JPS59225477A - Home controller - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To attain the management of a schedule by displaying presence of a schedule on a calendar displayed on a display screen to associate the schedule with monthy calenders. CONSTITUTION:Designated year/month/day information is detected by display information of a calendar and cursor position information obtained by a cursor position control circuit 67. The information is transferred to a schedule retrieval circuit. Then the schedule data corresponding to the designated year/month/day information is retrieved from a schedule RAM62. When a schedule exists in the said year/month/day, it is dislayed on a display 2 by using a V-RAM65 and a display controller 66. When no schedule exists, it is displayed. When the amount of registered schedule is too much to be displayed on one picture screen, it is displayed on a part of the display screen. Then the succeeding schedule is read and displayed on the condition of key entry operation.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] B) Industrial Application Field The present invention is applicable to controlling domestic electrical equipment such as a microwave oven or other cooker, an air conditioner, or a television.
The present invention relates to a home controller that performs monitoring operations based on information from various sensors placed in the home, such as crime prevention monitoring devices, fire detectors, and rain detectors, or records household events, schedules, etc.

(b) Prior Art Home controllers with various functions have been proposed for home use. Specifically, as mentioned above, it is possible to centrally control and monitor electrical equipment in the home, or to monitor events such as memorial services and children's sports days, the birthdays of family members and relatives, and the plans and schedules of individual family members. (hereinafter simply referred to as schedule) can be recorded and read out.

When managing schedules, it is essential to know on what days schedules are registered, and it is preferable for users that the presence or absence of schedules corresponds to the monthly calendar.

(c) Purpose of the Invention The present invention has been made to meet such demands, and its purpose is to manage schedules in connection with monthly calendars.

(D) Structure of the Invention The present invention is characterized in that the presence or absence of a schedule is displayed on a calendar displayed on a display screen, and it can be called up as needed.

(E) Embodiment FIG. 1 is an external view of the home controller of the present invention. e)
(1) is a character display using a CRT placed on the main body (1) of the home controller (L(2) 4i), and may be a normal television receiver.

(3) is a keyboard for inputting various information to the home controller main body (1), and (4) is a cooking device such as a microwave oven controlled by the home controller main body (1). As shown in Figure 2, on the back side of the main body (1), there is a timer outlet (5) for controlling electrical equipment other than the cooking device (4), such as an electric kettle, electric fan, etc.
Various sensor input terminals (6) for security control such as a fire alarm, rain detector, crime prevention detector, or gas detector, and a temperature probe input terminal (7) are provided.

Figure 3 shows the configuration of the above keyboard (3).
(10) is the monitor key, (11) is the timer key, (
12) is the menu key, (13) is the select key, (1
4) is the list key, (15) is the material key, (16) is the procedure key, (17) is the start key, (18) is the stop key, (19) is the calendar key, (20) is the toddy key, (21) is corn key-1 (22) is the search key, (23) is the registration key, (24) is the continuation key, (25)
is the enter key, (26) is the character key string, (27) is the numeric key string, (28) is the cursor control key, and (12) is the cursor control key.
) to (18) are keys related to cooking, (19) to (23)
) is a schedule-related function selection key.

FIG. 4 shows a block diagram of the configuration of the home controller of the present invention.

(30) is a central processing unit (CPU), which controls the entire controller. (31) is a clock circuit, which is backed up by a rechargeable battery circuit (32), counts clock data at 1:09:01 on the first day of the month, and sends it to the CPU (30). Clock data is read and written. (33) is the RAM backed up by this battery circuit, and (34) is the same <RAM, but this R
A M (34) is not battery backed up. (35) is a ROM; ;:(7) The ROM (35) and the two sets of RAMs (33) and (34) constitute a main storage device. (36) is a ROM constituting an auxiliary storage device, which compensates for the lack of address space in the home controller system of the present invention. (37) is a data transfer control circuit that controls data transfer from the main memory device to the external circuit, conversely from the external circuit to the main memory device, or data transfer between the main memory device and the auxiliary memory device. (3
8> is ROM (36) and data transfer control circuit (37>
Control interface, ROM (36) (7)
Bootara RAM <34) 4: When transferring ROM (3
6) and outputs a transfer start signal' to the data transfer circuit (37). Note that once this transfer is started, the address of the ROM (36) can be repeatedly updated until the transfer is completed. (39) is a display control circuit, RAM
The character food transferred from the V-RAM area that has partitioned the specific area of <34) is taken out in the display order and sequentially sent to the character butter>-ROM (40>. Therefore, the CP
When U (30) displays arbitrary data,
All that is required is to introduce the data into this V-RAM area. An arbitrary character pattern is stored in advance at an arbitrary address of this character pattern ROM (40).
The character codes from the display control circuit (39) are combined into addresses and the data stored at the addresses are output to the parallel-to-serial conversion circuit (41). Therefore, this parallel to serial conversion circuit (41)
converts the parallel character data sent from the character pattern ROM (40) into a serial video signal and outputs it to a display device (2) such as a character display. (3) is the keyboard shown in FIGS. 1 and 3, and when the CPU (30) detects the state of the keyboard (3), the ink face (4)
3> intervenes. (4) is a cooking device such as a microwave oven shown in FIG. (30) intervenes when obtaining operation information of the cooking appliance.

(45) is a timer output control circuit, (46) is an input signal detection circuit from various sensors (47), (48) is A
The /D conversion circuit converts the human input signal from the temperature probe (49) into a digital value. (50) is a data bus, (
, 51) indicate an address bus, and (52) indicate a control bus, respectively.

In such a configuration, the system program of the home controller can be stored in a part of the ROM (35) of the main storage device,
The remaining portion stores parameters and other constants for accessing the ROM (36) of the auxiliary storage device.

RAM (34) is used as a program work area. Even if the power of the system is turned off, data such as registered schedules will be stored in the RAM (33) which can be uploaded to Pantelino.

FIG. 5 is a state transition diagram of the home controller of the present invention, and the operation of the home controller system of the present invention will be explained based on this diagram.

The system of the present invention displays various information on the display device (2) in response to input signals from the keyboard (3), and these displays represent the status of the system program. If the state of the system is called a mode, this FIG. 5 will show the relationship between each mode. In the same figure, (MO)
is basic monitor mode, (Ml) is timer mode, <
M2) is menu mode, (M3) is select mode,
(M4> is list mode, (M5) is material mode, (M
O) is procedure mode, (M7) is calendar mode, (M
8) is Tootie mode, (MO) is Tomorrow mode,
(M10> is the search mode, and (Mll) is the registration mode.

After turning on the power, this system performs various initial settings.
Monitor mode (MO) is automatically reached. In this monitor mode (MO), the current time is displayed, the date is displayed, the temperature is displayed, and the timer setting status is displayed. This monitor mode (MO), in which the presence or absence of a schedule is displayed (FIG. 6), allows the system user to recognize various information at a glance. Timer mode (Ml
) can set and reset the timer as shown in Figure 7. Specifically, by specifying any channel and setting the on condition and off condition (on time, off time), the timer can be set and reset. Can be turned on/off.

The menu mode (M2) to the procedure mode (MO) are cooking-related modes depending on the cooking device (4).

In the calendar mode (M7), as shown in FIG. 8, a calendar of months including dates that cannot be displayed on the display device (4) is displayed. If the continuation key (24) is operated at this time, the calendar for the next month will be displayed. In today's mode (M8) and today's mode (MO), the current day's and next day's schedules are displayed, respectively. Search mode (M
IO> and registration mode (Mll> are schedule search and registration modes, respectively.The schedule data to be registered is stored in battery-backed RAM (33).
is stored in

Next, the transition procedure between each mode will be described. Monitor mode (M
A transition from O) to timer mode (Ml) is performed by operating the timer key (11) on the keyboard (3), and a return to monitor mode (MO) is achieved by operating the monitor key (11).
0> operation. Calendar mode (M7)
You can move to Today mode (M8), Tomorrow mode (MO), Search mode (MIO>, and Registration mode (Mll) by operating the Today key (20). Cornflower (21)
, the search key (22>) and the registration key (23).

FIG. 9 shows the configuration of the main parts of the home controller of the present invention. (3) is a keyboard, (60) is a system control circuit, and (61) is a calendar display data creation circuit, in which monthly calendar data is displayed. (62) is a schedule RAM that stores schedules in correspondence with calendar days; (63) is the display data creation circuit (61);
(64) is an additional circuit that adds a schedule mark to the calendar created in the schedule RAM on a certain date. (64) searches the calendar created in the calendar creation circuit (61) and the day information in the schedule RAM (62). schedule search circuit, (65) (66)
is a V-RAM and a display controller for displaying a calendar with a schedule mark from the additional circuit (63), which is connected to the display (2).
(67) is a cursor position control circuit for controlling the position of the cursor within the display screen of display (2); and (68) is a multiplexer.

Next, the present invention will be explained in detail with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. If you want to display the calendar in the initial state, use the numeric key row (27) on the keyboard (3).
A) Create a calendar display by operating the and inputting numbers etc. into the system control circuit (60), and display the created calendar on the display (2) (B).
The schedule search circuit (64) searches to see if a schedule has been registered in the schedule RAM (62) among the created calendars, and if there is a day on which a schedule is registered, the schedule mark addition circuit (63)
Add a mark (for example, *) to that day (C). If there is a schedule confirmation request in this state, the current position of the cursor is transferred from the cursor position control circuit (67) to the cursor/goo display creation circuit (61). Detect the specified year, month, and day based on the cursor position information obtained from ) and transfer it to the schedule search circuit (64) <E), and schedule the schedule data corresponding to the specified year, month, and day. Search from RAM (62) (F), if there is a schedule on the corresponding date, V
- It is displayed on the display (2) using the RAM (65) and display controller (66), and when there is no schedule, a message to that effect is displayed (H), and the registered schedule is so large that it cannot be displayed on one screen. If there are many, C0 in Figure 11
As shown in NT, a message to that effect is displayed on a part of the display screen (I
). Then, on the condition that the enter key (25) is operated, the subsequent schedule is read out and displayed (G).

(f) Effects of the Invention As is clear from the above description, the present invention adds a mark to the day on which the schedule is registered, and by placing the cursor on that day, the contents of the schedule can be recalled and displayed. Therefore, the schedule can be checked very easily, and the present invention greatly contributes to schedule management.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is an outside R view of the home controller (7) of the present invention, Figure 2 is its back view, Figure 3 is a top view of the keyboard, and Figure 4 is a top view of the keyboard.
The figure is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the home controller of the present invention, Figure 5 is a state transition diagram, Figures 6 to 8 are display screen diagrams in schedule related mode, and Figure 9 is the main components of the home controller of the present invention. FIG. 10 is a flow chart for explaining the operation, and FIG. 11 is a display screen diagram of the present invention, in which (1) is the main body of the home controller, (2) is a block diagram showing the configuration of the main unit, and FIG. Display, (3> is a keyboard, (19) is a calendar key, (28) is a cursor control key, (61) is a calendar display data creation circuit,
(62) is a schedule RAM, (63) is a schedule mark addition circuit, (64) is a schedule search circuit,
are shown respectively. Applicant Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. Figure 8 Figure 7

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] l) A control function that controls various electrical devices in the home, a monitoring function that issues commands corresponding to the information based on information from various sensors placed in the home, or a function that controls household events and family members. In a home controller that centrally controls multiple functions such as a schedule function that records daily schedules, etc., there is a calendar display data creation circuit that creates a monthly calendar and displays the calendar created by this circuit. a schedule RAM that stores schedules in correspondence with calendar days; and a schedule mark adding circuit that adds a schedule mark to a scheduled day of the calendar when the calendar is displayed on the display device. , a cursor position control circuit that controls the cursor position on the display screen of the display device; and a schedule search that searches whether or not a schedule exists in the schedule RAM corresponding to the day of the cursor position whose position is controlled by the control circuit. A home controller consisting of a circuit and.