JPH02237262A - Emergency annunciating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To quickly and surly annunciate emergency to plural annunciation destination parties even on emergency by adopting the constitution such that automatic dialing is applied to plural annunciation destination parties sequentially and the content of annunciation is informed through a telephone line. CONSTITUTION:The device is provided with a dial memory 26 storing telephone numbers to plural annunciation destination parties, an automatic dial circuit 25 applying automatic dialing to each annunciation destination party based on the telephone number, a voice ROM 19 storing the content of annunciation to each annunciation destination party a voice information and a transmission reception circuit 24 reading the voice information from the ROM 19 even upon the receipt of reply from the annunciation destination party with respect to the automatic dialing. Then a CPU 16 selects an annunciation destination party not receiving the annunciation every time the annunciation is finished. Thus, even when a site is in confusion on emergency, it is not required to strain its own memory about the telephone number of each annunciation destination party and to check the telephone number from a telephone directory, and the emergency is annunciated to plural annunciation destination parties surely and quickly.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION <Field of Industrial Application> The present invention relates to an emergency notification device used to notify related parties of the occurrence of a fire or the like.

<Prior Art> A fire alarm is generally known as a conventional emergency notification device. This fire alarm is designed to automatically notify the fire department of the occurrence of a fire when a push button switch is pressed. Therefore, when a fire occurs, either the fire alarm is used to report the fire, or the person at the origin of the fire directly calls the fire department and reports that a fire has occurred.

<Problems to be solved by the invention> In the case of a fire alarm, the fire alarm can only report the occurrence of a fire to the fire department, but cannot notify other destinations that need to be notified (for example, people involved in the fire, etc.). In addition, when using a telephone, after reporting to the fire department, you can use the telephone to notify each person involved in the fire one after another, but in order to make prompt reports, it is important to memorize all the telephone numbers of each contact. It is necessary that the However, in an emergency situation where the scene is chaotic, it is virtually impossible to remember the phone numbers of the people involved in the fire or look them up in a telephone directory.

This invention was made by focusing on the above-mentioned problem, and by automatically dialing multiple reporting destinations sequentially and transmitting the contents of the report via telephone line, even in an emergency situation, multiple reporting destinations can be quickly and reliably sent to multiple reporting destinations. The purpose is to provide a new emergency call device that can send emergency calls to the following destinations.

<Problems to be Solved by the Invention> In order to achieve the above object, the emergency call device of the present invention includes a first storage means for storing telephone numbers of a plurality of call destinations, and a telephone number stored in the first storage means. an automatic dialing means for automatically dialing each reporting destination based on the telephone number received; a second storage means for storing the content of the report for each reporting destination as audio information; The apparatus is equipped with an audio signal generation means for reading audio information from a storage means and sending out an audio signal, and a control means for selecting and automatically dialing an unreported destination each time a reporting operation is completed.

<Function> When an emergency situation such as a fire occurs, multiple call destinations are automatically dialed one after another, and the occurrence of the fire etc. and necessary reporting information are transmitted by voice. Therefore, even if the scene is chaotic during an emergency situation, there is no need to force yourself to remember the phone number of each call destination or look it up in the phone directory.
Emergency reports can be made quickly and reliably to multiple destinations.

Embodiment> FIG. 1 shows the appearance of an automatic notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention. This automatic notification device is for notifying the fire department of the occurrence of a fire, but the present invention is not limited to this, and in the event of an emergency other than a fire,
It is also possible to configure the system to notify a specific emergency destination.

In the illustrated example, the device main body l is formed by incorporating a circuit configuration, etc., which will be described later, into a box-shaped case made of synthetic resin.
The top surface of this device body 1 is provided with a button operation section 2, an automatic changeover switch 3, a lighting display section 4, a transmitter/receiver section 5, etc., and a terminal section for connecting to a telephone line is provided at a suitable location on the edge (not shown). be.

The button operation part 2 has a structure in which a push button switch 6 for emergency notification is provided in a recess formed on the top surface of the case, and the opening of the recess is closed with a transparent plate 7 made of synthetic resin that can be easily pushed through. It is.

The automatic changeover switch 3 is used to set the method of emergency notification to the fire department. When the automatic changeover switch 3 is off, only emergency notification can be made using the button operation section 2, and when it is on, In addition to emergency notification using the button operation unit 2, emergency notification can also be made using the smoke sensor 21, which will be described later.

The lighting display section 4 is for indicating the operating state of the device.
A notification activation light 8 lights up to indicate that an emergency call is possible, and a light 1 lights up to indicate that the fire department is being notified.
It includes a next notification operating light 9 and a secondary notification operating light 10 that illuminates to indicate that a notification is in progress to related parties. In the case of this embodiment, a setting operation section including a keyboard 11 and the like is provided inside the case, and the operating lights 8, 9, .
10 and cover it with the cover plate 12.
A through hole is provided in each of the operating lights 8, 9, and 10 so that the lighting status of each operating light 8, 9, and 10 can be confirmed.

The handset/receiver unit 5 is a part in which a handset/receiver 13 is removably disposed for making a call to the fire department as necessary,
A hook 14 and a loudspeaker 15 are provided on the case, which are turned on and off in accordance with the operation of connecting and disconnecting the handset 13.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the circuit configuration of the above emergency notification device.

In the figure, the CPU 16 is a control entity that executes various controls related to emergency notification operations, and decodes and executes programs stored in the ROM 17, reads and writes data to the RAM 18, or reads and writes audio from the audio ROM 19. Information is read out in a timely manner and the operations of each input/output section are controlled in sequence.

The audio ROM 19 is a part that stores the content of the report to the destination as audio information, and in this embodiment, it stores first audio information applied to the notification by the push button switch 6, and second audio information applied to the notification by the smoke sensor 21. Audio information is stored. In other words, the first voice information informs that a fire has occurred and the location and address where the fire occurred, and the second voice information informs that a smoke sensor has been activated and that this smoke sensor is installed. The content is to inform you of your location and address.

Of the various input/output parts, the automatic changeover switch 3, the primary notification operating light 9, the secondary notification operating light 10, and the push button switch 6 have already been mentioned, and their explanations will not be repeated here. The line switch 20 is for switching the telephone line from a general telephone to this emergency notification device. keyboard 1
1 is used to input the telephone number of the secondary notification destination, etc., and the smoke sensor 21 detects the occurrence of smoke due to a fire and outputs a detection signal. The hook switch 22 is used to electrically turn on and off the hook 14 under the control of the CPU 16.

The telephone device 23 includes a handset 13, a transmitting/receiving circuit 24, an automatic dialing circuit 25, a dialing memory 26, and the like.

The dial memory 26 is a part that stores not only the telephone number of the emergency call destination (here, the fire station) but also the telephone number of the secondary call destination. If this device is installed at a business location such as a company, the secondary reporting destination is the representative of that company or the home of the person in charge of the fire, and if this device is installed at a home, etc. If so, this would include the resident's place of work or neighbors.

The automatic dialing circuit 25 operates when the push button switch 6 is pressed or the smoke sensor 21 detects smoke, and dials the telephone number of the emergency call destination or secondary call destination stored in the dial memory 26. Automatic dialing based on this is a no-no.

When there is a response from the destination to the automatic dialing, the transmitting/receiving circuit 24 transmits the first and second signals stored in the audio ROM 19.
This is to generate a voice signal based on any voice information and send it to the telephone line.

Figure 3 shows the operating procedure of the emergency notification device, in other words, C
P U 1. 6 shows the control procedure of CPU1
6, first in step 1 (indicated by rsT1.1 in the figure), it is determined whether the automatic changeover switch 3 is in the on state. If the automatic changeover switch 3 is on, it waits for the detection signal input by the smoke sensor 21 in step 2 and for the switch operation by the push button switch 6 in step 3, but if the automatic changeover switch 3 is off, In step 3, the system waits for the pushbutton switch 6 to be operated.

Assuming that the pushbutton switch 6 is pressed now, the determination in step 3 becomes ``YES'', and in step 5 the CPU
16 sets the circuit state to manual mode. Next, the CPU 16 switches the telephone line from a general telephone to this automatic notification device using the line switch 20, sets it to an off-footer state (the transducer is removed) using the hook switch 22, and turns on the primary notification operating light 9. Turn on the light (steps 6 to 8). Thereafter, the automatic dialing circuit 25 is activated to automatically dial the fire station and wait for the other party to respond (step 9).

In step 10, whether or not there is no sound for this automatic dialing, and in step 11, whether or not the other party is on the phone.
In step 12, it is determined whether or not the other party is being called. For example, if the silent state, talking state, or calling state continues for a predetermined length of time, in step 13, the hook switch 22 switches the on-footer to the other party. Return to the state (with the transducer connected) and repeat the automatic dialing procedure again.

When the ring tone is interrupted while the call is in progress, the CPU 16 determines that the fire department has responded (step 14), and continues. , the second audio information is read out.

In this example, we are in manual mode, so
The determination in step 15 is "'NO", and step 16
Then, the CPU 6 reads out the first audio information, activates the transmitter/receiver circuit 24 to send out the audio signal, and reports the fire department about the occurrence of a fire and the location and address where the fire occurred.

In the next step 18, the CPU 16 controls the transmitting/receiving circuit 24.
The system determines whether or not it has received a confirmation signal from the fire department, and after determining "YIuS", it stops transmitting audio information, and then switches the telephone line using the line switch 20 to a regular telephone, Make it in an off-fusoku state (step 19)
~21) If there is a secondary notification destination, the process advances to step 22 and shifts to secondary notification processing.

Please note that the fire department must send a confirmation signal within the specified time.
If the number of repetitions reaches a predetermined number, the output of the voice information is stopped (step 24.).
25).

If the automatic changeover switch 3 is on and there is a detection signal input from the smoke sensor 2I in step 2, the CP
U16 will set the auto mode in step 4.

In this case, the determination in step 15 is "YES".
Then, the process proceeds to step 17, where the CPU 16 reads out the second audio information, activates the transmitter/receiver circuit 24 to send out the audio signal, and informs the fire department that the smoke sensor has been activated and that the smoke sensor has been installed. You will be required to report your location and address.

FIG. 4 shows the detailed procedure of the secondary notification processing. First, in step 22-1, the CPU 16 turns off the primary notification operating light 9 and turns on the secondary notification operating light 10, and then
It is checked whether information has been sent to the first telephone number destination (hereinafter referred to as the "first channel") stored in the dial memory 26 (step 22-2). This kind of confirmation can be easily achieved by setting a flag area corresponding to each channel in the CPU 16, for example. Each time a report is completed, a predetermined flag is set in that flag area, and the It is checked each time whether or not the above-mentioned flag is set in each flag area prior to the above.

If it has not been reported, the determination in step 22-3 is “
The answer is NO, and the information transmission operation for the first channel is performed in the next step 22-4. However, if the notification has been completed, the determination in step 22-3 is "YES", and in step 22-4 is skipped.

Steps 22-5 to 22-7 show similar processing for the second channel, and steps 22-8 to 22-10 show similar processing for the third channel. When the procedure is repeated twice, the determination in step 22-11 is “YE”.
S'', the secondary notification process is completed, and the secondary notification operating light 10 is turned off (step 22-12).

FIG. 5 shows the steps 22-4.22-7.22-
It shows 10 detailed steps, including step 1 (in the figure,
rsT'lJ), the CPU 16 activates the automatic dialing circuit 25 to automatically dial a predetermined destination and waits for the other party to pick up the handset.

If the other party does not pick up the handset within the specified time,
The determination in step 2 is "NO", the determination in step 3 is "YES", and the CPU 16 enters the on-footer state in step 4, and performs the automatic dialing operation again. For this example, a similar procedure was repeated twice;
If the determination in step 3 becomes ``YES'' in both cases, the determination in step 5 becomes ``YES'' and the process proceeds to the next step.

If the other party picks up the handset within a predetermined time, the transmitting/receiving circuit 24 receives an inverted signal from the other party, and the determination of the steno knob 2 becomes "YliS", and in the following steps 6 to 8, the O1 mode is determined to be negative. Accordingly, either the first or second audio information is read out from the audio ROM 19.

If you are in manual mode, step 6 is
If the result is NO, the CPU 16 reads the first audio information in step 7. On the other hand, if the auto mode is selected, the result in step 6 is YES, and the CPU 16 reads the first audio information in step 8.
The second audio information is read out, and in either case, the transmitting/receiving circuit 24 is activated and a corresponding audio signal is sent out.

When this audio signal transmission is repeated three times, step 9
becomes ``YES'', and in step 10, the state becomes blank and the process proceeds to the next step.

<Effects of the Invention> As described above, this invention is capable of automatically dialing multiple call destinations in sequence when an emergency situation such as a fire occurs, so that the occurrence of a fire etc. and necessary reporting information are communicated by voice. Therefore, even if the site is chaotic in an emergency situation,
This invention achieves the purpose of the invention and achieves remarkable effects, such as being able to quickly and reliably send emergency calls to multiple destinations.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a front view of an emergency notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the circuit configuration of the emergency notification device, and FIGS. 3 to 5 are flowcharts showing the operating procedure of the device. -1. 16...C P U 19...Voice R
OM23... Telephone device 24... Wave transmitting/receiving circuit 25... Automatic dialing circuit 26... Dial memory patent applicant Takasago Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] An emergency report device for sequentially reporting report contents to a plurality of report destinations via a telephone line, comprising: a first storage means for storing telephone numbers of the plurality of report destinations; automatic dialing means for automatically dialing each contact destination based on the telephone number stored in the storage means; a second storage means for storing the contents of the report for each contact destination as audio information; When there was a second
An emergency reporting device comprising: audio signal generation means for reading audio information from a storage means and sending out an audio signal; and control means for selecting and automatically dialing an unreported destination each time a reporting operation is completed.