JP2003233889A - Personal security terminal in home security alarm system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it extremely difficult for a third party to notice installation of a terminal by integrating components on the front surface of a case and enabling exposure of only the front surface of the case. <P>SOLUTION: The terminal has a pyroelectric sensor that detects occurrence of a specific event in a guard area, a camera which can photograph the occurrence of the specific event and a transmission means which can transmit image information photographed by the camera to a set alarming destination via a communication line, a guard on-off switch, the camera, a stroboscope, the pyroelectric sensor and a light emission element that displays a guard state are provided on the front surface of the case with the built-in transmission means. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a system for transmitting a photographed image by detecting occurrence of a specific event in a surveillance area or receiving a remote photographing instruction from the outside of the area, and more particularly, a stalker. The present invention relates to a personal security terminal in a home security notification system capable of detecting a home intrusion by a third party such as, and transmitting a captured image to a user's information terminal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a monitoring system for a specific area, for example, Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2001-333463 discloses a monitoring means including at least one of an image pickup device, an infrared sensor, a temperature sensor, a sound monitoring sensor, and a smoke sensor, and monitoring. A monitoring terminal having a communication means for transmitting monitoring information in the means to an external management device via a communication line, and a monitoring terminal connected to the monitoring terminal via the communication line and being an information terminal owned by the user. It is a monitoring system for a specific area that is configured to include a management device that is capable of transmitting monitoring information from a monitoring terminal, and that can monitor the monitored area in which the monitoring terminal is installed by an information terminal owned by the user. The monitoring terminal activates the monitoring means based on the access from the management device, and stops the operation of the monitoring means at the end of the access from the management device. Bei the system is disclosed.

The above-mentioned monitoring terminal which constitutes this system is
Inside a box-shaped housing that can be placed on the ceiling or the like, inside a transparent dome-shaped cover, there is a surveillance camera that is a surveillance means, and a direction changing device that can change the surveillance direction of this camera up and down left and right. In addition, the side of the housing is provided with an antenna for the monitoring terminal to wirelessly communicate with the base station, and the other side is a sound collecting microphone capable of collecting the sound of the monitoring area. A pilot lamp is provided.

[0004]

In the above-mentioned publicly known example, the camera is provided on the front surface of the housing, the antenna is provided on one side surface, and the sound collecting microphone and the pilot lamp are provided on the other side surface. Since it is distributed on three sides, it is not possible to insert the case between articles such as books to expose only the front side in the monitoring direction, and eventually the whole case must be exposed and installed. Therefore, it was easy for an intruder to notice the installation of the monitoring terminal.

Further, since the pilot lamp is provided on the side surface of the housing, not on the front surface, there is a case where the user does not notice the lighting display indicating that the monitoring terminal is in operation and may mistakenly believe that the monitoring is stopped. Residents could be repeatedly reported as intruders.

Furthermore, since a direction changing device for changing the direction of the camera is required, the cost is high.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and the installation of the personal security terminal is not easily noticed, and it is possible to easily recognize that the terminal is in a guarded state and simple. An object of the present invention is to provide a personal security terminal in a home security reporting system capable of changing the direction of the front surface of the case with a configuration.

[0008]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a detection means for detecting the occurrence of a specific event in a security area, a camera capable of photographing the occurrence of the specific event, and the camera. A terminal having a transmitting means capable of transmitting the photographed image information to a setting report destination via a communication line, wherein security ON-is provided on a front surface of a case including the transmitting means.
An OFF switch, a camera, a strobe, a detecting means, and a light emitting element for displaying a security state are provided.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the components are concentrated on the front surface of the case, only the front surface of the case is exposed by concealing the case portion excluding the front surface of the case by inserting it between books or the like. This can make it extremely difficult for a third party to notice the installation of the terminal.

Further, according to the present invention, an opening is formed at a corner of the front surface of the case to expose the upper portion of the curved elastic operation plate disposed on the inner surface of the case from the opening, and the lower end of the operation plate is described above. The support plate is fixed to the inner surface of the case, the support plate is erected from the front surface side of the case, a switch is attached to the upper end of the support plate, and the fulcrum projection is provided on one of the operation plate and the support plate. By projecting, the operation plate is pushed down from above through the opening, elastically deformed downward so that it can contact the switch, and by pressing from the front through the opening, It is conceivable that the guard ON-OFF switch is configured by elastically deforming downward with the fulcrum projection as a fulcrum so as to be contactable with the switch.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the switch can be operated from above and from the front of the case. Therefore, the switch can be operated even by exposing only the front surface of the case and concealing the portion excluding the front surface of the case. Also, since the switch operation can be performed from above the case, the switch operation can be easily performed even when the case is installed at a low position.

Further, in the present invention, it is considered that the light emitting element is attached to the upper end portion of the support plate, and the elastic operation plate is formed of a material in which the light emission of the light emitting element is visible from the front and the upper side of the case. To be

Therefore, according to the present invention, the lighting can be visually recognized even when only the front surface of the case is exposed and the portion excluding the front surface of the case is concealed, and the lighting can be easily visually recognized when the case is installed at a low position. it can.

Still further, according to the present invention, a supporting leg for inclining the case forward or backward is provided to project from the front and rear end portions of the case bottom plate so as to be up and down, and storage holes are provided at both front and rear end portions of the case bottom plate. It is conceivable that a supporting leg for inclining the case forward or backward can be inserted into and taken out of the accommodation hole, and the supporting leg base can be detachably inserted into the case bottom plate in a protruding state.

Therefore, according to the present invention, since the direction of the camera can be changed by changing the tilt angle of the case in the front-rear direction, the case can be installed at any position, whether high or low, and the supporting leg is simply provided. Since the configuration is simple, the cost can be reduced.

[0016]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a home security information system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

First, the home security information system will be described. The present system mainly comprises a personal security terminal that transmits a captured image of an intruder who has invaded a surveillance area such as a home to a setting notification destination, and a user information terminal that can access the setting notification destination. The personal security terminal has a pyroelectric sensor that detects intruders,
It has a shooting device that can shoot a flash to shoot an intruder,
The image capturing device captures an image when the pyroelectric sensor detects an intrusion or when an instruction of a remote image capturing request is received from a user's information terminal.

FIG. 1 shows the overall configuration of the present system. The personal security terminal 1 serves as a first report destination via an Internet service provider (ISP) 2 through a communication line such as an analog general public line or a digital line. Internet Service Center (ISC)
Connected to 3.

On the other hand, as the information terminal 4, a mobile terminal mainly composed of a mobile phone and having an Internet connection device is used.

The Internet service center 3 has a mail server and a Web server function, converts the image data received from the personal security terminal 1 by E-mail into the image format of each mobile service vendor, and sets the mail address. Attach the URL of the storage location of the image data to and send the email.

Further, in response to the image browsing request from the user who is the second notification destination when the mail is received, the image is displayed on condition of the ID and password authentication pass. Furthermore, in response to a request for mobilization by the user from the user, the mobilization command is issued to the guard center in each district.

2 and 3 show the basic operation outline from the detection of the intrusion of the pyroelectric sensor to the photographing of the image and the transmission of the mail with the image.

First, the power is turned on by the security switch of the personal security terminal 1 to shift to the security mode. After shifting to the security mode, the pyroelectric sensor input monitoring is set to a standby state as a pyroelectric sensor monitoring delay time within the set time. This delay time is provided for the resident of the home to escape from the surveillance area.

When the delay timer times out, input monitoring by the pyroelectric sensor is started. When the pyroelectric sensor detects an intrusion input in this monitoring state, the pyroelectric sensor input monitoring timer starts. The output pulses from the pyroelectric sensor are counted within this set time.

When the output pulse count is equal to or higher than the notification level at the time when the pyroelectric sensor input monitoring timer expires, the process proceeds to the next step.

The notification level can be changed by setting the output pulse count number of the pyroelectric sensor to be the notification level. That is, when the detection sensitivity is increased, the count number is small, and when the detection sensitivity is decreased, the pulse number is large. This sensitivity switching is performed by the pyroelectric sensor sensitivity switching switch. By switching the sensitivity, it is possible to reduce false detection of a temperature change as a person or other object intruding.

When the output pulse from the pyroelectric sensor is equal to or higher than the notification level, photographing is performed without strobe light emission so that an intruder does not notice it, and the image is sent by mail.
At that time, the attached telephone is unconditionally disconnected and the notification is given priority.

After the notification, the strobe charge and the authentication are completed, and the pyroelectric sensor input monitoring timer is started after connecting to the Internet service provider on condition that the monitoring is not canceled. If a pulse is input during this set time, strobe light emission photography is performed.

As described above, it is time-consuming to connect and authenticate after performing connection and authentication after performing connection and authentication without performing flash emission shooting immediately after flashless shooting, and during that time, flash emission is performed. It is possible that an intruder who knows the installation of a personal security terminal may damage the terminal or unplug the power cord to interfere with image transmission. In addition, the LED is off, and if the resident returns home during this time, he / she will not mistakenly believe that the security mode has been canceled and will not cancel the security mode. This is to prevent it.

After the photographed image by stroboscopic light emission is sent by mail, the disconnected telephone line is opened.

As shown in FIG. 4, when the pyroelectric sensor starts monitoring, the LED attached to the personal security terminal lights up (flashes during the delay time), but during the call, the personal security terminal is installed. Turn off the light so that no one can see the intruder.

As described above, at the time of reporting, since the LED is turned off despite being in the security state, the resident who returned home during that time mistakenly believes that the security mode is canceled and cancels it. As a result, the resident is often reported as an intruder. In order to prevent this, a buzzer is sounded at the end of the report to inform that the user is in a guarded state.

It is assumed that a third party installs a personal security terminal at the home where the resident lives for the purpose of pirating, and piracy is performed by remote control using a mobile terminal. Therefore, in order to prevent this, a buzzer sounds when receiving an incoming call by dialing up from a mobile terminal, receiving a PB (DTMF) command due to an incoming call, and starting and ending a notification. With this sound, the resident can know the installation of the personal security terminal.

FIG. 4 shows an operation time chart from the start of security to the release of security after detection and notification by the pyroelectric sensor.

In the same figure, the section of indicates the delay time of the pyroelectric sensor monitoring. During this time, the pilot lamp blinks. The section of is the timer setting time from the first pulse detection. If the pyroelectric sensor input does not reach the notification level within this time, the pulse count is cleared.
The section is the pyroelectric sensor input monitoring time, and an image is captured when the pyroelectric sensor inputs during this period. When the time is up without detecting the input of the pyroelectric sensor, a new photographing is not performed and the already photographed strobe non-emission image is transmitted. The period of is the flash charging time, but if the flash is set to "OFF", no flash is taken without charging.
The period of is the turn-off time of the pilot lamp, which is turned off during non-emission photography. The section is the waiting time for cancellation, and during this time, the notification is canceled by the security release operation.

When the user makes a call to the personal security terminal and the security is being released, the condition is that a call signal equal to or larger than the set number of incoming call response settings is received, and In the case of being guarded, on the condition that the call signal is received a predetermined number of times, the respective telephones are disconnected and the call is received (line is captured).

When a call arrives, a PB signal is output to notify the user of the arrival. This PB signal also serves as the state of receiving the personal identification number (authentication). After passing the authentication number, a PB signal (for example, # 10, # 11, # 20, # 2
1, # 80, # 90) enables remote operation by reception.

Here, # 10 is security off, # 11 is security on, # 20 is e-mail transmission of the flash non-emission photographed image,
# 21 means e-mail transmission of the flash-emitted photographed image, # 80 means e-mail transmission of images stored in the terminal, # 90 means end of communication, line open.

For example, when both of # 20 and # 21 commands are received, the operation is performed in # 21 because of prioritization of the push.

When the input of the pyroelectric sensor is detected during an incoming call while guarding and the notification level is reached, the incoming call is forcibly disconnected and the notification is given priority.

5 to 10 show a personal security terminal used in the above system. In FIG.
1a is a personal security terminal, 2a is a case,
The front of the case is open, and the cover 3
a is fitted. The front surface of the case includes a corner portion between the front surface and the upper surface.

On the cover 3a, security is turned on in order from the top.
An OFF switch 4a, a camera 5, a strobe 6 and a pyroelectric sensor 7 are arranged, and the guard ON-OFF switch 4a is located at a corner of the cover 3a.

The security ON-OFF switch 4a is shown in FIG.
As shown in (1) of 7, the opening 8 is formed at the corner of the cover 3, and the upper part of the curved elastic operation plate 9 arranged in the case is exposed from the opening 8.

The lower end of the elastic operation plate 9 is fitted into a pair of left and right groove portions 10 formed on the inner surface of the cover 3a. Further, a fulcrum projection 11 is formed on the inner surface of the operation plate 9 above the groove portion 10, and a telescopic contactor 16a is provided on the inner surface of the operation plate horizontal portion above the projection 11. ,
Further, a guide projection 12 is formed on the inner surface of the operation plate 9 below the projection 11, and the projection 12 is formed in the case 2
It is slidably sandwiched between the left and right side surfaces of a.

On the other hand, a support plate 13 is erected along the upper inner surface of the cover 3a, and the lower end of the support plate 13 is fixed to the cover 3a via a set screw 14. A contact switch 16 is mounted on the inner surface of the upper end of the support plate 13, and a light emitting element 17 is mounted on the outer surface of the upper end.

Next, the operation of the security ON-OFF switch 4a will be described. Switch 4a ON or OFF
To do so, the operation plate 9 may be pushed down from above or from the front. 6 and 7 (2) shows a state where the operation plate 9 is pushed down. By pushing down, the operation plate 9 is elastically deformed downward so that the contactor 16a moves to the contact switch 1
Contact 6

(3) in FIGS. 6 and 7 shows a state in which the operation plate 9 is pressed from the front. When pressed, the fulcrum projection 11 comes into contact with the support plate 13, so that the operation plate 9 elastically deforms downward with the projection 11 as a fulcrum, and the contactor 16 a contacts the contact switch 16. In addition, ON-OFF is the operation plate 9
It can be selected by changing the downward deformation amount of.

The elastic operation plate 9 is made of a material such as plastic from which the light emitted from the light emitting element 17 attached to the upper end of the support plate 13 can be seen from the front and the top of the case.

The camera 5 uses a lens-integrated color image pickup device, which faces the opening 5a formed in the cover 3.

The strobe 6 uses a xenon tube. The case 2a contains a booster circuit for causing the xenon tube to emit light, a charging circuit, and a light emission trigger circuit.
The xenon tube is exposed to the opening of the cover 3a.

The pyroelectric sensor 7 is a sensor for detecting a person as a heat source and faces the opening of the cover 3a.

8 to 10 show a supporting leg for inclining the case 2a. As shown in FIG. 8, recesses 20 are formed at both front and rear ends of the bottom plate 19 of the case 2a, and plate-shaped supporting legs 21 are pivotally supported in the front-rear direction on both left and right side walls of the recess. ing. These supporting legs are formed so that the bases of the supporting legs can be brought into contact with the front and rear walls of the recess 20 in an upright state when the supporting legs are rotated outward by a certain angle from the fallen state shown in FIG.

Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, when only the front supporting leg is erected, the case 2a is inclined rearward and the camera 5 is directed obliquely upward. On the contrary, if only the rear supporting leg is erected, the case 2a is inclined forward and the camera 5 is directed obliquely downward as shown in FIG.
In addition, the supporting leg 21 can be engaged with the left and right side walls of the concave portion 20 through the concave and convex engaging means in the lying state.

In the above description, the support leg 21 is rotatably provided, but the present invention is not limited to this, and storage holes are provided at both front and rear ends of the case bottom plate 19, and the support leg 21 can be inserted into and removed from these storage holes. Also, by inserting the support leg base so as to be detachably engageable with the case bottom plate in the projecting state, the same effect as the above can be obtained.

It is preferable that the case 2a has a rectangular parallelepiped shape having a right and left width as thin as possible. By doing so, it is possible to insert it between books such as a bookshelf and expose only the front surface so that it cannot be noticed by a third party. Further, it is preferable that the lateral width of the elastic operation plate 9 is slightly larger than the lateral width of the opening 8. This is because foreign matter such as a metal such as a clip can be prevented from entering the case 2a through the opening 8, static electricity can be prevented, and the elastic operation plate 9 can be prevented from jumping upward.

[0056]

According to the present invention, a security ON-O is provided on the front surface of the case.
Since the FF switch, camera, strobe, pyroelectric sensor, and light emitting element for displaying the security status are provided, in other words, since the components are integrated on the front surface of the case, the case portion excluding the front surface of the case can be replaced with a book, etc. Only the front surface of the case can be exposed by concealing it by inserting it between the terminals, thereby making it extremely difficult for a third party to notice the installation of the terminal.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing the overall configuration of a home security notification system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing the first half of the basic operation outline from the detection of the intrusion of the pyroelectric sensor to the image capturing and the transmission of the image-attached mail.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the latter half of the basic operation outline from the detection of the intrusion of the pyroelectric sensor to the image capturing and the transmission of the image-attached mail.

FIG. 4 is an operation time chart showing basic timings from the start of security, the detection of the pyroelectric sensor, and the notification to the release of security.

FIG. 5 is likewise a perspective view of a personal security terminal.

FIG. 6 is a sectional view of a security ON-OFF switch. (2) It is sectional drawing which shows the state which pressed the security ON-OFF switch from the upper part. (3) It is sectional drawing which shows the state which pressed the security ON-OFF switch from the front.

FIG. 7 (1) is an enlarged view of FIG. 6 (1). (2) It is an enlarged view of FIG. 6 (2). (3) It is an enlarged view of FIG. 6 (3).

FIG. 8 is likewise a bottom view of the personal security terminal.

FIG. 9 is likewise a side view showing a state in which a front supporting leg of the personal security terminal is erected.

FIG. 10 is likewise a side view showing a state in which the rear support leg of the personal security terminal is erected.

[Explanation of symbols] 1a Personal security terminal 2a case 3a cover 4a Security ON-OFF switch 5 camera 6 Strobe 7 Pyroelectric sensor 8 openings 9 Operation board 10 groove 11 Protrusion for fulcrum 12 Guide protrusion 13 Support plate 14 Set screw 16 switch 17 pilot lamp 19 Bottom plate 20 recess 21 Support

   ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued front page    (72) Inventor Shinji Shimokami             Kumamoto Prefecture Aso-gun Ichinomiya-cho Large-scale Miyaji character Minami Abu-cho 4429             Address inside OMRON Aso Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Takeshi Watanabe             General Akasaka Ichome 6-6 No. 6 Minato-ku, Tokyo             Inside Bisan Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hajime Fujita             General Akasaka Ichome 6-6 No. 6 Minato-ku, Tokyo             Inside Bisan Co., Ltd. F-term (reference) 5C054 AA02 CE16 DA09 EA03 EA05                       HA18 HA19                 5C087 AA02 AA03 AA08 BB12 BB74                       DD05 DD24 EE06 FF02 GG02                       GG46

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A detection means for detecting the occurrence of a specific event in a security area, a camera capable of capturing the occurrence of the specific event, and image information captured by the camera, which is set and notified via a communication line. And a security ON-OF on a front surface of a case containing the transmission means.
A personal security terminal in a home security reporting system, comprising an F switch, a camera, a strobe, a detecting means, and a light emitting element for displaying a security status. 2. An opening is formed at a corner of the front surface of the case to expose a curved elastic operation plate upper portion arranged on the inner surface of the case from the opening, and a lower end of the operation plate is formed on the inner surface of the case. The support plate is fixed, the support plate is erected from the front side of the case, the switch is attached to the upper end portion of the support plate, and the fulcrum projection is projected on either one of the operation plate and the support plate. The operation plate is pushed down from above through the opening so as to be elastically deformed downward so as to be able to contact the switch, and the operation plate is pressed from the front through the opening to support the fulcrum. The person in the home security notification system according to claim 1, wherein the guard ON-OFF switch is configured by being elastically deformed downward with the protrusion as a fulcrum so as to be contactable with the switch. Le security terminal. 3. The light emitting element is attached to an upper end portion of the support plate, and the elastic operation plate is formed of a material in which light emission of the light emitting element is visible from the front and the upper side of the case. A personal security terminal in the home security notification system according to claim 1. 4. The home security notification system according to claim 1, wherein a supporting leg for inclining the case forward or rearward is provided so as to be capable of undulating from both front and rear ends of the case bottom plate. Personal security terminal in. 5. A storage hole is provided at both front and rear ends of the case bottom plate, and a support leg for inclining the case forward or rearward can be inserted into and removed from the storage hole, and the support leg base portion is in a protruding state to the case bottom plate. The personal security terminal in a home security notification system according to claim 1, wherein the personal security terminal is detachably inserted so that it can be engaged.