JP2009032087A - Remote control apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a remote control apparatus capable of notifying persons in a house of an earthquake early warning when the earthquake early warning is transmitted. <P>SOLUTION: Each of a bathroom remote control apparatus 1 and a kitchen remote control apparatus 2 signal-connected to a heat source apparatus and arranged in a house is provided with an early warning reception detection part 50 for detecting the reception of an earthquake early warning. When the early warning reception detection part 50 detects the reception of the earthquake early warning, an earthquake early warning notification means 51 notifies of the generation of the earthquake early warning by a previously set setting form including at least one of voice and display. Even when an operation switch 35 in the remote control apparatus 1 and/or 2 is OFF, the remote control apparatus 1 and/of 2 turns on the operation switch 35 at the time of detecting the reception of the earthquake early warning, and even when the set state of guidance volume is mute or low, increases the volume to allow a guidance generation means 55 to generate earthquake early warning voice guidance. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a remote control device that is used by being connected to a heat source device such as a water heater and capable of notifying emergency earthquake information.

  A remote control device for remotely operating the heat source device is signal-connected to a heat source device such as a water heater having an automatic hot water filling function for a bathtub, and is installed in a bathroom or kitchen. These bathroom-arranged remote control device and kitchen-arranged remote control device are generally signal-connected via a control board (control device) of the heat source device. The remote control device is provided with a display screen for displaying information, and information display such as information related to hot water supply such as a set temperature of hot water supply or hot water filling, a bath water level, or the like is generally performed on this display screen. .

  In addition, for example, when the heat source device has an automatic hot water filling function to the bathtub, it is equipped with a function to send a voice guidance such as “The bath has boiled” from the remote control device when the hot water filling is finished. Remote control devices have also been put into practical use. Thus, when voice guidance is transmitted from the remote control device, it is possible to know the timing of bathing and to prompt the user to take a comfortable bath (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

  In addition, in a remote control device having a function for transmitting voice guidance, for example, when the hot water supply set temperature is changed by operating the remote control device in the kitchen arrangement, the “hot water supply set temperature is changed twice lower”. Voice guidance such as `` was '' is output from both the kitchen-mounted remote control device and the bathroom-mounted remote control device. For example, when a family uses a water heater, Even if a person operates a remote control device in the kitchen, the user of the bathroom can know the operation of the remote control device (in this case, change of the hot water supply set temperature), and the heat source device such as a water heater is easy to use can do.

JP 2005-233442 A

  By the way, in recent years, an emergency earthquake bulletin distribution system as shown in FIG. 8 has been proposed and partly put into practical use. Earthquake early warnings immediately after the occurrence of an earthquake, analyze the observation data captured by a seismometer close to the epicenter and immediately estimate the epicenter and magnitude of the earthquake (magnitude), and based on this, the arrival time of the main motion in each location This information is used to estimate the seismic intensity and notify as quickly as possible. This information is transmitted from the Japan Meteorological Agency 40 as shown in FIG. Then, this earthquake early warning is transmitted to NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) 42 via, for example, REIC (Earthquake Early Warning Communication Council) 41 and the like, and is received through a telephone line 43 and placed indoors in a broadcasting station or the like. Received by the machine 44.

  The receiver 44 is installed in a place having a public property that needs to quickly receive and deal with an earthquake early warning, such as a railway company, a government office, in addition to a broadcasting station. Recently, it has been considered to install the receiver 44 in a management room of an apartment house such as an apartment, and there are some places where it is actually installed. On the other hand, from the fall of 2007, a plan has been made to provide an earthquake early warning to each household by displaying the earthquake early warning on a television screen or the like.

  However, many people do not watch TV all day, and even if they display the earthquake early warning on the TV screen, if they are not watching TV when providing the earthquake early warning, they will know the earthquake early warning. Can not. When earthquakes are unknown, it is easy to deal with earthquakes and improve safety if you can know the earthquake early warning more reliably when you are indoors. Therefore, the present inventor considered whether or not a remote control device provided in a bathroom or kitchen for remote control of a water heater can be used.

  The present invention has been made based on the above-mentioned idea of the present inventor. The purpose of the present invention is to make it possible for an indoor person to know the earthquake early warning when the earthquake early warning is transmitted. It is to provide a remote control device.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has the following configuration as means for solving the problems. That is, the first invention has a breaking news reception detection unit that is signal-connected to the heat source device and is arranged indoors, and that detects the reception of the earthquake early warning, and the breaking news reception detection unit detects the reception of the earthquake early warning. In this case, a means for solving the problem is provided with a configuration in which earthquake early warning means for notifying that the emergency earthquake early warning has been issued is provided in a setting mode including at least one of a preset voice and display.

  Further, the second invention is provided with an operation switch for turning on / off the operation of the remote control device in addition to the configuration of the first invention, and when the operation switch is in the off state, the early warning reception detection unit Forced notification means is provided for forcibly notifying the earthquake early warning by the earthquake early warning notification means even when the reception of the breaking news is detected.

  Furthermore, the third invention has a guidance transmission means for transmitting the setting voice guidance in response to a preset setting voice guidance transmission command in addition to the configuration of the first or second invention, The breaking news notifying means has a configuration for sending a preset earthquake warning voice guidance by the guidance sending means when the breaking news reception detecting unit detects the reception of the earthquake early warning, and the setting voice guidance of the setting voice guidance sent by the guidance sending means A guidance volume input setting unit for setting a transmission volume is provided, and when the transmission volume of the setting voice guidance is set to 0 or a low volume level by the guidance volume input setting unit, the breaking news reception detection unit When the reception of breaking news is detected, the outgoing volume of the setting voice guidance is forcibly increased. Wherein the forced sound volume up means for causing the sending of earthquake early warning voice guidance by the guidance transmitting means.

  Furthermore, in addition to the configuration of the third invention, the fourth invention is the setting voice guidance transmission command while the guidance transmission means is transmitting a setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance. Immediately before sending the set voice guidance, when the early warning reception detecting unit detects the reception of the earthquake early warning, the earthquake early warning notifying means stops sending the set voice guidance of the guidance sending means and It has an earthquake early warning priority transmission control section for transmitting earthquake early warning voice guidance by the guidance transmission means.

  Furthermore, in the fifth aspect of the invention, in addition to the configuration of the third or fourth aspect of the invention, the outgoing sound volume of the setting voice guidance is given by a plurality of levels that are different in stages. Volume level control means for setting the maximum level among the levels and transmitting the earthquake early warning voice guidance by the guidance transmission means is provided.

  Furthermore, in the sixth invention, in addition to the configuration of the third or fourth invention, the transmission volume of the earthquake early warning voice guidance is larger than the maximum transmission volume of the set voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance. Volume is set, and the earthquake early warning notifying means transmits the earthquake early warning voice guidance by the guidance transmitting means at the dedicated outgoing volume.

  Further, in the seventh invention, in addition to the configuration of any one of the third to sixth inventions, the transmission sound quality of the earthquake early warning voice guidance is different from the transmission sound quality of setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance. The dedicated transmission sound quality is set, and the earthquake early warning notification means transmits the earthquake early warning voice guidance with the dedicated transmission sound quality by the guidance transmission means.

  Furthermore, in an eighth aspect of the invention, in addition to the configuration of any one of the third to seventh aspects of the invention, the earthquake early warning notifying unit is configured to transmit the earthquake early warning voice guidance by the guidance transmitting unit a plurality of preset times. It is characterized by being repeatedly performed only.

  Furthermore, in the ninth aspect, in addition to the configuration of the eighth aspect, the transmission volume of the setting voice guidance is given at a plurality of levels that are different in stages, and the transmission of the earthquake early warning voice guidance is performed at a fixed level. Instead of performing, the sound volume level variable control means for increasing the transmission volume and transmitting each time the number of repetitions of the earthquake early warning voice guidance transmission increases is provided.

  Further, the tenth invention is provided with one or more switches including an operation switch for turning on / off the operation of the remote control device in addition to the configuration of any one of the first to ninth inventions. A lamp is provided in one or more of the switches, and the earthquake warning information notifying means blinks one or more predetermined lamps among the lamps to notify that an emergency earthquake warning has been issued. It has a control means.

  Furthermore, an eleventh aspect of the invention includes a display unit for displaying information in addition to the configuration of any one of the first to tenth aspects of the invention, and the earthquake early warning notifying means displays that an early earthquake early warning has been issued. It has a display control part which announces by display by the display part.

  Further, the twelfth aspect of the present invention is configured in addition to the configuration of the eleventh aspect of the present invention, in which the indication that the emergency earthquake warning has been issued is performed by a predetermined message display including characters relating to “earthquake”, Characters related to “earthquake” in the message display are highlighted and displayed in a manner including at least one of displaying larger than other characters and displaying thicker.

  The remote control device according to the present invention is disposed indoors in a signal connection to the heat source device, and the remote control device includes a quick report reception detection unit that detects reception of an earthquake early warning, and the quick report reception detection unit is configured to transmit the emergency report detection unit. When an earthquake early warning is detected, an earthquake early warning means for notifying that the emergency earthquake early warning has been issued in a setting mode including at least one of a preset voice and display is provided. In this way, even if an indoor person does not deliberately operate and listen to it, when an earthquake early warning is transmitted, the person can be notified of the emergency earthquake early warning. You can know breaking news.

  Further, the remote control device of the present invention is a remote control that is inevitably disposed indoors in a place where a heat source device is required for home use or business use, such as a kitchen remote control device, a bath remote control device, and a remote control device for air conditioning. Since it is a device, by providing the earthquake early warning notification means in this remote control device, there is an advantage that an emergency earthquake early warning can be notified to an indoor person without the need for a dedicated device for notifying the early earthquake early warning Have

  Further, in the present invention, the earthquake early warning information is also notified by the earthquake early warning reporting means when the early warning reception detecting unit detects the reception of the emergency earthquake early warning when the operation switch for turning on / off the remote control device is in the off state. If there is a compulsory notification means for forcibly performing the emergency earthquake warning even if the user turns off the operation switch of the remote control device, the earthquake early warning can be notified even more reliably. Can let you know.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, the apparatus has a structure for sending a notification of an emergency earthquake by voice guidance, having guidance sending means for sending the setting voice guidance in response to a preset voice guidance call instruction, If the outgoing sound volume sent by the sending means is set to mute or low volume level and the early warning reception detector detects the reception of the earthquake early warning, the outgoing voice volume of the set voice guidance is forcibly increased. Thus, in the case of sending the earthquake early warning voice guidance by the guidance transmission means, even if the user has set the transmission volume of the guidance transmission means to mute or to a low volume level, the volume is forcibly increased. Therefore, it is possible to notify the earthquake early warning to the user even more reliably. That.

  Further, in the present invention having the guidance transmission means, the guidance transmission means is in the middle of transmitting the setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance or when the guidance transmission means receives the setting voice guidance transmission command, Immediately before the transmission, when the early warning reception detecting unit detects the reception of the emergency earthquake early warning, the early earthquake notification means stops the transmission of the set voice guidance of the guidance transmission means, and the early warning voice guidance is provided by the guidance transmission means. Can be notified immediately to the user even if the setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance is being transmitted or at the timing of the outgoing.

  Further, in the present invention having the guidance transmission means, the transmission volume of the set voice guidance is given by a plurality of levels which are different in stages, and is set to the maximum level among the levels to transmit the earthquake early warning voice guidance. According to the above, since the earthquake warning voice guidance can be transmitted at the maximum level of the transmission volume, even when the user is using a shower or the like and the voice is difficult to hear, the user can be surely notified of the earthquake early warning. .

  Further, in the present invention having the guidance transmission means, according to the configuration, the transmission volume of the earthquake early warning voice guidance is set to a dedicated transmission volume larger than the maximum transmission volume of the setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance and is transmitted. Earthquake warning voice guidance can be sent with a dedicated dial volume that is higher than the maximum volume of the dial volume, so even when the user is using a shower etc. and the voice is difficult to hear, the earthquake early warning is more reliable to the user. I can inform you.

  Further, in the present invention having the guidance transmission means, the earthquake early warning voice guidance is set to a dedicated outgoing sound quality different from the outgoing sound quality of the setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance. According to the configuration in which the guidance transmission means is used, the earthquake early warning voice guidance can be transmitted with a sound quality different from that of the other guidance, so that the user can be alerted when the earthquake early warning voice guidance is transmitted. It is possible to prevent the user from listening to the breaking news, and to notify more reliably.

  Furthermore, in the present invention having the guidance transmission means, the earthquake early warning notification means repeatedly transmits the earthquake early warning voice guidance by the predetermined number of preset times by the guidance transmission means. By transmitting, the user can be notified of the earthquake early warning more reliably.

  Furthermore, in the present invention, which has guidance transmission means and repeatedly transmits earthquake early warning voice guidance, it has volume level variable control means for increasing the transmission volume to be transmitted every time the number of repetitions of earthquake early warning voice guidance increases. In the thing, the earthquake early warning information can be notified more reliably to the user by transmitting the earthquake early warning voice guidance in a stepwise large level.

  Further, in the present invention, one or more of the one or more switches provided in the remote control device are provided with a lamp, and the earthquake early warning notifying means blinks one or more predetermined lamps among the lamps. In addition, according to the configuration for notifying that the earthquake early warning has been issued, the flashing of the lamp can notify the reception of the earthquake early warning even if the user is hard to hear. Even a person with good hearing can visually notify the reception of the earthquake early warning.

  Further, in the present invention, according to the present invention, it has a display unit for displaying information, and the earthquake early warning notification means has a display control unit for notifying the display by the display unit that an emergency earthquake early warning has been issued. By the display, even if the user is a person who is hard to hear, the earthquake early warning can be notified, and even if the user is a deaf person, the transmission of the earthquake early warning can be notified visually. .

  Further, in the present invention for displaying and notifying that the earthquake early warning has been issued on the display unit, the fact that the earthquake early warning has been issued is displayed by a predetermined message display including characters relating to “earthquake” And the character relating to “earthquake” in the message display is emphasized and displayed in a manner that includes at least one of displaying the character larger than other characters and displaying it thickly. By displaying the information, it is possible to notify the user of the transmission of the earthquake early warning more surely visually, and to promptly deal with it.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 7 shows an arrangement example of the remote control device and the heat source device according to an embodiment of the present invention. The remote control device is the bath remote control device 1 and the kitchen remote control device 2, and the heat source device is the water heater 27. . The bath remote control device 1 is installed in an indoor bathroom, and the kitchen remote control device 2 is installed in an indoor kitchen. These remote control devices 1 and 2 are connected to the control device 3 of the water heater 27 in a signal manner to remotely operate the water heater 27.

  The water heater 27 is disposed outside the building and has a hot water supply function, an automatic hot water filling function to the bathtub 26, a reheating function, an additional hot water function, and a warm water function. In the present embodiment, the bath remote controller 1 and the kitchen remote controller 2 are connected to the circuit of the hot water heater 27, that is, the combustion control circuit of the hot water heater 27, using a two-core signal line. A bathtub 26 is installed in the room, and the water heater 27 and the bathtub 26 are connected by a return pipe 23 and an outgoing pipe 24 of the recirculation circuit 25.

  The bath remote control device 1 is installed on the bathroom side wall near the bathtub 26. The installation position is a position where the display screen of the bath remote control device 1 can be easily seen from the bathtub 26 and the setting voice guidance can be easily heard. The kitchen remote control device 2 is also set at a position where the display screen is easy to see and the set voice guidance is easy to hear even during work in the kitchen.

  FIG. 5 shows an external configuration of the bath remote control device 1 according to the present embodiment, and a display screen 32 as a display unit is provided on the surface side of the housing case of the bath remote control device 1. Further, on the side of the display screen 32, an operation switch 35 for turning on / off the remote controller, a reheating switch 33 for instructing reheating operation of the water heater 27, and an automatic for instructing automatic operation of the water heater 27. A switch 36, a call switch 38, and a speaker 34 are provided.

  Further, on the lower side of the display screen 32, a selection switch 29 for switching between setting switches 28a and 28b for setting the hot water supply and hot water temperature and the bath water level, and setting modes such as the hot water temperature, hot water temperature and bath water level. In addition, an additional hot water switch 30 and a lukewarm water switch 31 are provided.

  Each of the switches 35, 33, 36, and 38 is provided with a lamp 39 formed by, for example, an LED (light emitting diode) or the like, and when an operation of the switch is instructed for each switch (when turned on). The lamp 39 is turned on (or blinked), and the lamp 39 is turned off when an instruction to cancel the switch operation is given (when the switch 39 is turned off). Further, a microphone (not shown) is built in the housing case of the bath remote control device 1.

  In FIG. 5, the hot water supply related information is displayed on the display screen 32, and in this example, the hot water supply set temperature (41 ° C.) and the hot water set temperature (41 ° C.) are shown. An indication that the water heater 27 is in a combustion operation is shown using the mark. Hot water supply related information is necessary for hot water supply function operations such as hot water set temperature, hot water set temperature, hot water set water level, bath temperature, hot water level, hot water detection temperature, etc. Information on various set values and sensor detection values. In addition, a time display area is provided on the display screen 32, and the current time (AM10: 00 in FIG. 5) is shown in the display area.

  The setting of the hot water supply set temperature and the setting of the hot water temperature are achieved by selecting the hot water temperature setting mode or the hot water temperature setting mode with the selection switch 29 and adjusting the temperature up and down using the setting switches 28a and 28b. The In addition, when setting the hot water level (tub water level), the bathtub water level setting mode is selected by the selection switch 29, and the water level (or water amount) is lowered by the unit water level (unit water amount) using the setting switches 28a and 28b. This is done by performing an operation.

  The operation switch (hot-water supply switch) 35 is turned on to turn on the bath remote control device 1 (power is turned on) to enable the circuit, and is turned off to turn off the operation. The circuit operation is stopped. The operation of the hot water supply function of the water heater 27 is performed with the operation switch 35 turned on.

  The automatic switch 36 commands the start and stop of a series of operations from the hot water filling operation to the heat insulation operation. The operation starts when the switch is turned on, and enters the operation stop state when the switch is turned off.

  The built-in microphone and the speaker 34 are normally used when having a conversation with another remote control device. For example, a bath is provided between the bath remote control device 1 and the kitchen remote control device 2 during bathing. It is used for conversation when a person who is in the kitchen makes a request such as having a person in the kitchen bring a towel to the bathroom. By pressing the call switch 38 when carrying out such a conversation, a ringing sound is emitted to the kitchen remote control device 2 that is the call destination, so that a person who is in the living room or in the kitchen can be notified of a conversation request from the bathroom. It is.

  In addition, when the automatic switch 36 is turned on and the automatic hot water filling operation is finished, the speaker 34 transmits a preset setting voice guidance such as “the bath has boiled”, or along with the setting voice guidance, A confirmation sound or preset short music is also transmitted.

  FIG. 6 shows an external configuration of the kitchen remote control device 2. In the kitchen remote control device 2, the same components as those in the bath remote control device 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals. The kitchen remote control device 2 is the same as the bath remote control device 1 except that the additional hot water switch 30, the lukewarm switch 31, and the reheating switch 33 are omitted from the bath remote control device 1 described above.

  The bath remote controller 1 or the kitchen remote controller 2 can be used to remotely control each operation function of the water heater 27 as shown in FIG. That is, by turning on the operation switch 35 of any one of the remote control devices 1 and 2 and opening a hot water tap (not shown) provided at the hot water supply destination of the hot water supply pipe 11 in this state, the operation of the hot water supply function is performed. Be started. This operation is based on the incoming water temperature by the incoming water temperature sensor 6 and the amount of hot water supplied by the flow sensor 4, and the hot water supply burner 10 is burned so that the hot water supply temperature (hot water temperature) by the hot water temperature sensor 8 becomes the hot water supply set temperature. The water passing through the heat exchanger 7 is heated to produce hot water, and the hot water is supplied to a hot water supply destination such as a kitchen or bathroom through a hot water supply pipe 11.

  The automatic operation of the hot water heater 27 is a continuous operation of the hot water filling function, the reheating function, and the heat retention function. The automatic switch 36 is turned on while the operation switch 35 is turned on. The hot water solenoid valve 13 is opened, and hot water heated through the hot water supply heat exchanger 7 enters the hot water supply line 14 from the hot water supply line 11 in the same manner as the operation of the hot water supply function. Then, it is dropped into the bathtub 26 through a recirculation circuit 25 having a return pipe 23 and an outgoing pipe 24.

  When the hot water filling is completed, the hot water solenoid valve 13 is closed, and when the detected temperature detected by the bath temperature sensor 18 is lower than the hot water filling temperature (bath setting temperature), the operation of the reheating function is performed. The operation of the chasing function is also performed when the chasing switch 33 is pressed. The operation of the reheating function is such that the circulating pump 21 is driven and hot water in the bathtub 26 is circulated through the recirculation circuit 25. In the operation of the automatic operation, the operation of the heat retaining function is continuously performed so that the temperature of the bathtub hot water does not become lower than the allowable temperature of the bath beyond the allowable range for a preset time.

  In FIG. 7, 12 is a flow sensor, 22 is a water flow switch, 19 is a conduit connecting the discharge port of the circulation pump 21 and the water intake of the reheating heat exchanger 15, and 17 is a gas passage to the bath burner 16. , 49 indicate water quantity control valves, respectively.

  Moreover, the bath remote control device 1 and the kitchen remote control device 2 of the present embodiment have the control configuration shown in FIG. 1, and each of the remote control devices 1 and 2 includes a breaking news reception detection unit 50, an earthquake breaking news notification means 51, A forced notification unit 53, a display control unit 57, a guidance transmission command unit 52, a forced voice volume increase unit 59, a volume level control unit 54, a guidance transmission unit 55, a memory unit 56, and a guidance volume input setting unit 58; Further, as described above, the operation switch 35, the display screen 32, the lamp 39, and the speaker 34 are provided.

  In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, the kitchen remote controller 2 is electrically connected to the doorphone 46 of each house 47 in an apartment or the like, whereby the bath remote controller 1 is also connected to the doorphone 46. Is electrically connected.

  A feature of the remote control devices 1 and 2 according to the present embodiment is that when an earthquake early warning is issued from the Japan Meteorological Agency 40, it can be notified that an emergency earthquake early warning has been issued. Considering the case where the residents of each house 47 need to evacuate from an apartment house such as an apartment when a large earthquake occurs, for example, as shown in FIG. When the receiver 44 provided in the management room 37 of the department receives the earthquake early warning, it is proposed to add the signal to the door phone 46 by centralized management of the management room 37, for example.

  Therefore, in this embodiment, a system is formed in which the signal is applied to the kitchen remote control device 2 via the door phone 46 of all the houses 47, and the signal is transmitted to the kitchen remote control device 2 via the communication line 60. Then, the breaking news reception detection unit 50 of the kitchen remote control device 2 detects the reception of the earthquake early warning. In addition, since the signal transmitted to the door phone 46 is transmitted to the bath remote control device 1 via the kitchen remote control device 2, the communication line 61, the water heater 27, and the communication line 62, the breaking news reception detection unit 50 of the bath remote control device 1. Also detect the reception of earthquake early warning.

  Then, when the early warning reception detecting unit 50 of each of the remote control devices 1 and 2 detects the reception of the earthquake early warning, the detection signal is sent to the early earthquake notification means 51 and the forced notification means 53 in the remote control devices 1 and 2, respectively. Add to.

  The compulsory notification means 53 compulsorily notifies the earthquake early warning information by the earthquake early warning notification means 51 even when the early warning reception detecting unit 50 detects the reception of the emergency earthquake early warning when the operation switch 35 is off. When the detection signal is added from the breaking news reception detection unit 50, an ON signal is added to the operation switch 35. Then, when the operation switch 35 is turned off before this signal is applied, the operation switch 35 is turned on and the operation is turned on. Note that when the operation switch 35 is originally on, it remains on. Thus, when the operation of each of the remote control devices 1 and 2 is on, the earthquake early warning information is notified by the earthquake early warning means 51.

  The forced notification means 53 does not turn on the operation switch 35 (without performing the operation of turning on the operation switch 35 and turning on the lamp 39), and turns on the power supply of the bath remote control device 1 to turn on the circuit of the device. May be configured so as to be able to be forced into an operating state as an operable state. Further, the compulsory notification means 53 is used when the bath remote controller 1 is in the sleep mode, that is, when the CPU (Central Processing Unit) in the bath remote controller 1 is in the sleep mode or in the power saving mode. Even when the remote control operation is close to turning off the power, it may be configured to be able to forcibly enter the driving state.

  The earthquake early warning notifying means 51, when the early warning reception detecting unit 50 detects the reception of the emergency early warning, notifies that the emergency early warning has been issued in a setting mode including at least one of a preset voice and display. . As one method for this notification, in this embodiment, the earthquake early warning notifying unit 51 sends an earthquake early warning transmission command to the guidance transmission commanding unit 52 for voice notification that an emergency earthquake early warning has been issued. This is added to the forced voice volume increasing means 59.

  The guidance transmission command section 52 issues a preset setting voice guidance transmission command. When an earthquake early warning transmission command is added from the earthquake early warning notification means 51, the guidance initial transmission voice guidance instruction is transmitted. Add to 55. In response to the transmission instruction of the earthquake early warning voice guidance, the guidance transmission means 55 takes in the earthquake early warning voice guidance that is set in advance and stored in the memory unit 56, for example, “a big earthquake will come soon”, and transmits from the speaker 34. Let

  In addition to the earthquake early warning voice guidance, for example, the guidance transmission command unit 52 may change the reheating switch when changing information such as hot water supply related information or hot water filling related information is added or when the automatic hot water filling operation is finished. Also when the 33 is turned on and the reheating of the bathtub hot water is started, a predetermined setting voice guidance transmission command is applied to the guidance transmission means 55. Based on this command, the guidance transmission means 55 takes in the set voice guidance stored in the memory unit 56 in advance and sends a set voice guidance such as “Start hot water filling” from the speaker 34.

  The guidance volume input setting unit 58 sets the transmission volume of the set voice guidance transmitted by the guidance transmission unit 55 according to the input setting operation by the user. In the present embodiment example, the outgoing volume of the set voice guidance is given by a plurality of levels that differ in stages (here, four levels of “mute”, “small”, “medium”, and “large”). Appropriate levels are selected and set.

  In the present embodiment, the selection switch 29 of the bath remote control device 1 and the kitchen remote control device 2 also switches the setting mode of the setting voice guidance in addition to switching each setting mode such as the hot water temperature. The user selects the volume setting mode of the set voice guidance by the selection switch 29, and presses the setting switches 28a and 28b with the display on the display screen 32 as shown in FIG. The volume level of the set voice guidance is adjusted by raising or lowering the volume level.

  Each time the setting switch 28b is pressed, the volume level increases one by one, such as the volume “mute” to “small”, “small” to “medium”, and “medium” to “large”. Each time the key 28a is pressed, the volume level decreases one by one, such as from “high” to “medium”, from “medium” to “small”, and from “small” to “mute”. When the selection switch 29 is pressed when the voice level displayed on the screen is set to the desired volume level, the volume of the set voice guidance transmission is set at the desired volume level. Then, this set value is added to the guidance transmission means 55, and the set voice guidance is transmitted with this set value.

  The forced voice volume increasing means 59 receives the breaking news when the guidance volume input setting unit 58 sets the transmission volume of the set voice guidance to “mute” or a low volume level (for example, volume “low”). When the detection unit 50 detects the reception of the earthquake early warning, the outgoing sound volume of the setting voice guidance is forcibly increased to make the voice transmission of the earthquake early warning voice by the guidance transmission means 55. When a signal for voice notification is added from the earthquake early warning notification unit 51, the forced voice volume increase unit 59 adds a signal for forcibly increasing the transmission volume of the set voice guidance to the volume level control unit 54.

  The volume level control means 54 receives the signal from the forced voice volume increase means 59, sets the outgoing volume to the maximum level among the levels (here, the volume is “high”), and performs earthquake early warning voice guidance. The guidance is transmitted by the guidance transmission means 55.

  The transmission sound quality of the earthquake early warning voice guidance is set to a dedicated transmission sound quality different from the transmission sound quality of the setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance. The guidance transmission means 55 transmits the transmission sound quality. For example, when the guidance transmission unit 55 transmits setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance by the guidance transmission unit 55, the guidance transmission command unit 52 gives a command to transmit the guidance by a female voice, and the earthquake transmission voice guidance is transmitted as the guidance transmission unit. When sending by 55, a command is given to send guidance by male voice.

  Based on this command, the guidance transmission means 55 transmits voice guidance of the corresponding sound quality (female voice or male voice). Note that the reverse may be possible, and if the voice quality is different, any of them may be a female voice or a male voice, and an appropriate voice quality such as an electronic voice is set and transmitted. .

  Furthermore, in the present embodiment, the guidance transmission command unit 52 is provided with an earthquake early warning priority transmission control unit, and the earthquake early warning priority transmission control unit is configured so that the guidance transmission unit 55 performs setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance. During the transmission, or immediately before the guidance transmission means 55 receives the setting voice guidance transmission command and transmits the setting voice guidance, the warning transmission detection unit 50 detects the reception of the emergency earthquake warning, and the guidance transmission is performed. A priority control signal for giving priority to the earthquake early warning voice guidance is added to the means 55. Then, the transmission of the setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance is stopped, and the early warning voice guidance is transmitted by the guidance transmission means 55.

  Further, the earthquake early warning notifying means 51 performs the following blinking display of the lamp 39 and message display on the display screen 32 as another method for notifying that an emergency earthquake early warning has been issued.

  For example, as shown in the schematic diagram of FIG. 4, the earthquake early warning notifying means 51 includes at least one predetermined lamp 39 provided in each of the plurality of switches 35, 33, 36, and 38 (here, all ) Lamp 39 is flashed to provide a lamp flashing control means for notifying that an earthquake early warning has been issued. This lamp flashing control signal is added to lamp 39 to flash the lamp 39. . Instead of blinking all the lamps 39, one or more predetermined number of lamps 39 may be blinked appropriately.

  Moreover, the earthquake early warning notifying means 51 has a display control unit for notifying the display that the emergency earthquake early warning has been issued by the display on the display screen 32. For example, as shown in FIG. Displays a message. That is, in the present embodiment, the display that the earthquake early warning has been issued is performed by a predetermined message display including characters related to “earthquake”, and the characters related to “earthquake” in the message display ( Here, the letters “earthquake”) are displayed in an emphasized manner in such a manner that they are displayed larger and thicker than other letters.

  Further, the message display indicating that the earthquake early warning has been issued may be displayed by lighting, but if the message is displayed blinking, the user's attention can be further urged. The message display may be fixed display or scroll display. Further, when the display screen 32 has a color display function, the display screen 32 may be displayed by a color display using a color different from the display other than the earthquake early warning. It may be displayed with emphasis as a conspicuous color. As described above, the method of displaying a message that an earthquake early warning has been issued is set as appropriate, and it is preferable to prompt the user's attention and make the display more easily understood by the user.

  Note that the blinking of the lamp 39 and the message display on the display screen 32 have been described with reference to the example of the bath remote control device 1 as shown in FIG.

  In addition, each display (display of the lamp 39 and the display screen 32) and the output of the voice guidance may be turned off (stop display or sound) when a predetermined time has elapsed using a timer or the like. .

  The present embodiment is configured as described above, and when an earthquake early warning is transmitted, the bath remote control device 1 and the kitchen remote control device 2 signal-connected to the water heater 27 notify the emergency earthquake early warning. Therefore, even if the person who is indoors does not deliberately operate and observe it, the person who is indoors can be notified of the transmission of the earthquake early warning. Moreover, in the present embodiment, the method for notifying the transmission of the emergency earthquake bulletin is performed by transmitting the earthquake early warning voice guidance from the speaker 34, the blinking display of the plurality of lamps 39, and the message display on the display screen 32. Therefore, it is possible to notify an indoor person of the transmission of the emergency earthquake bulletin very accurately.

  In addition, this invention can take various embodiment, without being limited to the said embodiment example. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the earthquake early warning notifying unit 51 applies a signal to the forced audio volume increasing unit 59 and the volume level control unit 54 sets the maximum level among the plurality of volume levels to provide the earthquake early warning audio guidance. However, the transmission level of the earthquake early warning voice guidance is not particularly limited, and is appropriately set.

  For example, the transmission volume of the earthquake early warning voice guidance is set to a dedicated outgoing volume larger than the maximum transmission volume for transmitting the set voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance. You may make it make it transmit by a guidance transmission means with a dedicated transmission volume.

  In the embodiment, the earthquake early warning notifying means 51 causes the early warning voice guidance to be transmitted by the guidance transmitting means 55 with a dedicated outgoing sound quality different from the outgoing sound quality of the setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance. However, the earthquake early warning voice guidance may be transmitted by the guidance transmission means 55 with the same sound quality as that of the setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance.

  Furthermore, the earthquake early warning notification means 51 may repeat the transmission of the earthquake early warning voice guidance by the guidance transmission means 55 a plurality of preset times. In this case, the transmission of the earthquake early warning voice guidance may be performed at a fixed level, but when the transmission volume of the setting voice guidance is given by a plurality of levels that are different in stages as in the above embodiment example, The earthquake early warning notification means 51 may be provided with a volume level variable control means, and the volume level control means may cause the outgoing sound volume to be raised to a higher level every time the number of times of the earthquake early warning voice guidance transmission increases. .

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, the guidance transmission command unit 52 has the earthquake early warning priority transmission control unit, but the earthquake early warning priority transmission control unit is omitted, and the guidance transmission unit 55 is a set voice other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance. While the guidance is being transmitted or immediately before the guidance transmission means 55 receives the setting voice guidance transmission command and transmits the setting voice guidance, when the early warning reception detection unit 50 detects the reception of the earthquake early warning, After sending the setting voice guidance by the guidance sending means 55, the earthquake early warning voice guidance may be sent.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, when the early warning reception detection unit 50 detects the reception of the earthquake early warning, the voice, the blinking of the lamp 39, and the message display on the display screen 32 are performed. You may alert | report an emergency earthquake bulletin by any one or two of these.

  Further, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the bath remote controller 1 and the kitchen remote controller 2 are electrically connected via the control device 3 of the water heater 27 has been described. Further, for example, an extension provided in a washroom or the like These remote control devices may be electrically connected to the bath remote control device 1 and the kitchen remote control device 2 via the control device 3. In this case, similar to the bath remote controller 1 and the kitchen remote controller 2, the extension remote controller is also provided with the early warning reception detecting unit 50, the early earthquake warning notifying means 51, etc., and the detection of the reception of the early earthquake early warning and the early earthquake early warning. May be made to be able to be notified.

  Further, the remote control device of the present invention is not particularly limited in details of other functions as long as it can detect the reception of the earthquake early warning and notify the earthquake early warning, and is appropriately set. For example, it may or may not have a function of receiving and playing back radio broadcasts and teletext broadcasts, and may have other broadcast reception functions such as TV broadcasts and additional functions such as intercom functions. It may be a thing.

  Further, in the above embodiment, the water heater 27 to which the remote control device is connected is a water heater using gas as fuel, but the heat source of the heat source device such as a water heater can be any of gas, oil, electricity, and hot water storage. It can be of the formula. In the above embodiment, the water heater 27 has a hot water supply function, a hot water filling function, a heat retention function, a reheating function, an additional hot water function, and a lukewarm water function, but has all these functions. It may not be necessary, and may have other functions.

  Furthermore, the remote control device of the present invention may be an indoor remote control device that is signal-connected to a heat source device such as a bath tub or a heating device other than the water heater 27.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an example in which the remote control device is provided in each house 47 of an apartment house such as an apartment has been described. However, the remote control device may be provided in an office or the like.

  Furthermore, in the above-described embodiment, an emergency earthquake warning transmission system as shown in FIG. 2 is applied, and the breaking news reception detection unit 50 receives a signal applied to the intercom 46 from the receiver 44 side to receive the emergency earthquake warning information. Although the reception is detected, the configuration of the emergency earthquake bulletin transmission system and the detection method for receiving the earthquake early warning are set as appropriate. For example, when an earthquake early warning is distributed to each house 47 at a low cost, the early warning reception detection unit 50 may receive the distribution signal and detect the reception of the earthquake early warning.

  Further, in the embodiment, the signal applied to the door phone 46 is applied to the bath remote control device 1 via the control device 3 of the hot water heater 27, but the signal is directly transmitted without going through the hot water heater 27. The signal may be added to the bath remote control device 1 and the bath remote control device 1 may perform signal processing alone.

  Furthermore, in each house, the kitchen remote control device 2 may be arranged near the door phone 46. In such a case, when both the door phone 46 and the kitchen remote control device 2 simultaneously notify the earthquake early warning by sound output, On the contrary, the earthquake early warning may not be transmitted to the user. Therefore, for example, depending on the arrangement form of the door phone 46 and the kitchen remote control device 2, the kitchen remote control device 2 does not notify the earthquake early warning by sound output, but the bath remote control device 1 (or the bath remote control device 1 and the additional remote control device). You may make it perform. In this case, for example, the kitchen remote control device 2 may be provided with an on / off selection means for sound output of earthquake early warning, and the sound output of earthquake early warning of the kitchen remote control device 2 may be turned off as necessary.

It is a block block diagram which shows the control structure for reception and alerting | reporting of the earthquake early warning in one Embodiment of the remote control device which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the example of the earthquake early warning transmission system using the remote control apparatus of the said embodiment. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the method of the volume setting of the setting audio | voice guidance in the remote control apparatus of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state by which the earthquake early warning is displayed on the display screen of the bath remote control apparatus of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state by which the hot water supply related breaking news is displayed on the display screen of the bath remote control apparatus of the said example of an embodiment. It is a figure which shows the state by which the hot water supply relevant information is displayed on the display screen of the kitchen remote control apparatus of the example of the said embodiment. It is a figure which shows the connection use condition of the water heater of a model example, and the remote control apparatus for baths and kitchens. It is a block diagram which shows the system example for earthquake early warning transmission.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Bath remote control apparatus 2 Kitchen remote control apparatus 3 Control apparatus 27 Water heater 29 Selection switch 32 Display screen 40 Japan Meteorological Agency 50 Early warning reception detection part 51 Earthquake early warning notification means 52 Guidance transmission command part 53 Compulsory notification means 54 Volume level control means 55 Guidance transmission means 56 Memory Unit 57 Display Control Unit 58 Guidance Volume Input Setting Unit 59 Forced Voice Volume Up Means

Claims (12)

  It is installed indoors with a signal connection to the heat source device, and has a breaking news reception detection unit that detects the reception of the earthquake early warning, and the emergency earthquake warning is issued when the breaking news detection unit detects the reception of the earthquake early warning. A remote control device comprising earthquake early warning means for notifying in a setting mode including at least one of a preset voice and display.   An operation switch for turning on / off the operation of the remote control device is provided, and when the operation switch is in an off state, an emergency earthquake warning information by means of the earthquake warning information is also detected when the early warning reception detection unit detects reception of the earthquake early warning. The remote control device according to claim 1, further comprising forced notification means for forcibly performing notification.   In response to a preset voice guidance transmission command, a guidance transmission means for transmitting the set voice guidance is provided. The earthquake early warning notification means is preset when the early warning reception detecting unit detects the reception of the emergency earthquake early warning. A guidance sound volume input setting section for setting a sound volume for setting voice guidance to be transmitted by the guidance transmission means. When the early warning reception detection unit detects the reception of the earthquake early warning when the outgoing volume of the set voice guidance is set to mute or low volume level by the unit, the outgoing volume of the set voice guidance is forcibly Sending earthquake early warning voice guidance using the guidance sending means Remote control device according to claim 1 or claim 2 wherein forced sound volume up means for causing, characterized in that it is provided.   While the guidance sending means is sending a setting voice guidance other than the earthquake warning voice guidance, or immediately before the guidance sending means receives the setting voice guidance transmission command and sends the setting voice guidance, An earthquake early warning priority transmission control unit for stopping the transmission of the setting voice guidance of the guidance transmission unit and transmitting the earthquake early warning voice guidance by the guidance transmission unit when reception of an emergency earthquake warning is detected; The remote control device according to claim 3.   The volume of the voice alert for the set voice guidance is given at a plurality of levels that are different in stages, and the volume of the earthquake early warning voice guidance is set to the maximum level among the above levels and the early warning voice guidance is sent by the guidance sending means. 5. The remote control device according to claim 3, further comprising a sound volume level control means.   The outgoing sound volume of the earthquake early warning voice guidance is set to a dedicated outgoing volume that is larger than the maximum outgoing sound volume of the setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance. 5. The remote control device according to claim 3, wherein the remote control device transmits the guidance by means of guidance transmission means.   The outgoing sound quality of the earthquake early warning voice guidance is set to a dedicated outgoing sound quality different from that of the setting voice guidance other than the earthquake early warning voice guidance, and the earthquake early warning notifying means transmits the earthquake early warning voice guidance using the above-mentioned dedicated outgoing sound quality. The remote control device according to claim 3, wherein the remote control device is transmitted by means.   8. The remote control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the earthquake early warning notifying means repeatedly transmits the earthquake early warning voice guidance by the guidance transmitting means a plurality of preset times. .   The outgoing volume of the setting voice guidance is given at a plurality of levels that are different in stages, and the outgoing volume is increased every time the number of times the earthquake early warning voice guidance is repeated, instead of sending the early warning voice guidance at a fixed level. 9. The remote control device according to claim 8, further comprising a volume level variable control means for transmitting the sound at a high level.   One or more switches including an operation switch for turning on / off the operation of the remote control device are provided, and a lamp is provided for one or more of these switches, and the earthquake early warning means is predetermined among the lamps. 10. The remote control according to claim 1, further comprising a lamp blinking control means for notifying that an emergency earthquake warning has been issued by causing one or more lamps to blink. apparatus.   2. The display device according to claim 1, further comprising: a display unit for displaying information, wherein the earthquake early warning notifying unit includes a display control unit for notifying that a display indicating that an emergency earthquake early warning has been issued is displayed by the display unit. The remote control device according to any one of 10.   The indication that the earthquake early warning has been issued is configured to be performed by a predetermined message display including characters relating to “earthquake”, and the characters relating to “earthquake” in the message display are displayed larger than other characters. The remote control device according to claim 11, wherein the remote control device is displayed with emphasis in a manner that includes at least one of a thick display.

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