JPH0669218B2 - In-hotel message transmission device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an in-hotel message transmission device having functions such as transmission of message information using a television co-listening line, memory, screen display, and response confirmation. .

[Prior art and its drawbacks]

Conventionally, there are some examples of a device for transmitting message information by a still image transmission device using a dedicated line, a communication broadcast system using a television common listening line, and the like.

However, at the information center of the hotel, create character information according to the content of the message received from the outside and send this information to each guest room in the hotel using the common listening line for TV signal transmission. And memory,
We have not seen an example of a comprehensive device in which various controls such as response confirmation and terminal designation are specifically performed by a computer.

[Object of the Invention]

The present invention has been made in view of these points, and the contents of the message received from the outside by telephone, document or the like is processed at the information center by using the TV co-listening line in the hotel, and it is displayed at the front desk. It can be sent to a number of installed computers and can be referred to on the display screen attached to the computer or the printer at the front desk as well, in the guest room television on the terminal side.
While listening to TV broadcasting, or even when not listening, the LED display attached to the terminal converter blinks, and the recipient who recognizes this blinks the content on the television screen by performing a content inquiry operation. The message information can be displayed in characters or printed out on the attached printer, and even when the recipient is absent, the LED display section can continuously blink until the reset operation is performed, and multiple types of message information can be saved. It is an object of the present invention to provide an in-hotel message transmission device as described above.

Example of Invention

Hereinafter, details of the present invention will be described with reference to examples. The drawings show an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, the computer (A) 2 installed in the information center 1 responds to the message information received by telephone or in writing from the outside to the information center 1 in advance by the message file 3 of the computer (A) 2.
Create any message document using the keyboard of computer (A) 2 even if you select any key from the formatted documents that have been created and registered in, or even if there is no corresponding document in message file 3. However, the guest room number of the recipient is input from the keyboard and a transmission instruction is transmitted to the central processing unit 10 described later. Further, in this transmission operation, it is possible to arbitrarily select either transmission to one of the plurality of terminals or simultaneous transmission of the plurality of terminals as a group.

In the central processing unit 10, the data such as the message document and the room number of the recipient input by the computer (A) 2 via the interface 11 is installed in the computer other than the central processing unit 10 and the information center 1. (B) It is transmitted to 5a, 5b, 5c. The signal from the central processing unit 10 is transmitted to the computer (A) 2 and the computers (B) 5a, 5b and 5c. As a result, the computer (A) 2 and the computer (B)
By using 5a, 5b, 5c, the contents of the transmitted message and the data such as the response status on the terminal side can be referred to by the screen attached to the computer or the printer (B) 6a, 6b, 6c. . The message memory (A) 13 is a memory for storing the contents of the message transmitted from the computer (A) 2 to the terminal side until the message is surely received by each terminal. In CPU12, interface 1
It processes the data from the computer (A) 2 and the computers (B) 5a, 5b, 5c sent via 1 and the data signal from the terminal side. This CPU12 side data signal,
Modulation / demodulation with the RF signal on the television common line side is performed by a modulator / demodulator (modem) (A) 14.

The mixer 20 mixes the message information transmitted from the modulator / demodulator (A) 14 with the television signal 21 from the antenna, the amplifier or the transmission device of the independent broadcast, and the television common listening lines 22a and 22.
Send to b.

In each guest room 30, the receiving terminal of the television receiver 31 is cable-connected to the terminal device 32. In the terminal device 32, the television broadcast signal and the data signal are separated by the bidirectional filter 33. The television broadcast signal is converted into a specific channel by the converter 34 and then sent to the switch unit 35. On the other hand, the data signal is a modem (B) 36
And is converted into a baseband signal and then sent to the control unit 37. Upon receiving the message signal, the control unit 37 causes the LED lamp 39 provided in the operation unit 38 to blink in order to notify the receiver that there is a message. This will continue to blink until the recipient performs a display operation on the TV screen described later,
The data signal (message content) is stored in the message memory (B) 40.

When the recipient recognizes that there is a message by blinking the LED lamp 39 and wants to confirm the content,
The terminal device 32 to which the power of the television receiver 31 is linked is turned on, and the message call switch 41 is pressed. By these operations, the data signal stored in the message memory (B) 40 by the control unit 37 is transferred to the character generator 42.
Then, the character data signal is converted into a video signal by the modulator 43, and at the same time, the switch unit 35 for switching between the television broadcast and the message information is controlled by the control unit 37 on the modulator side.
Switch to S2 and display the contents of the message information in characters on the TV screen.

Multiple messages are received in the message memory (B) 40,
Message save switch 41 if saved
By repeatedly pressing, the screen is displayed on the TV screen in sequence. If the user wants to print this content, he / she presses the print switch 44 to print it on the attached printer 45.

When the recipient has confirmed all the messages, he or she presses the reset switch 46. As a result, the LED lamp 39 is turned off by the control unit 37, and the reset response signal is converted into an upstream RF signal by the modulator / demodulator (B) 36, and then the television common listening lines 22a and 22b and the mixer 20 are mixed. Through central processing unit 10
Is sent to the CPU 12. This processing state is referred to by the computer (A) 2 and the computers (B) 5a, 5b, 5c.

〔The invention's effect〕

Since the present invention is configured as described above, the following various effects can be obtained.

Television broadcasting and message information transmission can be configured by one transmission system.

Even when the television receiver 31 is off, the reception of a message can be notified by blinking the LED lamp 39. In addition, even if a guest of the hotel is sent a message while he is out, when he returns to the room from where he is going
By blinking the D lamp 39, you can immediately know that a message has arrived. Therefore, the call switch
By operating 41, the message stored in the message memory (B) 40 is read out and the television receiver 31
Since it is displayed in, the message contents can be confirmed immediately.

In response to receiving a message from the outside, a message document that has been formatted in advance at the information center 1 can be transmitted to the terminal side by a simple key operation.

Even if it doesn't fit in the formatted document,
You can create and send any document with the keyboard.

The message can be transmitted individually for each terminal or collectively for a plurality of terminals.

Computers (B) 5a, 5b, 5c installed on the front side other than the information center 1 can also refer to and print out the message contents.

The contents of the message can be stored in memory until the reset switch 46 is pressed on the terminal side.

The recipient can confirm the contents of a plurality of types of messages on the television screen or by printing them out by a simple operation of the terminal device 32.

Create message documents, send messages, save message contents, switch between TV broadcast and message information,
Calling message contents, response signal processing for content confirmation,
Computer (A) 2 is used for processing such as releasing memory contents.
Data can be comprehensively processed by the computers (B) 5a, 5b, 5c, the central processing unit 10 and the control unit 37.

[Brief description of drawings]

1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an in-hotel message transmission device according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... Information center, 2 ... Computer (A), 3 ... Message file, 5a, 5b, 5c ... Computer (B), 10 ... Central processing unit, 12 ... CPU, 13
...... Message memory (A), 14 …… Modulator / demodulator (modem) (A), 20 …… Mixer, 30 …… Room, 31 …… TV receiver, 32 …… Terminal device, 34 …… Converter, 35 ...... Switch, 36 …… Modem (Modem) (B), 37 …… Controller, 38 …… Operating section, 39 …… LED lamp, 40 …… Message memory (B), 41 …… Message call switch,
42 …… Character generator, 43 …… Modulator, 45 …… Printer.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor Takashi Oyano 1406 Hasunuma, Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture Yagi Antenna Co., Ltd. Omiya Plant (72) Inventor Satoshi Sato 1406 Hasunuma, Omiya City, Saitama Prefecture Omiya Plant Co., Ltd. 72) Inventor Kaoru Suda 1406 Hasunuma, Omiya-shi, Saitama, Yagi Antenna Co., Ltd. Omiya Plant (72) Inventor Osamu Ryomiya 1406 Hasunuma, Omiya, Saitama Yagi Antenna Co., Ltd., Omiya Plant (72) Inventor Takao Akiyama Tokyo 1-6-10 Kanda, Chiyoda-ku, Yagi Antenna Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Shigeru Sakurai 2-7-1, Yoyogi, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo Sunroute Hotel System Co., Ltd. (56) Reference Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. Sho 59 -8486 (JP, A) JP-A-56-47178 (JP, A)

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. An in-hotel message transmission device for transmitting a message from an information center of a hotel to a television receiver installed in each guest room via a television common line, creating a message document and pre-formatting the message document. A computer (A) installed in an information center that centrally manages message information, and a computer installed in a place different from this computer (A) (B), a CPU that processes the data signal from the computer (A) and the computer (B) and the data signal from the terminal side, and receives the data signal from the computer (A) to the computer (B) The data signal from the CPU is received at the same time as it is transmitted. (A) and an interface for sending to a computer (B), a memory (A) for storing the signal processed by the CPU until a cancellation instruction is given, and a baseband signal from the CPU is converted into an RF signal, and A central processing unit having a modem (A) for converting an upstream RF signal into a baseband signal, and a mixer for mixing a signal sent from the central processing unit and a television signal and sending the mixture to a television common listening line. A converter provided corresponding to the television receiver in each guest room, which receives a signal from the television common listening line and converts a television signal into a specific channel, which is transmitted from the central processing unit.
A modem (B) that demodulates an RF signal into a baseband signal and also modulates a baseband signal into an RF signal, control for switching between television signal and message screen display, character screen display, or printout control, And a control unit for controlling operation signals, a message memory (B) for storing message data received by the control unit, a character generator for generating a character display signal under the control of the control unit, and the character generator. A modulator for converting a character display signal from the device into a video signal, a display unit for displaying that the message data is received and stored, a message call switch for instructing a message call, and the operation of the call switch The message data stored in the message memory (B) is read out and displayed on the television receiver. An in-hotel message transmission device, comprising: a terminal device having a message display means for displaying.