Monitoring system and input/output device thereof

• US 8,289,128 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2009
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hsieh, Ming-Chih
• Primary Examiner(s): Bugg, George
• Assistant Examiner(s): Obiniyi, Paul
• Application Number:
  US12/641,230
• Publication Number:
  US 20110102128A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: 340/3.1, 340/425.5, 340/426.16, 340/426.25, 340/426.1, 340/426.24, 340/501, 340/506, 340/521, 340/522, 340/541, 340/568.1, 340/573.1, 340/539.22
• US Class Current: 340/3.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/22 Electrical actuation
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 21/185 Electrical failure alarms

Abstract

A monitoring system includes a controller, a plurality of sensors, a plurality of alarms, and a plurality of input/output devices. Each input/output device is connected between the controller and a sensor or an alarm. Each input/output device includes an input circuit, an output circuit, and a connector. The input circuit and the output circuit are connected between the controller and the connector. The connector is further selectively connected to a sensor or an alarm and a DC power in series. The controller controls a status of the input circuit and the output circuit. When the connector is connected to the alarm, the input circuit does not operate. The controller outputs a motion signal to the alarm via the output circuit. When the connector is connected to the sensor, the output circuit does not operate. The sensor outputs a detection signal to the controller via the input circuit.

Claims

1. A monitoring system comprising a controller, a plurality of sensors, a plurality of alarms, and a plurality of input/output devices;

wherein each input/output device is connected between the controller and one of the plurality of sensors or one of the plurality of alarms, each input/output device comprises an input circuit, an output circuit, and a connector, the input circuit and the output circuit are connected between the controller and the connector, the connector is further selectively connected to one of the plurality of sensors or one of the plurality of alarms and a DC power in series; and

wherein the controller controls a status of the input circuit and the output circuit, upon the condition that the connector is connected to the alarm, the input circuit does not operate, the controller outputs a motion signal to the alarm via the output circuit;

upon the condition that the connector is connected to the sensor, the output circuit does not operate, the sensor outputs a detection signal to the controller via the input circuit;

wherein the input circuit comprises a first MOSFET, a first diode, a second diode, and a first relay, a gate of the first MOSFET is connected to a first terminal of the controller, a source of the first MOSFET is grounded, a drain of the first MOSFET is connected to an anode of the first diode, a cathode of the first diode is connected to a power source;

wherein the first relay comprises a first coil, a first switch, and a second switch, a first terminal of the first coil is connected to the power source, a second terminal of the coil is connected to the drain of the MOSFET, a first terminal of the first switch is connected to a first terminal of the connector, a second terminal of the first switch is connected to a cathode of the second diode, an anode of the second diode is connected to the power source, a first terminal of the second switch is connected to a second terminal of the connector, a second terminal of the second switch is connected to a second terminal of the controller.

2. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the first MOSFET is an n-type MOSFET.

3. The monitoring system of claim 1, wherein the output circuit comprises a second MOSFET, a third diode, a second relay, and a trigger;

wherein the second relay comprises a second coil and a third switch, a first terminal of the second coil is connected to the power source, a second terminal of the second coil is connected to a third terminal of the controller, an anode of the third diode, and a drain of the second MOSFET;

a cathode of the third diode is connected to the power source, a first terminal of the third switch is connected to the first terminal of the connector, a second terminal of the third switch is connected to the second terminal of the connector;

a source of the second MOSFET is grounded, a gate of the second MOSFET is connected to the first terminal of the trigger, a second terminal of the trigger is connected to the second terminal of the switch and the second terminal of the controller, a third terminal of the trigger is connected to a fourth terminal of the controller, a fourth terminal of the trigger is connected to the power source via a first resistor, a fifth terminal of the trigger is connected to the power source, and grounded via a first capacitor, a sixth terminal of the trigger is idle, a seventh terminal of the trigger is connected to the power via a second resistor, and grounded via a second capacitor, an eighth terminal of the trigger is grounded.

4. The monitoring system of claim 3, wherein the second MOSFET is an n-type MOSFET.

5. An input/output device comprising an input circuit, an output circuit, and a connector, wherein the input circuit and the output circuit are connected between a controller and the connector, the connector is further selectively connected to one of a plurality of sensors or one of a plurality of alarms and a DC power in series;

and wherein the controller controls a status of the input circuit and the output circuit, upon the condition that the connector is connected to the alarm, the input circuit does not operate, the controller outputs a motion signal to the alarm via the output circuit;

upon the condition that the connector is connected to the sensor, the output circuit does not operate, the sensor outputs a detection signal to the controller via the input circuit;

wherein the input circuit comprises a first MOSFET, a first diode, a second diode, and a first relay, a gate of the first MOSFET is connected to a first terminal of the controller, a source of the first MOSFET is grounded, a drain of the first MOSFET is connected to an anode of the first diode, a cathode of the first diode is connected to a power source;

wherein the first relay comprises a first coil, a first switch, and a second switch, a first terminal of the first coil is connected to the power source, a second terminal of the coil is connected to the drain of the MOSFET, a first terminal of the first switch is connected to a first terminal of the connector, a second terminal of the first switch is connected to a cathode of the second diode, an anode of the second diode is connected to the power source, a first terminal of the second switch is connected to a second terminal of the connector, a second terminal of the second switch is connected to a second terminal of the controller.

6. The input/output device of claim 5, wherein the first MOSFET is an n-type MOSFET.

7. The input/output device of claim 5, wherein the output circuit comprises a second MOSFET, a third diode, a second relay, and a trigger;

wherein the second relay comprises a second coil and a third switch, a first terminal of the second coil is connected to the power source, a second terminal of the second coil is connected to a third terminal of the controller, an anode of the third diode, and a drain of the second MOSFET;

a cathode of the third diode is connected to the power source, a first terminal of the third switch is connected to the first terminal of the connector, a second terminal of the third switch is connected to the second terminal of the connector;

a source of the second MOSFET is grounded, a gate of the second MOSFET is connected to the first terminal of the trigger, a second terminal of the trigger is connected to the second terminal of the switch and the second terminal of the controller, a third terminal of the trigger is connected to a fourth terminal of the controller, a fourth terminal of the trigger is connected to the power source via a first resistor, a fifth terminal of the trigger is connected to the power source, and grounded via a first capacitor, a sixth terminal of the trigger is idle, a seventh terminal of the trigger is connected to the power via a second resistor, and grounded via a second capacitor, an eighth terminal of the trigger is grounded.

8. The input/output device of claim 7, wherein the second MOSFET is an n-type MOSFET.