JP2661609B2 - Mailbox system - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a mailbox installed at a common entrance of a multi-family house, etc., and relates to a system for notifying each dwelling unit of the presence or absence of a mail or the type thereof.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In an apartment house or the like, a mailbox of each dwelling unit is provided at an entrance hall or the like so that mails, deliveries or home deliveries can be put in. When the size of an apartment house is relatively large, for example, a signal line or the like is laid between each mailbox and the dwelling unit, and when goods are put into the mailbox, this is displayed on the dwelling unit. There is also. In this case, laying a signal line between each mailbox and the dwelling unit, and displaying the information including the type of item, etc., makes it possible to judge whether or not to go for a rush, and it is convenient. However, in order to display each dwelling unit and even the type of article, the signal lines are congested and the construction is difficult.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of such a point, and connects a group of mailboxes installed at a collective entrance or the like and each dwelling unit through exchange connection means.
An object of the present invention is to provide a mailbox system in which a display lamp of a dwelling unit is turned on based on an input of an article, and a type of the inserted article can be heard by a telephone using a synthetic voice or the like.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a mail detecting unit provided in a mailbox for each dwelling unit such as an apartment house for detecting a mail and the like.
An input unit provided in the mailbox for inputting a type of mail or the like, a recording unit for storing a dwelling unit number or the like corresponding to each mailbox and recording a signal from the input unit, the mail detection unit, the input unit And a mailbox unit serving as a first control unit for controlling the recording unit, a display unit for displaying based on a signal from the mail detection unit, a telephone for checking the type of mail, and the like, A dwelling unit serving as a second control unit for controlling the telephone, an exchange connection unit for exchanging and connecting the telephone and the like of each dwelling unit, and a storage unit for storing data and the like for each dwelling unit number and mail type for voice synthesis, A voice synthesizing unit that synthesizes voice based on data read from the storage unit, and a determining unit that determines a mail type confirmation signal from the telephone and determines a dwelling unit number corresponding to the telephone. An exchange unit comprising the exchange connection unit, a storage unit, a speech synthesis unit, and a third control unit for controlling the discrimination unit, and recorded in accordance with a dwelling unit number from a recording unit based on a signal from the discrimination unit. The present invention provides a mailbox system for reading data, determining corresponding voice data from the data read from a storage unit, synthesizing the voice data, and transmitting the synthesized voice to a telephone.

[0005]

With the above-described configuration, in the mailbox system according to the present invention, when an article is put into a mailbox and a mail type button corresponding to the article is pressed, a message lamp or the like provided in the dwelling unit is turned on. Then, if a required number is dialed by the telephone, the type of the article put into the mailbox is output from the handset by voice.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a mailbox system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of an embodiment of a mailbox system according to the present invention. In the figure, A is a mailbox part, B
Is a dwelling unit, and C is an exchange unit. Mailbox part A1
Is an input unit, which is provided in each mailbox and inputs the type of article to be inserted by button operation or the like. Reference numeral 2 denotes a mail detection unit, which is provided in each mailbox and detects the insertion of an article. Reference numeral 3 denotes a recording unit which records a dwelling unit number corresponding to each mailbox and an article type signal from the input unit 1. A control unit 4 controls each unit of the mailbox unit A. A display unit 5 of the dwelling unit B turns on a message lamp or the like based on a signal from the mail detection unit 2. Reference numeral 6 denotes a telephone which dials a number set for type inquiry when the user wants to know the type of the article put into the mailbox, and listens to the guidance voice. A control unit 7 controls each unit of the dwelling unit B. The exchange section 8 is an exchange connection section for performing exchange connection of the telephone 6 and the like. Reference numeral 9 denotes a storage unit which stores the number of each dwelling unit, voice data for synthesizing the guidance voice of the mail type, and the like. Reference numeral 10 denotes a discriminating unit which discriminates a dial signal from the telephone 6 for confirming the mail type, and
Is determined. 11 is a voice synthesis unit,
The voice is synthesized based on the data read from the storage unit 9. A control unit 12 controls each unit of the exchange unit C.

Next, the operation of the mailbox system according to the present invention will be described. If you do not need the resident's receipt, etc. for mail or delivery items addressed to the dwelling unit in the apartment house, put it in the mailbox corresponding to the destination unit number of the destination provided in the common entrance etc. and set it in the mailbox Press the type button corresponding to the input article. This type button is, for example, "mail", "newspaper" or "cleaning"
It is provided for each section set appropriately. Input unit 1
A signal such as "mail" is input to the recording unit 3 via the control unit 4, and the "post" is recorded in the data recording area corresponding to the corresponding dwelling unit number by pressing the push button. In addition, the article number is detected through the detection means using infrared rays or the detection means using ultrasonic waves of the mail detection section 2 provided in the mailbox, and the dwelling unit number read from the data from the recording section 3 based on this detection. Is transmitted via the control unit 4. This signal is exchanged and connected to the dwelling unit via the exchange connection unit 8 of the exchange unit C, and is input to the display unit 5 via the control unit 7 of the dwelling unit B to turn on a message lamp and the like. The display unit 5 holds the input signal, keeps the lamp on, releases the hold by the reset signal from the mailbox unit A, and turns off the lamp.

When the display unit 5 is turned on, the resident knows that an item has entered his / her mailbox. Then, when it is desired to know what has entered, the telephone 6 dials a number set for inquiring about the type of article, for example, “$ 01”. This signal is transmitted to the switching connection unit 8 via the control unit 7 and input to the discrimination unit 10 via the control unit 12. The determination unit 10 determines “$ 01” from the data read from the storage unit 9 via the control unit 12, and
Then, the unit number of the inquiry source is determined based on the signal from the controller. Based on this determination, a line is connected to the mailbox unit A via the exchange connection unit 8, and a signal recorded in the area corresponding to the dwelling unit number from the recording unit 3 via the control unit 4;
For example, "mail" is read. Then, the signal is transmitted to the exchange unit C via the control unit 4. This signal is input to the discriminating unit 10 and discriminates audio data corresponding to the input signal from data read from the storage unit 9 via the control unit 12. The voice data is input to the voice synthesis unit 11 via the control unit 12, and is synthesized into a voice such as "mail". Then, the synthesized voice is transmitted to the dwelling unit B via the exchange connection unit 8 and output from the telephone 6 as sound.

The mailbox is provided with, for example, a numeric key for inputting a personal identification number or the like in order to prevent theft of the input goods, and the entered personal identification number matches the data from the recording unit 3. The door is opened in some cases. When the door is opened, a required signal is transmitted together with a signal of the dwelling unit number via the control unit 4, transmitted to the dwelling unit via the exchange connection unit 8, and transmitted to the dwelling unit via the control unit 7. Reset and turn off the message lamp.

[0010]

As described above, according to the mailbox system of the present invention, it can be seen from the lighting of the message lamp in the dwelling unit that the article addressed to the home has entered the mailbox such as the common entrance. And, for example, if you are waiting for an urgent cleaning product, and if you want to go immediately for a cleaning product, you can hear the type by voice operation by dialing the phone,
In the case of a large-scale apartment house or the like, it is possible to eliminate the waste of stepping on the empty entrance to the common entrance and to eliminate the hassle of notifying the delivery person by telephone.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a main block diagram of an embodiment of a mailbox system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 Reference Signs List A mailbox section B dwelling unit C exchange section 1 input section 2 mail detection section 3 recording section 4 control section 5 display section 6 telephone 7 control section 8 exchange connection section 9 storage section 10 determination section 11 voice synthesis section 12 control section

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mail detection unit provided in a mailbox for each dwelling unit such as an apartment house for detecting a mail or the like, an input unit provided in the mailbox to input a type of a mail or the like, and each mailbox. A recording unit for storing a dwelling unit number or the like corresponding to the above and recording a signal from the input unit; a mailbox unit including the mail detection unit, a first control unit for controlling the input unit and the recording unit; A display unit that performs display based on a signal from the unit,
A telephone for confirming the type of e-mail, a dwelling unit comprising the display unit and a second control unit for controlling the telephone,
An exchange connection unit for exchanging and connecting telephones and the like of each dwelling unit, a storage unit for storing data for each mail type for dwelling unit number and voice synthesis, and a voice synthesis unit for synthesizing voice based on data read from the storage unit A determination unit that determines a mail type confirmation signal from the telephone and determines a dwelling unit number corresponding to the telephone, and a third control unit that controls the exchange connection unit, the storage unit, the voice synthesis unit, and the determination unit. The data is read from the recording unit based on the signal from the discriminating unit, and the recorded data is read out.The corresponding voice data is discriminated from the data read from the storage unit, and synthesized into voice. Mailbox system designed to send to telephones.