JP2018040163A - Locking-unlocking device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To switch locking-unlocking even by a portable telephone while avoiding cost and installation manhours, in a locking-unlocking device having a lock device having an actuator for switching a locking state and an unlocking state of a door and a transmitter capable of transmitting a radio signal for operating the actuator.SOLUTION: A relay 9 transmits a radio signal of the same system as a radio signal transmitted from a transmitter 6 in response to the fact of receiving a signal from a portable telephone 8.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to a locking / unlocking device including a lock device including an actuator that switches between a locked state and an unlocked state of a door, and a transmitter that can transmit a radio signal that operates the actuator.

  Patent Document 1 discloses a locking / unlocking device in which an actuator of a lock device is operated by wireless signal transmission from a portable transmitter to automatically switch between a locked state and an unlocked state of a door for a house. Is known.

JP 2015-175205 A

  In the device disclosed in Patent Document 1, the actuator of the locking device is actuated by a specific signal transmitted from a portable transmitter, but it is convenient if the actuator can also be actuated by a cellular phone. However, in order to enable switching between unlocking and unlocking even with a mobile phone, replacing with a locking device having such a function requires considerable cost and mounting man-hours.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and an object thereof is to provide a locking / unlocking device that can switch between locking and unlocking even with a mobile phone while avoiding an increase in cost and mounting man-hours. To do.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a locking / unlocking device including a lock device including an actuator that switches between a locked state and an unlocked state of a door, and a transmitter that can transmit a radio signal that operates the actuator. The first feature is that it includes a repeater that transmits a radio signal of the same type as a radio signal transmitted from the transmitter in response to receiving a signal from a mobile phone.

  According to the second feature of the present invention, in addition to the configuration of the first feature, the mobile phone is a smartphone, and a wireless signal between the smartphone and the repeater is based on a Bluetooth (registered trademark) system. To do.

  In addition to the configuration of the first or second feature, the third feature of the present invention is that the locking device and the repeater are attached to a house.

  In addition to the configuration of the first or second feature, the fourth feature of the present invention is that the locking device and the relay are attached to a vehicle.

  According to the first feature of the present invention, when a signal for switching the locking and unlocking states of the locking device is transmitted from the mobile phone, the repeater receiving the signal has the same system as the transmitter dedicated to the locking device. A radio signal is transmitted, thereby actuating the actuator of the locking device. Therefore, it is possible to switch between locking and unlocking of a lock device by using a mobile phone without adding a dedicated lock device having a function compatible with a mobile phone, and increasing costs and man-hours. Convenience can be improved while avoiding the above. Moreover, there is no need to purchase additional transmitters even when there are a plurality of users for one locking device.

  Further, according to the second feature of the present invention, an existing lock device that can be switched between locking and unlocking by a transmitter simply by inserting a locking and unlocking app into a smartphone that can use the Bluetooth (registered trademark) system. It is possible to switch between locking and unlocking with a smartphone.

  According to the third feature of the present invention, the application and unlocking of the house door can be switched by the mobile phone.

  Furthermore, according to the fourth feature of the present invention, the opening / closing of an opening / closing body such as a vehicle door provided in the vehicle can be switched by a mobile phone.

It is the schematic of an application / unlocking apparatus. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of a locking / unlocking apparatus.

  An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2. First, in FIG. 1, for example, a door D for a house 5 is of a UHF (Ultra High Frequency) system from a portable transmitter 6. A lock device 7 is provided that operates to switch between a locked state and an unlocked state in response to transmission of a radio signal. Further, in the house 5 including the door D, a signal transmitted from a smartphone 8 as a mobile phone carried by a person using the door D is received, and the same method as the radio signal from the transmitter 6, that is, UHF A repeater 9 for transmitting a wireless signal of the type toward the lock device 7 is attached, and the lock device 7 operates to switch between a locked state and an unlocked state even when a signal from the repeater 9 is received. To do. In addition, signals are transmitted and received between the smartphone 8 and the repeater 9 by the Bluetooth (registered trademark) system.

  Referring also to FIG. 2, the locking device 7 includes an antenna 10 that receives a UHF radio signal, a receiving unit 11 that receives a signal from the antenna 10, and a locked state and a released state of the door D. An actuator 12 that operates so as to be switched, and an actuator control unit 13 that controls the operation of the actuator 12 according to a signal received by the receiving unit 11 are provided.

  The repeater 9 includes an antenna 15 for receiving and transmitting a wireless signal by Bluetooth with the smartphone 8, a transmission / reception unit 16 for transmitting / receiving a signal to / from the antenna 15, and the lock From the antenna 18 for transmitting a UHF radio signal to the antenna 10 of the apparatus 7, the transmission unit 17 for transmitting the transmission signal to the antenna 18, and the transmission unit 17 based on the signal received by the transmission / reception unit 16 The transmission / reception control unit 19 for determining the transmission signal of the transmission and the memory 20 connected to the transmission / reception control unit 19 so as to accumulate logs.

  In order to obtain power for the repeater 9, a dry battery may be built in the repeater 9, or may be connected to a household power supply via an AC adapter.

  Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. The actuator 12 provided in the lock device 7 that switches between the locked state and the unlocked state of the door D of the house 5 responds to the transmission of a UHF radio signal from the transmitter 6. The relay 9 operates in response to receiving a signal from the smartphone 8 and transmitting a wireless signal of the same type as the wireless signal transmitted from the transmitter 6 in response to receiving the signal from the smartphone 8. Therefore, it is possible to switch between locking and unlocking of the locking device 7 by the smartphone 8 only by adding the repeater 9 without replacing with a dedicated locking device having a function corresponding to the smartphone 8, and costs and man-hours are changed. Convenience can be enhanced while avoiding an increase in Moreover, even when there are a plurality of users for one lock device 7, there is no need to purchase additional transmitters.

  In addition, since the wireless signal between the smartphone 8 and the repeater 9 is based on the Bluetooth method, the application / unlocking by the transmitter 6 can be switched simply by inserting the application / unlocking application into the smartphone 8 that can use the Bluetooth method. Possible application / unlocking of the existing locking device 7 can be switched by the smartphone 8.

  Furthermore, since the locking device 7 and the repeater 9 are attached to the house 5, the door D for the house 5 can be switched and unlocked by a mobile phone such as the smartphone 8.

  As another embodiment of the present invention, the locking device 7 and the repeater 9 may be attached to a vehicle, and in that case, an opening and closing body such as a vehicle door provided in the vehicle is applied. Unlocking can be switched using a mobile phone such as the smartphone 8.

  In this case, the electric power supplied to the repeater 9 may be obtained from a dry battery built in the repeater 9 or may be obtained from a cigar socket mounted on the vehicle.

  Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various design changes can be made without departing from the present invention described in the claims. Is possible.

5 ... Housing 6 ... Transmitter 7 ... Locking device 8 ... Smartphone which is a mobile phone 9 ... Repeater 12 ... Actuator D ... Door

Claims (4)

  A lock device (7) having an actuator (12) for switching between a locked state and an unlocked state of the door (D), and a transmitter (6) capable of transmitting a radio signal for operating the actuator (12). The unlocking device includes a repeater (9) that transmits a radio signal of the same type as the radio signal transmitted from the transmitter (6) in response to receiving a signal from the mobile phone (8). Characteristic application and unlocking device.   The application according to claim 1, wherein the mobile phone is a smartphone (8), and a wireless signal between the smartphone (8) and the repeater (9) is based on a Bluetooth (registered trademark) system. -Unlocking device.   The locking / unlocking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the locking device (7) and the repeater (9) are attached to a house (5).   The locking / unlocking device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the locking device (7) and the repeater (9) are attached to a vehicle.

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