JP2003152873A - Interphone system for multiple dwelling house - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow a particular person resident in a multiple dwelling house to easily and quickly adjust an output tone volume from a collective entrance unit installed at a collective entrance without the need for making a speech while confirming the output tone volume. SOLUTION: The collective entrance unit 1 controlled by a controller 4 together with a plurality of living room master units 2a, 2b, etc., is provided with an operation section 11 to enter a living room number; a display section 12 to display the living room number; a speaker 16 to sound a speech tone; a voice synthesis circuit 13 that generates a reference output sound for confirming the output sound volume in the case of adjusting the output sound volume by the operation section under the control of the controller and sounding the generated reference output sound from the speaker; and an entrance unit control circuit 10 that digitizes the output sound volume to allow the display section to display it in the case of adjusting the output sound volume by the operation section under the control of the controller.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an intercom system for a housing complex installed in a housing complex such as a condominium, and more particularly, to an output volume from a collective door installed at a collective entrance without requiring a call. Adjustable housing intercom system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an intercom system for an apartment house of this type, it is easy and quick to adjust the transmission volume of an intercom call, and this adjustment work can be done by an outsider. There is proposed a lobby intercom for collective housing, which can be prevented from Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 6-77898.

According to the conventional lobby intercom for an apartment house, a control command requesting a change in the transmission volume of an intercom call is sent to the house information board or the alarm monitoring board, and the house information board or the alarm is issued. By receiving the predetermined control command returned from the monitoring board,
The transmission volume of intercom calls can be adjusted to a predetermined volume.

Further, since the volume of the intercom call can be adjusted only by receiving a control command from the housing information panel or the alarm monitoring panel, an outsider or the like operates a key on the lobby intercom for a housing complex. It is not possible to arbitrarily change the transmission volume by simply performing, and it is possible to appropriately eliminate the possibility that the transmission volume is set to an unreasonable state due to mischief or the like.

[0005]

However, in the lobby intercom for a collective housing, which is a conventional example, in order to adjust the transmission volume of the intercom call, the user of the lobby intercom for the collective housing needs to use the housing information panel. It was limited to the case where an intercom call was established with a resident in a specific dwelling unit installed or a manager in a manager room (management room) in which an alarm monitoring panel was installed.

The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems, and a specific person living in an apartment needs a call for adjusting the output volume from an entrance machine installed in the apartment. It is easy to check the output volume without
It is an object of the present invention to provide an intercom system for an apartment house that can be quickly operated.

[0007]

In order to achieve the above object, an intercom system for a housing complex according to the present invention comprises:
Installed in the collective entrance, an operation unit for entering the room number, a display unit for displaying the room number, a collective entrance machine equipped with a speaker for emitting a call sound, and installed in each dwelling unit, It is composed of a plurality of room masters having individual room numbers for making calls to the collective entrance, and a controller for controlling each of the collective entrance and the living room master.
When the output volume is adjusted by the operation unit under the control of the controller, a voice synthesizing circuit for generating a reference output voice for confirming the output volume and emitting the sound from the speaker is provided.

Further, the collective entrance machine which constitutes the intercom system for an apartment house according to the present invention is an entrance for displaying the output sound volume numerically when the output sound volume is adjusted by the operation unit under the control of the controller. It is characterized by having a machine control circuit.

According to such an intercom system for an apartment house, when a predetermined number registered in advance is operated by operating the operation unit of the apartment entrance machine, the reference output voice generated by the voice synthesis circuit is output. The volume of the reference output sound emitted from the speaker can be adjusted to any volume by operating the operation unit while confirming the sound emitted from the speaker. The output volume becomes the output volume, and the adjusted volume is displayed on the display unit as digitized data.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Preferred embodiments of the intercom system for a housing complex according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the structure of an intercom system for a housing complex according to an embodiment of the present invention, which forms a housing complex with a collective entrance machine 1 installed at a collective entrance of a housing complex such as an apartment. Each unit, here 10
Installed in the dwelling units in Room 1 and Room 102,
A plurality of room master units 2a, 2b, ... Having individual room numbers “101”, “102”, ... And installed in the management room of the management room forming an apartment house, individual room numbers, Here, the management room base unit 3 having the management room number (not detailed)
, A group entrance machine 1 connected via a transmission line L1, a plurality of room masters 2a, 2b, ... Connected via a transmission line L2 forming a main line, and connected via a transmission line L3. It is composed of a control unit 4 for controlling each of the management room main unit 3.

In the collective entrance machine 1 shown in the figure, an entrance machine control circuit 10 for controlling each component (circuit) of the collective entrance machine and a person who is the calling source, for example, a visitor, operates and calls. The room number “101”, “102”, ... Allocated to the other party's dwelling unit, or the management room number (not detailed) pre-allocated to the called party's management room is displayed on the numeric keypad (Fig. Call operation such as pressing a call button (not shown) after operating and inputting (not shown), or by a specific person living in the housing complex,
After inputting a predetermined number that the visitor cannot know by operating the ten keys (not shown), press the volume control start confirmation button (not shown) to output from the set entrance The operation unit 11 for performing the volume adjustment operation for adjusting the volume and the entrance machine control circuit 10 display the living room number input by the calling operation of the operation unit 11, or by the volume adjustment operation of the operation unit 11. The display unit 12 for displaying the input number and the data obtained by digitizing the output volume from the collective entrance machine, and the entrance machine control circuit 10
And a voice synthesis circuit 13 that generates a reference output voice for confirming the output volume from the collective entrance, which is adjusted by the volume adjusting operation of the operation unit 11, and a voice that is controlled by the entrance control circuit 10. A speaker 1 to be described later outputs a reference output voice from the synthesizing circuit 13 and a voice received (call tone) from a resident who is a person to be called or a manager.
6, and a sound circuit 14 that adjusts the sound pressure level so that the volume of a transmission voice (call sound) from a microphone 15 described later matches the volume of the reference output voice from the voice synthesis circuit 13. The microphone 15 into which the voice (call tone) from the visitor who is the caller is input, and the voice (call tone) or the voice circuit 14 from the resident or the administrator who is the person to be called. A speaker 16 for emitting the reference output sound from the voice synthesizing circuit 13 via the front door, a front door control circuit 10, a voice circuit 14, and a front door communication circuit 41 of the controller 4, which will be described later, via the transmission line L1. An entrance communication circuit 17 is provided for forming signal transmission lines for various signals (control signals, voice signals, etc.) transmitted and received between them.

A plurality of room master units 2a, 2b, ... Shown in FIG.
The symbols * have the same configuration, and a speaker 20 that emits a ringing sound for notifying a call from a visitor at the entrance hall or a manager in the control room, and a speaker 20.
The resident in the dwelling unit who confirms the ringing sound emitted by the user inputs and outputs the voice and the reception voice (calling sound) for establishing a call with the caller or the administrator. A handset 21 and a call button 22 for the resident to call the manager are provided. In addition, each room main unit 2
Description of the specific configuration of a, 2b, ... Is omitted.

The control room main unit 3 shown in FIG. 1 has a speaker 30 for emitting a ringing sound for notifying a call from a visitor at the entrance of the collective hall or a resident in a specific dwelling unit, and the speaker 30. The handset 31 in which the manager in the control room who has confirmed the ringing sound emitted by the user inputs and outputs the transmission voice and the reception voice (calling sound) for establishing a call with the caller or the resident. And an operation unit 32 having a ten-key pad, a call button, etc. for the administrator to call a specific resident.
Etc. are provided. It should be noted that description of the specific configuration of the management room parent device 3 is omitted.

The controller 4 shown in FIG. 1 controls the entire system (system control) and also controls a controller control circuit 40 for controlling each component (circuit) of the controller.
And a signal transmission line for various signals (control signals, voice signals, etc.) transmitted and received between the controller control circuit 40 and the entrance communication circuit 17 of the collective entrance 1 via the transmission line L1. Entrance side communication circuit 41 and controller control circuit 4
0 and the transmission line L2, a plurality of room masters 2a, 2b ,.
.. In-room master unit side communication circuit 42 for forming (respectively) signal transmission lines of various signals (control signals, voice signals, etc.) transmitted and received to and from a communication circuit (not shown), and controller control circuit 40 And the control room master unit side communication circuit for forming signal transmission lines of various signals (control signals, voice signals, etc.) transmitted and received between the communication circuit (not shown) of the control room master unit 3 via the transmission line L3. And 43 are provided.

In the intercom system for an apartment house according to the embodiment of the present invention configured as described above,
The operation will be specifically described.

In the block diagram of FIG. 1, a collective entrance 1
In order to pre-adjust the output volume from the, without the need for a call, a specific person living in the apartment, here,
First, a manager or the like operates a ten-key pad (not shown) forming the operation unit 11 of the collective entrance machine 1 to register a predetermined number (hereinafter referred to as a volume control start number) that the visitor cannot know. Enter). Further, the entrance control circuit 10, which has been shifted from the standby state to the volume control activation state by detecting the volume control activation number from the operation unit 11, causes the display unit 12 to display the volume control activation number. Furthermore, the display unit 1
When the administrator who confirms the volume control activation number displayed in 2 presses the volume control activation confirmation button (not shown) forming the operation unit 11, the volume control activation circuit 10 in the volume control activated state activates the volume control activation. The signal S1 is sent out, and the volume control activation signal S1 is transmitted to the entrance machine communication circuit 17, the transmission line L1,
It is transmitted to the controller control circuit 40 via the entrance-side communication circuit 41 of the controller 4.

Volume control start signal S1 from the collective entrance 1
Based on the above, the controller control circuit 40 of the controller 4 that has detected that a specific person living in the housing complex, here, a manager or the like has performed a volume control activation operation is The volume control start signal S2 for enabling the automatic volume control is transmitted, and the volume control start signal S2 is transmitted through the route opposite to the volume control activation signal S1. 10 is transmitted.

The entrance control circuit 10 of the collective entrance 1, which has detected the volume adjustment start signal S2 from the controller 4, shifts from the volume adjustment activation state to the volume adjustment state, and the voice synthesis circuit 1
3 is generated to generate the reference output audio signal S3. The reference output voice signal S3 from the voice synthesis circuit 13 is
A reference output voice that is transmitted to the speaker 16 via the voice circuit 14 and is appropriately signal-processed by the speaker, for example, is emitted as a voice such as "the current volume level is XX".

In order to adjust the volume of the reference output sound emitted from the speaker 16 of the collective entrance machine 1, a specific person living in the collective house, here, a manager or the like, operates the operation unit 11.
When the number corresponding to the volume control operation (hereinafter referred to as the volume control operation number) is input by operating the ten-key pad (not shown), the entrance control circuit 10 in the volume control state changes the volume control operation number. The volume control operation signal S4 to which the volume control operation number is added while being displayed on the display unit 12
The volume control operation signal S4 is transmitted to the controller control circuit 40 of the controller 4 via the same path as the volume control activation signal S1.

Volume control operation signal S4 from the collective entrance 1
Based on the above, the controller control circuit 40 of the controller 4 that has detected that a specific person living in the housing complex, here, a manager or the like has performed the volume control operation,
The reference output voice is quantified together with the volume control signal S5 for adjusting the reference output voice emitted from the speaker 16 of the speaker 16 to the volume corresponding to the volume control operation number input by the operation unit 11. A volume level signal S6 for transmitting the volume level signal S5 and the volume level signal S6.
Is transmitted to the entrance control circuit 10 of the collective entrance 1 via the same path as the volume adjustment start signal S2.

The entrance door control circuit 1 in the volume adjustment state which forms the collective entrance door 1 when the volume adjustment signal S5 from the controller 4 is detected.
0 controls the audio circuit 14 to adjust the sound pressure level of the reference output audio signal S3 from the audio synthesizing circuit 13, so that the volume of the reference output audio emitted from the speaker 16 is controlled by the audio circuit 14. Based on the reference output sound S3a whose sound pressure level is controlled via the sound volume level, the sound volume corresponds to the sound volume adjustment operation number input through the operation unit 11. Also, the voice circuit 1
Reference numeral 4 stores the sound pressure level of the reference output sound emitted by the speaker 16 under the control of the entrance control circuit 10 in the volume adjusted state as a threshold level.

Further, the volume level signal S6 from the controller 4
The entrance door control circuit 10 in the volume adjustment state that forms the collective entrance door 1 that has detected the volume of the reference output sound emitted from the speaker 16, that is, the volume adjustment operation number input by the operation unit 11. The display unit 12 digitizes the corresponding volume.
Is displayed, for example, an indicator is displayed.

Next, a specific person living in the housing complex,
Here, when a series of volume control operations as described above are performed in advance by a manager or the like, a visitor who has gone to the collective entrance is a person living in the collective housing, here, in the 101 room. To call a resident, first
Numeric keypad (not shown) forming the operation unit 11 of the collective entrance machine 1
Is operated to input the room number "101" which is assigned in advance to the room master unit 2a of the called party. Further, the entrance control circuit 10, which has been shifted from the standby state to the call activation state by detecting the room number from the operation unit 11, causes the display unit 12 to display the room number. Furthermore, the display unit 1
The visitor who confirmed the room number displayed in 2 is the operation unit 1
When a call button (not shown) forming 1 is pressed, a call signal S11 to which the room number is added is transmitted from the entrance control circuit 10, and the call signal S11 is the volume control activation signal S1 and the volume control operation described above. The signal is transmitted to the controller control circuit 40 of the controller 4 via the same path as the signal S4.

Based on the calling signal S11 from the collective entrance machine 1, it is detected that a visitor at the collective entrance has called the resident in the room 101.
The controller control circuit 40 forms a signal transmission line between the entrance side communication circuit 41 and the room master side communication circuit 42, and a plurality of signal transmission lines via the room master side communication circuit 42 and the transmission line L2. The calling signal S11 is sent to each of the room master units 2a, 2b, ....

Each of the plurality of room masters 2a, 2b, ... Having detected the calling signal S11 from the collective entrance 1 has a room number added to the calling signal and a room previously assigned to its own terminal. The numbers are collated, and only when they match, the speaker 20 emits the ringing tone. Here, only in the room master unit 2a, the room number is "101", and the speaker 20 emits a ringing tone.

Based on the ringing sound emitted from the speaker 20 of the master unit 2a in the room, the resident in the room 101 who confirms the call from the visitor at the entrance is the handset 2.
When 1 is picked up and a response operation is performed, the above-mentioned calling signal S
11 through the reverse route, the entrance control circuit 1 of the collective entrance 1
0, the call response signal S12 is transmitted, and the call response signal S12
The entrance control circuit 10 that detects 12 shifts from the calling state to the talking state, controls the voice circuit 14, and the microphone 15 and the speaker 16 used by the visitor, and the in-room master unit used by the resident in the 101 room A communication line is formed between a microphone (not shown) and a receiver (not shown) that form the handset 21 of 2a.

Here, the voice transmitted by the visitor at the gathering entrance to the microphone 15 of the gathering entrance machine 1 in order to complete the call is transmitted to the voice circuit 14 as the voice signal S13 which is appropriately processed. The voice circuit 14 is connected to the microphone 15
Comparing the sound pressure level of the audio signal S13 from a threshold level preset by the series of volume adjustment operations described above, and adjusting the sound pressure level to the same level,
That is, when the influence of noise or the like generated in the vicinity of the gathering entrance or the volume of the transmitted voice is high, the voice signal S
The sound pressure level of 13 is adjusted so that it becomes a threshold level. On the other hand, when the volume of the transmitted voice is low, the sound pressure level of the audio signal S13 is increased so that it becomes a threshold level. . Further, the sound signal S13a whose sound pressure level is adjusted via the sound circuit 14 is transmitted to the entrance communication circuit 17,
Transmission line L1, entrance side communication circuit 41 of controller 4, controller control circuit 40, room master side communication circuit 42, transmission line L
2 is transmitted, and is received by a receiver (not shown) which is a handset 21 of the in-room master unit 2a as a received voice from the visitor who has been appropriately signal-processed.

On the other hand, the uttered voice input to the microphone (not shown) of the handset 21 of the room master unit 2a by the resident in the room 101 to establish a telephone call is a voice signal which is appropriately processed. S14 is transmitted to the voice circuit 14 of the collective entrance 1 via the route opposite to the voice signal S13a, and the speaker 16 outputs the voice signal S via the voice circuit 14.
A signal (14) is appropriately processed and is output as a received voice from a resident in the 101 room, whereby a call (two-way call) between the visitor at the entrance and the resident in the 101 room is established.

In the intercom system for housing complex according to one embodiment of the present invention, the collective entrance machine 1 installed at the collective entrance is provided with a video image pickup function for picking up an image of a visitor or the vicinity of the collective entrance. Although it is not a terminal, the collective entrance machine equipped with the above-mentioned video imaging function is also suitable, and when applying this collective entrance machine,
The plurality of living room masters 2a, 2b, ..., And the management room master 3 are provided with video playback functions, respectively, so that the resident in the callee's dwelling unit or the manager in the management room can visually recognize the call when it answers Security and hence security.

Further, in the intercom system for collective housing according to one embodiment of the present invention, the terminals connected to the controller 4 are the collective entrance 1, the plurality of room masters 2a, 2b, ...
As described in the case of the management room base unit 3, the case where the collective housing has a collective entrance, a plurality of dwelling units, and a management room has been described.
An apartment house without a management room, that is, a terminal connected to the controller 4 is an entrance hall 1 and a plurality of room masters 2
Even when only a, 2b, ... Are provided, the same effect as that of the above-described embodiment is obtained.

[0032]

As is apparent from the above description, according to the intercom system for an apartment house of the present invention, a specific person who lives in the apartment house operates the operation unit of the apartment door to allow the visitor to visit. If you enter a predetermined number that you do not know in advance, the reference output voice generated by the voice synthesis circuit will be output from the speaker. If you operate the operation unit while checking this, the speaker outputs the reference output voice. It is possible to adjust the volume of the reference output sound that is
The volume of the transmitted voice when a visitor who goes to the collective entrance makes a call with the person at the other end of the call, that is, the output volume from the collective entrance, and the adjusted volume is digitized data. It is displayed on the display. Therefore, it is possible to easily and swiftly adjust the output volume from the collective entrance installed in the collective entrance while the specific person living in the collective house confirms the output volume without the need for a call. Not only can this adjustment work be prevented from being performed by an outsider.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an intercom system for a housing complex according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Meeting entrance machine 2a, 2b, ..... Multiple room masters 4 ... Controller 10 ... Entrance machine control circuit 11 ... Operation part 12 ... Display 13 ... Voice synthesis circuit 16 ... Speaker

Claims (2)

[Claims] 1. An operation unit (11) installed at a collective entrance for inputting a room number, a display unit (12) for displaying the room number, and a speaker (1) for emitting a call sound.
6) a collective entrance machine (1), and a plurality of room masters (2a, 2b, ...) Installed in each dwelling unit and having individual room numbers to talk with the collective entrance machine. And a controller (4) for controlling the collective entrance machine and the living room master machine, respectively, wherein the collective entrance machine adjusts the output volume by the operation unit under the control of the controller, An intercom system for a housing complex, comprising: a voice synthesis circuit (13) for generating a reference output voice for confirming the output volume and causing the speaker to emit the voice. 2. The entrance door control circuit (10) for digitizing the output sound volume and displaying the output sound volume on the display unit when the output sound volume is adjusted by the operation unit under the control of the control unit. The intercom system for a housing complex according to claim 1, further comprising: