JP2000286997A - Automatic notification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To arbitrarily control the ringer of a call incoming from the side of an automatic notification system from an emergency call agent requesting a reply. SOLUTION: This automatic notification system is provided with a return signal detecting part 13 for detecting a return signal requesting the telephone communication to return from the emergency call agent to be performed after the confirmation of a call message to the emergency call agent, a cycle converting part 22 for converting the signal cycle of the detected backward signal or signal cycle of a preset signal from a 16 Hz transmission part 23 and a telephone set control part 21 for sounding a ring back tone in the converted signal cycle. Thus, the conversion of the signal cycle can be arbitrarily set by a conversion cycle setting part 23 and call incoming from the emergency call agent can be reported by a synthesized voice or lamp indication to the outside.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention is capable of automatically informing a preset emergency notification organization such as a police station or a fire station when an abnormality is detected by an emergency push button or a sensor connected to a telephone line. It relates to an automatic notification device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, such a system that automatically reports directly to an emergency reporting organization such as a police station or a fire department, etc., notifies the occurrence of an emergency through a notification message or the like, and then sends the notification from the emergency reporting organization. When the reverse communication signal is detected, the telephone on the side of the automatic reporting device is connected to the line, and the telephone rings the incoming call in synchronization with the reverse communication signal. Thus, if the caller answers the telephone, the call can be made with the emergency reporting organization, and the details of the emergency or the fact that the report is an erroneous report can be provided.

However, unlike the normal calling signal (ON for 1 second, pause for 2 seconds), the inverse signal is a continuous signal because it is performed by manual button operation, and is not processed and processed by the automatic notification device. Since a continuous signal is directly input to the telephone, depending on the telephone, the incoming call sounds only once or continuously, and in the cordless telephone, the main unit sounds only once and the subordinate unit operates continuously. The ringing of the incoming call, such as ringing, differs depending on the function of the telephone.

[0004]

As described above, the ringing of the telephone on the automatic reporting device side by the telephone call from the emergency reporting agency differs depending on the function of the telephone, and therefore depends on the situation at the site where the automatic reporting device is installed. , Especially if the call is to the police, if you want the ringtone to prevent you from knowing that the call is from the police, or if you know that the call is from the police only by ringing before answering the call However, there was no device that could respond to this request.
In addition, some telephones ring only once, and even if a false alarm occurs, even if it is only necessary to respond by telephone call from the police, the telephone does not notice that there is an incoming call. Because of this, it was sometimes important to call for a police car.

The present invention solves such a conventional problem. In response to a reverse communication signal requesting a return telephone call from an emergency notification organization, which is performed after confirmation of a notification message, the automatic notification device side receives the signal. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic notification device capable of arbitrarily controlling the ringing.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a reverse signal detecting section for detecting a reverse signal from an emergency reporting agency, and converts the period of the detected reverse signal. A period conversion unit, comprising a telephone control unit that sounds a ringing tone based on the inverted signal whose period has been converted, and further provided with a conversion period setting unit that sets the period to be converted by the period conversion unit, The present invention can control the ringing of a telephone from the telephone. In addition, 1
A 6-Hz transmission unit is provided so that the telephone can ring when the telephone is received regardless of the operation time of the reverse communication from the emergency notification agency. As a result, it is possible to prevent the user from knowing that the call is from, for example, a police by the ringing tone.

Further, a voice synthesizing storage unit and a speaker control unit capable of connecting a speaker for transmitting the voice are provided so that the incoming call from the emergency reporting organization can be notified by a voice synthesized sound. It is possible to notify that there is an incoming call from these organizations. Also, an external notification unit is provided so that a lamp or a display unit can notify the user of an incoming call from a specific organization. Thus, before answering the call, it is possible to know that the call is from, for example, the police only by the ringing tone.

[0008]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a start signal is given, a preset telephone number of an emergency call agency is automatically dialed to notify that an emergency has occurred. In an automatic notification device for transmitting a notification message or various data to be transmitted, a reverse signal detection unit for detecting a reverse signal requesting a return telephone call from an emergency report organization performed after confirmation of the report message, and a detected reverse signal. An automatic notification device including a period conversion unit that converts a signal period of a communication signal into another signal period, and a telephone control unit that sounds a ringing tone at the converted signal period. It has an effect that the automatic notification device side can arbitrarily control the ringing of the incoming call in response to the reverse communication signal requesting the return telephone communication from the reporting organization.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for arbitrarily setting a conversion period of a period conversion unit.
The automatic notification device described above, since the period of the counter signal from the emergency notification organization can be set arbitrarily, the operation can be set so that the period is not changed, and the period can be set in the same way as a normal call signal Have.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, when a reverse signal is detected by the reverse signal detection unit, a normal ringing signal of the telephone is used instead of changing and using the period of the reverse signal. 2. The automatic notification device according to claim 1, further comprising means for causing a ringing tone to sound even after the reverse notification signal is stopped, since the reverse notification signal from the emergency reporting agency is not used. Even if the signal is stopped, the automatic notification device can transmit a signal to the emergency notification agency.

The invention according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is provided with means for outputting, from a speaker, a synthesized speech sound indicating that there is an incoming call from an emergency notification agency when a reverse signal is detected by the reverse signal detection unit. The automatic notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the automatic notification device has an effect that the automatic notification device side can know where the incoming call is from.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, when the reverse signal is detected by the reverse signal detector, a means for notifying that the call is from an emergency notification organization by a lamp or a display is provided. The automatic notification device according to any one of 1 to 4, wherein the automatic notification device has an operation of being able to know that it is a call from an emergency notification agency without responding to an incoming call.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. (Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a network control unit connected to a telephone line, to which a line busy detecting unit 11, a dial sending unit 12, and a transmission signal detecting unit 13 are connected. Reference numeral 2 denotes a telephone terminal device connection unit to which a telephone control unit 21, a period conversion unit 22, and a 16 Hz transmission unit 23 are connected. Reference numeral 3 denotes a setting unit to which a report destination dial number setting unit 31, an initial setting unit 32, and a conversion cycle setting unit 33 are connected. Reference numeral 4 denotes a speaker control unit to which a speaker is connected. Reference numeral 5 denotes a speech synthesis sound control unit, and a notification message recording / playback unit 51 and a speech synthesis sound storage unit 52
Is connected. Reference numeral 6 denotes a display including a liquid crystal display and a lamp, etc., 7 denotes an operation unit such as a dial and operation buttons, and 8 denotes a power supply unit, which is connected to the AC / DC conversion unit 81 and the battery unit 82. Reference numeral 9 denotes a sensor input unit, and reference numeral 10 denotes an external notification unit connected to an external lamp or display. A main control unit 100 controls the entire automatic notification device.

Next, the operation of the automatic notification device configured as described above will be described. When the sensor input unit 9 detects an abnormality such as pressing of an emergency push button, the network control unit 1 is activated, and an emergency call agency, for example, police (110)
No.) is notified. When the police respond, the voice synthesis sound control unit 5 sends a notification message notifying that there is an abnormality. When the police confirms the report message, the police make a call called reverse communication to the sender to confirm the details. This operation is performed by a button operation of the police side device, and while the button is pressed, a counter signal (16 Hz, 75 vrms) having the same frequency as a normal call signal but a continuous sound is output.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining the control after receiving the inverse signal. When the inverted signal detection unit 13 of the automatic notification device detects an inverted signal, which is a continuous signal, the inverted signal is changed to a predetermined period by the period conversion unit 22. For example, if the connection is made for one second and disconnected for two seconds, the telephone control section 21 repeats the control of connecting the telephone to the telephone line for one second and disconnecting it for two seconds while detecting the reverse signal. As a result, from the perspective of the telephone, the incoming signal is not continuous, but arrives for 1 second at the same cycle as an incoming call from a non-ordinary emergency call agency, and arrives for 2 seconds with a pause.
The same ringing tone as that of a normal telephone call is output.

If it is desired to change the incoming call cycle, the conversion cycle setting unit 33 in the setting unit 3 initializes the telephone control unit 21 according to the set cycle. Connection / disconnection can be controlled. For example, if the incoming call cycle is set to receive calls for 0.5 seconds and pause for 0.5 seconds, the ringing of the telephone will be in this cycle, and it will be more comfortable than a continuous ringing, Incoming calls from the reporting organization can be distinguished from incoming calls from others. Conversely, if the incoming cycle is set to 0 seconds by the conversion cycle setting unit 33, the continuous inverse signal from the emergency reporting agency will be sounded as it is.

(Embodiment 2) Next, Embodiment 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. The button operation time for transmitting the counter signal on the police device side is a limited time of several seconds, and after pressing the button, the police side waits for the calling telephone to answer, and In, when the button press ends, the ringing of the telephone stops. For this reason, in the second embodiment, the main control unit 100 activates the 16 Hz transmitting unit 23 when the reverse signal is detected by the reverse signal detection unit 13, and connects the telephone connected to the telephone terminal device connection unit 2 to the telephone line. An incoming signal for the telephone is transmitted from the 16 Hz transmission unit 23 without connection. This incoming signal is continued for a certain period of time even if the counter signal from the emergency reporting agency is stopped. A sound will sound. The predetermined time for continuing the ringing tone can be set by the initial setting unit 32 to 0, 40 seconds in units of seconds. Then, if the user picks up the telephone and answers, the line-in-use detecting section 11 detects this and the telephone control section 21
Then, by making an automatic call to the police, it becomes possible to make a telephone call with the police.

FIG. 3 is a timing chart showing the outline of the above-mentioned operation, and the operation until the reverse signal is input as an incoming signal to the telephone will be specifically described with reference to this timing chart. Reverse signal is 16H as standard
z, a continuous signal of 75 vrms. Reverse signal detector 1
Reference numeral 3 is connected to a telephone line through the network control unit 1, and is constituted by a photocoupler or the like which detects that a reverse communication signal has arrived by detecting a current flowing. The output of the reverse communication detection unit 13 is ON.
This is a digital output of / OFF, which is high while the reverse signal is being detected. After inputting this output, the main controller 100 sets a value (e.g., 40 seconds) set as an initial setting value.
A normal incoming signal (16 Hz, 7
5 Vrms) is output continuously. Then, the period conversion unit 22 outputs this period to the telephone control unit 21 as shown in FIG. 3 according to the set value of the conversion period setting unit 33 (eg, 1 second: incoming, 2 seconds: pause). The telephone control unit 21
It is configured by a relay or the like, receives the output of the period conversion unit 22, and repeatedly connects / disconnects the telephone to / from the line according to the output period. Therefore, the reverse signal is a continuous signal extended to 40 seconds, which is not continuous from the viewpoint of the telephone, and arrives for one second connected to the line and does not arrive for two seconds disconnected from the line. Become.

As described above, according to the first and second embodiments, the inverted signal continuously received from the emergency reporting organization is the same signal as the incoming signal from other than the emergency reporting organization (1).
Second: incoming call, 2 seconds: pause), and the telephone performs normal ringing. Further, at the time of detecting the inverse signal, the speaker is driven by the speaker control unit 4 and the voice synthesis storage unit 52 is activated.
By sending a message notifying that an incoming call from the police has arrived, an external lamp or indicator is operated by the external notification unit 10 to notify that it is a call from an emergency notification organization. By doing so, you can be clearly aware of that.

[0020]

As described above, according to the present invention, a reverse signal detecting section for detecting a reverse signal for requesting a return telephone call from the emergency report organization after confirmation of the report message to the emergency report organization. And a period control unit that converts the signal period of the detected reverse signal or the signal period of a preset signal, and a telephone control unit that sounds a ringing tone at the converted signal period. In response to a return call request from a reporting organization, there is an effect that the ringing of the incoming call can be arbitrarily controlled from the automatic reporting device.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an automatic notification device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram for explaining control after detection of a reverse signal according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a timing chart for explaining an operation in the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 4 speaker control unit 10 external notification unit 13 inverted signal detection unit 21 telephone control unit 22 period conversion unit 23 16Hz transmission unit 33 conversion period setting unit 52 voice synthesis sound storage unit 100 main control unit

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Claims (5)

[Claims] When an activation signal is given, an automatic notification device for automatically dialing a telephone number of a preset emergency notification agency and transmitting a notification message or various data for notifying that an emergency has occurred, A reverse signal detector that detects a reverse signal requesting a return telephone call from the emergency reporting organization after confirmation of the report message, and a period for converting the signal period of the detected reverse signal to another signal period An automatic notification device comprising: a conversion unit; and a telephone control unit that sounds a ringing tone at the converted signal period. 2. The automatic notification device according to claim 1, further comprising means for arbitrarily setting a conversion period of the period conversion unit. 3. A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for ringing the telephone using a normal ringing signal of the telephone instead of changing and using the period of the reverse signal when the reverse signal is detected by the reverse signal detector. Automatic reporting device as described. 4. A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for outputting, from a speaker, a synthesized voice sound indicating that an incoming call has been received from an emergency notification agency when the reverse signal is detected by the reverse signal detector.
4. The automatic notification device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. 5. A system according to claim 1, further comprising means for notifying a call from an emergency notification organization by a lamp or a display when a reverse signal is detected by the reverse signal detector.
The automatic notification device according to any one of the above.