JPH0685525B2 - Home bus reception system - Google Patents

Description

Description: FIELD OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to home bus receiving systems.

2. Description of the Related Art FIG. 1 shows a connection configuration system between a home bus and an external communication network (station line). Reference numeral 1 denotes a plurality of devices installed in a home via a home bus 6 and an external communication network (station). A hall bus controller for controlling connection and the like such as making and receiving calls to / from an outside device via a line), and 2 is a conversion between a transmission system on the outside communication network (station line) and a transmission system on the home bus 6. Under the connection control of the home bus controller, the communication terminator connected via the home bus 6 and the function 3 for sending / receiving calls to / from the information center inside or outside the home connected via the home bus 6 and transmitting / receiving information A home receiving device 4 which has a main information display and is connected via a home bus 6 to a home information center for providing and transmitting information to a home device such as a receiving device and an outside device such as an information center, Is connected via the external communication network (station line) An out-of-home device that continues to function as an information center for providing and transmitting information to devices inside and outside the house, and 7 is an out-of-home communication network (station line).

Regarding the connection configuration between the home bus configured as described above and the external communication network (station line), the conventional function will be described below.

A function of connecting the home information center 4 on the home bus 6 to the home receiving device 3 under the control of the home bus controller 1 by calling the home receiving device 3 or the like, and transmitting and receiving information between the homes, respectively. Under the connection control of the home bus controller 1 by the incoming / outgoing call of the receiving device 3 and the outside device 5, etc., the transmission system on the outside communication network (station line) 7 and the transmission system on the home bus 6 through the communication terminator 2. And a function of connecting each of them and transmitting / receiving information between the inside and outside of the house, and a function of connecting each of the in-home information center 4 and the outside device 5 of another in-home device to send / receive information. Have and.

Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, in the above-described function, the home receiving device, which is one of the home devices, makes a call or the like, and is controlled via the home communication network (local line) under the control of the home bus controller. When an out-of-home device as an information center to be connected with the in-home receiving device is connected, the information from the out-of-home device such as the information center is transmitted in response to the information request signal from the in-home receiving device. Information that is received by the receiving device and displays information, but information about the in-home receiving device connected via the home bus and the out-of-home equipment such as an information center connected via the out-of-home communication network (station line) For sending and receiving, it is only necessary to convert the transmission method on the home bus and the transmission method on the outside communication network (station line). In this state, other home devices connected via the home bus An in-home information center is in-home Without being involved in the transmission and reception of information between the receiving device and the out-of-home device such as the information center, the in-home information center functionally performs management control in transmitting and receiving information between the in-home receiving device and the out-of-home device of the information center, and stores the data. There was a problem that the control related to accumulation could not be performed.

The present invention solves the above-mentioned conventional problems, and transmits and receives information between a receiving device connected via a home bus and an outside device as an information center connected via an outside communication network. It is intended to provide a home bus receiving system in which a function to be performed via a home information center is added and an application using the function is performed.

Means for Solving the Problems In order to solve the above problems, the present invention relates to a plurality of devices installed inside a home via a home bus and an outside device via an outside communication network (station line). A home bus controller that controls connections such as incoming and outgoing calls, and the external communication network (station line)
A communication terminator connected via the home bus and a home information center connected via the home bus, which performs conversion between the above transmission method and the transmission method on the home bus under the connection control of the home bus controller. Information to the in-home device such as the in-home receiving device and the out-of-home device such as the information center, which is connected to the in-home receiving device mainly for displaying information by transmitting and receiving information to and from the in-home receiving device. A home information center having a function of providing and transmitting information and an out-of-home device that functions as an information center that is connected via an out-of-home communication network (station line) and provides and transmits information to devices inside and outside the home , Controls transmission / reception of information of the home receiving device and the outside device as the information center to the home information center, and responds to the information request signal from the home receiving device to the outside device of the information center and Storing screen information and the like sent from the out-of-home apparatus as an information center in-house information center, is obtained by adding a function of accumulating.

Operation With the addition of the above-described function, the present invention connects an out-of-home device as an information center and an in-home receiving device via an out-of-home communication network (station line), and allows the in-home receiving device to receive an information request signal from the receiving device. Information is sent from an external device, and when this information is received and displayed by the receiving device, the receiving device and the external device such as the information center are connected to each other at the home information center, which is another home device connected via the home bus. By controlling the sending and receiving of information, the information request signal from the in-home receiving device to the information center and the screen information sent from the out-of-home device as the information center for this can be stored and stored in the in-home information center. In response to the information request signal from the home receiving device,
The in-home information center is responsible for detecting and managing this, and if it is not necessary to send it by determining whether it is necessary to make a request to an out-of-home device, the stored information is sent from itself to the in-home receiving device and used as an information center. When it is necessary to make a request to the out-of-home device, it is possible to perform control such as sending an information request signal.

Example FIG. 1 shows a connection configuration system between a home bus and an outside communication network (station line) according to the present invention. Reference numeral 1 indicates communication between a plurality of devices installed in a house via a home bus 6 and outside communication. A home bus controller 2 for controlling connections such as incoming / outgoing calls with devices outside the home via a network (station line), 2 is a transmission system on the outside communication network (station line) and a transmission system on the home bus 6 The communication terminator 3 connected via the home bus 6 which performs the conversion with the home bus controller 1 under the connection control of the home bus controller 3 is connected via the home bus 6 and information such as incoming and outgoing calls to the information center inside or outside the house A home receiving device 4 having a transmitting / receiving function and mainly for displaying information is connected via a home bus 6 and provides and sends information to home devices such as the home receiving device and outside devices such as an information center. In-house information center with functions and outside the house An out-of-home device that is connected through a communication network (station line) and functions as an information center that provides and sends information to devices in the house, 6 is a home bus, and 7 is an out-of-home communication network (station line).

The functions of the home bus, the external communication network (station line), and the connection configuration of the present embodiment configured as described above will be described.

A home such as an information center connected via an outside-home communication network (station line) 7 under the control of the home bus controller 1 by a call from the home receiving device 3 connected via the home bus 6 or the like. When the external device 5 and the receiving device 3 are connected, and information from the external device 5 such as an information center is transmitted in response to the information request signal from the in-home receiving device 3 and is received by the in-home receiving device 3. When displaying information, the in-home information center 4 connected via the home bus 6 performs management control of information transmission / reception between the in-home receiving device 3 and an out-of-home device 5 such as an information center. By adding a function of storing and accumulating in the in-home information center 4 the information request signal to the out-of-home device 5 such as the information center and the screen information sent from the out-of-home device 5 such as the information center. , Home information center In 4, the transmission / reception of information between the in-home receiving device 3 and the out-of-home device 5 is responsible for detecting and managing, and the processing for determining whether or not the out-of-home device 5 needs to send a request is performed. Can be transmitted to the in-home receiving device 3 by itself, and when it is necessary to request an out-of-home device as an information center, control such as transmitting an information request signal can be performed. Registration of a screen request signal (request number or the like) from the receiving device 3 to the out-of-home device 5 as an information center, transmission of display information for registration, and response to a screen request signal on the in-home receiving device side of the out-of-home device 5 for registration. Realization of an automatic request function that can make a request by a simple number such as a shortened number, and a home information center in response to a screen request signal such as "transmit" or "back" from the home receiving device 3. With the function of sending the information from the in-home information center 4 that stores and stores information without sending it to the outside-home communication network (station line) 7 by the management detection control, and the screen request signal from the in-home receiving device 3, It is possible to implement the function of automatically storing and accumulating the requested request number and the information transmitted thereto from the out-of-home device 5 such as an information center.

As described above, according to the present invention, by adding the management control function of the in-home information center to the transmission / reception of information between the receiving device and the out-of-home device as the information center, each of the former two Improves operability on the receiving device side by simplifying the transmission and reception of information between the devices and the automatic information storage function, and further when connecting multiple home receiving devices to the home bus By adding the same function required by the home receiving device to the home information center and performing batch processing, it is possible to achieve an effect such as simplification of the receiving device.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a connection configuration between a home bus and an outside communication network in an embodiment of the present invention. 1 ... Home bus controller, 2 ... Communication terminator, 3 ... Home receiving device, 4 ... Home information center, 5 ...
… Outside home equipment, 6 …… Horse bus, 7 …… Outside home communication network.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A home bus controller for controlling connection between a plurality of devices installed in a house via a home bus and an out-of-home device via an outside communication network, and the outside communication. A communication terminator connected to the home bus, which performs conversion between a transmission method on the network and a transmission method on the home bus under the connection control of the home bus controller, and a home connected via the home bus. A home receiving device mainly for displaying information having functions of sending and receiving calls to and from internal and external information centers and for displaying information, and a home device such as the home receiving device connected via the home bus and a device outside the home. An in-home information center having a function of transmitting information, and an out-of-home device that functions as an information center that is connected through the out-of-home communication network to provide and transmit information to in-home devices,
The out-of-home device and the in-home receiving device are connected via the out-of-home communication network, information from the out-of-home device is transmitted in response to an information request signal from the in-home receiving device, and this information is received by the receiving device. When receiving and displaying by the device, the in-home information center performs management control of transmission / reception of information between the in-home receiving device and the out-of-home device, and an information request signal from the in-home receiving device to the out-of-home device or this. At least the screen information or the like sent from the out-of-home device is stored or stored in the in-home information center, and the in-home information center is responsible for detecting and managing the information request signal from the in-home receiving device. It is necessary to determine whether or not it is necessary to request the device to send it, and if it is not necessary to send it, it is necessary to send the stored and stored information to the in-home receiving device and request it to the out-of-home device. If the home bus receiver system characterized by performing control such as sending an information request signal.