JP3458045B2 - Automatic notification device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an automatic notification device, and more particularly to an automatic notification device in which an expensive modem provided in each of a telephone terminal and a center device is deleted and a general telephone terminal having an auto dial function can be used. Involved in

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as shown in FIG. 2, a telephone set 51 is provided with a handset 52, an emergency button 53a, a consultation button 53b and other buttons 53c, a terminal side modem 54 connected to the telephone set 51, and a center. An automatic notification device composed of a center device 56 (personal computer or the like) with a built-in side modem 56a is known, and is used when an abnormality is automatically notified to the center device 56 from an elderly person at home or the like. .

As shown in FIG. 2, a terminal side modem 54 connected to a telephone terminal 51 and a center side modem 56a connected to a center device 56 are connected to a central office switch 55 via telephone lines L30 and L31. . In such an automatic notification device, an emergency button 53a provided on the telephone terminal 51
When is pressed, the identification number of the telephone terminal 51, for example, the telephone number [751895
0] and “urgent” indicating the type of abnormality, for example, [1111]
However, the center side modem 56 provided in the center device 56 via the telephone line L30, the central office switch 55, and the telephone line L31.
sent to a.

The telephone number [7
When 518950] and [1111] indicating the type of abnormality are received, the telephone number of the center device 56 and the character of "emergency" which is the type of abnormality are displayed on a display device (not shown) provided in the personal computer. To be done.

[0005]

However, the conventional automatic notification device has a drawback in that an expensive modem has to be provided in the telephone terminal 51 and the center device 56, resulting in a high cost. The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and eliminates the expensive modems provided in the telephone terminal and the center device, respectively, and can use a general telephone terminal having an auto dial function. The purpose is to provide a reporting device.

[0006]

In order to achieve this object, an automatic notification device according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of automatic notification devices assigned to correspond to notification contents such as "emergency", "consultation", and "others". "Emergency", "Consultation", with a plurality of telephone terminals having an auto-dial transmission means for making a call to the corresponding line of the center by using the dial call button
A calling number that accommodates multiple lines that are assigned to correspond to the content of the notification such as "others", and displays the telephone number of the telephone terminal for each line when a call is received by the center on the line sent by auto dial And a center device having a display means.

Further, a storage device in which information such as the address of the caller of the telephone terminal is registered in advance is provided, and when the telephone number of the telephone terminal is displayed, the caller of the telephone terminal is collated with the caller registered in the storage device, An information display is provided to display information when they match. In such an automatic notification device,
When one of the call buttons of the auto dials assigned according to the content of the notification such as "emergency", "consultation", and "others" is pressed, it is provided between the plurality of telephone terminals and the center device of the center. Calls are sent from the automatic dial sending circuit provided in the telephone terminal on the line.

When the center device receives an incoming call from a plurality of lines respectively assigned corresponding to the contents of the notification such as "emergency", "consultation", and "others" sent from the automatic dial transmission circuit, the center device is provided. The calling number display circuit displays the telephone number of the telephone terminal on the calling number display circuit corresponding to "emergency", "consultation" and "others".

Information such as the address of the sender of the telephone terminal is registered in the storage device in advance, the registered sender and the telephone number of the telephone terminal are collated, and when they match, the information is displayed on the information display.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of an automatic notification device according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of auto-dial call buttons SW1 to SW8 are assigned to correspond to the content of the notification such as "emergency", "consultation", and "others", and the dialing to the corresponding line of the center is performed. Terminal C equipped with transmitting means (8)
Multiple telephone terminals TEL1 to TEL10 having PU7
And, when receiving a plurality of lines L11 to L18 respectively allocated corresponding to the content of the notification such as "emergency", "consultation", and "others", and when the line arrives at the center by the line transmitted by auto dial, Center device MQ1 having a calling number display circuit 13 for displaying the telephone number of a telephone terminal for each line
It has and.

Further, a storage device in which information such as the address of the caller of the telephone terminal is previously registered is provided, and when the telephone number of the telephone terminal is displayed, the caller of the telephone terminal is collated with the caller registered in the storage device, An information display 16 is provided for displaying information when they match. Telephone terminals TEL1 to TEL10
(For the sake of explanation, it is assumed that the number of telephone terminals is 10.) is a speaker 1a, a microphone 1b, a handset 2, a communication circuit 3,
Response detection circuit 4, terminal memory 5 for storing the telephone number corresponding to the content of the notification, ten-key button 6, emergency button SW1, consultation button SW2, etc. Other button SW8 (emergency, consultation, etc. for explanation) The contents are referred to as 8), and the terminal CPU 7 having the auto dial transmission means 8 is provided, and the telephone terminals TEL1 to TE are provided.
L10 and the central office exchange EX1 are connected by lines L1 to L10, respectively.

The speaker 1a, the microphone 1b, and the handset 2 are connected to the call circuit 3, and the response detection side of the call circuit 3 is connected to the line L1 via the response detection circuit 4. Terminal memory 5, numeric keypad 6, emergency button SW1, consultation button SW2, ...
... The other button SW8 and the control output side of the response detection circuit 4 are connected to the terminal CPU 7, and the control output side of the terminal CPU 7 is connected to the control input side of the speech circuit 3.

The center device MQ1 includes number detection circuits K1 to K.
8, a switching circuit 10, a call circuit 11, a handset 12, a display device 13, an input device 14, a center memory 15, an information display 16, a center CPU 20, and a number detection circuit K1.
~ K8 are the central office switch E via lines L11 to L18, respectively.
It is connected to X1. The switching circuit sides of the number detecting circuits K1 to K8 are connected to the switching circuit 10, respectively.
The call circuit side of is connected to the handset 12 via the call circuit 11.

The control output sides of the number detecting circuits K1 to K8 and the input device 14 are connected to the control input side of the center CPU 20, and the control output side of the center CPU 20 is the switching circuit 10,
It is connected to the control input side of the display device 13 and the information display 16. The control line of the center memory 15 is the center CP
It is connected to U20. In such an automatic notification device, for example, the telephone number of the telephone terminal TEL1, the installation location, the address, the state of an elderly person using the telephone terminal TEL1 from the input device 14 provided in the center device MQ1 (nursing,
(Meal feeding, emergency measures, etc.) are stored in the center memory 15 via the center CPU 20.

Here, the emergency button SW1 of the telephone terminal TEL1
When is pressed, the call circuit 3 is controlled by the control of the terminal CPU 7. When the call circuit 3 is controlled, the line L1 is brought into a calling state by the telephone number stored in the terminal memory 5 by the auto dial transmission means 8 via the response detection circuit 4. When the line L1 enters the calling state, the central office exchange EX1 calls the number detection circuit K1 via the line L11 and sends out the telephone number of the telephone terminal TEL1, for example, [32427281].

When the central office exchange EX1 calls the number detecting circuit K1 by a normal calling method, the number detecting circuit K1 provided in the center device MQ1 operates. When the number detection circuit K1 operates, the telephone number input from the line is sent to the central CPU.
It is displayed on the display device 13 via 20. Also center C
Under the control of the PU 20, the telephone number of the telephone terminal TEL1 stored in the center memory 15, the installation location, the address, and the state of the elderly person using the telephone terminal TEL1 (nursing, lunch,
Emergency measures, etc.) will be reproduced.

When the telephone number of the telephone terminal TEL1 input from the central office exchange EX1 and the telephone number of the telephone terminal TEL1 stored in the center memory 15 match, the information display 16 operates under the control of the center CPU 20 and the telephone terminal TEL1. Of the telephone numbers, installation locations, and the state of the elderly (nursing, school lunch, emergency measures, etc.), the emergency call and its measures are displayed this time.

When the handset 12 of the center device MQ1 is off-hook, the switching circuit 10 operates under the control of the central CPU 20 to connect the number detecting circuit K1 and the calling circuit 11, and the calling circuit 11, the switching circuit 10, the number detecting circuit K1 and the station. The response detection circuit 4 provided in the telephone terminal TEL1 operates via the telephone exchange EX1. When the response detection circuit 4 operates,
The call circuit 3 is controlled by the terminal CPU 7, and the handset 2 or the speaker 1a and the microphone 1b can talk with each other.

The terminal memory 5 and the auto-dial transmission buttons SW1 to SW8 are the functions equipped in a normal telephone terminal. These functions are the emergency button SW1, the consultation button SW2, ...
..Others Used for setting and storing assigned telephone number on SW8. The content of notification of emergency, consultation, etc. in the above-mentioned embodiment is not limited to this. The number of telephone terminals in the above embodiment is not limited to this.

There may be a plurality of exchanges for offices in which telephone terminals are accommodated. Moreover, the display device 13 and the information display 16 may be one display.

[0021]

As is apparent from the above description, the automatic notification device according to the present invention is provided with a plurality of auto dials which are respectively assigned corresponding to notification contents such as "emergency", "consultation", and "others". A plurality of telephone terminals that have an auto-dial transmission means for making a call to the corresponding line of the center by using the call button and a plurality of lines that are assigned corresponding to the content of the notification such as "emergency", "consultation", and "others" The telephone terminal and the center device are provided with a center device having a calling number display means for displaying the telephone number of the telephone terminal for each line when the telephone number is accommodated, transmitted by auto dial, and received at the center through the line. It is possible to eliminate the expensive modem provided in each of the above and use a general telephone terminal.

Further, a storage device in which information such as the address of the caller of the telephone terminal is previously registered is provided, and when the telephone number of the telephone terminal is displayed, the caller of the telephone terminal is collated with the caller registered in the storage device, Since it has an information display that displays information when it matches, the telephone number of the telephone terminal, the installation location, the state of the elderly (nursing, school lunch, emergency measures, etc.)
Can be displayed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a master unit showing an embodiment of an automatic notification device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional automatic notification device.

[Explanation of symbols]

・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Automatic dial transmission means 13 ・ ・ Display (transmitting number display means) 15 ... Center memory (storage device) 16 ・ ・ Information display SW1 ... ・ Emergency button (call button) SW2: Consultation button (call button) SW8 ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ Others (call button) TEL1 to TEL10 ... Telephone terminal L11-L18 ... ・ Line MQ1 ・ ・ Center device

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Claims (2)

(57) [Claims] [Claim 1] Automatic transmission to a line corresponding to the center by a plurality of call buttons (SW1 to SW8) of auto dials respectively assigned corresponding to the contents of notification such as "emergency", "consultation", and "others" A plurality of telephone terminals (TEL1 to TEL10) having dial transmission means (8), and a plurality of lines (L11 to L18) respectively assigned corresponding to the notification contents such as "urgent", "consultation", and "others". ), And a center device (MQ1) having a calling number display means (13) for displaying the telephone number of the telephone terminal for each line when a call arrives at the center on the line transmitted by the auto dial. An automatic notification device characterized in that 2. A storage device (15) in which information such as an address of a caller of the telephone terminal is registered in advance, and when the telephone number of the telephone terminal is displayed, the caller of the telephone terminal is stored in the storage device. The automatic notification device according to claim 1, further comprising an information display device (16) for collating with a registered caller and displaying the information when they match.