JP3929924B2 - Bath remote control - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a bath remote control to which a control signal is input from a bathroom cordless handset of an interphone.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In general, the hot water supply apparatus is installed outside the bathroom. Since it is necessary to control the operation of the hot water supply device from inside the bathroom during bathing, a remote controller for controlling the operation of the hot water supply device is installed in the bathroom. In recent years, there has been an increasing demand for watching TV images during bathing, and examples of installing TV devices in bathrooms are increasing.
[0003]
Furthermore, a bath remote controller having a function as a remote controller and a function as a television apparatus is known instead of separately installing the bath remote controller and the television apparatus (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0004]
In some cases, the bath remote controller has a function of notifying the operating status of the hot water supply device by voice. For example, when automatic hot water filling is performed, a voice message “The hot water filling is completed in five minutes” is pronounced five minutes before the hot water filling is completed to notify the user of the time until the hot water filling is completed.
[0005]
On the other hand, an intercom is known in which an entrance cordless handset equipped with a TV camera is installed at the entrance, and a visitor is checked with an image by a base phone of the interphone installed indoors. The intercom may be used to check a visitor, and a family or friend may have a lock release function for unlocking the entrance from the room.
[0006]
However, the visitor cannot be confirmed if there is no family member when the visitor is bathing. For this reason, a bathroom slave unit is installed in the bathroom, and the image captured by the entrance slave unit is received by the bath remote controller via this bathroom slave unit, and the image captured by the entrance slave unit is displayed on the LCD monitor of the bath remote controller. There is a known system (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0007]
By the way, in the state where the intercom function is operated using the bathroom slave unit, that is, in the state where a call is made between the bathroom slave unit and another slave unit such as the entrance slave unit or the master unit, the voice remote control is provided from the bath remote controller. If there is a pronunciation, there will be a problem that it is difficult to hear the voices of others from the bathroom handset. Therefore, it is conceivable that voice guidance is prohibited during pronunciation and voice guidance is pronounced after the call ends.
[0008]
[Patent Document 1]
JP 2000-292001 A (paragraph number 0011, FIG. 1)
[0009]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
When the intercom call ends while the voice guidance signal is being transmitted from the hot water supply device to the bath remote controller, the voice guidance is pronounced from the middle because the prohibition on the pronunciation of the voice guidance is lifted. However, if the voice guidance is pronounced from the middle, the user may not be able to determine what kind of content the voice guidance has been given.
[0010]
Then, this invention makes it a subject to provide the bath remote control which does not produce the above malfunctions in view of said problem.
[0011]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to solve the above problems, a bath remote controller according to the present invention is a bath remote controller that is mounted in a bathroom and controls the operation of a hot water supply device, and also pronounces the operation status of the hot water supply device as voice guidance, and is a master unit of an interphone When a call signal indicating that the intercom function is operating is input from the bathroom slave connected to the phone, a sound generation prohibiting means for prohibiting sound generation of voice guidance for a predetermined time after the input of the call signal is stopped is provided. It is characterized by.
[0012]
In this way, since the pronunciation of voice guidance is prohibited for a predetermined time after the call is finished and the input of the call signal is stopped, even if the call ends in the middle of the voice guidance signal, This part can also be completed within a predetermined time, and the problem that the voice guidance is pronounced from the middle can be solved.
[0013]
In this case, since the voice guidance issued during the call remains unsound, a memory for storing a voice guidance signal is provided, and when there is a voice guidance whose pronunciation is prohibited within the predetermined time, It is desirable that the prohibited voice guidance is reproduced from the memory and pronounced after a predetermined time.
[0014]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Referring to FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a detached house. In this house 1, a hot water supply device control system 2 configured with a hot water supply device 21 as a center and an interphone system 4 configured with an interphone master unit 41 as a center are installed.
[0015]
The house 1 is provided with a bathroom 11, a kitchen / living room 12, and a private room 13. A bath remote controller 3 according to the present invention is installed in the bathroom 11, and this bath remote controller 3 is connected to a hot water supply device 21 via a communication line 31. A kitchen remote controller 22 installed in the kitchen / living room 12 is connected to the hot water supply device 21.
[0016]
On the other hand, the intercom base unit 41 is connected to an entrance handset 42 equipped with a TV camera. Further, the slave units 43 and 44 installed in the private room 13 are connected to the intercom master unit 41. The intercom master unit 41 is further connected to a bathroom slave unit 5 via a communication line 51.
[0017]
In addition, although the embodiment which provided the hot water supply control system 2 and the intercom system 4 in the detached house was shown in FIG. 1, you may install in apartment buildings, such as an apartment. In that case, the entrance cordless handset 42 is installed at the entrance of the apartment.
[0018]
By the way, the human body sensor 7 is attached to the ceiling portion of the bathroom 11. The human body sensor 7 images the inside of the bathroom 11 and analyzes the position of the human body. When it is determined that the position of the human body does not move for a predetermined time or longer, a message prompting movement is generated from the human body sensor 7 into the bathroom 11. If the human body does not move even when this sound is generated, an emergency signal is transmitted to the hot water supply device 21 and an emergency message is generated from the bath remote control 3 and the kitchen remote control 22.
[0019]
The emergency signal is transmitted from the bath remote controller 3 to the intercom base unit 41 via the bathroom handset 5. Then, the intercom base unit 41 is configured to transmit a signal to the other handset units 43 and 44 in the house 1 and to generate an emergency message from the handset units 43 and 44.
[0020]
Referring to FIG. 2, a liquid crystal monitor 32 is attached to the bath remote controller 3. The bath remote controller 3 has a built-in remote controller for controlling the operation of the hot water supply device 21. Furthermore, a television section for displaying a television image on the liquid crystal monitor 32 is incorporated.
[0021]
A power switch 33 for operating the television section is provided. When the power switch 33 is pressed, the backlight of the liquid crystal monitor 32 is turned on, and a television image output from the television section is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 32.
[0022]
On the other hand, a power switch 34 for operating the remote control unit is provided. When the power switch 34 is pressed, the operation of the remote control unit is started. By the way, the kitchen remote controller 22 is also provided with a power switch 22a (see FIG. 1), and the power source of both the remote controller of the bath remote controller 3 and the kitchen remote controller 22 can be turned on regardless of which one of the power switch 34 and the power switch 22a is pressed. Enters, and the operation as a remote control is started.
[0023]
By the way, when the power switch 33 is pressed in a state where both the remote control unit and the TV unit of the bath remote control 3 are not turned on, a TV image is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 32 as described above, and the power switch 34 or the power switch 22a is displayed. When is pressed, a display for the remote control is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 32.
[0024]
Next, when the power switch 34 is pressed in a state where a television image is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 32 and the remote control unit is not turned on, the power of the remote control unit is turned on and the display on the liquid crystal monitor 32 is displayed on the remote control unit. The display changes to
[0025]
As described above, when both the remote control unit and the TV unit are turned on, the display on the liquid crystal monitor 32 returns to the TV image when the power switch 33 is pressed next, and when the power switch 34 is pressed thereafter, the remote control unit is used. It is configured to return to the display. If the power switch 34 is continuously pressed in this state, the remote control unit is turned off. Similarly, if the power switch 33 is pressed while the TV image is displayed, the TV section is turned off. 35 is a pair of left and right speakers, and 36 is a cross key for various settings.
[0026]
When the bathroom slave 5 is called from the outside, a buzzer sound is generated from the speaker 54. Then, the content spoken while pressing the call switch 52 is converted into an electric signal by the microphone 53 and transmitted to another child device or the parent device 41. In addition, 56 is a call switch, and when it calls, for example, the intercom main unit 41 and the sub units 43 and 44 from the bathroom sub unit 5, a ringing tone is generated on the other side.
[0027]
By the way, the bath remote controller 3 and the bathroom slave unit 5 are connected by three lines. Reference numeral 61 denotes a line for transmitting an image captured by the camera of the entrance slave unit 42 from the bathroom slave unit 5 to the bath remote controller 3. Reference numeral 62 denotes a line for transmitting an audio signal indicating the operating state of the hot water supply device 21 from the bath remote controller 3 side to the bathroom slave unit 5. Reference numeral 63 denotes a line for transmitting / receiving control signals to / from each other.
[0028]
Reference numeral 55 denotes a monitor switch. When the monitor switch 55 is pressed, an image captured by the front door unit 42 is output to the bath remote controller 3 and a control signal for displaying the image on the liquid crystal monitor 32 is transmitted to the bath remote controller 3. The entrance image is displayed on the liquid crystal monitor 32. Reference numeral 57 denotes an unlocking / unlocking switch for unlocking and locking the entrance lock.
[0029]
In FIG. 2, the bath remote controller 3 and the bathroom slave unit 5 are shown separated from each other in the vertical direction, but in reality, a sense of unity in design may be obtained by installing so as not to provide a gap between them. Or you may create the bath remote control 3 and the bathroom subunit 5 integrally.
[0030]
Referring to FIG. 3, 8 is a microcomputer built in bath remote controller 3, and 81 is a flash memory. When a voice guidance (voice navigation) signal is input from the hot water supply device 21 to the bath remote controller 3, the voice navigation signal is temporarily stored in the flash memory 81. When a voice navigation signal is stored in the flash memory 81, a signal indicating that the voice navigation signal has been stored is input to the microcomputer 8. The presence or absence of a call using the bathroom slave unit 5 can be recognized on the side of the bath remote controller 3 by being input to the microcomputer 8 by a call signal input via the line 63.
[0031]
Referring to FIG. 4, a call is performed between the bathroom slave unit 5 and, for example, the entrance slave unit 42 by the intercom function, and when the call ends (S 1), a voice navigation signal is sent from the hot water supply device 21 to the bath remote controller 3. It is determined whether it is output (S2). If the voice navigation signal is being output, the voice navigation has been reproduced halfway though it has not been pronounced until that time. If the voice navigation is allowed to sound at this point, the voice navigation is sounded in the middle. Therefore, if the voice navigation is being output, the timer in the bath remote control 3 is activated and the voice is sounded until a predetermined time elapses. Continued prohibition of pronunciation of navigation (S3, S4). In addition, after a predetermined time has elapsed, the pronunciation of voice navigation is permitted (S5).
[0032]
As described above, when the pronunciation of voice navigation is permitted, the microcomputer 8 reproduces the voice navigation signal stored in the flash memory 81 again. Then, the voice navigation signal that has not been reproduced at all is reproduced in a complete form from the beginning and is generated from the speaker 35.
[0033]
【The invention's effect】
As is clear from the above description, the present invention prohibits voice guidance pronunciation for a predetermined time from the end of the call when the voice guidance pronunciation is permitted at the end of the call. It is possible to prevent the problem of pronunciation.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a relationship between a bath remote controller and a bathroom slave. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of the bath remote controller. Diagram showing permission / inhibition of symbols [Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 House 2 Hot-water supply device control system 3 Bath remote control 4 Intercom system 5 Bathroom cordless handset 7 Human body sensor 8 Microcomputer 11 Bathroom 12 Kitchen / living room 21 Hot-water supply device 22 Kitchen remote control 41 Interphone main phone 42 Entrance cordless phone 81 Flash memory

Claims (2)

It is a bath remote controller that is installed in the bathroom and controls the operation of the hot water supply device, and also pronounces the operation status of the hot water supply device as voice guidance, and the interphone function is activated from the bathroom slave unit connected to the main unit of the interphone. A bath remote control comprising sound generation prohibiting means for prohibiting sound generation of voice guidance for a predetermined time after input of a call signal is stopped. A memory for storing a voice guidance signal is provided, and when there is a voice guidance for which pronunciation is prohibited within the predetermined time, the prohibited voice guidance is reproduced from the memory after a predetermined time has elapsed and pronounced. The bath remote controller according to claim 1.

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