JPH06113032A - Telephone system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a telephone system which can control and monitor the equipment of a subscriber's private home at a high speed in a home automation system by means of the slave device of a cordless telephone or a portable telephone set. CONSTITUTION:When a key is operated at a key operating part 17 of a telephone device 1 in a state where the device 1 is loaded in a charger 22, the information on this operation is sent to a controller 24 of a home automation system as the control information by a transmission signal superposed on a direct current through the charger 22 and a power supply line 25. The controller 24 fetches the control information and controls an equipment 29 of a subscriber's private home based on the contents of the control information. When the equipment 29 is actuated, the controller 24 sends this actuation information to the device 1 in the direction opposite to the control information with the transmission signal superposed on the direct current. The device 1 shows the fetched actuation information through a display device 19.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a telephone system combined with a home automation system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, cordless telephones are set up with an identification code for avoiding interference from other cordless telephones, as disclosed in JP-A-62-20431.
There was one that sent data from the charger side to the telephone device side via the charging terminal, but there was no one that monitored and controlled the home automation system equipment.

On the other hand, it has been proposed to control the home automation system equipment by using the radio waves used to achieve the call function.

[0004]

However, in the case of the conventional example in which the device of the home automation system is controlled by using the radio wave used to achieve the call function as described above, the other cordless telephones are used. Since it is necessary to communicate the identification code in order to avoid interference, there is a problem that it takes time.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object thereof is to use a handset type telephone device of a cordless telephone or a portable telephone device such as a mobile telephone to perform home automation. It is to provide a telephone system that can control and monitor the home appliances of the system at high speed.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above-mentioned object, the present invention provides a portable telephone device which has a built-in charging battery as a power source and carries out a call by a radio signal, and the telephone device is mounted on the portable telephone device. Then, in a telephone system consisting of a charger that charges the charging battery via a charging terminal provided in the telephone device, a power source for charging the charger is supplied from a home automation system side that controls home equipment. Supplying to the charger via a supply line, the telephone device has means for transmitting operation information of a key operation unit as control information to the power supply line through the charging terminal, and from the home automation system side. Based on the operation information, the operation information of the home device superimposed and transmitted to the power supply line is received via the charging terminal and the power supply line. Serial in which and means for displaying on the display unit an operation state of the home device.

[0007]

According to the present invention, therefore, when the telephone device is attached to the charger, it is possible to operate the key operation portion of the telephone device to control the home device control information for the home automation system. In addition, it can transmit the operation information of the home equipment from the home automation system system and can display the operation state of the home equipment on the display device. Can control and monitor home automation system home equipment.

[0008]

EXAMPLES The present invention will be described below with reference to examples. Figure 1
Shows a system configuration of one embodiment, and the telephone device 1
Is a cordless telephone cordless handset of which the device body 1A is formed as a handset type. The device body 1A contains a charging battery 4 as a power source as shown in FIG. 2 and receives and demodulates radio signals. The receiving unit 5, the transmitting unit 6 that modulates and transmits the radio wave signal, and the control signal detecting unit 7 that detects the control signal including the code signal received through the receiving unit 5.
And a voice control unit 8 and a code transmission control unit 9 which are controlled based on the control signal detected by the control signal detection unit 7.
Then, a voice amplification unit 11 that amplifies the received voice received by the reception unit 5 and taken in through the voice control unit 8 and reproduces it through the speaker 10, and a voice signal input through the microphone 12 is sent to the transmission unit 6. The voice amplifier 13, the code generator 14 that generates an identification code for avoiding interference from other cordless telephones, and the code generator 14
Code setting unit 1 for setting the identification code generated in
5 and ten keys for dialing and off-hook operation,
A key operation unit 17 including a switch for on-hook operation, an operation signal control unit 16 for controlling an operation signal of the key operation unit 17 to the transmission unit 6 and the transmission interface 20, information on the operation signal, and the like. Is displayed on the display unit 19 such as a liquid crystal display unit.

The code transmission control section 9 controls the transmission of the identification code generated by the code generation section 14 through the transmission section 6 by the control signal of the control signal detection section 7. In addition, the transmission interface 20
Is a transmission function for transmitting the information of the operation signal of the key operation unit 17 as control information of the home automation system through a pair of charging terminals 21 and 21 connected to both ends of the charging battery 4 and the charging terminals 21 and 21. It has a reception function of taking in operation information of the home automation system via the display, and displays the information of the operation signal and the received operation information on the display 19 via the display controller 18. The charging battery 4 supplies the power supply voltage + Vcc to each circuit portion of the telephone device 1, and the charging terminals 21 connected to both ends of the charging battery 4 are
21 is exposed on the bottom surface of the apparatus main body 1A.

When the telephone device 1 is not in a call, the telephone device 1 is detachably attached to the attachment portion 22a of the charger 22 embedded in the wall surface of each room as shown in FIG. A pair of charging output terminals 2 exposed on the mounting portion 22a
The pair of charging terminals 21, 21 on the bottom of the device main body 1A of the telephone device 1 come into contact with 3, 23, and the charging battery 4 is charged by the charger 2
A charging current flows from the side 2 to charge the charging battery 4.

The charger 22 is provided at a plurality of places in the house, and the charging circuit is a charging output terminal 23 for charging a direct current supplied from a controller 24 of a home automation system such as a home bus system through a power supply line 25. A charging current is supplied to the charging battery 4 of the telephone device 1 through 23. As shown in FIG. 4, the controller 24 obtains direct current from the power supply circuit 26, supplies the direct current to the charger 22 through the power supply line 25, and also supplies power to the circuits inside the controller 24. Further, a transmission interface 26 is connected to the power supply line 25, and a CPU 27 in the controller 24 which performs signal processing has a charging terminal 21, 2 of the telephone device 1.
1. The transmission interface 26 transmits the control information sent by the transmission signal superimposed on the direct current from the telephone device 1 through the charging output terminals 23 and 23 of the charger 22, and the power supply line 25.
Load control monitoring unit 2 based on the contents of the received data.
The load control monitoring unit 28 controls the home equipment 29 such as the lighting equipment and the air conditioner, and the operation state data of the home equipment 29 is fetched through the load control monitoring unit 28. The operation information is transmitted to the telephone device 1 via a transmission interface 26 as a transmission signal superimposed on a direct current.

Thus, when the key of the key operation unit 17 of the telephone device 1 is operated with the telephone device 1 mounted on the charger 22, the operation information is used as control information of the telephone device 1. Operation signal control unit 16 and transmission interface 2
0, the charging terminals 21 and 21, the charging output terminals 23 and 23 of the charger 22, and the power supply line 25 are transmitted to the controller 24 of the home automation system by a transmission signal superimposed on DC.

The CPU 27 of the controller 24 fetches the control information through the transmission interface 26,
The home device 28 is controlled according to the content of the control information.
This control information consists of a combination of key operation inputs,
For example, in the case of a combination such as "0", "1", "#", it is possible to select the home device 29 and specify the control content thereof, such as turning on the lighting device. When the home device 29 operates, the CPU 27 sends the operation information of the home device 28 to the telephone device 1 through the transmission interface 26 in the opposite direction to the telephone device 1 by a transmission signal superimposed on DC. The display control unit 18 of the telephone device 1 displays the operation information acquired through the transmission interface 20 on the display device 19.

In this way, with the telephone device 1 attached to the charger 22, the key operation unit 17 and the display 19 can control and monitor the home equipment 29 of the home automation system. When making a call using the telephone device 1, the telephone device 1 is used in the same manner as the cordless telephone slave unit.
Is removed from the charger 22 for use.

A master unit 30 which transmits and receives radio signals to and from the telephone device 1 as a slave unit has the same function as a master unit of a general cordless telephone, and is connected to an external line 31 and an AC power source. By the way, in the above embodiment, the cordless telephone slave unit constitutes the telephone device 1. However, like the cordless telephone, the cordless telephone is mounted on the charger for charging when not in a call, and is detached from the charger during a call to be used as a mobile phone. Of course may be used as the telephone device 1.

[0016]

According to the present invention, a charging type built-in battery is used as a power source and a portable telephone device for making a call by a radio signal and a charging terminal provided on the telephone device when the telephone device is mounted are provided. In the telephone system consisting of a charger that charges the charging battery, the charging power of the charger is supplied to the charger from a home automation system side that controls home equipment through a power supply line, The telephone device includes means for superimposing and transmitting the operation information of the key operation unit as control information on the power supply line through the charging terminal, and the home equipment that is superposed and transmitted on the power supply line from the home automation system side. While receiving the operation information through the charging terminal and the power supply line, a display for displaying the operation state of the home device based on the operation information. Since, since the telephone device is attached to the charger, it is possible to transmit the control information of the home equipment to the home automation system system simply by operating the key operation unit of the telephone device. It is also possible to receive the operation information of the home equipment from the home automation system system and display the operation state of the home equipment on the display unit. Since it is possible to control / monitor the home equipment and does not need to exchange the identification code, the control / monitor can be performed at high speed.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit configuration diagram of a telephone device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a relational configuration between the charger and the telephone device of the above.

FIG. 4 is a circuit configuration diagram of the above controller.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Telephone device 17 Key operation part 19 Display device 22 Charger 22a Mounting part 24 Controller 25 Power supply line 29 Home equipment

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of the front page (72) Inventor, Ryo Ito 1048, Kadoma, Kadoma City, Osaka Prefecture Matsushita Electric Works Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A portable telephone device having a built-in charging battery as a power source for making a telephone call by a radio signal, and a charging terminal provided on the telephone device when the telephone device is mounted on the portable telephone device. In a telephone system including a charger for charging a battery, the charging power of the charger is supplied to the charger from a home automation system system side that controls home equipment via a power supply line, and the telephone device is A unit for superimposing and transmitting the operation information of the key operation unit as control information to the power supply line through the charging terminal, and operation information of the home device that is superposed and transmitted to the power supply line from the home automation system side. A means for displaying the operating state of the home appliance on the basis of the operation information while receiving the signal through the charging terminal and the power supply line is provided. Telephone system which is characterized the door.