JPH04113759A - Remote controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain plenty of control signals and to easily confirm the control signal after the input by providing a user user information detection analysis section detecting and analyzing presence of user information in a user user information element inputted to a call setting message, a control signal transmission section sending a command to a controller for an electronic product or the like based on the result of analysis and a controller controlling the electronic product or the like. CONSTITUTION:When a call comes from an ISDN network 1 via an interface control section 12, whether or not user information is in existence in a user user information element in a call setting message coming to a call control processing section 13 is detected and fetching and analysis of the user information to an internal memory when in existence are implemented by a user user information detection analysis section 14. Whether or not the analysis data is used for controlling remotely an electronic product or the like is analyzed and when the data is used for remote control, the call control processing section 13 sends an incoming call rejection to an opposite terminal equipment via the network interface control section 12 and no communication is implemented. Simultaneously, a control signal transmission section 15 sends a command to a controller 17 for an electronic product or the like via a user interface control section 16.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a remote control device that controls a video tape recorder, near conditioner, electric lock, etc. using an 15DN network.

(Prior Art) In recent years, progress in home automation (HA) has been remarkable due to advances in control devices and remote controllers for electrical appliances and the like.

However, public analog networks are used as a method of transferring control data for electrical appliances, etc., and there are restrictions on the types of data that can be transferred, and communication time is also wasted.

A conventional remote control device will be explained below.

FIG. 6 shows a schematic configuration of a conventional remote control device.

In FIG. 6, 11 is a public analog network, 12 is a network interface control unit, 13 is a call control processing unit that controls call control signals, and 15 is a DTM F (DualTone
16 is a user interface control unit;
7 is a controller for controlling electrical appliances, etc., 18 is an electrical appliance, etc., and 20 is a DTMF signal detection/analysis section.

FIG. 7 is a processing flowchart of the conventional example shown in FIG.

Next, the operation of the conventional example configured as described above will be explained with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7.

When controlling electrical appliances, etc. in a house from the public analog network 11 via the network interface control unit 2, after making a call from outside and transmitting and receiving call control signals in the call control processing unit I3, -1. state (S, , ).

After that, O~9. When pre-specified control data is input using 12 types of DTMF signals * and #, (
S, , S, ,), the DTMF signal is transferred to the DTMF signal detection/analysis unit 20 via the network interface control unit I2, and is detected and analyzed by the DTMF signal detection/analysis unit 20 (S, , ), Based on the analysis results, the control signal sending unit 15 sends a control signal to the controller 17 of the electrical appliance, etc.S,), and controls the electrical appliance, etc. 18.
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(Problem to be Solved by the Invention) However, in the above conventional configuration, the control data is
Only 12 types of DTMF signals such as , *, and H can be used, and a device for detecting and analyzing the DTMF signals is required. Furthermore, in the input data confirmation operation, there is only confirmation by a confirmation sound after inputting the data, and there is a problem in that it is not easy to confirm whether or not the desired data has been set accurately.

In addition, it is necessary to perform such input work after the device is ready for talking, and it takes a long time to be able to input signals. moreover,
The drawback was that communication costs were high when controlling from a distance.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a remote control device that has a wide range of control signals, can be easily checked after input, and has low communication costs.

(Means for Solving the Problems) In order to achieve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention uses user-to-user information notification, which is one of the additional services of I5DN, and uses information notification that is sent to a call setup message as control data. A user·
A user/user information detection/analysis unit that detects and analyzes the presence or absence of user information in a user information element, and a control signal sending unit that sends a command to a controller of an electrical appliance or the like based on the analyzed result. It was established.

(Function) Therefore, according to the present invention, by adopting the above-mentioned configuration, information can be sent using character information in addition to numbers before a call is established, and the DTMF signal detection/analysis section is free. It becomes necessary.

(Embodiment) FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of l5DN in one embodiment of the present invention, and the l5DN remote control device 3 is
Provides a means to enable remote control of electrical appliances 5 from an 15DN telephone terminal 2 via a 5DN network 1, and
It is also possible to make calls with a 5DN terminal or an analog telephone 4.

FIG. 2 shows a schematic configuration of a remote control device in an embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 2, 1 is l5DN
12 is a network interface control unit, 13 is a call control processing unit that controls call control signals, and 4 is a user/user information detection unit that detects the presence or absence of user information in the user/user information element and analyzes it. An analysis section 15 is a control signal sending section 1 that sends commands to controllers of electrical appliances, etc. based on the results analyzed by the user/user information detection/analysis section 14.
6 is a user interface control unit, I7 is a controller that controls electrical appliances, etc., 18 is electrical appliances (including a water heater, etc.), and 19 is a non-15DN terminal or telephone.

Note that blocks with the same numbers as in the conventional example have the same functions. FIG. 3 is a processing flowchart of an embodiment of the present invention.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be explained with reference to FIGS. 2 and 3.

When there is an incoming call from the 15DN network 1 via the network interface control unit 12, detecting whether or not user information is included in the user-user information element of the call setting message sent to the call control processing unit 13 (Sl) , if the user information is included, the user/user information detection/analysis unit 4 imports the user information into the internal memory and analyzes it (S8). Next, it is necessary to analyze whether the analyzed data indicates whether the electrical appliance or the like is to be remotely controlled (S,), and if it is to be remotely controlled, the call control processing unit 13 rejects the incoming call via the network interface control unit 12. S4) to send to the other party's terminal, and no communication is performed. At the same time, the control signal sending section 15 sends commands to the controllers 17 of electrical appliances, etc., via the user interface control section 16 (S6), electrical appliances, etc. 18 (video tape recorders, near conditioners, lighting equipment, etc.).

(electric locks, water heaters, etc.). If the analysis data does not involve remote control of electrical appliances, etc., or if user information does not exist, incoming call processing is performed on the non-15DN terminal or telephone via the user interface control unit 16 ( S.).

Incidentally, FIG. 4 shows an example of inputting a command for reserving recording of a video tape recorder, and FIG. 5 shows an example of inputting a command for reserving operation of a near conditioner. This is an example of input from a terminal that can input English characters as user information from an office, etc. If you cannot input English characters on a public L5DN terminal etc., use 0 to 9, *, :, which have the same meaning as English characters. It is also possible to control the

Furthermore, since 128 octets of alphanumeric characters can be input as user information, it is also possible to send two to three control commands at the same time.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above embodiments, the present invention uses inter-user information, which is one of the additional services of 15DN, to input control data for electrical appliances, etc. in advance as a user of the user-user information element. By configuring it to make calls, there is no need for a DTMF signal detection/analysis device, and it is also possible to send information using text information in addition to numbers, making it possible to perform more diverse remote control. By being able to input control information for a telephone product or the like before communication, the user information is displayed on the display, making it easier to confirm the information after input. Furthermore, since there is no need to be on the phone for a while, you only have to pay for the user information, and no other communication costs are incurred, making it possible to achieve excellent control effects from a distance.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of the entire 15DN to which the present invention is applied, FIG. 2 is a schematic block diagram of a remote control device in an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a flowchart of processing in an embodiment of the present invention. Figure 4 shows an example of inputting a command to schedule recording for a video tape recorder, Figure 5 shows an example of inputting a command to schedule operation of a near conditioner, Figure 6 is a schematic configuration diagram of a conventional remote control device, and Figure 7 shows an example of inputting a command to schedule recording for a video tape recorder. It is a flowchart of processing in a conventional example. l... l5DN network, 2... telephone terminal for l5DN, 3... remote control device for l5DN, 4.1
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Claims (1)

[Claims] A network interface control unit that interfaces with an integrated services digital network (ISDN), a user interface control unit that interfaces with a controller of a terminal or electrical appliance, and a call control processing unit that exchanges call control signals, A user/user information detection/analysis unit that detects and analyzes the presence or absence of user information in the user/user information element included in a call setup message in a device that controls electrical appliances, etc. in a house via an ISDN network. A remote control device comprising: a control signal sending unit that sends a command to a controller of an electrical appliance based on the analyzed result; and a controller that controls the electrical appliance.