JPH0481377B2 - - Google Patents

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[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Technical Field] The present invention provides functions such as blinking of lighting loads, opening/closing of electric locks, centralized control and monitoring of monitor TVs, centralized status monitoring and display of fires, gas leaks, etc., and calling functions of intercoms, etc. This invention relates to a multi-display operation type operation panel such as a housing information panel.

[Background Art] Conventionally, a so-called notification timer that gives notification after a preset time has an up-down key 51 for time setting, a start key 52, and a 7-segment key, as shown in FIG.
Display section 53 for digital display such as LED
An electronic digital timer 54 has already been provided. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 11, a mechanical timer 55 using a spring and gears is also provided. However, the former has the problem that it is not possible to quantitatively understand the set time and the elapsed time at a glance, and the latter has the problem that although it is possible to understand the elapsed time at a glance, it is difficult to understand numerically. Was. Furthermore, in the above two conventional methods, the status display operation panel of the housing information panel must be equipped with a dedicated display section and operation section for the timer function, which is only used at limited times, which increases manufacturing costs. This also has secondary problems such as complicating the status understanding and operability of other status display and operation function items.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been provided in view of the above points, and by displaying a numerical display of the remaining time as well as a graphical display of the ratio of the remaining time to the set time or the absolute time, Displays time with excellent numerical and visual understanding,
Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a multi-display operation type operation panel in which these timer displays are displayed only when necessary, so that the operability of other functions and the ease of understanding the display are not impaired.

[Disclosure of the Invention] Examples of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a housing information panel A as an embodiment, in which a display/operation section 1 is arranged on the front, and a handset 2 for intercom is placed on the side of the display/operation section 1. A speaker 5 for notification is also provided. Above display/operation section 1
The display section 6 consists of a CTR, liquid crystal, etc. that displays various statuses, and this display section 6.
Operation switches 7 corresponding to each piece of information are provided above and below a large number of small screens provided at the top and bottom. Further, the operation switch 7 may be a so-called touch switch provided in a small screen portion of the display section 6.

Now, generally speaking, in such a housing information board A, the second
Control using actual wiring method or wired or wireless time-division or frequency-multiplexing transmission means as shown in the figure.
It is connected to various terminals to be monitored. Here, an example of multiplexing is shown. The relay control terminal 13 receives a control signal from the housing information board A via a signal line 14 such as a coaxial cable,
The relay 13a is driven to control lighting fixtures L _{1 .} . . Ln connected to the alternating current power source AC to blink. The sensor input terminal 15 receives monitoring signals from a fire sensor 16 for disaster prevention and a window sensor 17 for crime prevention, and sends the monitoring signals from the sensor input terminal 15 to the housing information panel A via the signal line 14.
and is displayed on the display section 6 of the display/operation section 1 according to the abnormal situation. The electric lock terminal 18 is an electric lock 1 attached to the door 20.
9 is locked or unlocked by a locking/unlocking signal from the housing information panel A. The door phone 22 is enabled to communicate with the housing information panel A via the audio terminal 21, and the iTV camera 23 sends the image signal to the housing information panel A via the image signal terminal 24 to display the image of the visitor. I have to.

FIG. 3 shows a normal display screen of the display/operation unit 1 on the housing information panel A of such a system. That is, on the display section 6 of the display/operation section 1, characters and symbols indicating the status of, for example, a security sensor, an iTV camera, etc. are displayed. An operation switch 7 corresponds to the display portion of the display section 6. In addition, if you want to check the on/off status of load equipment such as lighting equipment in your house, press the operation switch 7 ₁ on the part that displays the picture of a lamp, and the display screen on the display section 6 will change to a small screen. You can check the changes. This state shows the on/off state of each lighting load in the house. For example, if you want to turn on the lighting load in the hallway on this screen, the background color within the frame of the display section 6 will be displayed in blue. If you press the operation switch corresponding to the corresponding frame, the lighting load will actually be controlled and the background color will change to red indicating the on state.

Further, when an input is made to the housing information panel A from a fire sensor or the like, a picture or text of a fire is displayed on the display section 6. Furthermore, when a customer presses the doorbell at the entrance, the display unit 6 displays a screen that superimposes the customer's monitor screen and necessary operation switches. In this state, necessary control and monitoring displays for the electric door lock, entrance light, etc. are displayed. Furthermore, if the control switch ₇₂ for television selection is pressed, the screen becomes a television screen, and a channel is displayed in the corner of the screen. in this way,
In the case of spontaneous control and monitoring, this housing information board A displays frequently used operations and statuses in advance, and displays them during normal times so that control and monitoring can be performed directly.

FIG. 4 shows a schematic block diagram of the housing information panel A. The modem block 25 is comprised of a tuner 26 that receives commercial television video signals and video signals from an iTV camera from the entrance, and a modem circuit 27 that transmits and receives audio from an intercom or the like. The NTSC signal output from the tuner 26 is input to the conversion circuit 32 and converted into an RGB signal. Further, the RGB signals are sent to the display unit 6 by the image synthesis circuit 33 and displayed as an image. On the other hand, for audio, the audio demodulation amplifier circuit 28 and the audio control circuit 2
The signal is output from the speaker 5 via the signal 9. Switch input block 7 consisting of a plurality of operation switches 7
The signal from A is the key input interface circuit 3
4 is input to the CPU 35, and in the CPU 35,
Screen data ROM36, program ROM37,
Exchanges data with each memory such as RAM38,
A control signal input to the switch input block 7 via the interface circuit 31 and modem circuit 27 is transmitted to each terminal via the signal line 14.
The onomatopoeic sound generation circuit 30 generates an alarm sound in the event of an abnormality such as a fire. Also
CPU35 is video display processor 3
9, and the video display processor 39 exchanges data with the VRAM 40.
The image synthesis circuit 33 converts RGB signals according to the control signal.
The content is displayed on the display section 6. A synchronization signal switching circuit 41 switches the synchronization signal between the normal display screen and the television screen.

Next, the timer control means which is the gist of the present invention will be explained. FIG. 5 shows a block diagram of the main parts, FIG. 6 shows an example of changes in the display section 6 due to timer operation, and FIG. 7 shows a flowchart. The operation will be explained based on these FIGS. 5, 6, and 7. FIG. 6a shows the normal screen display, and among the 10 items such as security, TV, etc., the operation switch ₇₃ , which is a timer setting key, is located at the bottom right. When it is desired to set a timer, when the operating switch ₇₃ is pressed, several types of timer examples (time setting examples) preset in a program are displayed as shown in FIG. 6b. In addition, the timer settings are 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes, 40 minutes, which are often used in daily life...
You can set the time in advance.
Now, if you want to set a so-called notification timer for 30 minutes, select the operation switch 7 that corresponds to the 30 minute display.
When ₂ is pressed, the CPU 35 exchanges time data with the timer unit 43 via the key input interface circuit 34, and stores the total time of the timer in the A memory on the temporary memory in the RAM 38, as shown in FIG. , remaining time to B memory, C
The memory stores each B/A ratio value. Note that t in FIG. 7 indicates the minimum display change unit time. Then, for each display change unit time (for example, 30 seconds or 1 minute), the B memory,
While reducing the contents of the C memory, the video display processor 39 displays the remaining time on a digital display and an analog display and displays the pixel data in the related ROM.
The images are displayed on the display section 6 as shown in FIG. 6c and d. In other words, as shown in Figure 6d,
The numerical value of the remaining time is displayed digitally within the square frame displayed on the display section 6, and the remaining time is displayed analogously in a pictorial manner within the circle.Furthermore, the timer set within the square frame within the circle is displayed digitally. The time is displayed digitally. At this time, the operation switch ₇₃ serving as the timer setting key has been changed to a timer stop key. To stop (cancel) the timer while it is operating, press this timer stop key (operation switch 7 ₃ ) to clear memories A to C and return the screen to the normal screen mode. When the timer counts up, CPU3
5 controls the output of a timer up warning sound via the voice synthesis circuit 42, and changes the display of the timer stop key to a ringing stop key (operation switch 7 ₃ ). If this ringing stop key is pressed,
At the same time as the audio stop processing is performed, the display section 6 is changed to a normal screen. Note that the timer section 43 and the CPU 35 constitute a timer control means. In this way, unnecessary key displays and status displays are not performed during normal operation, so the display performance and operability are excellent, and the timer can be set with a one-touch operation.

FIG. 8 shows an example of time setting for each use. That is, by operating the up key ₇₅ and down key ₇₆ to set a desired timer time, and then pressing the start key ₇₃ , the timer operation is performed in the same manner as described above.

FIG. 9 shows an example of how the screen changes when the timer time is programmed. First, as shown in Fig. 9a, press the program key ₇₅ , and after the screen changes as shown in Fig. 9b, press the notification timer setting key 77, and press the unset key 7 as shown in Fig. 9c.
Press ₂ to change the screen to something like d in the same figure. and,
Set the desired timer time using each key.

[Effects of the Invention] As described above, the present invention includes a display section such as a CRT or liquid crystal display, and a see-through operation switch provided on the front surface of the display section or an operation switch provided around the display section. By operating the above-mentioned operation switch, the lighting load, crime prevention, disaster prevention, intercom, and monitor can be adjusted according to the contents of the operation switch.
In a multi-display operation type operation panel in which information such as TV is displayed on the display section, the time is set by operating the operation switch, and the set time and time are set while the timer is operating based on the set time. Since the device is equipped with a timer control means that displays the remaining time on the display section at regular intervals, it is possible to understand numerically by displaying both the digital and analog displays. It embodies a timer that is excellent in terms of ease of use and easy to understand at a glance, and it also functions as a control panel that uses a display section and a control switch that is a multi-operation key. As such, there is no need for a display key dedicated to the timer, and functionality can be increased at low cost.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a housing information panel which is a multi-display operation type operation panel according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block diagram of the same as the above, and Fig. 3 is a front view of the display section of the same as the above housing information panel. Figure 4 is a block diagram of the same as the above, Figure 5 is a block diagram of the main parts of the same, Figure 6 is an explanatory diagram of the same as the above, Figure 7 is a flowchart of the same as the above, Figure 8 is another use of the same as the above. An explanatory diagram of the operation showing an example, Fig. 9 is an explanatory diagram when setting the same program as above, Fig. 10 is a perspective view of a conventional timer,
FIG. 11 is a perspective view of another conventional timer. Reference numeral 6 indicates a display section, and reference numeral 7 indicates an operation switch.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1 Equipped with a display unit such as a CRT or liquid crystal display, and a see-through type operation switch installed on the front of the display unit or an operation switch installed around the display unit, and the operation switch can be activated by operating the operation switch. In the multi-display operation type operation panel that displays information such as lighting load, crime prevention and disaster prevention, intercom, monitor TV, etc. on the display section according to the content, the time can be set by operating the operation switch, and the time can also be displayed. A multiple display operation type operation characterized by being provided with a timer control means for displaying a digital display and an analog display of the remaining time on the display section at the set time and every fixed time while the timer is operating based on the set time. Board.