JPH10174092A - Automatic audio / video response control device and method for home automation system - Google Patents

Abstract

(57) [Summary] [Problem] To provide an HA system that provides a message indicating that a visitor is absent to a visitor even when the visitor is absent, stores visitor's visit information in a storage medium, and can reproduce it later. . A bell button (1), an HA controller (2) for controlling the operation of the HA system in a predetermined mode, an intercom (3-8) capable of making a voice call while watching the visitor, and the intercom and the visitor A connection unit 100 for inputting / outputting an A / V signal, an A / V encoder 200 for compressing the input A / V signal, and data for receiving and storing the compressed A / V signal The storage medium 300, the A / V decoder 400 that restores the stored compressed A / V signal and sends it to the interphone through the connection unit 100, and exchanges control signals with the HA controller 2 to exchange the A / V It comprises an A / V controller 500 which compresses / stores the signal, and later controls to restore and output the signal.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home automation (Home Automation, hereinafter abbreviated as HA) system capable of making a voice call while watching a visitor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, an HA system capable of making a voice call while observing a visitor's appearance, a bell button for calling a resident, a camera for photographing the visitor, a small A loudspeaker and a microphone, and a monitor inside the house for displaying an image captured by the camera, and a keyphone for communicating with an external visitor via the speaker and the microphone. Is done.

According to such a conventional HA system, when a visitor presses a bell, the bell sounds internally, and an external person can be confirmed or a call can be made by operating the internal key phone. . Note that the keyphone is composed of, for example, a telephone handset and some control buttons.

[0004]

However, in the conventional HA system, when a visitor pushes the bell, there is no response unless there is a person inside and the visitor's standpoint Then your visit will be wasted.

[0005] Furthermore, if the visitor is an important person in the business for the employer, it is a great loss, and since the employer does not know who has visited in his absence, he / she may not be able to carry out important work. There was an inconvenience that I could not cope.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention solves the above-mentioned problems. In an HA system in which a voice call can be made while observing a visitor's figure, a guide message for absent is provided and information of the visitor is stored. It is another object of the present invention to provide a control method for enabling reproduction at a later time and an HA system to which the method is applied.

Another object of the present invention is to automatically store a visitor's figure and voice when the visitor presses the call bell of the HA system even when the householder is absent, If the visitor has set the function of providing the guidance message, the absence message can be provided to the visitor, and if desired, the visitor can be provided with the information regarding the visited business. Encourage visitors to leave a message,
Audio / video to control the HA system for later playback to get information about absent visitors
It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic response control device and a method thereof.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an HA system, in which a guidance message of absent to a visitor is provided to a visitor, and the appearance and voice of the visitor are stored in a storage medium. It is configured so that reproduction can be performed later.

Further, in order to achieve the above object, an automatic answering control device for an A / V of an HA system according to the present invention comprises an HA system capable of making a voice call while watching a visitor and an audio / visual system for the visitor. A connection unit for connecting a video signal so that input / output can be performed, an A / V encoder for compressing a signal input through the connection unit at a predetermined bit rate, and a compressed A / V signal A storage medium for receiving and storing data, and A /
An A / V decoder that restores the V signal and sends it to the HA system through the connection unit, exchanges control signals with the HA system, controls the output of an absent guidance message, and inputs A / V signal is compressed and stored, and each section is controlled so that it is restored and output later.
It is characterized by comprising an A / V controller.

Further, according to the present invention, in a control method of an HA system having at least an intercom mechanism for enabling voice communication with the visitor while watching the visitor's figure through a monitor, the visitor operates to call a family member. Step S1 of determining whether there is bell information indicating that the call bell has been operated, and Step S2 of determining whether an automatic response mode is set when the bell information is present, and setting the automatic response mode If the absence message is output in advance through the intercom mechanism, and if the absence message is output, it is determined whether the storage mode of the visitor information is set. Judging step S4, and when the visitor information storage mode is set, the visitor acquired by the intercom mechanism Storing information about the step S5
Determining whether there is a request to reproduce the stored information, and if there is a request to reproduce the stored information,
Reproducing the stored information and outputting the information from the intercom mechanism (S7).

Further, according to the present invention, an intercom mechanism having an image pickup means for picking up an image of a visitor, a monitor means for displaying the picked-up image, and a call means for making a voice call with the visitor. An HA system and a control device thereof, comprising at least an interface unit for inputting / outputting at least one of an image and an audio signal to / from the intercom mechanism, a storage unit for storing information, A control unit that controls the operation of the intercom mechanism, the interface unit, and the storage unit, and the control unit stores information obtained by the intercom mechanism in the storage unit via the interface unit, The information stored in the storage unit is read, and the read information is read out of the interface via the interface unit. Characterized in that to the output from the facility.

[0012]

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an embodiment of an HA system according to the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 1, the HA system according to the present embodiment includes a bell button 1 operated by a visitor to call, an intercom for realizing imaging and conversation of the visitor, and a signal of the bell button 1. And an A / V automatic response control device for controlling the operation of the HA system including the intercom by sensing the intercom.

The interphone includes an external microphone 3 and an internal speaker 4 for making a voice call, an external camera 5 and an internal screen monitor 7 for confirming the appearance of the visitor, and a visitor in the house. And a loudspeaker 6 for external communication.

The A / V automatic response control device includes an HA controller 2 having input means for inputting an instruction relating to setting and operation of an operation mode of the HA system, and inputs to the respective sections 3 to 8 of the intercom. And a connection unit 100 for connection with an A / V signal output from each unit, and an encoder 200 for compressing the A / V signal input through the connection unit 100,
A storage medium 300 for storing the A / V signal, a decoder 400 for restoring the compressed and stored A / V signal and outputting the decompressed A / V signal to each of the intercom units 3 to 8 through the connection unit 100; An A / V controller 500 that controls the units 100, 200, 300, and 400 to exchange signals and store and reproduce absent guidance messages and A / V information of visitors. .

The HA controller 2 controls the function of the intercom and controls the operation and functions of the HA system according to an operation mode set in advance via the input means. The main operation modes are: automatic response mode for automatic response, information storage mode for storing A / V information related to visitors, storage information reproduction request mode for reproducing stored A / V information, and absence guidance There is an operation mode for storing messages. The operation procedure in each operation mode will be described in detail below.

In the present embodiment, various operation modes are set via the input means of the HA controller 2. However, the key phone 8 is provided with an input function for receiving the operation mode setting. Various operation modes may be set by performing an operation.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of a detailed configuration of the A / V encoder 200 of FIG.

The A / V encoder 200 according to the present embodiment has the structure shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, an audio compression unit 22 that compresses an audio signal among the A / V signals input through the connection unit 100.
0, a video compression section 210 for compressing the video signal, and a multiplexing section 230 for multiplexing the compressed audio signal and the video signal.

The video compression unit 210 includes a video A / D conversion unit 211 that converts an analog video signal input through the connection unit 100 into a digital video signal, and a video signal that is converted into a digital signal before preprocessing. A processing unit 212;
DCT unit 213 that performs frequency analysis of the preprocessed video signal
And a quantization unit 21 for quantizing the frequency-analyzed result value.
4 and an encoding unit 215 that encodes the quantized data value.
And a parameter unit 216 for an encoder that provides a factor value to the quantization unit 214 and the encoding unit 215, and a video frame generation unit 217 that outputs a quantized and encoded data value as a bit stream. Be composed.

The audio compression section 220 converts an analog audio signal input through the connection section 100 into a digital audio signal.
And a sub-band analyzer 222 that separates the audio signal converted into the digital signal into sub-bands, and a quantizer 22 that quantizes the audio signal separated by the sub-band
4, an encoding unit 225 that encodes the quantized audio signal, an acoustic model link unit 223 that provides the number of bits to the quantization unit 224 and the encoding unit 225, and an audio signal that is quantized and encoded. And an audio frame generation unit 226 that outputs a bit stream as

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing an example of a detailed configuration of the A / V decoder 400.

As shown in FIG. 3, the A / V decoder 400 of this embodiment separates the stored information read from the data storage medium 300 into an audio bit stream and a video bit stream. It comprises an inverse multiplexing unit 410, an audio restoration unit 430 for restoring an audio bit stream, and a video restoration unit 420 for restoring a video bit stream.

The audio restoration unit 430 includes an audio frame analysis unit 431 for analyzing the audio bit stream separated from the demultiplexing unit 410, a decoding unit for decoding and dequantizing the analyzed audio signal, and Inverse quantization unit
432, a synthesis unit 433 of a filter for resynthesizing the decoded and dequantized audio signal and converting it to a digital value of the original audio signal, and an audio signal converted to the digital value of the original signal. An audio D / A converter 434 for converting a signal into an analog audio signal.

The video restoration section 420 analyzes a bit frame of the video separated from the demultiplexing section 410, a bit frame analysis section 421, and an IDCT section 422 for extracting a video signal from the analyzed information. A decoding unit 423 for decoding the video signal, an inverse quantization unit 424 for inversely quantizing the decoded video signal, and a decoder for providing parameters to the decoding unit 423 and the inverse quantization unit 424. And a video D / A converter 426 for converting the decoded and dequantized digital video data signal into an analog video signal.

According to the present embodiment configured as described above.
The operation of the A / V automatic response control device of the HA system will be described as follows.

First, when the visitor presses the bell button 1, the intercom is prepared for operation by the HA controller 2, and the fact is output of the absence message of the present invention and the storage of visitor information / A / V controller for controlling playback 5
Notify to 00.

Thus, when the keyphone 8 is received in the house, the appearance of the visitor photographed by the camera is output to the internal screen monitor 7, and the keyphone 8 and the microphone 3,
And voice communication through the internal and external speakers 1 and 6. That is, when the visitor rings the calling bell, the household receives the key phone 8 and makes a voice call while watching the visitor through the monitor 7.

On the other hand, in case a visitor comes, an absent guidance message for automatically answering is sent to the key phone 8 in advance.
When the user is not present, the data is stored in the data storage medium 300, and when the user is not actually present, the automatic answering mode is set and the output of the guide message and the visitor information during the absence are stored.

That is, when the visitor is not present, the bell button 1
When is pressed, the HA controller 2 controls in the automatic response mode. The HA controller 2 uses the A / V controller 5
The automatic response control signal is applied to 00, the A / V controller 500 reads the absent guidance message stored in the storage medium 300 in advance, and restores it with the A / V decoder 400, and
Control to output through 100. by this,
The absence message output through the connection unit 100 is output to the external loudspeaker 6, and the visitor
You can listen to the absent guidance message and take action according to the guidance.

In addition, when the information storage mode is set, the HA controller 2 controls the camera 5 and the microphone 3
Activate and receive the A / V information of the visitor as input and
The A / V controller 500 compresses the visitor's A / V information output through the connection unit 100 with the A / V encoder 200 and stores the information in the data storage medium 300. Control. As a result, the visitor information is stored in the data storage medium 300. The time of the A / V information to be stored may be limited to a certain time in advance. Also, once the storage is started and the bell button 1 is pressed again,
You may control so that storage may be completed.

Here, the connection unit 100 is constituted by bidirectional signal input / output means capable of inputting / outputting an A / V signal to / from each unit of the intercom simultaneously or almost simultaneously,
In addition, the memory for storing the guidance message when the user is absent from the data storage medium 300 and the memory for storing the A / V signal related to the visitor can be separately read and written independently of each other. It may be configured as such.

According to this configuration, when the visitor presses the bell and the absent guidance message is output, the storage mode is operated at or almost simultaneously with the absent guidance message, and the absent guidance message is output to the visitor. In between the visitors
A / V information can be stored in the data storage medium 300.
According to such an operation characteristic, even when the visitor presses only the bell and does not leave any message, the visitor's video information is automatically stored, and the user can know who has visited in his absence. A very large effect.

When the operation mode for requesting the reproduction of the stored visitor information is set, the user inputs an instruction to that effect to the HA controller 2. The HA controller 2 applies a control signal to reproduce the visitor information stored in the A / V controller 500. Accordingly, the A / V controller 500 finds the information of the corresponding visitor compressed and stored from the data storage medium 300, restores the information by the A / V decoder 400, and
Control to output to A system. The visitor information output through the connection unit 100 is such that the appearance of the visitor is output from the screen monitor 7 and the voice of the visitor is output from the internal loudspeaker 4, so that the user can know the stored visitor information. Become like

The operation of the A / V encoder 200 will be described below with reference to FIG.

An analog video signal input through the connection unit 100 is converted into a digital video signal by an A / D converter 211 for video, and is compressed and encoded by a pre-processing unit 212 to be converted into a required form. It is processed.

The preprocessed video signal is frequency-analyzed by the DCT unit 213, and the frequency-analyzed video signal is quantized by the quantization unit 214.
Quantizes as weighted matrix values. The signal quantized in this way is assigned a short bit per code to a code having a high frequency of occurrence in the encoding unit 215, and a long bit per code is assigned to a bit with a low frequency of occurrence. Statistical encoding is performed so that the average length of the code approaches the information amount of the original video signal. The data value quantized and coded in this manner is transmitted from the video frame unit 217 to frame header information, quantization information,
It is generated and output as a bit stream conforming to a predetermined format including encoded information.

The analog audio signal input through the connection unit 100 is converted into a digital signal by an audio A / D converter, and is converted to a sub-band analyzer 222.
At 32 subbands, each having 36 samples per subband. At this time, the acoustic modeling unit 223 extracts a periodic component and an aperiodic component for each subband by FFT calculation, and measures NMR (Noise-to-Masking Ratio) for each subband using this component. Allocate bits. The quantizing section 224 quantizes the audio signal separated into sub-bands by a value of a certain magnitude according to the bits allocated in this way.

The quantized audio signal is supplied to an encoding unit 22.
The audio bit stream is encoded by 5, and is generated and output as an audio bit stream including header information, additional information for compression encoding, and compressed bit information by an audio frame generation unit 226.

The audio signal compressed as an audio bit stream from audio compression section 220 and the video signal compressed as a video bit stream from video compression section 210 in TS
(Transport Stream) and output.

Accordingly, the A / V signal can be compressed to a maximum of 10: 1, and the efficiency of the storage medium can be maximized. Therefore, even a memory having a small capacity can store information of many visitors. And production costs can be reduced.

The operation of the A / V decoder 400 will be described with reference to FIG.

A TS (Transport Strea) is stored in the data storage medium 300.
m) The A / V information stored as a state is separated by the demultiplexer 410 into an audio bit stream and a video bit stream. In the audio frame analysis unit 431, the header information of the audio bit stream in the separated audio bit stream,
Analyze the quantization information and the encoding information. These pieces of information are decoded by the decoding unit and the inverse quantization unit 432, converted into audio signals that have been inversely quantized, and restored by the filter synthesis unit 433 into audio signals that are digital data of the original signal.

An audio signal composed of digital data of the original signal is converted into an analog audio signal by an audio D / A converter 434 and output.

The video bit stream separated from the demultiplexing unit 410 is converted into a video frame analysis unit 421.
Are analyzed using the header information, quantization information, and coding information of the video bit stream, and are extracted as a video signal by the IDCT unit 422. The extracted quantized and coded video signal is decoded by the decoding unit 423, and the decoded video signal is inversely quantized by the inverse quantization unit 424. At this time, the parameters necessary for decoding and inverse quantization are decoded by the decoder parameter unit 425 and the inverse quantizer 4.
Provide to 24. The decoded and dequantized video data signal in the digital state is converted into a D / A converter 426 for video.
Is converted into an analog video signal and output.

An example of the automatic response control method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In this control method, as shown in FIG. 4, a step S1 of determining whether there is bell information ringing by a visitor, and if there is bell information, is the automatic response mode set? Step S2 of determining, and if set to the automatic response mode, step S3 of outputting an absent guidance message, and if an absent guidance message is output,
A step S4 of determining whether the storage mode of the visitor information is set; a step S5 of storing the visitor information when the storage mode of the visitor information is set; and a request to reproduce the stored information. Step S6 of determining whether the storage information is to be reproduced and, in the case of a storage information reproduction request, reproducing and outputting the storage information, and Step S7 of determining whether to terminate the storage information reproduction request when the user confirms the reproduction information. And performing step S8.

According to the control method of FIG. 4, when the visitor presses the bell button 1, in the bell information determination step S1, the bell information is transmitted to the HA controller 2, and the HA controller 2 has the bell information. Is transmitted to the A / V controller 500. If there is the bell information, in the automatic response setting determination step S2, the A / V controller 500 checks whether the automatic response mode is set.

When the automatic answering mode is set, the A / V controller 5
00 sends a control signal to connect 100 and A / V decoder 400
To control the A / V decoder 400 to recover the absence message which is stored in the data storage medium 300. The restored absence message is transmitted to the external loudspeaker 6 through the connection unit 100.
Output to As a result, the visitor hears the guidance message of absence.

When the absence message is output, in the visitor information storage mode setting step S4,
The A / V controller 500 checks whether the information storage mode for the storage medium 300 is set. If the storage mode of the visitor information is set, in the data storage step S5, the HA controller 2 operates the camera 5 and the microphone 3 according to the storage mode of the visitor information, and inputs the figure and voice of the visitor. , And controls the A / V encoder 200 to output the signal through the connection unit 100. A / V controller 50
0 controls the visitor's A / V signal output through the connection unit 100 to be compressed by the encoder 200 to generate a bit stream and store it in the data storage medium 300. As a result, the visitor information is stored in the data storage medium 300.
Stored in

On the other hand, in the storage information reproduction request determination step S6, the HA controller 2 checks whether the user is requested to reproduce the storage information of the visitor. If it is requested to reproduce the stored visitor information, in the visitor information reproducing step S7, the HA controller 2 drives the connection unit 100 and the visitor stored in the A / V controller 500. A control signal is applied to reproduce information. Accordingly, the A / V controller 500 searches for the visitor information compressed and stored in the data storage medium 300 and selects the corresponding visitor information. Further, the selected visitor information is read, restored by the A / V decoder 400, and output through the connection unit 100.

In the visitor information output through the connection unit 100, the visitor's appearance is output to the display screen of the monitor 7, and the visitor's voice is output to the internal loudspeaker 4, and the user is stored. We can know visitor information. After the user's information has been reproduced and viewed by the user, it is determined whether the reproduction request of the visitor information has been terminated in the termination determination step S8 of the visitor information reproduction request.

According to the above-described embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.

First, since the absent guidance message function is provided, there is an effect that kind guidance can be provided to absent visitors.

Secondly, since the absent visitor can leave his / her own appearance and the business requirements of the visit, there is an effect that the intended visit purpose can be achieved.

Third, since the user can confirm the absent visitor through the visitor information, there is an effect that the user can appropriately cope with the business requirements of the visitor.

Fourth, even if the visitor presses only the bell and then returns, the appearance and voice of the visitor are automatically stored, so the user is not required to give such visitor. There is an effect that appropriate measures can be taken.

Fifth, since the A / V signal can be compressed up to 10: 1 and the efficiency of the storage medium can be maximized, information of many visitors can be obtained using a small amount of memory. Can be stored, so that the production price can be reduced.

[0060]

According to the present invention, a control method for providing an absent guidance message, storing information of a visitor so that the information can be reproduced later, and an HA to which the method is applied are provided.
A system can be provided.

According to the present invention, when the visitor presses the call bell of the HA system even when the housekeeper is absent,
When the user has set a function to provide a guidance message automatically, the appearance and voice of the visitor are automatically stored, the absence message can be provided to the visitor, Furthermore, if desired, the visitor is encouraged to leave a message about the visited business, and the HA system is controlled so that it can be played back later to obtain information about the absent visitor. / V automatic response control device and method thereof can be provided.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a home automation system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a detailed block diagram of the A / V encoder of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a detailed block diagram of an A / V decoder according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an A / V automatic response control procedure according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1: Bell button 2: Home automation (HA) controller 3: Microphone 4: Internal loudspeaker 5: Camera 6: External loudspeaker 7: Screen monitor 8: Keyphone 100: Connection 200: A / V encoder 300: Data Storage medium 400: A / V decoder 500: A / V controller.

Claims (14)

[Claims] 1. A control device for a home automation system (hereinafter abbreviated as an HA system) including at least an intercom mechanism for enabling voice communication with a visitor while watching the appearance of the visitor through a monitor, A connection means for inputting / outputting at least one of an image signal and an audio signal (hereinafter, abbreviated as an A / V signal) to / from the intercom mechanism, and compressing the input A / V signal to a predetermined bit rate A / V compression means, data storage means for storing the compressed A / V signal, and restoring the stored compressed A / V signal,
A / V sent to the intercom mechanism through the connection means
Decompression means, and controls each of the means so as to compress and store the A / V signal obtained by the intercom mechanism, restore the stored compressed A / V signal, and reproduce by the intercom mechanism. The control unit is configured to store at least the absence information and the visitor information acquired by the intercom mechanism to be output from the intercom mechanism as guidance during absence, at least in the storage unit. Outputting the stored information from the intercom mechanism.
A / V automatic response control device. 2. The connection means according to claim 1, wherein said connection means comprises bidirectional input / output means capable of simultaneously inputting and outputting A / V signals obtained or reproduced by said intercom mechanism. A / V automatic response control device for the described HA system. 3. The data storage means comprises: a first memory unit that can read and write independently of each other and stores the absence information; and a second memory unit that stores the visitor information. The A / V automatic response control device for an HA system according to claim 1, further comprising: 4. The A / V compression means includes: an audio compression means for compressing an audio signal of the A / V signal input through the connection means as an audio bit stream; 2. The HA system according to claim 1, comprising: video compression means for compressing the video signal as a video bit stream; and multiplexing means for multiplexing the compressed audio signal and video signal. A / V automatic response control device. 5. The video compression means comprises: video A / D conversion means for converting the input analog video signal into a digital video signal; and preprocessing for preprocessing the digital signal converted video signal. Means, DCT for performing frequency analysis of the preprocessed video signal
Means, quantization means for quantizing the frequency-analyzed result value, encoding means for encoding the quantized data value, compression for providing parameters to the quantization means and the encoding means. The A / V of the HA system according to claim 4, comprising: a parameter providing unit for use; and a video frame generating unit that outputs the quantized and encoded data value as a bit stream.
Automatic response control device. 6. The audio compression means comprises: audio A / D conversion means for converting an input analog audio signal into a digital audio signal; and a sub-separator for separating the digital audio signal into sub-bands. Band analysis means, quantization means for quantizing the audio signal separated by the sub-band, encoding means for encoding the quantized audio signal, and the quantization means and the encoding means 5. The HA system according to claim 4, comprising: an acoustic modeling unit that provides a bit number; and an audio frame generating unit that outputs the quantized and encoded audio signal as a bit stream. / V Automatic response control device. 7. The A / V restoring means: demultiplexing means for separating information read and stored from the data storage means into an audio bit stream and a video bit stream; 2. The HA system A / V automatic response control device according to claim 1, comprising: an audio restoring unit for restoring a bit stream; and a video restoring unit for restoring a bit stream of the video. 8. The audio restoration means comprises: an audio frame analyzing means for analyzing an audio bit stream separated from the demultiplexing means; and a decoding means for decoding and dequantizing the analyzed audio signal. And dequantizing means; filter synthesizing means for resynthesizing the decoded and dequantized audio signal to convert it into a digital value of the original audio signal; and converting the digital signal into a digital value of the original signal. The A / V automatic response control device for an HA system according to claim 7, further comprising audio D / A conversion means for converting the converted audio signal into an analog audio signal. 9. The video restoring means, a video frame analyzing means for analyzing a video bit stream separated from the demultiplexing means, an IDCT means for extracting a video signal from the analyzed information, Decoding means for decoding the decoded video signal; dequantizing means for dequantizing the decoded video signal; and providing restoration parameters for providing parameters to the decoding means and the dequantizing means. 8. A video D / A converter for converting the decoded and dequantized video data signal in a digital state into an analog video signal. A / V automatic response control device for HA system. 10. A method for controlling an HA system having at least an intercom mechanism for enabling voice communication with a visitor while watching the appearance of the visitor through a monitor, wherein the call is operated by the visitor to call a family member. Determining whether there is bell information indicating that the bell has been operated
S1, if the bell information is present, a step S2 of determining whether an automatic answering mode is set; and, if the automatic answering mode is set, the pre-stored absence message is stored in the intercom mechanism. And if the absence message is output, it is determined whether the storage mode of the visitor information is set (S4).
If the storage mode of the visitor information is set, storing information about the visitor acquired by the intercom mechanism S5; and determining whether there is a reproduction request for the stored information. An HA system, characterized in that it includes at least a step S6 and a step S7 of reproducing the stored information and outputting the information from the intercom mechanism when there is a request for reproducing the stored information.
A / V automatic response control method. 11. The HA system according to claim 10, wherein the step S3 of outputting the absent guidance message and the step S5 of storing the visitor information are performed substantially in parallel. / V Automatic response control method. 12. A home provided with at least an intercom mechanism having an image pickup means for picking up an image of a visitor, a monitor means for displaying the picked-up image, and a call means for making a voice call with the visitor. A control device for an automation system (hereinafter, abbreviated as an HA system), an interface unit for inputting / outputting at least one of an image and an audio signal to / from the intercom mechanism; and a storage unit for storing information. A control unit that controls operations of the intercom mechanism, the interface unit, and the storage unit, wherein the control unit stores information obtained by the intercom mechanism in the storage unit via the interface unit At the same time, the information stored in the storage unit is read, and the read information is read by the interface unit. Controller of HA system, characterized in that to the output from the interphone system and. 13. The control unit stores at least the absence information and the visitor information acquired by the intercom mechanism to be output from the intercom mechanism as the absence guidance, and stores the information in the storage unit. 13. The HA system control device according to claim 12, wherein the information output from the intercom mechanism is output. 14. An HA system having at least an intercom mechanism having an image pickup means for picking up an image of a visitor, a monitor means for displaying the picked-up image, and a call means for making a voice call with the visitor. 14. A control device for controlling the operation of the intercom mechanism, wherein the control device comprises:
Characterized in that it is a control device of the HA system described in
HA system.