JP3035090B2 - Telephone 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 telephone system linked with a home automation controller.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Whether a telephone set such as a portable handset (or base unit) is attached to a charger having a charging function as disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 62-45235. There has been a cordless telephone that detects whether or not it is in a call waiting state.

[0003]

However, the above conventional example is,
It merely detects the attachment of the cordless telephone to the charger of the telephone device and controls the function of the telephone device, and has no function to link with a home automation control device for controlling home appliances. An object of the present invention is to provide a telephone system capable of controlling home appliances by a home automation control device in conjunction with taking out a telephone outside the home.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a portable telephone device having a built-in charging battery as a power source for making telephone calls by radio signals, and Then, a charger for charging the charging battery, detecting means for detecting whether or not the telephone device is attached to the charger, and a home for controlling a home appliance in response to a detection signal of the detecting means Automation control unit.

[0005]

According to the present invention, when the home automation control device receives the signal of the detecting means indicating that the telephone device is attached to the charger, the home automation device changes the home appliance to the home of the resident (resident). In response to a signal from the detecting means indicating that the telephone device is not attached to the charger, the home appliance is moved out of the house (leaving the room) and staying at home (being room)
Control corresponding to.

[0006]

The present invention will be described below with reference to examples. FIG.
Shows the system configuration of one embodiment, and the telephone device 1
The apparatus main body 1A comprises a cordless telephone handset formed in a handset type. The apparatus main body 1A incorporates a charging battery 4 as a power source as shown in FIG. 2 and receives and demodulates a radio signal. A receiving unit 5, a transmitting unit 6 for modulating and transmitting a radio signal, and a control signal detecting unit 7 for detecting a control signal composed of a code signal received through the receiving unit 5
A voice control unit 8 and a code transmission control unit 9 controlled based on the control signal detected by the control signal detection unit 7.
And an audio amplifier 11 for amplifying the received audio received by the receiver 5 and captured through the audio controller 8 and reproducing the amplified audio through the speaker 10, and amplifying the audio signal input through the microphone 12 and sending the amplified audio signal to the transmitter 6. An audio amplifier 13, a code generator 14 for generating an identification code for avoiding interference from other cordless telephones, and a code generator 14;
Setting unit 1 for setting an identification code generated in
5 and numeric keypad for dialing, off-hook operation,
A key operation unit 17 including a switch for on-hook operation and the like; an operation signal control unit 16 for controlling transmission of an operation signal of the key operation unit 17 to the transmission unit 6; And a display control unit 18 for displaying the information on a display unit 19.

The code transmission control section 9 controls the transmission of the identification code generated by the code generation section 14 through the transmission section 6 based on the control signal of the control signal detection section 7. The charging battery 4 supplies power to each section, and charging terminals 20A and 20B connected to an external charger are connected to both end electrodes, and the charging terminals 20A and 20B are exposed on the bottom surface of the apparatus main body 1A. .

The telephone device 1 as a portable telephone is detachably mounted on a mounting portion 21A of a charger 21 embedded in a wall or the like of each room as shown in FIG. The charging output terminals 22a and 22b exposed to the mounting portion 21A at the time of mounting are attached to the device main body 1 of the telephone device 1.
The charging terminals 20A, 20B at the bottom of A come into contact, and a charging current flows from the charger 21 to the charging battery 4, so that the charging battery 4 is charged.

The charger 21 is provided at a plurality of places in the house. The charging circuit 21B has a circuit configuration as shown in FIG. 4, and is supplied with power from a controller 27 of a home automation device such as a home bus system. The direct current supplied through the supply line 28 is supplied to the charging output terminals 22a, 22a.
A current is supplied as a charging current to the charging battery 4 of the telephone device 1 through 2b, and is supplied to the power supply circuit 24 to obtain the power of the CPU 23.

The CPU 23 exposes the actuator 25a on the mounting surface of the mounting portion 21A, and receives a switch signal from a limit switch 25 which is driven when the apparatus main body 1A is mounted on the mounting surface of the mounting portion 21A. Then, the function of detecting the attachment of the telephone device 1 to the attachment unit 21A and the signal for the HA system are superimposed on the power supply line 28 through the transmission interface unit 26 and transmitted to the controller 27 with the detection. The charging circuit 21B
The address setting switch S assigns the unique address so that the home bus system can regard the address as one of the operation units.
W can be set.

The home automation device includes a controller 27, a home bus 30, and home devices connected to and controlled by the home bus 30, such as a lighting fixture 31, an air conditioner 29, and the like. In a state where the telephone device 1 is mounted on the charger 21, the limit switch 25 is driven by the mounting, and the switch signal is set to C.
The CPU 23 detects that the telephone device 1 is attached to the charger 21 by the PU 23. Based on this detection, the CPU 23 superimposes a signal indicating that the telephone device 1 is attached to the charger 21 on the power supply line 28 through the transmission interface unit 26, and
To be transmitted. The controller 27 that has received this signal determines that the user is at home (occupied), and accepts the operation of home appliances such as the lighting fixture 31 and the air conditioner 29. Therefore, the lighting fixture 31 can be turned on and the air conditioner 29 can be operated.

Next, when the telephone device 1 is removed from the charger 21, the limit switch 25 returns, and the CPU 23 detects that the telephone device 1 has been removed by this return. With this detection, the CPU 23 sends a signal indicating that the telephone device 1 has been disconnected from the charger 21 to the transmission interface unit 26.
Is superimposed on the power supply line 28 via the
To be transmitted. Kontora 27 which has received the signal from the time it receives, counts the continuous call available time T ₀ of the telephone device 1, in this continuous within communicatable time T ₀ is likely to be a call in the home (occupancy) Therefore, the current operation state of the home device is continued. And continuous talk time T
Before the elapse of ₀ , when the telephone device 1 is attached to the charger 21 and a signal corresponding to the attachment detection is transmitted from the charger 21, the controller 27 resets the count and continues the current control operation. I do. Meanwhile in the telephone device 1 is removed from the charging device 21, when the state of the limit switch 25 is restored (shown in FIG. 5 (a)) is continuing even after continuous talk available time T ₀ is , Telephone device 1
Is taken out of the house (outside the room), the controller 27 determines that the family member is out, and the house (or the charger 21)
The lighting fixture 31 that is turned on in the room where the is installed is turned off or the air conditioner 29 that is operating is stopped.

Returning from the outside, it is detected that the telephone device 1 is attached to the charger 21 again, and when a signal corresponding to the detection is sent from the charger 21 to the controller 27, the controller 27 goes out. The lighting equipment 28 that is turned off at times is turned on or the air conditioner 29 that is stopped is operated. As described above, a signal indicating whether or not the telephone device 1 is attached to the charger 21 is sent from the charger 21 to the controller 27 through the power supply line 28, and the controller 2
In step 7, it is determined whether the user is at home (room) or out (room) based on this signal, and based on this determination, the lighting equipment 31 and the air conditioner 29 are automatically controlled. It is.

Although the telephone device 1 of the above embodiment is a portable telephone, the controller 27 is detected by detecting whether or not the telephone device 1 constituting a portable slave unit of a so-called cordless telephone is attached to the charger 21. May be used to control home appliances. FIG. 6 shows a system configuration of an embodiment for detecting the attachment of the telephone device 1 including the cordless telephone slave unit to the charger 21. In the figure, reference numeral 33 denotes a base unit of the cordless telephone, to which an external line 32 and a power supply are connected. When the telephone device 1 is a cordless telephone handset, the telephone device 1 is not generally taken out of the house. In this case, the charger 21 is provided depending on whether the telephone device 1 is attached to the charger 21 or not. This means that the presence or absence of a family member in the room is detected. Of course, when the telephone device 1 as the slave unit can be used as a mobile phone, the out-of-home operation and the at-home detection are performed as in the embodiment of FIG.

[0015]

According to the present invention, there is provided a portable telephone device having a built-in charging battery as a power source for making a call by radio signal, and a charger for charging the charging battery when the telephone device is mounted. A detection unit for detecting whether or not the telephone device is attached to the charger, and a home automation control device for controlling a home appliance in response to a detection signal of the detection unit. The home automation controller can automatically control the in-home devices depending on the presence or absence of the device, and the cordless telephone handset or mobile phone can be used as a key for automatic control of the in-home devices by the home automation controller. effective.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram of a telephone device according to one embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a configuration explanatory view of the charger and the telephone device of the above.

FIG. 4 is a configuration diagram of a charging circuit of the charger according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 5 is a time chart for explaining the above operation.

FIG. 6 is a system configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone apparatus 21 Charger 21A Receiver 22a, 22b Charge output terminal 27 Controller 28 Power supply line 29 Air conditioner 30 Bus 31 Lighting device

────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor: Satoshi Ito 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd. (58) Field surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) H04M 11/00-11 / Ten

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A portable telephone device having a built-in charging battery as a power source for making a call by radio signal, a charger for charging the charging battery when the telephone device is mounted, and the charger A telephone system comprising: a detecting means for detecting whether or not the telephone device is mounted on the telephone device; and a home automation control device for controlling a home appliance in response to a detection signal from the detecting means.