AU2006200087B1 - Building Intercom and Access System - Google Patents
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11.Jan. 2006 16:41 Wallinston-Dummer Sydney No.3749 P. 3 P/00/009 Regulation 3.10
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Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION Invention Title: BUILDING INTERCOM AND ACCESS SYSTEM The invention is described in the following statement, including the best method of performing it known to us: Our Ref: 052028 COMS ID No: SBMI-02380992 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:49 Date 2006-01-11 11 .Jan. 2006 16:41 Wall in ton-Dummer Sydney No.3749 P. 4 2
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o BUILDING INTERCOM AND ACCESS SYSTEM The present invention relates to electronic installations for multi-dwelling buildings and complexes sharing common remote access points and devices and, more particularly, to audio-visual communication facilities and 00 control for operation of remote devices.
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BACKGROUND
NO For security reasons, apartment blocks, townhouse and C-i 10 villa complexes typically have one or more locked access points which deny entry to unauthorized persons. Typically such blocks and complexes are provided with at least an audio communication system connecting an intercom unit at the access point/s with an intercom in each individual unit or dwelling.
Visitors to individual units or dwellings within the block or complex are then able to announce their arrival by selecting the unit or dwelling from a control panel, opening communication with that unit or dwelling and announcing their arrival. Typically also, each unit or dwelling is provided with some control whereby an access door or gate may be unlocked remotely to allow the visitor to enter.
In apartment blocks there may be further provision for remotely allowing visitors to enter and use secure lift services within the building.
COMS ID No: SBMI-02380992 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:49 Date 2006-01-11 11.Jan. 2006 16:41 Wallinston-Dummer Sydney No.3749 P. 3 kN Again typically such intercom and control systems are o analogue and require a complex of cabling, either coaxial ci Sor twisted pair or both, between the access point/s and any remotely operable devices, and every unit or dwelling.
These cabling arrays are commonly known as "star" configurations and are notorious for problems of 00 Sinterference and drop-outs due to earth loop problems, 0 effects of lightning strikes and lack of proper isolation.
cO oOther problems may stem from cabling being affected by stray electro-magnetic fields emanating from nearby mains power cabling.
An operational limitation of star configuration systems is that communication is generally restricted to between an individual dwelling and the remote access point or device, precluding communication between dwellings.
Nor are these problems of analogue star configured systems restricted to multiple dwelling buildings or complexes. In office complexes and even in multi-room large dwellings also, multiple intercom and control units linking a number of rooms or offices to remote access points or devices, suffer from similar complex cabling problems.
It is an object of the present invention to address or ameliorate some of the above disadvantages.
COMS ID No: SBMI-02380992 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:49 Date 2006-01-11 18.Jun. 2007 11:27 Wallinston-Dummer Sydney No .0478 P 3 4 l1- 0 ci 00 Note The term "comprising" (and grammatical 5 variations thereof) is used in this specification in 00 o the inclusive sense of "having" or "including", and
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BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF INVENTIOM Accordingly, in a first broad form of the invention, a digital electronic system for audio and colour video intercom and control of access pointsin n a complex; said system comprising; at least one access point intercom interface unit, at least one digital data switch or router in communication with said access point intercom interface unit, a plurality of remote intercom interface units distributed through COMS ID No: SBMI-07801520 Received by IP Australia: Time 11:34 Date 2007-06-18 18.Jun. 2007 11:27 Wallinston-Dummer Sydney No.0478 P. 4 0 CA said complex; each of said remote intercom interface units in 00 communication with one said at least one router 00 o 5 and wherein data packets are Stransmitted by a multi-layered protocol NO including a physical layer and a transport layer.
Preferably, each of said at least one access poi.nt intercom interface unit and said remote intercom interface units is adapted to receive packets of digital data from said at least one said digiLal data switch or router via Internet Protocol; said packets of digital data converted into audio and video output by each said intercom interface unit.
Preferably, said access point intercom interface unit is provided with a plurality of input means; each of said plurality of input means associated with one of said remote intercom interface units in said complex, and wherein activation of any one of COMS ID No: SBMI-07801520 Received by IP Australia: Time 11:34 Date 2007-06-18 18.Jun. 2007 11:27 Wallinston-Dummer Sydney No.0478 P. 1- 6 0 (C said plurality of input means is translated into Ssaid electronically readable address of said remote 0 0 intercom interface unit; said activation opening a communication link between said access point intercom interface unit and said at least one 00 Sdigital data switch or router and between said at
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N least one digital data switch or router and said
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o remote intercom interface unit.
Preferably, said complex is a gated townhouse, villa development or office complex.
Preferably, said complex is a multi-level apartment or home unit building.
Preferably, said system further comprises control modules for operation of doors and gates at said access points of said complex.
COMS ID No: SBMI-07801520 Received by IP Australia: Time 11:34 Date 2007-06-18 18-An- 2007 11:28 Wallington-Dummer Sydney No -047 B P 6 7 Preferably, said system further *comprises control modules for access to lifts and activation of lifts within said complex.
Preferably, said system is operable over a LAN (Local Area Network).
Preferably, said system is operable over a WAN (Wide Area Network).
Preferably, said physical layer utilises Ethernet.
Preferably, said physical layer utilises wireless transport.
Preferably, protocol.
said transport layer utilises IP COMS ID No: SBMI-07801520 Received by IP Australia: Time 11:34 Date 2007-06-18 18.Jun. 2007 11:28 Wallington-Dummer Sydney No,0478 P. 7 8 Preferably, said transport layer utilises TCIP protocol.
Preferably, transport layer transports colour video information.
Preferably, compressed.
said colour video information is Preferably, said colour video information is compressed utilising JPEG 2000 standard.
Preferably, said colour video information transmits at 30 full picture frames per second.
Preferably, said physical layer includes transmission of electrical power for powering said at least one access point intercom interface unit.
COMS ID No: SBMI-07801520 Received by IP Australia: Time 11:34 Date 2007-06-18 18 ijn 2 0 07 11 2 Wa linston-Dummer Sydney No.0478 P. 8 9 Preferably, electrical power is transmitted utilising power over Ethernet technology base on IEEE802.3af standards.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS Embodiments of the present invention will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings wherein: Figure 1 is a schematic view of a multi-level apartment building with elements of an intercom and access system installed, Figure 2 is an example of an access point intercom interface unit for use with the system of Figure 1, COMS ID No: SBMI-07801520 Received by IP Australia: Time 11:34 Date 2007-06-18 11.Jan. 2006 16:43 Wal I ng on-Dummer Sydney No.3749 P. 12 10 QO Figure 3 is an example of a dwelling intercom o interface unit for use with the system of Figure 1, SFigure 4 is a block diagram of various components for a particular intercom and access system topology.
Figure 5 is a flowchart of a call sequence in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
00 C DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS SWith reference to Figure 1, a building intercom and access system 10 is provided which comprises of a number of interconnected modules and devices. Typically the building or complex to which the present system may be applied includes a number of separate dwellings, but is equally applicable to a multi-room dwelling or to a number of locations within an office or other large building for example.
In the example illustrated in Figure 1, the separate dwellings may be apartments 12 arranged on a number of floors 14 of a multi-level apartment block 16, but may also comprise a number of units of a townhouse or villa complex.
In each case primary access to the individual dwelling is via one or more normally locked access doors 18 and or gates 20 and, in multi-level apartment blocks, may include authorized use only lifts (not shown).
The present system makes use of digital devices to allow control of access to the building or complex as well COMS ID No: SBMI-02380992 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:49 Date 2006-01-11 .Jan. 2006 16:43 Wallington-Dummer Sydney No.3749 P. 13 11 INO communication between the various access components (doors, o gates and lifts as required) and each individual dwelling ci Sor selected location. Thus the system provides for the exchange of digital data packages to effect audio and or visual communication and for switching the status of actuators controlling the physical operation of doors gates 00 Sand lifts.
(C A central element of the present system is the use of
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digital data switches or routers 22 to control the interchange of data packages between the various hardware components of the system. The system may employ a single such digital data switch or router in the case of a small complex, such as a small townhouse development, or may employ a number of routers 22, for example one on each floor of a multi-level apartment block as illustrated in Figure 1. A number of routers may also be used in a large complex where clusters of dwellings may be located at various dispersed locations within the area of the complex.
Similarly, the system of distributed digital data switches or routers is equally appropriate for installation of remote intercom and access control interfaces located at various points throughout an office complex.
The advantage of routers in these larger assemblies of dwellings or other complexes is that cabling from primary access point intercom interface unit 26 to various levels of a building or into a complex, and to devices, need only COMS ID No: SBMI-02380992 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:49 Date 2006-01-11 11.Jan. 2006 16:43 WaIIington-Dummer Sydney No.3749 P. 14 12 INO run to the nearest router 22, successive routers being o added daisy chain fashion by single interconnecting cables S24. Similarly, remote intercom interface units 28 of individual apartments 12 and controlled elements such as doors, gates and lifts can be connected by cables 30 to the nearest router 22 where appropriate. This significantly 00 S reduces the complexity of cabling from that required in the (C typical "star" configuration of analogue systems.
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0 An example of an access point intercom interface unit 26, is shown in more detail in Figure 2. These units are adapted for at least both input and output of audio communication, for example with a handset 34 but may additionally be provided with input and output of video imagery through a camera 36 and display screen 38.
Additionally, the access point intercom interface unit 26 is provided with input means 32 associated with each of the dwellings or selected locations in the building or complex. These input means may for example be in the form of pushbuttons or a touch pad and be arranged so that a user may input a unit number or level and apartment number.
In other words the input means allow the input of a normal dwelling or other location identifier code.
An example of a dwelling or remote intercom interface unit is shown in Figure 3. These units are provided with at least audio input and output means but may additionally be provided with video imaging input and output devices. The COMS ID No: SBMI-02380992 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:49 Date 2006-01-11 11.Jan. 2006 16:44 Wallinston-Dummer Sydney No.3749 P. 13 INO remote intercom interface unit will additionally be o provided with one or more control inputs 40 for activation ci Sof the control modules for the operation of the access doors, gates and lifts of the building.
Each digital data switch or router 22 is provided with data storage media for the storage of electronically 00 readable addresses for each of the hardware elements C-i connected to the router. These addresses may preferably
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Sconform to the Network Address Translation (NAT) Internet standard protocol that enables IP addresses on private, internal Local Area Networks (LANs). Thus each dwelling in the complex will have its unique IP address retained in the nearest data router to which it is connected. Similarly, IP addresses (or other forms of electronically readable addresses) will be stored for each of the hardware devices, doors gates and lifts which may be accessed for control from any of the remote intercom interface units.
The local area network (LAN) of the present invention may preferably use the Ethernet over a bus topology. Each communication hardware device of the system is provided with an Ethernet card facilitating the transmission and reception of data packages between the devices.
The access point intercom interface unit or units, are each provided with logic circuitry adapted to convert a dwelling or location address, for example a unit number, into an IP, or electronically readable stored address. Thus
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COMS ID No: SBMI-02380992 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:49 Date 2006-01-11 11.Jan. 2006 16:44 Wa linston-Dummer Sydney No.3749 P. 16 14 ,N when a user enters the dwelling address via the input means o provided on the intercom interface unit, the associated ci Saddress is sent to the data router which router opens a communication channel between the dwelling or location remote intercom interface unit with that address and the access point intercom interface unit.
00 Similarly, each remote intercom interface unit is 0 provided with logic circuitry which translates a control
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1 input for one of the access control modules into the i0 address for that module and causes the data router to send a control signal to the addressed module.
It will be apparent that an intercom system according to the above described system, may also be used for interdwelling or inter-location communication. This may be of particular use for example in some emergency situation or where a matter of concern to other unit holders of a building or complex needs to be communicated. To allow for this facility, the remote intercom interface unit may be provided with a similar input means, a keypad or similar, which enables input by a user of any address such as a unit number, within the complex and be connected to that address via the appropriate data router.
Apart from providing a means of communication, and facilitating entry of non-residents to the complex by interaction with a remote intercom interface unit, the system of the present invention may include further access COMS ID No: SBMI-02380992 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:49 Date 2006-01-11 11.Jan, 2006 16:44 Wallinuton-Dummer Sydney No.3749 P. 17 15 INO enabling devices for use by authorised non-residents such o as regular service personnel for example. For pedestrian ci Saccess, particularly in the case of apartment buildings, the system may reserve a number of IP or electronically readable addresses for issue to personnel and organisations requiring occasional authorised access. These addresses may 00 Sthen be activated by entering a specific code associated 0\ with the address via the input means of the access point cO Sintercom interface unit.
Further devices for vehicular access to a complex may include remote controls. For residents of a residential complex, each control transmits the address of the resident's dwelling to a radio signal receiver linked to a digital data switch or router via the .local area network.
Transmission of the address is accompanied by a further data package containing the command code for operation of the access gate or door.
With particular reference to the block diagram of Figure 4 the components of a base circuit board 101 are described. These include an Ethernet communication and power module 102, a control interface module 103, and audio and video codec module 104 and an audio and video interface module 105. This board 101 forms the basis for any of the intercom units. Suitable software changes to the modules allow their adaptation to functions at different locations within a complex without the need to replace the hardware COMS ID No: SBMI-02380992 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:49 Date 2006-01-11 .1 Jan. 2006 16:44 Wa I nston-Dummer Sydney No.3749 P. 18 16 itself. That is the one board can be manufactured as the o "heart" of any intercom unit or other communication or ci Saccess unit within a complex.
The board 101 utilises an isolated power over Ethernet connection permitting a power supply cable/core 106 to be included in an Ethernet cable connection 107. This 00 S cable/core 106 can be utilised to power all other C-i components and boards within the system thereby permitting
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o the use of, in essence, a single power supply source and thereby obviating the creation of earth loops and the like.
In addition the communications technique employed over the Ethernet cable includes the use of ports 108, a separate port for each data function, for example, data in can be allocated to a particular port whilst data out can be allocated to a different port. Allocation of ports is illustrated in the flowchart sequence of Figure 5 which represents a typical communication sequence following a caller seeking to gain access via the intercom unit located at a given entry point at a complex.
The above describes only some embodiments of the present invention and modifications, obvious to those skilled in the art, can be made thereto without departing from the scope and spirit of the present invention.
COMS ID No: SBMI-02380992 Received by IP Australia: Time 16:49 Date 2006-01-11
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18.Jun. 2007 11:28 Wal ington-Dummer Sydney No,0478 P. 9 17 0 CLAIMS 00 1. A digital electronic system for audio and colour video intercom and control of access points in a complex; said 00 system comprising; 0 0 at least one access point intercom interface NO 0 unit, at least one digital data switch or router in communication with said access point intercom interface unit, a plurality of remote intercom interface units distributed through said complex; each of said remote intercom interface units in communication with one said at least one router and wherein data packets are transmitted by a multi-layered protocol including a physical layer and a transport layer. 2. The system of claim 1 wherein each of said at least one access point intercom interface unit and said remote intercom interface units is adapted to receive packets of digital data from said at least one said digital data switch or router via Internet Protocol; said COMS ID No: SBMI-07801520 Received by IP Australia: Time 11:34 Date 2007-06-18 18.Jun. 2007 11:28 Wa l ington-Dummer Sydney No -047 8 P packets of digital data converted into audio and video I-s output by each said intercom interface unit. 00 3. The system of any one of claims 1 or 2 wherein said access point intercom interface unit is provided with a 00 S 5 plurality of input means; each of said plurality of 0 Sinput means associated with one of said remote intercom NO o interface units in said complex, and wherein activation of any one of said plurality of input means s translated into said electronically readable address of said remote intercom interface unit; said activation opening a communication link between said access point intercom interface unit and said at least one digital data switch or router and between said at least one digital data switch or router and said remote intercom interface unit. 4. The system of claim 1 wherein said complex is a gated townhouse, villa development or office complex., The system of claim 1 wherein said complex is a multi- level apartment or home unit building. 6. The system of any one of claims 1 to 3 wherein said system further comprises control modules for operation COMS ID No: SBMI-07801520 Received by IP Australia: Time 11:34 Date 2007-06-18 18.Jun. 2007 11:28 Wallington-Dummer Sydney No.0478 P. 11 of doors and gates at said access points of said complex. 00 7. The system of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein said system further comprises control moduJes for access to 00 lifts and activation of lifts within said complex. I\ 8. The system of claim I operable over a LAN (Local Area SNetwork). 9. The system of claim i operable over a WAN (Wide Area Network). 10. The system of claim 1 wherein said physical layer utilises Ethernet. 11. The system of claim I wherein said physical layer utilises wireless transport. 12. The system of claim 1 wherein said transport layer utilises IP protocol. 13.. The system of claim 1 wherein said transport layer utilises TCIP protocol. 14. The system of clai.m I wherein said transport layer transports colour video information, COMS ID No: SBMI-07801520 Received by IP Australia: Time 11:34 Date 2007-06-18 18.Jun. 2007 11:29 Wal ington-Dummer Sydney No.0478 P. 12 S 2 C] The system of claim 1 wherein said colour video I- information is compressed. 00 16. The system of claim 1 wherein said colour video information is compressed utilising JPEG 2000 standard. 00 0 o 5 17. The system of claim 1 wherein said colour video C< \O information transmits at 30 full picture frames per 0 o second. 18. The system of claim I wherein said physical layer includes transmission of electrical power for powering JO said at least one access point intercom interface unit.
19. The system of claim 1 wherein electrical power is transmitted utilising power over Ethernet technology base on IEEE802.3af standards. COMS ID No: SBMI-07801520 Received by IP Australia: Time 11:34 Date 2007-06-18
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