JPH02189675A - Room device for room control system - Google Patents

Abstract

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Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (a) Industrial Application Field This invention is for controlling output devices such as lighting lights and fans installed in hotel rooms and hospital rooms by an outdoor control device via a horizontal line. The present invention relates to a room management system that can be used to manage rooms, and particularly to improvements to indoor equipment placed indoors.

(bl Conventional technical room management systems include hotel systems and hospital systems. Generally, such room management systems use telephone lines within the premises to connect output devices such as lights and fans in each room to outdoor control devices. It is possible to comprehensively manage the room, and to allow guests or patients to control the room using a single operation unit.As a conventional hotel system, for example, the NE
C technical report Vo1.41. N1) l/198B, page 151~
As shown on page 154, an output control unit that controls output devices such as lights and fans, a TV monitor, and a telephone are placed in each guest room, and each guest room is controlled by instructions from a terminal located at the front desk. In such systems, it is possible to control output devices such as lights and fans, and output various service information on the TV monitor in the guest room. A control unit for a TV monitor, a communication control device, and the like are integrated into one table (called a night table in hotels). In the conventional indoor device, an operation section is provided on the above table for inputting control details for the output control section or inputting service information to be received from a menu displayed on a TV monitor, etc. The person was performing various operations on the table.

(C) Problems to be Solved by the Invention However, when performing operations such as turning on a lighting lamp or turning on a TV monitor in the above-mentioned device, guests or patients in the room cannot control the operation. I had to go to the table every time, which was an inconvenient inconvenience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide an indoor device for a room management system that allows the above-mentioned various operations to be easily performed at any position in the room.

(Means for Solving Problem d1) This invention provides an output control unit that controls output devices such as lighting lights and fans installed indoors, and a TV set installed indoors.
a monitor and a telephone; a remote controller for inputting control information and service selection information of the output control unit; a computer to which the output control unit, TV monitor, and remote controller are connected; and a computer connected to the computer and the telephone; It is characterized by comprising a communication control device that controls communication between these and the outdoor control device and the public line via a private telephone exchange.

(e) Function With the indoor device according to the present invention, if you have the remote controller at hand, you can control the remote controller without having to go to the table to turn on the TV monitor or turn on the lighting. These can be controlled by input. Also, if you try to order a meal or request a ticket for the taxi-2 Shinkansen,
These necessary operations can be easily performed by using the display screen of the TV monitor and a remote controller. For example, by displaying a menu screen or the like on a TV monitor and making menu selections using a remote controller, it becomes easy to input the service selection information.

ffl Embodiment FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration diagram of a hotel system according to an embodiment of the present invention. This hotel system is composed of a room system provided in each guest room, a front system which is an outdoor control device provided at the front desk, and a private branch exchange PBX. Each room system is P
It is connected to the public line and the front system via the BX and the premises line. Furthermore, since the video signal contains a large amount of information, it is sent to each room system through an audio/video cable B provided separately from the telephone line within the premises. Therefore, the front system includes a terminal device, a terminal control device TC, an audio and video signal transmission device, and a television antenna system.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the room system.

The room system includes a computer 10 that processes information;
TV monitor 1) and TV interface unit 1
2, a communication control device 13, an input control section 14, an output control section 15, an operating device interface section 16, a telephone 17, a remote controller 18, and a speaker 19.
It also includes an audio controller 20, a clock 21, and a charging unit 22.

The remote controller 18 is a wireless type that uses infrared rays.

The input control unit 14 collects information from various sensors placed indoors (refrigerator article sensor, temperature sensor, etc.) and sends it to the computer IO.

The output control unit 15 receives commands from the computer and controls each output device (lighting lights, ventilation fan, etc.).

TV interface unit 12 is computer 10
In response to commands from the TV monitor 1), it controls whether the screen displayed on the TV monitor 1) is from the audio/video cable B or from the computer 10, and also turns on/off the TV monitor 1). Also executes off control. FIG. 3 shows a schematic configuration diagram of this TV vane-face unit 12. Information from the computer 10 (including image control information, etc.) is input to the input terminal 12a, and the terminal 1
The video signal from audio/video cable B is directly input to 2b. The input information from the computer 10 is
If it is character information, etc., it is first placed in the bathophore memory 12c, passed through the character generator 12h, converted into an image signal, and outputted to the composite video signal generation section 12e together with the synchronization signal generated by the synchronization signal generation section 12d; It becomes a composite video signal and is outputted to the TV monitor 1) via cable C. Also, video cable B
A relay 12f is used as a switch to switch between the video signal supplied from the computer 10 and the image signal from the computer 10.
2g, a direct control signal is sent from the interface control unit 12j.

Sent. This interface control unit 12J determines the type of information input to the input terminal 12a, and depending on the determination result, transmits the information to the relay control register 12g, Pezza memory 12C, cursor control unit 12t, and 'rv power supply control device 12k. Output to.

That is, if it is relay control information, it is sent to the relay control register 12g, if it is character information or image information, it is stored in the buffer memory 12c, and if it is force'-crawl movement information, it is sent to the cursor control unit 121. do. Also, T
If it is the power control information of the V monitor 1), the operation device interface section 16 sends it to the TV power control device 12k.
is coupled to the remote controller 18 by infrared rays, and receives operation information (input information) on the remote controller 18.
FIG. 4 shows this remote controller and the operating device interface section, which receives the information and outputs it to the computer 10. In the same figure, remote controller 1
8 includes a function key, a cursor key, a numeric keypad, and an enter key (ENT), is equipped with a microcomputer as a control section, and is further equipped with an infrared transmitter and a battery for driving these. Further, the operating device interface unit 16 includes an infrared detector and a demodulator. Note that although infrared rays are used to transmit information in this embodiment, it is also possible to use microwaves, ultrasonic waves, etc. instead of infrared rays.

The communication control device 13 has a modem (MODEM) and an N
Includes CU (Network Control Unit). This modem constitutes a multiplex modem that multiplexes signals, dividing the frequency band of the local line into two by a filter, and dividing each band into voice signals,
I am trying to allocate it to communication of other information. Normally, it is possible to secure a bandwidth of about 300 to 3,400 Hz for telephone lines within the premises, so voice signals have a bandwidth of 30 to 3,400 Hz.
A frequency band of about 0 to 1000 Hz is assigned, and a frequency band of 1000 to 3400 H2 is assigned to the computer output signal. Do it like this.

This allows multiplexing of audio signals and input/output signals to the computer.

An audio controller 20 and a clock 21 are further connected to the computer 10, and the audio controller 20 can select an appropriate channel from among the signals flowing on the audio/video cable B1 and adjust the volume. Note that the audio cable B1 is branched from the audio/video cable B. Furthermore, the audio/video cable B is arranged in parallel with the local telephone line from the audio/video signal transmitting device (including the TV antenna system) disposed in the front system.

The audio controller 20 has a configuration as shown in FIG. The control signal from the computer 10 is connected to terminal 2.
0a via cable AI, and a modulated signal from audio cable B1 is input to terminal 20b. This modulated signal is demodulated by the tuner 20c, and the audio amplifier 20
At step d, the signal is amplified to an appropriate level and output to the speaker 19. Further, the control signal from the computer 10 passes through the audio interface section 20s and is stored in a channel storage unit 20f and a volume storage unit 20 for each type of information.
g, and the power supply control unit 20h.

In the channel storage unit 20f, the computer 10
If the information outputted from is channel information, the channel is stored and a setting signal for the channel is output to the tuner 20c. The volume memory unit 20g is
When the information from the computer 10 is volume control information, the volume is stored and a volume control signal is output to the audio amplifier 20d. The power supply control unit 20h also controls whether information output from the computer 10 is turned on or off.
If the information is off, the power supply to the tuner 20c and the audio amplifier 20d is controlled on/off according to the on/off information.

Note that the charging unit 22 automatically charges the battery inside the remote controller 18 when the remote controller 18 is set in a holding section provided on a nightstand, as will be described later.

The NCU included in the communication control device 13 is connected to a telephone line within the premises, and the telephone line is connected to the PBX 30. The PBX 30 is then connected to the public line and the front system.

In the above configuration, the elements within the hatched area in FIG. 2 include the computer 10, the TV interface unit 121, the communication control device 13. Operating device interface section 16. Speaker 19. The audio controller 209, clock 21, and charging unit 22 are integrally provided on the nightstand 40. Figure 6 shows this nightstand 40, TV monitor 1) and telephone 17.
It shows. As shown in the figure, the front of the nightstand 40 has a speaker 192, a clock 21. Infrared detector window 4
1. A remote controller holding section 42 is arranged, and a TV monitor 1) and a telephone 17 are arranged on the top surface. The remote controller holding part 42 has a pocket part whose top is open, and when the remote controller 18 is set in this pocket part, it has a terminal for charging the battery in the remote controller using a known structure. Also, this remote controller 1
An infrared ray oscillator 18a is provided on the upper part of 8, and infrared rays emitted from this enter an infrared detector window 41 and are detected by an internal infrared detector.

Note that the TV monitor 1) is also provided with an infrared detector 1)a. FIG. 7 shows data sent from the remote controller 18 to the operating device interface section 16 of the nightstand 40 (hereinafter, this data will be referred to as TCROU data). The format is shown below. As shown in the figure, this T
CROU data includes PIN number XI, room number X2.
Function code X3 and status information X4
It is made up of.

Of these, function code X3 and status
The data in No. 4 is classified as shown in FIG. for example,
If the data X3 is "13'", the function content, that is, the command content given to the computer 10 is "lamp off". Also, data X4 is “°0
1", the status information given to the computer 10 is "BUFFTERI LOWJ".

FIGS. 9A and 9B are flowcharts showing the operation of the computer 10.

First, when the power is turned on, the operations shown in FIG. 9(A) are executed. First, in step n1, TV monitor 1)
is the first 31. of computers 10. The mode of the TV interface unit 12 is set to display the II menu. That is, the relay 12f in FIG. 3 is moved to the a side. Next, at n2, initial menu screen data to be displayed on the TV monitor 1) is output. In this state, input from the remote controller 18 is awaited. When input information is generated in the remote controller 18, the input information is detected through the operating device interface section 16,
Executes processing according to the operation content. For example, FIG. 10 shows an example of the initial menu screen displayed at n2, and the cursor is moved to r2 by the remote controller 18.
．． When the TV (Video 1) is set to 1 and the enter key is operated, the relay 12f is moved to the b side, and the audio and video signals flowing from the video cable B are output to the monitor screen. Then, the process according to the operation content is executed until the series of operations is completed (n4), and the screen returns to the original menu screen at the stage when the series of operations is completed.

On the other hand, when there is an interrupt from the communication control device 13, the message received at nlo is received and deciphered. Then, in steps n15 to n18, the content of the message is determined, and processing according to the message content is executed in steps n15 to n18. For example, if the message content is a control command for an indoor device, the process proceeds from n12 to n16, and indoor lamps, fans, etc. are set to predetermined states (n16).

Also, if it is an indoor room information request message, n12
→N16, the information of each sensor is collected through the input control unit, and transmitted to the front system through the modem (MODEM'). When the interrupt ends, it returns to normal.

In the above operations, when a customer tries to set an indoor lamp or fan to a predetermined state, for example,
When attempting to input service selection information from the initial menu screen of the V monitor screen, the remote controller 18 can be used to directly enter the information manually.

In this embodiment, a hotel system is used as an example of a room management system, but the present invention can also be applied to a hospital system.

(g) Effects of the Invention As described above, according to the present invention, by using a remote controller, it is possible to easily control indoor output equipment from the hand, and to display menus and the like on the TV monitor screen. As a result, menu selections can also be input from the remote controller. Therefore, there is an advantage that operability is extremely improved.

4. Simple drawings Figure 1 shows a block diagram of a room management system according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figures 2 and 2 are block diagrams of a room system, Figure 3 is a block diagram of a TV vane-face unit, and Figure 4 shows a block diagram of a room management system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The figure shows a block diagram of the remote controller and the operating device interface section, and FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the audio controller. FIG. 6 shows an external view of the night table, FIG. 7 shows the format of TCROU data, and FIG. 8 shows data X3. It shows the contents of X4. 9(A) and 9(B) are flowcharts showing the operation of the computer 10.
Figure 0 shows an example of the first 1LJI menu screen.

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Claims (1)

[Claims] (1) Input control information, service selection information, etc. of the output control unit that controls output devices such as lighting lights and fans installed in the room, the TV monitor and telephone placed in the room, and the output control unit. A remote controller, the output control unit, the TV monitor, a computer to which the remote controller is connected, and a communication control unit connected to the computer and telephone, and between these and an outdoor control device and a public line via a private branch telephone exchange. An indoor device for a room management system comprising a communication control device that performs.