JPH0530228A - Tele-control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To control a home appliance controlled in a tele-control way via a telephone set even with an infrared ray remote controller by providing a signal detection section detecting a control signal being an infrared ray to the system and connecting an output from the signal detection section to a discrimination section. CONSTITUTION:The tele-control system provided with an automatic call reception section 32 receiving a call automatically from a telephone set and a discrimination section 37 discriminating a signal from the telephone set and controlling a home appliance based on the result of discrimination by the discrimination section 37, is provided with a signal detection section 33 detecting a control signal being an infrared ray, the discrimination section 37 is connected to the output from the signal detection section 33 to control the home appliance by a remote control unit outputting the control signal being the infrared ray. Then the home appliance is controlled from an external telephone set similarly to the case with a conventional system when the user pays a visit, and the control signal being the infrared ray from the remote control unit is detected while the user stays at home and the home appliance is controlled based on the result of detection.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telecontrol system for controlling household equipment by means of a telephone or the like, and relates to a household equipment controllable by a control signal by infrared rays from a remote control unit.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional telecontrol system, when a user goes out by operating a predetermined button such as a control panel when a user goes out, he calls a device in his home from a public telephone and inputs a predetermined code. It controls home equipment, and while at home, it operates by operating the operation buttons provided on the operation panel or controls the home equipment by calling the device from the extension telephone. there were. Therefore, in order to control the device at home,
I had to go to the operation panel or extension telephone station to operate. In addition, the control by the telephone, first,
Off-hooking the handset, dialing a number for controlling the teleconverter, and then dialing a device number and a control number required complicated operations. In recent years, there has been an increasing trend toward mounting a remote controller on an electric device, and it has become common to control the device at home by using the remote controller. Therefore, there has been a demand for a telecontrol system that can centrally control home appliances with a telecontroller that can be controlled by a remote controller using infrared rays or the like.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a telecontrol system capable of detecting a control signal of infrared rays from a remote control unit and controlling home appliances. It is a thing.

[0004]

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by automatically receiving an incoming call from a telephone, a discriminating section for discriminating a signal from the telephone, and the discriminating section. In the tele-control system that controls the home equipment based on the determination result of, by providing a signal detection unit for detecting a control signal composed of infrared rays, by connecting the output from the signal detection unit to the determination unit,
The present invention provides a telecontrol system configured to control home appliances by a remote control unit that outputs a control signal made of infrared rays.

[0005]

With the above-described structure, in the telecontrol system according to the present invention, when the user is out, control is performed from the external telephone as in the conventional case, and when the user is at home, the infrared control signal from the remote control unit is transmitted. It is possible to detect and control the device in the home based on the detection result.

[0006]

Embodiments of the telecontrol system according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telecontrol system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a home PBX, which is connected to a telephone line and controls exchange of home telephones, terminals and the like. Reference numeral 2 is a tele controller for controlling a plurality of home appliances, and 3 is an operation panel of the controller, which is provided with operation buttons, a display lamp, an infrared light receiving section, and the like. 4 to 7 are controlled devices in the home, 8 is a remote control unit for outputting a remote control signal composed of infrared rays, 9 is an outside line telephone such as a public telephone,
10 is an extension telephone. FIG. 2 shows an embodiment of the operation section of the operation panel 3 and the remote control unit 8. In FIG. 2, reference numeral 21 is an operation button provided corresponding to each controlled device, and the device repeats ON / OFF each time it is pressed. 22 is a display lamp, which lights up when the device is ON. Reference numeral 23 denotes a presence / absence setting button, and the presence / absence mode is switched each time the button is pressed, and the display lamp 24 lights up in the absence mode. Reference numeral 25 denotes a light receiving portion for receiving a remote control signal which is an infrared ray from the remote control unit 8. 26 is an operation button of the remote control unit 8 and an operation button 2 of the operation panel 3
It is provided corresponding to 1 and 23, and each time it is pressed, it outputs a remote control signal consisting of a predetermined code.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the essential parts of an embodiment of the telecontrol system according to the present invention. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 31 is a telephone line, and 32 is an automatic incoming call unit, which detects a calling signal from the telephone line 31 and is in a call state with a telephone as a calling source. 33 is a PB signal detection unit, which is the PB from the calling telephone.
Detects and outputs a signal. A remote control signal detection unit 34 detects and outputs a remote control signal. Reference numeral 35 denotes an input unit, which outputs a required signal by pressing the operation button of the operation panel 3. 36
The storage unit stores data such as a personal identification number and a device number of a controlled device. A discriminating unit 37 compares the data based on the signal from the PB signal detecting unit 33, the signal from the remote control signal detecting unit 34, or the signal from the input unit 35 with the data read from the storing unit 36 to determine the required signal. Output. 38
Is a voice synthesizing unit which sends out a required voice message based on a signal from the telephone of the calling side. A device control unit 39 controls a home device based on a signal from the determination unit 37. A control unit 40 controls each unit of the device. Reference numeral 41 is an input section of the remote control unit, and 42 is a remote control signal generation section, which outputs a remote control signal having a predetermined code based on a button operation of the input section 41. Reference numeral 43 is an infrared ray output from the remote control signal generator 42.

Next, the operation of the telecontrol system according to the present invention will be described. First, a case where the user is out and is set to be absent will be described. When a user dials a home telephone by dialing from a public telephone or the like at a place where he / she is out, the automatic receiving unit 32 detects a calling signal and automatically receives an incoming call to enter a call state. And, for example, "I am out now.
Please call back later. A voice message such as “” is sent from the voice synthesizer 38. Here, when a personal identification number for telecontrol is input from the calling telephone, the PB signal corresponding to the personal identification number is detected by the PB signal detection unit 33 via the control unit 40, and the determination unit 37 is stored in the storage unit 36. When the read data is compared and discriminated and the data match, the telecontrol mode is entered, and a response message such as "Confirmed. Please do the next operation." Is sent from the voice synthesizer 38. Next, when the user inputs the device number and the control number in this order, the PB signal detection unit 33 detects the device number, the determination unit 37 compares and determines the device number, and the device is controlled through the control unit 40 and the device control unit 38. .. Now, for example, if an instruction to drive the air conditioner is input, the device control unit 39 turns on the power supply of the air conditioner, and the voice synthesis unit 38 prompts the user with a voice response such as "The air conditioner has been driven." Send it back. When controlling another device, the same operation is repeated.

Next, the operation at home will be described. When the user returns home, he / she operates the presence / absence setting button on the operation panel 3 to enter the home mode. In this way, the telecontroller 2 is not connected to a telephone call from the outside. The control of the household equipment by the operation panel 3 (input unit 35) is performed by first operating the operation button (21 in FIG. 2) corresponding to the desired equipment, and the signal based on the operation button is sent to the determination unit 37 via the control unit 40. A signal is output to the device control unit 39 via the control unit 40 so that the device is determined to be off if the device is on and on if the device is off, and the device is controlled. When the device is turned on, the indicator lamp 22 corresponding to the device on the operation panel 3 is turned on. Next, when operating using the remote control unit 8,
When an operation button (26 in FIG. 2 or 41 in FIG. 3) corresponding to a desired device of the remote control unit 8 is operated, the remote control signal generation unit 42 is a remote control which is an infrared ray modulated with a code set corresponding to the device. Generates and outputs a signal. The remote control signal detector 34 detects the signal and is discriminated by the discriminator 37 via the controller 40 as in the case of the control by the operation panel 3, and is turned off if the device is on, and turned on if the device is off. Is output to the device control unit 39 via the control unit 40, and the device is controlled. Similarly, the display lamp 22 of the operation panel 3 is also turned on when the corresponding device is turned on.

[0010]

The present invention is used as a normal tele-control when going out, and when the user is at home, the tele-controller can be called by a remote-control signal using infrared rays using the remote-control unit to remotely control home equipment. Therefore, while a normal remote control that uses infrared rays can only control devices in the same room, it is possible to control and check the operation of devices not only indoors but also in other locations because it is controlled via the telecontroller. There is an effect.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a telecontrol system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of an operation panel of a telecontrol system and an operation unit of a remote control unit according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a principal block diagram showing an embodiment of a telecontrol system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Home PBX 2 Telecontroller 3 Operation panel 4 Home equipment 8 Remote control unit 9 External telephone 10 Internal telephone 21 Operation button 22 Display lamp 23 Presence / absence setting button 24 Display lamp 25 Infrared receiver 26 Operation button 31 Telephone line 32 Automatic call reception Part 33 PB signal detection unit 34 Remote control signal detection unit 35 Input unit 36 Storage unit 37 Discrimination unit 38 Voice synthesis unit 39 Device control unit 40 Control unit 41 Input unit 42 Remote control signal generation unit 43 Infrared ray

Claims (1)

Claim: What is claimed is: 1. An automatic call receiving unit that automatically receives a call from a telephone, a discriminating unit that discriminates a signal from the telephone, and a home device based on a discrimination result of the discriminating unit. In the tele-control system to be controlled, by providing a signal detection unit for detecting a control signal composed of infrared rays, by connecting the output from the signal detection unit to the determination unit,
A telecontrol system characterized in that it is configured so that a home device can be controlled by a remote control unit that outputs a control signal composed of infrared rays.