JPS58164366A - Voice abnormality reporting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To obtain a voice abnormality reporting device which extends the maintenance period of terminal stations or eliminates the need for the maintenance, by sending out detailed abnormality from a terminal station to a central station as data, and converting the data into a voice at the central station through a voice synthesizing part provided in common. CONSTITUTION:An abnormal state of a terminal station 1a is inputted to a data transmission part by making an abnormality contact 10 and a call signal is sent out from a network control part 14 to the central station. A staff at the central station hears it and close a switch 46 to return an answer to an exchange 3, permitting data communication between the terminal station 1 and central station 4a. Consequently the abnormal state of the terminal side transferred to the central station 4a is decoded by a data reception part 42 and outputted to a selection control part 43. The selection control part 43 controls the voice synthesizing part 44 according to the number and abnormal state of the transmitting terminal station to voice the name and abnormal state of the terminal station through a speaker 45.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to an abnormality notification device that automatically notifies a central station by voice of abnormal states of a plurality of terminal stations.

A conventional device of this type is shown in FIG. FIG. 1 shows an example in which a subscriber telephone network is used and there are two terminals. In the figure, (1) and (2) are terminal stations that report abnormal conditions, (3) are switching stations that exchange subscriber telephones,
(4) is a central office telephone that receives voice abnormality notifications, and (5), (6), and (7) are subscriber telephone lines that connect these. In addition, (2) is a contact point that indicates an abnormal state, (2) is a terminal device startup control unit, (2) is a sound generation unit for notifying an abnormal state as a voice, and (2) is a contact point that indicates an abnormal state.
is the network control unit (NCU) that manages the connection control function with the subscriber telephone network.
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Next, the operation will be explained. An abnormal state in the terminal station (l) is detected by the startup control unit (
2). Upon receiving this, the activation control unit (2) first activates the NCU Isa◆, and the telephone number of the central office is automatically dialed. As a result, the exchange (3) sends a ringing (bell) signal to the central office telephone (4) and the telephone (
4) Ring the bell. The central office staff uses the telephone (4)
If you respond (go off-hook) by taking N
The C0 unit 64 detects this via the exchange (3) and activates the voice generating unit (2). The voice generating unit (to) sends voice notifications stored on a recording tape or a voice synthesis IC to the center office telephone (4) through the NCUC0 subcommittee 4. The staff at the center station listens to this and takes necessary measures. Although FIG. 1 describes the case where there is one abnormal contact, the same applies to the case where there are two or more abnormal contacts, and the only thing to do is to switch the recording tape channel or the memory contents of the voice synthesis IC depending on the type of abnormal contact. Additionally, the content of the report generally includes the name of the terminal station.

The above explained the terminal station (1), but the terminal station (2)
The same applies to the operation of ).

Conventional voice abnormality notification devices are configured so that a voice generator is required for each terminal station, so if the voice generator is configured with a tape player, the voice generator often breaks down and maintenance intervals are short. As a result, especially when the voice generation section is constituted by a voice synthesis IC, the cost of the voice generation section in the terminal device becomes high. In addition, there was a drawback that it was not easy to change the contents of the voice report.

This invention was made for the purpose of eliminating the above-mentioned drawbacks of the conventional system.The terminal station sends the abnormal content as data to the central station, and the voice synthesis section commonly provided in the central station sends the abnormality contents as data. To provide a voice abnormality notification device that converts the information into voice, thereby prolonging or eliminating the need for maintenance of the terminal device, reducing the cost of the terminal device, and making it easy to change the contents of the notification.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. Second
In the figure, (la) and (2a) are terminal stations that transmit abnormal conditions, (3) are switching stations that exchange subscriber telephones, and (4a) are central stations that receive abnormal conditions and report them by voice.
5), (6), and (7) are subscriber telephone lines connecting these. Also, the hood (2) is a contact point indicating an abnormal condition, Q10. 2) is a data transmitter that sends out abnormal conditions,
@p is the network control (N
CU) unit, 0 seconds is a data receiving unit that receives an abnormal state, Sakaki is a selection control unit that switches the voice report content according to the output of the data receiving unit, ■ is a voice synthesis unit, and 2) is a speaker. Finally, - is a manual switch that responds to a calling signal (C bell) output from the exchange in response to an alert from the terminal.

Next, the operation of the embodiment will be explained. First, the terminal station (1a
) is input to the data transmitter (c) in the form of the abnormal contact 0η being closed. Upon receiving this, the data transmitting section activates the NCU section α→, and the telephone number of the central office is automatically dialed. As a result, the exchange (3) sends a paging (bell) signal to the NC0 unit [υ of the central office, causing the bell to ring. When the central office staff hears this and closes the switch, a response (specifically in the form of closing the telephone line loop) is sent back to the exchange (3) via the NCU staff, and then sent to the exchange. (3) to NCU of terminal station (1a)
A response is returned to part a→ (specifically, the line polarity of the telephone line is reversed). As described above, a line between the terminal station (1a) and the central station (4a) is set up, and the line between the terminal station (1a) and the central station (4a) is set up.
Data communication is possible between the data transmitter (c) of ) and the data receiver (b) of the central station (4a). The abnormal state on the terminal side transferred to the central office by data communication is decoded by the data receiving section and output to the selection control section. The selection control section controls the voice synthesis section in accordance with the input transmitting terminal station number and abnormal state, and outputs the terminal station name, abnormal state, etc. in voice through the speaker (c).

The staff at the central office should listen to this and take the necessary measures. Although FIG. 2 describes the case where there are two terminal stations and one abnormal contact each, it is clear that the same applies even if the number of terminal stations and the number of abnormal contacts increases. However, the speech synthesis section
It is assumed that the report contents corresponding to the abnormality reports of all terminals are stored.

In the above embodiment, a case has been described in which a subscriber telephone line is used as a communication line connecting the central office and the terminal station, but the present invention is not limited to this, and by changing the line connection part corresponding to the NC0 part, any communication can be performed. It is clear that it can be applied to lines.

As described above, according to the present invention, the abnormal state from the terminal is transmitted as data to the central station, and is converted into voice by the voice synthesis section commonly provided in the central station. No maintenance or longer maintenance intervals,
This has the effect of lowering the cost of the terminal device and making it easier to change the contents of the report. ,

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a conventional audio abnormality reporting device, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the audio abnormality reporting device according to the present invention. In the figure, (la) and (1!a) are terminal stations, (4a)
is the central station, and the ring is the speech synthesis section. In addition, in the figures, the same reference numerals indicate the same or equivalent parts. Agent Makoto Kuzuno - 1st r21 Figure 2

Claims (1)

[Claims] Sends data indicating abnormal conditions of multiple terminal stations to the central station,
A voice abnormality reporting device characterized in that the central station converts the data into a voice report by a voice synthesis unit provided in common to the plurality of terminal stations.