JP2004309062A - Bath remote control - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem on a bath remote control 3 which prohibits the sounds of voice guidance during communication via a bath room slave unit 5, that the voice guidance sounds at its middle, when it permits the sounds concurrently with the completion of the communication. <P>SOLUTION: The bath remote control 3 continuously prohibits the sounds of the voice guidance for a certain time after completing the communication to prevent the sounds of the voice guidance at its middle. A memory is provided in the bath remote control 3 for temporarily storing voice guidance signals. The voice guidance signals stored in the memory can sound in the state that the sounds of the voice guidance are permitted. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bath remote controller to which a control signal is input from a bathroom slave unit of an intercom.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Generally, a hot water supply device is installed outside a bathroom. Since it is necessary to control the operation of the water heater from the bathroom during bathing, a remote control for controlling the operation of the water heater is installed in the bathroom. In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for watching television images while taking a bath, and the number of cases where a television device is installed in a bathroom is increasing.
[0003]
Further, a bath remote controller having both a function as a remote controller and a function as a television device, instead of separately installing the bath remote controller and the television device, is known (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
This bath remote control may be provided with a function of notifying the operating state of the hot water supply device by voice. For example, at the time of automatic filling, five minutes before the completion of filling, a sound indicating that the filling is completed in 5 minutes is sounded to inform the user of the time until filling is completed.
[0005]
On the other hand, there is known an intercom in which an entrance slave unit equipped with a TV camera is installed at the entrance and a visitor is checked with an image using a master unit of the intercom installed indoors. The intercom may be used to confirm a visitor and, if it is a family or friend, have an unlocking function to unlock the entrance from the room.
[0006]
However, the visitor cannot be confirmed if no one is bathing when the visitor arrives. Therefore, a bathroom slave unit is installed in the bathroom, the image taken by the entrance slave unit is received by the bath remote controller via this bathroom slave unit, and the image captured by the entrance slave unit is displayed on the LCD monitor of the bath remote controller. There is known a system for performing such a process (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0007]
By the way, in the state where the intercom function is operated by using the bathroom slave unit, that is, the voice guidance from the bath remote controller is performed in a state where the bathroom slave unit is talking with another slave unit such as an entrance slave unit or a master unit. If there is a pronunciation, there is a problem that it is difficult to hear another person's voice pronounced from the bathroom cordless handset. Therefore, it is conceivable to prohibit the pronunciation of voice guidance during a call, and to sound the voice guidance after the call is completed.
[0008]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2000-292001 (paragraph number 0011, FIG. 1)
[0009]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
If the interphone call is terminated while the voice guidance signal is being transmitted from the water heater to the bath remote controller, the prohibition on the sound guidance is released, and the voice guidance is sounded halfway. However, if the voice guidance is pronounced halfway, the user may not be able to judge what kind of voice guidance was performed.
[0010]
In view of the above problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a bath remote controller that does not have the above-described problems.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
A bath remote controller according to the present invention for solving the above-mentioned problems is a bath remote controller which is mounted in a bathroom, controls operation of a water heater, and sounds an operation status of the water heater as voice guidance, and is a base unit of an intercom. A speech signal indicating that the intercom function is operating is input from a bathroom slave unit connected to the telephone, and a sound prohibition means for prohibiting the sounding of voice guidance for a predetermined time after the input of the speech signal is stopped is provided. It is characterized by.
[0012]
As described above, since the sound guidance of the voice guidance is prohibited for a further predetermined time after the call is terminated and the input of the voice signal is stopped, even if the voice call is terminated in the middle of the voice guidance signal, the voice guidance is not performed from the middle of the voice guidance. Can also be ended within a predetermined period of time, and the problem that voice guidance is pronounced halfway can be solved.
[0013]
In this case, since the voice guidance issued during the call remains unvoiced, a memory for storing the voice guidance signal is provided, and if there is a voice guidance whose pronunciation is prohibited within the predetermined time, It is desirable that the prohibited voice guidance be reproduced from the memory and sounded after a predetermined time has elapsed.
[0014]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a detached house. The house 1 is provided with a water heater control system 2 mainly composed of a water heater 21 and an intercom system 4 mainly composed of an intercom master unit 41.
[0015]
The house 1 is provided with a bathroom 11, a kitchen / living room 12, and a private room 13. A bathroom remote controller 3 according to the present invention is installed in a bathroom 11, and the bath remote controller 3 is connected to a hot water supply device 21 via a communication line 31. Further, a kitchen remote control 22 installed in the kitchen and living room 12 is connected to the hot water supply device 21.
[0016]
On the other hand, an intercom master unit 41 is connected to an entrance slave unit 42 having a television camera. Further, slave units 43 and 44 installed in private room 13 are connected to intercom master unit 41. Bathroom intercom unit 5 is further connected to intercom master unit 41 via communication line 51.
[0017]
Although FIG. 1 shows the embodiment in which the hot water supply device control system 2 and the intercom system 4 are provided in a detached house, they may be installed in an apartment house such as an apartment. In this case, the entrance slave unit 42 is installed at the entrance of the apartment.
[0018]
By the way, a human body sensor 7 is attached to the ceiling of the bathroom 11. The human body sensor 7 captures an image of the interior of the bathroom 11 and analyzes the position of the human body. If it is determined that the position of the human body does not move for a predetermined time or more, a message prompting movement is issued from the human body sensor 7 into the bathroom 11. If the human body does not move even when the sound is generated, an emergency signal is transmitted to the hot water supply device 21, and an emergency message is generated from the bath remote controller 3 and the kitchen remote controller 22.
[0019]
Also, this emergency signal is transmitted from bath remote controller 3 to intercom master unit 41 via bathroom slave unit 5. Then, the intercom master unit 41 is configured to transmit a signal to the other slave units 43 and 44 in the house 1 and cause these slave units 43 and 44 to emit an emergency message.
[0020]
Referring to FIG. 2, liquid crystal monitor 32 is attached to bath remote controller 3. Further, a remote controller for controlling the operation of the water heater 21 is built in the bath remote controller 3. Further, a television section for displaying a television image on the liquid crystal monitor 32 is built in.
[0021]
A power switch 33 for operating the television unit is provided. When the power switch 33 is pressed, the backlight of the liquid crystal monitor 32 is turned on, and a television image output from the television unit is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 32.
[0022]
On the other hand, a power switch 34 for operating the remote controller is provided, and when the power switch 34 is pressed, the operation of the remote controller is started. By the way, the kitchen remote controller 22 is also provided with a power switch 22a (see FIG. 1). When either the power switch 34 or the power switch 22a is pressed, the power of both the remote controller of the bath remote controller 3 and the kitchen remote controller 22 is turned on. Is entered, and the operation as a remote control is started.
[0023]
By the way, when the power switch 33 is pressed in a state where both the remote control unit and the television unit of the bath remote controller 3 are not turned on, the television image is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 32 as described above, and the power switch 34 or the power switch 22a is displayed. By pressing, the display for the remote control is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 32.
[0024]
Next, when the power switch 34 is pressed in a state where the television image is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 32 and the power of the remote controller is not turned on, the power of the remote controller is turned on and the display of the liquid crystal monitor 32 is displayed on the remote controller. Switch to the display for
[0025]
As described above, when both the remote control unit and the television unit are turned on, when the power switch 33 is pressed next time, the display on the liquid crystal monitor 32 returns to the television image. Is displayed. In this state, if the power switch 34 is continuously pressed, the power of the remote controller is turned off. Similarly, when the power switch 33 is pressed while the television image is displayed, the power of the television unit is turned off. Reference numeral 35 denotes a pair of left and right speakers, and reference numeral 36 denotes a cross key for various settings.
[0026]
When the bathroom slave unit 5 is called from outside, a buzzer sound is emitted from the speaker 54. Then, the content spoken while pressing the call switch 52 is converted into an electric signal by the microphone 53 and transmitted to another slave unit or the master unit 41. Reference numeral 56 denotes a call switch, and when pressed when calling the intercom master unit 41 or the slave units 43 and 44 from the bathroom slave unit 5, for example, a ringing tone is emitted to the other party.
[0027]
By the way, the bath remote controller 3 and the bathroom slave unit 5 are connected by three lines. Reference numeral 61 denotes a line for transmitting an image captured by the camera of the entrance slave unit 42 from the bathroom slave unit 5 to the bath remote controller 3. Reference numeral 62 denotes a line for transmitting an audio signal indicating the operation state of the hot water supply device 21 from the bath remote controller 3 to the bathroom slave unit 5. Reference numeral 63 denotes a line for mutually transmitting and receiving control signals.
[0028]
Reference numeral 55 denotes a monitor switch. When the monitor switch 55 is pressed, an image picked up by the entrance device 42 is output to the bath remote controller 3, and a control signal for displaying the image on the liquid crystal monitor 32 is transmitted to the bath remote controller 3. The image of the entrance is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 32. Reference numeral 57 denotes an unlocking / unlocking switch for unlocking and locking the entrance lock.
[0029]
In FIG. 2, the bath remote controller 3 and the bathroom slave unit 5 are shown vertically separated from each other. However, by actually installing them so that no gap is provided between them, a sense of unity in design may be obtained. Alternatively, the bath remote controller 3 and the bathroom slave unit 5 may be integrally formed.
[0030]
Referring to FIG. 3, reference numeral 8 denotes a microcomputer built in bath remote controller 3, and 81 denotes a flash memory. When a voice guidance (voice navigation) signal is input from the hot water supply device 21 to the bath remote controller 3, the voice navigation signal is temporarily stored in the flash memory 81. When the voice navigation signal is stored in the flash memory 81, a signal indicating that the voice navigation signal is stored is input to the microcomputer 8. The presence or absence of a call using the bathroom slave unit 5 can be recognized by the bath remote controller 3 by being input to the microcomputer 8 by a call signal input via the line 63.
[0031]
Referring to FIG. 4, a call is made between the bathroom slave unit 5 and, for example, the entrance slave unit 42 by the intercom function. When the call ends (S1), a voice navigation signal is sent from the water heater 21 to the bath remote controller 3. It is determined whether or not it has been output (S2). If the voice navigation signal is being output, the voice navigation has not been sounded up to that point, but the voice navigation has been reproduced halfway. At this time, if the pronunciation of the voice navigation is permitted, the voice navigation is pronounced from the middle. If the voice navigation is being output, the timer in the bath remote controller 3 is operated, and the voice is played until a predetermined time elapses and the time is up. Prohibition of the pronunciation of the navigation is continued (S3, S4). After a predetermined time has elapsed, the pronunciation of the voice navigation is permitted (S5).
[0032]
As described above, when the pronunciation of the voice navigation is permitted, the microcomputer 8 reproduces the voice navigation signal stored in the flash memory 81 again. Then, the voice navigation signal that has not been reproduced at all is reproduced in a complete form from the beginning, and is output from the speaker 35.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the above description, according to the present invention, when the pronunciation of the voice guidance is permitted due to the end of the call, the pronunciation of the voice guidance is prohibited for a predetermined time after the end of the call, so that the voice guidance starts from the middle part. The problem of being pronounced can be prevented.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a relationship between a bath remote controller and a bathroom slave unit. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the bath remote controller. Flow chart showing permission / prohibition
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 House 2 Hot water supply control system 3 Bath remote control 4 Intercom system 5 Bathroom child unit 7 Human body sensor 8 Microcomputer 11 Bathroom 12 Kitchen and living room 21 Hot water supply device 22 Kitchen remote control 41 Intercom main unit 42 Entrance child unit 81 Flash memory

Claims (2)

A bath remote control that is installed in the bathroom and controls the operation of the hot water supply device and sounds the operating status of the hot water supply device as audio guidance, and the intercom function is operated from the bathroom sub unit connected to the main unit of the intercom A bath remote controller, comprising: a sound signal prohibiting means for prohibiting the sounding of voice guidance for a predetermined time after the input of the call signal is stopped. A memory for storing a voice guidance signal is provided, and if there is a voice guidance whose pronunciation is prohibited within the predetermined time, the prohibited voice guidance is reproduced from the memory after a predetermined time elapses to generate a voice. The bath remote controller according to claim 1, wherein

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