KR102161596B1 - Environment information detecting apparatus and method of detecting environment information using thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

According to one aspect of the present invention, provided is an environment information detector, which is the environment information detector provided with an alarm function. The environment information detector comprises: an environment information detection module measuring environment information and transmitting the measured environment information; and a controller disposed to be spaced apart from the environment information detection module by a certain distance, inserted into an outlet to receive power, and receiving the environment information from the environment information detection module. The environment information detection module and the controller transmit and receive the environment information through wireless communication, and the alarm function may be implemented in the controller so as to be configured to reduce power consumption of the environment information detection module.

Description

Environmental information detector and environmental information detection method using it {ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DETECTING ENVIRONMENT INFORMATION USING THEREOF}

The present invention relates to an environmental information detector and a method for sensing environmental information using the same.

In addition to the basic operation of detecting gas, a gas detector using a battery among general gas detectors incorporates an alarm function that outputs a sound or an alarm when an abnormal situation occurs such as when the detected gas concentration is abnormally high.

Such an alarm function requires high power consumption, and thus, there is a problem that frequent replacement or charging of the battery is required.

Korean Patent Registration No. 1927227 (“Gas detection alarm system”, registration date: November 21, 2018)

According to an embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an environment information detector capable of reducing power consumption of an environment detection module.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, it is possible to increase the reliability of environmental detection by preventing data collisions between a plurality of environmental information detection modules, and environmental information for easily identifying the installation location of the environmental information detection module in which an abnormality is detected The detection method provides.

According to a first embodiment of the present invention, there is provided an environmental information detector having an alarm function, comprising: an environmental information detection module that measures environmental information and transmits the measured environmental information; And a controller disposed to be spaced apart from the environmental information sensing module by a predetermined distance, inserted into an outlet to receive power, and receiving the environmental information from the environmental information sensing module, wherein the environmental information sensing module and the controller The environmental information detector is provided, which transmits and receives the environmental information through wireless communication, and the alarm function is implemented in the controller to reduce power consumption of the environmental information detection module.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the environmental information may include any one of measurement values of gas, temperature, humidity, fine dust, and illuminance.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the environmental information detection module includes: a first wireless communication unit, a sensor for measuring environmental information, and a first control unit for transmitting the measured environmental information to the outside through the first wireless communication unit. And, a power supply for supplying driving power to the first wireless communication unit, the sensor, and the first control unit, and the controller includes a second wireless communication unit and an environment from the environment information sensing module through the second wireless communication unit. A second control unit that receives information, an output unit that performs an alarm function that displays a warning to the outside using at least one of light, sound, and vibration according to the received environmental information, and is supplied from the outside through the outlet. It may include a power conversion unit that converts power to supply driving power to the second wireless communication unit, the second control unit, and the output unit.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the controller may further include a secondary battery that supplies driving power to the second wireless communication unit, the second control unit, and the output unit during a power outage.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a request to transmit environmental information is received from the controller, the first controller transmits the measured environmental information to the controller by driving the sensor, or drives the sensor to It can be configured to measure information in real time, but transmit the measured environmental information to the controller only when the measured environmental information is equal to or greater than a preset value.

According to a second embodiment of the present invention, in a method for sensing environmental information using N (N: natural numbers of 2 or more) environmental information sensing modules installed at a plurality of locations, in a controller, with respect to the N environmental information sensing modules A first step of sequentially wirelessly transmitting an environment information transmission request; A second step of measuring environmental information by driving a sensor in an environmental information sensing module that has received the environmental information transmission request among the N environmental sensing modules, and wirelessly transmitting the measured environmental information to the controller; And a third step of performing an alarm function when the received environmental information is equal to or greater than a preset value, by the controller.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second step further includes adding a unique ID to the measured environmental information and transmitting the wirelessly to the controller, and the third step is a corresponding method having the unique ID. Performing an alarm function corresponding to the environment information detection module; And wirelessly transmitting the installation location and environment information of the environment information detection module having the unique ID to an external terminal. It may include at least one of.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of performing an alarm function corresponding to the corresponding environmental information detection module having the unique ID may perform an alarm function by varying light, sound, and vibration for each type of the N environment detection modules. Performing; And performing an alarm function by varying light, sound, and vibration for each of the unique IDs. It may include any one of.

According to a third embodiment of the present invention, in the environmental information sensing method using N (N: natural number of 2 or more) environmental information sensing modules installed in a plurality of locations, in each of the N environmental information sensing modules, a sensor is A first step of driving to measure environmental information in real time; A second step of wirelessly transmitting the measured environmental information to a controller when the environmental information measured in real time is equal to or greater than a preset value in each of the N environmental information sensing modules; And a third step of performing an alarm function in the controller.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the second step further includes adding a unique ID to the measured environmental information and transmitting the wirelessly to the controller, and the third step is a corresponding method having the unique ID. Performing an alarm function corresponding to the environment information detection module; And wirelessly transmitting the installation location and environment information of the environment information detection module having the unique ID to an external terminal. It may include at least one of.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the step of performing an alarm function corresponding to the corresponding environmental information detection module having the unique ID may perform an alarm function by varying light, sound, and vibration for each type of the N environment detection modules. Performing; And performing an alarm function by varying light, sound, and vibration for each of the unique IDs. It may include any one of.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, in an environment information detector having an alarm function, the environment information detection module and the controller are separately configured, and the environment information detection module is configured to enable only measurement of environment information and wireless communication, By implementing the alarm function in a separate controller, the environmental information sensing module can be driven at low power, reducing power consumption of the environmental information sensing module, and at the same time, the environmental information sensing module can be manufactured in a lightweight and compact manner.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the environmental information detection module drives the sensor only when an environmental information transmission request is received from the controller to transmit the measured environmental information to the controller, or drive the sensor to transmit environmental information in real time. However, the measured environmental information is transmitted to the controller only when the measured environmental information is greater than or equal to a preset value, thereby further reducing the power consumption of the environmental information detection module.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when environmental information is monitored by using a plurality of environmental information sensing modules, the environmental information sensing modules are sequentially driven to transmit environmental information. It is possible to increase the reliability of environmental detection by preventing data collision.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when monitoring environmental information using a plurality of environmental information sensing modules, the installation location of the environmental information sensing module in which an abnormality is detected based on the unique IDs of the plurality of environmental information sensing modules Can be easily identified.

1 is an internal block diagram of an environmental information sensing module and a controller constituting an environmental information detector according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of an entire system for sensing environmental information by using a plurality of environmental information sensing modules.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of sensing environmental information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a method of sensing environmental information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the embodiments of the present invention may be modified into various other forms, and the scope of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below. The shapes and sizes of elements in the drawings may be exaggerated for clearer description, and elements indicated by the same reference numerals in the drawings are the same elements.

1 is an internal block diagram of an environmental information sensing module and a controller constituting an environmental information detector according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, as shown in FIG. 1, the environmental information detector 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an environmental information detection module 111 that measures environmental information and transmits the measured environmental information, and detects environmental information. It may include a controller 120 that is disposed to be spaced apart from the module 111 by a predetermined distance, is inserted into an outlet to receive power, and receives environmental information from the environmental information detection module 111.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the environmental information detection module 111 and the controller 120 may transmit and receive environmental information through wireless communication, and the alarm function is implemented in the controller 120 to provide power of the environmental information detector. It can reduce consumption.

The above-described environmental information may include any one of measurement values of gas temperature, humidity, fine dust, and illuminance, but may be applied to various types of information such as motion detection in addition to the above-described environmental information, if necessary. to be.

Specifically, the environmental information detection module 111 includes a first wireless communication unit 111a, a sensor 111b for measuring environmental information, and a first transmitting the measured environmental information to the outside through the first wireless communication unit 111a. 1 may include a control unit 111c, and a power supply unit 111d supplying driving power to the first wireless communication unit 111a, the sensor 111b, and the first control unit 111c.

The above-described sensor 111b may include any one of a gas detection sensor, a temperature detection sensor, a humidity detection sensor, a fine dust measurement sensor, and an illuminance measurement sensor, but according to the needs of a person skilled in the art, an acoustic sensor or a motion detection sensor It may further include various types of sensors such as.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when an environmental information transmission request is received from the controller 120, the first control unit 111c drives the sensor 111b to measure environmental information, and the measured environmental information is stored in the controller 120. ).

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the first control unit 111c measures environmental information in real time by driving the sensor 111b, but only when the measured environmental information is greater than or equal to a preset value, the measured environmental information is It can also be transmitted to the controller 120. Here, it should be noted that the preset value is a value that can be arbitrarily set according to the type of sensor and the need of a person skilled in the art, and thus is not limited to specific values in the present invention.

Meanwhile, the controller 120 includes a second wireless communication unit 121, a second control unit 122 receiving environment information from the environment information detection module 111 through the second wireless communication unit 121, and the received environment An output unit 123 that performs an alarm function that displays a warning to the outside using at least one of light, sound, and vibration according to information, and a second wireless communication unit 121 by converting power supplied from the outside through an outlet. , A power conversion unit 124 that supplies driving power to the second control unit 122 and the output unit 123 may be included.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the above-described controller 120 is a secondary battery (not shown) that supplies driving power to the second wireless communication unit 121, the second control unit 122, and the output unit 123 when a power failure occurs. Of course, it may further include poem).

Meanwhile, the second controller 122 may transmit a request to transmit environment information to the environment information detection module 111. In addition, when environmental information is received from the environmental information detection module 111 through the second wireless communication unit 121, the second control unit 122 determines whether the received environmental information is equal to or greater than a preset value, and In this case, the output unit 123 may be controlled to perform an alarm function.

The first wireless communication unit 111a and the second wireless communication unit 121 described above may transmit and receive data through, for example, Bluetooth, Zigbee, or Wi-Fi.

Meanwhile, FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an entire system for sensing environmental information using a plurality of environmental information sensing modules.

As shown in FIG. 2, the entire system 200 may include a plurality of environmental information detection modules 111 to 113, one controller 120, and an external terminal 130. It should be noted that only three environmental information detection modules 111 to 113 are shown in FIG. 2 to aid in understanding the invention.

The functions and internal blocks of the plurality of environmental sensing modules 111 to 113 described above are the same as the environmental sensing module 111 described in FIG. 1, and the functions and internal blocks of the controller 120 are the controllers described in FIG. Since it is the same as 120), a detailed description will be omitted for the sake of simplicity of the invention.

Meanwhile, the external terminal 130 is a terminal capable of wireless communication with the controller 120, for example, a mobile phone, a smart phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a personal computer (PC), a tablet personal computer (PC), and a notebook computer. It may be a terminal of various types such as (notebook).

Meanwhile, FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of sensing environmental information according to an embodiment of the present invention, and may be applied to a case including N (N: natural numbers of 2 or more) environmental information sensing modules installed at a plurality of locations. .

Hereinafter, a method of sensing environmental information according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 to 3.

2 to 3, the environmental information sensing method according to an embodiment of the present invention wirelessly transmits an environmental information transmission request sequentially from the controller 120 to the N environmental information sensing modules 111 to 113. It can be initiated by the step (S301). Here, N may be a natural number of 2 or more.

Next, among the N environment detection modules, the environment information detection modules 111 to 113, which have received the request to transmit environment information, measure the environment information by driving a sensor, and may wirelessly transmit the measured environment information to the controller 120. (S302).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the environmental information sensing modules 111 to 113 in step 302 may wirelessly transmit the measured environmental information to the controller 120 by adding a unique ID.

Finally, the controller 120 may perform an alarm function by controlling the output unit 123 if the received environmental information is equal to or greater than a preset value (S303).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when additionally receiving a unique ID, step S303 is a step of performing an alarm function corresponding to a corresponding environmental information detection module having a unique ID and installation of an environmental information detection module having a unique ID It may include at least one of wirelessly transmitting location and environment information to the external terminal 130.

In addition, the step of performing the alarm function corresponding to the corresponding environmental information detection module having the above-described unique ID is a step of performing an alarm function by varying light, sound, and vibration for each type of the N environment detection modules 111 to 113. , And performing an alarm function by varying light, sound, and vibration for each unique ID.

Meanwhile, FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating a method for sensing environmental information according to another embodiment of the present invention, and may be applied to a case including N (N: natural numbers of 2 or more) environmental information sensing modules installed at a plurality of locations. .

Hereinafter, a method of sensing environmental information according to another embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 2 and 4.

The environmental information sensing method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be initiated by driving a sensor in each of the N environmental information sensing modules 111 to 113 to measure environmental information in real time (S401).

Next, each of the N environmental information detection modules 111 to 113 may wirelessly transmit the measured environmental information to the controller 120 when the environmental information measured in real time is greater than or equal to a preset value (S402).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the environmental information detection modules 111 to 113 in step 402 may wirelessly transmit the measured environmental information to the controller 120 by adding a unique ID.

Finally, the controller 120 may perform an alarm function (S303).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, when a unique ID is additionally received, step S403 includes: performing an alarm function corresponding to the environmental information detection modules 111 to 113 having a unique ID; And wirelessly transmitting the installation location and environment information of the environment information detection modules 111 to 113 having a unique ID to an external terminal.

In addition, the step of performing the alarm function corresponding to the corresponding environmental information detection module having the above-described unique ID is a step of performing an alarm function by varying light, sound, and vibration for each type of the N environment detection modules 111 to 113. , And performing an alarm function by varying light, sound, and vibration for each unique ID.

As described above, according to an embodiment of the present invention, in the environment information detector having an alarm function, the environment information detection module and the controller are separately configured, and the environment information detection module only measures environmental information and wireless communication. By implementing the alarm function in a separate controller, it is possible to operate the environmental information detection module with low power, reducing the power consumption of the environmental information detection module and at the same time manufacturing the environmental information detection module in a lightweight and compact size. can do.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the environmental information detection module drives the sensor only when an environmental information transmission request is received from the controller to transmit the measured environmental information to the controller, or drive the sensor to transmit environmental information in real time. However, the measured environmental information is transmitted to the controller only when the measured environmental information is greater than or equal to a preset value, thereby further reducing the power consumption of the environmental information detection module.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when environmental information is monitored by using a plurality of environmental information sensing modules, the environmental information sensing modules are sequentially driven to transmit environmental information. It is possible to increase the reliability of environmental detection by preventing data collision.

In addition, according to an embodiment of the present invention, when monitoring environmental information using a plurality of environmental information sensing modules, the installation location of the environmental information sensing module in which an abnormality is detected based on the unique IDs of the plurality of environmental information sensing modules Can be easily identified.

The method for detecting environmental information according to an embodiment of the present invention described above may be produced as a program to be executed on a computer and stored in a computer-readable recording medium. Examples of computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tapes, floppy disks, and optical data storage devices. Further, the computer-readable recording medium is distributed over a computer system connected through a network, so that computer-readable codes can be stored and executed in a distributed manner. And functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the method can be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present invention belongs.

In addition, in describing the present invention,'~ unit' refers to various methods, for example, a processor, program instructions executed by a processor, a software module, a microcode, a computer program product, a logic circuit, an application-specific integrated circuit, and firmware. It can be implemented by

The present invention is not limited by the above-described embodiments and the accompanying drawings. It is intended to limit the scope of the rights by the appended claims, and that various types of substitutions, modifications, and changes can be made without departing from the technical spirit of the present invention described in the claims, to those of ordinary skill in the art. It will be self-evident.

100: environmental information detector
111 to 113: environmental information detection module
111a, 112a, 113a: first wireless communication unit
111b, 112b, 113b: sensor
111c, 112c, 113c: first control unit
111d, 112d, 113d: power supply
120: controller
121: second wireless communication unit
122: second control unit
123: output
124: power conversion unit
130: external terminal

Claims (11)

In the environmental information detector with an alarm function,
An environmental information sensing module measuring environmental information and transmitting the measured environmental information; And
And a controller disposed to be spaced apart from the environmental information sensing module by a predetermined distance, inserted into an outlet to receive power, and receiving the environmental information from the environmental information sensing module,
The environmental information sensing module and the controller transmit and receive the environmental information through wireless communication,
The alarm function is implemented in the controller to reduce power consumption of the environmental information detection module,
The controller is
When N (N: natural numbers of 2 or more) are installed at a plurality of locations, the environmental information detection module sequentially transmits an environmental information transmission request wirelessly,
The environmental information detection module
Upon receiving the request to transmit the environmental information, the sensor is driven to measure the environmental information and wirelessly transmit the measured environmental information to the controller, or if the environmental information measured in real time is greater than or equal to a preset value, the measured environmental information is transferred to the controller. Wireless transmission,
The controller is
If the environmental information received in response to the environmental information transmission request wirelessly transmitted sequentially to the N environmental information detection modules is equal to or greater than a preset value, the alarm function is performed,
When the environmental information is received from an environmental information detection module that has not received the environmental information transmission request, the environmental information detector performs the alarm function.
◈ Claim 2 was abandoned upon payment of the set registration fee. The method of claim 1,
The above environmental information,
An environmental information detector that includes any one of measurements of gas, temperature, humidity, fine dust, and illuminance.
The method of claim 1,
The environmental information detection module,
A first wireless communication unit, a sensor for measuring environmental information, a first control unit for transmitting the measured environmental information to the outside through the first wireless communication unit, and the first wireless communication unit, the sensor, and the first control unit Including a power supply for supplying driving power,
The controller,
A second wireless communication unit, a second control unit receiving environment information from the environment information detection module through the second wireless communication unit, and warning to the outside using at least one of light, sound, and vibration according to the received environment information And an output unit performing an alarm function to display an alarm function, and a power conversion unit converting power supplied from the outside through the outlet to supply driving power to the second wireless communication unit, the second control unit, and the output unit, Environmental information detector.
The method of claim 3,
The controller,
The environment information detector further comprises a secondary battery supplying driving power to the second wireless communication unit, the second control unit, and the output unit during a power failure.
The method of claim 3,
The first control unit,
When an environmental information transmission request is received from the controller, the environmental information measured by driving the sensor is transmitted to the controller, or
The environmental information detector configured to drive the sensor to measure environmental information in real time, and transmit the measured environmental information to the controller only when the measured environmental information is greater than or equal to a preset value.
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