KR100877684B1 - Remote Control System and Method Using Automatic Telephone Response - Google Patents

Abstract

According to the present invention, a user of a remote communication means connects to a communication network to receive state information of an internal outlet as an automatic voice response, and selectively turns on / off power of an internal electric device according to the received state information. The present invention relates to an automatic voice response remote control system and a method for receiving a captured image by turning on / off an internal video monitoring device and controlling a monitoring direction.

To this end, the present invention provides a ring detection step of selecting an internal telephone or a remote control system by detecting a ring signal as a remote user connects to a communication network through a communication means, and a user confirming the control authority of the automatic voice answering remote control system. The authentication step, the automatic voice answering machine provides the remote user with voice status information of the digital outlet collected through the internal network, and the remote user selectively turns on / off the digital outlet by key input. Automatic voice-responsive remote control process consisting of a digital outlet control step; and a remote user to turn on / off the power of the internal video surveillance device, and to control the video camera and to remotely monitor Remote monitoring control process.

Accordingly, the present invention as described above provides a convenience to individually control the electrical equipment connected to the digital outlet according to the information provided by voice using a communication means in the interior as well as remote, power supply of the video surveillance apparatus in the remote It has the effect of remote monitoring and security by turning ON / OFF and controlling the monitoring direction and receiving video signal.

Remote control, automatic voice response, digital outlet, video surveillance

Description

Remote control system and method using automatic voice response

Figure 1 is a simplified block diagram of an automatic voice response remote control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detailed block diagram of an automatic voice response remote control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a remote control process of an internal digital outlet and a video surveillance apparatus using a remote communication means and a remote internet access means according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of an image surveillance apparatus and a flow of an image signal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

<Description of Symbols for Major Parts of Drawings>

100: automatic voice response remote control device,

200: Digital outlet

300: remote control device remote control

400: Video surveillance device

105: ring detector

106: remote signal detector

107: answering machine

202: contactor switch

203: status monitoring

403: Video camera

405: video transmitter

According to the present invention, a user of a remote communication means connects to a communication network to receive state information of an outlet provided through an internal network in an automatic voice response, selectively turns on / off power of an internal electric device, and The present invention relates to an automatic voice response remote control system for receiving a captured image by turning on / off an image monitoring value and controlling a monitoring direction.

In general, there has been provided a method of selectively turning on / off the power of an outlet only remotely when necessary to prevent safety of electric facilities and standby power consumption.

In the conventional technology, a method of selectively blocking a password and a unique number by accessing a telephone from a remote site, and using a public telephone network, through a ring detection process and a caller authentication process, uses a signal inputted by a complex frequency code (DTMF) to power an outlet. There is a method of turning on / off. However, the above-described prior art has a problem that the remote user must control the internal outlet in a situation where the remote user cannot check the ON / OFF state of the internal outlet.

Another conventional technology is a method of remotely controlling a computer using an internet access network. However, the computer is always turned on and is applicable only to an environment using a fixed IP address. As a conventional technique for overcoming the above limited application range, there is a technology for remotely controlling a web server with a management program installed and viewing a control web page, but the difficulty of constructing the management server and the management server must be always on. Therefore, there are security vulnerabilities, and also inconvenient to use unless experienced users.

Another conventional technique to solve the above problems is to access the internal network from a remote site to the telephone, to control the internal outlet through the DTMF signal, and to remotely turn on / off the internal computer There is a remote control technology that can utilize the data communication function of the computer. However, in order to receive the status information of the internal outlet, there is a restriction that must be performed where a computer connected to the Internet network is provided.

In addition, when controlling the remote video surveillance device using the above-mentioned outlet remote control method, the outlet can be appropriately controlled by visually observing the inside as well as the monitoring function, but the above-mentioned outlet remote control method does not include such a function. Therefore, you must have a separate complementary solution system.

In general, the image information system is a complementary solution for monitoring, recording, and retrieving image information detected by equipment such as a closed circuit television (CCTV) camera installed at a designated location using a digital video recorder (DVR) and a monitor. Although there are systems that have the capability to monitor and manage them remotely with the support of the system, network and communication functions, the implementation of new complementary communication functions and networks due to the expensive installation costs required to implement such a complementary solution system. There is a need for a system capable of simply receiving a remote control and receiving a captured image.

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention for solving the above problems is to easily receive the status information of the internal outlet by using a communication means at a remote location, without using a limited means such as an Internet connection means, the internal outlet It is to provide an automatic voice response remote control system and a method for selectively controlling the system.

A second object of the present invention is to install an automatic video surveillance device inside without additional video surveillance network, an automatic voice response remote control system and method for remote control and monitoring through an existing communication network at a remote location. To provide.

It is a third object of the present invention to provide an automatic voice response remote control system and method having excellent security in controlling an internal outlet and a video surveillance device at a remote location.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in detail the configuration and operation of the present invention for achieving the above object. In the accompanying drawings, it should be noted that the same reference numerals as shown in the configuration and operation in the other drawings use the same reference numerals as much as possible when indicating the same configuration and operation. In the following description of the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known function or known configuration may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Figure 1 is a simplified block diagram of an automatic voice response remote control system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, the present invention includes an automatic voice response remote control device 100, a plurality of digital outlets 200, a remote control device remote control 300, a video surveillance device 400, and an internal computer 600. In addition, it is characterized by consisting of the internal telephone 502, the remote communication means 501 and the remote Internet connection means 601 connected to the above-described configuration.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an internal configuration, interconnections, and a connection relationship of each block of FIG. 1 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure.

Referring to the detailed configuration diagram of FIG. 2 and the simplified block diagram of FIG. 1, each configuration will be described below.

The automatic voice response remote control apparatus 100 includes a communication network connection terminal 101 connected to a communication network 701 to which a remote communication means 501 is connected; and generated according to a connection request of the remote communication means 501. A ring detector 105 which checks the number of ring signals of the internal telephone 502 and transmits the checked number of ring signals to the controller; and a telephone connection connection terminal 102 connecting the internal telephone line; and the number of checked ring signals A relay 103 for selectively blocking the internal telephone line according to the present invention; and a remote signal detector 106 for acquiring the key input signal of the remote communication means 501 and transferring the acquired signal to the controller 108; and an internal digital outlet. An automatic voice answering machine 107 which provides a voice message informing the status information of the 200 and a guide voice message necessary for the remote control step to the user of the remote communication means 501; and the remote communication means 501 in a control mode or remote. Control unit A mode conversion unit 104 for converting the control mode into a selected mode among the control modes; and receiving the state information of the digital outlet 200 as a wireless signal, and controlling the digital outlet 200 and the image surveillance apparatus 400. A wireless transmitter / receiver 109 for transmitting a wireless signal for receiving a control signal from a remote control unit 300; and the telephone connection connection terminal 103, and for transmitting a voice response. And a controller 108 for controlling the digital outlet 200 and the control signal of the video surveillance apparatus 400.

The digital outlet 200 has a plurality of outlets 210 connected to an external power source, a contact switch 202 for opening and closing the power source of the outlet 210; and the on / off of the outlet 210 A state monitor 203 for monitoring whether the power is supplied or cut off, and whether the plug is plugged into the outlet 210; and the automatic voice-responsive remote control device 100 And a wireless transmitter / receiver 201 for receiving an outlet control signal and transmitting a status signal of the outlet; and a controller 204 for controlling the above components of the digital outlet 200.

The remote control device remote control 300 is a key operation unit 301 that the user operates; and a signal processing unit 302 for encoding a radio signal corresponding to the input signal of the key operation unit 301; and the encoded signal Characterized in that it consists of; a remote control transmitter 303 for transmitting to the automatic voice response remote control device (100).

The video surveillance apparatus 400 includes a wireless receiver 401 for receiving a control signal of the video camera 403 transmitted from the automatic voice response remote control apparatus 100; and a video surveillance apparatus according to the received signal. A controller 402 for controlling 400; and an image camera 403 for capturing an internal image; and a signal processor 404 for encoding the captured image signal; and an encoded image signal to an internal computer 600. It is characterized by consisting of; image transmission unit 405 for transmitting wirelessly.

The internal computer 600 receives and stores a video signal captured by the video surveillance apparatus 400, and the received video signal is provided to a user of a remote internet access means 601 through an internet network.

The remote communication means 501 may be used as a wired or wireless telephone.

Since the means for transmitting and receiving information between the components may use a known technique, a detailed description thereof will be omitted. For example, the communication network 701 may be formed of a Public Toggle Telephone Network (PSTN) and a Dual Tone Muti-frequency (DTMF) method for button key input, and the communication network 705 may be connected to the Internet. As a communication, a packet switched data network (PSDN) may be used. The internal wireless network 702, 703 is a plurality of digital outlets 200 controlled by the automatic voice response remote control device 100 is distributed in several places, and also can be concealed by electrical equipment and other obstacles, such as wireless LAN or It is desirable to implement a home radio frequency (RF) signal. In particular, the internal wireless network 703 transmitted by the video surveillance apparatus 400 to the internal computer 600 is a video signal, and the description thereof will be omitted since it may be implemented by a known technique.

The operation by the above configuration will be described below according to a flowchart.

3 is a digital outlet 200 and a video surveillance apparatus through a user of a remote communication means 501 and a remote Internet access means 601 according to an embodiment of the present invention through an internal automatic voice response remote control apparatus 100; 400 is a flow chart showing a process of remote control.

Referring to FIG. 3, since the remote communication means 501 requests a telephone connection to the internal network through the communication network 701 (S110: dial-up request step), the ring detector 105 checks the number of ring signals (S120). : Ring detection step), less than the set number of times, the internal telephone 502 remains connected, and the remote system is not operated (S510: internal telephone connection status maintaining step). When the number of times of the ring signal is greater than or equal to the set number of times, the relay 103 is turned off according to the instruction of the controller 108 to block the internal telephone 502, and at the same time, the remote communication means 501 is connected to the remote system. (S130: remote system connection step). When connected to the remote system, the user of the remote communication means 501 enters a password, and the remote signal detector 106 and the controller 108 compare the stored password with the password to determine whether or not to match (S140). User authentication step), only the user of the remote communication means 501 obtained the authentication can control the digital outlet 200 and the video surveillance apparatus 400.

If the user authentication step (S140) passes, the digital outlet 200 or the video surveillance apparatus 400 may be selected and controlled (S150: digital outlet and video surveillance apparatus selection step).

When the digital outlet 200 is selected, the on / off status information of each outlet 210 and the plug status information of the plug are transmitted as a voice message through the automatic voice answering machine 107. 501 is provided to the user (S210: status information notification step of the internal outlet). Accordingly, the user of the remote communication means 501 can select an outlet to listen to the guidance voice message and control the key input, and the remote signal detector 106 acquires the key input signal, thereby controlling the controller 108 and wireless transmission and reception. It is transmitted to the digital outlet 200 through the unit 109 and the internal wireless network 702.

When the digital outlet 200 receives an operation signal from the automatic voice-responsive remote control device 100, the corresponding contact switch 202 is opened or closed according to an instruction of the controller 204. To operate (S220: digital outlet control step); The converted state information of the outlet is transmitted to the automatic voice response remote control device 100 to update the stored state information of the digital outlet 200, the automatic voice answering machine 107 to the user of the remote communication means 501 The updated status information is notified by a voice message (step S230: notification of controlled digital outlet status information). In addition, the remote communication means 501 provides a voice guidance asking whether to continue the remote control process (S240).

When the video surveillance apparatus 400 is selected in the selection of the digital outlet 200 and the video surveillance apparatus 400, the automatic voice answering machine 107 is a video surveillance apparatus for the user of the remote communication means 501. (S410: video monitoring device usage guide step), the remote signal detector 106 obtains the key input of the user of the remote communication means 501, the image to the internal wireless network 702 The video surveillance apparatus 400 controls the video camera 403 in a desired direction according to the signal (S420: video surveillance apparatus control step). In addition, the image data photographed by the video camera 403 is signal-converted by the signal processing unit 404 in accordance with the wired and wireless protocol format, the remote Internet connection means 601 through the image transmitter 405 and the internal computer 600 ) Is transmitted (S430: image information receiving step). An image processing and transmission process of the video surveillance apparatus 400 will be described in detail later with reference to FIG. 4.

Since the video surveillance apparatus 400 is connected to the outlet 210 of the digital outlet 200, the outlet of the video surveillance apparatus 400 is connected by the remote control process of the digital outlet 200. The process of turning ON 210 must be preceded. Preferably, the video surveillance apparatus 400 is automatically operated at the same time as the power is supplied.

When the digital outlet 200 and the video surveillance apparatus 400 are operated, the automatic voice answering machine 107 of the automatic voice answering remote control apparatus 100 is remotely controlled by the user of the remote communication means 501. A voice prompting whether to continue the operation of the system is issued, and the system operation is repeated or terminated according to the key input signal of the user (S240).

4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the video surveillance apparatus 400 and a video signal processing process.

Referring to FIG. 4, the outlet 210 connected to the power source of the video surveillance apparatus 400 is closed by using the ON / OFF operation process of the digital outlet 200 described with reference to FIG. 3. The video surveillance apparatus 400 automatically starts operation and shooting (S810: video surveillance apparatus ON control step). The video camera 403 of the video surveillance apparatus 400 is controlled by the video surveillance apparatus control step S420 of FIG. 3 to capture an image in a desired direction (S820: video surveillance apparatus photographing and control step). The captured image is processed by the signal processor 404 according to the wired / wireless protocol format and then transmitted to the internal computer 600 through the internal wireless network 703. (S830: Internal computer receiving step); The internal computer sends the received video signal to the remote internet access means 601 through the internet network 704, and the user of the remote internet access means 601 monitors the video while watching the video (S840: remote place). Receiving Internet access means). When the user of the remote communication means 501 and the remote Internet access means 601 ends video surveillance, the user ends by turning off the outlet 210 to which the power supply of the video sensing device 400 is connected (OFF) ( S850: video surveillance device OFF control step).

Although specific embodiments have been shown and described in order to illustrate the technical idea of the present invention, the present invention is not limited to the same configuration and operation as the specific embodiments as described above, and various modifications are made without departing from the scope of the present invention. Can be implemented. Therefore, such modifications should also be regarded as belonging to the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the present invention should be determined by the claims below.

Therefore, according to an embodiment of the present invention as described above, the remote user can selectively control the digital outlet by receiving the status information of the digital outlet installed in the internal network as a voice response by using a communication means, Even if you are not a user, you can connect to the internal network interactively and easily perform accurate remote control.

In addition, the present invention can control the internal video monitor value by simple key operation of the communication means without easily constructing a complicated video surveillance network, and can easily receive captured images.

In addition, the present invention is excellent in security in controlling the internal outlet and the video surveillance value in the remote.

Claims (8)

delete In order to remotely control the internal outlet power through the communication network to the remote communication means 501, the digital outlet 200 for supplying power to the internal electrical equipment, and the digital outlet according to the signal input of the remote communication means 501 ( An automatic voice response remote control system composed of an automatic voice response remote control apparatus 100 for controlling 200; The digital outlet 200 includes a plurality of outlets 210 connected to a power source, a contact switch 202 for turning on / off power of the outlet 210, and the automatic voice response remote control. A wireless transmission / reception unit 201 wirelessly connected to the apparatus 100, and a controller 204 for controlling power of the outlet in response to the received control signal; The automatic voice-responsive remote control device 100 acquires a communication network connection connection terminal 101 connected to the remote communication means 501 and the communication network 701 and a key input signal of the remote communication means 501. A remote signal detector 106, a controller 108 for controlling the digital outlet 200 in response to the acquired remote signal, and a wireless transmitter / receiver 109 wirelessly connected to the digital outlet 200. Configured to include; The outlet 210 is given an individual identification code, The digital outlet 200, And a state monitor 203 for monitoring the power on / off state and the plug in / off state information of the outlet 210, and transmit the state information of the outlet 210 to the wireless transmission. / Transmits to the automatic voice response remote control apparatus 100 through the receiving unit 201; The automatic voice response remote control device 100, It is characterized in that it further comprises an automatic voice answering machine for providing the status information of the outlet 210 received from the digital outlet 200 and the guide information necessary for the remote control step to the remote communication means 501 as voice guidance. Automatic voice response remote control system. The method of claim 2, The automatic voice response remote control device 100, A telephone connection terminal 102 for connecting a telephone line of the internal telephone 502, a ring detector 105 for checking the number of ring signals of the internal telephone 502 according to a connection request of the remote communication means 501, And a relay 103 which blocks the connection with the internal telephone 502 to control the digital outlet 200 when the number of checked ring signals is greater than a preset number. Automatic voice response remote control system. The method of claim 3, wherein The automatic voice response remote control system, A key operation unit 301 for inputting a user control signal, a signal processing unit 302 for encoding a radio signal corresponding to the key input signal, and transmitting the encoded signal to the automatic voice response remote control apparatus 100 It further comprises a remote control device remote control 300 is composed of a remote control transmitter 302; The automatic voice response remote control device 100, The remote communication means 501 further comprises a mode conversion unit 104 for converting to a mode selected from the control mode or the remote control device remote control 300 control mode, the remote control in the remote control device 300 control mode Automatic voice response remote control system, characterized in that the device remote control 300 to control the digital outlet (200). The method according to claim 3 or 4, The automatic voice response remote control system, A wireless receiver 401 for receiving a control signal of the automatic voice response remote control apparatus 100, an image camera 403 for capturing an internal image, a signal processor 404 for encoding a captured image signal, and A video surveillance apparatus 400 including a video transmitter 405 for transmitting the encoded video signal and a controller 402 for controlling the video camera; After the video surveillance apparatus 400 is turned on under the control of the remote communication means 501 through the automatic voice response remote control apparatus 100, the video surveillance apparatus 400 receives a video signal from the remote control apparatus. An automatic voice response remote control system further comprising an internal computer (600) for transmitting to the Internet access means (601). delete In order to remotely control the internal outlet power through the communication network to the remote communication means 501, the digital outlet 200 for supplying electric power to the internal electrical device, and the one or more signal according to the signal input of the remote communication means 501 An automatic voice response remote control method comprising an automatic voice response remote control apparatus 100 for controlling a digital outlet 200; Remote communication means 501 to request a telephone connection to the internal network through the communication network (701) (S110); Checking the number of ring signals of the internal telephone 502 (S120); Blocking connection with the internal telephone 502 when the ring signal number is more than a preset number (S130); User authentication step (S140) of the remote communication means (501); Providing the status information of the digital outlet 200 to a user of a remote communication means 501 as a voice message (S210); Controlling the internal digital outlet 200 on / off (ON / OFF) by a key input of a user of the remote communication means (501) (S220); The changed state information of the digital outlet 200 is updated and delivered to the remote communication means 501 as a voice message (S230). In the step (S210), the outlet 210 on / off (ON / OFF) state information of the digital outlet 200 and the state information indicating whether or not the plug of the electrical device is plugged into the outlet 210 is collected Is transmitted to the remote communication means 501 in a voice message; In the step (S220), the digital outlet 200 status information after being controlled in response to a key input of the remote communication means 501 is transmitted to the remote communication means 501 as a voice message; Automatic voice response remote control method characterized in that. In order to remotely control the internal outlet power through the communication network and to receive an image captured by the remote communication means 501, the digital outlet 200 for supplying electric power to the internal electric device and the remote communication means 501 In the automatic voice response remote control method comprising an automatic voice response remote control device 100 for controlling the one or more digital outlets 200 according to the signal input, and an image monitoring device 400 for capturing the interior. ; Receiving a telephone connection request of the remote communication means 501 to the internal network through the communication network (701) (S110); Checking the number of ring signals of the internal telephone 502 (S120); Blocking connection with the internal telephone 502 when the ring signal number is more than a preset number (S130); User authentication step (S140) of the remote communication means (501); Receiving one of the digital outlet 200 control or the image surveillance apparatus 400 control (S150); When receiving the control of the digital outlet 200 in step S150, providing state information of the digital outlet 200 as a voice message (S210); Turning on (210) an outlet 210 connected to the video surveillance apparatus 400 among the internal digital outlets 200 by a key input of a user of the remote communication means 501; Guiding the remote communication means 501 to a remote communication means 501 that the outlet 210 connected to the video surveillance apparatus 400 is turned on (S230); Receiving selection whether to terminate the control process or continue (S240); In step S240, the step of continuing the control process is selected, and when the control of the video surveillance apparatus 200 is selected in step S150, a usage guide of the video surveillance apparatus 400 is provided as a voice response. Step S410; Controlling the video surveillance apparatus 400 according to a key input of the remote communication means 501 and providing a video signal to the remote communication means 501 (S420, S430). Remote control method.

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