JPH01202965A - Pagering home automation system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To allow the end of control to be confirmed by a remote handy pager terminal set by receiving a control data by a radio wave via a pager base station, controlling it, and calling a monitor pager terminal set when the end of the control is detected by a sensor so as to inform the state to the party carrying the set. CONSTITUTION:A monitor pager set 2 receives a terminal identification number and a control data sent from a base station 3 and detects it to be its own identification number, the received control data is outputted to a device control section 11. Then the device control section 22 analyzes the control data and when the data is a correct control data, one of drivers 12 of the device to be controlled is driven. As the result of the device to be controlled driven by the driver 12, when the sensor 15 detecting the end of the operation generates a detection output, the output corresponding to the sensor is generated to the notice control section. A notice control section 14 applies dialing to call the monitor pager terminal set 2. The person carrying the terminal set can confirms the end of a prescribed operation depending on the content of the data displayed on a display section 21.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Summary] Regarding a pagering home automation system equipped with a pager terminal that can remotely control various devices in a home (house), there is a method for receiving data and transmitting control signals to the home automation system. The purpose of this system is to provide a pagering/home automation system that allows control operations to be performed using a display pager terminal and to confirm the completion of a control operation using a remote portable pager terminal. In a home automation system that can be controlled by a control signal, a control pager terminal that receives data is provided in the home, and the received data output of the control pager terminal is input as a device control signal of the home automation system, and the control pager terminal or When a device control signal is received from the telephone line, the device control section drives the driver of the corresponding device, and a sensor is provided to detect when the execution of the control operation has been completed, and a notification control section is activated by the detection output of the sensor. When the notification control unit is activated, it sends out a message indicating the number information and status for calling the monitoring pager terminal, and the monitoring pager terminal receives and displays the message at any location to determine the status of the device after sending the control signal. Configure to check.

[Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a pagering home automation system equipped with a pager terminal that can remotely control various devices in a home (house N).

BACKGROUND ART In recent years, home automation systems have been increasingly adopted that centrally control various devices in the home, such as air conditioners, baths, rice cookers, lighting, etc., and remotely control them via telephone lines.

When controlling the home automation system via telephone line, if the control operation can be confirmed in a short time, it is possible to confirm the operation immediately after sending the control command, but it takes a long time to complete the operation. It is difficult to wait in front of the telephone for a long time when the telephone is required.

Such a control operation may include, for example, supplying hot water to a bathtub (or igniting gas in a bathtub filled with water). In this case, a mechanism is provided that automatically stops the hot water supply (or stops the gas) when the bathtub is filled with a predetermined amount of hot water, but this is not guaranteed to stop with absolute certainty. Therefore, they had to worry about whether a disaster such as a fire would occur in their home due to an abnormality in the equipment after the control command was sent.

Therefore, we would like to know whether the operation has been executed and completed, but even if there is a device that informs the status in response to telephone inquiries, it is time-consuming to make occasional telephone calls, and it is difficult to make calls to the place where there is a telephone. There is a constraint that the information must be verified, and it is desired to implement a method for easily and reliably confirming the information.

[Prior Art] In a home automation system that performs remote control by transmitting control signals from a conventional telephone, control data is transmitted through a public telephone line by a combination of numbers and symbols using a two-frequency signal from a button-type telephone. The home automation system on the receiving side decodes the control data and drives the corresponding controlled device to perform a predetermined operation.

In that case, in the case of a control that can be responded to immediately (for example, turning on or off a light), the end of the control action is immediately executed while the telephone that sent the control data is kept on hold, and the result is displayed as a signal sound or This can be confirmed using synthesized sounds, etc.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] According to the above-mentioned conventional technology, transmitting a remote control signal from a telephone to confirm the completion of the operation is problematic in the case of a control operation that completes in a short time. However, in the case of control operations that require time to confirm the completion of an operation, confirming by phone requires time and effort, such as keeping the phone connected and waiting, or making repeated calls. It was difficult to confirm once you were away from a certain location.

If you do not check whether the home automation system has normally completed the specified operation (reached the specified state) when performing remote control, it will lack safety and may cause disasters such as fire. The problem was that it was extremely dangerous if confirmation could not be obtained.

In addition, if your home automation system cannot be accessed due to a malfunction of the telephone line (to control whether to start or stop the equipment), you can also send control signals and confirm operation via the telephone line. Pagering/home automation allows the transmission of control signals to the home automation system using a pager terminal that receives and displays the data, and also allows confirmation that the control operation has been completed using a remote portable pager terminal. The purpose is to provide a system.

[Means for solving problems] A basic configuration diagram of the present invention is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a home automation system, 10 is a control pager terminal, 11 is a device control unit, and 12 is a home automation system.
13 is a driver provided corresponding to each controlled device to drive a plurality of controlled devices; 13 is an automatic calling/receiving unit; 14
1 is a notification control unit; 15 is a sensor provided in each controlled device to detect when the controlled device is driven to a predetermined state; 16 is a handset; 2 is a monitoring pager terminal; 3 is a base station, 4 is a switch, 5 is a two-frequency PB signal or DTMF: Dual Tone M
represents a telephone capable of generating an ulti frequency signal (referred to as an ulti frequency signal).

The home automation system of the present invention includes a telephone 5
Control is performed by receiving control data via a telephone line from a telephone line or wirelessly via a pager base station, and when the control operation is completed and the sensor detects it, the detection output is used to identify other members with the same identification number. This system performs operations to send out a dial number and data representing the status to call the monitoring pager terminal, and then calls the monitoring pager terminal and notifies the person carrying it of the status. .

The pager terminal is what is called a pocket device.

Recently, pager terminals have been used which have the function of receiving and displaying messages from the sender in addition to the function of calling by a signal tone. Use this message reception display type.

[The owner or family member of the house in which the home automation system is installed as a copypager terminal carries the monitoring pager terminal 2, and the control pager terminal 1o, which has the same identification number (TD layer number), is installed in the home automation system. , whose data output terminals are connected to the device control section 11, and the two pager terminals have exactly the same functions.

When the telephone 5 shown in FIG. 1 executes a pre-assigned control operation to the home automation system at home, there are two methods (1) and (2) below.

(2) Specifying and dialing the monitoring pager terminal 2 using the telephone m5, and then transmitting data instructing the operation of the control equipment.

(2) Dial the home phone number using the telephone 5, and then send out data instructing the operation of the control equipment.

In case (2) above, the terminal receives the terminal identification number and control data sent from the base station 3, and if it detects that it is its own identification number, outputs the received control data to the device control section 11. In the case of (2) above, the automatic calling/receiving section 13 detects a call via the telephone line 100, receives the control data sent next, and sends it to the device control section 11.

The device control unit 11 analyzes the control data, and if the control data is correct, drives one of the drivers 12 (of which there are a plurality) of the controlled device to execute the corresponding control operation.

As a result of the operation of the controlled device by the driver 12, when the sensor 15 that detects the end of the operation (for example, a sensor that detects that the water in the bath has reached a predetermined level) generates a detection output, the sensor 15 is sent to the notification control section. Generates the corresponding output.

In this case, is it automatic that the driver 12 is automatically stopped by the sensor 15 or other detector? Needless to say, there are 11 devices.

The notification control unit 14 thereby activates the automatic call origination/reception unit 13, sets it to the outgoing state, dials the monitoring pager terminal 2, and subsequently sends the status data corresponding to the sensor that has generated the detection output. . As a result, the base station 3 is connected via the exchange 4, and the base station 3 modulates the received pager terminal number and status data in a predetermined manner and transmits them from the antenna 31. When this is received by the monitoring pager terminal 2, the person carrying the terminal performs a control operation in the home automation system according to the control data sent at a previous time according to the content of the data displayed on the display section 21. It can be confirmed that the predetermined state has been reached and the operation has been completed.

In this case, status data is also received and displayed on the control pager terminal 10, but the controlled device is controlled based on the received data (it does not matter if it has already stopped, but
(If it is operating due to a failure, stop the operation)
By doing so, the check can be performed reliably.

Note that if confirmation is not obtained even after a certain period of time has elapsed, measures can be taken such as applying a new control signal to stop the control operation using method (1) or (2) above.

[Example code] A configuration diagram of an embodiment of the present invention is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, 20 is a control pager terminal, 21 is a home automation system, 22 is an automatic call/receiver unit,
23 is a notification control unit, 24 is a handset, 25 is a monitoring pager terminal, 26 is a base station, 27 is an exchange, and 28 is a telephone set.

The operation of the embodiment will be explained below.

First, to explain the case where control data is transmitted from the telephone 28 via the control pager terminal 20, the button is operated to dial the base station 26, and then the identification number of the control pager terminal 20 is transmitted. and data representing instructions to control the controlled equipment are sequentially sent out.

The control pager terminal 20 receives this from the radio waves transmitted from the base station 26. At this time, a reception 0 display is also performed on the monitoring pager terminal 25 (carried by the person sending the control data) having the same identification number.

When the control pager terminal 20 receives the control data, it outputs the control data from its data output terminal, and the analysis unit 210 decodes and analyzes the data contents.If it is recognized as control data, the data is sent to the selection control unit 211. Send. Here, one of the drivers 212a to 212c for driving a plurality of controlled devices is selected according to the data and a driving output is supplied.

One of the mechanical parts 213a to 213c operates in response to one driver, and when a predetermined state is reached after a predetermined time, one of the sensors 214a to 214C corresponding to the driven mechanical part generates a detection output.

In response to the detection output from one of the sensors 214a to 214C, the notification control circuit 232 of the notification control section 23 activates the automatic calling device 224 of the automatic call originating/receiving section 22 and turns off the driver.

On the other hand, a read operation is performed using the address corresponding to the sensor output from the memory 231, and messages indicating the status are successively sent to the register 2321 along with the base station calling number.
Set to .

The data in the register 2321 is sequentially supplied to the two-frequency signal generator 233 for the telephone line whose hook switch circuit 223 is turned on (to close the DC loop of the line) by the automatic paging device 224, and the button is pressed. A multi-frequency signal similar to the signal is sent out.

The exchange 27 connects this telephone to the destination base station 26, and the base station receives the sent pager terminal number and data (status data).

Based on the received information, the base station 26 transmits the pager terminal number and data through normal call processing. When this transmission (8 radio waves) is received by the monitoring pager terminal with the corresponding terminal number, data indicating that the control operation has been completed is displayed on the display.The person carrying the monitoring pager terminal can see the displayed content. You can confirm that the control has been executed and completed normally.

If the pager terminal does not notify the end of the process even after a predetermined period of time has elapsed, it is assumed that some abnormality has occurred, and measures can be taken (such as asking a neighbor to check on the situation).

When transmitting control data to the home automation system via a telephone line, when the home telephone number is dialed from the telephone 28, the incoming call detection unit 222 detects an incoming call, and the footer switch circuit 22 detects an incoming call.
3 is turned on to enter the response state. After that, when the control data is sent from the telephone 28 using the push button, the receiving section 2
21 (including a frequency identification circuit), converts it into encoded data, and outputs it to the analysis section 210. The subsequent operation is the same as when the above control data is received from the control pager terminal 20.

Next, the detailed operation diagram shown in FIG. 3 will be explained.

This diagram functionally shows the movement from sending control data to receiving status data and confirming the end of operation.
A case is shown in which control data is supplied via the control pager terminal 31.

Now, when a person carrying the monitoring pager terminal 40 sends a command to the home automation system at home to "fill the bathtub with boiling water," the telephone 37
to the telephone number of base station 39, e.g. 044-774-1
xxl, and then dial the identification number ``0125'' of the other party's pager terminal and the code ``00*1534J'' corresponding to the above command.

When the base station 39 connected to this telephone 37 via the exchange 38 receives the identification number and data of the other party's pager terminal, it then transmits the identification number and data of the pager terminal from the antenna 391.

When the control pager terminal 31 receives the transmitted radio wave and detects that it is its own identification number, it displays the data and sends it from the output terminal to the control unit 32, where the data is analyzed and the corresponding control target number is displayed. 11 equipment hot water supply driver 3
Drive 3.

When the hot water supply reaches a predetermined amount, that is, becomes full, the full water sensor detects this and provides a full water detection signal to the notification control unit 35. Note that it is a natural practice in home automation systems to stop the hot water supply by controlling the driver to stop based on this detection signal or by using other means.

When the notification control unit 35 receives this detection signal, it creates an address corresponding to the full water detection signal and reads and accesses the memory (not shown). Accordingly, the pre-stored calling number for calling the notification destination pager terminal (base station number 144-774-IXXI and pager terminal identification number 0125) and the water-full status display number roo*1847J
These data are sequentially sent to the automatic calling device 36, converted into a two-frequency signal, sent to the exchange 38, and connected to the base station 39, where the pager terminal identification and status display data are held in the base station 39. be done. The base station immediately transmits data based on the received data, and the pager terminal 012
5 is specified, 00*1847 is transmitted as data, and when the call monitoring pager terminal 40 detects reception, the code numbers and symbols are displayed on the display section to notify the carrier. The person carrying the monitoring pager terminal 40 can read and decode the code (by referring to a table or the like) to confirm that the control section has terminated normally.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, the operation of a remotely controlled home automation system can be checked even in a place where there is no telephone, and even if there is a telephone, it is possible to save the trouble of making a telephone call to check. Can be done. As a result, even if the control operation cannot be immediately approved by 6f (the execution is not immediately completed), by performing this confirmation, it is possible to prevent the occurrence of a disaster or the like.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the basic configuration of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a diagram showing the specific operation of the present invention. In Fig. 1, 1: Home automation system 2: Monitoring pager terminal 3: Base station 4: Exchange 5: Telephone 10; Control pager terminal 11: Equipment control unit 12: Dryer 13: Automatic call/receiver unit 14: J Knowledge Control Department 15: Sensor

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a home automation system (1) capable of controlling various devices in a home by remote control signals, a control pager terminal (10) for receiving data is provided in the home, and the control pager terminal (10) is provided in the home. The received data output of the terminal (10) is input as a device control signal of the home automation system, and when a device control signal is received from the control pager terminal (10) or telephone line (100), it is handled by the device control section (11). A sensor (15) that drives a device driver (12) and detects when the execution of its control operation is completed, and a notification control unit (14) that is activated by the sensor's detection output.
When activated, the notification control unit (14) sends a message indicating the number information and status to call the monitoring pager terminal, and the monitoring pager terminal (2) receives and displays the message at any location. A pagering home automation system characterized by checking the status of equipment after sending a control signal.