JPH08194880A - Cordless telephone set with sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To detect abnormality such as a fire and gas leakage by a slave equipment and to inform a master equipment of the detected contents by utilizing the cordless mechanism of a conventional cordless telephone set consisting of a master equipment and a slave equipment. CONSTITUTION: This cordless telephone set with a sensor is constituted of a slave equipment 1 provided with a detection part 1c for detecting abnormality, a transmitting/receiving(TR) part 1g for transmitting a required abnormality detection signal to a master equipment 4 as a high frequency signal at the time of detecting the abnormality by the detection part 1c and receiving a high frequency signal based upon a raio wave from the master equipment 4 at the time of normal operation and a control part 1h for controlling the detection part 1c and the T/R part 1g and the master equipment 4 provided with a 1st T/R part 4f for transmitting/receiving a signal to/from the T/R part 1a through a telephone line, a 2nd T/R part 4a for transmitting/receiving a high frequency signal based upon a radio wave to/from the slave equipment 1, a detection means for detecting the abnormality detection signal outputted from the slave equipment 1 and received by the T/R part 4f, an alarm part 4d for generating an alarm tone at the time of detecting the abnormality detection signal by the detection means, and a control part 4g for controlling the 1st and 2nd T/R parts 4f, 4a, the detection means and the alarm part 4d.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a cordless telephone device with a sensor, and more particularly, it utilizes a cordless telephone device of the related art consisting of a master unit and a slave unit to detect an abnormality such as a fire or a gas leak. The present invention relates to a cordless telephone device that has a function of detecting on the handset side and notifying to the base side.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, various alarm systems have been put into practical use which detect an abnormality such as a fire or a gas leak and give an alarm. However, these alarm systems wire-connect between each place where an abnormality is detected and the place which monitors these and issues an alarm or the like when an abnormality occurs. Therefore, the wiring work is required and a corresponding cost is required. In addition, when these alarm systems are newly installed in an existing house or the like, the above wiring impairs the aesthetic appearance of the wall surface and the like, and if this is solved, the construction cost becomes enormous. Furthermore, installation may be difficult depending on the structure of the house.

[0003]

As described above, the conventional alarm system has a drawback that it involves wiring work. The present invention has been made in view of this drawback, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a cordless telephone device with a sensor that takes advantage of the cordlessness of a cordless telephone device and wirelessly replaces a conventional wire to eliminate wiring work. To aim.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention comprises a detection means for detecting a predetermined abnormality such as a fire or a gas leak, and an alarm section for emitting a required alarm sound when the detection means detects an abnormality. When an abnormality is detected by the detection means, a required abnormality detection signal is transmitted to the parent device by a required high frequency signal, while a transmission / reception unit that wirelessly exchanges a high frequency signal with the parent device during normal operation, and the detection A handset of a cordless telephone slave unit, which includes a control unit for controlling the means and a transceiver unit, a first transceiver unit for transmitting and receiving a signal via a telephone line, and a radio-frequency high-frequency signal with the slave unit. And a second transmitting / receiving unit, a detecting unit for detecting the abnormality detection signal from the slave unit received by the transmitting / receiving unit, and a required alarm sound when the detecting unit detects the abnormality detection signal. Provided is a cordless telephone device with a sensor, which comprises a cordless telephone master unit including a reporting unit and a control unit for controlling the first transmitting / receiving unit, the second transmitting / receiving unit, the detecting means and the alarm unit. Is.

[0005]

When the detection unit (sensor) provided on the slave unit (handset or power supply unit) detects an abnormality, the slave unit emits an alarm sound or a synthetic voice and wirelessly transmits it to the master unit. Upon receiving the abnormality detection signal, the master unit emits an alarm sound or a synthetic voice according to the content of the abnormality. Also, when the base unit emits an alarm sound, it also automatically dials a predetermined report destination to report the occurrence of an abnormality. It also reports to other handset units. Furthermore, when the function is improved and the answering machine recording is set, a synthetic voice or the like is recorded.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A cordless telephone device with a sensor according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a main part of an embodiment of a cordless telephone device with a sensor according to the present invention. A plurality of cordless handsets and a plurality of types of abnormalities are detected, and the detection block is provided on the handset side. It is a thing. In the figure, reference numeral 1 is a cordless telephone cordless handset A including a cordless handset 1a including the following, and a power supply unit 1b for supplying charging power to the cordless handset 1a.
Is. Further, the same handset handset 1a is a detection unit 1c for detecting an abnormality such as a fire or a gas leak, a detection content identification code corresponding to the abnormality content detected by the detection unit 1c, and a child for specifying the handset. A memory unit 1d for storing the machine identification code,
When an abnormality is detected by the detection unit 1c, the same detection signal is compared with the detection content identification code read from the memory unit 1d, and a determination unit 1e that determines the content of the abnormality, and a required alarm based on the determination of the determination unit 1e. Alarm part 1f that emits sounds, etc., and the same discriminating part 1e
The detection content identification code and the cordless handset identification code determined in step 1 are transmitted to the parent device 4 by a required high frequency signal, and the transmitter / receiver 1g performs wireless signal exchange with the parent device during normal operation, and the detector 1c, Memory unit 1d, discrimination unit 1e, control unit 1h for controlling alarm unit 1f and transmission / reception unit 1g, and power supply unit
The charging unit 1i includes a charging unit 1i that is charged by 1b and supplies power to each unit of the handset transmitter / receiver 1a.

2 and 3 have the same function as the slave unit A,
A slave unit B and a slave unit N having different slave unit identification codes. Reference numeral 4 is a base unit of the cordless telephone,
Through N, and a second transmission / reception unit 4a for transmitting a required signal with a required high frequency signal to each of the slaves, a detection content identification code, and an alarm corresponding to the detection content identification code A code, and a memory unit 4b for storing the cordless handset identification code, comparing the signal from the transceiver unit 4a and the data read from the memory unit 4b,
A discriminating unit 4c that discriminates between the abnormality content and the abnormality detecting slave unit and identifies an alarm code, and an alarm unit 4d that issues a required alarm sound or a synthetic voice based on the alarm code identified by the determining unit 4c.
And the recording section 4e that records the same alarm sound or synthetic voice message as an answering machine.
A first transmission / reception unit 4f for exchanging signals with the outside via a telephone line, a transmission / reception unit 4a, a memory unit 4b, a determination unit 4c, an alarm unit 4d, a recording unit 4e, and a first transmission / reception unit 4f. And a control unit 4g for controlling the.

Next, the operation of the present invention will be described. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a detector 1c for detecting an abnormality is provided on the side of the handset handset 1a. The detection unit 1c is, for example, a smoke sensor (for example, a photoelectric smoke sensor, an ionization smoke sensor, etc.) or a heat sensor (for example, a differential heat sensor, a constant temperature heat sensor, etc.), which is a sensor for detecting a fire, Various sensors such as a gas leak sensor or a sensor that detects the sound of glass breaking. A plurality of required types of this sensor are provided for each handset (handset 1a side). When an abnormality is detected in any of the detection units 1c composed of this sensor, the detection signal is sent to the control unit.
Sent to 1g. When the detection signal is input, the control unit 1h compares and discriminates the detection signal with the detection content identification code stored in the memory unit 1d, and identifies the detection content (abnormal content). Alarm part based on the specified abnormality content
1f emits the required alert sound, synthetic voice, or both. In addition, the identified detection content identification code is the transmission / reception unit 1g to the first transmission / reception unit of the base unit 4 together with the slave unit identification code.
Sent to 4a.

Upon receiving the transmission signal from the slave unit A, the first transmission / reception unit 4a of the master unit 4 sends the reception signal to the control unit 4g. The control unit 4g compares and discriminates the input detection content identification code and slave unit identification code with the data stored in the memory unit 4b (discrimination unit 4c), and detects the alarm code and slave unit corresponding to the detected content (abnormality content). Specify. An alarm is issued from the alarm unit 4d based on the specified alarm code. This alert may be a simple alert sound, a synthetic voice, or both.
When this alarm is issued, the control unit 4g is the first transmission / reception unit.
Controls 4f and automatically dials a preset contact ( security company, etc. ). In addition, the control unit 4a uses the second transmission / reception unit 4a to notify the slave unit other than the abnormality detection. Further, when the answering machine recording is set, the above synthetic voice is recorded. This recording can be used when investigating an abnormality during absence.

The above is the case where the detection block is provided on the side of the handset 1a.
There is also a method provided on the 1b side. Specifically, the detection unit 1c, the memory unit 1d, the determination unit 1e, etc. are moved to the power supply unit 1b side. in this case,
Similar to the case of charging, the signal transmission to the handset 1a side may be performed by providing a contact piece that comes into contact when the handset 1a is placed on the power supply unit 1b and thereby transmitting the signal. Further, as described above, when the number of the slave units is not one and only one unit is used, the slave unit identification code is one type, and therefore the slave unit discrimination function (memory, discrimination, etc.) on the master unit side becomes unnecessary. Similarly, when the number of detection functions is one, the function of specifying the details of the abnormality (memory of the child device and the parent device, discrimination, etc.) is unnecessary.

[0011]

As described above, according to the present invention, an abnormality such as a fire or a gas leak can be reported by utilizing the advantage of the cordless telephone cordless device. This eliminates the need for wiring work that was previously required, and makes it possible to realize an inexpensive security system.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a principal block diagram showing an embodiment of a cordless telephone device with a sensor according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Cordless Telephone Handset A 1a Handset Handset 1b Power Supply 1c Detection 1d Memory 1e Discrimination 1f Alarm 1g Transmitter 1h Controller 1i Charging 2 Handset B 3 Handset N 4 Handset 4a Cordless handset 2 transmitter / receiver 4b memory 4c discriminator 4d alarm 4e recording 4f first transmitter / receiver 4g controller

Claims (9)

[Claims] 1. A detection means for detecting a predetermined abnormality such as a fire such as smoke or a gas leak, and when the abnormality is detected by the detection means, a required abnormality detection signal is transmitted to a parent device by a required high frequency signal. On the other hand, a handset of a cordless telephone handset comprising a transmitter / receiver for wirelessly transmitting and receiving a high-frequency signal to and from the same master during normal operation, and a controller for controlling the detector and the transmitter / receiver, and a telephone. A first transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving a signal via a line, a second transmission / reception unit for transmitting / receiving a high-frequency signal by radio with the slave unit, and the abnormality detection signal from the slave unit received by the transmission / reception unit. And a warning unit that issues a warning sound when an abnormality detection signal is detected by the detection unit, the first transmission / reception unit, the second transmission / reception unit, the detection unit, and the warning unit. Equipped with control unit A cordless telephone device with a sensor, which is configured by a cordless telephone base unit that is made up of a large number. 2. The cordless telephone device with a sensor according to claim 1, wherein the handset of the slave unit is provided with an alarm unit which emits a required alarm sound when an abnormality is detected by the detecting means. 3. The slave unit comprises a plurality of slave units having different slave unit identification codes, while the detection unit of the master unit stores a slave unit identification code in a memory unit and data in the memory unit. The cordless telephone device with a sensor according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the cordless telephone device with a sensor comprises a discriminating unit that discriminates the cordless handset by comparing the received cordless handset identification code with the received cordless handset identification code. 4. A detection unit provided in the handset of the slave unit, comprising a plurality of detection units having different detection contents, a memory unit for storing a detection content identification code corresponding to the detection contents, and a memory unit of the same memory unit. On the other hand, the detection unit of the parent device is composed of a memory unit for storing the detection content identification code and a memory unit for storing the detection content identification code. The cordless telephone device with a sensor according to claim 1, 2 or 3, wherein the cordless telephone device with a sensor comprises a discriminating unit that discriminates the detected content by comparing the data of the unit with the received detected content identification code. 5. The detection unit for detecting an abnormality is provided not in the handset but in the same handset, and is provided in a power supply unit for supplying charging power to the same handset. A cordless telephone device with a sensor according to claim 3 or 4. 6. The alarm unit of each of the slave unit and the master unit, so as to emit a synthetic voice together with or in place of the alarm sound emitted by the alarm unit. Item 2. A cordless telephone device with a sensor according to item 2. 7. When the alarm unit of the base unit issues an alarm, the control unit of the base unit controls the first transmission / reception unit to automatically dial a predetermined report destination. Item 1. A cordless telephone device with a sensor according to item 1. 8. When the alarm unit of the base unit issues an alarm, the control unit of the base unit controls the second transmission / reception unit to notify each of the plurality of handset units. A cordless telephone device with a sensor according to claim 1 or 3. 9. The cordless telephone device with a sensor according to claim 1, wherein an alarm sound or a synthetic voice generated by the alarm unit of the base unit is recorded in an answering machine.