on the rooftop of a building and announcing the rainwater information by an extension call via a private branch exchange in the building. The purpose is to obtain the device. Another object of the present invention is to obtain a rainwater information providing device that detects rainwater on the roof of a building and announces the rainwater information to a telephone at a remote place connected via a telephone line.

[0007]

A rainwater information providing apparatus according to the present invention comprises a rainwater collecting apparatus arranged outdoors for collecting rainwater and rainwater collected by the rainwater collecting apparatus. A rainwater detecting device for detecting the rainwater and a first announcement device for providing rainwater information from the rainwater detecting device to the extension terminal as a voice message through the line connection device and the private branch exchange. .

A rainwater information providing apparatus according to a second aspect of the present invention includes a rainwater collecting apparatus arranged outdoors for collecting rainwater, and a rainwater detecting apparatus for detecting rainwater collected by the rainwater collecting apparatus. The rainwater information from the rainwater detection device is provided as a voice message, and a second announcement device is provided for providing information to a line connection device and a telephone terminal connected to the line via a telephone line.

[0009]

In the rainwater information providing device according to the first aspect of the present invention, rainwater is collected by the rainwater collecting device arranged outdoors, and the rainwater collecting device detects the rainwater collected by the rainwater collecting device. The rainwater information from the rainwater detection device is provided to the extension terminal as a voice message by the first announcement device through the line connection device and the private branch exchange.

In the rainwater information providing apparatus according to the second aspect of the invention, rainwater is collected by a rainwater collecting apparatus arranged outdoors, and rainwater collected by the rainwater collecting apparatus is detected by a rainwater detecting apparatus, The rainwater information from the rainwater detection device is provided as a voice message by the second announcement device to the line connection device and the telephone terminal connected to the line via the telephone line.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Embodiment 1. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a rainwater information providing device according to the invention of claim 1,
FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an installation situation of the rainwater information providing device.

The rainwater information providing device, as shown in FIG.
It has a rainwater collecting device 2 arranged outdoors for collecting rainwater, and the rainwater collecting device 2 is connected with a rainwater detecting device 3 for detecting rainwater collected by the rainwater collecting device 2. ing. Then, the rainwater detection device 3 is connected to a first announcement device 4 for providing information to the extension terminal 7 via the line connection device 5 and the private branch exchange 6 as rainwater information from the rainwater detection device 3 as a voice message. The extension terminal 7 is installed on each floor of the building.

As shown in detail in FIG. 3, the rainwater collecting device 2 has a housing 2a, and the housing 2a has
Rainwater detector 3, announcement device 4, and line connection device 5
An accommodating portion 14 for accommodating is stored. Furthermore, the housing 2
A funnel-shaped rainwater collector 10 with the receiving port 10a exposed to the outside is provided at a, and a drain port 13 is provided at the lower part. Further, a water leak detection zone 12 is provided facing the outlet 10b of the rainwater collector 10, and the water leak detection zone 12 is provided.
A dew condensation prevention heater 11 for preventing dew condensation and freezing in the water leak detection zone 12 and the housing 2a is disposed near the.

As shown in detail in FIG. 4, the water leakage detection zone 12 is composed of a pair of conductive core wires 16a and 16b, and a voltage is supplied from the power source 15 between the conductive core wires 16a and 16b. Is being applied. Therefore, the conductive core wire 16
When a water droplet 100 or the like is brought into conduction between a and 16b, a weak current flows between the conductive core wires 16a and 16b,
The presence or absence of rainwater is detected by detecting this current.

Further, as shown in detail in FIG. 5, the rainwater detecting device 3 has an amplifying circuit 24 for amplifying a signal from the leak detecting zone 12 via a sensitivity adjusting volume 23. A water leakage detection relay 21 that is excited by the signal amplified by the amplifier circuit 24 is connected to 24. Furthermore, a rainwater detection relay 22 is connected to a contact point 21 a of the water leakage detection relay 21, and the rainwater detection relay 22
The contact 22a of is connected to the announcement device 4. The water leak detection relay 21 is an OFF delay relay for about 10 minutes, and once water leak is detected, the signal is held for 10 minutes to stabilize the presence or absence of information. The rainwater detection device 3 also has a heater circuit 20 that prevents dew condensation and freezing in the storage section 14.

Further, the announcement device 4 has a message switching circuit 31 which is switched by a signal from the rainwater detecting device 3, that is, a message switching signal 101, as shown in detail in FIG. , Message 1 (for example, "There is no rainwater detected now.") Message 1 output circuit 32a
And a message 2 output circuit 32b for outputting a message 2 (for example, "rainwater is now being detected. You need to prepare rain gear."). Then, the message 1 output circuit 32a and the message 2 output circuit 3
2b provides a message to the extension terminal 7 via the message switching circuit 31, the line connection device 5 and the private branch exchange 6.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When it is not raining, the leak detection zone 12 of the rainwater collecting device 2 is in a non-conductive state, and the conductive core wire 16 is provided.
No current flows between a and 16b. Therefore, the water leak detection relay 21 of the rainwater detection device 3 is not excited, the rainwater detection relay 22 is not excited, and the message switching signal 101 is not sent to the announcement device 4. Therefore, the message switching circuit 31 remains closed on the side of the message 1 output circuit 32a. Then, when the extension terminal 7 is connected to the line connection device 5 via the private branch exchange 6, the message 1 output circuit 32a indicates, "There is no rainwater detection now."
Message 1 is repeatedly answered.

When it is raining, the water leakage detection zone 12 of the rainwater collecting device 2 is in a conductive state, and the conductive core wire 16 is provided.
A current flows between a and 16b. Therefore, the leak detection relay 21 of the rainwater detection device 3 is excited and the rainwater detection relay 2
2 is also excited, and the message switching signal 101 is sent to the announcement device 4. Therefore, the message switching circuit 31 switches to the message 2 output circuit 32b side. When the extension terminal 7 is connected to the line connection device 5 via the private branch exchange 6, the message 2 output circuit 32b
Repeatedly respond to message 2 saying, "We are currently detecting rainwater. You need to prepare rain gear."

Example 2. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the rainwater information providing device according to the invention of claim 2.
FIG. 8: is a figure which shows the installation condition of a rainwater information provision apparatus.

The rainwater information providing device, as shown in FIG.
It has a rainwater collecting device 2 arranged outdoors for collecting rainwater, and the rainwater collecting device 2 is connected with a rainwater detecting device 3 for detecting rainwater collected by the rainwater collecting device 2. ing. Then, the rainwater detection device 3 is connected to a second announcement device 30 that provides the rainwater information from the rainwater detection device 3 as a voice message to the telephone terminal 9 via the line connection device 5 and the telephone line 8. There is. The rainwater collecting device 2, the rainwater detecting device 3, and the line connecting device 5 have the same configurations as those in the first embodiment.

The announcement device 30, as shown in detail in FIG. 9, is a message switching circuit 3 which is switched by a signal from the rainwater detection device 3, that is, a message switching signal 101.
3 and the message switching circuit 33 outputs a message 1 (for example, “This is the △△ building in the XX district. There is no rainwater detection now.”) And the message 1 output circuit 34a and the message 2 ( For example, "○○ district △
△ It's a building. We are currently detecting rainwater. You need to bring rain gear. )) Is output, the message 2 output circuit 34b is connected. The message 1 output circuit 34a and the message 2 output circuit 34b provide a message to the telephone terminal 9 via the message switching circuit 33, the line connection device 5 and the telephone line 8.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described.

When an external telephone number for the line connection device of the rainwater information providing device is dialed from an ordinary telephone at a remote place, the rainwater information of the destination is provided in real time to the caller. For example, when it is not raining, the water leak detection zone 12 of the rainwater catchment device 2 is in a non-conductive state, and no current flows between the conductive core wires 16a and 16b. Therefore, the water leakage detection relay 21 of the rainwater detection device 3 is not excited, the rainwater detection relay 22 is not excited, and the message switching signal 100 is not sent to the announcement device 4. Therefore, the message switching circuit 33 remains closed on the side of the message 1 output circuit 34a. And the message 1 output circuit 3
4a repeatedly responds with the message 1 "This is the △ ○ building in the ○○ area. There is no rainwater detected at this time."

When it is raining, the water leak detection zone 12 of the rainwater collecting device 2 is in a conductive state, and the conductive core wire 16 is provided.
A current flows between a and 16b. Therefore, the leak detection relay 21 of the rainwater detection device 3 is excited and the rainwater detection relay 2
2 is also excited, and the message switching signal 100 is sent to the announcement device 4. Therefore, the message switching circuit 33 switches to the message 2 output circuit 34b side. Then, the message 2 output circuit 34b displays the message of "XX district △△
It's Bill. We are currently detecting rainwater. You need to bring rain gear. Message 2 "is repeatedly responded.

It should be noted that, as shown in FIG. 10, the embodiment 1 and the embodiment in which the extension terminal 7 is connected to the line connection device 5 via the private branch exchange 6 and the telephone terminal 9 is connected via the telephone line 8. It is also possible to adopt a configuration in which Example 2 is combined.

[0028]

As described above, according to the first aspect of the invention, rainwater is collected by the rainwater collecting device arranged outdoors, and the rainwater collected by this rainwater collecting device is detected. Since the device detects the rainwater and provides the rainwater information from the rainwater detection device to the extension terminal as a voice message by the first announcement device through the line connection device and the private branch exchange, one's seat can be opened from the window. If you are far, if the floor you work on is on a higher floor, or if the outside of the building is dark at night, etc., you can easily check the weather conditions outside the building by an extension telephone, and once you leave the building, notice the rain, The inconvenience of returning to get the rain gear can be eliminated. In particular, it is possible to improve convenience for users of large-scale high-rise buildings, which take time to reach the building exit.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, rainwater is collected by the rainwater collecting device arranged outdoors, and the rainwater collected by the rainwater collecting device is detected by the rainwater detecting device. Since the rainwater information from the rainwater detection device is configured to be provided as a voice message by the second announcement device to the line connection device and the telephone terminal connected to the line via the telephone line, the rainfall at the moving destination at the present time It is possible to grasp the condition of the rain gear, determine whether it is necessary to prepare rain gear, and whether it is necessary to prepare drip-proof packaging for luggage to bring, and it is possible to prevent uneconomical by excessive equipment and packing. it can. As a result, it is possible to prevent the package from getting wet in a light package.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a rainwater information providing apparatus according to the first aspect of the invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an installation situation of a rainwater information providing device according to the invention of claim 1;

FIG. 3 is a schematic configuration diagram showing a rainwater collecting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a water leakage detection zone of the rainwater catchment apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration of a rainwater detection device according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an announcement device according to the invention of claim 1.

FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a rainwater information providing device according to a second aspect of the invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an installation situation of a rainwater information providing device according to the invention of claim 2;

FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an announcement device according to the invention of claim 2.

FIG. 10 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an announcement device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of a conventional weather information system (AMeDAS) in the Kanto region.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Rainwater Information Provision Device 2 Rainwater Collection Device 3 Rainwater Detection Device 4 Announcement Device 5 Line Connection Device 6 Private Branch Exchange 7 Extension Terminal 8 Telephone Line 9 Telephone Terminal

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A rainwater collecting device arranged to collect rainwater outdoors, a rainwater detecting device for detecting rainwater collected by the rainwater collecting device, and rainwater information from the rainwater detecting device as a voice message. And a first announcement device for providing information to an extension terminal via a line connection device and a private branch exchange, as a rainwater information providing device. 2. A rainwater collecting device arranged for collecting rainwater outdoors, a rainwater detecting device for detecting rainwater collected by the rainwater collecting device, and rainwater information from the rainwater detecting device as a voice message. And a second announcement device for providing information to a telephone terminal connected to the line via a line connection device and a telephone line as a rainwater information providing device.