JPH1125378A - Disaster prevention display - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a disaster prevention display that can simply and directly show the relationship between a disaster prevention equipment and a symbol displayed on a plane view, or in what state a section to be warned is and that does not require a state of operation of the disaster prevention equipment or a change of state of the warning section to be stored in advance. SOLUTION: By moving a mouse pointer 2 close to a symbol 1 on a plane view, a balloon 3 for informing of a name of a disaster prevention equipment corresponding to the symbol 1 and a current state of operation is displayed. Thus, it is possible to directly and simply know for what kind of the disaster prevention equipment the symbol is or in what state a section to be warned is, while it is not necessary for a state of operation of the disaster prevention equipment or a change in state of the warning section to be stored.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a disaster prevention display device for displaying characters and symbols on a display device such as a CRT in response to disaster prevention information such as a fire signal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of disaster prevention display device has
A menu screen showing a plan view of the inside of a building, a history screen showing a history of alarms and start-ups of terminal devices such as detectors and smoke prevention devices are selectively displayed on a display device such as an RT, and particularly a menu screen. And in the split screen, according to the disaster prevention information signal such as the fire signal input from the disaster prevention receiver etc., the symbols corresponding to the disaster prevention equipment such as detectors, fire doors, smoke outlets and warning areas etc. are lit or flashing in color It has a function of displaying and changing the color according to the operation state of the disaster prevention equipment and the disaster prevention state of the alert area. Selection of the menu screen, the split screen, and the history screen can be arbitrarily performed by clicking each index such as [Menu] and [History List] at the bottom of the screen shown in FIG.

When the menu screen is selected, a plan view of the inside of the building is displayed as shown in FIG. In this plan, the room number (Room 201, Room 202 ...), the symbol indicating the smoke detector and its equipment number, the second floor of the building, the corridor, the explanation of the destination of the stairs (↓ (to the first floor), ↑ (to the third floor) On the menu screen, devices for disaster prevention such as detectors, fire doors, smoke outlets, etc. and warning areas are displayed as symbols, so that each symbol is A legend as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed so that it can be determined whether the device is applicable.

[0004]

In the above-described conventional disaster prevention display device, a legend is displayed because it is difficult to know what the disaster prevention device is just by symbols. However, in this legend display, there is a problem that it is difficult to easily find a target from a large number of symbols. The symbol indicates the operating state of the disaster prevention equipment (for example, in the case of a fire door, the normal state,
During start-up, there are three states of closing) and the state of the alert area (there are three states of no abnormalities, pre-alarm area, fire area), the color changes or flashes However, since the change in the state cannot be seen in the legend display, it is necessary to remember in advance the operation state of the various disaster prevention devices and the change in the state of the caution zone, and there is also a problem that labor is required.

Accordingly, the present invention makes it possible to easily and easily know what kind of disaster prevention equipment the symbol displayed on the plan view is or what the state of the alert area is. It is an object of the present invention to provide a disaster prevention display device that does not need to remember changes in the operating state of equipment for use and the state of a guard area.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, a disaster prevention display device according to the present invention includes a display device such as a CRT, a display of a plan view of a building on the display device, and at least sensing on the plan view. Display control that turns on or blinks the color of the symbol corresponding to the fire prevention equipment such as a fire extinguisher, a smoke outlet, etc., or a warning area, and changes the color according to the operation state of the fire prevention equipment and the state of the warning area Means for detecting a disaster, the display control means, when detecting that the mouse pointer has moved to the vicinity of the symbol, the name of the disaster prevention device corresponding to the symbol and the current operation state or A balloon that indicates the state of the guard area is displayed.

According to this configuration, by moving the mouse pointer near the symbol to be confirmed, a balloon indicating the name of the disaster prevention equipment corresponding to the symbol and the current operation state or the state of the alert area is displayed. So
You can easily and easily know what kind of disaster prevention equipment the symbol is in or what kind of state the security area is in, and remember the operating state of the disaster prevention equipment and the change in the state of the security area in advance. There is no need to keep it.

In addition to the balloon, a legend screen is displayed for notifying the name of the disaster prevention equipment, its symbol, and the symbol color difference according to the operation state, and also indicating the alert area and the symbol color difference according to its symbol and state. You may do it. In this manner, the symbols of the disaster prevention equipment and the operating states thereof, and the symbols of the alert area and the states thereof, which could be confirmed only one by one, can be confirmed at a time.

[0009]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a disaster prevention display device according to the present invention. A. Configuration of Disaster Prevention Display Device The disaster prevention display device 20 of this embodiment includes a control unit (display control means) 21, a CRT 22, a keyboard 23, a mouse 24, a printer 25, an ITV camera 26, and a speaker 27. By providing a disaster prevention information signal output from the disaster prevention receiver 50, a display based on the disaster prevention information signal is performed on the CRT 22, and a control signal is output to the disaster prevention receiver 50 as necessary. In addition, various disaster prevention information signals output from the disaster prevention receiver 50 are output to the printer 25 and stored in a hard disk 38 (see FIG. 2) described later.

The keyboard 23 is used for inputting various data, and the mouse 24 is used for selecting a symbol displayed on the CRT 22 or the like. In addition to the mouse 24, a pointing input device such as a light pen, a tablet or a trackball may be used. A menu screen as shown in FIG. 3 appears on the CRT 22 as an initial screen, and a plan view of the inside of the building is displayed. When the [history list] index is clicked with the mouse 24 while the menu screen is displayed, a history screen appears and history information is displayed. If you click the [Split Screen] index,
A split screen appears.

When the disaster prevention information signal is not received while the menu screen is selected, each symbol on the plan view is displayed in a normal monitoring color. For example, the symbol 1 is displayed in light blue. When the mouse pointer 2 is moved to the vicinity of the symbol 1 as shown in FIG. 4 during the normal monitoring, a balloon 3 indicating the name of the disaster prevention device corresponding to the symbol 1 and the current operation state appears. In this case, since the symbol 1 is a smoke sensor, the balloon 3 displays "smoke sensor normally monitored".

If a fire occurs and the smoke detector at that location is a pre-alarm, the symbol 1 of the smoke detector changes to yellow. At this time, if the mouse pointer 2 is moved to the vicinity of the symbol 1, the “smoke detector pre-alarm” is displayed.
Appears as balloon 3. Then, when the fire spreads and the operation state of the smoke detector becomes a fire occurrence, the symbol 1 of the smoke detector changes to red. At this time, when the mouse pointer 2 is moved near the symbol 1,
As shown in FIG. 5, a balloon 3 indicating "Smoke detector fire is occurring" appears.

The same processing is performed for disaster prevention equipment other than the smoke detector. For example, the symbol for a fire door is
At the time of normal monitoring, it is displayed in light blue. At this time, if the mouse pointer 2 is moved to the vicinity of the symbol, a balloon 3 indicating "fire door normal state" appears. When a fire occurs and the fire door is activated, its symbol flashes yellow and the balloon 3 displays “Fire door is being activated”. Thereafter, from the end of the activation, the symbol is lit in yellow. At this time, the balloon 3 displays "Fire door closed."

The symbol indicating the caution area is displayed in light blue at the time of normal monitoring.
Is moved to the vicinity of the symbol, a balloon 3 indicating "no abnormality" appears. When a sensor in the alert area exceeds the pre-alarm level, its symbol flashes yellow and the balloon 3 displays "pre-alarm area". After that, when the fire starts, the symbol will flash red. At this time, “fire area” is displayed on the balloon 3.

On the other hand, when the legend button 4 displayed at the bottom of the menu screen is clicked with the mouse 24, as shown in FIG. 6, according to the names of the various disaster prevention devices, their symbols, and their operation states. A legend screen 5 appears showing the differences in the symbol colors and the differences in the symbol colors according to the alert area and its symbols and status. In the legend screen 5, symbols and respective states of the alert area, the heat sensor, the smoke sensor, and the flame sensor are displayed. The warning status of the alert area is "No abnormality", "Pre-alarm area", and "Fire area", and the operation states of the heat detector, smoke detector and flame detector are "No abnormality", "No abnormality""Pre-alarm" and "fire", and you can understand at a glance the difference in color depending on the state of the disaster prevention equipment. Further, when the display switching button 6 in the legend screen 5 is operated, it is possible to switch to a list display of a difference in symbol color according to the operation state of another terminal device, for example, a fire door or the like.

By using the legend screen 5, the symbols of a plurality of disaster prevention devices and their operating states, and the symbols of the alert area and their states can be confirmed at a time. Then, when the legend button 4 is clicked while the legend screen 5 is displayed, the legend screen 5 ends. In addition, when an emergency such as a fire occurs and a disaster prevention information signal is received, the process automatically ends. This is to prevent a room where an abnormality such as a fire has occurred from being hidden by the legend screen 5 and cannot be confirmed. After automatic termination, the legend can be displayed again by clicking the legend button 4.

Returning to FIG. 1, the ITV camera 26 is used for monitoring a fire on each floor of the building, and the captured image is displayed on the CRT 22 by selecting a menu. The speaker 27 is used to output a sound for notifying an abnormality such as a fire. The disaster prevention receiver 50 is a detector 60 for detecting a fire.
65 (each of the sensors 60 and 61 is via the repeater 70)
By taking in the signal output from the device, an abnormal signal such as a fire or a disaster prevention information signal such as analog data is output.

B. Configuration of Control Unit 21 As shown in the block diagram of FIG. 2, the control unit 21 includes a CRT interface 30, a keyboard interface 31, a mouse interface 32, a Centronics interface 33, a video capture board 34, a sound board 35, a control unit 36, A serial interface 37 and a hard disk 38 are provided.
Each of the various interfaces 30 to 33 and 37, the video capture board 34, the sound board 35, and the hard disk drive 38 are connected to the control unit 36 via the bus 40.

The CRT interface 30 includes a control unit 36
Is converted into signals (RGB signals, vertical and horizontal synchronizing signals) that can be displayed on the CRT 22 and output. The keyboard interface 31 is the keyboard 2
3 is converted into a signal that can be used by the control unit 36. The mouse interface 32 converts a signal output from the mouse 24 into a signal that can be used by the control unit 36. The Centronics interface 33 controls the control unit 3
6 is converted into a signal usable by the printer 25. The video capture board 34 is an ITV
The video signal from the camera 26 is captured as graphics data. The sound board 35 generates a voice signal by performing voice synthesis based on voice data notifying an abnormality such as a fire.

The control unit 36 includes a CPU, a ROM (not shown),
A program for controlling the CPU is stored in the ROM, and the RAM is a CPU.
Used in the operation of. Serial interface 3
Reference numeral 7 captures a disaster prevention information signal supplied from the disaster prevention receiver 50, and outputs a control signal created by the control unit 36. The hard disk drive 38 is used for storing a control program for controlling the operation of the disaster prevention display device 20 and for storing various data such as a disaster prevention information signal output from the disaster prevention receiver 50 and an input time of the disaster prevention information signal.

C. Display Control Operation of Control Unit 36 When the power switch is turned on, the control unit 36 acquires necessary information from the hard disk drive 38, displays a menu screen on the CRT 22, and displays a plan view of the selected floor. At this time, if no disaster prevention information signal has been received, the symbols corresponding to the various disaster prevention devices and the warning area are lit in light blue. Then, in this state, when it is detected that the mouse pointer 2 has moved to the vicinity of the symbol 1 corresponding to the smoke detector, for example, a balloon 3 of “Normal monitoring of the smoke detector” is displayed and the disaster prevention designated by the mouse pointer 2 is displayed. Displays the current operating status of the device.

If a fire occurs in a certain security area, an abnormal signal corresponding to a signal output from a sensor in the security area is output from the disaster prevention receiver 50, and the control unit 36 takes in the abnormal signal. Identifies the warning area where the event occurred, and if it is determined that the abnormal signal is in the pre-alarm state before the fire, changes the color of the symbol 1 corresponding to the specified warning area to yellow and flashes Let it. In this state, for example, when it is detected that the mouse pointer 2 has moved to the vicinity of the symbol 1 corresponding to the sensor that has output the pre-alarm signal, for example, a balloon 3 indicating “pre-alarm of smoke detector” is displayed.

When it is determined that the level of the abnormal signal of the sensor received from the disaster prevention receiver 50 is a signal that has reached the area where a fire has occurred, the symbol 1 corresponding to the specified alert area is determined.
Change the color to red and blink. In this state, when it is detected that the mouse pointer 2 has moved to the vicinity of the symbol 1 corresponding to the smoke detector, for example, a balloon 3 indicating "smoke detector fire is occurring" is displayed. Further, the control unit 36
When it is detected that the legend button 4 has been clicked, the names of the various disaster prevention devices, their symbols, and the differences in the symbol colors according to their operation states are notified, and the alert areas and their symbols and the symbol colors according to their states are compared. A legend screen 5 for notification is displayed. When it is detected that the legend button 4 is clicked again while the legend screen 5 is being displayed, the legend screen 5 is terminated. Further, when a disaster prevention information signal such as a fire signal arrives during normal monitoring, the legend screen 5 is terminated.

When it is detected that the display switching button 6 in the legend screen 5 has been clicked, the legend screen 5 is switched to the next screen, and the difference in symbol color according to the operation state of other various disaster prevention devices is determined. Display the legend screen. In the above description, the smoke detector has been described. However, the same applies to other detectors and fire prevention equipment such as fire doors. If the mouse pointer 2 moves to the vicinity of the symbol 1, the name and the operation state are changed. Is displayed.

As described above, in this embodiment, when the top view of the building is displayed on the menu screen, the mouse pointer 2 is moved to the vicinity of the symbol 1,
A balloon 3 is displayed to notify the name of the disaster prevention device corresponding to the symbol 1 and the current operation state or the state of the alert area. As a result, it is possible to immediately and easily know what kind of disaster prevention equipment the symbol is in or what kind of state the security area is in. You do not need to remember.

In this embodiment, the legend button 4
Is clicked with the mouse 24, the legend screen 5 that informs the names of various disaster prevention equipment and their symbols and the symbol color differences according to the operation status, and also informs the alert area and the symbols and the symbol color differences according to the status is displayed. indicate. As a result, the symbols of the disaster prevention equipment and the operation states thereof, and the symbols of the alert area and the states thereof, which could only be confirmed one by one in the balloon 3, can be confirmed at a time. You can also see the degree of abnormality due to the difference in color.

In the above embodiment, the display control is performed on the program stored in the hard disk drive 38. However, this program is stored in a floppy disk, memory card, CD-ROM, MO (Magnetic Opt
ical disk), ROM, or EEPROM, the same display control can be performed by other disaster prevention display devices. In the above embodiment, the disaster prevention information signal such as a fire signal is received from the disaster prevention receiver 50. However, the function of the disaster prevention display device 20 of the present invention may be provided in the disaster prevention receiver 50.

[0028]

According to the present invention, by moving the mouse pointer to the vicinity of the symbol to be confirmed on the plan view,
A balloon indicating the name of the device for disaster prevention corresponding to the symbol and the current operating state or the state of the guard area is displayed, so what kind of device is the symbol for disaster prevention or the state of the guard area It is not necessary to remember in advance the operation state of the disaster prevention equipment or the change in the state of the alert area, and even a person who does not know it at all can quickly cope with an abnormality.

Further, according to the present invention, a legend screen for notifying the name of a disaster prevention device, its symbol, and a difference in symbol color according to an operation state, and also indicating a warning area and a difference in a symbol color according to the symbol and its state. Is displayed, so that the symbol of the disaster prevention equipment and its operation state and the warning area symbol and its state that could only be confirmed individually in the balloon can be confirmed at once, and the symbol on the screen All situations and the degree of abnormality of the disaster prevention equipment can be understood, and the operability is further improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of a disaster prevention display device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a control unit of the disaster prevention display device according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu screen of the disaster prevention display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu screen of the disaster prevention display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu screen of the disaster prevention display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu screen of the disaster prevention display device of the embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example of a menu screen common to the disaster prevention display devices according to the related art and the present invention.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an example of a legend display in a conventional disaster prevention display device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Symbol 2 Mouse pointer 3 Balloon 4 Legend screen 20 Disaster prevention display device 21 Control unit 22 CRT 24 Mouse

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. A display device such as a CRT, and a plan view of the inside of a building is displayed on the display device, and at least a sensor, a fire door, a smoke outlet, and other disaster-prevention devices and a guard area are displayed on the plan view. Display control means for lighting the corresponding symbol in color or blinking and changing the color in accordance with the operation state of the disaster prevention equipment and the state of the warning area, and the display control means comprises: Detecting that the mouse pointer has moved to the vicinity of the symbol, and displaying a balloon indicating the name of the disaster prevention device corresponding to the symbol and the current operation state or the state of the alert area, Display device. 2. When a command to display a legend screen is input, the display control means informs a plan view of the name of a disaster prevention device, its symbol, and a difference in symbol color according to an operation state, and is alert. 2. The disaster prevention display device according to claim 1, wherein a legend screen for displaying a difference in a symbol color according to an area, its symbol, and a state is displayed.