JPH08163230A - Visitor receiving system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide the visitor receiving system with which whether any visitor comes or not is reported to a receiving person going outside and the conversation with that visitor can be provided. CONSTITUTION: When a visitor operation unit 20 is operated by a visitor who comes while the receiving person is out after absence is set to a storage part 13, a switching part 11 of a customer station operation unit 10 is turned to a transfer mode. In the transfer mode, the switching part 11 instructs the line connection of a telephone number set to the storage part 13 to a portable telephone 50 to a telephone part 13. After a line is connected, the telephone part 14 reports the presence of the visitor to a message transmitting part 15. After it is completely reported, the switching part 11 connects the visitor operation unit 20 to a transfer part 16 so that the receiving person carrying the portable telephone 50 can speak with the visitor through the telephone part 14.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a visitor reception system which is necessary for notifying a visitor of a visitor and making a call with the visitor when the respondent is absent in a home.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a visitor reception system,
A chime sound is used to notify the in-house respondent of the presence or absence of visitors. In addition, after the presence or absence of a visitor is notified by a chime sound, a call between the visitor and the respondent can be made possible by operating the respondent in the house to confirm the visitor and respond. further,
After notifying the presence or absence of a visitor with a chime sound, it is possible to make a call between the visitor and the respondent by operating the respondent in the home, and at the same time, view the image taken by the camera installed outside the home. In some cases, by displaying on a display device, the respondent confirms the visitor and responds by audio and video.

[0003]

However, in the above-described conventional visitor reception system, it is necessary for the reception person to be at home, and it is not possible to know whether or not there is a visitor while outside the home. There was a point.

In order to remedy the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to solve the problem that when a visitor comes while a customer is out of the house, the customer cannot answer. It is to provide a means for realizing the presence of a visitor and a conversation with the visitor from a device installed in the home to a responder who is out of the house.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a visitor operation section installed outdoors and an in-home operation section installed in a house, and provides a person in a house with a visitor operation section. In a visitor reception system capable of notifying a visitor and having a conversation with the visitor, the visitor operation unit has a caller of the caller and a caller with the caller, and the in-home operation The unit receives the call signal from the calling unit of the visitor operation unit and the holding unit that sets and holds the state of the person who is at home or absent, and connects the call unit of the visitor operation unit. Based on the state of the respondent of the holding means, switching means for switching to a home mode when at home and a transfer mode when not at home, and the visitor operation by the switching means when the switching means is at home mode Connect to the communication method of the department When the in-home response means that enables the call with the visitor and the switching means are in the transfer mode, the remote notification destination is notified, and the caller of the notification destination is enabled to talk to the visitor operation unit. And a notification destination connection means for connecting the communication means of (1) to the communication means of the notification destination.

In the above-mentioned visitor reception system, the holding means sets and holds the notification destination of the reception person in addition to the state of the reception person who is at home or absent, and the notification destination connection means is the switching means. In the transfer mode, it is preferable that a communication line is connected to the notification destination of the respondent of the holding means, and communication control means is provided to enable communication after the connection, since it is possible to respond in a wide area. Is.

Further, in the visitor reception system having the above-mentioned communication control means, the communication means of the notification destination is constituted of a mobile telephone, which enables reception at any place.
It is suitable.

Further, in the above-mentioned visitor reception system, the notification destination connection means has a communication control means capable of communicating with the notification destination by wireless communication. Is possible, which is preferable.

Further, in the above-mentioned visitor reception system, the notification destination connection means, after making the call possible, a message transmission means for transmitting a previously registered notification message to the notification destination by voice, and a message transmission means of the message transmission means. After that, it is preferable to have a configuration that includes a call means of the visitor operation unit and a transfer means that connects the call means of the notification destination to enable a call, since convenience of use is improved.

[0010]

In the visitor reception system of the present invention, when the visitor visits while the visitor is out of the house by setting absent home, the communication means of the notification destination such as a telephone designated by the responder. To inform the presence of the visitor, connect the visitor operation unit installed outside the house and the call means of the notification destination of the respondent, respectively, and talk with the respondent and the visitor who are out. enable.

[0011]

Embodiments of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of the present invention, and will be described by taking an example in which a respondent carries a mobile phone and is out and when the respondent is at home.

In the figure, 10 is an in-home operating device installed inside the house, 20 is a visitor operating device installed outside the house to realize a visitor operating unit, and 30 is a connection between the in-home operating device 10 and the visitor operating device 20. Is an electric wire, 40 is a base station for calling a telephone network and a mobile telephone, 50 is a mobile telephone, and 60 is a telephone line that connects the home operation device 10 and the telephone network.

The in-home operating device 10 includes a switching unit 11 and
Answer button 121, microphone 122, and speaker 12
In-home answering unit 12 composed of three, storage unit 13, and telephone unit 1
4, a message sending unit 15, and a transfer unit 16. The visitor operation device 20 has a call button 201,
It has a microphone 202 and a speaker 203. A radio base station 40 for calling a telephone network and a mobile phone is composed of a telephone network 41 and a radio base station 42.

The storage unit 13 of the in-home operating device 10 can store the home / home information of the respondent at home / absent and the telephone number of the telephone which the respondent can handle when he / she is absent, as the transfer destination telephone number, The respondent sets it beforehand. In the case of the present embodiment, the telephone number of the mobile phone 50 is set.

When the visitor pushes the call button 201, the visitor operation device 20 transmits a call signal to the switching unit 11 via the electric wire 30.

When the switching unit 11 receives the call signal from the visitor operation device 20, the switching unit 11 reads out the in-home information stored in the storage unit 13, and switches to the in-home mode when the in-home information is at home and the transfer mode when the in-home information is absent. Become. After determining the mode by the above means, the switching unit 11 performs the following operation according to the mode. That is, in (1) transfer mode,
The switching unit 11 transmits a line connection signal to the telephone unit 14. (2) In the home mode, the switching unit 11 transmits a call signal to the home response unit 12.

(1) The operation when the mode of the switching unit 11 is the transfer mode will be described below.

Upon receiving the line connection signal from the switching unit 11, the telephone unit 14 reads out the transfer destination telephone number stored in the storage unit 13 and connects to the telephone number. In the embodiment, the mobile telephone 50 is called from the telephone line 60 via the telephone network 41 and the wireless base station 42.

When the cellular phone 50 responds to the call from the radio base station 42 and the telephone section 14 and the cellular phone 50 can communicate with each other, the telephone section 14 sends a message transmission request to the message transmission section 15. When the mobile phone 50 does not respond to the call of the wireless base station 42, the telephone unit 14 calls the mobile phone 50 for a certain period of time, then ends the call and ends the operation of the present system.

When the message sending unit 15 receives a message sending request from the telephone unit 14, the message sending unit 15 sends a message or the like registered in advance to inform that the transfer is performed from the system. 50 is notified, and then a message transmission end signal is transmitted to the telephone unit 14.

When the telephone section 14 receives the message transmission end signal from the message transmission section 15, it transmits a line connection completion signal to the switching section 11 and then starts communication with the transfer section 16 to transfer with the mobile phone 50. A call can be made between the units 16.

Upon receiving the line connection completion signal from the telephone section 14, the switching section 11 receives the microphone 20 of the visitor operation device 20.
2. By making the speaker 203 in a call-enabled state and starting communication with the transfer unit 16, a call can be made between the visitor operation device 20 and the transfer unit 16.

The transfer unit 16 sends the communication with the telephone unit 14 to the switching unit 11 and the communication with the switching unit 11 to the telephone unit 14, thereby enabling a call between the visitor operation device 20 and the mobile phone 50. To do.

(2) The operation when the mode of the switching unit 11 is the home mode will be described below.

Upon receiving the call signal from the switching section 11, the in-home response section 12 sends out a chime sound from the speaker 123.

When the response button 121 is pressed, the in-home response unit 12 sends a response signal to the switching unit 11 and puts the microphone 122 and the speaker 123 into a call-enabled state.

When the switching unit 11 receives the response signal from the in-home response unit 12, the microphone 20 of the visitor operation device 20 is switched.
2. With the speaker 203 in a call-enabled state, a call can be made between the visitor operation device 20 and the at-home response unit 12.

As is clear from the above operation, when there is a visitor and the respondent is out of the house, the telephone designated by the respondent is called, the notice of the visitor and the It becomes possible to have a conversation, and when the respondent is in the house, the device in the house can notify the visitor and make a conversation with the visitor.

The present invention is not limited to the portable telephone as the communication means of the notified party of the respondent, but may be an ordinary telephone or the like. Further, it is also possible to configure a system in which a wireless communication means is arranged in place of the telephone section, and a respondent carries a slave unit which can be called from the wireless communication means as a communication means.

[0031]

As described above, the visitor reception system of the present invention notifies the visitor of the visitor and notifies the visitor when the visitor is out of the house. The effect that it becomes possible to have a conversation with.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 ... In-home operating device 11 ... Switching part 12 ... In-home answering part 121 ... Response button 122 ... Microphone 123 ... Speaker 13 ... Storage part 14 ... Telephone part 15 ... Message sending part 16 ... Transfer part 20 ... Visitor operating device 201 ... Call Button 202 ... Microphone 203 ... Speaker 30 ... Wire 40 ... Wireless base station for calling telephone network and mobile phone 41 ... Telephone network 42 ... Wireless base station 50 ... Mobile phone 60 ... Telephone line

Claims (5)

[Claims] Claims: 1. A visitor having a visitor operation unit installed outdoors and a home operation unit installed in the house, which allows a visitor to be notified of the visitor and has a conversation with the visitor. In the person-to-person response system, the visitor operation unit has a caller's call means and a caller's call means, and the in-home operation section sets the state of the person at home or at home. Receiving a calling signal from the holding means for holding and the calling means of the visitor operation unit, the connection of the calling means of the visitor operation unit, based on the state of the respondent of the holding means, when at home Is a home mode, and switching means for switching to a transfer mode when not at home, and when the switching means is at home mode, the switching means connects to the call means of the visitor operation unit to enable a call with a visitor. In-home response means to When the switching means is in the transfer mode, the remote notification destination is notified, the call means of the notification destination is enabled to talk, and the call means of the visitor operation unit is connected to the notification destination call means. A visitor reception system characterized by having a connection means. 2. The holding means sets and holds the notification destination of the respondent in addition to the status of the respondent at home or at home, and the notification destination connecting means, when the switching means is in the transfer mode,
2. The visitor reception system according to claim 1, further comprising a communication control unit that connects a communication line to the notification destination of the reception unit of the holding unit and enables communication after the connection. 3. The visitor reception system according to claim 2, wherein the communication means of the notification destination is a mobile phone. 4. The visitor reception system according to claim 1, wherein the notification destination connecting means has a communication control means that enables communication with the notification destination by wireless communication. 5. The notification destination connecting means, after making the call possible,
Message transmission means for transmitting a notification message registered in advance to the notification destination by voice, and after the message transmission by the message transmission means, the call means of the visitor operation unit and the call means of the notification destination can be connected to make a call. 5. The visitor reception system according to claim 1, 2 or 3 or 4, further comprising: