JP2010178067A - Intercom system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enhance safety of resident and to reduce botheration of call sound. <P>SOLUTION: An intercom system enhances safety of resident by causing a message to ask the affair of a visitor when the visitor performs a call operation in an entrance slave unit and recording the received affair, so as to allow the resident to attend to the visitor as necessity after obtaining the affair of the visitor by reproducing the recorded affair. The call sound is not issued before the affair recording is terminated, so that the resident is not bothered with mischievous sound. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an intercom system including an entrance cordless handset having a function of calling a resident and making a call, and an in-home base phone having a function of responding to a call from the entrance cordless handset.

  In a general intercom system comprising an entrance cordless handset with a function of calling a resident and making a call, and a living room base phone with a function of responding to a call from the entrance cordless handset, a visitor has an entrance cordless handset. The resident is called by pressing the call button. When the call button on the entrance cordless handset is pressed, the living room master receives the call signal from the entrance cordless handset, reports the ringing tone, receives the image from the entrance cordless handset, displays it on the monitor, The sound from the entrance unit is output to the speaker. A resident who knows the presence of the visitor by reporting the ringing tone confirms the visitor's appearance on the monitor, listens to the visitor's requirements via the living room main unit and the front door unit, and responds.

JP 2007-267253 A

However, in the intercom system configured as described above, there are many problems in safety because the resident often responds before the visitor's requirements are completely understood. For example, if the visitor's business is a courier service, it will often be handled by itself, but it is better for safety to ask who the package is and who is the sender. .
In addition, in the conventional intercom system, when a visitor presses the call button on the entrance cordless handset, the ringing tone sounds immediately, so that the visitor calls the call button for a mischief purpose to escape. When the button is pressed, the ringing tone is troublesome for the resident.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the above problems, and makes it a subject to reduce the annoyance of a ringing tone while improving a resident's safety.

  In order to solve this problem, the present inventor proposes the following intercom system.

The intercom system of the present application includes an entrance slave unit having a function of calling a resident and making a call, and a living room master unit having a function of responding to a call from the entrance slave unit, both of which are connected by a transmission line. Is an intercom system.
This room master unit is configured to record a sound of a ringing tone in response to a call operation from the entrance unit, a recording unit that records a visitor's voice, a playback operation unit that plays back the voice recorded by the recording unit. And the master unit control unit for reproducing and controlling the sound of the recording unit, the entrance unit has a recording end operation means for ending the recording, and the entrance unit or the Any one of the home base units has a message storage unit for storing a first message for asking a visitor about a request, and when the entrance cordless handset is operated for calling, A message output control unit for outputting one message from the entrance cordless handset. In addition, the living room base unit control unit starts recording of the visitor voice by the recording unit at the end of the output of the message, ends the recording in response to the operation of the recording end operation means, and reports a ringing tone. A sound is recorded, and the sound recorded by the recording unit in response to the operation of the reproduction operation unit is reported to a resident.
In this intercom system, when a visitor performs a call operation at the entrance cordless handset, a message to ask the visitor about the request is played, and the request is heard from the visitor. Since the requirements are recorded, the residents can respond to the visitor's requirements as needed by playing back the recorded requirements. Can be reduced and the safety of residents can be increased.
Further, in this intercom system, since the ringing tone is reported for the first time after the recording of the message is completed, the resident is not bothered by mischievous reporting sound.

The living room master unit further includes a voice recognition unit that recognizes a specific word set in advance from a visitor voice, and the message storage unit stores a second message related to the specific word. The message output control unit is configured to output the second message from the entrance unit when the voice recognition unit recognizes the specific word from a visitor voice, and The master unit control unit may continue to record the visitor voice by the recording unit.
According to the intercom system configured as described above, when a visitor utters a specific word set in advance, the second message, which is a message related to the specific word, can further flow from the entrance unit. Therefore, it is easy to obtain information from the visitor that the resident wants to grasp before responding, and the visitor's requirements can be grasped more.

The entrance cordless handset has a camera that images a visitor, and the room base phone has a monitor that displays an image captured by the camera, and receives a call operation from the entrance cordless handset for recording. Can also be configured to start.
In this way, as described above, the resident can record the appearance of the visitor while not being bothered by mischievous reporting sounds, and the visitor such as a person pretending to be a courier Can be recorded to help prevent crime.

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, while improving a resident's safety, the troublesomeness of a ringing tone can be reduced.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the intercom system of this embodiment. The flowchart which shows the procedure of the calling operation from an entrance child machine. The flowchart which shows the procedure of a resident's reception operation | movement.

  Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  The intercom system 1 according to this embodiment is schematically configured as shown in FIG. The intercom system 1 includes an entrance handset 10 and a living room base unit 20. The entrance cordless handset 10 is used to call a resident and is mainly installed at the entrance of a dwelling unit. The room master unit 20 is used to respond to a call from the entrance slave unit 10 and is installed in the dwelling unit. This entrance cordless handset 10 and living room master phone 20 are connected by a transmission line 30.

Hereinafter, the structure of the entrance cordless handset 10 and the room master unit 20 will be described.
The entrance handset 10 includes a call button 101 for calling a resident by a visitor and notifying that recording of a message has been completed, a handset microphone 102, and a handset speaker 103. A handset communication circuit 104 for sending a predetermined message to a visitor and a visitor talking about a message, a handset voice modulation / demodulation circuit 105 for modulating / demodulating voice, a camera 106 for imaging a visitor, and a camera 106 A video modulation circuit 107 that modulates the video signal captured by the mobile phone, a slave CPU 108 that controls the entrance slave 10, and a slave communication IF (interface) 109 for communicating with the living room master 20 via the transmission path 30. And.

The base unit 20 has a base unit call circuit 203 for making a call with the entrance slave unit 10 using a base unit microphone 201 and a base unit speaker 202, a base unit voice modulation / demodulation circuit 204 for modulating / demodulating voice, and a visitor's voice. The recording unit 205 for recording, the message storage unit 206 for storing a message for the visitor, the voice recognition unit 207 for recognizing a specific word set in advance from the voice of the visitor, and the entrance unit 10 have been transmitted. A video demodulation circuit 208 that demodulates the video signal, a monitor 209 that displays the captured image of the camera 106 demodulated by the video demodulation circuit 208, and an image recording that compresses and records the video signal demodulated by the video demodulation circuit 208 Unit 210, playback button 211 to be pressed when playing back the audio data recorded by recording unit 205, and base unit CP for controlling living room base unit 20 And 212, a, the master unit communication IF213 for communicating with the entrance door station 10 through the transmission line 30.
The message storage unit 206 stores one or more first messages, which are voice data for asking a visitor about a request, and one or more second messages related to specific words.

Next, the operation of the intercom system 1 configured as described above will be described. First, the calling operation from the front door 10 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
When the call button 101 of the entrance slave device 10 is pressed by the visitor (ST1), the slave device CPU 108 transmits a call signal from the slave device communication IF 109 to the living room master device 20 via the transmission path 30. In addition, when the call button 101 of the entrance unit 10 is pressed, imaging by the camera 106 is started (ST2), and an imaging video signal is output. This video signal is modulated by the video modulation circuit 107 and transmitted from the slave communication IF 109 to the living room master 20 via the transmission path 30.

In the base unit 20, when the base unit CPU 212 receives the call signal via the base unit communication IF 213, the first message read by the message storage unit 206 is output to the base unit audio modulation / demodulation circuit 204. Also, the video signal transmitted from the front door slave 10 via the master communication IF 213 is compressed by the image recording unit 210 and stored as image data.
At this stage, base unit CPU 212 does not cause base unit call circuit 203 to generate a ringing tone, and no ringing tone is reported from base unit speaker 202.

The first message output from the message storage unit 206 to the base unit voice modulation / demodulation circuit 204 is modulated by the base unit voice modulation / demodulation circuit 204, and the base unit communication IF 213, the transmission path 30, the slave unit communication IF 109, and the slave unit voice modulation / demodulation circuit 105, it is output as voice from slave unit speaker 103 via slave unit call circuit 104 (ST3).
Here, the first message is a message to ask the business to the visitors, as described above, specifically, "Hello. Who in what had been visited in your business, please talk. When you have finished Please press the call button. "
Base unit CPU 212 starts recording by recording unit 205 in accordance with the end of output of the first message (ST4).

  When the first message is output from the handset speaker 103, the visitor speaks the message to the handset microphone 102 after the first message ends, and when the call is finished, the call button 101 is pressed.

The voice signal of the visitor entering the handset microphone 102 passes through the handset call circuit 104, handset voice modulation / demodulation circuit 105, handset communication IF 109, transmission path 30, base unit communication IF 213, and base unit voice modulation / demodulation circuit 204. Are input to the recording unit 205 and the voice recognition unit 207.
When the voice recognition unit 207 recognizes a specific word set in advance from the input voice signal (ST5: Yes), the base unit CPU 212 causes the message storage unit 206 to store the second word related to the specific word. Read the message. Then, the second message read out by the message storage unit 206 includes the parent device voice modulation / demodulation circuit 204, the parent device communication IF 213, the transmission path 30, the child device communication IF 109, the child device voice modulation / demodulation circuit 105, and the child device call circuit 104. Is output as audio from the handset speaker 103 (ST6). In this case, recording by the recording unit 205 is continued (ST7).
Here, the “predetermined specific word” is, for example, “courier service”, and the second message related to “courier service” is “Who is the package addressed to whom? Please tell me, please press the call button when you are done. "

When the visitor finishes talking about the business and the call button 101 of the door station 10 is pressed (ST8), a call signal is transmitted from the door station 10 to the parent CPU 212 again. When receiving this call signal, the master CPU 212 recognizes it as a recording end signal, ends the recording by the recording unit 205 and the recording by the image recording unit 210, and outputs the ringing tone generated by the master phone call circuit 203. Then, a sound is reported from the parent speaker 202 (ST9). In addition, the imaging by the camera 106 of the front door 10 is continued, and image data is displayed on the monitor 209 of the living room master 20.
As described above, in the intercom system according to the present embodiment, the ringing tone is sounded after the recording of the visitor's business is completed, and at this stage, the resident knows that the visitor is visiting. .

Next, the resident's response operation will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.
The resident who knows that the visitor is visiting by the alert sound of the ringing tone presses the playback button 211 of the living room master unit 20 to play back the visitor's requirements. That is, when playback button 211 is pressed by a resident (ST11), base unit CPU 212 outputs the recorded data recorded in recording unit 205 as voice from base unit speaker 202 via base unit call circuit 203. The visitor image is displayed on the monitor 209 (ST12). At this time, the image data recorded in the image recording unit 210 may be displayed on the monitor 209.
The resident can grasp the visitor's business by reproducing the recorded data and the visitor image, and can decide whether or not to respond depending on the content of the business (ST13).
When a resident responds, a call button (not shown) of the room master 20 is pressed (ST13: Yes). By pressing this call button, a communication path is formed (ST14), and a resident's voice signal that enters the main unit microphone 201 is transmitted to the main unit call circuit 203, the main unit voice modulation / demodulation circuit 204, the main unit communication IF 213, and the transmission path. 30, the slave unit communication IF 109, the slave unit voice modulation / demodulation circuit 105, and the slave unit call circuit 104 are output as voice from the slave unit speaker 103.
On the other hand, a voice signal that enters the handset microphone 102 of the front door handset 10 includes a handset communication circuit 104, handset voice modulation / demodulation circuit 105, handset communication IF 109, transmission path 30, base unit communication IF 213, base unit voice modulation / demodulation circuit. 204, the sound is output from the parent speaker 202 via the parent call circuit 203. In this way, a telephone call is performed between the entrance cordless handset 10 and the room base unit 20, and a response to the visitor can be made.

As described above, in the intercom system according to the present embodiment, when a visitor performs a call operation on the entrance cordless handset 10, a message for asking the visitor about a message flows. Since the message is heard from the visitor before the ringing tone is reported, and the recorded message is recorded, the resident can play the recorded message by playing the recorded message. It is possible to respond as necessary after grasping the requirements, and it is possible to reduce unnecessary responses and improve the safety of residents.
Further, according to the intercom system of the present embodiment, when a visitor utters a preset specific word, the second message, which is a message corresponding to the specific word, further flows from the entrance terminal 10. Therefore, it is easy to obtain information from the visitor that the resident wants to grasp before responding, and the visitor's requirements can be grasped more.
Furthermore, since the intercom system according to the present embodiment is designed so that the ringing tone is reported for the first time after the recording of the message, the resident is not bothered by mischievous reporting sound. In addition, since the recording is started in response to the calling operation from the entrance terminal 10, the appearance of the visitor can be recorded, which can be used for crime prevention.

In the present embodiment, the message storage unit 206 has been described as being provided on the living room master unit 20 side. However, the message storage unit 206 may be configured to be provided on the entrance terminal 10 side.
In the present embodiment, the message storage unit 206 stores a first message that is voice data for asking a visitor about a message and a second message related to a specific word. However, it is sufficient that at least the first message is stored, and the second message may not be included. These messages may be stored in a memory or the like.
In the present embodiment, the recording end button is described as a button common to the call button, but a recording end button may be provided separately.

  Moreover, although the intercom system 1 of the present embodiment has been described as including the entrance slave device 10 and the living room master device 20, the interphone system 1 may further include an additional master device for responding to calls from the entrance slave device 10. .

1 .. Interphone system, 10 .. Entrance cordless handset, 20 .... Living room master, 30 ... Transmission path, 101 ... Call button (recording end operation means), 102 ... Child phone microphone, 103 ... Child phone Speaker, 104 .. handset communication circuit, 105 .. handset audio modulation / demodulation circuit, 106 .. camera, 107 .. video modulation circuit, 108 .. handset CPU, 109 .. handset communication IF, 201. Main unit microphone, 202... Main unit speaker, 203 .. Main unit call circuit, 204... Main unit voice modulation / demodulation circuit, 205 .. Recording unit, 206 .. Message storage unit (message storage unit, message output control unit) 207 ··· Voice recognition unit 208 ··· Video demodulating circuit 209 ··· Monitor 210 ··· Image recording unit 211 · · · Playback button (playback operation unit) 212 · · Parent CPU (room master) Control part), 13 ... the parent machine communication IF.

Claims (3)

An intercom system comprising an entrance cordless handset having a function of calling a resident and making a call and an in-home base phone having a function of responding to a call from the entrance cordless handset, both of which are connected by a transmission line. And
The living room master unit is configured to record a sound of a ringing tone in response to a call operation from the entrance unit, a recording unit that records a visitor's voice, a playback operation unit that plays back the voice recorded by the recording unit And a room master unit control unit that reproduces and controls the sound of the recording unit,
The entrance cordless handset has a recording end operation means for ending recording,
Further, either the entrance cordless handset or the room base phone has a message storage unit for storing a first message for asking a visitor about a request, and when the entrance cordless handset is called. A message output control unit for outputting the first message from the entrance cordless handset to a visitor,
The living room control unit starts recording of the visitor's voice by the recording unit at the end of the output of the message, ends the recording in response to the operation of the recording end operation means, and sounds a ringing tone. The intercom system is characterized in that a sound recorded by the recording unit in response to an operation of the reproduction operation unit is reported to a resident. The room master unit further includes a voice recognition unit for recognizing a specific word set in advance from a visitor voice,
The message storage unit stores a second message related to the specific word,
The message output control unit is configured to output the second message from the entrance unit when the voice recognition unit recognizes the specific word from a visitor voice,
The intercom system according to claim 1, wherein the room master unit control unit continues recording the visitor voice by the recording unit. The entrance cordless handset has a camera that images a visitor, and the living room master has a monitor that displays an image captured by the camera,
3. The intercom system according to claim 1, wherein recording is started in response to a call operation from the entrance cordless handset.

Images