Cradle, security system, telephone, and monitoring method
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsMasayuki Oyagi, Tanichi Ando
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Abstract
A cradle (10) according to the present invention includes: a telephone supporting section supporting a mobile telephone (11); a connecting section electrically connecting to the mobile telephone (11); a sensor communications section receiving a report from a sensor (12) sensing a state of a monitored area; and a transmission instructing section providing an instruction signal to the mobile telephone (11) via the connecting section to cause the mobile telephone (11) to transmit a content of the report from the sensor (12) to a management center (13).
Claims26
(Amended) A cradle, characterized in that it comprises:
- a telephone supporting section for supporting a telephone;
- a connecting section for electrically connecting to the telephone;
- a sensor communications section for receiving a report from a sensor sensing a state of a monitored area;
- a transmission instructing section for providing an instruction signal to the telephone via the connecting section to cause to externally transmit a content of the report from the sensor;
- and
- a communications circuit for wirelessly communicating with the telephone.
(Amended) A monitoring method, characterized in that it comprises the steps of:
- receiving, at a sensor communications section provided to a cradle, a report from a sensor sensing a state of a monitored area;
- providing an instruction signal to a telephone via a connecting section provided to the cradle for electrically connecting to the telephone, so as to externally transmit a content of the report from the sensor;
- and
- meanwhile, performing wireless transmission between the cradle and the telephone by means of a communications circuit provided to the cradle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.