JPH0135398B2 - - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an operation notification device, and in particular sends an operation signal from a detector provided on a child device located far away to a central parent device. The present invention relates to an operation notification device for confirming the operation and notifying the operation using an information processing device installed in the machine.

[Conventional technology]

For example, in large buildings, temperature detectors, smoke detectors, door opening/closing detectors, passage detectors, etc. are installed in each room, hallway, stairway entrance, etc. in case of abnormal situations such as theft or fire at night. A slave unit equipped with a transmitter, etc. that transmits the operation signal of the detector and its detector to the central monitoring side is placed, while a master unit is placed on the central monitoring side, and the operation signal from the slave unit is transmitted wirelessly or by wire. The system receives the signal, determines from which handset the signal was sent, and notifies staff of the location where the abnormal situation has occurred.

In addition, a master unit is installed at the fire department, and a slave unit consisting of a detector to detect the occurrence of a fire and a transmitter to receive the operating signal is installed in each home. The system identifies the location of the fire and alerts police personnel to the location of the fire.

Furthermore, in each home, slave units consisting of designated detectors, transmitters, etc. are placed at entrances, windows, bathrooms, etc., while base units are placed in places where people are always present. The base unit receives the signal from the machine, identifies which slave unit the signal came from, and reports it, allowing you to immediately know where and what is happening.

When the detector installed on each slave unit operates in this way, the operation signal is sent to the base unit, where the signal is processed by an information processing device such as a microcomputer installed in the base unit. Conventionally, an oscillator was provided for each slave unit in order to determine which slave unit the message was sent from and to notify the slave unit that the detector was activated, and the output was used to send signals to speakers and displays. The operation of the handset was notified by activating operation notification means such as lights.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

In this way, in conventional devices, in order to operate the operation alarm, an oscillator corresponding to each child device was installed in the parent device, which had the disadvantage of making the structure of the parent device complicated and expensive, and making the device large. It was hot.

[Means for solving problems]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an operation notification device that eliminates the drawbacks of the above-mentioned prior art and allows a base unit to be configured compactly and at a low cost.

In order to achieve this objective, the present invention focuses on using an information processing device such as a microcomputer in the base unit, and by using this information processing device, the information processing device can be used without using any oscillator. The first feature is that the operation alarm is actuated directly by the output.

More specifically, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a slave device having a detector for detecting a predetermined state change, an information storage means, a program storage means, and a clock pulse generation means, and an operation notification activated by the output of the information processing apparatus. the information processing device includes means for executing an operation for identifying the operating state of the slave device in synchronization with a predetermined clock of the clock pulse generating means, and notifying the operation based on the identification result. a first means for turning on and off the device in synchronization with the predetermined clock at a first cycle within the audible frequency range; and a first means for turning on and off the operation alarm at a second cycle within the audible frequency range. a second means for executing an operation to cause the alarm to turn on and off in synchronization with the predetermined clock; and a second means for executing an operation for storing and counting the number of times the operation alarm is turned on and off in binary notation in an information storage means in synchronization with the predetermined clock. and means for determining whether or not a predetermined bit of the counted value by the means is 1 and selecting and operating either the first means or the second means in synchronization with the predetermined clock. The information processing apparatus is characterized in that the information processing apparatus is configured to directly turn on and off the operation alarm at predetermined time intervals.

〔Example〕

Hereinafter, an example in which the operation notification device of the present invention is applied to a case where the operation status of four slave devices is identified and the operation notification is performed will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 8.

In Figure 1, S ₁ to _{S 4} are slave units, and each slave unit is
A state detector 1 that detects a predetermined state change such as a temperature detector, smoke detector, door opening/closing detector, passage detector, etc.
When the status detector 1 operates, a pulse generator 2 generates a pulse signal _fs with a frequency specific to the child device, a carrier wave _fc generator 3 for transmitting the pulse signal to the parent device _S0 , and a transmitter. 4 and a transmitting antenna 5.

On the other hand, the base device is composed of a receiving antenna 6, a receiver 7, and a signal processing device 8 consisting of a handset identification number setting section 9, a reference time signal generation section 10, an information processing section 11 such as a microcomputer, and an operation notification section 12. has been done.

The receiver 7 further includes an amplification unit 71 that amplifies the received signal f _c +f _s , a detection unit 72 that separates and extracts a pulse signal f _s specific to the slave device from the amplified signal, and further converts the signal into a waveform. Shaped into a pulse signal f _s specific to the handset
It consists of a waveform shaping section 73 that restores the waveform.

Furthermore, a more specific configuration of each part within the signal processing device 8 is as shown in FIG.

That is, 9 is a handset identification number setting section, and a series circuit of a diode D and a switch SW is connected to each matrix intersection as shown in FIG. 2b. To set the identification number in the handset identification setting section 9, for example, two rows in the horizontal direction are used and switches are turned on at predetermined positions in the second and first digits, thereby setting in binary coded decimal notation. For example, during the reference time T when the slave units S ₁ , S _{2 .} . .
Each pulse signal f _s1 , f _s2 with a frequency of the proportion of pulse...
..., correspondingly, set 〓 ₁ = 50, 〓 ₂ = 70, . 〓
(The mark indicates the state in which the switch SW is turned on and the identification number, ie, the set value, is set.)

In this case, it goes without saying that the setting value can be set using three digits, or even four digits, depending on the size of the setting numerical value.

Reference numeral 10 denotes a reference time signal generator, which generates a signal a that continues to output "1" for a reference time T in a constant time period _T0 .
occurs.

For example, the microcomputer 11 as an information processing device includes a central processing unit (CPU) 13, a random access memory (RAM) 14 as an information storage means, a read only memory (ROM) 15 as a program storage means, and a clock pulse generator 16 as means for generating these operating clock pulses.

Each instruction is read-only memory (ROM)
Outputting information from the central processing unit (CPU) 13 to each input/output device and the random access memory (RAM) ₁₄ based on the program built in the clock pulse generator 16. Executed by

17 is a decoder and central processing unit (CPU) 13
Based on the signals of the first period and the second period in the audible frequency range from The display unit 1 displays the operating status of the handset while directly generating an alarm sound specific to the handset with the sounding unit 18.
A predetermined display device among 9-1 to 19-4 is driven.

The operation of the device configured in this way is further explained in the third section.
Using the flowcharts in Figures 6a and 6b, Figures 8a and b, the waveform diagrams in Figures 6c and 8c, and the diagram representing the memory contents in the random access memory in Figure 7, I will explain.

The memory in the random access memory (RAM) 14 has a binary coded decimal structure of 4 bits per word. In the following description, random access memory is referred to as RAM, read-only memory as ROM, central processing unit as CPU, accumulator in CPU as Acc, and memory locations such as address 0 and A in RAM. is expressed as M0, MA, etc., and its contents are written in brackets [Acc], [M0], [MA].
etc.

Before explaining the details of the operation, the outline will first be explained.

According to the program shown in Figure 3, first set the identification number setting value of each handset set in the handset identification number setting section 9.
Store it in a predetermined memory location in the RAM 14, and then calculate the number of pulses from the slave unit captured within the reference time T.
Store in RAM14. This result corresponds to storing the pulse frequency being sent from the slave device to the master device in the RAM 14.

The pulse frequency stored in the RAM 14 is then subjected to approximation processing, for example, rounding off, according to the program shown in FIG. The reason for performing this approximation process is to remove the effects of fluctuations in the oscillation frequency of the oscillator installed on the slave unit or noise pulses during transmission, and to ensure that the operation of the slave unit can be confirmed within the base unit. be. That is, this is to absorb some variation in the input pulse frequency and compare it with the slave device identification number setting value.

If such a comparison is repeated, for example, four times for pulses input at different times, and the result matches the predetermined number of handset identifications set in the setting section 9, the program shown in FIG. , After determining which handset should be notified of the operation, the sixth
Operation notification is executed using programs such as those shown in FIGS. a and b or FIGS. 8 a and b.

The details will be explained below.

When the status detector ₁ provided in the slave unit S ₁ in FIG.
Pulse signal f _s1 generated at a rate of 50 pulses within
is generated, and the transport generator 3 operates. In the transmitter 4, the pulse signal _fs1 is modulated by the carrier _fc and a signal is transmitted from the antenna 5 toward the base unit _S0 .

The base unit S ₀ receives the radio waves transmitted from the slave unit S ₁ using the antenna 6, and the receiver 7 processes the radio waves such as amplification, detection, waveform, etc., and converts them into pulse signals generated by the slave unit S _1. f Restore to _s1 and take out.

Next, this pulse signal f _s1 is input to the signal processing device 8 provided in the base unit S ₀ .

As shown in FIG. 2, the pulse signal _fs1 input to the signal processing device 8 is sent to the central processing unit ₁₃ along with the reference time signal a generated at a constant period TT0 from the reference time signal generator ₁₀ via the diode D1. The number of pulses inputted to the CPU 1 and extracted during the reference time T when the reference time signal a is in the "1" state is stored in a predetermined location of the RAM 14 from the central processing unit 13 based on a program instruction from the ROM 15.

In other words, first, when you manually turn on the power of the main unit S ₀ ,
The program instructions shown in FIG. 3 contained in the ROM 15 are sequentially executed in synchronization with the clock from the clock pulse generator 16. Based on the instruction, all memory contents of the RAM 14 are reset in step 20. Next, in step 21, the handset identification number setting unit 9 sets the setting values 〓 ₁ to 〓 ₄ , for example 50; (digit); 2nd address and 3rd address; ... are sequentially stored in storage locations M0 and M1; M2 and M3...

Reference numeral 22 denotes a program connector which has no meaning as a program command, but is a signal provided for coupling with a program to be described later.

Next, in step 23, the reference time signal generator 10
It is determined whether the reference time signal a from the reference time signal a is in the "1" output state.

If the reference time signal a is in the "1" output state, it is determined in the next step 24 whether or not there is a pulse signal sent from the slave unit. If not, return to step 23 and repeat the same program steps. At this time, the pulse signal f _s1 from slave unit S ₁
is taken out into the main unit, its pulse 1
The slave unit S ₁ pulse storage location MA consists of address A (1st digit) and address B (2nd digit) of RAM 14,
Store in MB. After reading one input pulse signal, the program returns to the program connector 22, executes program steps 23 to 25 again, and reads the next input pulse. This operation continues while the reference time signal a is in the "1" state. As a result, A and B address memory locations
The number of pulses input while the reference time signal a is in the "1" state is stored in MA and MB in binary coded decimal notation. For example, if the number of input pulses at this time is 53 pulses, the memory location MA at address A will contain "0011" from the upper bit to the lower bit, and the memory location at address B will contain "0011" from the upper bit to the lower bit.
Similarly, "0101" is stored in the MB from the upper bit to the lower bit.

When the reference time signal a becomes "0", step 23
The judgment result in step 2 is NO, and the process branches to step 26.

Step 26 is the address C memory location MC of RAM14.
Determine whether there is a count flag.

This count flag is set and reset in the program steps described below.

If there is no count flag in the C address memory location MC, the process moves to the program connector 27.

In program step 29 of FIG. 4, the first digit value [MA] stored at address A among the pulses emitted from the handset and taken out within the reference time T is read out to Acc.

It is determined in step 30 whether this content is smaller than 4.

If the judgment result is YES in step 30, step
At 32, set [Acc] to 0 and store this in MA.

If the judgment result is NO, in step 31, [Acc] is set to 0 and stored in MA, and 1 is added to [MB], and the value is newly stored in MB.

As a result, the number of input pulses from the slave unit stored in MA and MB is rounded off and the values are newly input into MA and MB. That is, approximation processing is performed.

Next, in step 33, enter the second digit value [M1] of the setting value corresponding to slave unit _S1 set in the parent unit.
Read to Acc. This value [Acc] is 2 times the number of approximated input pulses stored in MA and MB.
Subtract from the digit value [MB] and put the difference in Acc.

In step 34, it is determined whether [Acc] is 0 or not. That is, it is determined whether the second digit of the setting value corresponding to slave unit S ₁ matches the second digit of the input pulse number approximate value, and if YES, the process advances to step 35, or NO.
If so, proceed to step 39.

In step 35, the memory contents at address 10 [M10] are set to 1.
is added and stored in M10, and taken out to Acc, and in step 36 it is determined whether the value has become 4 or not. That is, the match determination at step 34 is performed four times, and it is determined whether or not there is a match all four times. If the result is MYES, in step 37 the D address memory location is
Set 1 in MD to display the operation of slave unit _S1 , set 1 in C address memory location MC, and set 4
A count flag indicating that the times match is set and the process moves to the program connector 28. On the other hand, in the case of NO, the process directly moves to the program engaging element 28.

By the way, if the judgment result in step 34 is NO, the process moves to step 39, this time the memory contents of M3 [M3] are read into Acc, the difference between it and [MB] is stored in Acc, and in step 40, [Acc] is Determine whether it is 0 or not. That is, this time it is determined whether or not the setting value corresponding to slave unit _S2 matches the input pulse number approximate value.

If the result of the determination is YES, then in step 41 the number of matches is stored in the storage location 11 and at the same time taken out to Acc, and in step 42 it is determined whether the value has reached 4 or not. That is, the match determination in step 39 is performed four times, and it is determined whether or not there is a match all four times. If the result is YES, the step
At step 43, set 2 in the D address memory location MD to display the operation of slave unit S ₂ , set 1 in MC, set a count flag indicating that there has been a match four times, and move on to program connector 28. do. on the other hand
In the case of NO, the process directly moves to the program connector 28.

However, if it is determined NO in step 40, a program similar to the above program that identifies a series of slave units is executed to determine the approximate value of the input pulse number to be the set number corresponding to slave units S ₃ and S ₄ . Determine whether 〓 ₃ , 〓 ₄ match or not, and if they match, set 12
Add 1 to the memory contents of addresses 13 and 13 [M12] and [M13], and when the number reaches 4, each slave unit S ₃ and S ₄
The codes 3 and 4 representing 0 are set in the D address memory location MD, and the count flag MC is set to 1, and the program is transferred to the program connector 28. Furthermore, if the input pulse signal is not determined to have been emitted from the slave units S ₃ and S ₄ , the program connector 22
Return to

As described above, the information processing device executes a program in synchronization with a predetermined clock and approximates the number of pulses taken into the central processing unit 13 within each reference time T. If it matches one of the identification number setting values four times, the operation of the identified slave device is notified based on the identification result. The programs for this are shown in Figures 5 and 6 a, b, and 8.
The program shown in Figures a and b is a program for selecting the program to perform the notification operation corresponding to the identified slave device in Figure 5. Further, FIGS. 6a and 6b and FIGS. 8a and 8b show examples of the notification operation program selected in FIG. 5.

For example, the pulse input to the master unit is from slave unit _S1 , and as a result of executing the program shown in Figure 4,
Connector 28 from step 34 through steps 35 to 37
If the program proceeds to step 44, 1 is stored in MD, so when the program proceeds to the program shown in FIG. Execute the operating program.

That is, in step 52 of FIG. 6a, "1" representing a pronunciation mark is set in the fourth bit of MD. In the case of this embodiment, the number of handsets is four, so numbers are assigned corresponding to these handsets, and the number of identified handsets is determined by MD.
If set to , only 3 bits are used at most,
Since the 4th bit is empty, this bit is used to set the pronunciation mark, and there is no reason why it must be stored at the same location as the number of handset identification numbers.

As a result of setting the pronunciation mark in step 52, the memory content of the MD becomes "1001".

This stored content [MD] is extracted to Acc in step 53, and is outputted to the operation notification section 12 in step 54.

The operation notification unit 12 outputs a predetermined display lamp via the decoder 17, in this case the display lamp 19-1.
At the same time, the driving voltage of the speaker 18 is turned on. Next, in step 55, the contents of address 15 [M15] (value at this time is 0) are taken out to Acc, and 1 is added to the contents.

As will become clear from the description below, the memory locations from M15 to M18 of the RAM 14 store the number of times a sound pulse is generated, that is, the number of on/off times of the operation alarm.
M15 is designed to memorize and count in decimal notation.
is the first digit, M16 is the second digit, M17 is the third digit,
M18 stores the fourth digit in synchronization with a predetermined clock, and is configured to end the operation notification when a predetermined number of sound generation pulses have been generated, for example, 10,000 in this embodiment.

In step 56, the result of adding 1 to [M15] is 10.
If it has not reached 10, in step 57 the result of adding 1 in step 56 is stored in M15, and in the following step 58 the sounding pulse is turned off. When the sound generation pulse is turned off, the driving voltage of the speaker 18 is turned off. After executing step 58, the process returns to step 52 and repeats steps 52 to 58 until [M15] becomes 9.

As a result, as shown in FIG. 6c, the speaker drive voltage is turned on at step 54, this on state continues until step 58, and when it is turned off at step 58, the sound generation pulse continues until the off state returns to step 54. Generate P.

By the way, each of the above-mentioned steps actually consists of a plurality of steps, for example, steps 54 to 58.
and steps 58 to 54 each consist of 14 steps. The pulse generator 16 performs these steps.
When executed in synchronization with, for example, a 50 KHz clock extracted from the information processing means, a sounding pulse having an audio frequency of about 1.8 KHz in the audible frequency range, which is the output of the information processing means, is applied to the speaker 18.

In this way, by cycling through the cyclic program consisting of steps 52 to 58, sounding pulses P are generated, and the number of occurrences is sequentially stored in M15, and when the 10th sounding pulse P is generated, step 55 Therefore, [Acc] = 10, so step 56
If the judgment result is NO, the process moves to step 59. In step 59, set [Acc] to 0 and
By putting it in M15, pay [M15] to 0. Next, in step 60, set [M16] (value at this time is 0).
After taking it out and adding 1 to Acc, the sounding pulse is stopped in step 61. At step 62, [Acc] is 10.
, that is, the number of occurrences of the sounding pulse P.
It is determined whether or not the number of times has reached 100. If the number has not been reached, [Acc] is stored in M16 at step 62' and the process returns to step 52. Returning to step 52, the steps of the above-described cyclic program are cycled again. Every time the number of generation pulses reaches 10, the program moves from step 56 to step 62 via steps 59 to 61, and repeats the program from step 62 to return to step 52. At this time, the actual number of steps from step 54 to step 61 via step 56 is made equal to the number of steps from step 54 to 58. Eventually, when the number of generation pulses reaches 100, the program transitions to the program shown in FIG. 6b via the program connector 63.

At step 64 in Figure 6b, set [M16] to 0, and at step 65, move to the third digit memory location.
Take out [M17] from M17 and add 1 to Acc, and it is determined in step 66 whether the result reaches 10 or not. That is, in step 66, the sound pulse generation circuit
It is determined whether the pulse signal has reached 1000 or not. If it has not reached 1000, it is checked in step 66' and step 67 whether or not the pulse signal from other slave units is being input to the base unit. If the pulse signal from the machine is being input and has a higher priority than the operation notification of the slave machine, the count flag is reset and the process returns to the program shown in FIG. 3 via the program connector 22. However, if there is no signal input from another handset, or if there is signal input but the priority is lower than that of the handset that is currently notifying the operation, the program immediately returns to step 26 even if the program in Figure 3 is returned. Via the program connector 28, the program returns via program steps 44 and 45 of FIG. 5 to program step 52 of FIG. 6a. As a result, the heating pulse P is generated without interruption.

This operation can be carried out by increasing the number of times the sounding pulse P is generated.
It is executed repeatedly every time it reaches 100, and eventually reaches 1000.
When this is reached, the determination result at step 66 becomes NO, and the process moves to step 68.

At step 68, pay [M17] to 0 and step
At 69, take out the 4th digit [M18] to Acc and add 1 to it.
Step 70 to see if the result reaches 10
Judge by.

If the number of generation pulses P has not reached 10,000 and the judgment result in step 70 is YES, then in step 70' the [Acc] at this time is stored in M18, and then in step 67.
Then, the program executes the processing for the signal input from the other handset described above, and returns to the program shown in FIG.

In this way, the number of times the sound pulse P is generated is 10,000.
When reaching the specified number of sounding pulses, the generation of the specified number of sounding pulses is completed, and in order to end the operation notification of the slave unit in step 71, after resetting all [M10] to [M13], [MC] and [MD], step 67 is executed. After that, the program returns to step 23 in FIG. 3 and prepares for the next operation notification.

As described above, by executing the cyclic program shown in FIG. A predetermined operation notification sound is generated.

That is, the sound generation pulse P in the above explanation and in FIG.
As is clear from the waveform diagram, the on-time of the sounding pulse P, that is, the on-time of the speaker drive voltage, mainly depends on the time τ1 required to execute the steps from program step 54 to step 58 and the time _τ1 required to execute the steps from step 54 to step 61. The off _- time of the pulse P, that is, the off-time of the speaker drive voltage, is determined mainly by the time τ2 required to execute each step from step 58 to step 54 and the time _τ2 required to execute each step from step 58 to step 54. The time τ ₂₀ required to execute each step from step 61 to step 54 is determined. Therefore, if the number of steps executed during the speaker drive voltage on time and off time is approximately equal so that τ ₁ ≒ τ ₁₀ and τ ₂ ≒ τ ₂₀ , the first period of τ ₁ + τ ₂ can be A sound pulse with a nearly constant frequency can be obtained. However, the off time τ ₃ of the sound pulse generated every 100 sounds is a little longer because it goes through steps 62, 66, 67, 23, 28, 44, 45, etc. for identifying other priority slave units, and then reaches step 54. become, again
The off time τ ₄ of the sounding pulses generated every 1000 pulses passes through steps 62, 66, 70, 67, 23, 28, 44, 45, etc., and reaches step 54, so the on-time The off period is a second period of τ ₁ +τ ₃ , but since the number of times these pulses are generated is small, overall, the sounding frequency is heard to be almost constant, making it difficult to distinguish clearly.

To make this clear, the durations of the sounding pulses in the first and second periods may be made equally long. An embodiment for this purpose will be explained with reference to FIGS. 8a, b, and c.

First, the base unit receives the signal sent from the slave unit,
As a result of identifying the slave unit based on the programs shown in Figs. 3 and 4, if the signal is determined to be from slave unit _S3 , the MD is set to 3, that is, from the upper bit to the lower bit, “0011 '' is stored, the program moves to the program shown in FIG.

When moving to the fifth program, step 44,
After 46, the judgment result is YES in step 48,
A transition is made via the program connector 49 to the program of FIG. 8a.

When moving to the program shown in Figure 8a, the steps
At step 100, it is determined whether a signal for resetting the operation notification is being applied to the device from the outside. This step is provided to give top priority to the operation notification of the slave unit _S3 , and to continue the operation notification once it is performed unless it is manually stopped from the outside. When a reset signal is applied from the outside, in step 101, [MD], [MC], etc. are all set to 0, and the operation of the operation notification means is immediately stopped. On the other hand, if the reset does not occur, the steps
At step 102, it is determined whether or not there is a 1 in the third bit of the 27th memory location M27.

In this program, M25 to M28 are used to store the number of generation of sound pulses of slave unit _S3 .

Step 102 is a step for sequentially storing the number of times the sound pulses are generated, and changing the generation cycle of the sound pulses when the value becomes 1 in the third bit of M27, which represents the third digit of the binary coded decimal number. . When step 102 is executed for the first time, the memory contents [M25] to [M28] are all 0, so the judgment result becomes NO and the process moves to step 103.

Since each step is executed in synchronization with, for example, a 50KHz pulse taken out from the clock pulse generator 16, it is clear from the description below that by providing empty steps 103 to 104, which do not execute any program instructions, as i-steps, Extend the sound pulse off period so that

After passing through step 104 and proceeding to step 105, the fourth bit of MD is set to 1, which represents a pronunciation mark. As a result, the memory content [MD] becomes "1011" from the upper bit to the lower bit. This is taken out as Acc in step 106 and outputted to the operation notification section 12 in step 107, thereby lighting up the display 19-3 corresponding to the slave unit _S3 via the decoder 17. At the same time, the drive voltage for the speaker 19 is turned on.

Steps 108 to 109 to be executed next are also steps of i empty instructions, which are provided to make the sound pulse on period equal in duration to the sound pulse off period.

After going through step 109, the program returns to connector 110
The process then proceeds to step 111 in FIG. 8b. In step 111, the memory contents at address 25 [M25], which stores the first digit of the number of generation pulses, are retrieved to Acc, 1 is added thereto, and whether or not the result reaches 10 is determined in step 112. If the number of generation pulses does not reach 10, the number is counted in step 113.
It is stored in M25, and the sound generation pulse is stopped in step 114. By executing step 114, the drive voltage for the speaker 19 is turned off. Thereafter, the program returns again to FIG. 8a via the connector 115 and repeats steps 100 and subsequent steps described above.
As a result, as shown in FIG.
A sounding pulse P which is turned off at a certain period is generated in accordance with the number of steps intervening therebetween.

In this way, the program steps from step 102 to step 114 and back to step 100 are repeatedly executed, and when the number of generation pulses reaches 10,
The determination result at step 112 is NO, and the process moves to step 116.

In step 116, set [Acc] to 0 and do this.
By storing in M25, the memory contents [M25] of memory M25 are set to 0. Next, in step 117, [M26] is taken out to Acc and 1 is added to it.
After stopping the sound generation pulse in step 118, in step 119, the result of adding 1 to [M26], that is, the second digit value of the number of sound generation pulses, is extracted to Acc, and it is determined whether this has reached 10 or not. do. As a result, if the number of generation pulses has not reached 100, the current number is stored in M26 in step 120, and then the process returns to step 100 in FIG. 8a via connector 115. The program operation that returns from step 120 to step 100 via connector 115 is performed every time the number of generation pulses reaches ten.

Repeat this program operation, and when the number of pulses generated reaches 100, the next step will start.
Move from step 119 to step 121.

In steps 121 to 123, almost the same operations as in the case of the second digit are performed. That is, in step 121
Pay the contents of M26 to 0, and at step 122 [M27]
is extracted to Acc, and in step 123 it is determined whether the value has reached 10, that is, whether the number of generation pulses has reached 1000. If not, in step 124, the number of generation pulses at that time is determined. M27 times
After the program has been stored, the process returns to step 100 via program connector 115.

In this way, in the process of executing the operation notification program and generating sound pulses, when the number of sound pulses generated reaches 400, M27 is executed in step 124.
1 is stored in the 3rd bit of the step.
Detected in 102. As a result, the judgment result in step 102 becomes YES, and the process moves to step 125. Steps 125-126 are similar to steps 103-104 described above.
An empty command program step provided for adjusting the sound pulse/off period, in which a number j of steps different from the number of steps i described above is provided in order to change the sound pulse frequency and change the audio frequency from the speaker 19. .

After going through steps 125 to 126 of this empty command, in steps 127 to 129, the same operation as performed in steps 105 to 107 is executed, and then the tone generation pulse on period at this time is changed to a period equal to the tone generation pulse off period. j empty command steps provided to adjust the width
After steps 130 and 131, the process moves to step 111 in FIG. 8b.

When moving to step 111, as mentioned above, 1
Add 1 to the memory contents of the digit [M25] and step
112 to determine whether it is 9 or less, and the judgment result
If YES, the value is stored in M25 in step 113, the sound generation pulse is stopped in step 114, and the process returns to step 100 via connector 115. Thereafter, the steps from step 102 to steps 125 to 131 are repeated, and as shown in FIG.
Repeatedly generate a sound pulse that turns off with
The process moves from step 112 to step 116. After proceeding to step 116, the process returns to step 100 via step 119 and step 120. This operation is repeated every 10th time that a sounding pulse is generated, and then every 100th time that a sounding pulse is generated, the process moves from step 119 to step 121, and continues through steps 123 and 124.
The program operation returns to 100, and when the number of generation pulses reaches 800, the 1 in the third bit of memory M27 changes to 0, so the judgment result at step 102 becomes NO, and the program goes through steps 103 to 109 again. Begins to perform actions.

Eventually, when the number of generation pulses reaches 1000, the judgment result at step 123 becomes NO, and the operation of returning to step 100 via steps 132 to 135 is repeated every 1000 times until the number of generation pulses reaches 10000. do.

When the number of generation pulses reaches 1400, it will change to 3 again.
1 is stored in the third bit of the memory M27 for storing the digit, and the program operation for generating sound pulses is switched to an operation that goes through steps 125-131.

The program operation for generating sound pulses through steps 103 to 109 and step 125 are as follows.
〜131 The number of pulse generation times is 0〜
339, 400 to 799, 800 to 1399, 1400 to 1799, etc. Repeatedly and alternately.

As a result, an operation notification sound of a predetermined audio frequency is generated for a predetermined period of time, and an operation notification sound of another predetermined audio frequency is generated for another predetermined period of time.

For example, assume that a one-step instruction is executed synchronously with a 50KHz clock. At this time, by providing an appropriate number of empty command steps before and after the sound generation pulse start step 107, the step
The number of steps of the sound generation pulse generation program executed via steps 103 to 109 is set to 30 steps. As a result, the sound generation pulse generation frequency becomes 50/30≈1.8KHz, which is the first period within the audible frequency range.
On the other hand, by providing an appropriate number of empty command steps before and after the sound pulse start step 129, the number of steps of the sound pulse generation program executed via steps 125 to 131 is set to 50 steps. In this case, the sound generation pulse generation frequency becomes 50/50=1 KHz, which is the second period within the audible frequency range. Therefore, the sounding pulses of 1.8KHz and 1KHz frequencies take 600 hours and 400 step times respectively, i.e.
Occurs alternately at 0.36sec and 0.24sec.

In this manner, by executing the programs shown in FIG.
The process returns to step 100 via the transfer connector 115.
At this time, all of the memories M25 to M28 are in the 0 state, so it is determined in step 100 whether or not there is a reset signal, and unless a reset is performed externally, the process moves to step 102 and the process described above is performed. Repeat a series of actions. If a reset is applied from outside, the program moves to step 101, resets [MD], [MC], etc., completes the operation notification to slave unit _S3 , and returns to program step 23 in FIG.

In addition, Fig. 6 a, b and Fig. 8 a, b explained above
It goes without saying that the operation notification program is merely an example, and that various notification sounds can be created by appropriately setting the sounding pulse period, the interval between generating and stopping the sounding pulse, or the generating interval of the sounding pulse with a different cycle.

In addition, the sound pulses obtained corresponding to each child unit in this way not only drive the speakers, but also
In addition to the indicator lamp, an indicator lamp provided corresponding to each slave unit may be flickered at a frequency specific to the slave unit.

Furthermore, in the above embodiment, in order to identify the operation of the slave unit by the base unit, the slave unit generates a pulse with a frequency unique to the slave unit, which is received by the base unit, and is extracted within a reference time. The number of pulses generated is processed by the program shown in FIGS. 3 and 4 to identify the operating slave device, but this is just an example, and the present invention is not limited to this. A frequency signal unique to the slave unit sent from the slave unit is identified by a filter, or a coded pulse unique to the slave unit is sent from the slave unit.
The parent device can identify the child device according to the code, etc.
The handset identification means can be arbitrarily designed.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, there is provided an information processing apparatus including a slave unit having a detector for detecting a predetermined state change, an information storage means, a program storage means, and a clock pulse generation means, and the information processing apparatus. a master device having an operation alarm activated by the output of the device; means for the information processing device to execute an operation for identifying the operating state of the slave device in synchronization with a predetermined clock of the clock pulse generating means;
a first means for performing an operation of turning on and off the operation alarm at a first cycle within an audible frequency range based on the identification result in synchronization with the predetermined clock;
a second means for performing an operation of turning on and off the motion alarm at a second cycle within an audible frequency range in synchronization with the predetermined clock; and information on the number of times the motion alarm is turned on and off in binary notation. an operation for storing and counting in a storage means for the clock, a means for performing the counting in synchronization with the predetermined clock, and a predetermined bit of the count value by the means is 1.
and means for determining whether or not the information processing device is operating, and selecting and operating either the first means or the second means in synchronization with the predetermined clock, the information processing device directly notifying the operation. Since the device is turned on and off at predetermined intervals, there is no need to provide a separate oscillator outside the information processing device for each slave device to notify the operation of each slave device. It is possible to directly drive an operation alarm such as a speaker.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of the operation notification device to which the present invention is applied, Fig. 2a is a block diagram of the main unit, and Fig. 2b is a partially enlarged view of the slave unit identification number setting section in the main unit. , FIGS. 3 and 4 are flowcharts for explaining the handset identification operation performed by the base unit, and FIGS. 5 and 6 a and b show the operation of a predetermined handset based on the operation result. FIG. 6c is a flowchart for explaining an example of notification, and FIG. A partial configuration diagram for explaining the structure of the memory provided in the base unit, FIGS. 8a and 8b are flowcharts for explaining other operation notification examples, and FIG. 8c is based on the flowchart. FIG. 6 is a waveform diagram showing the relationship between the sound pulse generated when the operation notification is performed, the program step, and the number of times the sound pulse is generated. 9...Slave device identification number setting section, 10...Reference time signal generation section, 11...Microcomputer, 12
...Operation notification unit, 13...Central processing unit, 14...
...Random Access Memory (RAM), 15
...Read-only memory (ROM), 16
...Clock pulse generator, 17...Decoder,
18...Speaker, 19...Display lamp.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. An information processing device equipped with a slave unit having a detector for detecting a predetermined state change, an information storage means, a program storage means, and a clock pulse generation means, and an information processing device operated by the output of the information processing device. the information processing apparatus includes means for executing an operation for identifying the operating state of the slave unit in synchronization with a predetermined clock of the clock pulse generating means; a first means for turning the motion alarm on and off in a first cycle within an audible frequency range in synchronization with the predetermined clock; a second means for performing an operation of turning on and off in synchronization with the predetermined clock; and a second means for performing an operation of turning on and off the operation alarm in synchronization with the predetermined clock; means for executing the count value, and an operation for selecting and operating either the first means or the second means by determining whether or not a predetermined bit of the count value is 1, in synchronization with the predetermined clock. 1. An operation notification device, comprising: means for executing the operation, and configured to cause the information processing device to directly turn on and off the operation notification device at different cycles at predetermined time intervals. 2. The operation notification device according to claim 1, wherein the information processing device is constituted by a microcomputer. 3. The operation notification device according to claim 1, wherein the operation notification device is comprised of a speaker or an indicator light. 4. In claim 1, the first and second means have empty command steps for turning on and off the operation alarm in first and second step cycles. Operation notification device.