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EP0034562B1
EP0034562B1 EP81730015A EP81730015A EP0034562B1 EP 0034562 B1 EP0034562 B1 EP 0034562B1 EP 81730015 A EP81730015 A EP 81730015A EP 81730015 A EP81730015 A EP 81730015A EP 0034562 B1 EP0034562 B1 EP 0034562B1
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    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B7/00—Signalling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00; Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00
    • G08B7/06—Signalling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00; Personal calling systems according to more than one of groups G08B3/00 - G08B6/00 using electric transmission, e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources
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    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B17/00—Fire alarms; Alarms responsive to explosion
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G08—SIGNALLING
    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B25/00—Alarm systems in which the location of the alarm condition is signalled to a central station, e.g. fire or police telegraphic systems
    • G08B25/14—Central alarm receiver or annunciator arrangements
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    • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
    • G08B3/00—Audible signalling systems; Audible personal calling systems
    • G08B3/10—Audible signalling systems; Audible personal calling systems using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
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    • G10—MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS; ACOUSTICS
    • G10L—SPEECH ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES OR SPEECH SYNTHESIS; SPEECH RECOGNITION; SPEECH OR VOICE PROCESSING TECHNIQUES; SPEECH OR AUDIO CODING OR DECODING
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  • This invention generally relates to a signal station for a fire alarm system responsive to a fire signal from means for informing fire occurrence such as a fire detector, for actuating an alarm means to give an alarm, and more particularly to a signal station of this type which is capable of outputting messages stored in a storage means concerning actions to be taken when a fire arises, etc. in the form of voice through a voice synthesizing means.
  • a conventional fire alarm system is comprised of a signal station connected to means for informing fire occurrence such as a fire detector, push button, etc. for receiving a fire signal therefrom, an alarm means including a bell, lamp, etc. and an operating meas for operating the fire alarm system and related facilities, if necessary.
  • This conventional signal station raises an alarm by sounding the bell and lighting the lamp upon receipt of the fire signal, but it does not give instructions for actions to be taken at the time of fire, such as operating procedures of the operating means. Such procedures are usually described in an instruction manual or indicated on a panel.
  • manual data input means (15) connected to said signal processing means so as to enable these means to generate selected ones of the command signals for the retrieval from the storage means of selected ones of said instructions, the manual data input means being also arranged to supply to the signal processing means input data simulating the signalling of a fire in the absence of a real fire,
  • voice synthesising means (20) connected to the signal processing means and the storage means and arranged to synthesise speech signals representing the retrieved instructions speaker means (18) receiving said speech signals and converting them to sound.
  • the present invention is capable of providing an output with any desired output message at any desired time, irrespective of the actually detected conditions.
  • the contents of the message output in such a manner may be imaginary ones which are said opposite to the actually detected conditions. This is necessary for carrying out the training by using a fire alarm system which is rarely activated.
  • CH-A-607.175 describes an automatically controlled voice outputting means being able to deliver previously stored voice information.
  • This voice outputting means can be used in systems where earlier acoustical or optical alarms were used.
  • Such an automatically controlled voice outputting means has been adapted to a signal station for a fire alarm system in a very special manner, and to the combination thereof has been added the manual input means for training purposes. This is necessary for carrying out the training by using a fire alarm system which is rarely activated.
  • FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • a signal station 10 for a fire alarm system is comprised of a processing means 11 for processing an input signal for controlling various equipments and instructing necessary operations thereto, a storage means 16 storing messages for actions to be taken against a fire, a manual input means 15 for generating a signal for requesting outputting of the messages of the processing means 11, a voice synthesizing means 20 for synthesizing voice signals for messages outputted from the storage means 16, a voice outputting means 18 for outputting voice from the voice signal and a display means 17 for indicating required matters.
  • the signal station 10 further includes a receiving means 12, an alarm means 13 and an operating means 14.
  • Fig. 2 illustrates one form of a fire alarm system to which the signal station 10 of the present invention is suitably applied.
  • This fire alarm system comprises the signal station 10, a signal line 1 connected to the signal station 10 and wired over various places in a building, connection stations 2 each provided for respective fire blocks and connected to the signal line 1, fire detectors 3a and push buttons 3b manually operable to inform about the presence of a fire which are connected to each of the connection stations 2 together with identification signal connecting means 4 and alarm bells 5 and a fire door releasing means 6 which are also connected to each of the connecting stations 2.
  • This fire alarm system further comprises, as related facilities, a fireplug 7, a sprinkler 8, etc. operatively connected thereto.
  • An announcing facility 9 may also be connected to the signal station 10 according to necessity. It is not always necessary to provide all these equipments and facilities, but other equipments or facilities may further be connected, if necessary.
  • the processing means 11 is comprised, for example, as illustrated in Fig. 3, of a central processor unit (CPU) 11a, a read-only memory (ROM) 11 whose contents are not lost or erased, a random-access memory (RAM) 11c free to write therein, an input/output port (1/0 PORT) 11d and a bus (BUS) 11e for connection therebetween.
  • ROM 11b stores programs for CPU 11a and CPU 11a runs various processing operations according to the programs.
  • RAM 11c is a memory temporarily used for running CPU 11a.
  • 1/0 PORT 11d is used for connecting various input/output equipments to the processing means 11, and in the embodiment as illustrated, I/O PORT 11d connects the receiving means 12, the manual operating input means 15, the alarm means 13, the operating means 14, the display means 17 and the voice synthesizing means 20 to the processing means 11 through respective interfaces. Other equipments or facilities such as a printer may also be connected.
  • the receiving means 12 is comprised, as illustrated in Fig. 3, of a receiving circuit 12a connected to the signal line 1 and an interface 12b for inputting an output signal from the receiving circuit 12a to the processing means 11.
  • the receiving means 12 receives a fire signal from the fire detectors 3a etc. indicating fire occurrence and further receives a block name signal and an identification signal from the connection station 2 and the identification signal connecting means 4, respectively, and a trouble signal and a normal signal, etc.
  • the kinds of the signals other than the fire signal depend upon the function of the fire alarm system employed, and it is not always necessary for the receiving means 12 to receive all of these signals. In a fire alarm system of the most simple construction, it will suffice for the receiving means 12 to only receive the fire alarm signal.
  • the receiving means 12 may further have a function to transmit a signal to the connection station 2, the fire detectors 3a, etc. According to circumstances, the receiving circuit 12a may be omitted. In this case, the interface 12b may be connected directly to the signal line 1.
  • the manual input means .15 is comprised, for example, as illustrated in Fig. 3, of a switch array 15a and an interface 15b and generates a message output requesting signal for requesting outputting of a message stored in the storage means 16 as will be described in detail later. These messages can be selected and the selection is carried out by a code formed, for example, by on-off combination of the switch arrays.
  • the manual input means 15 may alternatively be so formed that the switches 15a are preliminarily combined to correspond to respective codes so that the codes may be selected by operating a selector switch or depressing push buttons corresponding to the respective codes. Further alternatively, the manual input means 15 may be formed of a keyboard. In the latter case, input of sham fire data for training can be carried out easily.
  • the alarm means 13 is comprised of a sound generating means such as a bell and a lamp and adapted to be driven by a signal from the processing means 11 connected through an interface (not shown).
  • the operating means 14 comprises a circuitry portion, switches for providing instructions to the circuitry portion, a telephone, etc. and is adapted to be manually or automatically operated to stop the sound of the alarm means 13, phone to required places and actuate the relevant equipments such as the sprinkler etc. according to an instruction signal from the processing means 11.
  • This operating means 14 in the embodiment as illustrated is further adapted to supply to the processing means 11 an operation confirming signal for confirming that required operations are surely carried out in response to the operations of the operating means 14.
  • the operating means 14 may be provided independently of the processing means 11 without being connected thereto.
  • the display means 17 is comprised of a combination of a character board and an indicating lamp, a simple display formed of 7-segment light emitting diodes, a liquid crystal display for indicating a block name where a fire occurs, actions to be taken, etc. by letters or marks on a panel of the signal station.
  • a CRT display may be used as the display means 17.
  • the messages stored in the storage means 16 can be indicated simultaneously with or independently of voice synthesizing by the voice synthesizing means 20. As the case may be, this display means 17 may be omitted from the fire alarm system.
  • the storage means 16 is formed of a one or more non-volatile read-only memories (ROM) of random access type and stores messages for actions to be taken when a fire occurs, instruction manual of the fire alarm system, fire training instructions and messages for guide announcement according to necessity.
  • the storage means 16 may further include RAM, if necessary.
  • the storage means 16 is connected to the voice synthesizing means 20 in the embodiment as illustrated, the means 16 may alternatively be provided in the processing means 11.
  • the storage mode of the messages in the storage means 16 is varied depending upon the type of voice synthesizing and/or amount of messages. For example, in case of voice synthesis by a voice synthesizing portion 22 as will be described in detail later referring to Fig. 5, the messages are sequentially stored in the form of voice parameters and an address table is provided for indicating a start address for every message group or a word group.
  • Fig. 4 shows one example of the address table, wherein, for example, a common phrase "A fire has started at” is stored in an area a o starting from a start address 100, block names such as "a utility room', "a warehouse", "office” etc. are respectively stored in areas a, to as starting from starting addresses 200 to 900, respectively.
  • areas b o , b, and b 2 messages for measures to be taken when a fire occurs are stored, respectively.
  • messages for fire training are stored in areas c o and c
  • data for guide announcement is stored in areas do to d n .
  • the start addresses shown in Fig. 4 are given for the convenience of explanation, but, in fact, they are determined taking the lengths of the messages into consideration.
  • the address table may, alternatively, be provided not in the storage means 16 but in ROM 11 b.
  • the voice synthesizing means 20 is comprised, for example, as illustrated in Fig. 5, of an interface 21 connected to a bus 19 from I/O PORT 11d, the voice synthesizing portion 22 for synthesizing a voice, an audio filter 23 for a voice signal and an amplifier 24.
  • the voice synthesizing means 20 is connected to the storage means 16, the voice outputting means 18 and the processing means 11 so that it reads out messages from the storage means 16 in response to an instruction from the processing means 11 and synthesizes voice signals for the messages for outputting them in the form of voice from the voice outputting means 18.
  • the voice synthesizing portion 22 comprises, for example, as illustrated in Fig. 6, a voice synthesizer 22a formed in the chip LSI and a controller 22f for controlling the voice synthesizing.
  • the synthesizer 22a is comprised of a sound source 22b, an interpolation circuit 22c, a digital filter 22d and a D/A converter 22e.
  • the controller 22f reads out voice parameters constituting a message from the associated addresses according to an instruction from the processing means 11, the parameters are sequentially input to the voice synthesizer 22a and a voice signal is synthesized based on a pulse supplied from the sound source 22b. This voice signal is supplied to the voice outputting means 18 through the audio filter 23 and the amplifier 24.
  • the controller 22f outputs a busy signal during these operations.
  • This function of the controller 22f may, alternatively, be carried out by the processing means 11. In this case, the controller 22f may be omitted. Further alternatively, the controller 22f may be provided integrally with the voice synthesizer 22a and, if desired, further integrally provided with the storage means 16.
  • the voice outputting means 18 comprises a speaker 18a provided at the signal station 10 and speakers 18b and 18c disposed at other places for outputting the voice signal as voice. These speakers 18a, 18b and 18c are switchably connected according to contents of the messages. Of course, the speakers may be switched over by a manual operation. As the case may be, the speakers 18b and 18c may be omitted. In addition to the speaker or speakers, the announcing equipment may be connected to the voice synthesizing means 20 through similar switch means.
  • Fig. 7 illustrates another form of voice synthesizing portion 22 which includes a microprocessor 22i, ROM 22g, RAM 22h and a D/A converter 22e.
  • this voice synthesizing portion 22 stores phonemic data of respective phones collected by PCM-recording a natural voice and an editing and synthesizing program in ROM 22g.
  • messages are stored as character information in the storage means 16.
  • the microprocessor 22i reads out a message from the storage means 16 and corresponding phonemic data from ROM 22g according to an instruction from the processing means 11 and edits the phonemic data according to the editing and synthesizing program to synthesize a voice signal.
  • RAM 22h is a memory temporarily used in the course of these operations by the microprocessor 22i. In the case as illustrated in Fig. 7, the operation of the microprocessor 22i may be imposed on the processing means 11 and the storage means 16 and ROM 22g may be provided integrally.
  • voice synthesis is not limited to those as described above and another voice synthesizing method may be employed in the present invention.
  • messages may be PCM-recorded, reduced into suitable word or sentence groups to be stored in a storage means, and read out by the processing means 11 or a special-purpose microprocessor to edit and synthesize a speech.
  • Fig. 8 is a flowchart of a main routine to be run by the processing means 11 of the signal station of the embodiment as illustrated.
  • the processing means 11 is subjected to initialization 30 to clear memories and registers in preparation for running various processing operations.
  • the main routine is circulated at a constant speed.
  • the first operation is a signal line check 31 in which whether the signal line 1 (Fig. 2) is normally operating or not is checked through the receiving means 12.
  • a signal such as a fire signal and/or a trouble signal, when such a signal is supplied from the signal line 1, or an operation conforming signal, when such a signal is supplied from the operating means 14, is stored in a buffer means, e.g., a predetermined area of RAM 11c, a buffer register (not shown), etc.
  • a message output requesting signal is similarly stored in a predetermined buffer means when such a signal is supplied from the manual input means 15.
  • a data processing operation 34 is provided for carrying out processing of various input data and is illustrated in detail in Fig. 9.
  • a determination is carried out at 40 as to whether the input data represents a fire signal. If the determination is "yes,” a flag representing a fire is set in a flag setting means such as a predetermined area of RAM 11c, a flag flip-flop (not shown,), etc. and the block name and the identification signal stored in the buffer means are decoded, converted into the corresponding block name and the identification number, and stored in RAM 11c (as shown at 41 and 42 in Fig. 9). The so stored block name and the identification number may further be con- verterd into start address data of voice parameters for the corresponding block name and identification number stored in the storage means 16.
  • the program goes back to the first operation at an END position of this data processing routine.
  • the determination at 43 is "no"
  • the program is branched to the decision point 45 to make determination as to whether there is a trouble signal.
  • a control signal processing operation 35 is carried out according to the main routine.
  • the respective flag setting means are checked and an actuating signal for the alarm means 13 and a control signal for the related facilities such as the fireplug 7, sprinkler 8, etc. is supplied.
  • a display conducting operation 36 the content of the input signal, e.g., a fire signal, a trouble signal, etc. is read out from RAM 11c and indicated in the form of characters and/or marks by the display means 17.
  • an operation for indicating the same message as the message synthesized by the voice synthesizing means 20 is also carried out.
  • a control operation for synthesizing of a voice for a required message by the voice synthesizing means 20 is carried out. This operation is illustrated in detail in Fig. 10.
  • a determination at 51 is made as to whether messages to be output are fire data such as data for actions to be taken when a fire occurs, etc. If the answer is "yes,” the fire action operation is conducted, and if the answer is "no,” the program is branched to a further determination.
  • a determination is made as to whether the messages to be output are messages for instruction manual and/or messages for operation training. If the answer is "yes,” an operation (as shown at 54) for explaining instruction manual for the fire alarm system and the related facilities (in case such facilities are not connected, explanation for them is not necessary as will be described in detail later) and an operation at the time of training are carried out. If the answer is "no,” the program is branched to a further determination.
  • the determination 51 as to a fire data is made with priority, so that, when a fire signal is received during the processing of other messages such as messages for instruction manual etc., the fire action operation 52 is carried out through the determination at 51.
  • These determinations at 51, 53 and 56 are made by checking the states of the flags set by the data processing step 34 as in the case of the determination at 50.
  • a determination at 60 as to whether a fire occurrence is already informed is first made. If the determination is "no,” a fire information is made. If the determination is "yes,” the program proceeds to a further determination at 62.
  • This determination at 60 is made by checking a fire informing flag set in a flag setting means after completion of a common phrase outputting operation 77 as will be described in detail later with reference to Fig. 12. Further determinations at 70, 74 and 76 as to whether the block name on fire has been read out, as to whether the common phrase has been uttered and as to whether the block name has been uttered, respectively, are made in similar manners.
  • a fire information 61 as shown in Fig. 12, the determination is made at 70 as to whether a block name on fire has already been read out. If the answer is "no," the block name is read out from the fire data stored in RAM 11c and a start address of voice parameters corresponding to the block name stored in the storage means 16 is computed from the read out block name. This computation is carried out referring to the address table provided in the storage means 16 or ROM 11 b.
  • the start address, for example, #100, of the common phrase "Afire has started at” to be read out from the storage means 16 is applied to the voice synthesizing portion 22 and a start signal is supplied thereto to synthesize a voice signal for vocalizing the common phrase (as shown at 75).
  • the main sound is a bell of the alarm means 13 provided in the signal station and local sounds are alarm bells provided in the respective fire blocks. If the answer is "no," an instruction for stopping the main and local sounds is vocalized by the voice synthesizing means 20 by the same procedure as that of the fire information operation 61.
  • This instruction may, for example, be such a message as "put a main sound stopping switch and a local sound stopping switch to a stopping position.”
  • a further determination as to whether the spot has been confirmed is made at 64.
  • the latter determination is made by checking the status of a predetermined flag of the flag setting means. When the operator has put a spot confirming switch of the operating means 14 provided at the signal station to an "on" position, the predetermined flag has been in "1" position. If the answer is "no,” a spot confirming instruction 65 is carried out in a similar manner. This instruction may, for example, be a message "Dial no...., or rush to the spot for making confirmation. When confirmed, depress a confirmation switch.”
  • a further determination as to whether an action after spot confirmation has already been taken is made at 66. This determination is made by checking the position of a corresponding flag of the flag setting means which is in "1" position by an operation confirming signal from the operating means 14 indicating that the sound stopping switch is in the predetermined position. If the answer is "no,” an action instruction 67 after the spot confirmation is carried out in the same manner as described above. This instruction may, for example, be a message "If actual fire, contact the fire station and guide people to a safe place. If not, reset by operating the resetting switch and return the sound stopping switch to the predetermined position.”
  • the fire action operation as described above is carried out in a manner such that whether the operator has carried out required operations or taken required action is determined by the processing means 11 and necessary message or messages selected from the messages concerning measures to be taken when a fire starts are output, in the form of voice, according to the result of the determination.
  • the operator can conduct necessary operation and take the necessary action.
  • it is possible to employ a system in which the determination is not carried out and all the messages are repeated sequantially. In this case, it suffices to apply only a start address of the messages to be output to the voice synthesizing means 20, so that the program of the processing means 11 can be simplified and the load thereof can be reduced.
  • the operation 54 for instruction manual is for explaining a method for handling the fire alarm system and the related equipments and facilities.
  • explanation is made only for the equipments and facilities which require manual operations, or the explanation may be omitted.
  • the explanation comprises informations and messages of the status of the fire alarm system and the measures to be taken at the normal time, at the time of power stoppage and atthe time offire. This explanation is output by an instruction manual output requesting signal from the manual input means 15.
  • An operation 55 for training is carried out following the operation for instruction manual in the embodiment as illustrated, but it may be carried out independently.
  • a determination isfirst made at 80 as to whether the training starting message is over. If the answer is "no," a message 81 for starting training such as "Now, operation training starts. A fire alarm is given, so please conduct operations according to the instructions" is uttered. Then, a fire alarm 82 is given.
  • the determination at 80 is "yes” the program is branched, passing the aforesaid operation. Then, the routine of the fire action operation 52 is called allowing the messages for the measures to be taken at the time of fire to be uttered. Thereafter, a determination as to whether the fire action has been taken is made at 83. If the answer is "yes,” such a message as "Now, training is over.” is uttered to end the operation (as shown at 84).
  • the guide announcement operation 57 emergency equipments of the building, emergency system, caution at the time of fire, etc. are given to the announcing facility in the form of a voice signal.
  • the announcement may be given whenever desired except for at the time of fire or training.
  • the messages may be broadcast upon request by lodgers.
  • the guide announcement can be made properly at the time of fire as well as at the time of training.
  • the processing means 11 resets the flag associated with the voice control which is set in the flag setting means, after giving instructions to utter the last messages in the fire action operation 52, operation 55 for the training and the guide announcement operation 57, respectively.
  • the main routine of the processing means 11 After completion of the voice control, the main routine of the processing means 11 returns to the signal line check 31. However, if the related euqipments and facilities such as an automatic fire testing equipment, an indication testing equipment, a printer, a communication means, announcing means, etc. are connected, the main routine returns to the signal line check 31 after completion of the control operation for these equipments and facilities. Where the printer is connected, not only the fire data but the times when the required operations and actions are taken are printed out, so it becomes easy to know whether such operations and actions have been done properly. To print out the times, a clock must be connected.
  • the speakers 18a, 18b and 18c of the voice outputting means 18 are switched so that all the speakers 18a, 18b and 18c or at least the speaker 18a may be connected in case of a message, for example, by a fire signal and only the speaker or speakers selected by the manual input means 15 may be connected in the remaining cases, under control of the processing means 11.
  • Fig. 14 illustrates another embodiment of the signal station for fire alarm system according to the present invention.
  • the receiving means 12, the alarm means 13 and the operating means 14 are provided separately from the processing means 11.
  • the receiving means 12 is formed of hard-wired logics such as a relay etc. as in an ordinary fire alarm system, and the alarm means 13 is driven by the hard-wired logic.
  • the processing means 11 is connected to the receiving means 12 through an interface (not shown) or includes the interface for connection to the receiving means 12.
  • the signal station 10 of the present embodiment is suitably employed when it is required to additionally import a function to output, in the form of voice, messages for the actions to be taken at the time of fire etc. to a conventional signal station for fire alarm system.
  • the processing means 11 operates and controls voice synthesizing, in substantially the same manner as in the first embodiment, upon receipt of a fire signal. In this embodiment, however, the messages are simply repeated because the operating means 14 is not connected to the processing means 11.
  • the operating means 14 may be connected to the processing means 11 as in the first embodiment according to necessity, to select the appropriate messages by determining as to whether required operations are carried out.
  • the storage means 16 is provided in the processing means 11 in the embodiment as illustrated, it may, of course, be connected to the voice synthesizing means 20.
  • the signal station 10 receives a fire signal etc. through one signal line, but a plurality of signal lines may be connected or different types of fire informing means may be connected to the respective signal lines.
  • a program for searching fire data of block names corresponding to the respective signal lines is provided to operate the searching operation by the processing means 11.
  • the messages concerning the measures to be taken at the time of fire can be automatically output in the form of voice, so that it becomes possible to instruct the janitor etc. to act quickly and properly.
  • messages for the instruction manual for the fire alarm system etc., messages for operation training, etc. can be output in the form of voice, upon request, to conduct training of the janitor etc.
  • explanation of emergency equipments messages for guiding for leading to a safe place, etc. can be announced.

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