JPH04252620A - Home slave receiver equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent a home receiver from being left in the operation stop state by enabling the third person to confirm the operation state of the home receiver installed in a house from the outside of the house and prompting a user of the home receiver in the operation stop state to restore the operation of the home receiver by the third person. CONSTITUTION:An outdoor power lamp 8 is fixed to a reception antenna 3 installed on the outside of a house 10. Power obtained through a power repetcale 4 is supplied to the outdoor power lamp 8 through a switch 6 in the same manner as a reception equipment 5.

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

0001

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a door-to-door reception slave station device installed in each home in a municipal disaster prevention administrative radio system to receive municipal disaster prevention administrative radio signals.

0002

2. Description of the Related Art A door-to-door reception slave station device in a municipal disaster prevention administrative radio system usually operates by obtaining power from a commercial power source. That is, the door-to-door reception slave station device has a power plug, and receives power supply by connecting this power plug to a power outlet of a commercial power source. Note that the door-to-door reception slave station device is provided with a power switch, and the user can also use the power switch to stop the operation of the door-to-door reception slave station device.

[0003] By the way, the municipal disaster prevention administrative radio system is used for radio broadcasting in times of emergency, and is not used frequently. Therefore, users tend not to pay much attention to the status of the receiving slave station equipment at each door, and often do not notice even if the power plug is carelessly pulled out of the power outlet or the power switch is turned off. . If the power plug is unplugged or the power switch is turned OFF, the door-to-door reception slave station device will naturally be unable to operate, and even if there is a broadcast in this state, it will not be able to receive it. I can't.

[0004] Among door-to-door reception slave station devices, door-to-door receivers installed inside houses are equipped with power lamps to indicate whether or not they are in operation. It may be installed in a corner such as the top,
This power lamp is often not easily visible and is not very effective. Furthermore, elderly people often do not even care about the power lamp, so even if the door-to-door receiver is installed in a conspicuous place, the power lamp is not useful.

[0005]

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] As described above, the door-to-door reception slave station device of the municipal disaster prevention administrative wireless system cannot operate if the power plug is disconnected or the power switch is turned off. If left in this state, various problems will occur, such as not being able to receive emergency broadcasts from municipal disaster prevention administrative radio stations.

[0006] The present invention has been made in consideration of the above circumstances, and its purpose is to enable a third party to check the operating status of a door-to-door receiver installed indoors from outside. This prevents a third party from leaving the door-to-door receiver in a stopped state by prompting the user of the door-to-door receiver whose operation is stopped to restore the operation of the door-to-door receiver. The object of the present invention is to provide a slave station device that can receive signals from each door.

[0007]

[Means for Solving the Problems] An antenna installed outdoors is provided with a notification means, such as an outdoor power lamp, for notifying a state in which power is not being supplied to the individual receivers.

[0008]

[Operation] By taking such measures, the presence or absence of power supply to the door-to-door receiver, that is, the operating status of the door-to-door receiver, is displayed outdoors by the receiving antenna, that is, the notification means provided outdoors. Therefore, it is possible to check the operating status of each receiver installed in a house from outside.

[0009]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a door-to-door reception slave station device according to this embodiment. In the figure, 1 is a door-to-door reception slave station device. This door-to-door receiving slave station device 1 has a door-to-door receiver 2, a receiving antenna 3, and a power outlet 4.

[0010] In the door-to-door receiver 2, a receiving device 5 reproduces an audio signal from a high-frequency signal obtained by a receiving antenna 3, and outputs audio from a built-in speaker. The receiving device 5 operates by receiving power obtained from, for example, a commercial power source through the power outlet 4 . Note that the power supply to the receiving device 5 can be turned on and off using a power switch 6. When power is being supplied to the receiving device 5 by the power switch 6, power is also being supplied to the power lamp 7, and the power lamp is lit. That is, the power lamp 7 is turned on or off depending on whether or not power is being supplied to the receiving device 5.

Reference numeral 8 denotes an outdoor power lamp fixed to the receiving antenna 3. Similar to the power lamp 7, this outdoor power lamp 8 also receives power from the power outlet 4 through the switch 6.
It will be supplied via. That is, the light is turned on or off depending on the presence or absence of power supply to the receiving device 5.

Of the above-mentioned parts, the door-to-door receiver 2 and the power outlet 4 are installed inside the house 10, and the receiving antenna 3 and the outdoor power lamp 8 are installed outside the house 10, respectively.

The door-to-door receiving slave station device 1 configured as described above supplies power to the receiving device 5 when the power plug 4 is connected to a power outlet (not shown) and the power switch 6 is turned on. has been completed and is ready for reception. If a radio wave is transmitted from the master station of the municipal disaster prevention administrative radio system in this state, the receiving antenna 3 and the receiving device 5 receive the radio wave. At this time, power is being supplied to the power lamp 7 and the outdoor power lamp 8,
It is lit.

On the other hand, if the power plug 4 is unplugged from the power outlet or the power switch 6 is turned off, no power is supplied to the receiving device 5, and even if the power is not supplied to the receiving device 5, Even if radio waves are sent out from the station, they cannot be received. At this time, the power supply to the power lamp 7 and the outdoor power lamp 8 is also cut off, and the lamps are turned off.

Thus, in this embodiment, the door-to-door receiver 2
The power lamp 7 provided at
The user of the house 10 can know whether or not power is being supplied to the receiving device 5, and the outdoor power lamp 7 fixed to the receiving antenna 3 can indicate the operating status of the receiver 2 installed in the house 10 (receiving device 5 A third party can know whether power is being supplied to the device or not. Therefore, the user of the door-to-door reception slave station device 1 is not interested in the door-to-door reception slave station device 1, and the power plug 4 is unplugged from the power outlet without noticing that the power lamp 7 is off, or the power plug 4 is unplugged from the power outlet without realizing that the power lamp 7 is off. 6 is turned off, when a third party such as a neighbor or an office worker passes by the house 10, the outdoor power lamp 8 indicates that the door-to-door reception slave station device 1 is not operating. This information can be known, and advice can be given to the user of the door-to-door reception slave station device 1. In this way, by the third party advising the user of the door-to-door reception slave station device 1, the user of the door-to-door reception slave station device 1 can receive door-to-door reception even if the user is not interested in the door-to-door reception slave station device 1. It can be known that the slave station device 1 is not operating, and the door-to-door receiving slave station device 1 can be returned to the operating state by connecting the power plug 4 or turning on the power switch 6.

Furthermore, since the operating status of the door-to-door reception slave station device 1 installed in the house 10 can be known from outside, the office staff regularly patrols the door-to-door reception slave station device 1 installed in each house. By checking the operating state of the device 1 and providing guidance to households in which the door-to-door receiving slave station device 1 is not operating, it becomes possible to make the municipal disaster prevention administrative radio system function properly.

Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiments. For example, in the above embodiment, a dedicated cable is used to supply power to the outdoor power lamp 8, but an antenna cable may also be used. Further, although a lamp is used as the light emitting means in the above embodiment, other light emitting sources such as a light emitting diode may be used.

In addition to the light emitting means, the notification means may include an alarm sound output means for outputting an alarm sound to notify a third party that the plug has been removed. In addition, various modifications can be made without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0019]

According to the present invention, an antenna installed outdoors is provided with a notification means, such as an outdoor power lamp, for notifying the state that power is not being supplied to each receiver. A third party can check the operating status of the door-to-door receiver from outside, and this allows the third party to urge the user of the door-to-door receiver that has stopped operating to restore the operation of the door-to-door receiver. This results in a door-to-door reception slave station device that can prevent the door-to-door receiver from being left in an inoperative state.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the configuration of a door-to-door reception slave station device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1... Door-to-door reception slave station device, 2... Door-to-door receiver, 3... Receiving antenna, 4... Power plug, 5... Receiving device, 6... Power switch, 7... Power lamp, 8... Outdoor power lamp, 10... House.

Claims (1)

[Claims] Claim 1: A door-to-door reception system that consists of an antenna installed outdoors and a door-to-door receiver installed indoors and connected to the antenna, which receives radio waves from a master station, converts them into audio signals, and outputs them. A door-to-door reception slave station device, characterized in that the antenna is provided with a notification means for notifying a state in which power is not being supplied to the door-to-door receiver.