JPS622794A - Multiple dwelling house with telecontrol system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To eliminate the necessity to change over the individual telephone during the absence by supervising/controlling the equipment of the house recognized through the home controller by the central controller under the conditions that the identifying signal transmitted through the public line is coincident to the identifying signal of either of respective houses. CONSTITUTION:Home controllers 6-1 and 6-2 are provided for respective houses, receive the command and other respective types of information from a residence building controller 4, a telecontrol responding part 41 to execute the prescribed processing corresponding to the information starts an ID discriminating part 42 in response to the signal sent from the public line and further, starts a function analyzing processing part 43 under conditions that the ID of the residence building and the ID of the house are 'OK.' Thus, when the telecontrol function is used from the external part, compared with the conventional system, the functions to input the residence building ID and discriminate it come to be excessively necessary, plural lines are unnecessary and the home controller may be only provided for respective houses.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to an apartment complex equipped with a telecontrol system that can monitor and control equipment in each dwelling unit from an external telephone using a public line.

[Conventional technology]

Figure 4 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example of a housing complex equipped with a teleconverter system, Figure 5 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example of a housing complex equipped with a collective communication control system, and Figure 6 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example of a housing complex equipped with a collective communication control system. FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example of an apartment complex equipped with a collective communication control system. In the figure, 11.1
5-1 and 15-2 are telephones, 12 is a switchboard, 13 is a telephone line, 14 and 17 are apartment buildings, 16.16-1 and 16-
2 is a telecontroller, 18.18-1 and 18-2 are home controllers, 19 is a housing controller, 20 is a common line, and 21 is a device.

2. Description of the Related Art As Western lifestyles become more diverse and houses become larger and more luxurious, so-called home automation has attracted attention. Examples include telecontrol systems that use telephones to monitor and control devices inside dwelling units from outside, and collective communication control systems that control information communication between each dwelling unit and shared facilities such as the manager's room or entrance in an apartment complex. There is. As shown in Fig. 4, the telecon system uses a public telephone 11 at work or a public telephone outside the home to send signals to the telecontrollers 16-1, 16-2 through the telephone line 13 at home, and then sends signals to the telecontrollers 16-1, 16-2, such as the front door key, electricity, etc. Control of coolers, etc. or confirmation of their operating status (monitoring)
etc. In addition, the collective communication control system
As shown in FIG.
8-1, 18-2 are installed and connected by a common line 20, and the connections of mutual communication lines such as intercoms are controlled and information is exchanged.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

However, when installing the above-mentioned teleconverter system and central control system in an apartment complex, each dwelling unit is equipped with one telecontroller for the teleconverter system and one home controller for the collective communication control system.
Each machine must be prepared separately, which increases equipment costs. Further, some devices are controlled by both the telecontroller 16 and the home controller 18 as shown in FIG. 6, and there is a problem that the overall handling becomes complicated. In addition, with teleconverter systems, when you go out and are away, you usually use a switch to switch the connection of your home telephone line from the telephone to the telecontroller, so if you forget to switch the connection when you go out, the teleconverter will be in trouble. There is also the problem that the system becomes unusable.

The present invention solves the above problems, and allows the teleconverter system to be used from the outside at all times without special switching operations, and is economical and allows the equipment of the teleconverter system and the collective communication control system to be shared. The purpose is to provide apartment complexes equipped with a simple teleconference system.

[Means for resolving inter-shin points]

To this end, an apartment complex equipped with the telecontrol system of the present invention connects the central controller and the home controller of each dwelling unit through a common communication line, and monitors/controls the equipment of each dwelling unit from the central controller via the home controller. In an apartment complex that has become like this, a central controller is connected to a public line, and the central controller is configured to ensure that the identification signal transmitted through the public line is matched with the identification signal of each unit in the house. Under the condition that the identification signal of each dwelling unit is recognized, the monitoring/control function signal and equipment number are recognized, and the equipment of the recognized dwelling unit is monitored/controlled via the home controller. This is a characteristic feature.

[Effect]

In an apartment complex equipped with the teleconverter system of the present invention, the desired monitor/control is performed only after the telephone number of the line using the teleconverter system, the identification signal of the housing unit, the monitoring/control function, and the equipment number are checked. carried out,
Moreover, if a predetermined condition is not satisfied in checking each signal, the signal becomes invalid. These processes are performed by a central controller commonly installed in a manager's room, etc., so it is only necessary to install a home controller in each dwelling unit.

〔Example〕

Examples will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of an apartment complex equipped with a teleconverter system of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. 3 is a diagram for explaining the processing flow of the teleconverter function section.

In the figure, l is a telephone set, 2 is a switchboard, 3 is a telephone communication control device, 4 is a housing controller, 5 is a voice response device, 6-1 and 6-2 are home controllers, 7 is a head end, and 8 is a coaxial 41 is a teleconverter response unit, 42 is an ID determination unit, 43 is a function analysis processing unit, 44 is a termination processing unit, 45 is a confirmation processing unit, 46 is a command processing unit, and 47 is a residential building bus communication control unit.

In FIG. 1, a telephone communication control device 3 includes a modem and modem (MODEM), a network control device (NC), and has an automatic call/receive function.
U). The housing controller 4 is connected to the telephone communication control device 3 and the coaxial cable 8 for common television viewing, and controls the intercom at the collective entrance, the call line between the manager and the intercom of each housing unit, reports fire and crime prevention, etc. In addition to communicating information between the manager and shared equipment and each dwelling unit, it also receives signals from public telephone lines through the telephone communication control device 3 and transfers monitoring/control signals to each dwelling unit. The voice response device 5 is the telephone communication control device 3
When the automatic call reception function is activated, a voice response signal is sent to the public line through the telephone communication control device 3 according to the water supply from the housing controller 4. The home controllers 6-1 and 6-2 are installed in each dwelling unit, receive commands from the building controller 4 and various other information, and perform predetermined processing corresponding to the information.

In such a configuration, the housing controller 4 usually sends control commands to the home controllers 6-1 and 6-2 of each housing unit to connect the intercom at the collective entrance and the communication line between the manager and the intercom of each housing unit. control the
It monitors signals from sensors installed throughout the house for fire and crime prevention, and provides various information and communications services within apartment complexes. Furthermore, when a public line is connected to an external telephone 1, the residential building controller 4 first LWs the ID (alt separate signal) of that residential building, and then identifies the 10 (3i1i separate signal) of each residential unit. FIG. 2 shows an example of the configuration of this teleconverter function in the residential building controller 4, which monitors and controls the home controller of the corresponding residential unit in accordance with the funxidine and equipment number.

In FIG. 2, the teleconverter response unit 41 activates the voice response device N5 according to a predetermined sequence in response to a signal sent from the public line, activates the [D discrimination unit 42, and furthermore, The function analysis processing unit 43 is activated on condition that the ID of the dwelling unit is rOKJ.

10 discrimination section 42 discriminates the ID of the dwelling building and the ID of the dwelling unit according to the indication of 1 from the teleconference response section 41, and the funcsiran analysis processing section 43 analyzes the function to correspond to the contents of the funksijin. Termination processing unit 44
, &i recognition processing section 45, and command processing section 46. The termination processing section 44 activates the voice response device 5, sends a termination message, and then controls the telephone communication control device 3 to disconnect the public line. The command processing section 46 performs a process of collecting the operating status of the number, and the command processing section 46 controls the operation (on/off) of the designated device number. The residential building bus communication control section 47 sends out signals from the confirmation processing section 45 and the command processing section 46 to a common communication line (coaxial cable). When using the teleconference function configured as described above, first, a specific telephone number is dialed. Then, with the line connected, the ID of the housing unit is transmitted, followed by ID of the housing unit - function - equipment number - funxidine - equipment number... and finally, by transmitting the end function. , it is possible to monitor/control equipment in a desired dwelling unit.

FIG. 3 shows the flow of processing by the housing controller 4 in this case, and the flow of the processing will be explained below.

When a call is received from a public line, the automatic call reception function operates and the line is connected, but at this time, for example, a message ``I am not home at the moment'' is sent, and after a predetermined period of time, the next process starts from ①.

■ Activate the voice response device and send the message “Mansion I
Please enter D.'' is sent, and the next step (■) is performed to manually process the housing ID.

■Reference the housing building ID with a preset ID.

In the case of OK, the process (2) is performed, and in the case of NG, the termination process is performed.

■ Activate the voice response device, send the message ``Please enter the housing unit ID,'' and perform the input process for the housing unit ID1.
Next, perform the process (■).

■ Residential building! It is checked whether there is a corresponding dwelling unit by referring to rD set in advance. In the case of OK, the corresponding dwelling unit is stored and the process (2) is performed, and in the case of NG, the termination process is performed.

■ Activate the voice response device and receive the message ``Please input a function that instructs whether confirmation is a command or termination.''
, and performs the process (2) in the 0th order, which performs function input processing.

■ Perform function determination processing. If the function is "confirmation", perform the process of ■. If the function is "command", perform the [phase] processing, and if the function is "end", perform the [phase] processing. I do.

■ Activate the voice response device and receive the message ``Please enter the device number.'' Send J and perform the device number input process 0
Next, perform the process (■).

■ Manually process the operation information of the equipment number of the dwelling unit according to the stored dwelling unit ID. In this case, the process (2) of the 0th order is performed, in which an inquiry is made to the home controller of the dwelling unit about the operating status of the device number through the common line.

■ Send operating information for the specified device number 0 Next, return to the process in ■.

[Phase] Start the voice response device, send the message ``Please enter the device number,'' and perform the 0th and 0th steps to input the device number.

■ Activate the voice response device, send the message ``Please enter the on/off command,'' and input the command information. Next, process @.

0 Send command information for the device number of the dwelling unit to the home controller according to the stored dwelling unit ID.

Next, 0 processing is performed.

0 Send the operation information of the specified device number 0 Next, return to the process of (3).

[Phase] Start the voice response device, send the message ``Completed.'' and perform the termination process.

As mentioned earlier, as a communication line for information communication between the residential building controller and the home controller, the coaxial cable for common TV viewing installed in the apartment complex is assigned a frequency band different from that of the TV. However, in this case, each dwelling unit is connected via a branch that has reverse coupling loss to reduce mutual interference. This reverse coupling loss normally acts effectively in a frequency band of several tens of MHz or more, and the transmission and reception of signals is limited only to the upper direction. Therefore, when using a communication line in a high frequency region where this reverse coupling loss is a problem, it is necessary to install a repeater at the head end to which the topmost public antenna of the coaxial cable is connected, and use this repeater to loop back the signal. Bye. When a low frequency band in which reverse coupling can be ignored is used as a communication line, signals can be directly exchanged between upper and lower ends without the need for a repeater at the head end.

In addition, the communication protocol between each station is controlled by the housing controller (
A polling method may be adopted in which the master station only checks whether there is a request from each home controller (slave station) and information is communicated according to the confirmation results, but this method is also used in other general information communication systems. Any communication protocol that has been established may be adopted.

Thus, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and that various modifications are possible.

(Effects of the Invention) As is clear from the above description, according to the present invention, when using the teleconference function from outside, compared to conventional systems, the function of manually inputting and identifying the building ID is unnecessary. However, multiple lines are not required, and since each dwelling unit only needs to be equipped with a home controller, equipment costs for each dwelling unit can be reduced.Furthermore, since the home controller can be used as is, it is easy to use when going out. It eliminates the need to switch between individual telephones, is easy to use, and eliminates the complexity of conventional teleconference systems.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram for explaining one embodiment of an apartment complex equipped with a teleconverter system of the present invention, and FIG. Figure 3 is a diagram for explaining the processing flow of the teleconverter function section, Figure 4 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example of a collective housing complex equipped with a teleconverter system, and Figure 5 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example of a collective housing complex equipped with a collective communication control system. FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining a conventional example of a housing complex. ■...Telephone device, 2...Switchboard, 3...Telephone communication control device, 4...Residence building controller, 5...Voice response device, 6-1.4=6-2... home controller,
7...Head end, 8...Coaxial cable, 41.
...Telecon response section, 42...10 discrimination section, 43...
・Funky day analysis processing unit, 44... Termination processing unit,
45... Confirmation processing section, 46... Command processing section, 47.
...Residential bus communication control section. Patent applicant Ryukichi Abe, patent attorney representing Shimizu Corporation Figure 3

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) In an apartment complex where the central controller and the home controller of each dwelling unit are connected through a common communication line, and the central controller monitors/controls the equipment of each dwelling unit via the home controller, the central controller is connected to the public line, and the central controller recognizes the identification signal of each dwelling unit, provided that the identification signal transmitted through the public line matches the identification signal of any of the dwelling units in the house. A housing complex equipped with a telecontrol system, characterized in that the system is configured to subsequently recognize a monitoring/control function signal and a device number, and monitor/control the recognized devices of the dwelling unit via a home controller. (2) An apartment complex equipped with a teleconverter system according to claim 1, wherein the common communication line uses a specific frequency range of a coaxial cable for common television viewing.