JP3130260U - Outdoor sound listening device - Google Patents

Abstract

[PROBLEMS] To be able to listen to rain sounds and other outdoor sounds while staying indoors, as well as suspicious outdoor sounds as well as atmospheric sounds during snowfall that can be felt slightly in silence. An outdoor sound listening device capable of listening to sound is also provided.
SOLUTION: A housing 23 embedded in a wall surface 22 of a building 21, a sound collecting microphone 11 which is installed on the outer wall side of the housing and collects sound of a predetermined level or more outdoors and turns on, and the sound collecting And an indoor speaker 13 that is installed on the inner wall side of the housing and connected to the amplifier, and is collected from the sound collecting microphone. An outdoor sound listening device characterized in that an outdoor intruder's sound, a seasonal sound, and the like can be heard indoors by flowing a sound of outdoor sound indoors through an indoor speaker.
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Description

The present invention relates to an outdoor sound listening apparatus, and more particularly to an outdoor sound listening apparatus capable of listening to outdoor sounds such as outdoor wind sounds, rain sounds, snowy sounds, and suspicious object sounds indoors.

In recent years, buildings such as houses have been soundproofed or airtight, and the chances of listening to natural sounds indoors have decreased significantly.
On the other hand, the healing effect of outdoor sounds generated by nature such as wind sounds, rain sounds, insect sounds and wave sounds has been reviewed, and compact discs, cassette tapes, mini-discs that have recorded such natural sounds and atmosphere sounds. Such products are widely available.

As a device for listening to outdoor sound indoors, those described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-013649 (see Patent Document 1), Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-095681 (see Patent Document 2), and the like are known. It has been.
The former is designed to listen to outdoor sound using an interphone indoor unit, and the latter is designed to compare the characteristics of the signal at the time of sound collection with the stored characteristic conditions.
JP 2006-013649 A Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-095681

However, the natural sound recorded on compact discs and minidiscs is uniform, and there is a problem that it gets bored after watching several times. The device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2006-013649 is designed to listen to outdoor sounds using an interphone indoor unit, and is not based on listening to outdoor sounds indoors.

The present invention has been proposed to deal with such various situations, and while being indoors, it is possible to listen to outdoor sounds such as rain, and in silence. An object of the present invention is to provide an outdoor sound listening device capable of listening not only to the atmospheric sound during snowfall but also to suspicious outdoor sounds.

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the invention according to claim 1 is a collection device that collects and turns on a sound of a predetermined level or more outside installed on a housing embedded in a wall surface of a building and an outside wall of the housing. A sound microphone, an amplifier connected to the sound collecting microphone and amplifying the outdoor sound to an appropriate volume, and an indoor speaker installed on the inner wall side of the housing and connected to the amplifier, The outdoor sound collected from the microphone for collecting sound is played indoors with an indoor speaker, so that the sound of intruders outdoors and seasonal sounds can be heard indoors. is there.

The invention according to claim 2 is characterized in that the sound collecting microphone is configured such that an alarm is activated when a sound volume of a certain level or higher is collected.

The invention described in claim 3 is characterized in that the sound collecting microphone extracts only footsteps, sounds, human voices, etc., and an alarm is activated.

According to the invention of claim 4, the microphone for collecting sound and the indoor speaker can be installed at an arbitrary position by an extension cord using a terminal provided in the housing, or a plurality of speakers can be installed. It is characterized by that.

The invention described in claim 5 is characterized in that the sound collecting microphone and the indoor speaker are connected to a home security line and interlocked with an emergency home security mechanism.

As described above, according to the invention described in claims 1 to 5, the outdoor sound can be listened to in the room as it is, so that the equipment cost can be minimized, for example, the outdoor natural sound. You can listen and enjoy indoors at low cost.

In addition, outdoor sound can be heard with a microphone for collecting sound, amplified with an amplifier, and listened to in the city with indoor speakers on the indoor side, so it can be used in rooms with indoor indoor speakers and other rooms. You can enjoy listening to natural sounds outdoors or listening to suspicious sounds outdoors.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of an outdoor sound listening apparatus according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view of an installation state showing an embodiment of an outdoor sound listening apparatus according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of an indoor side.

As shown in FIG. 1, the outdoor sound collecting apparatus of this embodiment is connected to a sound collecting microphone 11 for collecting outdoor sound, and the sound collecting microphone 11 for appropriately collecting the outdoor sound. It comprises an amplifier 12 that amplifies the signal and an indoor speaker 13 connected to the amplifier 12.

More specifically, the sound collecting microphone 11, the amplifier 12, and the indoor speaker 13 are accommodated in a housing 23 embedded in a wall surface 22 of the building 21. The housing 23 can be formed of a metal such as aluminum or stainless steel, a material such as FRP having excellent weather resistance, hard plastic, or resin concrete. Of course, it is necessary to take measures to prevent condensation according to the material.

That is, the sound collecting microphone 11 is installed on the outer wall side of the housing 23, and collects sounds of a predetermined level or higher outdoors and is turned on. The amplifier 12 is housed in the housing 23 and is connected to the sound collecting microphone 11 to amplify the natural sound to an appropriate level. Further, the indoor speaker 13 is installed on the inner wall side of the housing 23 and connected to the amplifier 12.

As the microphone 11 for sound collection, an outdoor sound having a property of collecting sound from all directions, a directivity property, other properties, etc. may be appropriately selected according to the purpose. May be added. The ON-OFF mechanism can be a volume sensor or a volume for adjusting the sound collection level built in the sound collection microphone 11.
Similarly, by adding a surveillance camera, projector, chime, receiver that captures the image of the surveillance camera, and infrared sensor, etc. to the outdoor sound listening device of the present invention, the movement of humans and harmful animals can be caught. Thus, it is possible to automatically notify the voice and video, and to have a function as a security device for a house or the like.

The amplifier 12 can be appropriately selected and installed from a property of amplifying outdoor sound as it is or a property of amplifying only specific sound. For example, it can be of a nature that amplifies outdoor wind sounds, rain sounds, and snowy sounds as it is, or a property of amplifying only suspicious sound (wavelength).
As the indoor speaker 13, a speaker that amplifies the sound amplified by the amplifier 12 as it is, a speaker that selectively amplifies the sound of outdoor wind, rain, or snow, or only suspicious sound is selected. Can be loud.

The outdoor sound listening device of the present invention configured as described above amplifies outdoor sound collected from the sound collecting microphone 11 with an amplifier 12 and flows it indoors with an indoor speaker 13, thereby allowing an intruder outdoors. The sound of the season and the sound of the season can be heard indoors.

As described above, the sound collecting microphone 11 is installed on the outer wall side of the housing 23 and is turned on by collecting sound of a predetermined level or higher outdoors. At this stage, an alarm may be activated, and the user may be awakened immediately while sleeping.
Such a mechanism may be connected to a fire alarm or a carbon monoxide concentration alarm so that an alarm is issued.
That is, various terminals such as a fire alarm terminal and a carbon monoxide concentration alarm terminal are provided in the housing 23, and a fire alarm sensor and a carbon monoxide concentration sensor are connected to these terminals, and an alarm is also connected. By doing so, a predetermined alarm may be issued.
Further, if an interphone terminal is provided in the housing 23 and an interphone line is connected to this terminal, it can function as an interphone.

Furthermore, it is possible to extract only footsteps, object sounds, human voices, and the like from outdoor sounds input from the microphone 11 for sound collection, so that an alarm is activated. As such a mechanism, a specific wavelength is erased from the natural sound input from the sound collecting microphone 11 to collect only footsteps, sounds, human voices, etc., or input from the sound collecting microphone 11. It is conceivable to pick up only a specific wavelength from natural sounds.
In the outdoor sound collecting apparatus of the present invention, the sound collecting microphone 11 and the indoor speaker 13 are installed at arbitrary positions outdoors or indoors by using an extension cord or the like by using terminals provided in the housing 23, respectively. It is possible to install them individually.

In addition, when multiple outdoor sound collectors of this device are installed in each room, etc., by installing group connection terminals in the housing at a specific location, that is, at multiple locations. Can also be made possible.
In this case, as shown in FIG. 2, a display lamp 25 is provided in the group control circuit, and the reporting location is displayed on the display panel 24 displaying the direction by the display lamp 25, and the sound collecting microphone in which direction is activated. It is possible to check whether it is.
Of course, if the outdoor sound collector of this device is turned on and off, the volume of the microphone for collecting sound, the indoor speaker, etc., and the control mechanism such as a timer can be remotely controlled by infrared rays, etc. Can be possible.

Further, by connecting the outdoor sound collecting device of the present invention to a home security line, it can be linked with an emergency home security mechanism.
In other words, the outdoor sound collector of this device is connected to a line that provides home security services for security companies, and crime prevention and emergency reports, fire monitoring, gas leak monitoring, emergency reporting, disconnection monitoring, outdoor image monitoring It can be linked to various services such as monitoring the living conditions of the elderly and disabled.

As described above, according to the present invention, it can be used as an outdoor sound collecting device for various buildings as well as a house, and it is outdoors where nature such as wind sound, rain sound, insect sound and wave sound is emitted. The sound healing effect can be applied to offices and offices other than houses, and other appropriate uses.

It is a schematic sectional drawing of the installation state which shows one Example of the outdoor sound listening apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a schematic front view of the indoor side.

Explanation of symbols

11 microphone for collecting sound 12 amplifier 13 indoor speaker 21 building 22 wall surface 23 housing

Claims (5)

A housing embedded in the wall surface of the building, a sound collecting microphone installed on the outer wall side of the housing and collecting sound of a predetermined level or more to be turned on, and connected to the sound collecting microphone. An amplifier that amplifies the sound of the sound to an appropriate level and an indoor speaker that is installed on the inner wall side of the housing and is connected to the amplifier. An outdoor sound listening apparatus characterized by being able to listen to the sound of an intruder outdoors and the sound of the seasons indoors by flowing inward. 2. The outdoor sound listening device according to claim 1, wherein the sound collecting microphone is configured such that an alarm is activated when a sound volume of a certain level or higher is collected. The outdoor sound listening device according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the sound collecting microphone is configured to extract only footsteps, object sounds, human voices, and the like and to issue an alarm. The sound collecting microphone and the indoor speaker can be installed at an arbitrary position by an extension cord using a terminal provided in the housing, or a plurality of indoor speakers can be installed. The outdoor sound listening apparatus according to any one of 1 to 3. The outdoor sound listening device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the sound collecting microphone and the indoor speaker are connected to a home security line and interlocked with an emergency home security mechanism.

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