JPH06164747A - Remote operation system for video deck - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily implement video recording reservation in a video deck at any time wherever by controlling the video deck via a communication protocol when a command input is sent from a portable telephone set to an in-house radio telephone equipment, CONSTITUTION:When video recording is selected by a portable telephone set 6 with a key 8, an operation guidance is displayed on an liquid crystal display device 9. Thus, dialing is made from the key 8 of the telephone set 6 to the in-house radio telephone equipment 1. After an incoming tone is heard, a video deck 10 is designated and video recording start or stop is selected. When the video recording start is selected, the video recording channel is designated by the entry of the key 8 to terminate the reservation.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote control system for operating a home VCR or the like while away from home.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a remote control system for a VCR using a conventional telephone. In the figure,
30 is a telephone with a video deck control function, 31 is a telephone line connected to the telephone 30, 32 is a video deck control terminal provided on the telephone 30, 33 is a video controller, 34 is from the telephone 30 provided on the video controller 33. VCR control signal input terminal,
35 is a communication cable connecting the telephone 30 and the video controller 33, and 36 and 36a are the video controller 33.
A video deck control signal output terminal provided on the
37a is a VCR with control signal input terminal, 3
8, 38a are terminals for inputting a video deck control signal output from the video controller 33 provided in the video decks 37, 37a, 39, 39a are communication cables for connecting the video controller 33 and the video decks 37, 37a, and 40 is It is an out-of-office telephone (public telephone or office telephone) capable of outputting a tone signal.

In the above system, when making a recording reservation from a destination, the telephone 30 at home is first called from the telephone 40 at the destination. The home telephone 30 is set to receive an incoming call after counting a certain number of calling signals, and information regarding recording (designation of VCR, setting of TV channel number and recording time) from the out-of-home telephone 40 is performed using a tone signal. Send. Upon receiving the information regarding the recording from the out-of-office telephone 40, the home telephone 30 outputs a corresponding VCR control signal to the video controller 33 through the cable 35. Then, the video controller 33 outputs a recording control signal to the designated video deck through the cable 39 according to the content of the control signal sent from the telephone 30. As a result, the video deck 37 performs a predetermined recording operation.

[0004]

As described above, the conventional system requires a dedicated telephone set, a video controller and a VCR, and these must be connected by a cable. Furthermore, although a public phone can be used as a mobile phone when going out, recording reservations may be delayed if a usable phone cannot be found when the user wants to record. There was a possibility that mistakes would occur.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a system which can be applied to a wide variety of VCRs, does not require wiring between a dedicated control unit and a telephone VCR, and can easily perform a recording operation at any time.

[0006]

According to the present invention, there is provided a telephone having a video control signal generator for remotely controlling a VCR by emitting a signal wave, and a portable telephone connected to the telephone via a wireless telephone line. A communication protocol for operating the video control signal generation unit in response to an input signal from the mobile phone is provided between the mobile phone and the mobile phone.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when an instruction input is sent from the portable telephone to the home wireless telephone, the video control signal generator operates via the communication protocol to control the deo deck.

[0008]

EXAMPLE An example of the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is an external view of a system configuration showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a wireless telephone installed in a home, which includes an antenna 2, a handset 3, a key 4, an infrared transmission port 5, and the like. 6 is a mobile phone that is carried when going out and has an antenna 7,
The keys 8 and the liquid crystal display (LCD) 9 are included.
A video deck 10 is intended to be remotely operated, and includes an operation switch 11 and an infrared receiving port 12. It is assumed that the mobile phone 6 is set so that the operation guidance of the video recording reservation is displayed on the liquid crystal display 9 by selecting the operation menu. The wireless telephone 1 and the video deck 10 are arranged so that the infrared rays emitted from the infrared transmission port 5 enter the infrared reception port 12.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of FIG. The wireless telephone 1 installed in the home controls the video deck 10 between the control unit 15 that controls each unit that configures the telephone 1, the wireless communication unit 16 that performs wireless communication with the telephone of the other party, and the mobile telephone 6. It comprises a communication protocol 17 that sets a communication agreement regarding the communication protocol, a storage unit 18 that stores control information of the VCR 10 from the mobile phone 6, an infrared transmission unit 19 that transmits infrared rays that controls the VCR 10. In addition, the mobile phone 6 includes a control unit 20 that controls each unit that configures the mobile phone 6, a wireless communication unit 21 that performs wireless communication with the other party's phone, and a VCR 10 between the wireless phone 1 at home. It is composed of a communication protocol 22 and the like that set a communication agreement regarding control. In addition, 2, 4
Indicates the antenna and key of the wireless telephone 1, 7, 8, 9
Indicates the antenna, keys, and liquid crystal display of the mobile phone 6. Further, the video deck 10 includes an infrared receiving section 23 for receiving infrared rays, a control section 24 for controlling each section of the video deck 10, a driving section 25 for performing a predetermined operation such as recording / playback.

Next, a description will be given of the video recording reservation from the destination by the present system and the video recording control based on this reservation. FIG. 3 is an operation flow of the mobile phone 6 showing a procedure for video recording reservation. Although not shown in the figure, first, when the video recording control by the mobile phone 6 is selected with the key 8, the operation guidance is displayed on the liquid crystal display. First, a dial call is made from the key 8 of the mobile phone 6 to the home wireless phone 1 (S1). When a ringing tone indicating that the wireless telephone 1 is connected is returned to the mobile telephone 6 (S2), the biodeck 10 to be operated is designated by the key 8 input (only when there are a plurality of biodeck 10). It is selected whether to start or stop video recording (in this case, the time can be reserved) (S3, S4). When the recording start is selected in S4 (S5), the time to record is specified and the recording channel is specified by the key 8 input (S6), and the reservation from the mobile phone 6 is completed. On the other hand, when the recording stop is selected (S5), the reservation is immediately ended. Then, the above reservation information is stored in the storage unit 18 of the wireless telephone 1.

Note that instruction information from the mobile phone 6 such as "designation of VCR", "recording start", "recording stop", and "channel designation" for controlling the VCR 10 is simple, for example, with the key 8. The simple input information is associated with predetermined control information by the communication protocols 22 and 17 set in the mobile telephone 6 and the wireless telephone 1, respectively. In addition to the above, the information that can be instructed from the mobile phone 6 includes "switching between an internal tuner and an external input device" regarding the input of the VCR 10 and "recording mode selection (3 times, standard)" of the VCR 10. And so on.

FIG. 4 shows a VCR 1 for video recording.
7 is an operation flow of the control unit 15 of the wireless communication type telephone 1 showing the control of 0. The control unit 15 constantly monitors the time to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit 18 (S1
1) When the designated time of the instruction comes, the target VCR 10 is specified (S12), and it is further determined whether the instruction is "recording start" or "recording stop" (S13). When it is determined in S13 that “recording is started”, infrared rays of “power ON”, “channel designation” and “recording start” are sequentially sent from the infrared transmitting section 19 to the infrared receiving section 23 (S14 to S16), and the VCR 10 of the video deck 10 is operated. Start operation. Then, the lapse of a preset time (recording time) is monitored (S17), and after the lapse of this recording time, "recording stop" and "power OFF" are performed.
Sequentially send from the infrared transmitter 19 to the infrared receiver 23,
Stop the operation of the VCR 10 (S18-S
19). On the other hand, if it is determined in S13 that "recording is stopped", the operation of the video deck 10 is immediately stopped (S18 to S19).

In the above embodiment, the control of "power ON" and "record start" is associated with the "record start" instruction input from the mobile phone 6, and the "record stop" instruction input is "power OFF". The control of "stop recording" and the control of "recording stop" are made to correspond, but a separate instruction input may be made for each control. Also, remote control of the VCR can be done using ultrasonic waves in addition to infrared rays.
Since the current VCR remote control is generally performed by infrared rays, by applying infrared rays to the video control signal transmitted from the wireless telephone 1 as in the above embodiment, the applicable range of this system can be further expanded. it can.

[0014]

As described above, according to the present invention, by using a mobile phone, it is possible to make a recording reservation of a VCR from anytime and anywhere, and at the same time, a video signal is generated by a signal wave from a telephone installed in a home. Remote control of the deck eliminates the need for a connecting cable between them and facilitates installation of the device. In addition, if the mobile phone is equipped with a display unit to display the recording reservation operation guidance,
It is also possible to improve the operability of recording reservation.

[Brief description of drawings]

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

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an operation flow of a mobile phone showing a procedure for video recording reservation.

FIG. 4 is an operation flow of a wireless telephone control unit showing control of video recording.

FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a conventional remote control system for a video deck using a telephone.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Wireless Phone 5 Infrared Transmitting Port 6 Mobile Phone 8 Key 9 Liquid Crystal Display 10 Video Deck 12 Infrared Receiving Port 15 Control Section 16 Wireless Communication Section 17 Communication Protocol 18 Storage Section 19 Infrared Transmitting Section 20 Control Section 21 Wireless Communication Section 22 Communication Protocol 23 Infrared receiver

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A telephone provided with a video control signal generator for remotely controlling a VCR by emitting a signal wave, and a mobile telephone connected to the telephone via a wireless telephone line. Between the telephone and the mobile telephone. A remote control system for a video deck, further comprising a communication protocol for operating the video control signal generator in response to an input signal from the mobile phone.