JP2000299740A - Interphone provided with transfer function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a user of the title interphone to serve a visitor at an entrance and to confirm occurrence of a fault in the user's house even from a visiting place. SOLUTION: In the case that a visitor depresses a call button 11 of an interphone slave set 1 or any sensor in a security sensor group 4 senses a fault, when a fact of a resident going out is not set and entered, an interphone master set 2 calls the resident in a room or an alarm generating section 33 raises an alarm. When a fact of the resident going out is set and entered, a control section 36 calls a specific portable telephone (or a PHS terminal) 6 via an external communication channel 5 to transfer a call signal or an alarm signal to the portable telephone (or a PHS terminal) 6. Thus, the resident even from a visiting place can make a speech with the visitor at the entrance or confirm occurrence of a fault by using the mobile phone (or a PHS terminal) 6.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an intercom with a telephone transfer function capable of transferring a response from an intercom to an external terminal such as a portable telephone.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The basic function of a conventional intercom is to enable a telephone call to be established by connecting the entrance and the inside of a building or between rooms by a wire. That is, as is well known, a visitor can call the indoor intercom master unit by pressing the chime button of the intercom slave unit attached to the entrance, etc., and talk with the resident who is at home It is assumed that. In addition, multi-purpose devices with various functions such as TV monitor, fire alarm function, gas leak alarm function, emergency contact / report function, door unlocking function, security function, etc. have been developed. In, intercoms are indispensable, both individually and collectively.

[0003] The biggest disadvantage of the conventional intercom is that a call cannot be made when a resident is away. This drawback is often used by malicious visitors as a means to determine whether a resident is at home or absent in order to commit a crime such as a burglar.

[0004] On the other hand, it is conventionally difficult or difficult for a resident who is out of the house to contact a resident who is at home, or conversely, to contact a resident who is out of home. In many cases this was not possible, but in recent years mobile phones and PH
The spread of S telephones has made it easier to do so.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above background, and its main technical problem is to make up for the shortcomings of the basic functions of the conventional intercom and to provide a portable telephone. And the like, and make it possible to perform a call with an entrance intercom slave unit and various controls.

[0006]

The above technical problems can be effectively solved by the present invention. That is, the interphone with the transfer function according to the present invention includes an intercom slave unit installed outside the house, an intercom master unit installed inside the house and connected to the interphone slave unit, and a call from the interphone slave unit according to the absence setting. And a transfer device capable of transferring a signal to a predetermined portable telephone, PHS telephone, or external terminal.

[0007] As a preferable configuration added in the present invention, the intercom master unit monitors the detection state from a required number of security sensors installed at required places in the house and determines that the detection state is abnormal. An alarm generating unit that issues an alarm when the alarm signal is generated, and the transfer device transmits the alarm signal of the alarm generating unit to a predetermined mobile phone or PH by an absence setting.
It can be transferred to an S telephone or an external terminal. In this case, more preferably, the alarm generator can be controlled by a predetermined mobile phone, PHS phone, or external terminal.

[0008] In another preferred configuration added in the present invention, the intercom slave unit includes a TV camera, the intercom master unit includes a monitor TV for reproducing video information captured by the TV camera, and the transfer device includes the TV. Video information from the TV camera can be transferred to an external terminal. In this case, more preferably, the intercom master unit or the external terminal includes a storage unit that stores video information captured by a TV camera of the intercom slave unit together with audio information from the intercom slave unit.

[0009]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A preferred embodiment of an intercom with a transfer function according to the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. First, FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of this embodiment. Reference numeral 1 denotes an intercom slave unit installed outside a house, for example, at a front door, and 2 denotes an intercom slave unit installed inside a house, for example, on a wall of a corridor. 1 is an intercom master unit connected to 1, 3 is a transfer / control device, 4 is a group of security sensors such as a fire sensor 41, a gas sensor 42, a security sensor 43, 5 is an external communication line, 6 is a mobile phone, 7 is this mobile phone (Or PHS telephone) an external terminal such as a portable personal computer connected to 6;
Is a video recorder.

The intercom slave 1 is provided with a TV camera 14 in addition to ordinary calling means including a call button 11, a microphone 12 and a speaker 13 for talking. On the other hand, intercom master unit 2 is intercom slave unit 1
A receiver 21 for making a call with a customer at the entrance via
A speaker 22 for outputting a ringing tone and the like;
And a monitor TV 23 for reproducing the video signal from the TV.

[0011] The transfer / control device 3 is a
And the security sensor group 4
, A sensor input unit 31 to which detection signals from the sensors 41 to 43 are input, a message generating unit 32 for sending a voice message to the intercom slave unit 1, and an abnormality detected by any of the sensors 41 to 43. Alarming section 33 that is activated when the alarm occurs, a relay section 34 that performs processing of an audio signal and a video signal, and a call that selectively switches a signal transmission destination from the intercom slave unit 1 or the alarm generating section 33. A transfer unit 35, a control unit 36 for controlling each unit based on a program stored in the ROM 37 and setting data input to the RAM 38, and a telephone number of the mobile phone (or PHS phone) 6 or the like when going out to the RAM 38 And a setting input section 39 for inputting various setting data.

The call transfer unit 35 in the transfer / control unit 3 is a base unit connection unit 3 connected to the intercom base unit 2.
51, an external communication connection unit 352 capable of transmitting and receiving to and from a specific portable telephone (or PHS telephone) 6 via the external communication line 5, and a video connection unit 3 connected to the video recorder 8.
53, the relay unit 34 and the alarm generation unit 33 operated by the control unit 36 to connect the master unit connection unit 351 and the external communication connection unit 35
2 or a connection switching unit 354 selectively connected to the video connection unit 353.

That is, the connection switching unit 354 normally connects the alarm generation unit 33 and the relay unit 34 to the master unit connection unit 351, and when the resident goes out, for example, “goes out” in the setting input unit 39. If the absence is set by pressing a key, the connection switching unit 354 switches the connection between the alarm generation unit 33 and the relay unit 34 to the external communication connection unit 352. Therefore, in this state, when a visitor at the entrance presses the call button 11 of the intercom slave unit 1 to make a call, the control unit 36 dials out a telephone number registered in the RAM in advance by the external communication connection unit 352, and Specific mobile phone (or PHS phone) via communication line 5
Call 6

That is, the resident can talk with the visitor at the front door of the house even from the outside, and the image of the visitor can be confirmed by connecting the portable telephone 6 to the external terminal 7 having the image reproducing device. it can. Moreover, malicious visitors
Since it is difficult to confirm whether the resident is at home or absent, it is an effective means for preventing crime such as burglary.

When any of the fire sensor 41, the gas sensor 42, and the security sensor 43 in the security sensor group 4 detects an abnormality, the alarm generation unit 33 responds to an abnormality detection signal output from the sensor input unit 31 to control the alarm. An alarm operation is performed via the speaker 36, and an alarm sound is output from the speaker 22 of the intercom master unit 2. The alarm signal of the alarm generator 33 can be transferred to a predetermined mobile phone (or PHS phone) 6 via the external communication connection unit 352 by the connection switching operation of the connection switching unit 354. Therefore, the resident can know the occurrence of an abnormality such as a fire or gas leak at home or the invasion of a criminal, even from outside.

The operation of the video recorder 8 can be controlled by a predetermined portable telephone (or PHS telephone) 6 or an external terminal 7 via the external communication connection unit 352 and the control unit 36. Similarly, the alarm generation unit 33 can be controlled by the mobile phone (or PHS phone) 6 or the external terminal 7 via the external communication connection unit 352 and the control unit 36.

Next, the operation of the intercom with the transfer function having the configuration of the above embodiment will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

FIG. 2 shows the operation of call forwarding. That is, if the visitor presses the call button 11 of the intercom slave unit 1 in step S1 to make a call (YES), the message generator 32 of the transfer / control device 3 transmits the relay unit 34 to the interphone slave 1 in step S2.
, And a voice message saying, for example, “Please wait” is output from the speaker 13 of the intercom slave unit 1.

In step S3, the control unit 36 determines whether or not the resident is absent, and if NO (during home), the relay unit 34 switches the connection switching unit 35.
4, the ringing tone is output from the speaker 22 of the intercom master unit 2 in step S4, so that the resident in the room is notified of the visitor, and YES (absence) ), The relay unit 34 is connected to the external communication connection unit 352 via the connection switching unit 354, so that the external communication connection unit 352 dials the telephone number registered in the RAM 38 in step S5, A specific mobile phone (or PHS phone) 6 is called via the communication line 5 and a calling signal of the intercom slave 1 is transferred. Thus, the resident who is out of the office can go off-hook the mobile phone (or PHS phone) 6 in step S6 to talk with a visitor at the entrance. At this time, it is more preferable that a message for notifying that the transfer is from the intercom is sent to the mobile phone (or PHS phone) 6.

In step S7, if it is confirmed that the visitor is a well-intentioned visitor (YES), the call is continued in step S8, but if it is confirmed that the visitor is a suspicious person (NO). In step S9, the alarm generator 33 is driven by remote control from the mobile phone (or PHS phone) 6 or the external terminal 7. In this case, it is possible to simultaneously notify the police and security companies. In addition, since the mobile phone (or PHS phone) 6 or the external terminal 7 can remotely control the video recorder 8, the video information of the visitor at the entrance taken by the TV camera 14 of the intercom slave 1 is needed. Can be saved accordingly.

FIG. 3 shows the operation of the security function. First, in step S11, the fire sensor 41 and the gas sensor 4 in the security sensor group 4 are set.
If an abnormality is detected by any one of the security sensor 43 and the security sensor 43 (YES), the control unit 36 determines whether the absence is set in step S12, and if NO (at home), the alarm generation unit 33 switches the connection. Since the speaker is connected to the base unit connection unit 351 through the unit 354, the alarm sound is output from the speaker of the intercom slave unit 1 and the speaker 22 of the intercom master unit 2 in step S13, thereby notifying the resident of the occurrence of the abnormality. Is performed, and if YES (absence), the alarm generation unit 33
Is connected to the external communication connection unit 352 via the connection switching unit 354.
52 dials out the telephone number registered in the RAM 38 and sends it via the external communication line 5 to a specific mobile phone (or P
(Step S1).
By responding with 5, the alarm signal from the alarm generator 33 is transferred.

In step S16, the resident who is out of the office confirms whether the alarm signal transferred to the portable telephone (or PHS telephone) 6 or the external terminal 7 is a false alarm. In step S17, the alarm is released by remote operation, and if NO, in step S18, the alarm signal from the alarm generator 33 is transmitted by the remote operation from the mobile phone (or PHS phone) 6 or the external terminal 7 to the intercom slave unit 1 and It is transmitted to the intercom master unit 2. In this case, it is possible to simultaneously notify the police, fire department, security company, and the like.

[0023]

As described above, according to the intercom with the transfer function according to the present invention, it is possible to respond to a visitor at the entrance and confirm occurrence of an abnormality in a house even from outside. it can. For this reason, even if the user is out of the office, crime such as nesting can be effectively prevented, and it is possible to quickly respond to the occurrence of an abnormality such as a fire or gas leak.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a preferred embodiment of an intercom with a transfer function according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing a call transfer operation of the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a notification transfer operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List 1 intercom slave unit 14 TV camera 2 intercom master unit 23 monitor TV 3 transfer / control device 33 alarm unit 35 call transfer unit 36 control unit 5 security sensor group 6 mobile phone 7 external terminal 8 video recorder

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Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. An intercom slave unit installed outside a house, an intercom master unit installed inside a house and connected to the intercom slave unit, and a call signal from the interphone slave unit is set to a predetermined mobile phone by an absence setting. , A transfer device capable of transferring to a PHS telephone or an external terminal. 2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the intercom master unit monitors a detection state from a required number of security sensors installed at a required place in the house, and determines that the detection state is abnormal. With a transfer function, wherein the transfer device can transfer the signal generated by the alarm generation unit to a predetermined mobile phone, PHS telephone or an external terminal by setting absence. intercom. 3. The intercom slave device according to claim 1, wherein the intercom slave device includes a TV camera, the interphone master device includes a monitor TV that reproduces video information captured by the TV camera, and the transfer device transmits the video signal from the TV camera. An intercom with a transfer function, which is capable of transferring video information to an external terminal. 4. The interphone with a transfer function according to claim 2, wherein the alarm generation unit can control the alarm from a predetermined mobile phone, PHS phone, or an external terminal. 5. The intercom base unit or the external terminal according to claim 3, further comprising a storage unit configured to store video information captured by a TV camera of the intercom slave unit together with audio information from the intercom slave unit. Interphone with transfer function, which is a feature.