KR20100067741A - System and method for data interlocking system between standard emergency rescue system and fire detection receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A data interlocking system between a standardized emergency rescuing system and a fire detection unit and a method of the same are provided to cost-effectively build an automatic reporting system using existing public telephone networks. CONSTITUTION: A fire signal receiver receives a fire signal from a fire detection unit(200). A control unit(103) receives the fire signal from the fire signal receiver. The control unit connects with a display module(105) and an operational switch(106). A modem(102) connects to a standardized emergency rescuing system based on instructions from the control unit. The modem generates one or more tones which are analog signals with a specific frequency.

Description

SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DATA INTERLOCKING SYSTEM BETWEEN STANDARD EMERGENCY RESCUE SYSTEM AND FIRE DETECTION RECEIVER}

The present invention relates to a data interlock system and method, and more particularly, to a data interlock system and method between a standardized emergency rescue system and a fire detection receiver.

In the conventional fire monitoring method, the most basic is a method of directly reporting a fire site, or when a site where a fire detection sensor is installed is fired, the fire detection sensor of the fire site emits an alarm in the form of a sound. If you tell someone around you that person will report it directly.

If a fire report is made by a witness who sees the fire site directly and / or sees an output from a fire monitoring receiver (200: fire monitoring device), how long will it take for the witness to recognize it after the fire has occurred? I can not know. That is, in the best case, a witness may report as soon as a fire occurs, but in some cases, the fire may only be witnessed after the fire has progressed considerably. For example, if there are no people in the building, such as a short circuit fire in the middle of the night, the general pedestrian outside may not be able to actively respond to the alarm. As in this case, the loss of contact with the fire department in real time can cause a huge loss.

In recent years, large-scale, high-rise, and complex buildings have been introduced to operate and manage various systems by integrating various systems. Also, in the fire monitoring method, sensors for fire monitoring, namely, temperature sensors and heat sensors, are applied to each part of a building. Sensors or smoke detection sensors are installed and connected to a central management device to operate sprinklers and alarms, and to alert administrators. In addition, a fire monitoring system is being introduced that will automatically report a fire to a nearby fire station when a fire alarm occurs.

In particular, however, a system for automatically reporting a fire to a fire station is installed only in a large building, and as a concept of a hotline, it operates in a specific manner installed in consultation with the fire station rather than a generalized line. In other words, the automatic notification method (data to be sent at the time of notification, etc.) is not unified, but only depends on non-generalized methods such as a hotline such as a dedicated line.

Conventional fire detection receiver

1 shows an example of a fire detection receiver with a conventional fire detection sensor. The fire monitoring receiver 200 shown in FIG. 1 corresponds to a P-type first-class fire detection receiver. For example, the buzzer 201, the main alarm bell 202, and / or the earth alarm bell 203 are detected by detecting high heat or smoke. It is a system that emits an alarm by using, and it is common that a person sees or hears the alarm, so that a person reports directly to a fire station.

Most fire surveillance receivers 200 are in the form of 19-inch standard rack mount or general stand-alone panels. Internally, it has a sensor interface part (sensor interface module 205) for detecting a fire and an output part (input / output interface 208) for alarm transmission. It also additionally supports a data communication port (communication module 204) as an option for self-diagnostics, maintenance and condition monitoring.

Standardized Emergency Rescue System

Although a person mentioned above directly reporting a fire to a fire station or the like, there may be several cases. That is, there may be a case where a person calls 119 or the like and a person responds, or a person calls and the ARS automation system responds. The latter is an uninterrupted ARS system according to the standard emergency rescue system established by the government for fire protection.

Through this, it is possible to receive a report of a fire, etc. 24 hours a day, such a 24 hour reception is received by using the ARS system, rather than a person responds directly to the telephone as in the existing 119.

For example, when a fire witness dials in to report to an uninterrupted ARS system (hereinafter sometimes used in the same sense as 'Standard Emergency Rescue System', 'Standardized Emergency Rescue System' or 'ARS System'), According to the comment, in case of fire, press button 1, in the next step, press button 1 in case of Seoul, and so on.

Of course, there is an advantage of reducing the number of 119 telephone response personnel, but from the point of view of a general fire witness, there may be little difference or rather inconvenience compared to conventional human response.

That is, the ARS system 300 is an 'automated' system, but the meaning of 'automation' is only automation at the side of receiving the report, and the person making the report cannot take automated measures against the ARS. You have to dial and press the number buttons. Therefore, such a so-called ARS "automation" system is far from the point of view of "automation on the reporter side".

2 shows a conceptual diagram of a standardized emergency rescue system.

The reporter (fire witness) makes a fire report using the wired telephone 301 or the wireless telephone 302. Such a call is connected to a PBX exchanger 304 through a PSTN network via a telephone service provider 303 (for example, KT) through a PSTN network or a mobile telephone network. This call is then routed back to the call distributor (CTI) 305 and then to the ARS auto answering system 306 or the like as needed. The part surrounded by the dotted line is the standardized emergency rescue system 300. In FIG. 2, only the internal network of the firefighting headquarters general situation room is represented by the standardized emergency rescue system 300, but in a broad sense, in addition to the part surrounded by the dotted line, the network of the disaster prevention agency, the network of the fire department, the network of the branch, etc. are all included. It can be used as a concept.

In FIG. 2, two PBX exchangers 304 and two call distributors 305 are installed to secure a 24 hour continuous reporting system. For the same reason, two command servers 307 are installed.

In order to add specific functions to the existing fire detection receiver, the fire detection receiver itself had to be replaced, but this is a big loss in terms of cost. Therefore, there is a need for a system that can automatically report while utilizing the existing fire detection receiver.

In the conventional fire detection receiver, the data communication terminal was used only for the maintenance of the system or the connection between the systems, and its use was extremely limited.

There was a system in which signals of a conventional fire detection receiver were connected to a specific hotline and contacted a fire station, but there was a problem in that an expensive separate line was required and costs increased due to rain.

The present invention provides a data interlocking system installed between a standardized emergency rescue system having an ARS automatic response system and a fire detection receiver, the data interlocking system comprising: a fire signal receiving unit for receiving a fire signal from the fire detection receiver; ; A controller for receiving a fire signal received by the fire signal receiving unit; And an analog signal of a specific frequency that can be dialed to the standardized emergency rescue system according to an instruction from the controller, and recognizable as a button input in an ARS automated response system of the standardized emergency rescue system based on the fire signal. And a modem for generating one or more tones and sequentially inputting tones that are analog signals of the specific frequency in accordance with button input timing of the ARS auto answering system.

Preferably, in the data interlocking system, the fire signal receiver is connected to the communication module 101 connected to the communication module 204 of the fire detection receiver or to the input / output interface 208 of the fire detection receiver. One or more of the interfaces 104.

Also preferably, in the data interlock system, the fire signal is a digital signal or an analog signal.

Also preferably, in the data interlock system, the controller may store address information of a place where the data interlock system is installed in the form of a digital signal, and the modem may be configured based on the fire signal. When generating a tone that is an analog signal of a specific frequency that can be recognized as a button input in the ARS auto answering system, the address information is also converted into a tone that is an analog signal of the specific frequency.

Also preferably, in the data interworking system, the dialing of the ARS auto answering system may be performed using one or more of a PSTN network, a WiBro, and a CDMA network.

The present invention provides a method of interlocking data from the fire detection receiver to the standardized emergency rescue system using a data interlocking device installed between a standardized emergency rescue system having an ARS auto-response system and a fire detection receiver. The data interworking method includes: receiving, by the data interlocking device, a fire signal from the fire detection receiver; Dialing an ARS auto answering system of the standardized emergency rescue system; Based on the fire signal, generating one or more tones of a specific frequency that can be recognized by the ARS auto answering system as a button input; And causing the at least one specific frequency tone to be sequentially input to the ARS auto answering system according to a button input timing of the ARS auto answering system.

Advantageously, in the data interworking method, the step of receiving a fire signal receives a fire signal from at least one of the communication module 204 of the fire detection receiver or the input / output interface 208 of the fire detection receiver.

Also preferably, in the data interworking method, the fire signal is a digital signal or an analog signal.

Also preferably, in the data interworking method, the data interworking system stores address information of a place where the data interworking system is installed in the form of a digital signal, and the data interworking system standardizes the data based on the fire signal. When generating a tone which is an analog signal of a specific frequency that can be recognized as a button input in the ARS auto answering system of the emergency rescue system, the address information is also converted into a tone which is an analog signal of the specific frequency.

Also preferably, in the data interworking method, in the step of dialing the ARS auto answering system, the dialing is performed using at least one of a PSTN network, a WiBro, and a CDMA network.

In a system such as a P-type Class 1 fire detection receiver or a P-type Class 2 fire detection receiver, the data communication terminal (204: communication module) is a terminal used only for maintenance or connection between systems, and its use is extremely Although limited, the interlock system 100 of the present invention connects to the data communication terminal 204 and actively utilizes it to receive a fire signal and use it for reporting a fire.

In addition, it is economical because it operates only with the interlock system 100, which is an additional interlock facility while using the existing equipment as it is. Conceptually, existing equipment is not only expensive to install the hotline itself to add special functions (e.g. contacting the fire department directly through the hotline, which is a data communication network), but also the fire receiving equipment itself (Fig. 4). Corresponding to the fire detection receiver 200).

However, since the interlocking system 100 of the present invention is connected to the existing fire detection detector 200 and used, the unmanned automatic reporting system can be constructed even with minimal cost.

In addition, although the ARS system 300 is a convenient system, it is difficult to automate because it is a system that a person expects to call the system directly. However, the interworking system 100 of the present invention has a function of reporting to the ARS system 300 in an automated manner through a predetermined conversion process.

Therefore, the PSTN network (public telephone network), which is a widely used backbone network, is used, and as a result, a separate line installation is unnecessary and thus the cost is minimized.

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

3 is a conceptual diagram briefly illustrating an interworking system according to the present invention.

The interlock system 100 of the present invention operates in conjunction with the fire detection receiver 200. The upper left side of FIG. 3 is an example of the application of the interlock system 100 of the present invention in a residential area, and the lower left side of FIG. 3 is an example of the application of the interlock system 100 of the present invention in a factory zone. will be.

That is, in a residential area, for example, the fire detection receiver 200 is independently present and connected to the interlock system 100 of the present invention, and in the factory zone, the fire detection receiver 200 is connected to each other while the interlock of the present invention. Is connected to the system 100. The connection of the fire detection receivers 200 may be performed by connecting the communication modules 204 shown in FIG. 1, for example. According to the setting, when a fire is detected in one fire detection receiver 200-1 installed in the factory zone, the fire detection receiver 200-2 may also ring at the same time. Of course, it can also be set to ring only one fire detection receiver (200-1) where the fire detection is detected.

The interlock system 100 of the present invention receives the fire detection information (fire signal) received from the fire detection receiver 200, modulates it, and formats it to be suitable for a voice telephone line (ARS system). Link and uplink the detected fire signal to the standard emergency rescue system 300 in real time. That is, for example, the fire signal is received in digital form through the communication module 204 of the fire detection receiver 200 (see FIG. 1), which is conventionally used only for maintenance or for mutual connection. The standardized emergency rescue system 300 shown in FIG. 3 is a simplified illustration of the standardized emergency rescue system 300 shown in FIG. 2.

Figure 4 is a block diagram showing in more detail the interlocking system according to the present invention.

Detailed configurations of the fire detection receiver 200 and the interlock system 100 shown in FIG. 3 are as shown in FIG. 4. Meanwhile, the detailed configuration of the standard emergency rescue system 300 shown in FIG. 4 is as shown in FIG. 2 or 3.

As shown in FIG. 4, the interlock system of the present invention includes a communication module 101, a modem 102, a controller 103, an input / output interface 104, a display module 105, and an operation switch 106. .

The interlock system 100 of the present invention is connected to the fire detection receiver 200 and operates. Specifically, the communication module 101 of the interlock system 100 of the present invention is connected to the communication module 204 of the fire detection receiver 200. ) Is connected or the input / output interface 104 of the interlock system 100 of the present invention is connected to the extension 210 of the input / output interface 208 of the fire detection receiver 200. As shown in FIG. 2, the two parts 101 and 104 may be connected to the modules of the fire detection receiver (204 and 201, respectively).

For example, the fire monitoring receiver 200 may be the same as that shown in FIG. 1. The fire monitoring receiver 200 may be a system that detects a high temperature or smoke, for example, and emits an alarm. It was used to report directly.

The communication module 101 and / or the input / output interface 104 connected to the fire monitoring receiver 200 (hereinafter also referred to as the receiver 200) may receive information from the fire monitoring receiver 200 that a fire has occurred when a fire occurs. Receive. The input / output interface 104 may input / output digital data, may input / output analog data, or may perform a function of converting the state of the input / output (eg, digital to analog) if necessary.

For example, when fire occurrence information (fire signal) is received at the input / output interface 104 through the extension 210 of the input / output interface 208, the fire occurrence information (fire signal) is transmitted to the controller 103. .

Alternatively, the fire signal may be transmitted from the communication module 204 of the fire monitoring receiver 200 to the communication module 101 of the interlock system 100. The communication module 101 preferably has a communication function of the RS 232 standard, a communication function of the RS 422 standard, a TCP / IP protocol support function, and the like so as to correspond to the communication module 204 of the fire monitoring receiver 200. This fire signal is transmitted to the controller 103.

The inlet through which the fire signal is transmitted to the interlocking system 100 may be the communication module 101 or the input / output interface 104 as described above, or both the communication module 101 and the input / output interface 104. )

In particular, as shown in FIG. 4, since the communication module 204 is not optionally installed in all fire monitoring receivers, if the fire monitoring receiver 200 does not have the communication module 204, an input / output interface. Only through 104 will the fire signal be received.

In actual implementation, the fire monitoring system 200 is constructed by connecting a separate data line or wire from the input / output interface 208 of the conventional fire monitoring receiver 200 to the input / output interface 104 side of the interlocking system 100. The input / output interface 208 of) and the input / output interface 104 of the interworking system 100 may be connected.

The controller 103 controls the communication state with the receiver 200, controls the input / output of the receiver 200, controls the modem 102 to be described later, monitors its own state of the interlock system 100, and receives the receiver ( To monitor the state of 200).

When the controller 103 receives the fire occurrence information, the modem 102 makes a report to the standard emergency rescue system 300 (an uninterrupted ARS system) via a general wired telephone network. This modem 102 has a speed of 56 kbps, for example, and supports commercial telephone networks. Although only a general wired telephone network is mentioned in FIG. 4, wireless communication such as WiBro or CDMA may be used as shown between the fire monitoring receiver 100 and the telephone company 303 (KT) of FIG. 3. Eventually, the telephone company 303 is connected to the standard emergency rescue system 300 via the PSTN network.

The process of making a rescue request to the standard emergency rescue system 300 via the modem 102 will be described in more detail later with reference to FIG. 5.

The controller 103 is also connected to the display module 105 and the operation switch 106. The display module 105 may be implemented as, for example, an LCD. The display module 105 may display a predetermined graphic on the LCD screen to control the operation of the controller 103 by using a graphical user interface (GUI). ) And the state of the controller 103. In addition, the operation switch 106 enables the environment setting and initialization of the interlock system 100 and may be implemented as a dip switch, for example.

5 is a flowchart of a data interlocking system of the present invention.

In step 501, it is checked whether a fire signal is received through the communication module 101 of the interlocking system 100. As shown in FIG. 4, this fire signal is information transmitted from the communication module 204 of the fire detection system 200 to the communication module 101 of the interlock system 100. Although not necessarily, this fire signal is typically a digital signal. Depending on the specification of the fire detection receiver 200, this digital form of fire signal may be information that merely conveys the fact that a fire has occurred, or may include detailed information such as information indicating the location of the fire.

If a fire signal has been received, a fire signal is transmitted to the controller 103 (step 503). If no fire signal is received, control proceeds to step 502 to determine whether a fire signal has been received at input / output interface 104. The fire signal is information transmitted from the input / output interface 208 of the fire detection system 200 to the input / output interface 104 of the interlock system 100. Although not necessarily, this fire signal is typically a digital signal.

Although it has been described and illustrated that the fire signal is received at the input / output interface 104 after checking that the fire signal is received at the communication module 101, the present invention is not limited thereto, and the communication module 101 or the input / output interface is not limited thereto. It is sufficient if only one of the 104 has received a fire signal.

Of course, a fire signal may be received at both the communication module 101 and the input / output interface 104. In addition, the fire signal received by the communication module 101 and the fire signal received by the input / output interface 104 may differ in the degree of detail of the information. For example, the information received through the input / output interface 104 may include only the fact that a fire has occurred, and the information received through the communication module 101 may include information such as an area of a building or a specific fire location. .

As such, the fire signal received through the communication module 101 and / or the input / output interface 104 is transmitted to the controller 103 (step 503).

When the controller 103 receives this fire signal, the controller 103 causes the modem 102 to dial an uninterrupted ARS system 300 (standard emergency rescue system) (step 504).

As described above, the non-interruptible ARS system 300 is not a person's direct response as in the existing 119 center, but is guided by the ARS system. For example, when a caller directly dials the number, if the caller connects to the ARS system, a message such as 'fire report 1, distress report 2 ...' The caller will be audible to the caller, who will press the number button on the phone to proceed to the next step and the ARS system will again ask 'Where is the fire? 1 Seoul, 2 Gyeonggi-do ..., etc., the caller presses the number 1 button on the phone, and then 'Where is the specific area? In the messages such as Gangnam-gu No. 1, Nowon-gu No. 2, etc. ', the reporter proceeds by pressing the number 1 button on the phone. However, in the present invention, the interworking system 100 should proceed automatically without a reporter, and in order to enable this, the controller 103 may not be able to physically press the first button, the second button, and the like. ) To generate a tone of a specific frequency that can be recognized by the ARS system (step 505). That is, the modem 102 modulates, based on the fire signal, an analog signal of a particular appropriate tone that can be recognized as a particular button input in the ARS system 300. In this way, a first tone corresponding to pressing the first button, a second tone corresponding to pressing the second button, and the like can be produced to respond appropriately to the ARS system. The modulated analog signal (tone signal) is sequentially input in accordance with the button input timing of the ARS system 300 (step 506). For example, the modem 102 of the interworking system 100 of the present invention waits for a predetermined time after dialing, outputs a first tone, waits for a predetermined time, outputs a second tone, waits for a predetermined time, The third tone may be input.

For example, the location information (address) of the place where the fire has occurred may be stored in advance in the controller 103 of the interlocking system 100 or the like, or the communication module 204 of the fire detection receiver 200 is linked to the interlocking system. It may be included in the fire signal transmitted to the communication module 101 of the (100).

Through the above-described process, even when a fire does not occur separately, the fire report is made through the non-interruptible ARS system 300 such as the Fire and Disaster Prevention Agency.

Uninterrupted ARS system 300 is not originally expected to automatically report, but using the system and method of the present invention it is possible to make an automated report for the ARS system 300, which is a separate addition It is of great significance that the system and method of the present invention are possible without equipment.

In particular, the data communication terminal 204 (communication module) in a system such as a P-type Class 1 fire detection receiver or a P-type Class 2 fire detection receiver is a terminal used only for maintenance or connection between systems. Although extremely limited, the interlock system 100 of the present invention is connected to the data communication terminal 204 and actively utilizes it to receive a fire signal and use it for the fire report.

In addition, it is economical because it operates only with the interlock system 100, which is an additional interlock facility while using the existing equipment as it is. Conceptually, existing equipment is not only expensive to install the hotline itself to add special functions (e.g. contacting the fire department directly through the hotline, which is a data communication network), but also the fire receiving equipment itself (Fig. 4). Corresponding to the fire detection receiver 200).

However, since the interlock system 100 of the present invention is used in connection with the existing fire detector 200, it is possible to build an unmanned automatic notification system at a minimum cost.

In addition, since the interworking system 100 of the present invention has a function of reporting to the ARS system 300 in an automated manner, it only uses a PSTN network (public telephone network), which is a network that is widely used in the past. Thus, a separate line installation is unnecessary and thus the cost is minimized.

Although specific examples have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments, and many modifications are possible within the essential spirit of the present invention as set forth in the appended claims by those skilled in the art. Of course.

For example, as long as the present invention is able to make an automatic report, the order in front and rear in the flowchart of FIG. 5 may be changed somewhat. In particular, for example, steps 501 and 502 may be out of order with each other, and steps 504 and 505 may be out of order with each other, which is obvious within the scope of the present invention which can be sufficiently predicted by those skilled in the art.

In addition, although the description of the 'fire signal', the emergency situation, such as a distress signal, a robbery signal occurs, and can be used in all cases to notify a specific target of course. To do this, you only need to make some adjustments to the value of the tone to be entered for the ARS system.

Various other modifications should be considered to be within the scope of the present invention, without departing from the basic spirit of the invention.

1 shows an example of a fire detection receiver with a conventional fire detection sensor.

2 shows a conceptual diagram of a standardized emergency rescue system.

3 is a conceptual diagram briefly illustrating an interworking system according to the present invention.

Figure 4 is a block diagram showing in more detail the interlocking system according to the present invention.

5 is a flowchart of a data interlocking system of the present invention.

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

200: fire detection receiver (fire detection device)

201: buzzer

202: Ju Kyung Kyung

203: Earth bell

204: communication module

208: I / O interface

300: standard emergency rescue system (continuous ARS system or ARS system)

303: telephone operator

304: PBX exchanger

305: arc divider (CTI)

306: ARS auto answering system

307 command server

100: interlock system

101: communication module

102: modem

103: controller

104: I / O interface

105: display module

106: operation switch

Claims (10)

A data interlocking system installed between a standardized emergency rescue system having an ARS auto responder system and a fire detection receiver, A fire signal receiver configured to receive a fire signal from the fire detection receiver; A controller for receiving a fire signal received by the fire signal receiving unit; And Tone, which is an analog signal of a particular frequency that can be dialed to the standardized emergency rescue system according to an instruction from the controller, and can be recognized as a button input in the ARS automated response system of the standardized emergency rescue system based on the fire signal. a modem that generates one or more tones and sequentially inputs tones that are analog signals of a specific frequency in accordance with the button input timing of the ARS auto answering system Data interlocking system comprising a. The method of claim 1, The fire signal receiving unit, A communication module 101 connected to the communication module 204 of the fire detection receiver, or An input / output interface 104 connected to the input / output interface 208 of the fire detection receiver Data interlocking system, characterized in that at least one of. The method of claim 1, And said fire signal is a digital signal or an analog signal. The method of claim 1, The controller stores address information of a place where the data interlocking system is installed in the form of a digital signal. When the modem generates a tone based on the fire signal, an analog signal of a specific frequency that can be recognized as a button input in the ARS auto answering system of the standardized emergency rescue system, the address information is also an analog signal of the specific frequency. Data interlocking system characterized in that the conversion to in tone. The method of claim 1, Dialing to the ARS automatic answering system, dialing using one or more of the PSTN network, WiBro, CDMA network. A method of interlocking data from the fire detection receiver to the standardized emergency rescue system using a data interlock device installed between a standardized emergency rescue system having an ARS auto-response system and a fire detection receiver, The data interworking device, Receiving a fire signal from the fire detection receiver; Dialing an ARS auto answering system of the standardized emergency rescue system; Based on the fire signal, generating one or more tones of a specific frequency that can be recognized by the ARS auto answering system as a button input; Causing the at least one specific frequency tone to be sequentially input to the ARS auto answering system in accordance with the button input timing of the ARS auto answering system; Data interworking method comprising a. The method of claim 6, The receiving of the fire signal may include receiving a fire signal from at least one of a communication module (204) of the fire detection receiver or an input / output interface (208) of the fire detection receiver. The method of claim 6, And the fire signal is a digital signal or an analog signal. The method of claim 6, In the data interlocking system, address information of a place where the data interlocking system is installed is stored in the form of a digital signal. When the data interlock system generates a tone based on the fire signal, which is an analog signal of a specific frequency that can be recognized as a button input in the ARS auto answering system of the standardized emergency rescue system, the address information is also generated by the specific frequency. A data interworking method, characterized in that converted to a tone which is an analog signal. The method of claim 6, Dialing the ARS auto answering system, wherein the dialing is performed using at least one of a PSTN network, a WiBro, and a CDMA network.

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