JP7312061B2 - intercom device - Google Patents

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to an intercom device that allows a resident to respond to a visitor's call.

Patent Literature 1 discloses an intercom system having an entrance terminal with a function of calling and talking to a resident and a room master with a function of responding to a call from the entrance terminal.

JP 2007-267253 A

In the intercom system of Patent Literature 1, a resident must directly call and respond to a visitor's call, which may cause privacy and security problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide an intercom device capable of ensuring the privacy and security of residents.

In order to achieve the above object, the intercom device of the present invention includes:
An intercom device comprising an entrance handset for a visitor to call and talk to a resident, and a living room master set for the resident to respond to the call from the entrance handset,
The living room base unit
a recording unit that records the visitor's voice;
a storage unit for storing recorded data recorded by the recording unit;
a base unit control unit that receives a call operation from the entrance cordless handset and controls a ringing tone;
has
The parent device control unit
generating summary data summarizing the voice based on the recorded data;
reproducing the summary data, selecting at least one candidate for a reception action based on the summary data, and transmitting the candidate to the resident;
When the resident selects the at least one candidate for the response action, the response action corresponding to the at least one candidate for the response action is caused to at least one of the devices connected to the entrance slave unit and the room base unit. It is configured to run

According to the above configuration, when there is a call operation by the visitor, the candidate of the response action is presented to the resident based on the summary data of the voice of the visitor, and the intercom is based on the candidate of the response action selected by the resident. The device performs the response action. Therefore, the resident himself/herself can respond to the visitor without talking to the visitor directly. This ensures the privacy and security of the residents.

Further, in the intercom device of the present invention,
The parent device control unit may learn the contents of past response actions and automatically select the at least one candidate response action.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to select an appropriate response operation candidate with a simple configuration.

Further, in the intercom device of the present invention,
The base unit control unit learns the content of the past response motions, and when there are a plurality of candidates for the response motion, adds information about the priority among the candidates for the plurality of response motions, and may be communicated to the resident.

According to the said structure, a resident's convenience can be improved by adding a priority of an answering operation|movement candidate, and providing it to a resident.

Further, in the intercom device of the present invention,
The information regarding the priority may be expressed by changing the display mode of each of the reception action candidates displayed on the display of the room base unit.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to provide the resident with an easy-to-understand priority of the candidate response action.

Further, in the intercom device of the present invention,
When it is determined that the recorded data does not contain the information necessary for generating the summary data, the parent device control unit requests the visitor for the necessary information. A message may be output from the door slave unit.

According to the above configuration, appropriate summary data can be generated by requesting the visitor's name and business as information necessary for generating summary data.

Further, in the intercom device of the present invention,
The device connected to the living room master unit may be an electric lock or a delivery box.

According to the above configuration, a response operation such as unlocking an electric lock or a delivery box can be executed based on the response operation candidate selected by the resident.

Further, in the intercom device of the present invention,
The master device control unit displays the at least one candidate on the display of the room master device or the display of the electronic device communicatively connected to the room master device, in order to transmit the at least one candidate response action to the resident. Information about one candidate may be displayed, or the information may be notified from the room base unit or the electronic device.

According to the above configuration, it is possible to appropriately transmit the candidate of the response motion to the resident via the room master device, the smartphone, or the like.

According to the intercom device of the present invention, the privacy and security of residents can be ensured.

1 is a configuration diagram of an interphone system according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of the entrance slave unit and the living room master unit of the intercom device; FIG. 2 is a flow chart for explaining the operation of the intercom system of FIG. 1; FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of the screen displayed on a living-room main|base station.

An example of an intercom system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of an intercom system 100. As shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1 , the intercom system 100 includes an intercom device 1 and devices communicatively connected to the intercom device 1 , such as an electric lock 4 , a delivery box 5 , a smartphone 6 and a smart speaker 7 .

The intercom device 1 is provided with an entrance slave unit 2 and a living room master unit 3. The entrance cordless handset 2 is used for a visitor to call a resident and make a call. The entrance cordless handset 2 is installed, for example, at the entrance of a dwelling unit. The living room base unit 3 is used for the resident to respond to a call from the entrance cordless handset 2, for example. The living-room base unit 3 is installed, for example, in a living room in a dwelling unit. The entrance slave unit 2 and the living room master unit 3 are communicably connected via a signal line L1.

The electric lock 4 is provided at the entrance door of the dwelling unit where the intercom device 1 is installed. The electric lock 4 is communicably connected to the living room master unit 3 via the signal line L2, and locks or unlocks the entrance door based on the control signal transmitted from the living room master unit 3. The home delivery box 5 is a box for receiving parcels to be delivered, and is installed, for example, around the entrance of a dwelling unit. The delivery box 5 is communicably connected to the living room master unit 3 via the signal line L2, and is configured to be lockable or unlockable based on a control signal transmitted from the living room master unit 3.

Moreover, the smart phone 6 and the smart speaker 7 are electronic devices that are communicably connected to the room main unit 3 of the intercom device 1 . The smart phone 6 is a terminal carried by a resident of the dwelling unit. The smartphone 6 can receive information transmitted from the entrance slave device 2 to the living room master device 3 via the living room master device 3 . Further, the smartphone 6 can transmit control signals to be transmitted from the living room master device 3 to the entrance slave device 2, the electric lock 4, the delivery box 5, and the like via the living room master device 3. The smart speaker 7 is a speaker equipped with AI (artificial intelligence), and is installed, for example, in a living room of a dwelling unit. The smart speaker 7 can operate the entrance slave unit 2, the electric lock 4, the delivery box 5, etc. via the living room main unit 3 based on the voice of the resident.

The intercom device 1 is installed in a single-family house or each dwelling unit in a collective housing such as a condominium. In the case of installation in an apartment, the collective entrance machine installed at the collective entrance may have all or part of the function of the entrance slave machine.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the entrance slave unit 2 and the living room master unit 3 of the intercom device 1. As shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 2 , the entrance child device 2 includes a child device operation section 21 , a speaker 22 , a microphone 23 , a camera 24 and a child device control section 25 .

The handset operation unit 21 is an operation unit operated by a visitor when calling a resident, and is composed of, for example, a call button or the like. The speaker 22 and the microphone 23 constitute a communication unit for outputting a message or the like from the resident to the visitor, or transmitting a message or the like from the visitor to the resident. Camera 24 is imaging equipment for imaging a visitor. The handset operation section 21 , the speaker 22 , the microphone 23 and the camera 24 are connected to the handset control section 25 .

The slave unit control unit 25 is a control unit for controlling the operation of each unit of the entrance slave unit 2, and includes at least one microcontroller including one or more processors and one or more memories, active elements such as transistors, and passive elements. Other electronic circuits containing the elements may also be included. The processor is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) and/or a TPU (Tensor Processing Unit). The CPU may be composed of multiple CPU cores. A GPU may consist of multiple GPU cores. The memory includes ROM (Read Only Memory) and RAM (Random Access Memory). The ROM may store a porch slave unit control program. The RAM may temporarily store the entrance slave unit control program. The processor may be configured to expand on the RAM a program specified from the control program stored in the storage device or the ROM, and execute various processes in cooperation with the RAM. Further, the slave device control unit 25 may be configured by an integrated circuit (hardware resource) such as ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) or FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array). Further, the slave device control section 25 may be configured by a combination of at least one microcontroller and an integrated circuit. The slave unit control unit 25 transmits and receives signals to and from the living room master unit 3 via the signal line L1.

The living room master unit 3 includes a master unit operation unit 31 , a speaker 32 , a microphone 33 , a recording unit 34 , a storage unit 35 , a display 36 and a master unit control unit 37 . The parent device control unit 37 has at least a summary data generation unit 41 and a reception action candidate determination unit 42 .

The base unit operation unit 31 is an operation unit operated by the resident when responding to a call from a visitor. By operating the base unit operation unit 31, for example, it is possible to make a call with a visitor, select a candidate for a response action for the visitor, unlock or lock the electric lock 4 of the entrance door or the delivery box 5. It is possible to The base unit operation unit 31 is composed of, for example, touch buttons displayed on a touch screen type display 36 or push-down buttons provided on the housing of the living room base unit 3 .

The speaker 32 and the microphone 33 constitute a communication unit for outputting a visitor's message or the like to the resident or transmitting a resident's side message or the like to the visitor.

The recording unit 34 is configured to record the visitor's voice that is input to the microphone 23 of the entrance slave unit 2 and transmitted to the living room master unit 3 .

The storage unit 35 stores recorded data recorded by the recording unit 34 (for example, voice of the visitor), imaging data (for example, video of the visitor) captured by the camera 24 of the entrance cordless handset 2, and the like. be. The storage unit 35 also stores summary data generated by the summary data generation unit 41 . In addition, the storage unit 35 stores messages and the like sent from residents to visitors. The transmitted message includes, for example, a message for asking the visitor to give his/her name and an initial message including a message asking about the visitor's business. Further, for example, a request message for requesting necessary information is included when the necessary information is not contained in the message issued by the visitor in response to the initial message. Further, for example, an execution message is included for executing a response action for a visitor when the response action is selected by the resident. Also includes, for example, a non-response message sent when a resident does not (cannot) answer a call from a visitor. In addition, the storage unit 35 stores a plurality of candidate response actions prepared for each visitor (courier, salesperson, friend, etc.). The storage unit 35 may also store information about the names and faces of friends of the residents.

The display 36 displays, for example, an image of the visitor captured by the camera 24 of the entrance slave device 2 . The display 36 also displays, for example, summary data generated by the summary data generation section 41 of the parent device control section 37 as character information. Further, on the display 36, for example, candidates for the response action selected by the response action candidate determination section 42 of the master device control section 37 are displayed as character information.

The master unit control unit 37 is a control unit for controlling the operation of each unit of the living room master unit 3, and includes at least one microcontroller including one or more processors and one or more memories, active elements such as transistors, and passive elements. Other electronic circuits containing the elements may also be included. A processor is, for example, a CPU, MPU, GPU and/or TPU. The CPU may be composed of multiple CPU cores. A GPU may consist of multiple GPU cores. The memory includes ROM and RAM. A room base unit control program may be stored in the ROM. The room master unit control program may be temporarily stored in the RAM. The processor may be configured to develop on the RAM a program specified by the room main unit control program stored in the storage device or ROM, and execute various processes in cooperation with the RAM. Also, the parent device control unit 37 may be configured by an integrated circuit (hardware resource) such as an ASIC or FPGA. Furthermore, the parent device control unit 37 may be configured by a combination of at least one microcontroller and an integrated circuit.

The base unit operation unit 31 , speaker 32 , microphone 33 , recording unit 34 , storage unit 35 and display 36 are connected to base unit control unit 37 . The parent device control section 37 controls the operations of these connected sections. Further, the parent device control unit 37 transmits and receives signals to and from the entrance child device 2 via the signal line L1. Further, the master device control unit 37 transmits and receives signals to and from the electric lock 4 and the delivery box 5 via the signal line L2 (see FIG. 1).

For example, the summary data generation unit 41 of the parent device control unit 37 generates summary data summarizing the content of the voice uttered by the visitor based on the recorded data stored in the storage unit 35 . Further, the reception action candidate determination section 42 of the parent device control section 37 selects candidates for the reception action for the resident to respond to the current visitor based on the summary data generated by the summary data generation section 41 . Further, the reception action candidate determination unit 42 learns the content of the reception action selected by the resident in the past for each visitor, and selects a candidate for the reception action for the current visitor.

In addition, the master device control unit 37 transmits the summary data generated by the summary data generation unit 41 and the candidate of the response motion selected by the response motion candidate determination unit 42 to the resident. Further, when the resident specifies a candidate for a predetermined response motion from among the candidates for the response motion selected by the candidate for the response motion selected by the candidate determination unit 42 for the response motion, the master device control unit 37 responds to the candidate for the specified response motion. The reception operation to be performed is executed by the entrance cordless handset 2, the electric lock 4, the delivery box 5, and the like.

(First operation example: when the visitor is a home delivery company)
Next, a first operation example of the intercom system 100 will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. FIG.
FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the intercom system 100 in the first operation example. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a display screen displayed on the display 36 of the living room master device 3. As shown in FIG.
In this operation example, a case where a home delivery company (visitor) visits to deliver a package will be described.

When the home delivery company presses the call button of the entrance slave unit 2 (step S10), the slave unit control unit 25 transmits a call signal to the living room master unit 3 via the signal line L1.

When the call signal is received from the entrance slave unit 2, the base unit control unit 37 of the living room base unit 3 receives an initial message from the storage unit 35, for example, "Who are you? What is your business?" read out. Note that, at this stage, the base unit control unit 37 does not have to make the ringing sound from the speaker 32 toward the resident yet. Base unit control unit 37 transmits the initial message read from storage unit 35 to entrance slave unit 2 via signal line L1.

When the initial message is received from room base unit 3, handset control unit 25 of entrance handset 2 transmits the received initial message from speaker 22 to the home delivery company, "Who are you? What is your order? ' is output (step S11). The initial message is voice guidance for asking the visitor for his/her name and purpose as described above. In this case, outputting an actual human voice as a message tends to result in more natural communication, but there is a possibility that the visitor may mistakenly think that a resident has responded and try to start a conversation. For this reason, it is desirable that the initial message be a voice message that is understood to be answered by a machine-synthesized voice.

The handset control unit 25 causes the camera 24 to start capturing an image of the home delivery company along with the start of the output of the initial message (step S12). Then, slave unit control unit 25 transmits the imaged image data of the home delivery company to living room master unit 3 via signal line L1.

Further, when the output of the initial message is finished, the handset control unit 25 activates the microphone 23 to start collecting the speech of the home delivery company. The slave unit control unit 25 transmits the collected voice data to the living room master unit 3 . It should be noted that the collection of the voice of the home delivery company may be started along with the start of the output of the initial message in the same way as the imaging of the video of the home delivery company.

Upon receiving the imaged data of the home delivery company from the entrance slave device 2, the base unit control unit 37 causes the storage unit 35 to store the received imaged data of the home delivery company.

Further, when voice data of the home delivery company is received from the entrance slave device 2, the master device control section 37 causes the recording section 34 to start recording the received voice data (step S13). Recorded data recorded by the recording unit 34 is stored in the storage unit 35 .

The master unit control unit 37 checks whether the recorded data stored in the storage unit 35 contains information necessary for generating summary data (for example, the name of the visitor (including the company name) or the business subject). It is determined whether or not (step S14).

In step S14, if it is determined that the recorded data does not contain necessary information such as a name or business (No in step S14), the master unit control unit 37 sends a request message requesting necessary information, For example, it reads a message "Your name and business, please" from the storage unit 35 and transmits it to the entrance slave unit 2 .

Upon receiving the request message from the living room base unit 3, the slave unit control unit 25 outputs the received request message from the speaker 22 to the home delivery company (step S15).

When the request message is output from the entrance slave unit 2, the process returns to step S13, and after voice data is recorded by the recording unit 34 of the living room master unit 3, in step S14, the master unit control unit 37 adds the name in the recorded data. Alternatively, it is determined again whether necessary information such as business is included.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S14 that the recording data contains necessary information such as the name or the subject (Yes in step S14), summary data generation section 41 of master device control section 37 Summarized data summarizing the voice of the visitor is generated based on the recorded data (step S16). The summary data generated by the summary data generation section 41 is stored in the storage section 35 .

The summary data generator 41 can generate summary data from the recorded data using a known algorithm. For example, the summary data generator 41 deletes unnecessary phrases such as greetings and repetitions from the recorded data (visitor's raw voice), extracts important phrases, and converts phrases based on learning data. and generate summary data according to a predetermined rule.

In this operation example, it is assumed that the recording data of the home delivery company's utterance of "This is Sato from X company. I have come to deliver the package" in response to the resident's message is collected. The recorded data includes information (name, subject, etc.) necessary for generating summary data. Therefore, in step S16, the summary data generation unit 41 generates, for example, "The home delivery company has .” is generated.

Next, based on the summary data generated by the summary data generation section 41, the response operation candidate determination section 42 of the master device control section 37 determines that the home delivery company has come to deliver the package. Accordingly, the response motion candidate determination unit 42 selects candidates for the response motion for the resident to respond to the home delivery company from a plurality of candidate patterns prepared in advance in the storage unit 35 (step S17).

Here, the selection of the candidate for the response motion by the candidate for the response motion determination unit 42 is based on the past behavior such as what kind of response the resident took to each visitor (home delivery company, sales person, friend, etc.). It is also possible to learn the content of the response operation and make a selection. Specifically, the response motion candidate determination unit 42 refers to the data stored in the storage unit 35 or the like, and determines the visiting time of the visitor and the attribute of the resident who responds (adult, child, elderly, etc.). Alternatively, it is also possible to learn what kind of response actions were taken in the past depending on the difference in the type of sales, etc., and select a candidate response action based on the learning result. Further, the master unit control section 37 may perform face authentication based on the imaging data of the visitor, and use the authentication result for selecting the candidate for the reception action.

In this operation example, the candidates for the response action to the delivery company are, for example, a candidate for the resident to have the package put in the delivery box without calling the delivery company directly, and a candidate for the resident to receive the package directly from the delivery company. It is assumed that two candidates are selected.

At this stage, for example, the base unit control unit 37 causes the speaker 32 to sound a ringing tone “ping-pong” from the home delivery company, and causes the display 36 to display an image of the home delivery company. Further, as shown in FIG. 4, in addition to the image W of the home delivery company, the master unit control unit 37 also includes the summary data 51 generated by the summary data generation unit 41 and the 2 selected by the reception operation candidate determination unit 42. The two answering action candidates 52 and 53 are displayed as character information on the display 36 (step S18). As the summary data 51, for example, "A parcel has been brought by the home delivery company." As the first response action candidate 52, for example, "Have it delivered to the home delivery box" is displayed. Further, as the second response operation candidate 53, for example, "receive directly" is displayed. The parent device control unit 37 may reproduce the contents of the summary data 51 displayed on the display 36 as audio from the speaker 32 .

When displaying on the display 36 the first response action candidate 52 "Have them put in the delivery box" and the second response action candidate 53 "Receive directly." Based on this, information regarding the priority may be added between the candidate response actions. For example, when the base unit control unit 37 determines, based on the delivery time of the parcel, that the resident often has the parcel put in the home delivery box during this time period, the high-priority response operation is performed. The display of the candidates 52 may be displayed larger than the display of the reception operation candidates 53 having a lower priority. Further, for example, the candidate response operation 52 having a high priority may be displayed in color or blinked.

Next, master unit control unit 37 determines whether or not one of response action candidates 52 and 53 displayed on display 36 has been selected by the resident (step S19).

If it is determined in step S19 that the first response operation candidate 52 has been selected from among the response operation candidates 52 and 53 (Yes in step S19), the base unit control unit 37 selects the first response operation candidate 52 "in the delivery box". Please let me in." is performed (step S20). Specifically, master unit control unit 37 unlocks delivery box 5 . In addition, the base unit control unit 37 reads out an execution message for executing a reception operation from the storage unit 35 and transmits the execution message to the entrance slave unit 2 . The execution message in this case is, for example, "The delivery box has been unlocked. Please lock it after putting in the package."

When receiving the execution message corresponding to the first response action candidate 52 from the living room base unit 3, the slave unit control unit 25 sends a message from the speaker 22 to the delivery company, saying, "The delivery box has been unlocked. please." is output. If the entrance slave device 2 has a display (not shown), the execution message may be displayed on the display.

Further, in step S19, when it is determined that the second candidate response motion 53 has been selected from among the candidate response motions 52 and 53 (Yes in step S19), the base unit control unit 37 selects the second candidate response motion 53 "directly receive." is executed. Specifically, since the resident directly responds to the home delivery company, the base unit control unit 37 reads out the execution message for when the resident directly responds from the storage unit 35 and transmits it to the entrance slave unit 2. . The execution message in this case is, for example, "I'm going to pick it up, so please wait a moment."

When receiving the execution message corresponding to the second answering action candidate 53 from the living room base unit 3, the slave unit control unit 25 causes the speaker 22 to output to the home delivery company, "I will go to pick it up, so please wait a moment." .

On the other hand, when it is determined in step S19 that none of the response motion candidates 52 and 53 is selected (No in step S19), the base unit control unit 37 notifies that the resident cannot respond (does not respond). No response message is read from the storage unit 35 and transmitted to the entrance slave unit 2.例文帳に追加For example, when there is no response from the resident for a predetermined time (for example, 30 seconds or 60 seconds) after the ringing tone "ping-pong" is sounded, the base unit control unit 37 selects the response operation candidates 52 and 53. determined not to. The non-response message is, for example, "I am unable to respond at this time, so please take over."

Upon receiving the non-response message from room base unit 3, slave unit control unit 25 outputs, through speaker 22, to the home delivery company, "We are unable to respond at this time, so please pick up." (step S21).
Note that when the visitor is a home delivery company as in this operation example, if it is determined in step S19 that the candidates 52 and 53 are not selected, the response operation ( The first response operation candidate 52) may be selected, and an execution message "The home delivery box has been unlocked. Please put the package in and then lock it."

If the response operation is executed in step S20, or if a non-response message is output in step S21, it is determined that response to the home delivery company has been completed, and video recording and audio recording are terminated (step S22). ), the process ends.

In the operation example described above, after the candidate for the response operation based on the summary data is selected, the ringing tone "ping-pong" is sounded and the image of the visitor is displayed, but the present invention is not limited to this example. For example, when the call button of the visitor is pressed, the speaker 32 may sound a ringing tone “ping-pong”, and when the camera 24 starts imaging, an image may be displayed on the display 36 . In addition, the sound uttered by the visitor may be output from the speaker 32 in accordance with the image displayed on the display 36 .

In the above operation example, the case where the visitor is a home delivery company has been explained, but for example, when the visitor is a salesperson or a friend, the intercom system 100 operates as follows.

(Second operation example: when the visitor is a sales person)
In step S16 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, as a second operation example, it is assumed that the summary data generator 41 generates summary data such as "XX newspaper has arrived."

A response motion candidate determination unit 42 determines that a newspaper vendor is inviting based on the summary data, and prepares in the storage unit 35 beforehand candidate response motions for the resident to respond to the solicitation of the newspaper. Select from multiple candidate patterns.
In the case of this operation example, there are two candidates for responding to a newspaper solicitation: a candidate for refusing the solicitation without calling the newspaper vendor, and a candidate for the resident to directly call the newspaper vendor. Suppose it was

The base unit control unit 37 generates the summary data 51 "XX Newspaper has arrived" generated by the summary data generation unit 41, and the first response action candidate 52 "Deny" selected by the response action candidate determination unit 42. and the second response operation candidate 53, "Call." are displayed on the display 36 as character information.

Next, when it is determined that the answering action candidate 52 "I decline." is read from the storage unit 35 and transmitted to the entrance slave unit 2. The execution message in this case is, for example, "I can't answer right now, so please take over."

When the execution message is received from room base unit 3, handset control unit 25 causes speaker 22 to output to the home delivery company, "We are unable to answer right now, so please pick up."

On the other hand, if it is determined that the candidate response action 53 "talk" is selected from among the candidate response actions 52 and 53, the base unit control unit 37 selects a call that allows communication with the entrance cordless handset 2. Move each part to the possible state.

(Third operation example: when the visitor is a friend)
In step S16 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 3, as a third example of operation, it is assumed that the summary data generator 41 generates summary data such as "Mr. Suzuki, your friend, has arrived." At this time, in generating the summary data, the summary data generation unit 41 refers to the name and/or face information of the friend of the resident stored in the storage unit 35, If the image of the data matches the friend's name and/or face information stored in the storage unit 35, the visitor is determined to be a friend, and the summary data is generated.

The reception motion candidate determining unit 42 determines that a friend of the resident is visiting based on the summarized data, and stores candidates of the reception motion for the resident to respond to the friend (Mr. Suzuki) in the storage unit 35 in advance. To select from a plurality of prepared candidate patterns. In the case of this operation example, it is assumed that, for example, two candidates, namely, a candidate of talking with a friend and a candidate of having the friend come into the house, are selected as the candidate of the behavior for responding to the friend.

The master unit control unit 37 generates the summarized data 51 "Your friend Suzuki has arrived." and the second response operation candidate 53, "Come into the house." are displayed on the display 36 as character information.

Next, when it is determined that the first response motion candidate 52 “talk” is selected from among the response motion candidates 52 and 53, the resident directly communicates with the visitor. shifts each part to a callable state in which a call can be made with the entrance cordless handset 2.

On the other hand, when it is determined that the second candidate response motion 53 has been selected from among the candidate response motions 52 and 53, the master device control unit 37 responds to the second candidate response motion 53 "I want you to come into my house." The electric lock 4 of the entrance door is unlocked in order to perform the reception operation. In addition, the parent device control unit 37 reads out from the storage unit 35 an execution message for executing the corresponding response operation corresponding to the second response operation candidate 53 and transmits the execution message to the entrance slave unit 2 . The execution message in this case is, for example, "The door has been unlocked. Please enter."

When receiving the execution message corresponding to the second response operation candidate 53 from the living room base unit 3, the slave unit control unit 25 outputs to the friend from the speaker 22, "The door is unlocked. Please enter." .

As described above, the intercom device 1 includes the entrance handset 2 for the visitor to call and talk to the resident, and the living room master set 3 for the resident to answer the call from the entrance handset 2. The living room master unit 3 includes a recording unit 34 that records the visitor's voice, a storage unit 35 that stores the recorded data recorded by the recording unit 34, and a master unit control unit that controls each part of the living room master unit 3. 37. Then, based on the recorded data, the base unit control unit 37 generates summarized data summarizing the voice, reproduces the summarized data, and selects at least one candidate for the corresponding response operation based on the summarized data. When the resident selects at least one response operation candidate, at least one of the devices (electric lock 4, delivery box 5) connected to the entrance handset 2 and the living room base unit 3, A response action corresponding to at least one response action candidate is executed. According to such a configuration, when a call is received from a visitor, based on summary data summarizing the voice of the current visitor, candidates for the response action for the current visitor are presented to the resident as, for example, character information. be able to. Then, only by the resident selecting an arbitrary candidate for the response operation from the presented candidates for the response operation 52, 53, the operation for responding to the visitor can be executed by the entrance cordless handset 2, the electric lock 4, or the delivery box 5. can. Therefore, the resident himself/herself can respond to the visitor without talking to the visitor directly. As a result, it is possible to ensure the privacy of the residents, and since visitors do not know whether the residents are at home or not, it is possible to ensure safety against burglaries and the like, thereby improving security. is also valid from

Further, according to the intercom device 1, it is configured to learn the content of the past response actions that the resident has made to each visitor, and to automatically select a candidate response action for the current visitor. . Therefore, it is possible to select a more suitable reception action candidate with a simple configuration.

Further, according to the intercom device 1, when a plurality of answering action candidates are selected, information about the priority is added between the candidates of the answering action, and the information about the priority is displayed on the display 36 for each of the answering action candidates. It is configured to express by changing the display mode of 52 and 53 . For example, the candidate response operation 52 with a higher priority is displayed larger than the other candidate response operations 53 on the display 36 . For this reason, for example, it is possible to remind a resident who frequently responds to a previous response action to the visitor, and to make a resident who responds less frequently to recognize the desired response action for the visitor. can be done. Thereby, the convenience for residents can be improved.

Further, according to the intercom device 1, when it is determined that the recorded data does not contain the information necessary for generating the summary data, a request message for requesting the necessary information is sent to the visitor. is output from the entrance cordless handset 2. Appropriate summary data can be generated by requesting the visitor to provide information necessary for generating summary data, such as the visitor's name and business.

Further, according to the intercom device 1, when transmitting the selected candidate for the response action to the resident, in addition to displaying on the display 36 of the living room master device 3 and audio output from the speaker 32 of the living room master device 3, the smartphone 6 can be displayed on the display 6a and sound can be output from the smart speaker 7. Therefore, it is possible to appropriately transmit the candidate of the response action to the resident via the room master device 3, the smartphone 6, the smart speaker 7, or the like.

In the above-described embodiment, the summary data generated by the summary data generation unit 41 and the reception motion candidates 52 and 53 selected by the reception motion candidate determination unit 42 are displayed on the display 36 of the living room master device 3 to However, it is not limited to this example. For example, master device control unit 37 transmits summary data 51 and response motion candidates 52 and 53 to smartphone 6, and displays them on display 6a (see FIG. 1) of smartphone 6 to convey them to the resident. may Further, for example, the master device control unit 37 may transmit the summary data 51 and the reception action candidates 52 and 53 to the smart speaker 7, and output the voice from the smart speaker 7 to the resident. In this case, the selection of the response action candidates 52 and 53 by the resident may be performed via the living room main unit 3 by operating the smartphone 6 or the smart speaker 7 .

It should be noted that the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be modified, improved, etc. as appropriate. In addition, the material, shape, size, numerical value, form, number, location, etc. of each component in the above-described embodiment are arbitrary and not limited as long as the present invention can be achieved.

1: intercom device, 2: entrance slave unit, 3: living room master unit, 4: electric lock, 5: delivery box, 6: smartphone, 6a: display, 7: smart speaker, 21: slave unit operation unit, 22: speaker , 23: microphone, 24: camera, 25: slave unit control unit, 31: master unit operation unit, 32: speaker, 33: microphone, 34: recording unit, 35: storage unit, 36: display, 37: master unit control Section 41: Summary Data Generation Section 42: Response Action Candidate Determination Section 51: Summary Data 52: First Response Motion Candidates 53: Second Response Motion Candidates L1, L2: Signal Lines

Claims (7)

An intercom device comprising an entrance handset for a visitor to call and talk to a resident, and a living room master set for the resident to respond to the call from the entrance handset,
The living room base unit
a recording unit that records the visitor's voice;
a storage unit for storing recorded data recorded by the recording unit;
a base unit control unit that receives a call operation from the entrance cordless handset and controls a ringing tone;
has
The parent device control unit
generating summary data summarizing the voice based on the recorded data;
reproducing the summary data, selecting at least one candidate for a reception action based on the summary data, and transmitting the candidate to the resident;
When the resident selects the at least one candidate for the response action, the response action corresponding to the at least one candidate for the response action is caused to at least one of the devices connected to the entrance slave unit and the room base unit. let it run,
An intercom device configured to: 2. The intercom device according to claim 1, wherein said base unit control unit learns the contents of past reception actions and automatically selects said at least one reception action candidate. The base unit control unit learns the content of the past response motions, and when there are a plurality of candidates for the response motion, adds information about the priority among the candidates for the plurality of response motions, and to the resident. 4. The intercom device according to claim 3, wherein the information about the priority is expressed by changing the display mode of each reception action candidate displayed on the display of the room master unit. When it is determined that the recorded data does not contain the information necessary for generating the summary data, the parent device control unit requests the visitor for the necessary information. 5. The intercom device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein a message is output from said entrance slave unit. 6. The intercom device according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the device connected to the room base unit is an electric lock or a delivery box. The master device control unit displays the at least one candidate on the display of the room master device or the display of the electronic device communicatively connected to the room master device, in order to transmit the at least one candidate response action to the resident. 7. The intercom device according to any one of claims 1 to 6, configured to display information about one candidate, or to notify said information from said room master unit or said electronic device.

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