JPH09212767A - Fire alarm device for container vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To issue alarm for a fire broken out from a freight inside a container and top specify a vehicle where a fire has broken out by issuing alarm for specifying the fire occurrence vehicle to the outside unless an alarm issue by means of an alarm issuing part is stopped after a fixed time. SOLUTION: When a fire broke out in the freight contained in the container, a fire detecting part 1 detects the fire and transmits a fire detecting signal to the alarm issuing part 7. When the alarm issuing part 7 receives the fire detecting signal from a fire detecting part by a receiving part 16, a voice synthesizing part 18 synthesizes a voice synthesis message and issues alarm by the voice synthesis message from an internal alarm output part 19. Then, when a drive forgets to depress a restore puch button 21 or is outside the vehicle, an external alarm signal is transmitted to an alarm part for the outside of vehicle 14 after a fixed time which is decided by a timer 20. The alarm part for the outside of vehicle 14 synthesizes the voice synthesis message by the voice synthesizing part 28 so as to issue alarm from a speaker part 29.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a fire alarm device for a container vehicle that detects and warns a fire from a cargo stored in a container.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Automobiles are one of the indispensable items that are indispensable to the lives of today's society, and the types of vehicles are diverse, including imported vehicles, and their structures are various electric devices, electronically controlled fuel injection devices, The interior of the engine room is becoming more and more complicated year by year due to devices such as power steering for convenience and driving stability. Under these circumstances, a fire that started from the automobile itself, which has not been caused by a traffic accident during the past several years, is becoming more and more noticeable. Most of the causes are due to arson, like other fires.
Fires due to vehicle structure such as short circuit of electric wiring, fuel leakage, and heating of exhaust pipes are increasing. In particular, in the case of a container car that is widely used as a freight car, a fire caused by not only the car itself but also the cargo stored in the container is conspicuous.

On the other hand, as one of the disaster prevention devices for automobiles,
Conventionally, there is a foam extinguishing facility provided in a parking lot such as a building. In this foam extinguishing equipment, a fire extinguisher head is installed for a vehicle parked in a parking lot, and when a fire occurs in the vehicle, the fire extinguishing foam head emits the fire extinguishing foam to extinguish the fire. Further, as a vehicle alarm device, for example, there is a theft alarm device that outputs an alarm when the vehicle is stolen.

[0004]

However, although there is a conventional idea that a fire alarm device is installed in the automobile itself to monitor a fire, it is not necessarily put into practical use as a device, and particularly in a container vehicle, In addition to fires from the engine room and exhaust system that are the cause of vehicle fires, fires from the cargo itself loaded in the container are expected.

In this case, in the case of a fire from the engine room or the like, it is possible to immediately detect and extinguish the fire because flames and smoke are emitted to the outside. However, if the cargo in the sealed container burns, it may be difficult to find it from the outside, and if it is noticed, the fire may spread and it may be impossible to deal with it. In addition, when a fire alarm device is installed in a vehicle, even if an alarm is issued, if a large number of vehicles are stopped, such as at a truck terminal, it is not possible to identify which vehicle has a fire. . Further, even if the alarm is notified due to a false alarm or the like, the alarm cannot be stopped unless the user himself / herself. Further, when the vehicle is away from the vehicle, there is a problem that it is not possible to know the occurrence of fire in the vehicle even if an alarm is issued.

[0006] The present invention has been made in view of such conventional problems. It is possible to warn of a fire from a cargo in a container and to identify a vehicle in which a fire has occurred. The alarm can be stopped by anyone other than yourself,
Another object of the present invention is to provide a fire alarm system for container vehicles that can detect a fire even if the vehicle is away from the vehicle.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is configured as follows. First, the present invention is directed to a fire alarm device for a container vehicle that detects and warns a fire from cargo stored in a container. Regarding such a fire alarm device for a container vehicle, the present invention is directed to a fire detection unit installed inside a container, which detects a fire from a cargo and outputs a fire detection signal, and a fire detection unit which is installed inside the vehicle and detects a fire by the fire detection unit. An alarm notification unit that receives a signal to notify the inside of the vehicle and an outside of the vehicle that is installed outside the vehicle and externally warns the identification of the fire-occurring vehicle when the alarm notification by the alarm notification unit is not stopped even after a certain period of time And an alarm unit.

The alarm notification unit of the present invention supplies the power from the battery mounted on the vehicle to the fire detection unit and the vehicle alarm unit when the engine is operating, and the built-in battery detects the fire detection unit and the vehicle exterior alarm unit when the engine is stopped. Supply power to. Further, in the present invention, the alarm notification unit is provided with an external alarm output unit for notifying a fire to an external device such as a mobile telephone carried by a driver who is away from the vehicle or a predetermined disaster prevention monitoring device.

Further, according to the present invention, the alarm notification unit is
A reset reception unit that resets an alarm by remote control of a mobile phone by a driver who receives a fire notification is provided. Also,
In the present invention, the alarm unit for outside the vehicle is provided with an infrared receiving unit for receiving infrared rays, and the alarm is reset by remote control by the infrared remote control device outside the vehicle. Further, in the present invention, the exterior alarm unit is provided with a recovery operation unit for resetting the alarm.

Further, in the present invention, a voice synthesizing unit for synthesizing the voice of the alarm and outputting the voice is provided in the alarm notification unit and the vehicle exterior alarm unit, respectively. In the present invention,
The outside-vehicle alarm unit is provided with a guidance voice synthesis unit for notifying that the recovery operation unit is installed after issuing the alarm for a certain period of time. Further, in the present invention, the alarm notification unit and the vehicle exterior alarm unit are respectively provided with control units for variably controlling the alarm notification time.

Therefore, it is possible to detect the occurrence of a fire from the cargo in the container vehicle container at an early stage, minimize the damage, and easily identify the vehicle in which the fire has occurred. Further, since the built-in battery of the alarm notification unit is used while the engine is stopped, the battery of the vehicle is not burdened. In addition, it is possible to notify the driver and a device outside the vehicle of the occurrence of the fire. The driver who receives the report can stop the alarm by mobile phone.

Further, the alarm can be stopped by the infrared remote control device even when the vehicle is not brought close to the vehicle, and the alarm can be stopped even by an external person by the recovery operation unit. Further, the alarm can be surely notified by a voice message. Also, it is possible to inform an external person that there is a recovery operation unit by a guidance voice synthesis message.
Further, since the alarm notification time can be changed, the alarm is not notified for a long time.

[0013]

1 is a block diagram of a fire alarm device for a container vehicle according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 is a fire detection unit that detects a fire and outputs a fire detection signal,
As shown in FIG. 2, the fire detection unit 1 is installed inside a container 3 of a container vehicle (hereinafter referred to as “vehicle”) 2. The fire detector 1 is provided with a heat or smoke detector 4,
The heat or smoke detection unit 4 detects the ignition of the cargo stored in the container 3 by heat or smoke.

Further, the fire detection section 1 is provided with a sensitivity switching section 5, and by switching the sensitivity switching section 5, the detection sensitivity due to heat or smoke can be adjusted in three steps, for example. A dirt warning unit 6 is provided in the fire detection unit 1, and when the dirt warning unit 6 detects dirt on the fire detection unit 1, the dirt warning unit 6 warns the dirt by a "pico-pico" sound. Reference numeral 7 denotes an alarm notification unit, which is connected to the fire detection unit 1 via the signal power line 8 and receives a fire detection signal from the fire detection unit 1 to notify an alarm by a voice synthesis message. .

The alarm notifying section 7 is provided on the front panel 9 of the driver's seat in the vehicle, as shown in FIG. Alarm notification unit 7
Is provided on the front panel 9, but the invention is not limited to this, and may be provided at any location on the driver's seat in the vehicle. Reference numeral 10 is an engine operation detection unit provided in the alarm notification unit 7, and the engine operation detection unit 10 detects the operation or stop of the engine 11 of the vehicle. The alarm notification unit 7 receives power supply from the vehicle battery 12 when the engine is operating and charges the built-in battery 13, and receives power supply from the built-in battery 13 when the engine is stopped.

Further, the alarm notifying section 7 supplies power from the vehicle battery 12 to the fire detecting section 1 and the exterior warning section 14 via the signal power lines 8 and 15 when the engine is operating, and the internal battery when the engine is stopped. The signal is supplied from 13 to the fire detection unit 1 and the vehicle exterior alarm unit 14 via signal power lines 8 and 15. Reference numeral 16 denotes a receiver, which receives a fire detection signal from the fire detector 1 via the signal power line 8 and notifies the controller 17 of the received signal. A voice synthesizer 18 synthesizes a voice message under the control of the controller 17 and outputs the voice message.
The voice synthesis message is, for example, "a fire has occurred.", "Please check.", "Restored."
Is output.

Reference numeral 19 denotes an internal alarm output unit, and the internal alarm output unit 19 notifies an alarm by a voice synthesis message synthesized by the voice synthesis unit 18. Simultaneously with the alarm notification of the internal alarm output unit 19, the timer 20 starts counting up and measures for a fixed time. Reference numeral 21 is a recovery push button as a recovery section, and the driver notices an alarm and the recovery push button 21
Press to stop the alarm.

The recovery push button 21 is not pressed, and the timer 2
If the alarm continues for more than a certain period of time due to 0, the outside of the outside alarm signal is output by the outside of the outside alarm unit 1 due to the timer 20 being up.
4 is sent. Even when the driver is not in the driver's seat in the vehicle, the vehicle outside warning signal is similarly sent to the vehicle outside warning unit 14. Further, due to the time-out of the timer 20, the external alarm output unit 14 makes a call to the mobile telephone 23 owned by the driver, which is distant from the vehicle, through a telephone line (not shown) indicating that a fire has occurred.

The external alarm output unit 23 also wirelessly notifies the disaster prevention monitoring device 24 and the automatic notification device 25 of a fire. Further, the alarm notification unit 7 is provided with a reset reception unit 26 so that the driver who receives the notification of the fire occurrence can reset the alarm by a remote operation of the mobile phone 22 through a telephone line (not shown). There is. The alarm notification time by the internal alarm notification unit 19 can be changed by the control unit 17.

When the alarm is not stopped even after the elapse of a certain time by the timer 20 after the alarm is notified by the alarm notifying unit 7, an outside-vehicle alarm signal is sent to the outside-vehicle alarm unit 14,
The receiving unit 27 of the vehicle exterior warning unit 14 receives this. Although the vehicle exterior alarm unit 14 is provided at the front upper corner of the container 3 as shown in FIG. 3, the vehicle exterior alarm unit 14 is not limited to this, and may be provided at a location conspicuous from any outside of the vehicle.

Reference numeral 28 denotes a voice synthesizing unit provided in the vehicle exterior warning unit 14, and the voice synthesizing unit 28 synthesizes a voice synthesizing message similar to the voice synthesizing message. Reference numeral 29 denotes a speaker unit, and the speaker unit 29 warns a driver or a person around the vehicle of the occurrence of a fire by a voice synthesis message synthesized by the voice synthesis unit 28. Reference numeral 30 denotes a flashlight unit, and the flashlight unit 30 blinks a lamp to notify the occurrence of a fire in a vehicle by light together with a voice synthesis message from the speaker unit 29.

Reference numeral 31 is a recovery push button, and the recovery push button 36 is used when the driver is outside the vehicle and knows that a fire has occurred, or when the surrounding people stop the alarm. Reference numeral 32 is a guidance voice synthesis unit, which is a guidance voice synthesis unit 3
2 is a push button 31 for restoration after an alarm is given for a certain period of time.
Synthesizes a guidance voice synthesis message informing that the vehicle is installed in the vehicle exterior warning unit 14.

This guidance voice synthesis message is output from the speaker unit 29. Reference numeral 32 denotes an infrared light receiving portion, and like the recovery push button 31, the infrared light receiving portion 32 stops the alarm by remote operation by the infrared remote control device 34 when the vehicle is far from the vehicle 2 or in the situation where the vehicle 2 cannot be approached. It is provided to do so. Control unit 35
Controls each unit and variably controls the alarm notification time by the speaker unit 29 and the flashlight unit 30.

FIG. 4 is an external view of the vehicle exterior warning section 14, and FIG. 5 is a bottom view of the vehicle exterior warning section 14. In FIGS. 4 and 5, the vehicle exterior warning unit 14 is configured by a semi-cylindrical main body 36 and a housing 37 that houses the main body 36. Body 36
The upper part of the flashlight unit 30 is a flashlight unit 30, and the flashlight unit 30 blinks a lamp to identify a car in which a fire has occurred.

A plurality of elongated holes 38 extending in the vertical direction are formed on the lower side of the main body 36, and a speaker section 29 for transmitting a voice message is provided on the back side of the elongated holes 38. An infrared light receiving portion 33 is provided between the portion having the long hole and the flashlight portion 30, and the infrared light receiving portion 33 receives the infrared light for stopping the alarm from the infrared remote control device 34.
Further, as shown in FIG. 5, a recovery push button 31 for stopping the alarm is provided on the lower surface of the vehicle exterior alarm device 14.

Next, the operation will be described. During normal monitoring, the fire detection unit 1 uses the heat or smoke detection unit 4 to detect the vehicle 2
The inside of the container 3 is being monitored. When the engine is operating, the alarm notifying unit 7 is supplied with power from the vehicle battery 12 and charges the built-in battery 13, and is supplied with power from the built-in battery 13 when the engine is stopped. The fire detection unit 1 and the exterior vehicle alarm unit 14 are supplied with power from the vehicle battery 12 via the alarm notification unit 7 when the engine is operating, and are supplied with power from the internal battery 13 of the alarm notification unit 7 when the engine is stopped.

When a fire occurs in the cargo stored in the container 3, the fire detection unit 1 detects it and sends a fire detection signal to the alarm notification unit 7. The alarm notifying unit 7 is the receiving unit 16
When the fire detection signal from the fire detection unit 1 is received by, the voice synthesis unit 18 synthesizes a voice synthesis message such as "a fire has occurred" or "please check." Issues an alarm by a voice synthesis message.

At the same time when the internal alarm output unit 19 issues an alarm, the timer 20 is counted up. When the driver is in the driver's seat of the vehicle, an alarm from the internal alarm output unit 19 extinguishes the fire in the cargo in the container 3. If the driver pushes the recovery push button 21 by an alarm, the alarm stops, but if the driver forgets to press the recovery push button 21 or if the driver is outside the vehicle, the alarm will be for a fixed time set by the timer 20. When elapses, the timer 20 is timed up, and an external alarm signal is sent to the external vehicle alarm unit 14. When the alarm has passed for a certain period of time, the external alarm output unit 22 informs the mobile telephone 23, which is held by the driver who is distant from the vehicle, of the occurrence of the fire through the telephone line by the built-in transmitter.

Further, the external alarm output unit 22 is provided with a fire extinguisher and the like, a disaster prevention monitoring device 24 and an automatic notification device 25.
To inform the fire. Further, when the driver outside the vehicle receiving the notification of the fire occurrence wants to reset the alarm by remote control using the mobile telephone 23, the driver outputs a reset signal to the reset reception unit 26 of the alarm notification unit 7. When the reset receiver 26 receives the reset signal, the controller 17
Stops the output of the internal alarm output unit 19.

When the alarm notifying unit 7 sends an external alarm signal to the external vehicle alarm unit 14, the external vehicle alarm unit 14 receives the signal at the receiving unit 27, and the voice synthesizing unit 28 indicates "a fire has occurred." Please check. "Is synthesized and a warning is issued from the speaker unit 29. By the alarm from the speaker unit 29, the driver away from the vehicle 2 can notify the surrounding people of the occurrence of the fire.

The flash unit 30 blinks a lamp to notify the outside of the vehicle fire. The alarm notification time of the flashlight unit 30 and the speaker unit 29 is variably controlled by the control unit 35. When the driver outside the vehicle or a person around the person stops the alarm, the recovery push button 31 may be pressed. The voice synthesizing message notifying that the recovery push button 31 is installed in the vehicle exterior warning unit 14 is synthesized by the guidance voice synthesizing unit 32 after the alarm notification by the speaker unit 29 and the flashlight unit 30 is performed for a certain time. , From the speaker unit 29. In addition, as with the push button 31 for restoration, the vehicle 2
When a person is away from the vehicle or in a state where a person cannot approach the vehicle 2, infrared rays are output to the infrared ray receiving section 33 by remote operation of the infrared remote control device 34 to stop the alarm. be able to.

As described above, since the fire detection unit 1 detects the fire from the cargo stored in the container 3 and the alarm notification unit 7 and the vehicle exterior alarm unit 14 notify the alarm, the inside of the container 3 is notified. A fire can be detected early,
The damage can be minimized. Also, the vehicle 2
Even if a large number of vehicles are stopped, it is possible to immediately identify which vehicle has a fire by the alarm notification by the flashlight section 30 and the speaker section 29 of the exterior warning section 14. Also, even if you are not the driver who was notified of the alarm,
Even a person in the surroundings can stop the alarm by pressing the recovery push button 31 of the external vehicle alarm unit 14.

Further, the infrared remote control device 34 can be used even when the vehicle 2 in which a fire is occurring cannot be approached.
Thus, the alarm can be stopped by emitting infrared rays to the infrared light receiving section 33. In addition, the driver is the vehicle 2
Even when the vehicle is away from the vehicle, it is possible to know the fire by the alarm of the vehicle exterior alarm unit 14. In addition, even when the driver is away from the vehicle 2, the mobile telephone 2 from the external alarm notification unit 22
The driver can be informed of the fire by the notification to 3.

In addition, the driver who receives the notification is the mobile telephone 2
The alarm can also be stopped using 3. Further, the external alarm output unit 22 can notify the disaster prevention monitoring device 24 and the automatic notification device 25 of the fire occurrence to notify the person other than the driver of the fire occurrence. Since the built-in battery 13 is used while the engine is stopped, the vehicle battery 12 is not burdened. Further, the alarm can be surely notified by a voice message. In addition, a person other than the driver can be notified by the guidance voice synthesis message that there is the recovery push button 31. Further, since the alarm notification time can be changed by the control units 17 and 35, the alarm is not notified for a long time.

A security sensor may be provided in place of the fire detection unit 1. In this case, it may also serve as a security device for the container.

[0036]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to detect the occurrence of a fire in the cargo stored in the container of the container vehicle at an early stage, and to minimize the damage. Further, even when a plurality of vehicles are stopped, the vehicle in which the fire has occurred can be easily identified. Further, when an alarm is issued outside the vehicle, a person other than the driver can stop the alarm, and even if the infrared remote control device can stop the alarm even when the vehicle is not approached due to heat or smoke. Furthermore, it is possible to know the occurrence of a fire even when the vehicle is away from the vehicle.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall block diagram of a fire alarm device for a container according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an installation example of an alarm notification unit.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an installation example of a fire detection unit and an exterior vehicle alarm unit.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of an exterior alarm unit.

FIG. 5 is a bottom view of an exterior alarm unit.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Fire detection unit 2: Container vehicle (vehicle) 3: Container 7: Alarm notification unit 12: Vehicle battery 13: Built-in battery 14: Exterior vehicle alarm unit 17, 35: Control unit 18, 28: Sound synthesis unit 21, 31: Push button for restoration (recovery unit) 22: External alarm output unit 23: Mobile phone 24: Disaster prevention monitoring device 25: Automatic notification device 26: Reset reception unit 32: Guidance voice synthesis unit 33: Infrared light receiving unit 34: Infrared remote controller apparatus

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Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A fire alarm device for a container vehicle, which detects a fire from a cargo stored in a container and issues a warning, wherein the fire alarm device is installed inside the container and detects a fire from the cargo to detect a fire. A fire detection unit that outputs a warning, an alarm notification unit that is installed inside the vehicle and that receives a fire detection signal from the fire detection unit and issues an alarm inside the vehicle, and an alarm notification unit that is installed outside the vehicle and the alarm notification unit outputs a constant A fire alarm device for a container vehicle, comprising: an external vehicle alarm unit that externally warns of a vehicle fire when it is not stopped even after a lapse of time. 2. The fire alarm device for a container vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the alarm notification unit supplies power from a battery mounted on the vehicle to the fire detection unit and the exterior alarm unit when the engine is operating. However, the fire alarm device for a container vehicle is characterized in that when the engine is stopped, power is supplied from the built-in battery to the fire detection unit and the exterior vehicle alarm unit. 3. The fire alarm device for a container vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the alarm notification unit is provided for an external device such as a mobile telephone or a predetermined disaster prevention monitoring device carried by a driver away from the vehicle. A fire alarm device for container vehicles, which is provided with an external alarm output unit for reporting a fire. 4. The fire alarm device for a container vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the alarm notification unit is provided with a reset reception unit for resetting an alarm by remote operation of the mobile telephone by a driver who has received the fire notification. A fire alarm system for container cars. 5. The fire alarm device for a container vehicle according to claim 1, wherein an infrared light receiving unit for receiving infrared rays is provided in the external vehicle alarm unit, and the alarm is remotely reset by an infrared remote control device outside the vehicle. Fire alarm device for container vehicles characterized by being performed. 6. The fire alarm device for a container vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the exterior alarm unit is provided with a recovery operation unit for resetting an alarm. 7. The fire alarm device for a container vehicle according to claim 1, wherein a voice synthesizing unit for synthesizing a voice and outputting the alarm is provided in each of the alarm notifying unit and the external vehicle alarming unit. A fire alarm system for container vehicles. 8. The fire alarm device for a container vehicle according to claim 6 or 7, wherein guidance for notifying the exterior alarm unit that the recovery operation unit will be installed after a warning is issued for a certain period of time. Fire alarm device for container vehicles, which is equipped with a voice synthesizer. 9. The fire alarm device for a container vehicle according to claim 1, wherein each of the alarm notification unit and the external vehicle alarm unit is provided with a control unit for variably controlling an alarm notification time. Fire alarm system for cars.