JPH01318453A - Telecontrol system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To inform the states of various home electrical equipments, etc., via the display of characters by detecting the state of a control subject via a telecontroller to convert the characters showing the detected state into display character signals for a liquid crystal display device and at the same time to transmit these character signals to a push-button dial telephone set. CONSTITUTION:A push-button dial telephone set 4 transmits the PB signal to a telecontroller 2 via an extension 3 in response to the operation of a push- button 4g. The telecontroller 2 receives the PB signal decodes the control contents of the home electrical equipments. A control part 2c recognizes the state of an air conditioner 5 to obtain the character data on 'airconditioner ON' and outputs this data to a character display signal part 2e. The part 2e converts the received character data into the display signals for a liquid crystal display device 4f. These display signals are outputted to the telephone set 4 via the extension 3. Thus even an aurally handicapped person can use a telecontrol system via the telephone set 4.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] Heat - 33 [Industrial Application Fields] This invention relates to a telecontrol system for controlling various home appliances, etc. via a telecontroller using a push-button dial telephone equipped with a liquid crystal display device. More specifically, the present invention relates to a roll system for a teleconverter 1 that is capable of displaying the status of various home appliances, etc. in appropriate characters on a liquid crystal display device.

[Conventional example] Conventionally, this type of telecontroller drives various home appliances in response to button operations on a push-button dial telephone, detects the status of these various home appliances, etc.
The status can be notified to the operator of the push-button dial telephone using voice synthesis. That is, the operator can confirm the status of the controlled home appliance or other home appliances by listening to the voice generated by the voice synthesis signal through the handset of the push-button dial telephone.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] By the way, in the above-mentioned telecontroller, it may be difficult for the operator of the push-button dial telephone to hear the voice from the handset due to surrounding noise, and there is a possibility that the operator may fail to hear the voice. Therefore, there was a problem that the status of the home appliances could not be confirmed.

In addition, people with disabilities who would like to use the above telecontroller the most,
For example, there was a problem that people with hearing disabilities could not use the system because it was audio.

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to be able to notify operators and hearing-impaired persons of the status of various home appliances, etc. by text display, and to ensure that the status is known. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a telecontroller system that enables confirmation.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a telephony system for controlling controlled objects such as various home appliances through a telecontroller using a push-button dial telephone equipped with a liquid crystal display device. In the control system, the teleconverter 1-○-ra detects the state of the controlled object, converts characters expressing this state into a character signal for display on the liquid crystal display device, and converts this character signal into "2". The push-button dial telephone is equipped with a function to receive the character signal and display characters corresponding to the character signal on the liquid crystal display device, and the telecontroller The state of the controlled object is displayed in text on the liquid crystal display device via the LCD.

[Function] With the above configuration, characters and the like are displayed on the liquid crystal display device of the push-button dial telephone according to the transmission signal from the telecontroller side. Therefore, on the telecontroller side, display data of characters, symbols, or pictures that appropriately express the status of various home appliances, etc. of the controlled object is stored in advance. When the telecontroller detects the status of various home appliances in response to instructions from the push-button dial telephone, characters, symbols, or picture data corresponding to the status are converted into display signals and output. Then, the push-button dial telephone that receives the display signal displays characters, symbols, or pictures that represent the status of the various home appliances. That is, the operator of the push-button dial telephone can know the status of the controlled home appliance on the liquid crystal display.

[Example] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In FIG. 1, a telecontroller 2 is connected to a public telephone line (external line) 1, and a push button dial telephone 4 is connected to this telecontroller 2 via an extension 3.

The telecontroller 2 includes a DC loop circuit 2a for connecting the outside line 1 and the extension line 3, and this DC loop circuit 2.
PB decoder unit 2b that decodes the control code of each home appliance (controlled object) based on the PB multiplied signal input via a.
and a control unit (CPU) 2c that decodes the decoded control codes, etc., controls the various home appliances, and detects the status of the various home appliances, and the control unit 2c and the various home appliances It is comprised of a device interface 2d to be connected, and a display signal generating section 2e that outputs a character signal that appropriately represents the state of the various household electrical appliances detected by the control section 2c.

The push-button dial telephone 4 also includes a signal circuit 4a for transmitting and receiving call signals to and from an outside telephone, and for receiving control signals and character signals from the telecontroller 2, and a signal circuit 4a for communicating with the outside telephone. A handset 4b, a calling circuit 4c that puts the handset 4b and an outside telephone in a talking state, a dialing circuit 4d that outputs a signal according to the operation of a push button, and a call based on the signal from the dialing circuit 4d. A control unit (CPU) 4e that outputs signals, etc. and controls the telephone call circuit based on a call signal, etc. input through the signal circuit 4a, and displays characters, etc. based on input character signals in this control unit 4e. A liquid crystal display device 4f is provided. Note that the date, time, dialed number of the other party, etc. are also displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4f, as in the conventional case.

Next, the operation of the telecontrol system having the above configuration will be explained based on the perspective view of the push-button dial telephone set in FIG. 2 and the liquid crystal display screen in FIG. 3.

First, it is assumed that an attempt is made to turn on the power of the near conditioner 5 of a home appliance using the push-button dial telephone 4, and the push button 4g of the push-button dial telephone 4 is operated in a predetermined manner.

Then, the push-button dial telephone 4 transmits a PB double signal to the telecontroller 2 via the extension 3 in accordance with the operation of the push-button 4g. The telecontroller 2 that received the PB double signal decodes the control details of the home appliances, and in the above case, a control signal to turn on the near conditioner 5 is obtained, and the device interface 2d
The near conditioner 5 is connected to the near conditioner 5.

As a result, the power is turned on in the air conditioner digigona 5, and a response signal indicating that the power has been turned on is output to the control unit 2c via the device interface 2d.

The control section 2c inputting the response signal recognizes the state of the air conditioner digigona 5, obtains the character data "air conditioner ONJ" and outputs it to the character display signal section 2e. The character data is converted into a signal for display on the liquid crystal display device 4f in the character display signal unit 2e, and this display signal is output to the push-button dial telephone 4 via the extension line 3. This display signal is received by the signal circuit 4a of the push-button dial telephone 4, converted into liquid crystal display data by the control section 4e, and output to the liquid crystal display device 4. As a result, as shown in FIG. 2, the characters ``Air conditioner ONJ'' are displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4f, and the operator of the push button dial telephone 4 is prompted to dial the air conditioner 9s5.
This will notify you that the power has been turned on.

In this way, as a method of notifying the status of various home appliances, etc., characters that appropriately express the status are displayed on the liquid crystal display device 4f. Even people with disabilities can use the telecontrol system, and there is no need to miss or have difficulty hearing.

As shown in FIG. 3, the liquid crystal display device 4f normally displays the date and time under the control of the control section 4e, and also displays the dial number of the other party when making a telephone call.

In addition, when displaying the status of various home appliances, etc. of the controlled object on the liquid crystal display device 4f in the above embodiment, characters are displayed, but symbols and pictures that can be understood at a glance are also displayed. You can. In this case, the data of these symbols and pictures are registered in advance on the telecontroller 2 side, and these data are read out according to the status of various home appliances and sent as display signals to the push button dial telephone 4 side. be done. In the control unit 4e of the push-button dial telephone 4 that receives the display signal, the liquid crystal display 4
f is controlled and a symbol or picture is displayed.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the telecontroller system of the present invention, the telecontroller includes characters or symbols, etc. that appropriately express the status of various home appliances, etc., as a character signal for display on the liquid crystal display device. This character, along with converting it to
The push-button dial telephone is equipped with a function to transmit symbol signals to the push-button dial telephone, and the push-button dial telephone receives characters and symbol signals, and displays the status of various home appliances on the liquid crystal display according to the characters and symbol signals. Since it is equipped with a display function, the operator of the push-button dial telephone can be informed of the status of various home appliances, etc. using appropriate characters and symbols, eliminating the need for miscommunication or difficulty in hearing. It can be said that it is extremely convenient, especially for people with hearing disabilities.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of a telecontroller 1-roll system showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a push-button dial telephone used in the telecontrol system, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the push-button dial FIG. 3 is a partial view of the display of the telephone. In the figure, 1 is a public telephone line, 2 is a telecontroller, 2a
is a DC loop circuit, 2b is a PB decoder section, 2c is a control section (CPU), 2d is a device interface, 2e is a character display signal section, 3 is an extension, 4 is a push button dial telephone, 4a is a signal circuit, 4b is a transmission Handset, 4c is a call circuit, 4d is a dial circuit, 4e is a control unit (CPU), 4f
is a liquid crystal display device, 4g is a push button, and 5 is a near conditioner.

Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) In a telecontrol system in which a push-button dial telephone equipped with a liquid crystal display device controls a controlled object such as various home appliances via a telecontroller, the telecontroller is configured to detect the state of the controlled object. , is equipped with a function of converting characters expressing this state into character signals for display on the liquid crystal display device, and transmitting the character signals to the push button dial telephone, and transmitting the character signals to the push button dial telephone. and a function of displaying characters corresponding to the received character signal on the liquid crystal display device, the state of the controlled object being displayed in characters on the liquid crystal display device via the telecontroller. Telecontrol system.