JP3498507B2 - Information equipment - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a notification device.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A conventional notification device comprises a call button and a notification device body which receives a signal from the call button and outputs a voice message. The call button is installed, for example, in a room such as a bath or a toilet, or in a room where an elderly person or a care recipient lives, and the main body of the alarm device is installed in a separate room in the house or a manager's room. In emergency situations such as when you feel unwell in the bath or toilet, or when you need to do some work, you can operate the call button to display "○○○
Please come to. "(○○○ is the place where the call button is installed)
The voice message is output, and the cohabitant and the caretaker who heard it can go to the place.

[0003]

However, in the conventional alerting device, only the voice message having the same content is output in response to the operation of the call button, so that it may be an emergency call due to the sickness, or a slight errand. I didn't know if I had to make an urgent response, because I didn't know if it was a normal call or because I didn't know the person living in the house or the manager.

When the call button is operated many times during an emergency, a voice message is repeatedly output for the number of times of operation, so that the emergency can be notified, but when the physical condition is poor, the operation can be repeated many times. Sometimes it wasn't, and in an emergency I had to hold it down until someone came to me.

Further, since the voice message is output only once for each operation of the call button, if the user misses the voice message on the main body of the alarm device, the cohabitant, the manager, etc. cannot rush.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a notification device capable of distinguishing a normal call and an emergency call by an easy operation and surely notifying. To provide.

[0007]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention according to claim 1 comprises a call button and a main body of a notification device which receives an operation signal of the call button and outputs a voice message. The notification device is configured to repeatedly output a voice message when it is detected that the call button is operated multiple times within a predetermined time.

According to a second aspect of the invention, in the first aspect of the invention, when it is detected that the call button is operated only once within the predetermined time, the first voice message is output and the predetermined time is reached. When it is detected that the call button has been operated a plurality of times, a second voice message different from the first message is repeatedly output.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to the first or second aspect, a timer is provided to stop the output of the repeatedly output voice message after a predetermined time from the start of output. .

According to a fourth aspect of the invention, in the invention of either the first or third aspect, a stop button for stopping the output of the repeatedly output voice message is provided.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the invention, there is provided a display means for performing a display operation together with the repeatedly output voice message and continuing the display even after the voice message is stopped.

[0012]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION An embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Reference numeral 1 denotes a notification device 1 according to the present invention, which comprises a call button 2 for calling and a notification device main body 3 which receives a signal from the call button 2 and outputs a voice message. The call button 2 and the alarm device body 3 are connected by a two-wire signal line 4. The call button 2 is installed, for example, in a room such as a bath or a toilet, or in a room in which an elderly person or a person requiring care lives, and the alarm device body 3 is installed in a separate room in the house or a manager's room.

The call button 2 has a contact 2a when the button is pressed.
Is closed, an operation signal, which is a non-voltage contact signal, is output via the two-wire signal line 4. The contact 2a is a normally open contact and is a non-self-holding contact, and returns to the open state when the button pressing operation is stopped.

The alarm device body 3 has various forms such as an alarm unit and an intercom with a call function. The alarm device main body 3 includes, for example, an input detection circuit 3a.
, Terminals 3b and 3b, and CPU (central processing unit) 3c
The audio output amplifier circuit 3d, the speaker 3e, the timer 3f, the alarm stop button 3g, the indicator lamp 3h, the power supply circuit 3i, and the like.

The input detection circuit 3a detects an operation signal of the two-wire type signal line 4 connected to the terminals 3b and 3b. C
Upon receiving the operation signal detected by the input detection circuit 3a, the PU 3c drives the timer 3f to start timekeeping and selects a voice message having suitable contents from the two types of stored voice messages. Output. The voice output amplifier circuit 3d amplifies the voice message, drives the speaker 3e, and outputs it as a voice signal from the speaker. When the alarm stop button 3g is operated, the CPU 3c
Stops the signal output of the voice message and resets and stops the timer 3f. The CPU 3c stops the signal output of the voice message when the timer 3f times out for a certain predetermined time. In this embodiment, the timer 3
The time limit of f is set to 5 seconds, for example. The indicator lamp 3h blinks as needed.

Next, the operation of the notification device 1 will be described. First, as shown in FIG. 2, when the call button 2 is pressed only once within the predetermined time of 5 seconds set in the timer 3f, the CPU 3c causes the first message "Please come to XX". The message ("○○○" is the place name where the call button 2 is installed) is output only once. Timer 3
When the call button 2 is pressed again after the time limit of f, C
The PU 3c again outputs the first message only once.

As shown in FIG. 1, when the call button 2 is pressed twice or more times within a predetermined time of 5 seconds set in the timer 3f, first of all, the first pressing operation is performed with respect to the first pressing operation. After outputting the message and after outputting the first message, 2
The second message "Emergency situation. Please come to ○○○"("○○○" is the name of the place where the call button 2 is installed) is repeatedly output for the second and subsequent pressing operations. The display lamp 3h blinks to start displaying. At this time,
The timer 3f newly starts timing after the predetermined time of 5 seconds has been counted, and the CPU 3c stops outputting the second message after the timer 3f measures a predetermined time (for example, 1 to 5 minutes).
Alternatively, when the alarm stop button 3g is operated, the CPU 3c stops outputting the second message regardless of the operation of the timer 3f. The indicator lamp 3h keeps blinking even if the output of the voice message is stopped, and the alarm stop button 3g
Can be operated to stop. The second voice message has the content of the message that is more urgent than the first voice message.

According to the notification device 1 of the above-described embodiment, the call button 2 is operated twice or more in succession for a normal call such as a small errand and an emergency call such as when the user feels unwell. The notification device body 3 can be used to make a distinction by an easy operation. When calling in an emergency, a person generally tends to press the call button 2 a plurality of times in succession, so that the above-described distinctive notification can be made without requiring particularly difficult operation. Also, since the second voice message is repeatedly output, the voice message of the call is not overlooked, and the voice message is output even if the cohabitant or the manager happens to be not near the alarm device body 3. If you notice while you are being called, you can answer the call and rush to the location of the emergency call. Further, if the call button 2 is pressed twice or more, the voice message is repeatedly output even after the call button 2 is not pressed, so that the emergency call can be surely transmitted to the alarm device body 3. .

In the above embodiment, when the call button 2 is provided with the transmission circuit, the notification device main body 3 is provided with the reception circuit so that the operation signal of the call button 2 is wirelessly transmitted to the notification device main body 3. Good. Further, the “predetermined time” for which the timer is timed may not be limited to 5 seconds, and the contents of the first voice message and the second voice message may be the same. In this case, the alerting device body 3 can distinguish between a normal call and an urgent call depending on the difference between the one-time voice message output and the repeated voice message output. Also, the indicator light 3h is
The blinking display may be started from the start of the voice message output.

The second voice message may be output only when the call button 2 is pressed three to four times within a predetermined period of time. In order to prevent the user from missing a normal call, The first voice message may be repeatedly output two to three times.

[0021]

According to the invention of claim 1, a normal call and an emergency call can be distinguished and notified by an easy operation even by an emergency person. Further, by repeatedly outputting the voice message, it is possible to prevent the notification device body from missing the message of the emergency call.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, in addition to the effect of the first aspect of the present invention, it is possible to clearly notify the call at the normal time and the call at the emergency by distinguishing the message contents.

According to the invention of claim 3, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 1 or claim 2, since the voice message is not sounded for a long time, it is not annoying to the surroundings for a long time.

According to the invention of claim 4, in addition to the effect of the invention according to any one of claims 1 to 3, when a repeated voice message confirms that an emergency call is made, a voice message is promptly output. You can stop.

According to the invention of claim 5, in addition to the effect of the invention of claim 3, even if the output of the repeated voice message is stopped by the timer, it can be confirmed by the display means that there is an emergency call.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an operation time chart showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an operation time chart of the above.

FIG. 3 is a block circuit diagram of the above.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 ... Notification device 2 ... Call button 3 ... Alarm device body 3e ... speaker 3f ... timer 3g ... Alarm stop button 3h ... Indicator light

Front page continuation (58) Fields surveyed (Int.Cl. ⁷ , DB name) G08B 3/10 A61G 12/00 G08B 23/00 H04M 9/00

Claims (5)

(57) [Claims] 1. An informing device comprising a call button and an informing device body for receiving an operation signal of the call button and outputting a voice message, when it is detected that the call button has been operated a plurality of times within a predetermined time. , A notification device characterized by repeatedly outputting a voice message. 2. When detecting that the call button has been operated only once within the predetermined time, the first voice message is output, and when it is detected that the call button has been operated multiple times within the predetermined time. , A second different from the first message
The notification device according to claim 1, wherein the voice message is repeatedly output. 3. The notification device according to claim 1, further comprising a timer for stopping the output of the repeatedly output voice message after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of output. 4. The notification device according to claim 1, further comprising a stop button for stopping the output of the repeatedly output voice message. 5. The notification device according to claim 3, further comprising display means for performing a display operation together with the repeatedly output voice message and continuing the display even after the voice message is stopped.