JPH02241293A - Method and device for remote control - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To execute the transmission of an instruction and the reception of a response even when there is no idle channel for sound transmission by executing the transmission of the instruction to operate a connected equipment or the reception of the response to the operating instruction of the connected equipment by a user by using user.user information. CONSTITUTION:When a call control part 102 receives a call setting message, a connected equipment control part 104 is operated by receiving user.user information 200 and a result to analyze a sub address part 306. The response from the equipment to output an operating request is analyzed and transmitted to the call control part 102. A sound synthesization part 103 sends a sound message according to a message code from the call control part 102 on the B channel of a telephone line 106. Thus, since communication is executed between a remote controller and a caller by using the user.user information, the instruction and response can be transmitted and received regardless of the idle state of the B channel. Then, it can be avoided to send the operating instruction which is already set.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Field of Application of Kubo Tojo] The present invention relates to a device for managing equipment installed in a home by using recycled paddy outside the home, and particularly for controlling and specifying equipment in the home. The present invention relates to a remote control method and device for notification of operation completion, etc.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, the control device for this food was manufactured by Mateisho 62-128257.
As shown in the publication, all the equipment and operations that were to be controlled were coded into numbers, and the system was such that the operator could control the equipment by combining these numbers and transmitting commands. . In addition, in order to receive the action notification@, the original user had to remain on the phone and wait until the device sent the wJ author notification message. The transmission of commands and reception of responses as described above use the audio transmission channel, so if there is no free space in the audio transmission channel, commands cannot be transmitted to the remote control device.

[Invention or problem to be solved]

In the above-mentioned prior art, in order to request an operation to the remote control device, it is first necessary to connect a part of the voice transmission channel that carries out the circuit, especially the large diameter, to make a call. Therefore, if the voice transmission channel cannot be seen, it is determined that connection is impossible. In addition, all instructions for connected devices and operation instructions are given using numerical codes, so users should write down all of these codes or carry a code table with them at all times (if necessary). Yes, if the number of connected devices per remote control train is large, operational errors due to code memorization errors are likely to occur.

Furthermore, the response to the motion picture is 1f! :In order for the user to be sure, it is necessary to remain on the phone regardless of the length of the response time, so depending on the required equipment, it may take a long time.

As described above, the conventional technology has the problem that since the device is in a busy state from the time it starts operating until it ends, it is a big financial burden when trying to operate the device from a remote location. . Furthermore, since the operation procedure cannot be started unless the audio transmission channel is connected, there is also the problem that the system cannot be operated unless the audio transmission channel is empty.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the above-mentioned problems, an object of the present invention is to provide a remote control method and a remote control method that enable a user to send and receive instructions for equipment and operation and responses from a remote control device without using a voice transmission channel. The equipment is to provide 1ft.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a remote control method and device that makes it possible to specify commands to a remote control device not by numerical code, but by device name and operation name. .

Furthermore, a sixth object of the present invention is to specify operations for multiple devices with one instruction, rather than specifying operations for 18 devices with one instruction, when transmitting instructions to a remote control device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a remote control device which can be specified and which can respond to this command by operating valves for a plurality of devices at once.

(Means for Solving the vA Problem) The remote control method according to the present invention is a remote control method for remotely controlling a device via a digital network having a channel for transmitting audio signals and a digital network for transmitting control signals. The operation information of the device is preferably transmitted as user-to-user information.The operation information preferably includes designation information of one or more devices to be operated and operation instructions for the device. Contains information.

Further, preferably, the designation information of the operation target device and the operation instruction information are input using the name of the connected device and its operation.

The operation information may further include response necessity information.

In addition to being sent to the originator, the response to the original user may be sent to a destination specified by the original user.

It is desirable to notify the user of the connected device name and current operating status as the user/user information in response to the original user's request.

A remote control device according to the present invention is a digital network compatible remote control device that can be connected to a digital network having a control signal transmission channel and an audio signal transmission channel, and analyzes call control signals to determine the V of a call. A call control group that performs message transmission and message transmission, a connected device control unit that controls switching on and off of connected devices, and a message code yl! of the response message sent to the user. - It is characterized by comprising a voice synthesis unit for converting into a voice signal, means for analyzing subaddress information, and means for analyzing user/user information.

In this device, the user uses the user/user information to send an instruction to manufacture the connected device, or receive a response to the instruction to manufacture the connected device, or the user uses the user information. is the sub address information *
'i is selectively used to transmit an operation command of the connected device or to prepare a response to an operation command of the connected device.

[Effect]

The present invention assumes an 15DN network as a digital network, and in this 15DN network, address information indicating a rejuvenation number and an additional 1tii connected to the same rejuvenation shelf are used.
There is also sub-address information for identification. The present applicant has previously developed a technology to encode and incorporate into the subaddress information, in addition to the main subaddress, eight pieces of information to operate the device, such as control equipment codes and operation codes. Disclosed. The present invention further considers user-user information supported by the 15DN network as another means of transmitting device control information, and considers this user-user information.
Enter information such as device name and operation name in user information,
I came up with the idea of including a response address for 8-day mourning.

Therefore, in the remote control device of the present invention, in addition to the means for analyzing address information and the means for analyzing address information, means for analyzing user information is provided. A remote control device is specified by subaddress information, and a control device and operation are specified by subaddress information or user/user information.

Compared to sub-address information, the use of user-to-user information is advantageous because kana, alphabets, kanji, etc. can be used, and there are many types of data that can be input. If a response to a command sent by the user is required, the remote control device edits a response message and sends it to the original user in the form of the user or user information. If a response destination address is specified in the command from the user, a means for storing this is provided or stored. Then, when sending out the response message, the response destination address is removed from the storage means and the response message is sent to that address. If no response destination address is specified, a response message is sent to the source of the instruction.

More specifically, when the remote control device is prepared for the confirmation message, it first resolves the subaddress information using the subaddress analysis means, and identifies the subaddress that is included in the subaddress information and the remote control device. Compare with the subaddress set in the device. At the end of the comparison, if the two ministries match, it is assumed that the remote control device is the controller, and information in addition to the subaddress is included.
(T, - force) Check whether IJ'-. If there is no information other than the sub-address, 1. Next, the user-user information is analyzed by the user-user information analysis means. Here, check the device name set in the user information and the name of the device connected to the remote control (ML device), and if there is a device with the same device name, the user Check the operation name set in the user T* information and send the command according to it to the relevant device.Then, whether it operates normally or if an error occurs due to an error in the setting information, the relevant The remote control device reassembles the °C response message and sends it to the original user as user number user information.In this way, the user can use the subaddress information and the user's user information to Even if the channel is not free, commands can be transmitted to the remote control device and responses can be received from the remote control device.

As a result of the above-mentioned analysis of the user/user information, if the connected device name and operation name are not set in the user/user information, it is assumed that the user has issued a command requesting notification of the connected device name and its status. Then, the device name and its status are edited and sent to the user as user information. In this way, the 9Fu operator can know the name of the equipment connected to the remote control device and its operating status at any time, so there is no need to memorize the control equipment code and operation code. Furthermore, there is no need to issue a new command for operations that have already been changed.

Also, when sending user information to a user, if the above response address is added to the user information from the user, the user information will be sent to this response address. Users can get responses from any location.

[lol - flowing power]

Hereinafter, one embodiment of the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system koji diagram of a spacing control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the figure, 101 is a microprocessor (MpU);
2 is a call control section, 105 is a speech synthesis section, 104 is a connected device control section, 105 is a storage section, and 106 is a telephone line.

The remote control device of this embodiment is controlled by MpUlol. The calling side NTtlo2 receives calls from the digital network and
106, and is connected to I) 'l' Liu Qingqing signal analysis and transmission, as well as audio signal transmission channel (B channel).
Controls the telephone line 106, such as +& connection or release.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of user information input by dialing when an operator makes a call from a digital telephone with a user information setting layer to a non-embodiment remote control device. . What is set as the Yusa user information 200 are a control device name 201, a motion subject name 202, a response specification 205, and a response destination address 204.

The subject line 202 is specified by an actual name rather than a numerical code. A header (for example, ≠) is attached to the response address 204 for the earlier application.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of a dialing method when an operator makes a call from a digital telephone to a non-embodiment remote control device while setting user information.

The contents of the dial input include the subaddress part 606 in addition to the Kanwa Shokugo number 501 in the conventional analog public network,
The sub-address section 306 consists of a sub-address 502 of the remote control device on the in-home bus, a control device code 605, an operation designation code 6o4, and a response approval/disapproval code 505.
separated by.

In FIG. 1, the connected device control section 104 includes the call control section 1
02 or when receiving a call or message, user + W1
200 and the subaddress section 306. Furthermore, the response from the device that has issued the operational stability x is analyzed and transmitted to the call control unit 102. Speech synthesis section 10
3 is a voice message according to the message code from the call control unit 102.
Sends out on 60B channel.

The storage unit 105 stores a control device name 2011, a motion subject name 202,
A response specification 205, a control device code 503, an operation specification code 604, a response necessity code 505, a table that corresponds to the actual operation, a table for managing the state transition of connected devices, the address of the sender, and the response. It has an area for storing destination address 204.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of a process when transmitting a message to a remote control device in a non-embodiment, and the critical operation will be explained based on this.

7f times and when the call control unit 102 receives a call setting message from the caller 1, it extracts the subaddress part 506'1fkl from therein. Then, each element separated by a separator * is decomposed and stored (step 4).
00). Next, the information transmitted as the sub-address 602 of the remote control device is compared with the registered sub-address of the remote control device (step 401).
. As a result, if the two ministries do not match, the call is determined to be not directed to the remote control device and the call is released (step 402). If they match, it is recognized that the call is to the remote control device, and a call setup acceptance message is sent to the network (step 405). Then, the sender's address is stored as the destination of the response message (step 404).

Next, the control device code 505 is analyzed. First, it is determined whether the control device code 505 is specified (step 405). If it has been specified, the table on the storage unit 105 is checked to determine whether a device with the specified code exists, and the same determination is made for the operation designation code 304 (step 406). If valid codes are specified for both the control device code and the operation designation code, processing corresponding to each code is performed (step 407). If there is an error in the setting code, it will be sent as a "specified code error" (step 4).
08), a user-user information sending process is called to notify the caller of the abnormality using the user-user information (step 500).

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the processing procedure of user/user information sending processing.

In the user-to-user information sending process, first, the content of the message to be sent is determined (step 501), and in the case of "incorrect designation code", information explaining the name of the device, manufacturing designation, and code indicating whether a response is required is sent. It is edited as user/user information (step 502). At that time, it is determined whether the caller has released the caller or not (step 503). If the caller has released the caller, it is safe to make a new call from the remote control device, so a call setup message is assembled and edited into this message. The user/user information that has been created is incorporated (step 504). Then, the D'F is released to the address that has been stored as the destination of the response message (in this case, the sender's address stored in step 404) as the response destination address (Sugatsu SOS) (Stella 7506).
. If the originating department has not released the address, compare the response destination address and the originating party's address (step 507).
. Here, since both ministries are equal, the edited user/user information is incorporated into the disconnection message (step 508).
, to the caller (step 509), and releases the call (step 506).

In step 405 of FIG.
If no code below the control equipment code is specified, the user/user information is checked (step 409).

If the caller does not include the user-user information@ in the call setup message, the remote control determines that the caller is providing notification of the name of the control device and its status, and sends the message t. "Device name and its status" (
Step 410), the user information is used to notify the caller of the connected device name and its status.
A user information sending process is called (step 500).

In the user/user information sending process, first, the content of the message to be sent is determined (step 501), and when it is indicated as "device name and its status", a table is filled in with the status of the connected device in the storage unit 105. Retrieve information from
It is converted into a specific motion subject name and edited into user/user information (step 509). The processing for editing user/user information is the same as that for sending user/user information for "specified code error" described above.

If user-user information is added to the call setup message from the caller in step 409 of FIG. 4, the user-user information is analyzed (step 411).
. The user/user information includes a control device 201, a motion subject name 202, a response specification 203, and a response destination address 204, as shown in the second prisoner. Each element is separated by one or more spaces, and a header indicating this is added before the response destination address 204. Also, control device name 2
01, motion subject name 202, response specification 206 must be this I+
It is specified by @ order. This user/user it'@
Regarding k, each element is compared with the information stored in the table on the storage unit 105, and if the control device name 2D1, motion subject name 202, and response specification 206 are all valid, 1
I will remember it as one of the previous commands. In this way, the combination of the above five requirements allows the caller to send user information to the remote control device.
It is possible to issue commands to multiple devices within the allowable message capacity for user information. If information not registered in the table is specified in the process of collating each element, it is recognized as an error in the specified data, and after the error occurs, only a check is made to see if the response destination address 204 has been specified.

Then, after the analysis is completed, it is determined whether there is an error in the specification of the command (Stella 7'412), and if there is an error, the message to be sent is marked as a "specified code error" (step 4o8), and the user/user information sending process is called (step 500). . Here, user/user information W = If the caller has not released the message after fulfilling the request, or the response destination address 204
If an address different from the caller's address is specified (step 507), first, after releasing the call from the caller (step 510), a message is assembled (Stella 7'504). , a call to the reply destination address (
gY is performed (step 505).

If there is no error in the user's specification of user me in step 412 of FIG.
Y is stored (step 416). At this time, unless a reply destination address 204 is specified in the user-user information, the sender's address is stored as the reply destination address. Then, the commands are notified to the connected device control unit 104 in the order specified in the user/user information (step 414).
.

Check the response of each device to the above command (step 415), and when the response from all the devices is received, check whether notification of the response content is requested (step 416); if there is a response request, , the message to be sent is set as a "response to a command instruction" (step 417), and a user-to-user information sending process is called (step 500).

In addition, if there is no response scene The user information is sent as a response to the request. If there is no response request (and everything has ended normally), check whether the call is from the caller or if there is a release neighbor (step 419), and if there is a call from the caller or a release neighbor, the process ends. If not, the call is released (step 42D) and the process ends.

According to this embodiment, the B channel is not used at all (
It is possible to send commands to the remote control device and receive responses. Furthermore, it is possible to issue control instructions to a plurality of connected devices by sending a single command.

Furthermore, since commands to the device can be sent using the device name or the like instead of numerical codes, usability for the caller is improved.

Although this embodiment describes the case where only one response destination address is specified, it is also possible to specify multiple response destination addresses by making it possible to specify multiple destinations for the vff-setting message. It is.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As described above, according to the present invention, communication between the remote control device and the caller is performed using user-user information, so commands and responses can be transmitted and received regardless of the availability of the B channel. is possible.

In addition, when a caller wants to send a command to a remote control device, the name of the connected device and its status can be known before sending the command, so there is no need to memorize the device code or operation code. Since there is no need to memorize the state of the device, it is possible to avoid sending out operation commands that have already been set.

Furthermore, by operating the remote control device using a combination of sub-address information and user/user information, the sub-address information can be used to distinguish between transmissions to other devices on the same local bus, and the user/user information can be used to operate the remote control device. It is possible to exchange commands and responses to traps, and even if other devices are connected to the same in-house bus, it will not malfunction. I can do it.

Furthermore, since it is possible to specify that the response to the command be sent to an address other than the address on the sending @ side, the original user can know the response to the command at any #jjpfr, such as the destination of movement.

Since operation instructions can be given to a plurality of devices with a single command, it is possible to send commands to the remote control device *VC in just one hour regardless of the number of commands.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Fig. 1 is a system configuration diagram of a remote control device according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a diagram showing an example of the user/user i-report setting contents of a caller, and Fig. 5 is a diagram showing an example of the caller's dial answer. A diagram showing an example, FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing when transmitting a message to the remote control device of this embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a process of sending out according to response user information from the remote control device of this embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the procedure. 101... Microprocessor (MPU) 102...
・Leaf control unit 103...Audio generation unit 104...
・Connector 5 control $105...Storage unit io6...
Telephone line

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A remote control method for remotely controlling a device via a digital network having an audio signal transmission channel and a control signal transmission channel, wherein operation information of the device is converted into user-user information. A remote control method characterized by transmitting as follows. 2. The remote control method according to claim 1, wherein the operation information includes designation information for one or more devices to be operated and operation instruction information for the devices. 3. The remote control method according to claim 2, wherein the designation information of the device to be operated and the operation instruction information are input using the name of the connected device and its operation. 4. The remote control method according to claim 2, wherein the operation information further includes response necessity information. 5. The remote control method according to claim 1 or 5, characterized in that a response to the user is transmitted to a destination designated by the user. 6. The remote control method according to claim 1, further comprising the step of notifying the user of the name of the connected device and the current operating status as the user/user information in response to the user's request. 7. A remote control device compatible with a digital network that can be connected to a digital network having a control signal transmission channel and an audio signal transmission channel, and a call control device that analyzes call control signals and manages calls and message sending. , a connected device control section that controls the on/off switch of connected devices, a speech synthesis section that converts the message code of the response message sent to the user into an audio signal, and an analysis of subaddress information. 1. A remote control device comprising: a means for analyzing user/user information; and a means for analyzing user/user information. 8. The remote control according to claim 7, wherein the user uses the user/user information to transmit an operation instruction for the connected device or receive a response to the operation instruction for the connected device. Device. 9. A claim characterized in that the user selectively uses the user/user information or the subaddress information to transmit an operation instruction for the connected device or receive a response to the operation instruction for the connected device. Item 7. Remote control device according to item 7.