JPH0715539A - Home automation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To provide a home automation(HA) system in which a transmission time of HA data is reduced. CONSTITUTION:A home adaptor 35 converts HA data including security information of each house 34, absence/presence information, metering data, an on/off control signal of a television monitor and message data into a PB signal together with identification information of a terminal equipment to which the HA data are to be sent and transmits the PB signal, an information processing unit 31 extracts the HA data from the PB signal and stores the data and the HA data are sent to the terminal equipment indicated by the identification information. Then a data storage device 33 sends a predetermined transmission request to each house for each prescribed time to store the HA data obtained from the information processor.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to home automation for collective housing such as dormitories, company housing and condominiums (hereinafter referred to as HA
System).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a circuit switching type HA system in a housing complex such as a dormitory or condominium using a telephone line is
With a standard private branch telephone exchange facility (hereinafter referred to as PBX) at the core, various terminal devices installed in each dwelling unit, entrance hall, and control room have a built-in modem and various PBX signal sounds It is necessary to follow the connection conditions of the standard PBX for the data transfer between each device, since it is provided with an identification unit for busy tone etc.).

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of an HA system for an apartment house by the conventional method. In FIG. 2, block 1 is PB
X and 2 are call information processing devices. Block 4 is each dwelling unit, and is configured by the following devices. Reference numeral 5 is a home adapter having a built-in modem that modulates HA data. Reference numeral 6 is a meter reading meter for sending the meter reading data as a pulse signal, and 21 is a meter reading unit incorporating a modem for modulating the pulse signal from the meter reading meter 6. Reference numeral 9 is a presence / absence switch, and 7 is a security unit. The security unit 7 is connected to the home adapter 5 by five signal lines (six if the return line is included), and exchanges security information as contact information. Reference numeral 8 is a security sensor for detecting abnormal information, and 10 is a general telephone of 2W.

On the other hand, block 11 is a management room
Reference numeral 2 is a master device in the management room, 13 is a front door monitor, 14 is a management personal computer, and 16 is a telephone billing console. As a device installed at the common entrance of this collective house, 17 is a collective entrance machine having a function of calling each dwelling unit, and 18 is a collective equipped with a lock that is automatically opened / closed by a control signal from the collective entrance machine 17. An entrance, 19 is a housing management device, and 15 is an in-room display panel.

The operation of transmitting and receiving the meter-reading data in the conventional example will be briefly described with reference to the block diagram shown in FIG. The meter-reading unit 21 receives from the meter-reading meter 6 a pulse signal (meter-reading data) according to the amount of electric power, water, hot water, etc., and stores it in a memory (not shown). The meter-reading unit 21 modulates this meter-reading data with a modem and automatically sends it once every 24 hours to the PBX 1 via the home adapter 5. P
The BX1 performs circuit switching by this transmission, connects the home adapter 5 and the residential building management device 19 with a speech path switch, and then uses modem communication via the speech path of the PBX1.
Send and receive meter reading data. For such circuit exchange, the telephone number of the connection partner is preset in the meter reading unit 21. In this case, the modem of the home adapter 5 goes through.

[0006] The dwelling unit management device 19 adds the meter reading data of each dwelling unit 4 every day and stores it in the memory for each dwelling unit. The management personal computer 14 requests the dwelling management device 19 once a month for meter reading data and receives and stores the usage amount for one month. Further, when the collective entrance machine 17 is operated, it is connected to the management room parent machine 12 via the PBX 1, the management room parent machine 12 is activated on the entrance monitor 13, and the image of the operator is exclusively for the coaxial cable or the like. It is displayed on the entrance monitor 13 through the line.

[0007]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
In order to realize special functions such as security information, meter reading data, group entrance unlocking, presence / absence indication, etc.
It is necessary to perform data transmission between terminal devices connected to the BX. Since the terminal devices are connected to each other by the PBX and then the data transmission by the modem communication is performed between the dwelling unit side and the management room side, it takes time to send and receive the data, and the service is deteriorated.

Further, when transmitting security information and meter reading data from each dwelling unit to the management room, it is necessary to preset the telephone number of the connection partner (for example, the master unit of the management room or the living ward management device) in the home adapter or the meter reading unit. is there. Furthermore, since the security information is transferred at the contact point between the home adapter and the security unit, the number of wires is large and the workability is poor.

An object of the present invention is to shorten the connection time and eliminate the need for setting the other party's number, making the home adapter maintenance-free and improving the workability by using a data transmission system between the home adapter and the security unit. To provide an HA system.

[0010]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides HA data including security information of each dwelling unit, presence / absence information, and meter reading data in response to a predetermined transmission request. A home adapter for converting the PB signal into a PB signal and transmitting the same together with the identification information of the terminal device to be transmitted, and information processing for extracting the HA data from the PB signal and storing the HA data and transmitting the HA data to the terminal device indicated by the identification information. And a data storage device that is a terminal device indicated by the identification information and that stores the HA data obtained from the information processing device by issuing the predetermined transmission request to each of the dwelling units at regular time intervals. It is characterized by
Further, the home adapter transmits the PB signal by assigning a special number of the data storage device.

Furthermore, each of the dwelling units supplies a security information including the security information, presence / absence information, meter reading data, a TV monitor on / off control signal, and message data to the home adapter through a pair of signal lines. It is characterized by having.

[0012]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the HA data is transmitted from the home adapter without performing call setting in response to a transmission request from the data storage device at regular intervals, so that the data transmission time can be shortened. It is possible to improve the service to users.

Further, by transmitting the PB signal by carrying the special number of the data storage device, it is not necessary to set the telephone number of the connection partner in the home adapter in advance.

Furthermore, since the security information is supplied from the home unit to the home adapter by a pair of signal lines, the wiring connection between the home unit and the home adapter can be reduced, and the wiring work process can be greatly improved.

[0015]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of a system according to the present invention. In FIG. 1, a block 31 is an information processing device for an apartment house (hereinafter referred to as an intelligent management unit; abbreviated as IMU). Reference numeral 32 is a call information processing device, and 33 is a meter reading data storage device.
The block 34 is each dwelling unit, and is configured by the following devices. Reference numeral 35 is a home adapter that converts HA data into a PB signal, 6 is a meter meter that sends meter reading data as a pulse signal, and 36 is a home unit. The home unit 36 is connected to the home adapter 35 by a pair of signal lines (2W). 8 is a security sensor for detecting an abnormal state such as a fire sensor and a water leak sensor, 9 is a presence / absence switch, and 10 is a general telephone of 2W.

On the other hand, a block 37 is a control room, which is composed of the following devices. Reference numeral 38 is a master device in the control room, and 13 is a front door monitor, but these are not connected by a control line. That is, the entrance monitor 13 uses the IM
It is directly connected to U31 by a control line. Reference numeral 14 is a management personal computer, 39 is an in-room display panel connected to the call information processing apparatus 32, and 16 is a telephone billing console. Again 4
0 is a collective entrance, but it does not have a built-in modem. 18
Is a collective entrance equipped with a lock that automatically opens and closes in response to a control signal from the collective entrance machine 40, 19 is a housing management device, and 20 is an I
It is a far display panel that detects and displays a failure of the MU 31, the call information processing device 32, and the meter reading data storage device 33. In the above structure, the same components as those of the conventional example shown in FIG. 2 are denoted by the same reference numerals.

Next, the operation of transmitting, receiving, accumulating, and transferring meter-reading data will be described as the first function according to the present invention. The home adapter 35 receives a pulse signal (meter reading data) according to the usage amount of electric power, water, hot water, etc. from the meter meter 6 and stores the pulse signal in the memory. The meter reading data storage device 33 is
1 every 24 hours for each dwelling unit 34 via MU31
The meter reading data is requested once, and the daily usage amount is received and accumulated. In this case, the home adapter 35
Displays the meter reading data as a PB signal (push button signal)
Converted to and transmitted to the IMU 31. At this time, by using a special code (for example, an ABCD code of the PB signal, that is, a special number) for the party number to be automatically transmitted,
It is not necessary to set the partner number in the home adapter 35, and maintenance can be made free. The IMU 31 converts the received PB signal into serial data and sends it to the meter reading data storage device 33. And the meter reading data storage device 33
Stores its HA data.

At this time, if data cannot be received even though the meter reading data storage device 33 has sent a transmission request, a retry is made and a request is made again. As a result, when the reception is still impossible, the home adapter failure data is sent to the IMU 31, and the IMU 31 issues a warning to the distant display panel 20 to display the failure of the home adapter. However, when the data cannot be received during the busy, the trouble display is not performed. or,
The meter-reading data storage device 33 adds the meter-reading data of each dwelling unit 34 every day and stores it in the memory of each dwelling unit.

Therefore, unlike the conventional example, there is no need to perform data transmission by modem communication after call setup between terminal devices, so that data transmission / reception can be performed at high speed, leading to deterioration of service. Absent. Further, by transmitting the special number together with the HA data, it becomes unnecessary to set the telephone number in the home adapter 35.

The management personal computer 14 requests the meter reading data from the meter reading data storage device 33 once a month by serial communication, and receives and stores the usage amount for one month. As internal processing, in addition to automatically collecting electricity, water, and hot water charges based on the accumulated meter reading data, telephone charge data is received from the call information processing device 32, and telephone charges are automatically totaled, and Charge data can be created automatically. Further, the meter reading data storage device 33 and the modem can be connected to transfer the meter reading data to a remote management center.

Next, as a second function according to the present invention, a method of transmitting / receiving security data and displaying it on the management room 37 will be described. In the home unit 36, when each security sensor 8 that detects an abnormal state such as a fire, a gas leak, an emergency, a door lock, or a water leak is activated, and security information is received, an alarm is displayed in the dwelling unit 34, and at the same time, the home adapter 35 is displayed. Transfer security information. The home adapter 35 automatically makes a call and issues an alarm display to the control room main unit 38. At the same time the alarm display sounds the alarm sound,
Security contents, sender number, date of occurrence,
Displays the time of occurrence and the number of times security has occurred. When the handset of the control room main unit 38 is lifted, the alarm sound is stopped, and the general telephone 10 of the dwelling unit 34 displayed on the character display section can be called and talked. Further, the control room main unit 38 can store up to 16 contents of security, and the alarm display lamp is turned on in the memory of the contents of security. The generated security contents can be sequentially displayed by key operation, and the displayed security contents can be cleared by clear key operation. In addition, the IMU 31 can notify the security content to an external monitoring center via the dwelling management device 19. Further, since the home unit 36 and the home adapter 35 are connected by only a pair of data lines, that is, two data lines, even if the number of security information is large,
Workability can be improved because the number of wires is small.

Next, as a third function relating to the present invention,
The operation of a group entrance call responding to a visitor will be described.

A visitor can dial the home unit 36 of each dwelling unit 34 from the collective entrance 40 by dialing with a ten-key pad.
Or the general telephone 10 or the control room master unit 38 of the control room 37
You can call and call. At the same time, by sending the monitor image, the appearance of the visitor can be confirmed on the home unit 36 or the entrance monitor 13. By performing the unlocking operation from the home unit 36 of each dwelling unit 34, the general telephone 10 or the management room parent device 38 of the management room 37 that is in communication with the collective entrance device 40, the collective entrance device 40 becomes the collective entrance device 18 The door can be opened and closed by sending an unlocking signal to the.

Next, as a fourth function relating to the present invention, transmission / reception and display operation of presence / absence data of each dwelling unit 34 will be described. When the home adapter 35 receives the presence / absence data from the presence / absence switch 9, the home adapter 35 automatically transmits the presence / absence data to the IMU 31, and the presence / absence display panel 39 or the management personal computer 14 receives the presence / absence data from the IMU 31. Location of dwelling unit 34 /
Display the absence status.

[0026]

According to the present invention, the HA data is transmitted from the home adapter without setting a call in response to a transmission request from the data storage device at regular intervals, so that the data transmission time can be shortened. It is possible to improve the service to users.

Further, by transmitting the PB signal with the special number of the data storage device, it is not necessary to set the telephone number of the connection partner in the home adapter in advance.

Furthermore, since security information is supplied from the home unit to the home adapter by a pair of signal lines, the wiring connection between the home unit and the home adapter can be reduced and the wiring work process can be greatly improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a home automation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a conventional home automation system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 6 Meter meter 7 Security unit 8 Security sensor 9 Presence / absence switch 10 General telephone 13 Entrance monitor 14 Management PC 16 Telephone billing console 18 Collective entrance 19 Housing building management device 20 Far display panel 31 Information processing unit (IMU) for collective housing 32 Call Information Processing Device 33 Meter Reading Data Storage Device 34 Dwelling Unit 35 Home Adapter 36 Home Unit 37 Management Room 38 Management Room Master Unit 39 In-Room Display Panel 40 Assembly Door

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Shuji Okawa 2-9-18 Misaki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo TD C Building 8F, Hitachi, Ltd. General Housing Systems Promotion Division (72) Inventor Akihiro Usui Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi 216 Totsukacho, Information & Communication Division, Hiritsu Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. HA data including security information of each dwelling unit, presence / absence information, and meter reading data is converted into a PB signal together with identification information of a terminal device to be transmitted in response to a predetermined transmission request. A home adapter for sending, an information processing device for extracting and storing the HA data from the PB signal and transmitting the HA data to the terminal device indicated by the identification information, and a terminal device indicated by the identification information, A home automation system, comprising: a data storage device that stores the HA data obtained from the information processing device by issuing the predetermined transmission request to each of the dwelling units every time. 2. The home automation system according to claim 1, wherein the home adapter transmits a PB signal with a special number of the data storage device. 3. The security information,
The home automation system according to claim 1, further comprising a home unit that supplies security information including presence / absence information and meter reading data to the home adapter through a pair of signal lines.