KR100747427B1 - In-home automatic alarm system and related method - Google Patents

Abstract

An automatic notification system at home and a method thereof are provided to enable a home server to receive an event signal if an event such as an emergency is sensed, and then notify the event by sending an alarm message to an output device of a client electronic device which a user is using. An event sensing device(10) consists of an event sensor(11) for sensing an event occurring at home, and a signal transmitter(12) for transmitting a sensing signal in accordance with the event occurrence to a home server(20). The home server(20) comprises the followings. An external interface(21) receives the event sensing signal, and sends a notification message to an alarm output device. A sensing device identifier(25) identifies the sensing device(10). An alarm rule storage(26) stores an alarm message. A controller(24) searches the storage(26) according to the identified sensing device(10), and extracts/transmits alarm message contents of an image and voice corresponding to an event type. The alarm output device outputs the alarm message.

Description

In-home automatic alarm system and related method

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic home alarm system according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a block diagram of an automatic home alarm system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a flow chart of the automatic home alarm method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a flow chart of an automatic home alarm method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Description of the main parts of the drawing

10, 10a, 10b, 10c: event detector

11: event detector 12: signal transmitter

20: home server 21: external interface

22: input / output unit 23: storage unit

24: control unit 25: detection device identification unit

26: alarm rule storage unit 27: alarm output device recognition unit

28: Alarm output device list storage unit 30, 30a, 30b, 30c: Alarm output device

31: audio output unit 32: image output unit

40: client device 41: external interface

42: control unit

The present invention relates to a home network technology. More specifically, when an event detection device such as an emergency is detected by an event detection device connected to a home server, the home server receives an event signal and outputs the client electronic device that the user is using. The present invention relates to a home automatic alarm system and method that can be notified by sending an alarm message to the device.

If you have a loud music in your home and someone presses the doorbell, the person in your home may not hear the doorbell. If you are wearing headphones in your room and studying language, you may not hear the gas alarm in your home. If you are watching a movie in your home, you may not be aware of the emergencies of people in your room.

As such, a situation in which a person in the home does not recognize the various events occurring in the home (hereinafter, referred to as 'event' in the present specification) may appear infrequently. Increasingly, as households become nuclear families and deepen their personal lives even within their homes, more and more, the use of computers and various AV (audio / video) devices is becoming more frequent.

On the other hand, home network technology, which makes life at home more convenient, has been in the spotlight recently. Unlike the existing home automation technology that automatically controls the various electronic devices in the home, home network technology is an advanced system for integrating and managing a network between the electronic devices in the home. The home network system integrates and controls various client electronic devices such as home appliances, PCs, and IT products through wired and wireless communication to a controller such as a home server or a home gateway.

In the past, there has been no attempt to automatically detect an event occurring in a home and notify a member in the home using this home network technology.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention relates to an automatic home alarm system and method that can automatically detect various events occurring in a home using home network technology and automatically notify the members of the home.

In order to achieve the above object, the automatic home alarm system according to the present invention is a system in which at least one event detection device and at least one alarm output device are connected to a home server in a wired or wireless manner, and the event detection device detects an event occurring in the home. And an event interface for sensing an event signal and a signal transmitter for transmitting a detection signal according to an event occurrence to a home server, wherein the home server receives an event detection signal from an event detection device and transmits an alarm message to an alarm output device. A detection device identification unit for identifying an event detection device that has sent an event detection signal, an alarm rule storage unit for storing an alarm message composed of voice and image according to each event detection device, and an alarm rule according to the identified event detection device. Search the store to match the event type And a control unit for extracting and transmitting the alarm message contents of the voice and image, and the alarm output device outputs the alarm message of the voice and image transmitted from the home server.

In the automatic home alarm system of the present invention, the event detection device preferably includes a mobile phone that generates an emergency event when a preset key is generated, and the alarm output device preferably includes an audio output unit and an image output unit. In this case, the audio output unit preferably includes at least one of a headphone, earphone, and speaker, and the image output unit includes at least one of a monitor, a TV CRT, and a mobile phone screen.

In the home automatic alarm system of the present invention, the alarm output device may be a mobile phone that outputs an alarm message of a voice to a speaker, and outputs an alarm message of an image to a screen. In addition, the event detection signal sent by the event detection device preferably includes a detection device identifier, it is preferable that the detection device identification unit using the detection device identifier to distinguish which detection device sent the event detection signal.

In the home automatic alarm system of the present invention, an alarm rule may include an event type, an alarm message content, and an alarm message type, and the alarm message type includes a voice alarm message and a text including at least one of a voice message and an alarm sound. It may be an alarm message of an image including at least one of a message, an alert image, an animation, and a video.

In the home automatic alarm system of the present invention, the home server may further include an alarm output device recognition unit for recognizing being used among the alarm output devices connected thereto, and an alarm output for storing a list of alarm output devices capable of transmitting an alarm message. The device list storage unit may be further provided.

On the other hand, the automatic home alarm method according to the present invention is a method that is performed in a system in which at least one event detection device and at least one alarm output device is connected to the home server in a wired or wireless manner, the event detection device detects the event occurrence and generates the event Transmitting a detection signal according to the home server, and receiving an event detection signal from the home server and identifying which event detection device has sent a signal, and pre-stored voice and video according to each event detection device at the home server. Searching for an alarm message consists of extracting the alarm message of the audio and video corresponding to the event type, and transmitting the alarm message of the audio and video to the alarm output device, and outputs the alarm message as audio and video from the alarm output device It consists of steps.

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In the home automatic alarm method of the present invention, before the event occurrence detection step, the alarm output device is connected to the client device and transmits a connection signal from the client device to the home server, the home server receives the connection signal to a specific client device The method may further include recognizing that a specific alarm output device is connected.

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Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail an embodiment of the present invention.

In describing the embodiments, descriptions of technical contents which are well known in the technical field to which the present invention belongs and are not directly related to the present invention will be omitted. This is to more clearly communicate without obscure the subject matter of the present invention by omitting unnecessary description.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of an automatic home alarm system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an automatic alarm system for a home is composed of various types of event sensing apparatuses 10, home servers 20, and various kinds of alarm output apparatuses 30. The plurality of event sensing devices 10 and the plurality of alarm output devices 30 form a network while communicating with the home server 20 in a wired or wireless manner and indirectly or indirectly.

The event detecting apparatus 10 is a doorbell 10a, a gas detector 10b, a mobile phone 10c, or the like as illustrated. In addition, any means for detecting or receiving an event in various cases such as a fire alarm or an intrusion detection sensor may occur in the home, which corresponds to the event detection apparatus 10.

The alarm output device 30 is an earphone 30a, a speaker 30b, a monitor 30c, or the like as illustrated. In addition, any means capable of outputting a voice alarm or a video alarm, such as a headphone, a TV CRT, a mobile phone screen, corresponds to the alarm output device 30. The alarm output device 30 is a peripheral device mounted inside and outside various client electronic devices (eg, PC, TV, AV device, etc.) in the house.

The home server 20 is connected to the plurality of event sensing apparatuses 10 and the plurality of alarm output apparatuses 30, more precisely to the client device, using wired or wireless communication. In general, wired home network technologies include Ethernet, home PNA, power line communication (PLC), IEEE 1394, IEEE 802.17, etc., and wireless home network technologies include Bluetooth, ultra wide band, and UWB. ), IEEE 802.15.3 (HR WPAN), IEEE 802.15.4 (LR WPAN), IEEE 802.11 (WLAN) technology and the like can be used.

When a specific event occurs in the home, the corresponding event detecting apparatus 10 detects the event and transmits it to the home server 20 in the form of an electrical signal. The home server 20 receives the transmission signal, retrieves an alarm message from a preset alarm rule, and transmits the alarm message to the output device 30 of the client electronic device being used by the user. The user recognizes the occurrence of an event by receiving an alarm message through the output device 30.

Hereinafter, the home automatic alarm system of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the following examples.

2 is a block diagram of an automatic home alarm system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 2, the event detecting apparatus 10 includes an event detecting unit 11 and a signal transmitting unit 12. The home server 20 includes an external interface 21, an input / output unit 22, a storage unit 23, and a control unit 24, and in particular, a detection device identification unit 25, an alarm rule storage unit 26, and an alarm. The apparatus further includes an output device recognition unit 27 and an alarm output device list storage unit 28. The alarm output device 30 includes an audio output unit 31 and an image output unit 32, and is mounted inside or outside the client device 40 having an external interface 41 and a control unit 42.

The event detecting unit 11 of the event detecting apparatus 10 detects a change in physical property to detect occurrence of an event. For example, if the event detector 11 is a doorbell or a mobile phone, an event occurrence is detected from a current change due to contact when a visitor presses the doorbell from the outside or when a user inputs a specific key of the mobile phone. If the event detector 11 is a gas detector, it detects a change in electrical resistance, capacitance, dielectric constant, etc., according to a gas leak, and converts it into an electrical signal. The signal transmitter 12 transmits the detection signal according to the occurrence of the event to the home server 20.

The external interface 21 of the home server 20 performs wired or wireless communication with the event sensing device 10 and the client device 40. In particular, the external interface 21 receives an event detection signal from the event sensing device 10 and transmits an alarm message to the alarm output device 30 of the client device 40. The input / output unit 22 includes a conventional input device such as a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, and a normal output device such as a screen display. The storage unit 23 stores programs and data related to performance of the home server 20, and the controller 24 controls the overall operation of the home server 20. In particular, the control unit 24 has a function of extracting an alarm message corresponding to the event type by searching the alarm rule in the alarm rule storage unit 26 to be described later.

The sensor identifying unit 25 identifies which event sensing device 10 is a signal from when the event signal arrives from the event sensing device 10. Since a plurality of event sensing devices 10 are generally connected to the home server 20, when an event signal is received, which event sensing device 10 is a signal transmitted (that is, what type of event is a signal indicating an event)? Must be identified. To this end, the signal transmitted from the event sensing apparatus 10 includes a sensing apparatus identifier, and the sensing apparatus identification unit 25 distinguishes which event sensing apparatus 10 by using the identifier.

The alarm rule storage unit 26 stores a rule (hereinafter, referred to as an "alarm rule") that corresponds to an event occurrence type and an alarm message content. Since a plurality of event detection apparatuses 10 are connected to the home server 20, there are various cases of event generation. It is also desirable that alarm messages be different depending on the type of event, as their types are different. In other words, an alarm rule is a rule that determines which alarm message is sent when an event occurs. Table 1 below is an example of alarm rule. The alarm rules in Table 1 are merely illustrative for the purpose of description and are not intended to limit the invention.

Event type Alarm message content Example 1 Doorbell Press There are visitors. Example 2 Gas detector works The gas is leaking. Example 3 Enter your phone #key OOO has encountered an emergency. Example 4 Enter mobile phone volume control button XXX is calling

The above alarm rule may also include an alarm message format. Examples of the format of an alarm message include a voice message, a text message, an alarm sound, a warning image, animation, and a video.

The alarm output device recognition unit 27 recognizes which device output device 30 of the plurality of client devices 40 connected to the home server 20 is in use. When an event occurs and wants to send an alarm message, the batch message is sent to the output device 30 of all the devices 40 connected to the home server 20, or the output device 30 being used is selectively recognized only thereafter. Can transmit The alarm output device recognition section 27 is used in the latter case.

The alarm output device list storage unit 28 stores a list of the alarm output device 30 capable of transmitting an alarm message. That is, a list of which output devices 30 are available for each client device 40 connected to the home server 20 is stored.

The alarm output device 30 includes an audio output unit 31 and an image output unit 32. The audio output unit 31 is, for example, earphones, headphones, speakers, or the like, and the image output unit 32 is, for example, a monitor, a TV picture tube, a mobile phone screen, or the like.

The client device 40 is a variety of electronic devices in the home, for example, a PC, a TV, an AV device, or the like. The external interface 41 of the client device 40 performs wired or wireless communication with the home server 20, and also communicates with the output device 30 when the alarm output device 30 is externally mounted. The controller 42 controls overall operations of the client device 40 and the alarm output device 30.

Hereinafter, an automatic home alarm method implemented by the present invention will be described through embodiments.

3 is a flowchart of an automatic home alarm method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3 and FIG. 2 described above, when the event detection unit 11 of the event detection apparatus 10 detects an event occurrence (S51), an event detection signal is transmitted through the signal transmission unit 12 to the home server 20. (S54). For example, when the mobile phone detects the input of the # key, it transmits it to the home server 20 in the form of an electric signal.

The home server 20 is in a signal reception standby state (S52), and when the event detection signal is received through the external interface 21, the sensor identification unit 25 determines which event detection device 10 has sent a signal. It identifies (S55). For example, when the event detection signal arrives, the detection device identification unit 25 identifies which event detection device 10 the signal comes from using the detection device identifier included in the event detection signal.

Once the event sensing device 10 is identified, the event occurrence type is also determined. Subsequently, the controller 24 searches for an alarm rule in the alarm rule storage unit 26 to transmit the contents of an alarm message corresponding to the generated event type (S56). After extracting an appropriate alarm message from the alarm rule, the control unit 24 transmits it through the external interface 21 (S57). For example, the alarm message corresponding to the mobile phone # key input is searched in the alarm rule to extract the alarm message, 'OOO has occurred.'

The alarm output device 30 performs a unique function (S53), and after receiving an alarm message through the external interface 41 of the client device 40, the audio output unit 31 and / or the image output unit. By outputting through 32, the user is notified of event occurrence (S58). For example, a user may be studying headphones while wearing headphones, watching a monitor, and then receiving an alarm message, “OOO has encountered an emergency,” which is output as a voice through the headphones and as a text or an image through the monitor. This informs OOO that an emergency has occurred.

In this embodiment, the home server 20 collectively transmits an alarm message to all the output devices 30 in the alarm output device list storage 28. Alternatively, however, alarm messages can be selectively sent only to the specific output device in use. The following example is such an example.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an automatic home alarm method according to another embodiment of the present invention.

4 and 2, first, when the alarm output device 30 is connected to the client device 40 (S61), the client device 40 sends a connection signal to the home server 20 to output the alarm output device ( 30 indicates that the connection (S62). For example, when a headphone is connected to the PC, the PC sends a headphone connection signal to the home server 20.

The home server 20 receives a connection signal through the external interface 21 and recognizes that the specific output device 30 is connected to the specific device 40 in the alarm output device recognition unit 27 (S63). For example, the home server 20 recognizes that a headphone is connected to a PC among a plurality of client devices 40 and alarm output devices 30 belonging to the home server 20.

Subsequently, when the event detection unit 11 of the event detection apparatus 10 detects the occurrence of an event (S64), the event detection signal is transmitted to the home server 20 through the signal transmission unit 12 (S65).

The home server 20 receives the event detection signal through the external interface 21 and identifies the event detection device 10 that has transmitted the signal in the detection device identification unit 25 (S66). In order to transmit the contents of the alarm message corresponding to the generated event type, the controller 24 searches for an alarm rule in the alarm rule storage unit 26 (S67), finds an appropriate alarm message from the alarm rule, and then external interface 21. It transmits through (S68).

The client device 40 receives an alarm message through the external interface 41 and generates an event to the user by outputting it through the audio output unit 31 and / or the image output unit 32 of the alarm output device 30. Notify (S69).

As described above, the present specification and drawings have been described with respect to preferred embodiments of the present invention, although specific terms have been used, these are merely used in a general sense to easily explain the technical contents of the present invention and to help the understanding of the present invention. It is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that other modifications based on the technical idea of the present invention can be carried out in addition to the embodiments disclosed herein.

The automatic home alarm system and method according to the present invention can automatically detect various events occurring in a home using home network technology and automatically notify the members of the home.

In particular, the home automatic alarm technology of the present invention can be applied to a variety of event detection devices can cope with the occurrence of various types of events. For example, it is possible to know that there is a visitor by pressing the doorbell, and to detect gas leakage, fire occurrence, outsider intrusion from the operation of a gas detector, a fire alarm or an intrusion sensor, and an emergency situation from a key input of a mobile phone. And the like.

In addition, the home automatic alarm technology of the present invention can be applied to various client electronic devices that are connected to the home network and have an output device, so that the user can be notified of an event in any situation.

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A system in which at least one event detection device and at least one alarm output device are connected to a home server in a wired or wireless manner, The event detection device includes an event detection unit for detecting an event occurring in the home, and a signal transmission unit for transmitting a detection signal according to the event generation to the home server, The home server may include an external interface for receiving the event detection signal from the event detection device and transmitting an alarm message to the alarm output device, a detection device identification unit for identifying the event detection device that has sent the event detection signal, An alarm rule storage unit for storing an alarm message composed of voice and image according to an event detection device and an alarm rule storage unit according to the identified event detection device to extract the contents of an alarm message of voice and image corresponding to the event type And a control unit for transmitting, The alarm output device outputs an alarm message of the voice and image transmitted from the home server. The method of claim 1, The event detection device is an automatic home alarm system, characterized in that it comprises a mobile phone for generating an emergency event when a predetermined key occurs. The method of claim 1, The alarm output device is an automatic alarm system for the home, characterized in that it comprises a voice output unit and an image output unit. The method of claim 3, The audio output unit includes at least one of a headphone, earphone, and speaker, and the image output unit comprises at least one of a monitor, a TV CRT, a mobile phone screen. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, The alarm output device is an automatic home alarm system, characterized in that the mobile phone outputs the alarm message of the voice to the speaker, and outputs the alarm message of the image on the screen. The method of claim 1, The event detection signal transmitted by the event detection device includes a detection device identifier, and the detection device identification unit uses the detection device identifier to distinguish which sensor sent the event detection signal from the home automatic alarm, characterized in that system. The method of claim 1, The alarm rule comprises the event type, the alarm message content and the alarm message format, characterized in that the home automatic alarm system. The method of claim 7, wherein The alarm message type is an automatic alarm for a home, characterized in that an alarm message of a voice including at least one of a voice message and an alarm sound, and an alarm message of an image including at least one of a text message, a warning image, an animation, and a video. system. The method of claim 1, The home server further comprises an alarm output device recognition unit for recognizing an alarm output device in use among the alarm output device connected to the home server. The method of claim 1, The home server further includes an alarm output device list storage unit for storing a list of alarm output devices capable of transmitting the alarm message. An at-home automatic alarm method in which at least one event detection device and at least one alarm output device are performed in a system connected to a home server in a wired or wireless manner, Detecting an event occurrence in the event detection apparatus and transmitting a detection signal according to the event occurrence to the home server; Receiving the event detection signal at the home server and identifying which event detection device sent the signal; The home server searches for an alarm message consisting of pre-stored voice and image according to each event detection device, extracts an alarm message of a voice and image corresponding to the event type, and sends the alarm message of the voice and image to the alarm output device. Transmitting; And Outputting an alarm message of the voice and image at the alarm output device; Home automatic alarm method comprising a. delete The method of claim 11, Before the event occurrence detection step, Connecting the alarm output device to a client device and transmitting a connection signal from the client device to the home server; And Receiving, by the home server, the connection signal and recognizing that a specific alarm output device is connected to a specific client device; Home automatic alarm method comprising a further.

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