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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2009
Mitsuo Yokohata, Osaka, JP;
Hirozumi Nakamura, Nara, JP;
Tadanori Shirasawa, Nara, JP;
Kazuo Kubo, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsuo Namba, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuo Yokohata, Osaka, JP;
Hirozumi Nakamura, Nara, JP;
Tadanori Shirasawa, Nara, JP;
Kazuo Kubo, Hyogo, JP;
Mitsuo Namba, Tokyo, JP;
Hisashi Saito, Tokyo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
Setting safety function, as appropriate, according to a user environment is enabled, thereby enhancing safety function. According to selection information from a safety function selection unit, a function setting unitsets arbitrary function among a plurality of functions as safety function pertaining to usage of a gas. When operating conditions for safety function are fulfilled, a monitoring unitdetects malfunction, which would arise during usage of a gas, and outputs a safety signal to a control unitin accordance with the set safety function. In accordance with a safety signal from the monitoring unit, the control unitcuts off a gas supply when an event fulfilling operating conditions for the set function has arisen. When an event fulfilling operating conditions for an unset function has arisen, a communication unitreports occurrence of malfunction pertaining to unset function to the monitoring center