JP2019149693A - Doorbell - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide a doorbell that allows a resident to easily grasp information on a delivery.SOLUTION: A doorbell 2 includes an operation unit 22 capable of calling operation, a camera 26, a microphone 23, a speaker 24, and a control unit 21 that is connected to the operation unit 22, the camera 26, the microphone 23, and the speaker 24, and that can directly or indirectly communicate with an external device in which delivery information on a delivery is recorded. The control unit 21 acquires the delivery information from an external device, and transmits a delivery notification of the delivery to an information terminal 3 associated with a resident of a house to which the doorbell 2 is attached on the basis of the delivery information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a doorbell.

  A WIFI doorbell that includes a speaker, a microphone, a camera, and an operation unit and that can wirelessly communicate with a remotely arranged computing device is known (see Patent Document 1 and the like).

US Patent No. 9094584 U.S. Pat. No. 8,872,915 U.S. Pat. No. 9,237,318 US Pat. No. 8,144,183 U.S. Pat. No. 9432638 U.S. Pat. No. 9,485,478 U.S. Pat. No. 9516284

  In recent years, the amount of deliverables has increased due to the spread of mail order sales, and the problem of re-delivery in the absence is a problem. For this reason, in order to reduce the man-hours and costs of re-delivery, a service has been started in which a delivery item is placed at a front door of a delivery destination house or the like when a customer is absent (so-called “placement service”). However, in this “placement” service, there is a risk of delivery theft or loss.

  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a doorbell that allows a resident to easily grasp information related to a delivery item.

In order to achieve the above object, the doorbell of the present invention comprises:
An operation unit capable of calling operation;
A camera,
With a microphone,
Speakers,
A doorbell comprising: a control unit connected to the operation unit, the camera, the microphone, and the speaker, and capable of directly or indirectly communicating with an external device in which delivery item information relating to a delivery item is recorded; ,
The control unit acquires the delivery information from the external device and, based on the delivery information, sends a delivery notification of the delivery to an information terminal associated with a resident of the house to which the doorbell is attached. Configured to send.

  According to the above configuration, by notifying the resident's information terminal of the delivery notification, it is possible to provide a doorbell that allows the resident to easily grasp the information regarding the delivery item.

In the above doorbell,
The control unit may be configured to receive a reply notification from the information terminal that has received the delivery notification, and to perform an automatic receiving operation for automatically receiving the delivery based on the reply notification. .

  According to this configuration, it is possible to reduce redelivery of deliveries when the resident is absent.

In the above doorbell,
The automatic receipt operation may include at least one of voice guidance from the speaker and transmission of an automatic receipt to the external device.

  According to this configuration, the delivery person can easily know that the resident wants to receive it automatically, and the delivery person can obtain and issue an automatic receipt as a certificate of completion of delivery. .

  ADVANTAGE OF THE INVENTION According to this invention, the doorbell which a resident can grasp | ascertain easily the information regarding a delivery thing can be provided.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the doorbell system which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the doorbell with which the doorbell system of FIG. 1 is provided. It is a figure which shows the structure of the information terminal with which the doorbell system of FIG. 1 is provided. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the automatic receipt function of the delivery performed by the doorbell system of FIG. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen displayed on the information terminal which a resident carries when performing automatic reception operation | movement. It is a figure which shows an example of a screen in case an automatic receipt selection notification is displayed on the external apparatus which a delivery person carries. It is a flowchart for demonstrating the example of a process when a user does not select automatic reception. It is a figure which shows an example of a screen in case an automatic receipt non-selection notification is displayed on the external apparatus which a delivery person carries. It is a flowchart for demonstrating operation | movement of the delivery monitoring function performed by the doorbell system of FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the example which changes the imaging range of a camera. It is a figure which shows an example of the screen for making a user select whether the captured image of the delivery thing by a camera is displayed on an information terminal. It is a figure which shows the example which reports alarm sound from the speaker of a doorbell.

Hereinafter, an example of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a doorbell system according to the present embodiment.
As shown in FIG. 1, the doorbell system 1 includes a doorbell 2, an information terminal 3, a server 4, and an external device 5. The doorbell 2 and the information terminal 3 can communicate with the server 4 on the external network via the network N. As a communication device that relays the doorbell 2 and the information terminal 3 and the network N, for example, a Wi-Fi router can be used. The server 4 and the external device 5 can communicate with each other via the network N.

FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram showing the configuration of the doorbell 2.
The doorbell 2 is used when a visitor calls a resident to make a call, and is installed, for example, at the entrance of each building (such as a detached house). The doorbell 2 is electrically connected to a power system of a building to which the doorbell 2 is attached by predetermined wiring, so that power is supplied from the power system. The doorbell 2 may include a battery for backup and / or primary power.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the doorbell 2 includes a control unit 21, an operation unit 22, a microphone 23, a speaker 24, a human sensor 25, a camera 26, an image processing unit 27, and a position information acquisition unit 28. And an interface circuit (hereinafter, the interface circuit is referred to as “I / F”) 29.

The control unit 21 is a control unit for controlling the operation of each part of the doorbell 2, and includes at least one microcontroller including one or more processors and one or more memories, and other elements including active elements and passive elements such as transistors. An electronic circuit may be included. The processor is, for example, a CPU (Central Processing Unit), an MPU (Micro Processing Unit), a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit), and / or a TPU (Tensor Processing Unit). The CPU may be composed of a plurality of CPU cores. The GPU may be configured by a plurality of GPU cores. The memory includes a ROM (Read Only Memory) and a RAM (Random Access Memory). The doorbell control program may be stored in the ROM. The doorbell control program may be temporarily stored in the RAM. The processor may be configured to expand a program designated from the doorbell control program stored in the storage device or the ROM on the RAM and execute various processes in cooperation with the RAM.
Moreover, the control part 21 may be comprised by integrated circuits (hardware resources), such as ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) and FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array). Furthermore, the control unit 21 may be configured by a combination of at least one microcontroller and an integrated circuit.

  The operation unit 22 receives various input operations of visitors. The various input operations include, for example, a call of a resident. The microphone 23 and the speaker 24 send voice data such as a message on the visitor side to the resident (in this example, the information terminal 3 owned by the resident of the building where the doorbell 2 is installed), or the visitor A voice communication unit for outputting voice data such as a resident's message is configured.

  The human sensor 25 is a sensor for detecting a person in front of the doorbell 2, and is configured by an infrared sensor, for example. The human sensor 25 is connected to the camera 26 via the control unit 21. The human sensor 25 outputs a detection signal notifying that a person has been detected to the camera 26. The camera 26 is an imaging device for imaging a person such as a visitor. The camera 26 may be configured as a video camera that is a web camera. For example, the camera 26 is activated based on the detection signal output from the human sensor 25. An image captured by the camera 26 is output to the image processing unit 27. The image processing unit 27 transmits the image data acquired from the camera 26 to the server 4 via the I / F 29 based on the control signal of the control unit 21.

  The position information acquisition unit 28 is configured to acquire position information of the doorbell 2. The position information is acquired using, for example, GPS (Global Positioning System). In addition, when installing the doorbell 2 in a building, the position information of the doorbell 2 may be registered in advance in the position information acquisition unit 28 by a resident. The control unit 21 is configured to transmit the position information acquired by the position information acquisition unit 28 to the server 4. The control unit 21 transmits position information to the server 4 at the time of initial setting when the doorbell 2 is attached to each residence. Note that the control unit 21 may transmit the updated position information to the server 4 when the position information of the doorbell 2 is updated.

  The I / F 29 can communicate with the server 4 via the network N. Specifically, the I / F 29 is connected to the server 4 by network communication means such as a wireless local area network (LAN), radio, cellular, Internet, Bluetooth (registered trademark), electromagnetic waves, infrared light, sound waves, and microwaves. Communication is possible. As described above, the doorbell 2 transmits predetermined data (for example, voice data and image data) to the server 4, and performs communication by a two-way voice call or the like between the visitor and the user of the information terminal 3. Can start. The I / F 29 of the doorbell 2 may be configured to be able to communicate directly with the information terminal 3.

FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of the information terminal 3.
The information terminal 3 is used to respond to a call from the doorbell 2 by a resident (user) of a residence where the doorbell 2 is installed. The information terminal 3 includes, for example, a smartphone owned by a resident, a tablet computer, and other portable information terminals. The doorbell 2 and the information terminal 3 can communicate with each other via the server 4.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the information terminal 3 includes a touch screen type display unit 30 capable of displaying a predetermined user interface 32. Such an information terminal 3 executes predetermined computer software (for example, application software for voice call and image display) based on the data transmitted from the doorbell 2. For example, the information terminal 3 can execute predetermined application software based on an input to the user interface 32 displayed on the display unit 30. The user interface 32 includes an image display unit 34 on which a display image of a still image or a moving image is displayed based on image data of a front area captured by the camera 26 provided in the doorbell 2. In addition, the user interface 32 includes a response permission receiving unit 36 for allowing the user to respond to a visitor's call. When the user touches the response permission receiving unit 36, two-way voice communication is started in order to respond to the visitor's call. In addition, the user interface 32 includes a recording reception unit 38 for allowing the user to select recording of the display image displayed on the image display unit 34. When the user touches the recording reception unit 38, the display image displayed on the image display unit 34 can be recorded.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the server 4 includes a storage unit 40 and a control unit 42. The storage unit 40 is constituted by a memory including a ROM and a RAM, for example. The control unit 42 includes, for example, at least one microcontroller including one or more processors and one or more memories, and other electronic circuits including active elements such as transistors and passive elements. The control unit 42 may be configured by an integrated circuit (hardware resource), or may be configured by a combination of at least one microcontroller and an integrated circuit.

  The control unit 42 can store the data (image data and audio data) transmitted from the doorbell 2 in the storage unit 40 and can transmit the data to the information terminal 3. In addition, the control unit 42 can store the data transmitted from the information terminal 3 in the storage unit 40 and can transmit the data to the doorbell 2. As described above, the server 4 transmits and receives predetermined data (for example, audio data and image data) between the doorbell 2 and the information terminal 3, so that the visitor to the building where the doorbell 2 is installed and the information terminal The communication by the two-way voice call etc. between 3 users can be started. As described above, data may be directly transmitted and received between the doorbell 2 and the information terminal 3 without using the server 4.

  Further, the control unit 42 can store the position information of the doorbell 2 acquired by the position information acquisition unit 28 of the doorbell 2 and transmitted from the doorbell 2 to the server 4 in the storage unit 40.

  The external device 5 is, for example, a device such as a smartphone or a tablet computer that is carried by a delivery person of delivery items, and records delivery item information about the delivery items. The delivery information includes contents of delivery, delivery address, delivery time, and the like. The external device 5 can communicate with the doorbell 2 via the server 4, and can transmit delivery information to the doorbell 2 via the server 4.

(Description of automatic delivery function)
Next, with reference to FIGS. 4-6, operation | movement of the automatic receipt function of the delivery delivered by the doorbell system 1 (especially doorbell 2) is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 4, first, a deliverer who arrives at a building where the doorbell 2 is installed to deliver a delivery item determines whether or not a resident (customer of the delivery destination) of the building is absent. (Step S1). If it is determined that the resident is absent, the delivery person reads out the delivery information using the external device 5 (step S2). Next, the deliverer transmits delivery information from the external device 5 to the server 4 (step S3). The control unit 42 of the server 4 that has received the delivery information compares the position information of the doorbell 2 stored in the storage unit 40 with the delivery destination information included in the delivery information, and sends the delivery information to the doorbell 2. Is specified (step S4). That is, when the position information of the doorbell 2 matches the address of the delivery destination, the control unit 42 identifies the doorbell 2 as a doorbell to which delivery information should be transmitted. Next, the control unit 42 transmits delivery information to the doorbell 2 identified in step S4 (step S5).

  Next, based on the delivery information acquired from the server 4, the control unit 21 of the doorbell 2 transmits a delivery notification of the delivery to the information terminal 3 associated with the resident of the building to which the doorbell 2 is attached. (Step S6).

  Next, the information terminal 3 displays the delivery notification information related to the delivery on the display unit 30 based on the received delivery notification (step S7). As shown in FIG. 5, for example, the delivery notification information allows the user (resident) of the information terminal 3 to select whether the delivery has arrived at home and whether to receive the delivery automatically. Contains information for. Specifically, buttons B1 and B2 for selecting whether or not the delivery is automatically received are displayed on the display unit 30 together with a phrase such as “A delivery has arrived at your home. Is displayed. The button B1 is a button for selecting to automatically receive a delivery, and the button B2 is a button for selecting not to automatically receive a delivery.

  Next, the information terminal 3 determines whether or not the user has selected to receive the delivery automatically (step S8). If it is determined in step S8 that the user has touched the button B1 (Yes in step S8), the information terminal 3 determines that the user has selected to receive the delivery automatically, and automatically delivers the delivery. Is transmitted to the doorbell 2 (step S9).

  Next, the control unit 21 of the doorbell 2 transmits the received automatic reception selection notification to the server 4 (step S10) (an example of an automatic reception operation). The control unit 21 of the server 4 transmits the received automatic receipt selection notification to the external device 5 that has transmitted the delivery information (step S11).

  Next, the external device 5 generates automatic reception information based on the received automatic reception selection notification, and displays the automatic reception information on the display unit 50 (step S12). As shown in FIG. 6, the automatic receipt information includes, for example, information regarding that the recipient (resident) has accepted automatic receipt and processing for issuing an automatic receipt. Specifically, "Issuing the automatic receipt" with the words "The recipient has accepted the automatic receipt. Please place the delivery at the front door and press the button below to issue an automatic receipt." The button B3 is displayed on the display unit 50. The delivery person who confirmed this display places the delivery at the front door and proceeds to the next step (step S13). In this way, when a delivery destination customer (resident, etc.) is absent at the time of delivery, a service that completes delivery by placing a package in a front door or a delivery box designated by the customer in advance is a so-called “placement” Called. The resident (user) can arbitrarily specify the place where the delivery item is placed.

  Next, the external device 5 determines whether or not the “issue issuance of automatic receipt” button B3 is selected by the deliverer (step S13). If it is determined in step S13 that the button B3 has been selected (Yes in step S13), the external device 5 issues an automatic receipt (step S14). Next, the external device 5 transmits automatic receipt data to the server 4 (step S15). The automatic receipt may be issued as a paper certificate from the external device 5 and attached to the delivered item.

  Next, the control unit 21 of the server 4 transmits the received automatic receipt data to the doorbell 2 (step S16). Next, the doorbell 2 transmits the received automatic receipt data to the information terminal 3 (step S17). Next, the information terminal 3 displays the automatic receipt on the display unit 30 based on the received automatic receipt data (step S18). In this way, the operation of the automatic delivery function (delivery processing) of delivered items is completed.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 7, when it is determined in step S8 that the user has touched the button B2 (No in step S8), the information terminal 3 confirms that the user does not automatically receive the delivery. It is determined that it has been selected, and an automatic unacceptable notification indicating that the user has automatically selected not to receive the delivery is transmitted to the doorbell 2 (step S20).

  Next, the control unit 21 of the doorbell 2 transmits the received automatic reception failure notification to the server 4 (step S21). The control unit 42 of the server 4 transmits the received automatic unacceptable notification to the external device 5 that has transmitted the delivery information (step S22).

  Next, the external device 5 generates automatic reception unacceptable information based on the received automatic reception failure notification and displays the automatic reception failure information on the display unit 50 (step S23). As shown in FIG. 8, the automatic unacceptable information includes, for example, information related to the fact that the recipient (resident) did not accept the automatic receipt and that it is necessary to perform a redelivery procedure for the delivery. Specifically, "Issuance of Absence Report Form" button B4 is displayed with the words "Recipient does not accept automatic receipt. Issue Absence Report Form and request redelivery." Displayed on the unit 50.

  Next, the external device 5 determines whether or not the “Issuance of Absence Notification Form” button B4 is selected by the deliverer (step S24). If it is determined in step S24 that the button B4 has been selected (Yes in step S24), the external device 5 issues an absence report (step S25). Next, the external device 5 transmits absence report data to the server 4 (step S26). Note that the absence notification form may be issued as a paper form from the external device 5 and posted to a mail box of a house.

  Next, the control unit 42 of the server 4 transmits the received absence report slip data to the doorbell 2 (step S27). Next, the doorbell 2 transmits the received absence notification form data to the information terminal 3 (step S28). Next, the information terminal 3 displays the absent contact slip on the display unit 30 based on the received absent contact slip data (step S29). Thereby, the redelivery process of the delivery is completed.

  As described above, the doorbell 2 according to the present embodiment includes the operation unit 22 that can be called, the camera 26, the microphone 23, the speaker 24, and the external device in which the delivery information about the delivery is recorded. And a control unit 21 capable of directly or indirectly communicating with the control unit 5. Then, the control unit 21 obtains delivery information from the external device 5, and based on the delivery information, sends a delivery notification to the information terminal 3 associated with the resident of the house to which the doorbell 2 is attached. Configured to send. In this way, by notifying the resident's information terminal 3 of the delivery notification of the delivery sent from the external device 5 via the doorbell 2, the resident can easily grasp the information about the delivery. Become.

  In addition, the control unit 21 of the doorbell 2 is configured to receive a reply notification from the information terminal 3 that has received the delivery notification, and to perform an automatic receiving operation for automatically receiving a delivery based on the reply notification. . Specifically, when it is determined that the user has selected to receive the delivery automatically, the doorbell 2 sends an automatic reception selection notification (an example of a reply notification) received from the information terminal 3 via the server 4. To the external device 5. The delivery person carrying the external device 5 that has received the automatic receipt selection notification confirms the automatic receipt information displayed on the display unit 50, and performs the procedure for issuing an automatic receipt together with the delivery of the delivery. By adopting such a method, it is possible to easily perform placement and delivery processing when a delivery destination customer (resident, etc.) is absent, using the doorbell 2, and the man-hours and costs associated with the re-delivery of deliveries Can be reduced.

  In addition, the doorbell 2 automatically sends an automatic receipt selection notification to the external device 5 as an automatic receipt operation for delivery, so that the resident can easily grasp that the resident wants automatic receipt (placement). can do. In addition, the delivery person can obtain and issue an automatic receipt as a certificate of delivery completion.

  In addition, the automatic receipt operation of the delivery item may be performed using the speaker 24 of the doorbell 2. Specifically, the control unit 21 of the doorbell 2 says, “The recipient has accepted the automatic receipt. Please place the delivery at the front door and press the button below to issue an automatic receipt.” The guidance may be reported from the speaker 24. Thereby, the delivery person who heard the voice guidance from the speaker 24 can smoothly perform placement and delivery processing and automatic receipt.

(Explanation of delivery monitoring function)
Next, with reference to FIGS. 9-11, operation | movement of the delivery monitoring function performed by the doorbell system 1 is demonstrated.
As shown in FIG. 9, the control unit 21 of the doorbell 2 that has received the automatic receipt data determines that the delivery item has been placed and processed, and changes the imaging range of the camera 26 (step S30). Specifically, as illustrated in FIG. 10, the control unit 21 changes the imaging range of the camera 26 from the front area R1 of the doorbell 2 to the downward lower area R2. As a result, the delivery item P placed at the front door can be included in the imaging range of the camera 26. Next, the control unit 21 transmits the video data (video data in which the delivery item P is included in the video) from the camera 26 whose imaging range has been changed to the information terminal 3 (step S31).

  Next, the information terminal 3 that has received the video data from the doorbell 2 displays a video reception notification for notifying that the video of the delivery item P has been received on the display unit 30 (step S32). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 11, a captured image (video) of the delivery item P is displayed together with a phrase such as “You have received a video of your parcel delivered to your home. Do you want to display the video?” Buttons B5 and B6 for the user to input whether or not to select to display are displayed. The button B5 is a button for selecting to display the image of the delivery item P, and the button B6 is a button for selecting not to display the image of the delivery item P.

  Next, the information terminal 3 determines whether or not the user has selected to display the video of the delivery item P (step S33). If it is determined in step S33 that the user has touched the button B5 (Yes in step S33), the information terminal 3 determines that the video of the delivery item P is selected and transmits it from the doorbell 2. Based on the received video data, the video of the delivery item P is displayed on the display unit 30 (step S34). On the other hand, when it is determined that the user has touched the button B6 (No in step S33), the information terminal 3 determines that it is selected not to display the image of the delivery item P, and receives the image shown in FIG. The notification is not displayed (step S35).

  On the other hand, in the state where the imaging range of the camera 26 is changed to the lower region R2 in step S30, the control unit 21 of the doorbell 2 analyzes the video data of the delivery item P captured by the camera 26, and delivers from the video data. It is determined whether or not the object P has disappeared (step S36). If it is determined in step S36 that the delivery item P has disappeared from the video (Yes in step S36), the control unit 21 generates warning information for warning that the delivery item P has disappeared (step S37). ). Next, based on the warning information, the control unit 21 reports an alarm sound indicating that the delivery item P is not included in the video from the speaker 24 (step S38). Specifically, as shown in FIG. 12, an alarm sound such as “The delivered parcel cannot be confirmed” is reported from the speaker 24. Next, the control part 21 transmits warning information to the information terminal 3 (step S39).

  Next, the information terminal 3 displays the warning information received from the doorbell 2 on the display unit 30 (step S40). Thereby, the user of the information terminal 3 can recognize that the delivery item P has disappeared.

  On the other hand, after the warning information is transmitted to the information terminal 3 in step S39, the control unit 21 of the doorbell 2 determines whether or not a certain time has elapsed since the start of imaging of the delivery item P by the camera 26 (step S41). ). If it is determined in step S41 that a certain time has passed (Yes in step S41), the control unit 21 changes the imaging range of the camera 26 (step S42). Specifically, the control unit 21 returns the imaging range of the camera 26 from the lower region R2 to the front region R1 in the initial state.

  Even when it is determined in step S36 that the delivery item P has not disappeared from the image captured by the camera 26 (No in step S36), the control unit 21 of the doorbell 2 delivers the delivery item by the camera 26. It is determined whether or not a certain time has elapsed since the start of P imaging (step S41). If it is determined in step S41 that the fixed time has elapsed (Yes in step S41), the control unit 21 returns the imaging range of the camera 26 from the lower region R2 to the initial front region R1 (step S42). . In this way, the operation of the delivery function P monitoring function is completed.

  As described above, the doorbell 2 according to the present embodiment has an operation unit 22 that can perform a call operation, a camera 26, a microphone 23, a speaker 24, and an external in which delivery information about the delivery P is recorded. And a control unit 21 that can communicate indirectly with the device 5 via the server 4. And the control part 21 is comprised so that the imaging range of the camera 26 may be changed based on delivery information. Thereby, for example, when the delivery item P is placed at the front door, the imaging range of the camera 26 is changed to a range (for example, the lower region R2) that allows the delivery item P to be imaged. You can watch over.

  Further, the imaging range of the camera 26 is configured to include the vicinity of the lower portion of the doorbell 2 within a certain time from the delivery time of the delivery item P, and to include the front portion of the doorbell 2 after a certain time has elapsed from the delivery time. Yes. Specifically, as described above, it is preferable to change the imaging range between the front region R1 and the lower region R2 in the initial state.

  Further, the control unit 21 sends an image of the delivery item P captured by the camera 26 within a certain time from the delivery time of the delivery item P to the information terminal 3 associated with the doorbell 2 based on the delivery item information. Configured to send. Thereby, for example, the user of the information terminal 3 who is a resident of a house where the doorbell 2 is installed can easily watch the delivery P.

  When it is determined that the delivery item P has disappeared from the image, the control unit 21 is configured to transmit an alarm (warning information) indicating that the delivery item P is not included in the image to the information terminal 3. Yes. Thereby, the resident can immediately recognize that the delivery item P has been stolen or lost.

  When it is determined that the delivery item P has disappeared from the image, the control unit 21 is configured to report an alarm sound from the speaker 24 indicating that the delivery item P is not included in the image. In this way, by reporting from the doorbell 2 that the delivery item P has disappeared from the captured image of the camera 26, it is possible to warn the surroundings of the doorbell 2 of theft or loss and to help prevent theft.

  In addition, this invention is not limited to embodiment mentioned above, A deformation | transformation, improvement, etc. are possible suitably. In addition, the material, shape, dimension, numerical value, form, number, location, and the like of each component in the above-described embodiment are arbitrary and are not limited as long as the present invention can be achieved.

  In the above embodiment, the doorbell 2 is configured to be able to indirectly communicate with the external device 5 via the server 4, but is not limited to this example. For example, the doorbell 2 may be capable of directly communicating with the external device 5 carried by the delivery person via the IF 29 and the network N.

  In the doorbell system 1 according to the above-described embodiment, the information terminal 3 associated with the resident is illustrated as an external device, and the doorbell 2 is configured as a WiFi doorbell that can wirelessly communicate with the information terminal 3. However, it is not limited to this example. For example, the external device may include a living room base unit provided in the living room of the house where the doorbell 2 is installed. That is, the doorbell 2 may be configured as a doorbell that can communicate with the living room base unit, for example, or via an interphone line.

1: doorbell system, 2: doorbell, 3: information terminal, 4: server, 5: external device, 21: CPU, 22: operation unit, 23: microphone, 24: speaker, 25: human sensor, 26: camera, 27: Image processing unit, 28: Position information acquisition unit, 29: Interface circuit, 30: Display unit, 32: User interface, 34: Image display unit, 36: Response permission reception unit, 38: Recording reception unit, 40: Storage unit, 42: Control unit, 50: Display unit, N: Network, B1 to B6: Button, R1: Front area of camera (doorbell), R2: Lower area of camera (doorbell), P: Delivery item

Claims (3)

An operation unit capable of calling operation;
A camera,
With a microphone,
Speakers,
A doorbell comprising: a control unit connected to the operation unit, the camera, the microphone, and the speaker, and capable of directly or indirectly communicating with an external device in which delivery item information relating to a delivery item is recorded; ,
The control unit acquires the delivery information from the external device and, based on the delivery information, sends a delivery notification of the delivery to an information terminal associated with a resident of the house to which the doorbell is attached. A doorbell that is configured to transmit.   The control unit is configured to receive a reply notification from the information terminal that has received the delivery notification, and to perform an automatic receiving operation for automatically receiving the delivery based on the reply notification. Item 1. The doorbell according to Item 1. The doorbell according to claim 2, wherein the automatic receiving operation includes at least one of voice guidance from the speaker and transmission of an automatic receipt to the external device.

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