Claims
- 1. An intelligent switch system, comprising:
- intelligent switches, embedded inside a wall surface near an entrance on each floor of a building and each said intelligent switch possessing a display unit having a touch panel on a front surface thereof, said display unit displaying and outputting a selection menu and information from a display screen based on time of day, a schedule control function is furnished for the display screen to give priority in displaying a most frequently used display of said selection menu, said most frequency used display determined based on said time of day;
- a regulatory system regulating facilities in the building; and
- an information processing unit connected with each of the intelligent switches through a communication line, said information processing unit sending, receiving and processing information from said intelligent switches, the information processing unit controls the regulatory system in the building and outputs information about the regulatory system and information not related to the regulating system using instructions input from the intelligent switches.
- 2. An intelligent switch system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the intelligent switch displays the selection menu on the display unit having the touch panel and each intelligent switch is provided with a data processing means which outputs touch input information on said display screen, said intelligent switch possesses a top menu consisting of information items and intra-building regulation control items, when an item of said top menu is selected by touch input, the display screen is changed over to a detailed description about said item and service for each item is displayed.
- 3. An intelligent switch system as set forth in claim 1, wherein icons and selection items are displayed on the display screen as choices of said selection menu.
- 4. An intelligent switch system as set forth in claim 1, wherein rain sensors are installed on said building, and rain information obtained from said rain sensors is displayed on said display screen.
- 5. An intelligent switch system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said information processing unit is connected with a news distribution line external to the building and news is offered as one choice of the selection menu.
- 6. An intelligent switch system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display screen is displayed according a block area of a floor layout, and regulation control information can be input to said intelligent switches based on said block area.
- 7. An intelligent switch system as set forth in claim 1, wherein a multi-task floor station is installed on each floor of the building for general control of the intelligent switches.
- 8. An intelligent switch system as set forth in claim 1, wherein the display unit with the touch panel of the intelligent switch is turned off when no touch input is input within a predetermined period of time and backlight is controlled to turn on by touch input.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 483,488 filed Feb. 22, 1990, now abandoned.
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