JPH09282588A - Remote monitoring method for security service - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prolong the service life of a battery by reducing the consumption of the battery of radio equipment provided for an NCU terminal and various kinds of equipments connected to the NCU terminal by radio in relation to disaster prevention, crime prevention and information or the like. SOLUTION: Concerning the monitor system of security service by connecting a controller terminal 3 connected to a controller 1 in a central processing center 2 and various kinds of equipments such as a fire detector 11, crime prevention alarm 12, emergency medical information equipment 13, rice stock residual quantity information equipment 14 and oil tank quantity information equipment 15 related to disaster prevention, crime prevention and information, etc., by radio, radio equipment 3E is provided at the controller terminal 3 and radio equipment 8E is provided for a microcomputer meter 8 to communicate with both a gas leak alarm 10 and a gas cylinder switcher 9. Both the terminal equipment 3E and 8E are operated at fixed time intervals and while one side radio equipment 8E is in operation, the other side radio equipment 3E is set to be operated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote monitoring method of a security service for performing home disaster prevention / crime prevention such as door lock or forgetting to turn off a fire from a remote place through communication / information equipment and various sensors.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an NCU (control unit) terminal installed outdoors at home connected to a processing unit at a central processing center, a fire detector, a crime prevention alarm, an emergency medical information device, a rice box residual amount information device, an oil Data was transmitted and received by connecting to various devices related to disaster prevention, crime prevention, information, etc. such as tank oil quantity information equipment by wire. There are also wirelessly connected NCU terminals and various devices, but it is almost impossible to implement them.

[0003]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention]
The spread of the service is remarkable, but the contents of the service are various disaster prevention and crime prevention devices such as gas leak detection, fire detection, door lock detection, crime prevention notification, various microcomputer meters, medical information, rice bin remaining amount information, oil tank oil amount information Various equipment related to disaster prevention, crime prevention, information, etc. such as various information equipment such as is installed indoors or outdoors, and data is transmitted and received with the central processing center through the NCU terminal installed outdoors, If these devices and NCU terminals are connected by wire, indoor and outdoor wiring work is required.

However, if the wiring is conspicuous indoors or outdoors, it not only spoils the aesthetics of the house, but depending on the type of equipment, the meter reading of propane gas, etc. connects a microcomputer meter of propane gas to the NCU terminal and The remaining amount and the like are monitored, and when the amount nears the remaining amount, the propane gas supply store side makes a business trip to fill the propane gas. In this case, the propane gas supply store side is required to install the device for one-sided convenience, and is not necessarily the request from the customer side. Even in such a case, the use of electricity on the customer side and the wiring work may be against the customer's wishes, and it is ideal to use wireless.

However, under the current circumstances, when the wireless communication is used, the battery of the wireless device is consumed so much that the life of the battery is shortened and frequent battery replacement is required, which makes it almost impossible to carry out the operation. In view of the above points, the present invention aims to provide a remote monitoring method for a security service that can reduce the battery consumption of a wireless device and prolong the battery life.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the method of the present invention comprises a control device terminal connected to a control device of a central processing center, a fire detector, a crime prevention alarm device, an emergency medical information device, and a remaining amount of rice. In a security service monitoring system in which various devices related to disaster prevention / crime prevention / information, such as information devices and oil tank oil amount information devices, are wirelessly connected, control device terminals, gas leak alarms, and A radio is installed in the microcomputer meter that communicates with both the gas cylinder switch and both radios are operated at fixed time intervals, and when one radio is operating, the other radio is also operating. It is characterized by being set to do.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the wireless device of the control device terminal and the wireless device of the microcomputer meter are operated at a constant time interval, so that the battery of the wireless device is consumed only when the wireless device is operated, and the battery consumption is reduced. It is possible to suppress the consumption of the battery as much as possible. If there is a gas leak during the operation of the wireless device, the microcomputer meter is informed that the
Contact the control unit of the central processing center through the radio of the CU terminal. From the central processing center, meter readings are performed and the gas cylinder switches when the amount of gas nears the remaining amount.

Further, in the method of the present invention, radio equipment is installed in each of the control device terminal and various equipments, and each radio equipment installed in the equipment is operated by the equipment at a constant time interval,
The radio of the controller terminal is characterized in that it is set to operate when the radio of at least one device is active.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the radios installed in various devices are operated by the devices at fixed time intervals, the battery of the radios is consumed only when the device is operated and the battery consumption is reduced as before. It is possible to In addition, the radio of the control device terminal does not always need to operate at all times, and the time is set to operate when the radio of at least one device is operating. Is possible. Then, when any of the devices detects an abnormality during operation of the device wireless device, the wireless device of the control device terminal receives the transmission of the wireless device that has detected the abnormality and notifies the central processing center.

In the method of the present invention, as many radios as the number of devices are installed in the control device terminals, and the radios installed in the devices and the corresponding radios of the control device terminals are fixed. It is characterized in that they are simultaneously operated at time intervals of.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the radios of the control device terminals, which are provided in the same number as the devices, are simultaneously operated at the same time intervals as the radios of the devices, the batteries of the radios are activated only when the radios are operated. Is consumed, and it is possible to reduce battery consumption as before. Then, when any of the devices detects an abnormality during the operation of the radio of the device, the radio of the NCU terminal side corresponding thereto receives the transmission of the radio that has detected the abnormality and notifies the central processing center.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 and 2 are block diagrams showing an embodiment of the method of the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a control device installed in the central processing center 2 and 3 is an NCU terminal installed outside the house 4 of a general household, which is connected to the central processing center 2 by wire or wirelessly. . Although the drawing shows the case where they are connected by wire, in this case, the general subscriber telephone line 6 of NTT used for the telephone 5 at home is used. Reference numeral 7 is a protector, but in case of wireless connection, the control unit 1 of the central processing center 2 and the NCU terminal 3
It will be unnecessary since we will contact you directly.

The NCU terminal 3 is provided with a radio device 3E with a timer which uses a lithium battery as a power source. 8
Is a microcomputer meter provided outdoors, and the microcomputer meter 8 communicates with an outdoor gas cylinder switching device 9 and an indoor gas leak alarm 10. As in the previous case, the microcomputer meter 8 is provided with a wireless device 8E with a timer that uses a lithium battery as a power source.

If there is a gas leak during operation of the radio, the gas leak alarm 10 senses it, and the radio 8E of the microcomputer meter 8 is detected.
Is transmitted to the control device 1 of the central processing center 2 by the wireless device 3E of the NCU terminal. Turning from OFF to ON from the wireless device 8E to the wireless device 3E always receives a power source (command) when a pulse signal supported by a constant power source comes and the relay is turned on and the wireless device 3E operates. That is, the command is turned on by the pulse signal from the device. The radio 3E of the NCU terminal communicates information from the central processing center 2 side to the microcomputer meter 8 side, and information from the microcomputer meter 8 side to the central processing center 2 side.

As the contents transmitted from the central processing center 2 side,
There are optional meter reading, valve shutoff, cylinder closure, cylinder closure closure, remote gas leak diagnosis, residual charge reset, telephone number for issuing notification, etc. From the microcomputer meter 8 side, the pointer of the microcomputer meter for regular meter reading date and time, periodic meter reading, The wireless device 3 of the NCU terminal 3 displays sensor information, gas level reset, level warning, etc.
It is transmitted to the central processing center 2 side via E.

The radio unit 3E of the NCU terminal 3 and the radio unit 8E on the side of the microcomputer meter 8 operate at fixed time intervals, but the time is set so that when one operates, the other operates. The interval time can be set arbitrarily,
As an example, in the case of continuous usage time advance notice call as meter call, power OFF time is within 3 minutes, power ON time (communication time) is within 1 minute, and information when valve shuts off and returns is sent. In case of power off, power off within 10 minutes
N time should be within 1 minute, power off time should be within 3 minutes and power on time should be within 1 minute when calling when the alarm is activated.
Power-off time should be within 3 minutes and power-on time should be within 1 minute when the seismic shock is activated, and power-off time should be within 3 minutes when the pressure sensor at the meter inlet and outlet is activated. The power ON time is within 1 minute, and the power OFF time is within 120 minutes for the cylinder reset request function.
N hours should be less than 1 minute, power OFF time should be less than 5 minutes when calling without alarm, power ON time should be less than 1 minute, power OFF time should be less than 3 minutes when flow confirmation is cut off. The ON time can be set to 1 minute or less.

Next, in the figure, 11 is a fire detector installed indoors, 11A is a wireless device with a timer powered by the same lithium battery as that provided in the fire detector 11, and 12 is a crime prevention installed indoors. Notification device, 12B is the same wireless device as before installed in the crime prevention notification device 12, 13 is an emergency medical information device installed indoors, 13C is a similar wireless device before installed in the emergency medical information device 13, 14 is indoors Installed rice box residual quantity information machine, 14
D is a wireless device similar to the one provided before in the rice box remaining amount information device 1,
5 is an oil amount information machine for an oil tank installed outdoors, 15
G is a wireless device similar to the previous one provided in the oil amount information device 15 of the oil tank.

These radios 11A, 12B, 13C,
14D and 15G are connected to the same radio device 3F as the previous one provided in the NCU terminal 3. Radios 11A, 12B, 13C, 14
Each of D and 15G has an OFF time and an ON time of the power supply set individually in advance at fixed time intervals. Some devices can be stopped for a long time depending on the device,
On the contrary, there are some that are divided into minutes, and it depends on the nature of the object.
On the other hand, the wireless device 3F of the NCU terminal 3 is connected to the wireless devices 11A and 12A.
The time is set to operate when any one of the B, 13C, 14D, and 15G radios is operating.
Therefore, the power is not always in the ON state.

Then, for example, if a fire occurs during the operation time, the fire detector 11 detects it, the wireless device 11A issues a signal, and the wireless device 3F receives this signal and transmits it to the control device 1 in the central processing center 2. .

FIG. 2 shows the radios 11A, 1
The radios 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, and 3G corresponding to 2B, 13C, 14D, and 15G are provided in the NCU terminal 3, and the radios corresponding to each other are simultaneously operated at fixed time intervals. The time interval depends on the type of equipment. It should be noted that each wireless device transmits a signal of a specific signal pattern so as to prevent interference of radio waves from others.

[0021]

According to the present invention, a wireless device connected to a control device of a central processing center and installed in a control terminal installed outdoors at home, a fire detector, a crime prevention alarm device, a medical information device, and a rice box. The radios installed in various devices related to disaster prevention / crime prevention / information such as a remaining amount information device, an oil amount information device in an oil tank, and a microcomputer meter connected to a gas leak alarm always keep the power on. Instead of doing so, the power is turned on at a time interval so that the radio operates, so the battery is consumed only when it is operating, and the battery consumption can be suppressed as much as possible, so battery consumption can be reduced. It will be possible. Therefore, unlike the conventional wireless device, it is a useful invention that does not require frequent battery replacement and can be used for a long period of time to enable wireless communication.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the method of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 control device 2 central processing center 3 NCU (control device) terminal 4 house 5 telephone 6 telephone line 7 protector 8 microcomputer meter 9 gas cylinder changer 10 gas leak alarm 11 fire detector 12 crime prevention alarm 13 emergency medical information device 14 Rice box residual quantity information machine 15 Oil volume oil quantity information machine 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D, 3E, 3F, 3G Control terminal radio 8E Microcomputer radio 11A Fire detector radio 12B Security alarm radio Machine 13C radio of emergency medical information machine 14D radio of rice residual quantity information machine 15G oil quantity information machine of oil tank

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A disaster prevention / crime prevention device such as a control device terminal connected to a control device of a central processing center, a fire detector, a crime prevention notification device, an emergency medical information device, a rice box remaining amount information device, and an oil amount information device for an oil tank. -In a security service monitoring system in which various devices related to information, etc. are wirelessly connected, a wireless device is used for the microcomputer meter that communicates with both the control device terminal and the gas leak alarm and gas cylinder switch. Is installed, and both radios are operated at regular time intervals, and when one radio is operating, the other radio is also set to operate. Remote monitoring of services. 2. A wireless device is installed in each of the control device terminal and various devices, and each wireless device installed in the device operates at a constant time interval by each device, and the wireless device of the control device terminal is installed. The remote monitoring method for security services according to claim 1, wherein is set to be activated when the radio of at least one device is activated. 3. A number of radios corresponding to the number of devices are installed in the control device terminals, and the radios installed between the devices and the corresponding control device terminals are set at fixed time intervals. 2. The remote monitoring method for security services according to claim 1, wherein the security services are simultaneously activated.