JPH0678065A - Telecontrol/telemonitor system using home telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a telecontrol/telemonitor system capable of surely checking a room sound to be monitored from a line wire by using a home telephone system. CONSTITUTION:In the telecontrol/telemonitor system connecting a telecontrol/ telemonitor unit 10 capable of remotely controlling apparatuses in respective rooms and monitoring the operating states of these apparatuses by voice to plural room telephone sets 18a to 18c connected to a line wire 1 through a main control board 13 by using bus lines 20, the plural room telephone sets 18a to 18c connected to the bus lines 20, arranged in respective rooms and provided with sound collecting microphones 19a to 19c are connected to the unit 10 and the power supplies of the microphones 19a to 19c in the telephone sets 18a to 18c in respective rooms are switched and remotely controlled from the line wire 1 through the unit 10.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telecon / telemonitor system using a home telephone system capable of driving a telephone installed in each room from an outside line to monitor the room sound.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Recently, HA devices have been gradually used in homes, and a typical example thereof is a teleconverter / telemonitor system. Such a tele-con / tele-monitor system allows a home away from home to be operated remotely from an external telephone or to know the indoor situation. The basic configuration is as follows. , Shown in FIG.

The structure of such a teleconverter / telemonitor system will be described with reference to FIG. 4 by operating a push button from an external push-type telephone set 14.
When a call is made to the telemonitor unit 10, this signal is sent from the telephone station 15 to the main control panel 13 through the protector 16 and the dividers 17 and 17, so that the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10 is called and called. In the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10, a message by voice synthesis is returned to control the control load 12 corresponding to the control signal input through the telephone set 14 through the relay control panel 11 or the operating state of the control load 12. Has a function of replying by voice.

In addition, the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10
The room sound can be monitored by an outside line from the sound collecting microphone 10a provided in the. Incidentally, reference numeral 18
Shows an indoor telephone connected to the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10.

[0005]

However, in the above-mentioned teleconverter / telemonitor system, the sound collecting microphone 1 provided in the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10 is used.
There is a problem that only the room sound from 0a can be monitored. That is, one tele-converter / tele-monitor unit 10 may be installed at home, but the room in which the tele-converter / tele-monitor unit 10 is installed is not necessarily the room to be monitored.
If the place where the tele-monitor unit 10 is installed is defined, there is a problem that the situation of the room to be monitored cannot be confirmed by ear.

Further, the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10
Since it is rarely operated by humans, it may be installed in an inconspicuous place indoors, but there is a problem in that this installed place does not always match the place to be monitored. The present invention makes it possible to reliably confirm the condition of the room to be monitored from the outside line with the ear, and
It is an object of the present invention to provide a teleconverter / telemonitor system that uses a home telephone system in which the installation location of the telemonitor unit can be freely selected.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plurality of indoor telephones connected to an outside line via a main control panel, and an air conditioner and a lighting device installed in a room. In a tele-con / tele-monitor system in which a tele-con / tele-monitor unit capable of remotely operating the device by a communication terminal device such as a telephone and voice-monitoring the operating state of these indoor devices is connected by a bus line, In the teleconverter / telemonitor unit,
A plurality of indoor telephones connected to the above-mentioned bus line and installed in each room and each equipped with a sound collecting microphone are connected, and the inside of each room is connected from the outside line by a communication terminal device such as a telephone through this telecon / telemonitor unit. It is characterized in that the room sound from the sound collecting microphone of the selected indoor telephone can be monitored by switching the power source of the sound collecting microphone of the telephone and performing remote control.

[0008]

[Function] Since a plurality of indoor telephones connected to the bus line and installed in each room and equipped with a sound collecting microphone are connected to the teleconverter / telemonitor unit, the sound collecting microphone power source of the indoor telephones in each room is connected from the outside line. By performing the switching remote operation, the room sound captured by the sound collecting microphone of the selected room telephone can be monitored from the outside line, and thus the sound in the room to be monitored can be grasped by the outside line by the ear. Therefore, since the installation place of the teleconverter / telemonitor unit is not limited, the installation place of the teleconverter / telemonitor unit can be freely selected.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT An embodiment of a teleconverter / telemonitor system using a home telephone system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of a teleconverter / telemonitor system using a home telephone system according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a second embodiment of a teleconverter / telemonitor system using a home telephone system according to the present invention. Is a block diagram of FIG. 3, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operating state of a teleconverter / telemonitor system using a home telephone system according to the present invention.

In the first embodiment shown in FIG. 1, two outside lines 1 and 2 are connected to a main control board (HBC) 13, and three main telephones 18a, 18b, are connected to the main control board 13.
The bus line 20 includes an 18c and a telecon / telemonitor unit 10 that can remotely control devices such as an air conditioner and a lighting device installed in a room, and can monitor the operating states of the devices in the room by voice. Connected by.

To the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10, the three indoor telephones 18a, 18b, 18c each having sound collecting microphones 19a, 19b, 19c are connected. The power sources (not shown) of the sound collecting microphones 19a, 19b, and 19c in the indoor telephones 18a, 18b, and 18c are configured so that they can be remotely turned on / off via the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10 from an outside line. There is.

In the second embodiment shown in FIG. 2, the switching of the power sources of the sound collecting microphones 19a, 19b, 19c in the three indoor telephones 18a, 18b, 18c is provided in the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10. On / off operation of the changeover switch (not shown) is performed by remote operation from an outside line. Next, the operating state of the teleconverter / telemonitor system using the home telephone system according to the present invention will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

First, the external push-type telephone 14 (see FIG. 2)
Operation push button (see, for example, # 06-78)
(Pressing 4-2564) to call the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10 (step 1). Teleconverter /
When there is a response from the telemonitor unit 10, a command is sent according to this message (for example, the indoor telephone 1
8a, 18b, 18c, etc.), select the room sound monitor mode, and specify the extension number to be monitored (for example, 1 * where the extension number is the indoor telephone 18a). (Step 2 to Step 3).

Then, the indoor telephone 18a in the selected room
The sound collecting microphone 19a is turned on (step 4). When the power is turned on in this manner, the room sound selected from the external push-type telephone 14 handset is monitored via the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10, and the state of the selected room can be grasped by the ear. Can be done (step 5).

If the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10
If there is no response when calling, the call is made until the time is up, but if the time is up, the call ends (steps 6 to 7). Also,
In FIG. 2, when controlling the control load 12, when a push button is operated from the external push-type telephone 14 to call the teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10, this signal is transmitted from the telephone station 15 to the protector 16. , Divider 1
The teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10 is sent to the main control panel 13 through 7, 17 and the called teleconverter / telemonitor unit 10 returns a message by voice synthesis and is input through the telephone set 14. The control load 12 corresponding to the control signal (for example, # 00 * or the like) is controlled via the relay control panel 11, or the operating state of the control load 12 is returned by voice.

In the above embodiment, the indoor telephones 18a, 18b, 18c are installed in each room via the main control board 13, but the parent telephones connected to the main control board 13 and the indoor phones are provided in each room. It is also possible to connect the remote telephone and the remote control / telemonitor unit 10 and the main telephone to switch the power of the sound collecting microphone provided in the remote telephone in each room from the outside line to the remote control. Is.

In this case, the main telephone is controlled by the main control panel 13 to select the slave telephone, and the main control panel 13 is used.
There is a case where the parent telephone is called by and the child telephone is selected by controlling the parent telephone.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, the room sound to be monitored can be surely confirmed from the outside by the ear, and the location of the teleconverter / telemonitor unit can be freely selected. And so on.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a first embodiment of a teleconverter / telemonitor system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a second embodiment of the teleconverter / telemonitor system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing an operating state of the teleconverter / telemonitor system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a conventional teleconverter / telemonitor system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1, 2 External line 10 Tele-converter / tele-monitor unit 13 Main control panel 18a, 18b, 18c Indoor telephone 19a, 19b, 19c Sound collecting microphone 20 Bus line

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A plurality of indoor telephones connected to an outside line via a main control panel, and equipment such as air conditioners and lighting equipment installed indoors are remotely controlled by communication terminal equipment such as telephones, and these In a tele-converter / tele-monitor system in which a tele-converter / tele-monitor unit capable of voice-monitoring the operating state of equipment in the room is connected by a bus line, the tele-converter / tele-monitor unit is connected to the bus line. A plurality of indoor telephones installed in each room, each equipped with a sound collection microphone, are connected, and the sound collection microphone power for the room telephones in each room is connected from the outside line to the communication terminal equipment such as a telephone via this teleconverter / telemonitor unit. By switching remotely, you can monitor the room sound from the sound collection microphone of the selected room phone. Telecon / telemonitor system using a home telephone system, which is characterized by being done.