JP2013074442A - Intercom system having visitor response function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem of a conventional system where the family of a cared person have to wait at home till the arrival of a home helper in order to receive the cared person when the home helper performs home care and also an aged person to be cared has to go to an entrance to receive the home helper when the aged person lives alone thereby to allow the aged person having difficulty in moving his/her body to feel inconvenience.SOLUTION: An intercom slave unit 2 responds to a visitor who has depressed a call button 202 and receives an ID. In this case, the unit unlocks a door when the received ID coincides with a previously registered ID after being compared and also when present date and time coincide with the condition of visit schedule date and time.

Description

  The present invention relates to a door phone system installed in a general house or the like, and more particularly to an automatic door unlocking technique.

  When a home helper provides home care, the cared family must wait until the home helper arrives to meet the home helper. Alternatively, when the elderly on the care recipient lives alone, the home helper must be greeted at the entrance, which is inconvenient for the elderly who are difficult to move.

  For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique for solving this problem. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228867 has a technology related to a door phone system that specifies a visitor based on image data before responding when there is a visitor.

JP 2007-104384 A

  However, the technique of Patent Document 1 has to register and set image data of visitors who visit in advance, and there is a problem that it cannot be used when, for example, the helper in charge is suddenly changed.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a door phone system technology that can be used even when a scheduled visitor is suddenly changed.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a doorphone system comprising a doorphone slave unit having a call button and a doorphone master unit that accommodates the doorphone slave unit, wherein the doorphone master unit is an ID of a visitor scheduled to visit or The doorphone slave unit includes a visit schedule registration unit that registers a password and a scheduled visit date and time, and a visit response unit that unlocks a door controlled by the own doorphone system or activates a visit notification unit included in the own doorphone system. Has an ID password acquisition means for acquiring an ID or password from a visitor and an ID password notification means for notifying the acquired ID or password to the doorphone master unit, and when the call button is pressed, the doorphone The cordless handset uses the ID or password obtained from the visitor who pressed the call button. Notifying the doorphone master unit, the doorphone master unit determines whether the ID or password notified from the doorphone slave unit is registered in the visit schedule registration means, determines that it is registered, and currently If the time matches the condition of the scheduled visit date and time of the visitor, the visit response means is controlled to unlock the door or to activate the visit notification means.

  According to the present invention, when a visitor inputs an ID from the doorphone slave in advance, the doorphone master unlocks the door when the visitor has a scheduled visit date and time together with the ID. Therefore, the cared family does not have to wait to meet visitors. In addition, the elderly on the care recipient does not have to go to the entrance.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a door phone system according to the present invention. It is an internal block block diagram of the main | base station and the subunit | mobile_unit of the door phone system by this invention. 5 is an operation flowchart of the door phone master according to the present invention. It is an operation | movement flowchart of the door phone cordless handset by this invention.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a door phone system according to the present invention.

  1 is a door phone parent device (hereinafter referred to as a parent device) according to the present invention, which is installed in an indoor living room or the like, and a resident operates the parent device 1 to talk with a visitor. In addition, the master unit 1 is connected to the contact 4 via the line network 3. A door phone child machine (hereinafter called a child machine) 2 according to the present invention is installed at a gate, an entrance, an entrance or the like, and a visitor talks with an indoor resident through the child machine 2. 5 is a door.

  FIG. 2 is an internal block configuration diagram of the master unit and the slave unit of the door phone system according to the present invention.

  Base unit 1 includes main control unit 101, date and time control unit 102, ID generation unit 103, registration unit 104, communication control unit 105, external line call control unit 106, slave unit interface 107, and call button reception. Unit 108, call control unit 109, base unit speaker 110, base unit microphone 111, ID reception unit 112, ID comparison unit 113, and door unlocking control unit 114.

  The main control unit 101 includes a date / time control unit 102, an ID generation unit 103, a registration unit 104, an external line call control unit 106, a call button reception unit 108, a call control unit 109, an ID reception unit 112, an ID comparison unit 113, and a door unlocking. It connects with the control part 114 and controls each part.

  The date and time control unit 102 manages the current date and time, and passes the current date and time to the main control unit 101 in response to a request from the main control unit 101.

  The ID generation unit 103 generates an ID and passes it to the communication control unit 105.

  The registration unit 104 registers the received scheduled visit date information and the generated ID.

  The external line call control unit 106 is connected to the communication control unit 105 and performs an external line call.

  The call button receiving unit 108 receives a signal from the handset 2 that the call button has been pressed.

  The call control unit 109 is connected to the parent speaker 110 and the parent microphone 111 and controls a call between a resident and a visitor.

  The ID receiving unit 112 receives the ID notified from the child device 2.

  The ID comparison unit 113 compares the ID registered in the registration unit 104 with the ID received by the ID reception unit.

  The door unlocking control unit 114 unlocks the door in response to a request from the main control unit 101.

  105 is a communication control unit that communicates with the contact 4 via the network 3, 107 is a slave unit interface connected to the slave unit 2, 110 is a master unit speaker that reproduces a visitor's voice from the slave unit 2, and 111 is a main unit speaker. This is a base unit microphone for inputting a voice of a resident who operates the base unit.

  The slave unit 2 includes a master unit interface 201, a call button 202, a slave unit microphone 203, a slave unit speaker 204, and an operation unit 205.

  201 is a parent device interface connected to the parent device 1, 202 is a call button that the visitor presses when visiting, 203 is a child device microphone for inputting the voice of the visitor, 204 is a child device speaker that sends sound to the visitor, 205 Is an operation unit on which a visitor performs operations such as ID input.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the operation of the door phone master according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation of the base unit 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. This flow starts from a state where the power of the base unit 1 is turned on (S300).

  If it is not the scheduled visit date and time information reception mode (S301, NO and S302, NO), the main unit 1 operates as a normal door phone. The details of the operation as a normal door phone are omitted.

  The scheduled visit date / time information reception mode is a state in which when a DTMF signal or the like is received during a call, it can be registered as date / time information. When there is a specific operation during a call (S302, YES), the mode shifts to a visit date / time information reception mode (S303).

  When the scheduled visit date / time information is received from the call partner by the DTMF signal during a call via the external line call control unit 106 in the scheduled visit date / time information reception mode (S304, YES), the main control unit 101 transfers to the ID generation unit 103. The signal is sent, and the ID generation unit 103 generates an ID (S305) and sends it to the communication control unit 105. The communication control unit 105 notifies the other party of the generated ID via the line network 3 (S306). Thereafter, the generated ID and scheduled visit date / time information are registered in the registration unit 104 (S307), and the process is terminated (S308).

  In this embodiment, the scheduled visit date / time information is received from the DTMF signal in step 304, but the present application is not limited to this. For example, it is possible to analyze the other party's voice signal and acquire the scheduled visit date / time information, or to provide the email reception function to acquire the scheduled visit date / time information described in the text or title of the received email. May be.

  In this embodiment, the ID generation unit 103 generates an ID and notifies the other party of the call, but the present application is not limited to this. For example, the ID may be received together with the scheduled visit date information by a DTMF signal, and the received scheduled visit date information and ID may be registered in the registration unit 104.

  FIG. 4 is an operation flowchart of the door phone slave unit according to the present invention. Hereinafter, the operation of the slave unit 2 will be described with reference to FIGS. This flow starts from a state in which the power of the master unit 1 and the slave unit 2 is turned on (S400).

  When the call button receiving unit 108 receives that the visitor has pressed the call button 202 (S401, YES), the main control unit 101 further waits for an ID input from the visitor.

  When a visitor inputs an ID using the operation unit 205 and the ID receiving unit 112 receives the ID (S402, YES), the visitor sends the ID to the main control unit 101. The main control unit 101 searches whether the ID is registered in the registration unit 104. If the ID is registered, the main control unit 101 notifies the date / time control unit 102, and compares whether the current time matches the scheduled visit date / time condition. If the current time matches the condition of the scheduled visit date and time (S406, YES), the door unlock control unit 114 sends a signal to the door 5, unlocks the door 5 (S407), and ends the process (S407). S408).

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above.

  In the present invention, the ID and the scheduled visit date / time information are registered in advance in the registration unit 104, and when the visitor inputs the ID at the time of visit, the master unit 1 compares the input ID with the scheduled visit date / time condition. Unlock only if they match. Thereby, the ID (or password) and the visit time are determined, and the door is unlocked, so that higher security can be realized.

  Further, in the present invention, when visit scheduled date / time information is received from a visitor, a temporary ID (or password) is randomly generated and the ID is notified to the visitor.

  Thereby, for example, even when the visiting helper is suddenly changed, the door can be unlocked.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Doorphone master unit by this invention 2 ... Doorphone slave unit by this invention 3 ... Line network 4 ... Contact 5 ... Door 101 ... Main control part 102 ... Date control Unit 103 ... ID generation unit 104 ... registration unit 105 ... communication control unit 106 ... external line call control unit 107 ... handset interface 108 ... call button reception unit 109 ... call control Unit 110: Base unit speaker 111 ... Base unit microphone 112 ... ID receiving unit 113 ... ID comparison unit 114 ... Door unlocking control unit 201 ... Base unit interface 202 ... Calling Button 203 ... Child machine microphone 204 ... Child machine speaker 205 ... Operation unit

Claims (2)

In the door phone system comprising the door phone slave unit having a call button and the door phone master unit housing the door phone slave unit,
The doorphone master unit is
Visit schedule registration means for registering the ID or password of the visitor scheduled to visit in association with the scheduled visit date and time,
Having a visit response means for unlocking a door controlled by the own door phone system or starting a visit notification means provided in the own door phone system;
The door phone slave unit is
ID password acquisition means for acquiring an ID or password from a visitor;
ID password notifying means for notifying the acquired ID or password to the doorphone master unit,
When the call button is pressed, the doorphone slave unit notifies the doorphone master unit of the ID or password acquired from the visitor who pressed the call button,
The doorphone master unit determines whether the ID or password notified from the doorphone slave unit is registered in the visit schedule registration means, determines that it is registered, and the current time is the visitor's current time. A door phone system having a visitor response function, wherein if the condition of a scheduled visit date and time is met, the visit response means is controlled to unlock the door or to activate the visit notification means. The door phone system according to claim 1,
The doorphone master unit is
Contact information registration means for pre-registering information relating to the contact information of the visitor registered in the visit schedule registration means;
Contact communication means for communicating with a contact registered in the contact information registration means via a network;
Temporary password generation means for generating a random temporary password, and
The temporary password generation unit generates a temporary password when the information related to the scheduled visit date / time is received from the contact registered in the contact information registration unit, and notifies the generated password to the contact In addition, a door phone system having a visitor correspondence function, wherein the generated password and the information related to the scheduled visit date and time are registered in the visit schedule registration means in association with the visitor ID.

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