JPH08171690A - Gas cylinder management method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To manage gas cylinders more easily and accurately by making the numbers of old and new gas cylinders able to be reported to a centralized monitor center from the work site where both gas cylinders are exchanged with each other by a simple operation. CONSTITUTION: A gas security board 20 provided in each home II is connected to a centralized monitor center I via a telephone circuit III, and the mutual communication of data is carried out between the board 20 and the center I. When the gas cylinders are exchanged, a bar code reader terminal unit 30 reads the container numbers, etc., of an old gas cylinder 24a and a new gas cylinder 24b and/or the bar codes of a bar code sheet 31, and these read container numbers of both gas cylinders are inputted to the board 20 and sent to the center I from the board 20.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention connects a gas security panel installed in each home and a centralized monitoring center via a telephone line, and provides meter reading data of a gas meter in each home.
The present invention relates to a gas cylinder management method that effectively uses a gas security device that reports various kinds of gas security data and the like to the centralized monitoring center through the telephone line.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 2 is an overall configuration diagram for explaining an example of a gas security device to which the present invention is applied, in which I is a centralized monitoring center, II is a user (home), and II.
I is a telephone line, and the central monitoring center I and user II are
Connected via telephone line III. The centralized monitoring center I side is equipped with a CPU 11, a modem 12, a printer 13 and the like, and the user II side is equipped with a gas security panel 20, a telephone 21, a gas sensor 22 (gas alarm device) and the like outdoors. It is equipped with a gas meter 23, a gas cylinder 24, etc., and the CPU 11 of the centralized monitoring center and the user's gas security panel 20 are connected via a telephone line III. For example, the meter reading value of the gas meter 23 or a water meter, electric power meter not shown The security panel 20 informs the central monitoring center I of meter reading values, or when the gas sensor 22 detects a gas leak, the security panel 20 informs the central monitoring center I of a gas leak.

When there is a data transmission request from the centralized monitoring center I, the gas security panel 20 judges the transmission request, and if it requests the meter reading value of the gas meter, the meter reading value of the gas meter, Water meter reading value,
Alternatively, if the meter reading value of the power meter is requested,
The meter reading value of the water meter or the electric power meter is transmitted to the centralized monitoring center.

The gas security board 20 includes a gas sensor 2
When a gas leak signal from 2 is received, the shutoff valve of the gas meter 23 is automatically closed to ensure safety, and the central monitoring center I is notified of the gas leak. Upon receiving the gas leak information, the centralized monitoring center I dispatches an inspector to the user to confirm the fact of the gas leak, and when the fact of the gas leak is confirmed, the countermeasure process is executed.

Further, the gas security panel has, for example, a ten-key pad, and by using the ten-key pad, a telephone number (telephone number of the center), a code number (ID) of oneself (user), for example, opening / closing of a valve of a gas meter. Reservation time,
Parameters such as regular notifications such as meter readings and gas cylinder switching timings are set, and the centralized monitoring center I is notified via a telephone line, and at the same time, stored in a RAM built in the gas security panel 20.

In the centralized monitoring system using the gas security panel as described above, the gas cylinder is replaced when the gas in the LP gas cylinder is exhausted or near the exhaust gas, but the management of this gas cylinder is difficult. there were. That is, the amount of LP gas cylinders installed in each home is monitored at the central monitoring center through the gas security panel, and when the amount of remaining gas is low, the central monitoring center comes to replace the gas cylinders. At that time, enter the container number etc. of the old and new cylinders on the container exchange slip and make a slip, or enter these container numbers in the handheld terminal, and when you return to the office, these container numbers (CPU) etc. are input and the container is managed. Also, when the cylinder is replaced, the cylinder management value in the gas meter is reset and the information to that effect is transmitted from the gas security panel to the central monitoring center. It should be noted that management and checks of supply equipment other than cylinders are entered on a check sheet and input to the CPU after returning to the office.

[0007]

As described above, at present,
When replacing the gas cylinder, the number of the old cylinder that each worker had in the home, the number of the new cylinder that was newly installed,
The ID number of the household is written on the slip, and the slip is brought back to the centralized monitoring center. At the centralized monitoring center, the number of the new gas cylinder of the home is input to the CPU based on the slip. However, as described above, the method of exchanging data through human hands is not always satisfactory because it is error-prone and time-consuming. The present invention has been made in view of the actual situation as described above, and in particular, from the site where the gas cylinder is replaced,
With the simple operation, the numbers of the old and new gas cylinders that have been exchanged can be notified to the central monitoring center, so that the management of the gas cylinders can be performed more easily and accurately. Is.

[0008]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides: (1) A gas security panel installed in each home and a centralized monitoring center are connected via a telephone line, A method of managing container numbers of gas cylinders installed in each of the households in a gas security system that performs mutual communication of data between a security panel and a centralized monitoring center. When carrying out, the container number of the gas cylinder is transmitted to the central monitoring center through the gas security panel, and further, (2) it has a bar code reader or a handheld terminal, and the terminal Read the container number of the gas cylinder at, and enter the container number of the read gas cylinder into the gas security panel, The container number and said gas cylinders Ri該 gas cylinder transmits data such as an ID number and date of homes disposed to the central monitoring center, or,
(3) The centralized monitoring center recognizes the household whose gas cylinder has been replaced from the transmitted data, confirms the old gas cylinder container number of the household, stores the container number of the new gas cylinder, and stores the remaining gas amount of the household. It is characterized by resetting the value.

[0009]

[Operation] A gas cylinder replacement operator carries a bar code reader or a handheld terminal, and at the time of gas cylinder replacement, the terminal reads or inputs the container numbers of the old and new gas cylinders, and then, The terminal is connected to the gas security panel of the home (house where the gas cylinder is replaced), and the centralized monitoring center is notified of the container numbers of the old and new gas cylinders, the ID number of the home, and the date through the security panel. The centralized monitoring center rewrites the data in the CPU based on the transmitted data, and at the same time resets the gas amount in the home.

[0010]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a main part for explaining an embodiment of the present invention, in which II is a gas security board 20.
In a home where is installed, the gas security board 2 of the home
0 and the central monitoring center I are connected via the telephone line III as described with reference to FIG. 2, and the data exchange as described above is performed. Is monitored by the Central Monitoring Center I, and when the amount of residual gas becomes low, workers will be dispatched from the Central Monitoring Center to voluntarily replace the gas cylinders without contacting them.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 24a is an old gas cylinder currently installed in the home, and 24b is a new gas cylinder newly installed in place of the old gas cylinder. Each gas cylinder has a bar indicating the number of the gas cylinder. Code 25 is entered. In the present invention, the gas cylinder replacement worker carries the bar code reader or the terminal device 30, and when replacing the gas cylinder, the bar code reader or the handheld terminal device 30 is used to replace the bar code 25 and / or the old gas cylinder bar code 25. The container number of each gas cylinder and other check items are read from the bar code sheet of the container exchange slip (bar code sheet) 30, and then the bar code reader or the handheld terminal 30 is connected to the gas security panel 20 of the home, The read data is transmitted to the gas security board 20. If it is not a bar code, input the above-mentioned data to the handheld terminal, connect the handheld terminal to the gas security panel 20, and then connect the data to the gas security 2
Enter 0.

The gas security board 20 transmits the data, the date, the ID number of the home concerned, etc. input from the bar code reader or the handheld terminal 30 to the central monitoring center I through the communication line III. Central Monitoring Center I
Recognizes that the old and new gas cylinders have been replaced in the household by the ID number of the transmitted data.
The management gas amount stored in U is reset, and thereafter, the residual gas amount of the new gas cylinder is monitored. at the same time,
The location of the gas cylinder is managed based on the transmitted data.

[0013]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, at the time of exchanging the gas cylinder, the worker uses a bar code reader or a handheld terminal which he carries with him.
You can scan the bar code attached to the old or new gas cylinder or enter the container number, and then connect this bar code reader or handheld terminal to the gas cylinder replacement home gas security panel, so you can replace the gas cylinder. It is very easy, and the location of the gas cylinder can be accurately known at the central monitoring center, and the management of the gas cylinder can be performed very easily and accurately.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a main part for explaining an example of a gas cylinder management method according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a usage example of a gas security board.

[Explanation of symbols]

I ... Centralized monitoring center, II ... Home where gas security board 20 is installed, III ... Telephone line, 20 ... Gas security board, 24, 24a, 24b ... Gas cylinder, 25 ... Bar code, 30 ... Bar code reader terminal Machine, 31 ... Barcode sheet.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A gas security system in which a gas security panel installed in each home and a centralized monitoring center are connected via a telephone line, and data is mutually communicated between the gas security panel and the centralized monitoring center. In the method of managing the container numbers of the gas cylinders arranged in each of the households, the container numbers of the gas cylinders are sent to the central monitoring center through the gas security panel when the gas cylinders are replaced at home. A gas cylinder management method characterized by transmitting. 2. A bar code reader or a handheld terminal is provided, the container number of the gas cylinder is read by the terminal, the read container number of the gas cylinder is input to the gas security panel, and the gas cylinder is then read from the gas security panel. Container number and ID of the home where the gas cylinder is installed
The gas cylinder management method according to claim 1, wherein data such as a number and a date is transmitted to the centralized monitoring center. 3. The centralized monitoring center recognizes a household whose gas cylinder has been exchanged from the transmitted data, confirms the old gas cylinder container number of the household, stores the container number of the new gas cylinder, and stores the residual gas of the household. The gas cylinder management method according to claim 2, wherein the value of the amount is reset.