JPH03210865A - House management system device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To secure sufficient safety over all exit entrance locations even when the plural locations exist by adopting plural slave sets and adopting a speech function and an image pickup function to each slave set. CONSTITUTION:Doorphones with television camera 5a, 5b, 5c are mounted to a door of a location where people enter or exit such as gatedoor, kitchen door and parking place. A speech changeover device 8 connects selectively a talking set 1 and one of the doorphones with television camera 5a, 5b, 5c in response to a call signal from each of the doorphones with television camera and outputs a signal representing the connection state to a line 10. A video changeover device 7 connects to the talking changeover device 3 through the signal line 10 and connects one of the doorphones with television camera 5a, 5b, 5c to a television monitor 9 in interlocking with the talking changeover device 3 selectively via a video signal line.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Object of the Invention] (Industrial Application Field) This invention relates to a housing management system device that ensures the safety of a housing.

(Prior art) Generally, in a house, a telephone as a base unit is installed inside the house, and a handset, so-called doorphone, which can make a call with the telephone is attached to the door such as the entrance. There are devices that allow you to confirm who the visitor is, what their requirements are, etc. by voice using a telephone line connection.

Recently, in addition to the calling function, doorbells have been equipped with a video camera function, and a display device such as a TV monitor has been installed on the phone, allowing visitors to see their faces and figures in images. There are some things.

(Problems to be solved by the invention) On the other hand, if we look at the structure of a house, we often find that there are multiple places where people enter and exit, including not only the entrance, but also back entrances, parking lots, etc. The number of houses with three entrances is increasing.

In such a situation, it is difficult to ensure sufficient safety with only one doorbell.

This invention was made in consideration of the above-mentioned circumstances, and its purpose is to employ multiple handsets, and each handset has a calling function and a photographing function. Even if there are multiple places where residents can enter and exit, sufficient safety can be ensured across all entry and exit points, and furthermore, it does not require residents to take the trouble of connecting telephone lines and video signal lines between the main unit and each device. To provide a house management system device which can automatically and quickly switch over without any problems, and which can notify which handset is calling.

[Structure of the Invention] (Means for Solving the Problems) A base unit, a plurality of slave units that are capable of communicating with the base unit and have a photographing function, and one of these slave units and the base unit are connected to each other. a call switching means for selectively connecting a call line in response to a call from each of the handsets; a display means for displaying images taken by each of the handsets; and this display means and one of the handsets.
A video switching means for selectively connecting one of the handsets to a video signal line in conjunction with the call switching means, and a notification means for notifying the position of the called handset among the handsets.

(Function) When there is a call from one of the plurality of handsets, the call switching means connects the handset and the base unit through a telephone line, allowing a call between the two handsets.

At this time, the video switching means connects the same slave device and the display means by a video signal line, and the video taken by the slave device is displayed on the display means.

At the same time, the notifying means notifies which handset has issued the call.

(Example) Hereinafter, an example of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a base phone, which is a telephone set, which is installed inside a house, and is capable of communicating with a handset, which will be described later.

A call switch 3 is connected to this telephone set 1 via a call line 2, and a call/call signal line 4a, 4b is connected to the call switch 3.
, 4c, respectively, to door phones 5a and 5b with television cameras, which are slave units.

5c is connected.

The door phones 5a, 5b, and 5c with television cameras are installed on doors of places where people go in and out, such as entrances, back entrances, and parking lots, and have the following configurations (not shown). There is.

■Call button for telephone 1.

■Optional call/call signal line 4a when the call button is pressed,
Functional means for issuing a calling signal to 4b and 4c.

■Functional means for communicating with the telephone set 1 via the telephone/calling signal lines 4a, 4b, and 4c.

■Functional means for photographing the scene in front of the door using a television camera.

■Functional means for outputting video signals from a television camera.

Also, door intercoms 5a and 5b with television cameras.

5C are connected to a video switching device 7 via video signal lines 6a, 6b, and 6c, respectively, and the video switching device 7 is connected to a television monitor 9, which is a display means, via a video signal line 8.

On the other hand, the above-mentioned call switching device 3 is connected to a doorbell 5 equipped with a television camera.
Selectively connect one of a, 5b, and 5c to the telephone line 1 in response to a calling signal from each door phone equipped with a television camera, and output a signal representing the connection state to a signal line 10 to be described later. It is supposed to be done.

The video switching device 7 is connected to the call switching device 3 via a signal line 10.
The video signal line selectively connects the television monitor 9 and one of the television camera-equipped door phones 5a, 5b+5C in conjunction with the call switch 3.

Here, a specific example of the video switching device 7 and its surroundings will be explained in the second section.
As shown in the figure.

The video switching device 7 connects the video signal line 6a and the video signal line 8 with the signal line 21, connects the video signal line 6b and the video signal line 8 with the signal line 22, and connects the video signal line 6C with the video signal line. 8 through a signal line 23.

The normally open contact 31a of the relay 31 is inserted into the signal line 21,
The normally open contact 32a of the relay 32 is inserted into the signal line 22,
A normally open contact 33a of a relay 33 is inserted into the signal line 23.

Relay 31 is connected to selection circuit 41 , relay 32 is connected to selection circuit 42 , and relay 33 is connected to selection circuit 43 .

The selection circuit 41 is connected to the call switching device 3 via the signal line 10a forming the signal line 10, and operates in conjunction with the call switching device 3 when the door phone 5a equipped with a television camera and the telephone set 1 are connected to each other via the communication line. and energizes the relay 31, and displays on the display unit 5 that there is a call from the doorbell with TV camera 5a.
1, for example, by a lamp display.

The selection circuit 42 is connected to the call switching device 3 via the signal line 10b forming the signal line 10, and operates in conjunction with the call switching device 3 when the door phone 5b with television camera and the telephone set 1 are connected to each other via the communication line. energizes the relay 32, and displays on the display 5 that there is a call from the doorbell 5b with a TV camera.
2, for example, the notification is made by a lamp display.

The selection circuit 43 is connected to the call switching device 3 via the signal line 10c forming the signal line 10, and operates in conjunction with the call switching device 3 when the doorbell with TV camera 5C and the telephone set 1 are connected to the telephone line. energizes the relay 33, and displays on the display 5 that there is a call from the doorbell 5c equipped with a television camera.
3, for example, the notification is made by a lamp display.

Next, the operation in the above configuration will be explained.

When a visitor presses a call button on the door phone 5a with a TV camera, a call signal is emitted from the door phone 5a with a TV camera, and the signal is sent to the call switching device 3 through a call/call signal line 4a.

Furthermore, in the door phone 5a with a television camera, the television camera operates when the call button is pressed, and the scene in front of the door, that is, the face and figure of the visitor, is photographed.

The call switching device 3 responds to the ringing signal of the TV camera-equipped doorphone 5a, and switches between the TV camera-equipped doorphone 5a and the telephone 1.
Connect the telephone line.

When this telephone line is connected, a buzzer sounds on telephone 1,
Residents are called.

Therefore, the resident and the visitor can talk through the telephone 1 and the doorbell 5a equipped with a television camera, and the resident can confirm who the visitor is by voice.

At this time, in the video switching device 7, the relay 31 is energized and the contact 31a is turned on.

When the contact 31a is turned on, the signal line 21 becomes conductive, and the video signal line is connected between the door phone 5a with a television camera and the television monitor 9.

Therefore, the resident can visually recognize the face and figure of the visitor photographed by the television camera using the telephone set 1, and can accurately determine the identity of the visitor along with the telephone conversation.

Further, in the call switching device 7, the lamp on the display section 51 lights up to notify that there is a call from the TV camera-equipped door intercom 5a.

Thereby, the resident can easily sense where the other party on the phone, that is, the visitor displayed on the television monitor 9, is located.

Incidentally, the same operation is performed when calling the door phone 5b with a television camera or the door phone 5'':l with a television camera.

In this way, by using multiple doorbells and each doorbell having a calling function and a photography function, sufficient safety can be ensured across all of the places where people come and go, even if there are multiple places where people go in and out. be able to.

Furthermore, since a call switch 3 and a video switch 7 are provided, the call line connection and video signal line connection between the telephone set 1 and each doorbell can be switched automatically and quickly without any effort on the part of the resident. be able to.

In the above embodiment, the position of the called handset is displayed by the video switching device 7, but it may be configured to be combined with the display image of the television monitor 9 and displayed, for example.

In addition, the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and various modifications can be made without changing the gist.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, according to the present invention, a base unit, a plurality of slave units that can communicate with the base unit and have a photographing function, and one of these slave units and the base unit a call switching means for selectively connecting a call line between said handset in response to a call from said handset, a display means for displaying an image taken by said handset, and said display means and said handset. A video switching means for selectively connecting one of them to a video signal line in conjunction with the call switching means, and a notification means for notifying the location of the called handset among the handsets, are provided. Even if there are multiple entry/exit locations, sufficient safety can be ensured at all entry/exit locations, and it also saves residents the trouble of connecting the telephone line and video signal line between the base unit and each device. It can be switched automatically and quickly without having to
Furthermore, it is possible to provide a housing management system device that can notify which handset is calling.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a specific example of the video switching device and its peripheral parts in the same embodiment. 1... Talking device (master device), 3... Call switching device, 5a. 5b, 5c... Door phone with TV camera (handset), 7
...Video switch, 9...TV monitor (display means)
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A base unit, a plurality of handsets that can talk to the base unit and have a shooting function, and selectively communicate between one of these handsets and the base unit in response to a call from each handset. a call switching means for making a line connection; a display means for displaying images taken by each of the handsets; and a display means for selectively displaying images between the display means and one of the handsets in conjunction with the call switching means. 1. A housing management system device comprising: video switching means for connecting a signal line; and notification means for notifying the position of a called slave unit among the slave units.