KR101648749B1 - Apparatus and method for preventing devices from being fired - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for preventing a fire from occurring in a device, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for measuring a use time of an electronic device having a risk of fire such as a hot air heater, It is possible to inform the user of the danger through the user's terminal when the detected reference value is exceeded, thereby allowing the user to turn off the device or automatically turn off the device even if the user does not turn off the device, Thereby preventing an accident from occurring.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0001] The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for preventing a fire from occurring in a device,

The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for preventing a fire from occurring in a device, and more particularly, to a method and apparatus for measuring a use time of an electronic device having a risk of fire such as a hot air heater, The user can inform the user of the danger through the user terminal if the preset reference value is exceeded or turn off the device automatically even if the user does not turn off the device so that the user can cope with situations in which a fire can be actively generated The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for preventing the same.

Existing home appliances such as electric heaters, irons, hair dryers, etc. that use electricity are frequently exposed to the risk of fire. If a user turns on the power of an electronic product that is dangerous to fire and does not remember it and keeps turning on the power, or if there is a fire due to electric leakage or the like, property and loss of life may be caused. Recently, in order to increase the value added in all industries, ICT (Information and Communication Technology), which is a convergence of information technology and information technology, has been introduced. Researches and developments have been actively conducted on sensor devices that allow users to connect to each electronic device through a remote terminal, receive necessary information, and control the operation of the electronic device by using ICT.

As described above, a sensor is indispensably required for an electronic device and a user to communicate with each other through a sensor device using ICT. The sensor is developed in various types and forms to collect information on a specific situation of a specific electronic device, and the information collected by each sensor is transmitted to a place where the information is needed through a network including the Internet. At this time, the sensor device digitizes the sensed signal to transmit the collected information to the network, and transmits the sensed signal to the network through the communication interface.

Due to the convergence of these technologies, recently, technologies for turning off and on the power of home appliances used in the home using short-distance wireless communication and long-distance wireless communication have become widespread. However, as described above, recent home appliances are periodically exposed to the risk of fire, and since they are used at a remote place with electronic devices, there are problems that users can not respond immediately when a fire or an unexpected situation occurs.

Korean Patent No. 435991 (June 23, 2004), which is a prior art document for performing communication between a mobile communication terminal and a device of an electronic device and an electric device, relates to a home automation system, To a home automation system capable of controlling all household appliances in a home network. The home automation system of the present invention is characterized in that an external internet network, a public telephone network, a power network and an internal home network are connected to control household appliances in the home.

Korean Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-0009293 (Sep. 27, 2010) is related to home appliance control, fire and security terminal, and through a remote control code input unit formed in the main device, various types of home appliances The control code of the home appliance is inputted to the main device to transmit the control code of the household appliance to be controlled by the user and the auxiliary device which receives the control code controls the appliance.

This prior art document is similar to the control of a home appliance used in a home using a user terminal, but a device proposed by the present invention is used to prevent a fire and forcibly turn off the power of the home appliance, There is no conception or suggestion for a method and a device for preventing a fire from occurring.

Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a home appliance for home use, which is equipped with a sensor for attaching a sensor to a fire dangerous device such as a heater, By identifying the pattern, the user terminal outputs the danger when the risk factor of the fire occurs, and suggests a device that actively copes with the fire if the risk factor is not removed.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an electronic device and a method of using the electronic device, The purpose is to receive.

More particularly, the present invention provides a fire prevention function of a device, so that it is possible to transmit a fire or a fire to a user's terminal when a fire occurs in an electric device and an electronic device used in a home, Such as an iron, a hair dryer, etc., is operated for a long time, a warning of the home appliance is output to the user through the user terminal, thereby recognizing the danger of fire and suppressing the occurrence of a fire accident.

In addition, the present invention can detect a danger in a situation where a sensor device attached to a home appliance may cause a fire and automatically turn off the home appliance when the user does not turn off the home appliance after sending an alarm to the user terminal, To prevent the danger of.

In addition, the present invention can identify whether a device is dangerous at the time of use or not by simply measuring the power data even if a separate sensor is not included in the home appliance, or allow the user to mark the application device (app) For that purpose.

In addition, the present invention can be applied to devices recognized as dangerous devices or devices marked as dangerous by a user, by means of analysis of usage patterns of device users, the device usage time of the user or the usage pattern of the user, If the temperature or the operation is predicted and it is not a general use time or usage pattern or a user exceeds a predetermined threshold value (use time), the user is notified of an alarm and the user is guided to turn off the device to prevent the device from being fired The purpose.

A fire prevention apparatus for preventing a fire from occurring in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention is a device for preventing a fire from occurring in a device including at least one sensor or a state sensing means, , A minimum or a combination thereof, an average for a current, a maximum, a minimum, or a combination thereof, a power consumption or a combination thereof; An information collecting unit for receiving from the device a measured value of the status of the device corresponding to the set value and storing the measured value in a database for each device; A fire detection unit comparing the difference between the set value and the measured value or analyzing the usage pattern from the measured value to detect the possibility of fire in advance; And a fire processor for transmitting a warning message to the user terminal when the possibility of the fire is detected in advance.

In the fire prevention apparatus for preventing a fire in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the warning message may be obtained by comparing a difference between the set value and a measured value, analyzing a usage pattern from the measured value The control unit controls the power of the corresponding device to be forcibly turned off when it is determined that there is no action by the user even after the transmission of the warning message.

Further, in the fire prevention apparatus for preventing a fire in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, each device and a user terminal may be a combination of NFC, Bluetooth, RFID, Zigbee, WiFi, PLC, SUN, 6LoWPAN, And the user terminal is a wired or wireless terminal including a smart phone, a tablet PC, a netbook, a notebook PC, or a combination thereof.

Further, in a fire prevention apparatus for preventing a fire from occurring in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the device may be a fire prevention apparatus for preventing fire from occurring in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention. A sensor or a state sensing means for measuring at least one of a temperature, a temperature, a temperature, a temperature, a temperature, , A water supply, or a combination thereof, so as to perform the measurement. Thus, the device includes a sensor for measuring at least one of temperature, humidity, power consumption, gas leakage, illumination intensity, gas usage, water usage, or a combination thereof, , Or it is possible to carry out the measurements by being built in or attached to appliances, household appliances, lighting appliances, electrothermal appliances, gas appliances, water utilities, or combinations thereof.

In addition, in the fire prevention apparatus for preventing a fire in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention, the set value may be set by a user inputting and setting a reference value for the device, Or a fire prevention apparatus automatically collects and sets a reference value for a corresponding device through a network, or performs at least one of a combination of these.

A fire prevention method for preventing a fire from occurring in a device according to another embodiment of the present invention is a fire prevention method for a device having at least one sensor or state sensing means, A control step of specifying a set value including a mean, a maximum, a minimum, or a combination thereof, an average, a maximum, a minimum, or a combination thereof, a power consumption or a combination thereof; An information collecting step of receiving from the device a measured value of a state of the device corresponding to the set value and storing the measured value in a database for each device; A fire detection step of comparing the difference between the set value and the measured value or analyzing the usage pattern from the measured value to detect the possibility of fire in advance; And a fire process step of transmitting a warning message to the user terminal when the possibility of the fire is detected in advance.

In the fire prevention method for preventing a fire from occurring in a device according to another embodiment of the present invention, the warning message may be generated by comparing a difference between the set value and a measured value, And controlling the power of the corresponding device to be turned off when it is determined that there is no action by the user even after the warning message is transmitted.

Further, in the fire prevention method for preventing a fire from occurring in a device according to another embodiment of the present invention, each device and a user terminal may be connected to a network such as NFC, Bluetooth, RFID, Zigbee, WiFi, PLC, SUN, 6LoWPAN, And the user terminal is a wired or wireless terminal including a smart phone, a tablet PC, a netbook, a notebook PC, or a combination thereof.

Further, the present invention provides a fire prevention method for preventing a fire from occurring in a device according to another embodiment of the present invention, wherein the device is a fire prevention method for preventing fire from occurring in a device according to another embodiment of the present invention. Or a combination thereof, and the sensor or the state detecting means may perform the independent measurement or may be a device for measuring at least one of a home appliance, a lighting device, an electric heating appliance, Gas equipment, water supply equipment, or a combination thereof, to perform the measurement.

Further, in the fire prevention method for preventing a fire from occurring in a device according to another embodiment of the present invention, the set value may be set by a user inputting and setting a reference value for the device, Or the fire prevention apparatus automatically collects and sets a reference value for the device through the network, or performs at least one of a combination of the reference values.

The present invention relates to a device and a method for preventing fire in a device, and a user is able to control the operation state and information of the device through a sensor device attached to various devices including electronic, electric, water, Can be provided anywhere.

In addition, when a fire occurs in various devices including electric, electric, water, and gas used at home, it is transmitted to a user terminal, and a user can use the electronic device such as a hot air heater, When the device operates for a long period of time, there is an effect of outputting a warning of the device through the user terminal to the user, thereby recognizing the danger of fire and suppressing the occurrence of a fire accident.

As another effect of the present invention, when a sensor device attached to a home appliance detects a danger in a situation where a fire may occur and the user does not turn off the home appliance after sending an alarm to the user terminal, By turning off the device, the risk of fire is cut off and the occurrence of fire is prevented.

1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an apparatus for preventing a fire from occurring in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an apparatus for preventing a fire from occurring in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a process of comparing a measured value and a reference value collected from a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a process of notifying a user terminal of a danger when a device is overheated and turning off a device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
5 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a process of notifying a user terminal of a danger when a device is overheated and resetting power of the device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a communication procedure between a fire prevention device and a sensor device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an apparatus and method for preventing fire from occurring in a device according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a conceptual diagram for explaining an apparatus for preventing a fire from occurring in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the fire prevention apparatus 100 of the present invention includes a device 20 attached to an electric device and an electronic device used in a home, a device 20 attached to the device 20, A sensor (21) for measuring information of the sensor device (21), a gateway (22) connected to the sensor device (21) by near field communication (NFC), Bluetooth and Zigbee 30, processes the information transmitted through the gateway 40 through the Internet 40, and blocks the risk of fire that may occur.

In this case, the fire prevention apparatus 100 stores the setting of the reference value for each device of the home, stores the measurement value measured every cycle, and stores the history of the failure history or the operation time of the device in the database 105 It is also possible to manage.

First, each of the devices 20 is an appliance related to electronics, electricity, water, and gas that are commonly used. In the present invention, an electronic product that is at risk of fire such as a heater, iron, However, a gas appliance or a water supply device is also included in the monitoring object of the fire prevention device of the present invention. Therefore, although the present invention is a fire prevention apparatus, it is possible to monitor the copper or leaking water to the water pipe, and to observe the long-term use of the gas leak or the gas range. Therefore, the device 20 is not limited to electronic products such as a heating device, an iron, and a hair dryer.

Meanwhile, the sensor device 21 attached to the device 20 is attached to the device 20, which is an electric device and an electronic device used in the home, to detect an operation state, a setting state, and a fire state of the device 20 And the information is provided to communicate with the user terminal using Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth, Zigbee, and WiFi, which are short-range wireless communications.

Next, NFC, Bluetooth, and ZigBee, which are methods of communicating with the sensor device 21 and the gateway 30, will be described.

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a non-contact type short-range wireless communication module that uses 13.56MHz frequency band as one of RFID tags and transmits data between user terminals at a distance of 10cm. These NFCs are widely used not only for payment but also for travel information transmission, transportation and access control locks for goods information and visitors in supermarkets and everyday shops.

As a feature of the NFC, it is possible to operate the terminal with the tag embedded in the active mode as an extension concept of the existing RFID, so that not only a function as a tag but also a reader for reading a tag, a function for a writer for inputting information To-peer (P2P) communication between the terminal and the terminal. Accordingly, the NFC, which is one of the functions for the short distance wireless communication between the sensor device 21 and the user terminal of the present invention, can communicate with the user terminal within a distance of 10 cm or less.

Bluetooth is a short-range wireless communication standard. It refers to a technical standard for wirelessly connecting and controlling various electronic and information communication devices within a radius of 10 m using 2.45 GHz frequency. Data can be exchanged at high speed by using radio frequency without physical cable for communication between various digital appliances as well as information communication devices such as computers, printers, mobile phones and PDAs in home or office. Accordingly, Bluetooth, which is one of the functions for the short distance wireless communication between the sensor device 21 and the user terminal 10 of the present invention, can communicate with the user terminal 10 within 10 m.

In the case of Zigbee, a wireless personal area network standard operating at 868 MHz, 902-928 MHz, and 2.4 GHz refers to a personal area network in which peripheral access is performed wirelessly. Using such a ZigBee, data can be exchanged at a maximum speed of 250 Kbps between peripheral devices within a distance of 50 m or less within a wireless personal area network, and is based on the 802.15 standard approved by IEEE-SA Feature. ZigBee also provides high data throughput efficiency in low impact environments. ZigBee is therefore ideally suited to home, business and industrial automation applications where control devices and sensors are used. These peripherals operate at low power, which means that the battery will last longer with a very low duty cycle, typically less than 0.1%. Examples of applications that work well with ZigBee include HVAC, lighting systems, intrusion detection, fire detection, and detection and notification of abnormal events.

The Zigbee, which is one of the functions for the short distance wireless communication between the sensor device 21 and the user terminal 10 of the present invention, can communicate with the user terminal 10 within a distance of 50 m or less.

On the other hand, the sensor device 21 shown in FIG. 1 is connected to the gateway 30 using the above-described short-range wireless communication (1 in FIG. 1). The gateway 30 connected to the sensor device 21 is connected to the Internet 40 via Ethernet or Wi-Fi (② in FIG. 1), and the fire prevention device 100 is connected to the Internet 40 via Ethernet or Wi- (3 & cir & in Fig. 1) so that it is possible to communicate with the device.

That is, information such as setting information, usage information, and usage time of each device 20 is transmitted through the sensor device 21 attached to the device 20 by short-range wireless communication such as NFC, Bluetooth, Zigbee, And communicates with the gateway 30. [ At this time, the gateway 30 performs a communication process with the user terminal 10 using Wi-Fi, and performs long-distance wireless communication with the Internet 40 via Ethernet using Wi-Fi and LAN lines. The Internet 40 periodically senses the state of the device 20 by transmitting and receiving the fire prevention device 100 using Wi-Fi or Ethernet. When the device 20 is in a state where a fire may occur, Transmits a message through the corresponding user terminal 10, and performs power off operation of the device 20.

In addition, even if a separate sensor is not inserted into the device, it can be easily identified through a power data measurement to determine whether it is a dangerous device or not, and the application program (app) can mark whether or not the user is a dangerous device. In addition, devices recognized as dangerous devices or devices marked as dangerous by a user are normally checked for usage time of a user or usage pattern of a user by analyzing usage patterns of device users. That is, if the device temperature or operation is predicted through power consumption of the device and the device is not in a general usage time or usage pattern, or exceeds a predetermined threshold (e.g., usage time) set by the user, an alarm is notified to the user, So that a fire can be prevented from occurring in the device.

Hereinafter, an example of the usage pattern will be described.

As described above, the usage patterns of the user's home appliances will be continuously updated in the fire prevention apparatus (server), and if they do not match the usage pattern, an alarm or warning message will be transmitted to the user. Of course, in Table 1, the minimum operation time and the minimum current are not to be compared. The main comparison items will be the average operation time, the maximum operation time, the average current, and the maximum current. For example, when the user exceeds the maximum current when the device is used, a warning message is sent to the user and the user can receive the message and turn off the device or continue using the device. If you continue to use it, the maximum current will be updated again. If you turn off the device, it will be recognized as abnormal operation, so the maximum current value will not be updated in the usage pattern.

Here, wired / wireless communication such as NFC, Bluetooth, RFID, ZigBee, WiFi, PLC, SUN, 6LoWPAN is used between the device and the gateway, the device and the user terminal, the user terminal and the gateway, Communication can be performed.

The user terminal may also be a wired or wireless terminal including a smart phone, tablet PC, netbook, notebook PC, or a combination thereof.

Here, 6LoWPAN is a method for applying Internet protocols to small-sized devices and low-power devices with limited processing capability capable of participating in the Internet of Things (IoT), and is an encapsulation method in which IPV6 packets can be transmitted and received through IEEE 802.14.4 Encapsulation and header compression. Thus for use in IP networking for low power wireless communications.

In addition, SUN is standardized by IEEE for communication between final electric consumers and utilities. It covers communication distance from several meters to several tens of kilometers and transmits data at 40kbps ~ 1Mbps data transmission rate in outdoor for low power consumption. . Accordingly, in the present invention, an energy saving system, a wireless remote meter reading system, an in-home display (IHD) system, and a home network system are provided through a configuration in which data is transferred between a home gateway and a wired / wireless Internet, , Remote ground fault detection system, smart grid application of electric vehicle, apartment location based service, disaster prevention monitoring system.

2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an apparatus for preventing a fire in a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 2, the configuration of the fire prevention apparatus 100 for communicating via the Internet 40, collecting information of the setting device 20, and monitoring whether or not a fire occurs will be described.

The fire prevention apparatus 100 includes a communication interface 110, an information collecting unit 120, a fire sensing unit 130, and a fire processing unit 140.

First, the communication interface 110 functions to receive data transmitted from the sensor device 21 through the Internet 40 to the fire prevention apparatus 100, and the received data is transmitted to the information collecting unit 120 ). The communication interface 110 also transmits the processed result of the fire processing unit 140 to the device via the Internet.

On the other hand, the information collecting unit 102 receives the state information of the device 20, which is a general electric device and an electronic device used in the home collected by the sensor device 21, through the communication interface 101, 20, the use time, the temperature of the device, and the like, and transmits it to the fire detection unit 103.

The fire detection unit 130 determines whether a fire has occurred based on the information collected through the information collection unit 120 and compares the detected fire occurrence value with a value set for each device, It serves to monitor possible fires. In addition, when a fire occurs or a possibility of a fire is high, or a user compares the set value with the set value set by each device 20, data is transmitted to the fire processing unit 140 when the device 20 is used more than a set value do.

The fire processor 140 transmits a fire risk message to the user terminal 10 through the data received from the fire detector 130 or a signal for turning off the power of the device 20. That is, when the device 20 is driven for a time longer than a user's set value, the fire processor 140 receives a signal from the fire detector 130 and transmits a fire hazard warning to the user through the communication interface 110. Also, if the power of the device 20 is not turned off even though the risk message is transmitted from the fire processing unit 140, a signal for forcibly turning off the power of the device 20 is transmitted to eliminate the possibility of fire.

Of course, the fire detection unit 130 does not detect that a fire has actually occurred, but detects the possibility of a fire in advance. The fire detection unit 130 detects an actual measured temperature , The current and the operation time are predetermined. For example, if the measured value is 80% of the reference value, a warning message is sent. If the measured value is 90% or more, a power-off notice message is sent. The control command is sent to the device. The fire processing unit 140 sends the message to the user terminal, and sends the processing result to the user terminal so that the user can check the processing result.

The device setting / measurement value storage unit 200 is a device for storing the set values actually measured by the user through the user terminal 10 or through the respective devices 20 and actually measured values. For example, If the temperature of the ironing machine is raised by several degrees or the driving time of the ironing iron is used for a time set by the user or the like, the number to which the user's terminal 10 receives the fire risk warning signal and how many times to warn And stores the value. Therefore, by storing all the values of each heating element, it actively copes with the risk of fire in case of fire.

Storing the set values and the measured values of the device makes it possible to compare and analyze the history of the reference value and the measured values in order to estimate the operation, lifetime and possibility of fire of the device It is very important data because it is possible.

Further, the control unit 150 of the fire prevention apparatus 100 according to the present invention designates a set value including a permissible temperature, a continuous operation time, a permissive current, or a combination thereof for the device having at least one sensor Function. In addition, the control unit also controls the overall operation of the fire prevention apparatus. The role of the control unit is to control the overall aspects of the setting, operation, operation and user maintenance of the fire protection apparatus.

If the fire prevention apparatus according to the present invention is constructed in a server on a network, information of each device is collected through a wired / wireless network (e.g., communication interface) provided in the server, the collected information is stored in a database, The reference value of each device can be collected and stored. The user can set or input a reference value for the device, or the manufacturer of the device can automatically load and set the reference value set in the device, It is possible to automatically acquire and set reference values for the device through the network, or perform at least one of a combination of these.

3 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a process of comparing a measured value and a reference value collected from a device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the reference value of the device 20 and the measured value of the state of the device 20 are compared periodically to determine the state of the device 20 by the fire prevention apparatus 100 described above. At this time, the reference value may be basic information provided by the company that manufactures the device 20, or may be a setting value arbitrarily set by the user, and the measured value may be a value indicating the current state of the devices 20 to the fire prevention apparatus 100 As shown in FIG.

The reference value and the measured value are periodically measured by comparing the amount of temperature, the operation time, the amount of current, and the voltage through the fire detection unit 130 of the fire protection apparatus 100, When a fire risk element occurs, a message is sent to the user terminal 10 through the fire processor 140, and if the risk is not removed even after the message is transmitted, the user terminal is forcibly turned off.

For example, in FIG. 3, a reference value for an operation condition is set for a specific device. In the case of iron, if the reference value is set to 300 ° C., the continuous operation time is 60 minutes, and the electric current is 20 A, if the continuous operation time reaches 60 minutes, the warning message can be transmitted a plurality of times in accordance with the warning step, According to the result of the user's action, the fire protection device periodically collects information from the device, releases the warning when the warning situation is released, and turns off the power of the device when the warning is continued, and informs the user terminal of the result.

FIG. 4 is a conceptual diagram illustrating a process of notifying a user terminal of a danger when a device is overheated and powering off the device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 4, an iron, which is a common heating apparatus used in the home, will be described as an example.

When the user uses the iron for a long period of time or more for a set period of time, which is the electric heater used in the home, the fire prevention device 100 detects whether or not the iron is in a fire state through the gateway 30 and the Internet 40 as described above with reference to FIG. When the danger signal is transmitted to the user terminal, the user terminal 10 is informed via Wi-Fi to the fact that the use time of the iron has been exceeded by the user for at least the time set by the user, as shown in FIG. 3 . When the user does not confirm the message or does not turn off the power of the iron, the fire prevention apparatus 100 transmits a signal for forcibly turning off the power of the iron, and at the same time, And transmits the signal to the terminal 10 via the gateway 30 to turn off the power of the iron. At this time, if the user turns off the power of the iron, which is a fire risk factor, after the output of the primary message, the fire prevention device 100 recognizes this and does not send a message or forcibly turn off the iron.

5 is a conceptual diagram for explaining a process of notifying a user terminal of a risk and resetting a power supply of a device when the device is overheated according to an embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 5, an iron which is a common heating apparatus used in the home will be described as an example.

5, when the user uses the iron for the home for a long period of time or longer than the set time, the user passes through the gateway 30 and the Internet 40 as described above with reference to FIG. 1, If a fire hazard is detected and a danger signal is transmitted to the user terminal, it is determined by the WiFi that the use time of the iron is exceeded by the user at the user terminal 10, primarily as shown in FIG. 3, To the terminal 10. Thereafter, when the user confirms the message and judges that there is no risk factor of the fire, it transmits the absence of the risk factor through the user terminal 10, resets the contents of the reference value and the measurement value, The user can continue to use the iron.

In the present invention, the basic idea is to acquire information of a device from a sensor by attaching a sensor to the device. However, the sensor may actually be a module including a passive element circuit for sensing a power consumption pattern , Or a module containing an IC for measuring power or current on the one hand. For example, sensing the power consumption pattern may have the function of checking whether the power consumed by the device is inductive or not, and may also be a simple circuit for checking the operation cycle of the device. It is also possible to include a circuit for converting an analog measurement signal for power consumption or current into a digital signal and outputting it.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a communication procedure between the fire prevention apparatus 100 and the device 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

6, as a wireless communication process between the device and the fire prevention apparatus 100, first, the temperature of the device 20 may be set by the manufacturer, or the temperature at which the user may fire a fire for each device 20, The set value of each device 20 is stored in the fire prevention apparatus 100 individually (S110). Then, the fire prevention apparatus 100 periodically collects the information of the device 20 and compares the information with the information set by the user (S120). At this time, if there is a danger that a fire may occur in the specific device 20, the fire prevention apparatus 100 senses a risk of fire and transmits a primary message to the user's terminal 10 at step S130. Thereafter, if the risk factor is not removed, the secondary message is transmitted to the user terminal (S140). After the output of the secondary message, the power of the corresponding device in which the dangerous element occurs is forcibly turned off (S150). Wherein the device includes a sensor for measuring at least one of at least one of temperature, humidity, power consumption, gas leakage, illumination intensity, gas usage, water usage, or a combination thereof, Perform measurements or perform the measurements by being built in or attached to appliances, appliances, lighting appliances, heating appliances, gas appliances, water appliances or a combination thereof.

Through this process, the present invention records the time of the electronic device 20 at the risk of a fire such as a heater, an iron, a hair dryer, etc., and when the device 20 is turned on during this time based on the recorded time If the user turns off the device 20 by notifying the user of the risk through the user's terminal 10 or does not check the message even if the user does not turn off the device 20, . Accordingly, when the electric appliance and the electronic appliance which are in danger of fire operate for a long time, a warning of the home appliance is outputted to the user through the user terminal 10, thereby recognizing the fire hazard and suppressing the occurrence of the fire accident In addition, when the user does not turn off the home appliances even after sending an alarm to the user terminal 10, the home appliances are automatically turned off to block the risk of fire, thereby preventing the occurrence of fire.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims and their equivalents.

10: user terminal 20: device
21: Sensor device 30: Gateway
40: Internet 100: Fire prevention device
110: communication interface 120: information collecting unit
130: fire detection unit 140: fire detection unit
150:
200: Device-specific setting / measurement value storage unit

Claims (10)

For a device having at least one sensor or state sensing means, the temperature of the device, the average, the maximum, the minimum, or a combination thereof, the average, maximum, minimum, or combination thereof, A control unit for controlling the operation of the fire prevention apparatus, including setting a set value including a combination of these;
An information collecting unit for receiving from the device a measured value of the status of the device corresponding to the set value and storing the measured value in a database for each device;
A fire detection unit for detecting a possibility of a fire by analyzing a usage pattern from the measured values; And
And a fire processor for dividing the user terminal into a plurality of steps and transmitting a warning message to the user when the possibility of the fire is detected in advance,
The set value is obtained by automatically collecting a reference value for the device through the network,
The user is informed of the danger through the user terminal when the usage time of the device is measured and exceeds a predetermined reference value, the user turns off the device, and even if the user does not turn off the device, the device is automatically turned off, If the user terminal is informed by the user terminal that there is no risk of fire, resetting the reference value and the measured value, informing the user of the content, and making the device continue to use A fire prevention device for preventing a fire from occurring in a feature device. delete The method according to claim 1,
Each device and user terminal,
NFC, Bluetooth, RFID, ZigBee, WiFi, PLC, SUN, 6LoWPAN, or a combination thereof,
The user terminal comprises:
Wherein the device is a wired or wireless terminal including a smart phone, a tablet PC, a netbook, a notebook PC, or a combination thereof. The method according to claim 1,
The device comprising:
A sensor or a state sensing means for measuring at least one of temperature, humidity, power consumption, current, gas leakage, illumination intensity, gas consumption, water usage, or a combination thereof,
The sensor or the state sensing means,
Characterized in that the measurement is performed independently or the measurement is carried out by being built in or attached to an appliance including a household appliance, a lighting appliance, an electric heating appliance, a gas appliance, a water supply appliance or a combination thereof to prevent a fire from occurring in the device A fire prevention device. The method according to claim 1,
The set value is a value
A user inputs and sets a reference value for the device,
The manufacturer of the device may automatically load and set what the device has set as the reference value,
Or a combination thereof. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 13 >< RTI ID = 0.0 > 15. < / RTI > For a device having at least one sensor or state sensing means, the temperature of the device, the average, the maximum, the minimum, or a combination thereof, the average, maximum, minimum, or combination thereof, A control step of specifying a set value including a combination of these;
An information collecting step of receiving from the device a measured value of a state of the device corresponding to the set value and storing the measured value in a database for each device;
A fire detection step of detecting a possibility of a fire by analyzing a usage pattern from the measured values; And
And a fire process step of transmitting a warning message to the user terminal in a plurality of stages when the possibility of the fire is detected in advance,
The set value is obtained by automatically collecting a reference value for the device through the network,
The user is informed of the danger through the user terminal when the usage time of the device is measured and exceeds a predetermined reference value, the user turns off the device, and even if the user does not turn off the device, the device is automatically turned off, If the user terminal is informed by the user terminal that there is no risk of fire, resetting the reference value and the measured value, informing the user of the content, and making the device continue to use A fire prevention method for preventing a fire from occurring in a characteristic device. delete The method of claim 6,
Each device and user terminal,
NFC, Bluetooth, RFID, ZigBee, WiFi, PLC, SUN, 6LoWPAN, or a combination thereof,
The user terminal comprises:
Wherein the device is a wired or wireless terminal including a smart phone, a tablet PC, a netbook, a notebook PC, or a combination thereof. The method of claim 6,
The device comprising:
A sensor or a state sensing means for measuring at least one of temperature, humidity, power consumption, current, gas leakage, illumination intensity, gas consumption, water usage, or a combination thereof,
The sensor or the state sensing means,
Characterized in that the measurement is performed independently or the measurement is carried out by being built in or attached to an appliance including a household appliance, a lighting appliance, an electric heating appliance, a gas appliance, a water supply appliance or a combination thereof to prevent a fire from occurring in the device A method for preventing fire. The method of claim 6,
The set value is a value
A user inputs and sets a reference value for the device,
The manufacturer of the device may automatically load and set what the device has set as the reference value,
Or a combination thereof. ≪ Desc / Clms Page number 13 >< RTI ID = 0.0 > 11. < / RTI >

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