KR100823080B1 - Controll apparatus for home automation system - Google Patents

Abstract

A control apparatus for a home automation system and a method thereof are provided to enable a visitor to select connection with a user through a call by transmitting a pre-designated guide voice to the visitor when the visitor operates a door phone during user's absence, thereby reducing communication costs of the user. A door lock controller(60) controls locking and opening of a digital door lock(100). A voice input/output unit(50) receives a voice of a visitor through a door phone(110), and outputs a transmitted voice. A memory(40) stores the voice of the visitor inputted through the voice input/output unit in a voice record database(42), and stores call connection database(46) including a phone number for communication with a user. A digital signal processor(20) forms the voice record database to be stored in the memory. The digital signal processor is connected with the voice input/output unit and the door lock controller to perform communication through the phone number of the call connection database through a DTMF(Dual Tone Multi Frequency) converter(30) when the visitor selects connection with the user through the door phone. After that, the digital signal processor transmits the voice of the visitor, stored in the voice record database stored in the memory, to the user through a phone(120).

Description

Control device for home automation system and control method thereof {CONTROLL APPARATUS FOR HOME AUTOMATION SYSTEM}

1 is a view for explaining the form of a home automation system configured using a control device according to the present invention;

2 is a block diagram of a control device for a home automation system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: Control device (for home automation system)

20: DTMF Converter

30: DSP

40: memory

42: voice record database

44: unit sound database

46: dial-up database

50: voice input and output unit

60: door lock control unit

100: digital door lock

110: door phone

120: phone

120 ': cell phone

200: Home Automation System

The present invention relates to a control apparatus for a home automation system and a control method thereof, and more particularly, a home which enables a relatively simple device to be configured and communicates with the visitor by the visitor's selection in the absence of the user. A control apparatus for an automation system and a control method thereof.

Recently, with the development of home automation technology, even in the home, security systems and home appliances (rice cookers, microwave ovens, etc.) can be remotely controlled by the Internet, allowing users to live as conveniently as possible. Currently developed home automation systems provide visitor identification, call and recording, guard room calls, intergenerational calls, security devices, hallway control, vehicle arrival and courier notifications.

Korean Laid-Open Patent Publication No. 2001-0098128 "Remote control apparatus and method of a mobile phone or a telephone interlocking door phone" means that a member of the household can call a visitor from a remote place, so that a dial tone or a pre-registered voice message is transmitted. It is proposed a technology that can open the door, or check the crime prevention and disaster prevention status in the household.

In addition, Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 10-2004-0096466 "Visitor check using a mobile communication terminal and real-time door lock control method by DTMF signal during a call" is automatically registered in advance in the absence of the owner when the visitor presses the call button After calling the owner's phone (mobile communication terminal or landline phone) to confirm the visitor directly by voice and video call between the owner and the visitor, it is proposed a method of controlling the door lock by injecting DTMF signals into the call path if necessary.

And Patent No. 10-0576797 "Home Automation Digital Door Lock System" can control the opening / closing of the door, as well as can be used in conjunction with the interphone, telephone used in the home, so that it can be controlled remotely I suggest a technique to do it.

However, according to the related art, regardless of the visitor's intention, when the visitor presses the door phone (used by the term including interphone, video phone, etc.), the user is connected to the user, so the user has to pay unnecessary communication and management fees. There is a problem. In addition, according to the related art, when the visitor presses the door phone, the user is configured to use the voice inputted by the user in advance, thereby increasing the memory capacity and increasing the cost of the device.

Therefore, the present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art, a control device for a new type of home automation system that can eliminate unnecessary communication charges by making a communication connection with the user if the visitor wants and control thereof It is an object to provide a method.

In addition, the present invention establishes a unit tone database consisting of unit sounds, and by using them to send out the necessary sentences to the visitor by configuring the configuration for the memory and voice processing more simply than the prior art, thereby reducing the cost of the device It is an object of the present invention to provide a control device and a control method for a new type of home automation system that can be lowered.

According to a feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention is connected to the digital door lock 100, the door phone 110, the telephone 120, the visitor in the absence of the user to operate the door phone 110 In the control device for the home automation system that transmits to the user through the phone 110, and allows the user to control the digital door lock 100, the locking and opening of the digital door lock 100 A door lock control unit 60 for controlling; A voice input / output unit 50 for receiving a visitor's voice through the door phone 110 and outputting the voice; A memory 40 storing a visitor's voice input through the voice input / output unit 50 to a voice recording database 42 and storing a telephone connection database 46 formed of a telephone number for a call with a user; ; The voice recording database 42 for storing in the memory 40 is formed, and the voice recording database 42 is connected to the voice input / output unit 50 and the door lock control unit 60 so that the visitor contacts the user through the door phone 110. When the connection is selected, communication is made to the telephone number of the telephone connection database 46 through the DFM converter 30, and the visitor stored in the voice recording database 42 stored in the memory 40 is connected. And a digital signal processing device 20 for transmitting voice to the user via the telephone 120.

In the control apparatus for a home automation system according to the present invention, the memory 40 further includes a unit tone database 44 including unit sounds, and the digital signal processing apparatus 20 includes the unit sounds. The unit sound may be extracted from the database 44 so that a sentence type voice message required by the visitor may be formed and transmitted.

According to another feature of the present invention for achieving the above object, the present invention is connected to the digital door lock 100, the door phone 110, the phone 120, the visitor in the absence of the user operates the door phone 110 In the control method for a home automation system for transmitting to the user through the phone 110, the user to control the digital door lock 100, the visitor through the door phone 110 First call button of the door phone 110 when the user wants to communicate with the user with a sentence indicating the absence of the user by extracting the unit sound from the unit sound database 44 stored in the memory 40 when calling the user Forming sentence-type voice data to press and transmitting the formed sentence to the door phone 110 through a voice input / output unit 50; When there is an input signal of the first designated button through the door phone 110 within a predetermined time, the user's telephone number is extracted from the dial-up database 46 stored in the memory 40, and then the DMP converter ( Through 30), the access is made to the extracted user's telephone number, and when the user is connected, the user and the visitor communicate.

In the control method for a home automation system according to the present invention, the transmitting of the formed sentence may include pressing a second designated button of the door phone 110 when the visitor wants to leave a message without making a call with the user. Forming sentence-type voice data for pressing a third designated button to terminate the process and leaving a message, and transmitting the formed sentence-type voice data to the door phone 110 through the voice input / output unit 50; When the input signal of the second designated button is input through the door phone 110 within a specified time, the voice input through the voice input / output unit 50 is formed into the voice recording database 42 to store the memory ( And storing in 40).

The control apparatus for the home automation system and the control method thereof according to the present invention transmits a predetermined guide voice to the visitor when the visitor operates the door phone when the user is absent so that the visitor can select to connect with the user through the telephone. do. Therefore, the visitor can try to talk to the user only when necessary, and can end by leaving a message if necessary. Therefore, the visitor can eliminate unnecessary communication charges compared to the conventional technology in which a telephone is immediately connected. There is an advantage that can reduce the communication cost of. In addition, the present invention builds a unit tone database consisting of unit sounds, and by using this to form and transmit the sentence-type speech data required by the visitor, compared to the prior art, the configuration for the memory and voice processing is more simply configured device Can lower the cost.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, and like reference numerals denote like elements for performing the same functions in FIGS. 1 and 2. On the other hand, the technology related to the conventional home automation system in each drawing corresponds to the configuration and operation commonly known to those skilled in the art, so that the illustration about this is briefly omitted or omitted, mainly shown in the parts related to the present invention. .

1 is a view for explaining the form of a home automation system configured using a control device according to the present invention, Figure 2 is a block diagram of a control device for a home automation system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to Figure 1, the control device 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention is connected to the digital door lock 100, the door phone 110, the phone 120, the visitor in the absence of the user the door phone 110 When activated, it is applied to the home automation system 200 which transmits to the user through the phone 110 and allows the user to control the digital door lock 100.

The control device 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention as described above can replace the functions such as visitor confirmation, call and recording, guard room call, intergenerational call, common entrance control and the like as a normal home automation system. While being configured, it is possible to reduce the additional cost and installation cost by utilizing the peripherals of the existing home automation system.

Referring to FIG. 2, the control device 10 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention may include a digital signal processing device 20, a DFM converter 30, a memory 40, a voice input / output unit 50, and a door lock control unit. It comprises 60. The door lock control unit 60 controls the locking and opening of the digital door lock 100. The voice input / output unit 50 receives the voice of the visitor through the door phone 110 and outputs the voice transmitted from the digital signal processing apparatus 20.

On the other hand, in the control device 10 according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the memory 40 stores the visitor's voice input through the voice input and output unit 50 to the voice recording database 42, and the call with the user A dial-up database 46 of telephone numbers is stored. The memory 40 includes a unit sound database 44 composed of unit sounds, and the digital signal processing apparatus 20 extracts unit sounds from the unit sound database 44 to send out sentences necessary for the visitor. Be sure to At this time, in the present invention, the unit sound refers to a voice code for making sentence-type speech data through voice synthesis in the digital signal processing plant 20.

On the other hand, the digital signal processor 20 forms a voice recording database 42 for storage in the memory 40. In addition, when the visitor selects a connection with the user through the door phone 110, the phone is connected to the voice input / output unit 50 and the door lock controller 60 through a dual tone multi-frequency (30). Communication is made to the telephone number of the connection database 46. The voice of the visitor stored in the voice recording database 42 stored in the memory 40 is transmitted to the user through the phone 120.

In this case, the digital signal processing apparatus 20 does not use a portmant synthesizer, a corpus-based synthesizer, or a learnable synthesizer for applying vocabulary necessary for a home automation system, and generates unit sounds from a unit sound database 44 formed by a voice code. Extract (Wav Files) to generate a sentence by speech combiner. Therefore, according to the present invention, the system can be configured more simply than in the prior art.

In addition, when the DFM converter 30 transmits the telephone number code data (binary) set by the digital signal processing apparatus 20, it generates a specific sound of the corresponding number and transmits it to the telephone station, and the telephone station analyzes the sound. To extract the number. That is, the DFM converter 30 functions to generate two frequencies at the same time when the telephone number code data is received to make a synthesized sound and send it to the telephone station. In addition, the digital signal processing apparatus 20 checks from time to time that the call is terminated without controlling the voice message exchanged with each other after the visitor and the user's telephone connection.

As such, the control device 10 of the present invention is configured to receive various single and voice data from various peripheral devices of the existing home automation, and thus, existing digital door locks, door cameras, interphones, door phones, and video phones. It can be used as it is without replacing home automation peripherals such as mobile phones and telephones, thereby lowering the cost burden in building a home automation system.

The control method of the control device for the home automation system according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention having such a configuration reduces the communication fee burden of the user since it is possible to connect with the user only when the visitor wants by a voice synthesis message unlike the conventional method. To help.

That is, referring to FIG. 2, in the control method according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention, when the visitor calls the user through the door phone 110, the unit sound is stored in the unit sound database 44 stored in the memory 40. A sentence to extract the sound to inform the absence of the user, a sentence to press the first designated button of the door phone 110 if you want to communicate with the user, and if the visitor wants to leave a message without making a call with the user The sentence data is formed by pressing the second designation button of the phone 110 and pressing the process of leaving a message and terminating the third designation button. In this case, although the first designation button, the second designation button, and the third designation button of the door phone 110 are not separately illustrated, such designation buttons may selectively use various function buttons provided in the door phone 110. You can do it. The sentence formed as described above transmits sentence type data formed by the door phone 110 through the voice input / output unit 50.

After the transmission of such a sentence, when there is an input signal of the first designated button through the door phone 110 within the designated time, the user's telephone number is extracted from the telephone connection database 46 stored in the memory 40. The connection is made to the user's telephone number extracted through the DFM converter 30, and the user and the visitor communicate when the connection is made. When the input signal of the second designated button is input through the door phone 110 within the designated time, the voice inputted through the voice input / output unit 50 is formed into the voice recording database 42 to store the memory 40. And the input signal of the third designation button is terminated.

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible not only to replace normal home automation functions such as visitor confirmation, call and recording, security room call, intergenerational call, and hallway control function, but also direct voice visitor's visit in remote place It can be checked through so that you can easily cope with emergencies. In addition, if a voice call is not made, the visitor's voice is recorded so that it can be checked remotely or later.

Looking at the function of the control device 10 according to the present embodiment, first, if there is a user in the house, it is possible to check the visitor with a door phone (110, in this case applied to the meaning including interphone, video phone) The door is opened and closed by controlling the digital door lock 100 through the door lock control unit 60. And, if there is no user in the house, the phone 120 supports the visitor confirmation and door opening and closing functions. At this time, when the visitor calls through the door phone 110, the digital signal processing device 20 of the control device 10 calls to the phone number stored in the memory 40, so that the visitor can talk to the visitor, and the user Open and close the door by remote control by inputting command of. On the other hand, if there is no connection to the telephone number stored in the memory 40 (the control device 10 according to the present embodiment is configured to call five telephone numbers sequentially), the reply message stored in the memory 40 Is automatically sent and stored in the voice message memory 40 of the visitor. The voice message is transmitted to the voice message service of the user's mobile phone.

As described above, a control apparatus and a control method for a home automation system according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention have been shown in accordance with the above description and drawings, but this is merely described, for example, and does not depart from the spirit of the present invention. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes and modifications can be made within the scope.

According to the control device for the home automation system of the present invention as described above, the control device for the home automation system and the control method thereof according to the present invention provides a predetermined guide to the visitor when the visitor operates the door phone when the user is absent. The voice is sent out so that the visitor can choose to connect with the user over the telephone. Therefore, the visitor can try to talk to the user only when necessary, and can end by leaving a message if necessary. Therefore, the visitor can eliminate unnecessary communication charges compared to the conventional technology in which a telephone is immediately connected. There is an advantage that can reduce the communication cost of. In addition, the present invention is to build a unit sound database consisting of unit sounds, and by using them to form a sentence necessary for visitors to be sent out, compared to the prior art configuration for the memory and voice processing more simply configured the cost of the device Can be lowered.

Claims (4)

It is connected to the digital door lock 100, the door phone 110, the phone 120 and transmitted to the user through the phone 110 when the visitor operated the door phone 110 in the absence of the user, the user is the digital In the control device for a home automation system to control the door lock 100, A door lock control unit 60 for controlling the locking and opening of the digital door lock 100; A voice input / output unit 50 for receiving a visitor's voice through the door phone 110 and outputting the voice; A memory 40 storing a visitor's voice input through the voice input / output unit 50 to a voice recording database 42 and storing a telephone connection database 46 formed of a telephone number for a call with a user; ; The voice recording database 42 for storing in the memory 40 is formed, and the voice recording database 42 is connected to the voice input / output unit 50 and the door lock control unit 60 so that the visitor contacts the user through the door phone 110. When the connection is selected, communication is made to the telephone number of the telephone connection database 46 through the DFM converter 30, and the visitor stored in the voice recording database 42 stored in the memory 40 is connected. And a digital signal processing device (20) for transmitting voice to the user through the telephone (120). The method of claim 1, The memory 40 further includes a unit sound database 44 composed of unit sounds, and the digital signal processing apparatus 20 extracts unit sounds from the unit sound database 44 to provide a sentence-type voice required for a visitor. Control device for a home automation system, characterized in that the data is sent. It is connected to the digital door lock 100, the door phone 110, the phone 120 and transmitted to the user through the phone 110 when the visitor operated the door phone 110 in the absence of the user, the user is the digital In the control method for a home automation system to control the door lock 100, When the visitor calls the user through the door phone 110, the unit sound is extracted from the unit sound database 44 stored in the memory 40 and the user wants to communicate with the user along with a sentence informing the user of the absence. Forming sentence-type voice data for pressing the first designated button of the door phone (110), and transmitting the sentence-type voice data to the door phone (110) through a voice input / output unit (50); When there is an input signal of the first designated button through the door phone 110 within a specified time, the user's telephone number is extracted from the dial-up database 46 stored in the memory 40, and the DMP converter ( The control method for a home automation system, characterized in that the access is made to the extracted user's telephone number through 30) and the user and the visitor communicate when connected. The method of claim 3, wherein The transmitting of the formed sentence may include: when the visitor wants to leave a message without making a call with the user, presses the second designation button of the door phone 110 and leaves the message and presses the third designation button to end. Forming sentence-type voice data, and transmitting the formed sentence to the door phone 110 through the voice input / output unit 50; When the input signal of the second designated button is input through the door phone 110 within a specified time, the voice input through the voice input / output unit 50 is formed into the voice recording database 42 to store the memory ( 40) The control method for a home automation system, characterized in that it further comprises the step of storing.

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