Apartment Intercom System

Abstract

To make it possible, when there exists information required to be erased even if the information is with respect to a mobile phone registered with a communication management device, to erase the information with simple operation.SOLUTION: A multiple dwelling house intercom system comprises a communication management server 6 that manages communication between a collective entrance machine 1 and a mobile phone 5 and transmits to the mobile phone a call signal from the collective entrance machine 1. The communication management server relays communication, using a predetermined application based on VOIP, to the mobile phone 5 registered so as to coordinate with a room master machine 2 as a call destination of the collective entrance machine 1. When predetermined registration operation for enabling communication with the communication management server 6 based on VOIP is performed in order to make the mobile phone 5 coordinate with the room master machine 2, list information on the mobile phone 5 already registered with respect to the room master machine 2 of a coordination target in addition to an application for downloading is transmitted from the communication management server 6 having received the registration. After downloading the application, the mobile phone 5 displays the list information on the mobile phone 5.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an apartment building intercom system, and more particularly to a technique for deleting resident information registered in an apartment building intercom system when a resident moves out. [Background technology]

[0002] Intercom systems for apartment complexes are equipped with a function to erase the registered information of previous residents, as registered information needs to be updated when residents move in and out. For example, in Patent Document 1, a function for initializing all settings and a function for initializing settings made by a resident are provided, making it possible to initialize the settings made by the resident when the resident moves out. [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0003] [Patent Document 1] JP 2007-174228 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0004] In the case of an apartment complex intercom system that is configured to communicate with mobile phones via a communication management device such as a server installed on a network, information related to residents is also stored in the communication management device. For example, if the apartment complex intercom system has a function for communicating with mobile phones such as smartphones via an application on the communication management device, it is necessary to reliably erase information such as the application and the mobile phone number in the communication management device when a resident moves out, but the technology in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1 was not configured to erase the information in the communication management device. Therefore, the erasing operation was not easy, and even if the erasing operation was performed, information was likely to remain unerased. Furthermore, there are apartment block intercom systems that do not have room base units, but rather are based on the premise that mobile phones are used as the room base units. However, in such systems, the erasing operation must also be performed using mobile phones, which is expected to make the operation even more cumbersome.

[0005] In view of these problems, the present invention aims to provide an apartment building intercom system that allows information on mobile phones registered in a communication management device to be erased with simple operations if such information needs to be deleted. [Means for solving the problem]

[0006] In order to solve the above problem, the invention of claim 1 is an apartment building intercom system in which calls from a collective entrance unit installed at the entrance can be answered not only from the room base units installed in each dwelling unit, but also from the mobile phones carried by the residents, and is equipped with a communication management device that sends call signals from the collective entrance unit to the mobile phones and manages communication between the two, and the communication management device relays communication using a specified VOIP-based application to mobile phones registered to link with the room base unit as the call destination of the collective entrance unit, while when a specified registration operation is performed to enable communication with the VOIP-based communication management device in order to link the mobile phone with the room base unit, the communication management device that accepts the registration sends, in addition to the application to be downloaded, a list of mobile phones already registered to the room base unit to be linked, and the mobile phone that has downloaded the application displays the list information on the mobile phone's display. With this configuration, in the process of registering a mobile phone to be linked to the room master unit, information already registered in the communications management device is sent to the mobile phone, so if any registered information of the previous resident remains when a new resident moves in, it can be ascertained. This makes it easy to recognize if any information that should be deleted remains, and makes it possible to reliably delete the information of the previous resident when registering the information of the new resident. Incidentally, application is an abbreviation for application software.

[0007] The invention of claim 2 is characterized in that, in the configuration described in claim 1, a mobile phone on which an application has been downloaded and which is linked to the parent unit in the room, when the application is launched, list information is displayed on the display unit along with a delete button which allows any information in the list to be deleted, making it possible to delete any information in the displayed list information. According to this configuration, the information already registered in the communication management device can be displayed on the mobile phone and any information therein can be deleted, so that unnecessary information can be reliably deleted with a simple operation.

[0008] The invention of claim 3 is characterized in that, in the configuration described in claim 1 or 2, the room parent unit has a registration operation unit that obtains a means for registering a mobile phone to a communication management device, and a monitor that displays the obtained registration means, and the registration operation of the mobile phone is an operation of reading the registration means displayed on the room parent unit. According to this configuration, registration can be carried out using the registration means displayed on the room master unit, making registration possible with simple operations.

[0009] The invention of claim 4 is characterized in that, in the configuration described in any of claims 1 to 3, the room master unit can display a list of mobile phones that have already been registered in the communication management device to be linked to the room master unit by a specified operation, and further has an erasure operation unit for deleting any information from the displayed list information. With this configuration, the room master unit can obtain and display a list of mobile phones that are set to link with it, and can also erase the information of any mobile phone from that list. This makes it easy to determine which information should be erased, and allows unnecessary information to be erased with a simple operation.

[0010] The invention of claim 5 is an apartment building intercom system having a collective entrance unit installed at the entrance for calling residents, a terminal that can be carried by the residents and can respond to calls from the collective entrance unit via an external network, and a communication management device that manages communication between the collective entrance unit and the terminal, wherein the terminal is a mobile phone capable of communication based on VOIP, the communication management device is linked to an apartment number and has the mobile phone to be called registered therein, and relays communication between the collective entrance unit and the mobile phone using a specified application that uses VOIP, while the mobile phone can download an application for communicating with the communication management device based on VOIP by performing a specified operation, and the mobile phone to which the application has been downloaded displays a list of mobile phones already registered in the communication management device in association with the registered apartment number. With this configuration, when a mobile phone is registered as a terminal capable of responding to calls from the collective entrance unit, the information already registered in the communication management device is displayed, so if any registered information of the previous resident remains when a new resident moves in, it can be ascertained. This makes it easy to ascertain the information that should be deleted, and prevents the previous resident's information from remaining when registering the information of a new resident. Effect of the Invention

[0011] According to the present invention, in the process of registering a mobile phone to be linked to the room master unit, information already registered in the communication management device is sent to the mobile phone, so if any registered information of the previous resident remains when a new resident moves in, it can be ascertained. This makes it easy to recognize that information that should be deleted remains, and makes it possible to reliably delete the information of the previous resident when registering the information of the new resident. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0012] [Figure 1] 1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an apartment building intercom system according to the present invention; [Diagram 2] FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the room master unit. [Diagram 3] FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the communication management server. [Figure 4] FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a display screen of a mobile phone that displays information about the mobile phone registered in the communication management server. [Diagram 5] 11A and 11B are explanatory diagrams of the display screen when performing a deletion operation from a mobile phone, in which (a) shows the state when the application is launched, (b) shows the state when the deletion operation screen is open, and (c) shows the state after deletion. [Figure 6] FIG. 13 is an explanatory diagram of a screen when a deletion operation is performed by operating the room master unit. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0013] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Fig. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an apartment house intercom system according to the present invention. The apartment house intercom system includes an apartment entrance unit 1 installed at the entrance of the apartment house for visitors to call residents, a room master unit 2 installed in each dwelling unit for responding to calls from the apartment entrance unit 1, a master unit 3 installed at the entrance of each dwelling unit for calling residents, a management master unit 4 installed in the manager's room for calling residents, a mobile phone 5 carried by the resident, and a communication management server (communication management device) 6 installed outside.

[0014] Furthermore, E indicates the entrance, K the manager's room, and M the dwelling unit. Also, 8 is a HUB, and each device is connected to a LAN via a communication line L1. Communication between the devices is carried out by IP (Internet Protocol). Also, a communication management server 6 is placed on an external general-purpose network N, and the collective entrance unit 1 and the room master unit 2 are connected to the general-purpose network N via a GW (Gateway) adapter 7, enabling communication with the communication management server 6.

[0015] The collective entrance device 1 is equipped with a camera 11 for capturing images of visitors, an operation unit 12 for selecting or inputting the residence to be called, a display unit 13 for displaying the call destination, etc., a microphone 14 and speaker 15 for making calls, a call button 16, etc.

[0016] 2 is a functional block diagram of the room master unit 2. The room master unit 2 includes a call button 21 for answering a call, an audio section 22 equipped with a microphone 22a and a speaker 22b for making a call, a monitor 23 for displaying the image captured by the camera 11, an operation section 24 for performing various operations, a room master unit CPU 25 for controlling the room master unit 2, the collective entrance unit 1, the entrance slave unit 3, and a room master unit communication IF 26 for communicating with the communication management server 6.

[0017] The mobile phone 5 may be, for example, a smartphone, and downloads and installs application software (hereinafter referred to as the "application") for communicating with the collective entrance unit 1 from the communication management server 6 via the general-purpose network N. At that time, registrant information such as the name of the resident who is the operator and the dwelling unit number is sent from the mobile phone 5 to the communication management server 6, and is registered in association with the application. However, the operation of downloading this application and registering it in the communication management server 6 can be easily performed by operating the room master unit 2. Specifically, first, the room master unit 2, which is already capable of communicating with the communication management server 6, acquires a registration means (for example, a QR code (registered trademark)) consisting of two-dimensional information for easily implementing registration, which is set in advance for each dwelling unit in the communication management server 6. Then, the acquired registration means is displayed on the monitor 23, and the mobile phone 5 is caused to capture and read the image. Alternatively, the registration means may be printed out in advance and prepared for each dwelling unit, and then read.

[0018] The application thus installed on the mobile phone 5 is software for communication between the collective entrance unit 1 and the mobile phone 5, and is an application that enables communication using VOIP technology. By using VOIP technology, the mobile phone 5 can communicate with the collective entrance unit 1 without relying on a telephone number.

[0019] Fig. 3 shows a functional block diagram of the communication management server 6. As shown in Fig. 3, the communication management server 6 includes an application information storage unit 61, a server CPU 62 that controls communication between the collective entrance unit 1 and the mobile phone 5 and also controls the communication management server 6, a server communication IF 63 that communicates with the collective entrance unit 1 and the mobile phone 5 via the general-purpose network N, and the like. In the application information storage unit 61, applications for each mobile phone 5 are registered by association with the dwelling unit number (residential unit ID) and by apartment house. When a call signal is received from the collective entrance unit 1, an application associated with the called dwelling unit is called, and the mobile phone 5 performs a call operation according to this call control. In other words, a call signal is sent to the mobile phone 5.

[0020] The operation of the apartment complex intercom system configured as described above is as follows: However, the operation of operating the apartment entrance unit 1 to call a resident, causing the room master unit 2 of the called dwelling unit and the mobile phone 5 linked to the room master unit 2 to ring, the operation of establishing a conversation path when the room master unit 2 or mobile phone 5 that receives the call is operated to answer, allowing a conversation between the resident and the visitor, and the operation of transmitting an image captured by the camera 11 in response to the call and displaying it on the monitor 23 of the room master unit or the display unit 51 of the mobile phone 5 are the same as in the conventional system, and therefore a description thereof will be omitted. Here, the flow of registration / deregistration of the mobile phone 5 linked to the room master unit 2 will be mainly explained.

[0021] When linking a new mobile phone 5 to the room parent unit 2, first operate the room parent unit 2 to obtain information for linking the mobile phone 5 from the communication management server 6. The room parent unit 2 is set up in advance to be able to communicate with the communication management server 6, and a registration notification is sent from the room parent unit 2 to the communication management server 6 by a specified registration operation. Upon receiving this registration notification, the communication management server 6 recognizes the dwelling unit of the room master unit 2 that sent the registration notification, and replies with a registration means including information on the URL where the information is stored on the communication management server 6 as a tool to easily perform the registration operation.

[0022] The room master unit 2, which has received the registration means from the communication management server 6, displays it on the monitor 23. By having the mobile phone 5 read the displayed registration means or by manually entering it, the mobile phone 5 becomes able to communicate with the communication management server 6 via the general-purpose network N, and the application is downloaded. When the mobile phone 5 to which the application has been downloaded is associated with the room master unit 2 that has been registered in the communication management server 6, the information of the mobile phone 5 is read and displayed on the display unit 51 through the function of the application. This display allows the user to recognize any information on the mobile phone 5 that needs to be deleted, such as the mobile phone of the previous resident, and to carry out the deletion operation once registration is complete.

[0023] Fig. 4 shows a list of mobile phones that is displayed. This display allows the user to recognize mobile phones 5 that have already been registered. Here, it is assumed that multiple devices (up to eight, for example) can be linked to one room base unit 2 (for the same dwelling unit), and Fig. 4 shows that three mobile phones 5 are already linked to the room base unit 2 in room 501. This display allows the user to confirm the current registration status and then begin their own registration operation. At that time, the owner's name and other information are entered and registered for the assigned terminal number (not shown). In this way, the new mobile phone 5 is registered in the communication management server 6, linked to the dwelling number (501). Once the registration operation is completed, when a call is made to Room 501 from the collective entrance device 1, a call signal is sent to the newly registered mobile phone 5 in addition to the already registered mobile phones 5 under the control of the communication management server 6, and the call can be made by answering the call.

[0024] On the other hand, if the displayed list contains information to be deleted that is not related to the current resident, the deletion operation is started. Fig. 5 is a display explanatory diagram of the display unit 51 showing the flow of the deletion operation, where (a) shows the state when the application is launched, (b) shows the state when the deletion operation screen is open, and (c) shows the state after deletion. When the application of the mobile phone 5 is launched, the screen of Fig. 5(a) is displayed first, and banners for new registration B1 and deletion B2 are displayed. New registration is a banner used when additionally registering a new mobile phone 5, and in this case, to perform the deletion operation, the deletion B2 banner is tapped.

[0025] When Delete B2 is tapped, the registered information of the mobile phone 5 is read from the communication management server 6, and a list of registered terminals is displayed on the display unit 51 as shown in Fig. 5(b). When the terminal number to be deleted is selected from this list and the Delete button B3 is tapped, the corresponding information in the communication management server 6 is deleted, and the deleted list is displayed as shown in Fig. 4(c). In this way, the deletion operation is performed.

[0026] In this way, in the process of registering mobile phone 5 as a terminal linked to the room master unit 2, information already registered in the communications management server 6 is displayed on the newly registered mobile phone 5, so if any registered information of the previous resident remains when a new resident moves in, it can be ascertained. This makes it easy to recognize that information that should be deleted remains, and makes it possible to reliably delete the information of the previous resident when registering the information of the new resident. Furthermore, the information registered in the communication management server 6 can be displayed on the mobile phone 5, and any information therein can be deleted, so that unnecessary information can be reliably deleted with a simple operation. Furthermore, registration can be carried out using the registration means displayed on the room master unit 2, making registration possible with simple operations.

[0027] Fig. 6 shows the display when deleting by operating the room parent unit 2. Registration information can also be deleted by operating the room parent unit 2, and by performing a specified operation on the operation unit 24, the mobile phones 5 linked to the room parent unit 2 are displayed as a list of forwarding destination terminals as shown in Fig. 6, together with a delete button B4. From this display, by selecting the terminal to be deleted and tapping the delete button B4, the terminal can be deleted in the same way as by the deletion operation on the mobile phone 5.

[0028] In this way, the room master unit 2 can obtain and display a list of mobile phones 5 that are set to link with it, and can also erase the information of any of the mobile phones 5. This makes it easy to know what information should be erased, and allows unnecessary information to be erased with a simple operation.

[0029] Next, a description will be given of an apartment house intercom system in which the fixed-type room master unit 2 as in the above embodiment does not exist, and calls from the collective entrance unit 1 are answered only by the mobile phone 5. If there is no room master unit and the only answering device is a mobile phone 5, registration / deletion is carried out as follows: A registration means is registered for each dwelling unit (each dwelling unit number) in the communication management server 6, and this registration means is printed on, for example, a card and provided in each dwelling unit.

[0030] Registration is performed by reading this printed registration means on the mobile phone 5 used as a terminal to respond to calls from the collective entrance unit 1. The flow of registration and deletion after reading is the same as the flow when reading the registration means displayed on the above-mentioned room master unit 2.

[0031] Therefore, at the stage when a specific application is downloaded, if there is a mobile phone 5 that is associated with the registration means, i.e., associated with the dwelling number and registered in the communications management server 6, the information is read by the application and displayed on the display unit 51. If there is information on a mobile phone 5 that needs to be deleted, such as the mobile phone of a previous resident, based on this display, the deletion operation will be performed after registration.

[0032] In this way, when registering mobile phone 5 as a terminal capable of responding to calls from collective entrance unit 1, the information already registered in communication management server 6 is displayed, so if any registered information of the previous resident remains when a new resident moves in, it can be ascertained. This makes it easy to ascertain the information that should be deleted, and prevents the previous resident's information from remaining when registering the information of a new resident.

[0033] In the above embodiment, a QR code (registered trademark) is used as an example of a registration means for easily performing registration, but this is not limited to this as long as it is two-dimensional information, and a simple barcode or a string of numbers or symbols may also be used. Furthermore, although the communication management server 6 is placed on the general-purpose network N, it may be installed within an apartment building. [Explanation of symbols]

[0034] 1... Collective entrance unit, 2... Room main unit, 5... Mobile phone, 6... Communications management server (communications management device), 23... Monitor, 24... Operation unit (registration operation unit, deletion operation unit), 51... Display unit, 61... Application information storage unit, 63... Server CPU, N... General-purpose network (external network).

Claims

1. An apartment complex intercom system that allows residents to answer calls from a collective entrance unit installed at the entrance to their homes using mobile phones in addition to the main units installed in each residence, a communication management device that transmits a call signal from the collective entrance device to the mobile phone and manages communication between the two; The communication management device relays communication using a specific application based on VOIP to the mobile phone registered to be linked to the room master unit as a call destination of the collective entrance unit, while When a predetermined registration operation is performed to enable communication with the communication management device based on VOIP in order to link the mobile phone with the room base unit, The communication management device that has accepted the registration transmits, in addition to the application to be downloaded, a list of mobile phones that have already been registered with the room master unit to be linked; An intercom system for an apartment building, characterized in that the mobile phone to which the application has been downloaded displays the list information on a display unit of the mobile phone.

2. When the mobile phone, which has downloaded the application and is linked to the room master unit, starts the application, the list information is displayed on the display unit, and a delete button is displayed to delete any information in the list.

2. The intercom system according to claim 1, wherein any information in the displayed list of information can be deleted.

3. The room master unit has a registration operation unit for acquiring a means for registering the mobile phone with the communication management device, and a monitor for displaying the acquired registration means, 3. The intercom system according to claim 1, wherein the registration operation of the mobile phone is an operation of reading the registration means displayed on the main unit in the living room.

4. The room master unit can display a list of mobile phones already registered in the communication management device so as to be linked to the room master unit by a predetermined operation, 4. The intercom system for an apartment building according to claim 1, further comprising a deletion operation unit for deleting any information from the displayed list information.

5. An apartment complex intercom system comprising: a collective entrance unit installed at an entrance for calling residents; a terminal that is portable by a resident and capable of responding to a call from the collective entrance unit via an external network; and a communication management device that manages communication between the collective entrance unit and the terminal, The terminal is a mobile phone capable of communication based on VOIP, The communication management device is linked to a dwelling number and registers a mobile phone to be called, and relays communication between the collective entrance unit and the mobile phone using a specific application using VOIP, The mobile phone can download an application for carrying out communication with the communication management device based on VOIP by a predetermined operation, An apartment building intercom system characterized in that the mobile phone to which the application has been downloaded displays a list of mobile phones that have already been registered in the communication management device in association with the registered apartment number.

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