Home bus system
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1. A home bus system comprising;
- (a) a predetermined number of room controllers, at last some of which are connected to a plurality of loads, such as electric appliances and security sensors, for monitoring the operating state of the loads, and for outputting a signal concerning the operating state of the loads(b) a visual controller for driving a display screen in response to the signal from one of the room controllers, the visual controller comprising;
a console having a predetermined number of keys,a first memory for storing one or more control programs,a second memory for storing a predetermined amount of data representing pictographs, background colors, and characters,control means responsive to at least either a signal from the console or a signal from the room controller under the control of the control programs for selectively fetching data stored in the second memory, and for outputting the fetched data,image composition means for generating image data by a composition of data, which include the data fetched from the second memory, outputted from the control means, anddisplay means for displaying on a screen the generated image data; and
(c) a home bus for coupling the room controllers and the visual controller and for supplying the signals from the room controllers to the visual controller.
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Abstract
A home bus system is to perform concentrated monitoring and control of electric appliances positioned in a house as well as alerting users by monitoring outputs from security sensors positioned in places of consideration in the house. The appliances, and the occurrence of emergencies sensed by the security sensors, appear on the screen of a visual controller in the form of pictographs. Data about the pictographs are stored in a memory such as a graphic ROM, and once stored data are read from the memory to be displayed on the screen.
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1. A home bus system comprising;
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(a) a predetermined number of room controllers, at last some of which are connected to a plurality of loads, such as electric appliances and security sensors, for monitoring the operating state of the loads, and for outputting a signal concerning the operating state of the loads (b) a visual controller for driving a display screen in response to the signal from one of the room controllers, the visual controller comprising; a console having a predetermined number of keys, a first memory for storing one or more control programs, a second memory for storing a predetermined amount of data representing pictographs, background colors, and characters, control means responsive to at least either a signal from the console or a signal from the room controller under the control of the control programs for selectively fetching data stored in the second memory, and for outputting the fetched data, image composition means for generating image data by a composition of data, which include the data fetched from the second memory, outputted from the control means, and display means for displaying on a screen the generated image data; and (c) a home bus for coupling the room controllers and the visual controller and for supplying the signals from the room controllers to the visual controller. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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23. A home bus system according to claim further comprising a third memory for sequentially storing data fetched by the control means on a room name basis, and wherein the image composition means generates image data about the room status display representing the operating state of the loads connected to a plurality of room controllers grouped in one room name by the composition of data, which includes at least the data fetched from the second memory, outputted from the control means.
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