JP2009260837A - Home equipment monitoring control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent a situation where a trouble occurs when a user goes out while home equipment is in an undesired state. <P>SOLUTION: A car navigation system CN transmits a monitoring request when it is determined that an automobile AM has departed. Therefore, when a user goes out on the automobile with the car navigation system CN mounted thereon, the user can confirm a monitoring result of home equipment through the car navigation system CN. As a result, occurrence of any trouble can be prevented when the user goes out while the home equipment is in an undesired state, for example, unlocking an electric lock, turning on illumination appliances, or setting a security receiver SR in a non-security state. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a housing equipment monitoring and control system for controlling and monitoring housing equipment installed in a house, for example, an air conditioner, a lighting fixture, or various security devices.

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a housing equipment monitoring and control system that controls and monitors housing equipment such as air conditioners, lighting fixtures, and various security devices has been provided as described in Patent Document 1. Such a conventional system includes a plurality of subsystems in which a controller installed in a house controls and monitors house facilities, a home management apparatus connected to the controller of each subsystem via a transmission line, and the home management apparatus 1 to a plurality of terminal devices connected to each other via a transmission line, and the plurality of controllers, the home management device, and the terminal device constitute a home network using a general-purpose communication protocol, and the terminal device Based on a control request or a monitoring request transmitted through the home network, the controller of each subsystem controls and monitors the housing facility, and the result of the control or monitoring is transmitted from the controller to the terminal device through the home network. Is to be transmitted.
JP 2007-235597 A

  By the way, in the said conventional system, it is possible to control and monitor housing equipment from outside the house by using a mobile phone as a terminal device. Then, it is confirmed whether or not the lighting fixture or the air conditioner has been forgotten to be turned off.

  However, if the user does not voluntarily transmit a monitoring request, he / she will not realize that he / she has forgotten to turn off the luminaire or the air conditioner. In addition, when the security equipment such as an electric lock and various crime prevention / disaster sensors is included in the housing equipment to be controlled by the conventional system, for example, when the user goes out without locking the electric lock If the user does not voluntarily send a monitoring request, he / she will not realize that he / she has forgotten to lock the electric lock, and his home may be damaged such as theft.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and an object of the present invention is to provide a housing equipment that can prevent inconvenience when a user goes out without the housing equipment being in a desired state. It is to provide a supervisory control system.

  In order to achieve the above object, a controller installed in a house is connected to a plurality of subsystems for controlling and monitoring a house facility, and the controllers of the respective subsystems via a transmission line. A home management device and one or more terminal devices connected to the home management device via a transmission line, and the plurality of controllers, home management devices, and terminal devices use a general-purpose communication protocol. The controller of each subsystem performs control and monitoring of housing equipment based on a control request or a monitoring request transmitted from the terminal device through the home network, and the control or monitoring result is transmitted from the controller. A housing equipment monitoring and control system that is transmitted to the terminal device through the home network. A mobile terminal device that moves together with the mobile body, the mobile terminal device comprising: a mobile body position detecting means for detecting whether or not the mobile body is present in a predetermined area including the inside of the house; Communication means for communicating with the controller, information presentation means for presenting information received by the communication means, and monitoring of housing equipment by the communication means when the moving body position detecting means detects that the moving body does not exist in the area And a control unit that transmits the request and causes the information presenting unit to present a monitoring result received by the communication unit.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when a user who is a mobile body or a user who moves with the mobile body goes out, the monitoring result of the housing facility can be confirmed by the mobile terminal device. As a result, it is possible to prevent inconvenience when the user goes out without the housing equipment being in a desired state.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the invention, the mobile terminal device includes an operation input receiving means for receiving an operation input, and the control means is an operation input for controlling the housing facility by the operation input receiving means. When the request is accepted, a control request for the housing equipment is transmitted from the communication means to the controller.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, when the user goes out without the housing equipment being in a desired state, the housing equipment is controlled so as to be in a desired state without returning to the house. can do.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the invention, the in-house management device is configured for one to a plurality of housing facilities determined in advance among monitoring results transmitted from each controller to the mobile terminal device. Only a monitoring result in which the state of the housing facility matches a predetermined state is transmitted to the mobile terminal device.

  According to the invention of claim 3, only the important monitoring result can be notified to the user.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the center device is installed in a remote place away from the house and communicates with a home management device, and the communication means of the mobile terminal device is the center device. The center device communicates with each of the controllers through the monitoring results transmitted from each controller to the mobile terminal device. Only the monitoring result whose state matches the predetermined state is transmitted to the mobile terminal device.

  According to the invention of claim 4, it is possible to notify the user of only important monitoring results.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in any one of the first to fourth aspects of the present invention, the mobile terminal device includes positioning means for positioning the position of the mobile body, and the mobile body position detecting means is a positioning means. It is characterized in that it is detected whether or not a moving body exists in the region based on position information to be measured.

  The invention of claim 6 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the mobile terminal device includes at least first communication means capable of communicating with the home management device and each controller only within the area, and A second communication means capable of communicating with the home management apparatus and each controller outside the area, and the mobile body position detection means enables / disables communication with the home management apparatus or the controller by the first communication means. Based on this, it is detected whether or not a moving object is present in the region.

  The invention according to claim 7 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein the mobile terminal device is mounted on an automobile, map information storage means storing map information, and positioning means for positioning the position of the automobile. And guide means for guiding a route from the current position to the destination based on the position information measured by the positioning means and the map information stored in the map information storage means.

  According to the seventh aspect of the present invention, a so-called in-vehicle navigation device can be used as a mobile terminal device, and convenience when a user goes out by car can be improved.

  The invention of claim 8 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 7, the control means of the mobile terminal device transmits a monitoring request from the communication means when the power is turned on.

  According to the eighth aspect of the present invention, it is possible to notify the monitoring result to a user who goes out by car more quickly.

  The invention according to claim 9 is the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the in-home management device has detection means for detecting whether or not the moving object is present in the region, and the moving object is the When it is detected that it does not exist in the area, the mobile terminal device is notified of the monitoring result of the housing facility.

  The invention of claim 10 is the invention of claim 9, wherein the mobile terminal device is mounted on an automobile, and is at least one of a sensor for detecting whether a garage gate for an automobile or an automobile is parked in the garage. One of them is provided as a housing facility, and the detection means of the home management device detects whether or not the vehicle is present in the area based on an operation state of the gate or a detection result of the sensor.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent inconveniences when a user goes out without housing equipment being in a desired state.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. However, the basic configuration of this embodiment is the same as that of the conventional system described in Patent Document 1.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the housing equipment monitoring and control system according to this embodiment includes a plurality of (three in the illustrated example) subsystems SS1 in which controllers C1, C2, and C3 installed in the house control and monitor the housing equipment. , SS2, SS3, and a home management device TM connected to the controller Cn (n = 1, 2, 3) of each subsystem SSn via a transmission line (enhanced category 5 or category 6 LAN cable), A plurality of (three in the illustrated example) terminal devices (a television receiver TV, a personal computer PC and a display control device CV equipped with a communication function and a web browser) connected to the management device TM via a LAN cable. The plurality of controllers C, the home management device TM, and the terminal device have general-purpose communication protocols (TCP / IP, UDP, HT Constitute a home network using the P, etc.). This home network is a local area network (LAN) conforming to the 100BASE-TX (IEEE 802.3u) standard, etc., and the home management device TM corresponding to the hub transmits the controller Cn of each subsystem SSn corresponding to the network terminal. And terminal devices (television receiver TV, personal computer PC and display control device CV) are connected by star wiring. Further, the home management device TM includes an Internet connection device MD such as an ADSL modem, a cable modem, or an ONU (Optical Network Unit) according to the type of a line (phone line, CATV line, optical fiber line, etc.) for connecting to the Internet. The home network is connected to the Internet, which is an external network, through a communication cable (usually a LAN cable) and the Internet connection device MD.

  Further, a center device (center server) SV installed at a remote place away from the house is connected to the home network through the Internet, and a notebook personal computer, a mobile phone MP, which can be connected to the Internet, as will be described later. By performing data communication via the Internet between a mobile terminal device such as a PDA (Personal Digital Assistance) and the center device SV, for example, control and monitoring of housing facilities can be performed from the outside using a mobile phone MP. It can be carried out. The center device SV is composed of a general-purpose computer device having a network function, and a message addressed to the controller Cn transmitted from a mobile terminal device such as a mobile phone MP over the Internet or a mobile body that does not belong to the home network from the controller Cn. It has a function of relaying messages transmitted to the terminal device.

  Next, each subsystem SSn will be described.

  The sub-system SS1 includes a lighting equipment, an air conditioner (air conditioner), a housing facility (equipment device) Xm (m = 1, 2,...) Such as an electric lock, and a controller (hereinafter, facilities) that controls and monitors the facility device Xm. It is referred to as a device controller.) C1 and a current measuring device D that measures a current used in a house.

  The facility device controller C1 receives a control request message from a terminal device (or a mobile terminal device, hereinafter collectively referred to as a terminal device) through a home network (or a home network and an external network). Switch between operation (lighting for lighting fixture X2) and stop (lighting off for lighting fixture X2) by individually controlling equipment X1 and X2, and monitoring from terminal device via home network (or home network and external network) When the request message is received, the operating state of each equipment device X1, X2 (running <lighting> or stop <lighting off>) is acquired individually, and responses to control requests and monitoring requests (for each equipment device X1, X2) Operating status) message on home network (or home network and external network) It has a function to and send to the terminal device which is the source of the request message (control monitoring). In addition, the equipment controller C1 holds a large number of web pages (web page group) for displaying the names and operation states of the equipment equipment X1 to X4 under its control with characters and symbols. In response to the request, an appropriate web page is selected from the web page group and provided (distributed) to the terminal device through the home network (or home network and external network) (web server function).

  The current measuring device D is housed in a residential distribution board, measures the amount of current used in the house using the current sensor CT, and when the measured value exceeds a predetermined upper limit value, the equipment device controller A function (demand control function) that transmits an equipment stop (power off) command to C1 or directly turns off the equipment X3 or X4 to prevent overuse of power, and a home network (or home network and external) And a function of performing operation control and state monitoring of the equipment devices X3 and X4 according to a command given from the equipment device controller C1 through the network).

  Further, the subsystem SS2 includes one or more types of security devices Y1, Y2 that detect the occurrence of an abnormality in the house, a security receiver SR that collects detection information of each security device Y1, Y2, and a security receiver SR. This is a security system configured by a controller (hereinafter referred to as a security controller) C2 that receives collected detection information and transmits the received detection information through a home network (or home network and external network) by a response message.

  For example, the security device Y1 is a crime prevention device that detects a human intrusion into a monitoring area by detecting a heat ray radiated from a human body, detects whether a crescent lock installed in a window is unlocked, and detects whether a window is opened or closed. Has a function to transmit the detection information to the security receiver SR as a wireless signal (or wired signal) when an abnormality (intrusion of a person, unlocking of a crescent lock, etc.) is detected by the sensor. ing. The security device Y2 is equipped with a sensor for disaster prevention that detects fire by detecting smoke and heat, and gas leak detection by detecting city gas or LP gas. A function of transmitting the detection information to the security receiver SR by a wireless signal (or a wired signal) when a leak is detected.

  The security receiver SR collects detection information by receiving wireless signals (or wired signals) transmitted from the security devices Y1 and Y2, and further processes corresponding to the detection information, for example, fire, gas leakage or suspicious In order to notify the householder (user) of the occurrence of an abnormality such as an intruder, a warning sound is generated and detection information such as the type and location of the detected abnormality is detected by a wireless signal (or wired signal) as a security controller C2. Process to send to. Here, a unique identification code (ID) is assigned to the security devices Y1 and Y2, and the security receiver SR can identify the detection information of the individual security devices Y1 and Y2 by the identification code. Further, as described above, the security receiver SR has two operating states, ie, a warning state in which detection information is collected from the security devices Y1 and Y2, and a non-warning state in which detection information is not collected. For example, a wireless transmitter (not shown) 2) are selectively switched between a warning state and a non-warning state.

  The security controller C2 receives the detection information received from the security receiver SR as a response message to the terminal device through the home network (or home network and external network) (alarm function), and receives a control request message from the terminal device A command (switching command) is sent to the security receiver SR to switch the operating state (warning state or non-warning state) of the security receiver SR, or the alarm sound from the security receiver SR is stopped. When a monitoring request message is received from the terminal device, a command is transmitted to the security receiver SR via the communication unit 32 to notify the operating state (warning state or non-warning state) of the security receiver SR and control. Responses to requests and monitoring requests ( A function (control and monitoring function) that transmits a message of the operating state of the security receiver SR, the sounding status of an alarm sound, etc.) to the terminal device that is the transmission source of the request message through the home network (or home network and external network). Have. In addition, the security controller C2 holds a large number of web pages (web page group) for displaying the operating state of the security receiver SR under its control with characters and symbols, and responds to requests from the terminal device. Accordingly, it has a function (web server function) of selecting an appropriate web page from the web page group and providing (distributing) it to the terminal device through the home network (or home network and external network).

  Subsystem SS3 detects a door phone with a camera (hereinafter abbreviated as a door phone child) DS installed outside a dwelling unit and a heat ray radiated from a human body to detect the intrusion of a person into the monitoring area. At the same time, a sensor camera SC that captures the monitoring area at the time of the intrusion detection and a call function that is installed in the dwelling unit to make a call between the doorphone slave unit DS and an image captured by the doorphone slave unit DS and the sensor camera SC are displayed. An interphone master unit IM having a function to receive the image captured by the interphone master unit DS and the sensor camera SC from the interphone master unit IM and transmit the received image to the center device SV through an external network (hereinafter referred to as an image). This is an intercom system composed of C3.

  The intercom DS is equipped with a microphone for calling, a speaker and a camera for imaging a visitor, transmits the call voice collected by the microphone to the interphone base unit IM via the telephone line, and interphone base unit IM A call function for ringing the call voice transmitted from the speaker via the call line, a call function for sending a call signal to the intercom base unit IM via the call line when the call button is pressed, and a camera ( For example, it has an image transmission function of transmitting an image captured by a CCD camera (outputting a moving image) to the interphone master unit IM via a communication line by frequency-modulating and multiplexing the image into a call voice. In addition, the sensor camera SC includes a heat ray sensor that detects the intrusion of a person into the monitoring area by detecting a heat ray emitted from the human body, a CCD camera that outputs a moving image, and the like, and is monitored via a signal line. It has a function of transmitting the image of the area to the door phone slave unit DS. In addition, the image transmitted to the door phone slave unit DS is transferred to the interphone master unit IM via the telephone line.

  On the other hand, the interphone master unit IM has a function of ringing a ring tone from a speaker when a call signal is received, and a door phone sub unit when a response button is pressed during a predetermined time during ringing or after ringing. A call function for transferring a call voice by forming a call path via a call line with the DS, and an image (image obtained by picking up the other party of the call) captured and transmitted by the intercom cordless handset DS during the call. The function of demodulating and displaying on the liquid crystal display, and the function of demodulating the frequency of an image captured by the doorphone slave unit DS or the sensor camera SC and transmitting from the doorphone slave unit DS other than during a call and displaying it on the liquid crystal display (image monitor) Function) and a video and voice transmitted from the doorphone slave unit DS via a telephone line when a call signal is received during an answering machine setting in a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (Absence Record Function), a function of recording an image captured by the sensor camera SC and transmitted from the doorphone slave unit DS via the telephone line to a nonvolatile semiconductor memory (sensor camera recording function), and a door phone slave unit DS When a specific operation (for example, long press of a call button) is performed, a notification sound that can be distinguished from a normal ringing sound (notification function for returning home) is provided (home return notification function). ing.

  Thus, when a visitor presses the call button of the door phone DS, a call signal is transmitted to the interphone base unit IM via the telephone line by the call function that is always effective, and the interphone base unit IM calls the speaker from the speaker. When the sound is generated and the power is supplied from the interphone master unit IM via the communication line, the image transmission function of the door phone slave unit DS becomes effective, and the image captured by the camera of the door phone slave unit DS is displayed as the interphone. It is displayed on the liquid crystal display of base unit IM. Then, if a householder (user) who has confirmed the visitor by the image displayed on the liquid crystal display presses the response button of the interphone master unit IM, the call function makes a connection with the door phone slave unit DS via the call line. A speech path is formed, and a loudspeaker call (hands-free call) using a speaker and a microphone can be performed between the interphone master unit IM and the door phone cordless handset DS, and the interphone master unit IM has a liquid crystal display during the call. It becomes possible to display an image transmitted from the intercom slave unit DS. However, the voice call and the image transmission between the interphone master unit IM and the door phone slave unit DS are ended when a predetermined time elapses after the response button is pressed or when the response button is pressed again. When the intrusion of the suspicious person in the monitoring area is detected, the image of the monitoring area captured by the sensor camera SC is transmitted to the interphone master unit IM via the doorphone slave unit DS and displayed on the liquid crystal display.

  The image transfer controller C3 receives image data and voice data transmitted from the interphone master unit IM from the intercom master unit DS and the sensor camera SC to the interphone master unit IM and receives the received data in a predetermined compression method (for example, a moving image). And MPEG4, JPEG for still images, MP3 for audio, etc., and then a function (transfer function) for transferring a response message to the center device SV through the home network and the external network. A function for notifying the center device SV that the interphone master unit IM has recorded an image and a voice call when the answering machine function is valid (visitor notification function) through the home network and the external network, and a home return notification function, IM (household) House has a function of transferring a response message returned home notifies the center apparatus SV via the home network and the external network when it is notified (return home notification forwarding function). The image transfer controller C3 holds a large number of web pages (web page group) disclosing a list of images recorded in the memory, and selects an appropriate web page in response to a request from the terminal device. And a function (web server function) for providing (distributing) to a terminal device through a home network (or a home network and an external network).

  The home management device TM also has a web server function, and a web page (so-called portal site) serving as an entrance to a web page (the home page of each subsystem SSn) provided by each controller Cn through the web server function. It is created and provided (distributed) to a terminal device in the house (TV receiver TV, personal computer PC or display control device CV) through a home network. For example, the portal site created by the home management device TM is usually displayed on the liquid crystal display 52a (described later) of the display control device CV. In this portal site, links to web contents (homepages of each subsystem SSn) provided by each controller Cn are displayed as icons. If a touch panel is operated on any icon, the icon is displayed. A web content transmission request message is transmitted from the display control device CV to the linked URL (IP address of the web page group held by each controller Cn). Then, if the controller Cn that has received the transmission request message transmits a web page designated from among a group of web pages held by itself to the display control device CV, the web page of the controller Cn instead of the portal site. (For example, the home page of each subsystem SSn) is displayed on the liquid crystal display 52a.

  Next, the display control device CV will be described. The display control device CV is embedded in a wall surface in a house, and includes a microcomputer, a liquid crystal display for displaying an image, a touch panel for receiving an operation input, and the like. The microcomputer is equipped with a web browser, and the web content provided from each controller Cn and the like is reproduced by the web browser and displayed on the liquid crystal display, and the position where the touch panel is operated and the icon displayed on the liquid crystal display An operation input corresponding to the positional relationship with the above is accepted.

  Next, an in-vehicle navigation device CN which is one of mobile terminal devices will be described. The in-vehicle navigation device CN is mounted on the automobile AM, and as shown in FIG. 2, a computer 21, a storage medium 22, a GPS receiver 23, an operation device 24, a display device 25, a speaker 26, a vehicle sensor 27, a wireless device. A communication device 28 is provided. The computer 21 includes a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an I / O, and the like, and an operation device 24, a display device 25, a speaker 26, and a vehicle sensor 27 are connected to the I / O. The ROM stores a route guidance program in addition to a basic program such as BIOS. This route guidance program is expanded in the RAM at the time of startup and executed by the CPU. The storage medium 22 is a magnetic storage medium such as a hard disk device, an optical storage medium such as a DVD, or a semiconductor storage medium such as a memory card, and is connected to the computer 21 via a bus and used by the route guidance program. Map information is stored. However, map information may be stored in the ROM. The GPS receiver 23 performs positioning using a global positioning system (GPS), and is connected to the computer 21 via a bus. The operation device 24 has an operation unit such as a push button switch, and outputs an operation input received by operating the operation unit to the computer 21. The display device 25 is composed of a liquid crystal display and displays various images including a route guidance map. The vehicle sensor 27 detects the vehicle speed of the automobile AM, the rotational speed of the axle, and the like. However, instead of providing the vehicle sensor 27, information such as the vehicle speed and the number of revolutions can be taken into the computer 21 from an ECU (electronic control unit) mounted on the automobile AM. The wireless communication device 28 performs, for example, wireless communication using a data communication service provided by a mobile phone carrier, and is connected to the computer 21 via a bus. However, the wireless communication method of the wireless communication device 28 is not limited to the method using the data communication service, and may be another wireless communication method such as a wireless LAN or mobile WiMAX (IEEE802.16e). I do not care.

  The vehicle-mounted navigation device CN configured as described above receives position information from the operation device 24, position information measured by the GPS receiver 23, vehicle speed of the vehicle AM detected by the vehicle sensor 27, and the like. The computer 21 calculates a route from the current location to the destination based on the information and the map information, displays a map of the route on the liquid crystal display of the display device 25, and sounds a guidance voice from the speaker 26. Then, the driver is guided to the route to the destination.

  Next, an operation in the case where control and monitoring of the equipment device Xm are performed using a home terminal device (for example, the display control device CV) will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG.

  First, when a predetermined operation is performed on the display control device CV, a portal site transmission request message is transmitted to the home management device TM (1). The home management apparatus TM that has received the message displays an icon indicating a link to the home page of the subsystem SS1 to SS3 registered in a memory list (not shown), characters indicating the names of the individual subsystems SS1 to SS3, and the like. The portal site to be created is created, and the data of the portal site is transmitted to the display control device CV that is the transmission request source (2).

  The display control device CV displays the portal site on the liquid crystal display by opening the data (file) received from the home management device TM with a web browser (3). If the touch panel is operated on the icon of the subsystem SS1 (4), the web browser (the homepage of the URL) of the link destination (the IP address of the equipment controller C1) displayed by the icon is displayed by the web browser. ) Transmission request message is transmitted (5). Then, if the equipment controller C1 that has received the transmission request message transmits its own home page data to the display control device CV (6), the subsystem is opened by opening the data (file) with the web browser of the display control device CV. The SS1 home page is displayed on the liquid crystal display (7). In this homepage, the names of the equipment devices X1 to X4 included in the subsystem SS1 and characters indicating the installation locations (for example, “living air conditioner”, “living lighting”, etc.), and the operating states of the respective equipment devices X1 to X4 , A button corresponding to an operation for inverting the operation state of each equipment device X1 to X4, a button for returning to the portal site of the home management device TM, and the like are displayed. Therefore, it is possible to monitor (confirm) the operating state of each equipment device X1 to X4 from the information displayed on the homepage (8).

  Here, in the case of performing control for reversing the operating state of any of the equipment devices Xm, for example, control for turning off the currently lit lighting fixture (facility device X2), the operating state of the equipment device X4 is reversed on the homepage. The touch panel is operated on the button corresponding to the operation (9). Then, a message indicating that the button has been operated by the web browser, that is, a message (request message) for requesting to turn off the lighting device (facility device X2) is sent to the network address of the facility device controller C1 through the home network. It is transmitted (10). Then, the equipment controller C1 that has received this request message turns off the luminaire (facility equipment X2) (11). After that, if the equipment controller C1 updates the contents of the homepage in response to turning off the lighting fixture (equipment equipment X4), and transmits the updated homepage data to the display control device CV (12), the display control device CV. The updated home page of the subsystem SS1 is displayed on the liquid crystal display by opening the data (file) with the web browser of (13). In the homepage, the operating state of the lighting fixture (equipment device X2) is changed from lighting to extinguishing.

  Next, the operation in the case of controlling and monitoring the equipment device Xm from outside the house using the mobile phone MP which is one of the mobile terminal devices will be described with reference to the sequence diagram of FIG. Here, if the web server function of each controller Cn always opens a port to the external network (Internet), for example, there is a high possibility that a malicious intruder will cause an abnormality in the system. In the embodiment, the web server function of each controller Cn normally polls the center device SV while closing the port, and the request message received from the mobile terminal device is held in the center device SV. For example, the home network is protected by transferring the request message from the center apparatus SV at the time of polling by the controller Cn that is the destination of the request message.

  As described above, each controller Cn periodically polls the center device SV, and if the center device SV does not hold a request message from the mobile phone MP, the center device SV simply receives an acknowledgment (ACK). ) Is simply returned to the controller Cn. Here, a householder (user) transmits a request message (for example, a monitoring request message of the operating state of the lighting fixture) to the center apparatus SV using the mobile phone MP (1), and the monitoring request message is transmitted from the center apparatus SV. When polled from the equipment device controller C1 after being held (2), the center apparatus SV transmits (transfers) the monitoring request message received and held from the mobile phone MP to the equipment device controller C1 (3). ). In the equipment controller C1 that has received this monitoring request message, the equipment controller controller 10 creates a monitoring response message indicating the current operating state (for example, lighting) of the lighting fixture (facility equipment X2) and sends it to the center apparatus SV. Reply (4). The monitoring response message is transferred from the center device SV to the cellular phone MP (5), and the monitoring response message transferred from the sensor device SV is displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the cellular phone MP, so that the operating state (lighting) of the lighting fixture is displayed. Can be confirmed.

  In addition, a householder (user) transmits a request message (for example, a control request message for turning off the lighting fixture) to the center apparatus SV using the mobile phone MP (6), and the control request message is held in the center apparatus SV. Then, when polling is performed from the equipment device controller C1 (7), the center device SV transmits (transfers) the control request message received and held from the mobile phone MP to the equipment device controller C1 (8). The equipment controller C1 that has received this control request message turns off the luminaire (facility equipment X2) (9). Thereafter, the facility equipment controller C1 creates a control response message indicating that the lighting fixture (facility equipment X2) is turned off, and sends it back to the center apparatus SV (10). The control response message is transferred from the center device SV to the mobile phone MP (11), and it is confirmed that the lighting fixture is turned off by displaying the control response message transferred from the sensor device SV on the liquid crystal screen of the mobile phone MP. it can. In addition, the vehicle-mounted navigation device CN in the present embodiment is a mobile terminal device having a communication function, and can control and monitor housing equipment from outside the home in the same manner as the mobile phone MP.

  Next, the monitoring of the housing facility using the vehicle-mounted navigation device CN which is the gist of the present invention will be described.

  The computer 21 of the vehicle-mounted navigation device CN has a predetermined area (for example, a radius) centered on a home position (latitude and longitude) in which the position (latitude and longitude) of the automobile AM acquired by the GPS receiver 23 is registered in advance. Is present in a circular area of several meters to several tens of meters), and if it does not exist in the area, it is determined that the car AM as a mobile body has left the home, and it has been determined that it has started. Occasionally, the wireless communication device 28 sends a monitoring request message for housing equipment to the center device SV. The size of this area is set to a value that is slightly larger than the positioning limit (for example, several meters) of the GPS receiver 23. However, the method of determining whether or not the automobile AM has left home is not limited to the above-described method, and the automobile AM is operated when the engine key of the automobile AM is operated and the vehicle-mounted navigation device CN is turned on. Or the position of the car AM acquired by the GPS receiver 23 substantially coincides with the position of the home for a certain time or more, that is, the car AM is near the home for a certain time or more. It may be determined that the car AM leaves the home when the car AM starts moving after the vehicle is stopped. The determination as to whether or not the automobile AM has started moving may be made based on position information measured by the GPS receiver 23 or based on the speed of the automobile AM detected by the vehicle sensor 27.

  In addition, the in-vehicle navigation device CN can communicate directly with the home network only within the above-mentioned area, such as a wireless LAN, and a data communication service provided by a mobile phone carrier. If the computer 21 includes a second wireless communication device (not shown) that can communicate with the home network through the Internet even outside the area, such as a mobile WiMAX, the computer 21 uses the first wireless communication device for the home network. It may be determined that the automobile AM has left the home when the communication link with the mobile phone cannot be established (when wireless communication is disabled).

  The center device SV holds the monitoring request message received from the in-vehicle navigation device CN, and transmits (transfers) the held monitoring request message to each of the controllers C1 to C3 when polled from the controllers C1 to C3. To do. In each of the controllers C1 to C3 that have received this monitoring request message, the current state of the house equipment to be monitored, for example, the equipment device controller C1, the locking / unlocking of the electric lock, and the lighting fixture being turned on / off. If the security controller C2 is the operation / stop of the air conditioner or the like, a monitoring response message indicating a warning state / non-warning state of the security receiver SR is created and returned to the center device SV. The monitoring response message is transferred from the center device SV to the in-vehicle navigation device CN and displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the display device 25 by the computer 21 of the in-vehicle navigation device CN. And the householder (user) boarding the motor vehicle AM can confirm the state of a housing facility with the monitoring response message displayed on the liquid crystal screen of the vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus CN. Here, when the computer 21 is equipped with a web browser, a web page that represents the state of the house facility with an icon can be used as a monitoring response message transferred from the center apparatus SV. In this web page, characters indicating the names of housing facilities included in the subsystems SS1 to SS3, characters indicating the state of each housing facility, buttons corresponding to operations for controlling the state of each housing facility, and the like are displayed. . And if the operating device 24 of the vehicle-mounted navigation device CN is equipped with a touch panel in the same way as the display control device CV, it is possible to control the house facilities by operating the touch panel on the buttons. However, the procedure for controlling the housing facility from the in-vehicle navigation device CN is basically the same as the procedure for controlling the housing facility using the mobile phone MP as described above, and thus the description thereof is omitted.

  Here, if a mobile phone MP that is one of the mobile terminal devices in the present system is equipped with a GPS receiver, the mobile phone that carries the mobile phone MP goes out when it goes out. Since the monitoring request message can be transmitted from the MP to the center device SV, the monitoring result of the house equipment can be automatically transmitted from the center device SV to the mobile phone MP in the same manner as the in-vehicle navigation device CN.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, when a user goes out in a car equipped with the in-vehicle navigation device CN, or when going out with the mobile phone MP, the mobile terminal device (the in-vehicle navigation device CN or the mobile phone). The monitoring result of the housing facility can be confirmed by the telephone set MP). As a result, the user goes out with the housing equipment in an undesired state, for example, the electric lock is unlocked, the lighting fixture is lit, or the security receiver SR is in a non-warning state. Even so, by checking the monitoring results, users who have forgotten to forget to lock the electric lock or forget to turn off the lighting equipment can prevent the inconvenience caused by locking the electric lock or turning off the lighting equipment. be able to. Moreover, since the home equipment can be controlled using the in-vehicle navigation device CN or the mobile phone MP, the user does not return to the house when the user goes out without the home equipment being in a desired state. However, it is possible to control the housing equipment so as to be in a desired state, for example, to turn off the luminaire or to switch the security receiver SR to a warning state.

  Here, it is not always necessary to transmit the monitoring results of all the house facilities installed in the house to the in-vehicle navigation device CN (or the mobile phone MP). On the contrary, it is important that the information amount of the monitoring results is too large. There is a high possibility of overlooking such monitoring results (for example, locking / unlocking of the electric lock, warning / non-warning of the security receiver SR, etc.). Therefore, among the monitoring results transmitted from the controllers C1 to C3 to the vehicle-mounted navigation device CN, the state of the housing equipment is in agreement with the predetermined state of one or more housing equipment. If the center device SV transmits only the monitoring results (for example, that the electric lock is unlocked or the security receiver SR is in a non-warning state) to the in-vehicle navigation device CN, only important monitoring results are obtained. Can be notified to the user and important monitoring results can be prevented from being overlooked. In addition, what kind of monitoring result is transmitted to the in-vehicle navigation device CN may be registered in advance in the center device SV by the user, or may be registered in the center device SV at the time of manufacture or construction by the manufacturer or installer. You may register.

  By the way, in the housing equipment monitoring and control system according to the present invention, the internet connection device MD and the center device SV are not necessarily essential. For example, a wireless LAN access point is provided in a home network, and if a mobile terminal device such as a notebook computer, a mobile phone MP, or an in-vehicle navigation device CN has a wireless LAN communication function, the access point is The mobile terminal device can be connected to the home network via the mobile terminal device, and the home terminal can be controlled and monitored by the mobile terminal device without the center device SV. In this case, the home management apparatus TM may perform the process of selecting only the important monitoring result and transmitting the result to the mobile terminal apparatus instead of the center apparatus SV.

  By the way, in addition to detecting that the mobile body has left the home in the mobile terminal device (such as the in-vehicle navigation device CN or the mobile phone MP) and transmitting a monitoring request to the home management device TM, You may make it detect that a mobile body departed home and transmit a monitoring result to a mobile terminal device. For example, when the gate (not shown) of a garage for automobiles is included as a housing facility (equipment) to be monitored and controlled by the subsystem SS1, the automobile is opened when the gate is opened in the home management device TM. And the monitoring result may be transmitted to the in-vehicle navigation device CN mounted on the vehicle. Alternatively, a sensor for detecting whether or not the automobile AM is parked in the garage is provided as a housing facility, and when the sensor detects that the automobile AM has disappeared from the garage, the in-home management device TM performs the in-vehicle navigation device CN. The monitoring result may be transmitted to. As this type of sensor, a conventionally known ultrasonic sensor, a conventionally known image sensor that detects the presence or absence of the automobile AM by performing image processing on an image obtained by imaging a garage, and the like can be used.

It is a system configuration figure showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the vehicle-mounted navigation apparatus same as the above. It is a sequence diagram for operation | movement description in the same as the above. It is a sequence diagram for operation | movement description in the same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

SS1 to SS3 Subsystem TM Home Management Device C1 Equipment Controller C2 Security Controller C3 Image Transfer Controller X1 to X4 Equipment SR Security Receiver Y1, Y2 Security Equipment IM Interphone Master Unit DS Door Phone Slave CV Display Control Device (Terminal Device)
SV center device MP mobile phone (mobile terminal device)
CN Car navigation system (mobile terminal device)

Claims (10)

A plurality of subsystems in which a controller installed in the house controls and monitors the housing facilities, a home management device connected to the controller of each subsystem via a transmission line, and a connection to the home management device via the transmission line 1 to a plurality of terminal devices connected to each other, and the plurality of controllers, the home management device, and the terminal device constitute a home network using a general-purpose communication protocol, and are transmitted from the terminal device through the home network. Based on the control request or the monitoring request, the controller of each subsystem controls and monitors the housing equipment, and the result of the control or monitoring is transmitted from the controller to the terminal device through the home network. A supervisory control system,
A mobile terminal device that moves with the mobile body;
The mobile terminal device receives the mobile body position detecting means for detecting whether or not the mobile body exists in a predetermined area including the inside of the house, communication means for communicating with the home management apparatus and each controller, and reception by the communication means. A monitoring result of transmitting a monitoring request for housing equipment from the communication means and receiving by the communication means when the moving body position detecting means detects that the moving object is not present in the area. And a control means for presenting the information to the information presenting means.   The mobile terminal device includes an operation input receiving means for receiving an operation input, and the control means communicates a control request for the housing equipment when an operation input for controlling the housing equipment is received by the operation input receiving means. 2. The housing equipment monitoring control system according to claim 1, wherein the transmission is sent to the controller from the means.   The in-home management device matches the state in which the state of the housing facility is predetermined for one or more housing facilities determined in advance among the monitoring results transmitted from each controller to the mobile terminal device. The residential equipment monitoring and control system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein only the monitoring result is transmitted to the mobile terminal device. A center device installed in a remote place away from the house and communicating with a home management device, the communication means of the mobile terminal device communicates with each controller via the center device,
The center device matches the state in which the state of the housing equipment is predetermined for one or a plurality of housing facilities determined in advance among the monitoring results transmitted from each controller to the mobile terminal device. 3. The housing equipment monitoring control system according to claim 1, wherein only the monitoring result is transmitted to the mobile terminal device.   The mobile terminal device includes positioning means for measuring the position of the mobile body, and the mobile body position detecting means detects whether or not the mobile body exists in the region based on position information measured by the positioning means. The housing equipment monitoring and control system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein:   The mobile terminal device includes first communication means capable of communicating with the home management apparatus and each controller only within the area, and second communication means capable of communicating with the home management apparatus and each controller at least outside the area. The moving body position detecting means detects whether or not the moving body exists in the area based on whether communication with the home management apparatus or the controller by the first communication means is possible or not. The housing equipment monitoring and control system according to any one of claims 1 to 4.   The mobile terminal device is mounted on an automobile and stores map information storage means for storing map information, positioning means for measuring the position of the automobile, position information measured by the positioning means, and map information stored in the map information storage means, The housing equipment monitoring and control system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising guide means for guiding a route from the current position to the destination based on the information.   8. The housing equipment monitoring and control system according to claim 7, wherein the control means of the mobile terminal device transmits a monitoring request from the communication means when the power is turned on.   The in-home management device has detection means for detecting whether or not a mobile object is present in the area, and when the mobile object is detected not to exist in the area, the monitoring result of the home equipment is displayed on the mobile terminal. The equipment monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 8, wherein the apparatus is notified. The mobile terminal device is mounted on a car, and includes at least one of a sensor for detecting whether a car garage gate or a car is parked in the garage as a housing facility,
The housing equipment monitoring according to claim 9, wherein the detection means of the home management device detects whether or not the vehicle exists in the area based on an operation state of the gate or a detection result of the sensor. Control system.

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