JP2003317171A - Monitor system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a high-performance monitor system which takes the security of a circumferential area other than an abnormality occurrence point into consideration. <P>SOLUTION: The system comprises two or more monitor stations each having a means of inputting video information, a means of detecting abnormality occurrence on the basis of the video information, and a means of reporting the abnormality occurrence and a monitor center having a means of detecting abnormality occurrence notice through a network and a means of sending a monitor instruction to the two or more monitor stations and is characterized in that video information is sent from each monitor terminal to the monitor center according to a monitor instruction. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a surveillance system for the purpose of detecting anomalies such as crimes, preventing the spread of damage, and eliminating the causes of anomalies.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In the prior art, in a system in which a monitoring center and one or more monitoring terminals to which one or more monitoring cameras are connected are connected on a network, each monitoring terminal and the monitoring center are independent. Control over monitoring. For example, when a certain monitoring terminal detects an abnormality, the monitoring center performs monitoring by acquiring various information from the monitoring terminal in which the abnormality has occurred. As an example of the monitoring system described above, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2000-3
There is No. 16146.

[0003]

In the prior art, the control for monitoring is performed with the monitoring center only for the monitoring terminal in which the abnormality has occurred. When the anomaly occurrence factor moves, it is recognized that the anomaly occurrence factor has moved to the surrounding area only after the anomaly occurrence factor has entered and detected around the monitoring terminal where the anomaly occurred. In other words, it is possible to finally set up the monitoring system after the abnormality is caused again in the surrounding area due to the abnormality occurrence factor. In this case, an abnormality may occur continuously in the surrounding area around the initial abnormality occurrence point, which is a security problem.

The object of the present invention is to solve the above problems,
In the field of monitoring systems, it is possible to quickly establish a monitoring system for the surrounding area centering on the abnormal area, detect and notify early abnormalities such as crimes and natural disasters, prevent the spread of damage, and easily trace and eliminate the causes of abnormality. The purpose of the present invention is to provide a monitoring system.

Further, at the time of occurrence of an abnormality, the purpose is to alert not only the user at the abnormality occurrence point but also the users in the vicinity of the abnormality occurrence point in advance to prevent chained and continuous abnormality occurrences in the vicinity. To do.

[0006]

In view of the above, the present invention provides
Two or more monitoring terminals having a means for fetching video information, a means for detecting an abnormality occurrence based on the video information, a means for notifying an abnormality occurrence, and a means for transmitting the video information, and an abnormality via the network. A monitoring center having means for detecting an occurrence notification and means for transmitting a monitoring command to the monitoring terminal, and sends video information from the monitoring terminal to the monitoring center in response to the monitoring command. It is characterized by transmitting.

When an abnormality occurs by this system,
Even in the surrounding area, it is possible to strengthen the surveillance system before the next abnormality occurs in the surrounding area by obtaining the image information in advance before the abnormality occurs.

Further, at the time of occurrence of an abnormality, the owner of the monitoring terminal that has detected the abnormality and the owners of the monitoring terminals in the vicinity thereof are notified of the occurrence of the abnormality.

This system makes it possible to strengthen the crime prevention and evacuation system in the area around the abnormality occurrence point. Theft, fire, etc. are examples of the cause of abnormality.

[0010]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an example of a cooperative monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 shows an example of information flow in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG. This will be described below with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2.

In this embodiment, three houses 1A, 1B,
Consider a system in which two surveillance cameras are installed in each 1C to perform cooperative surveillance among three houses. House 1A
It is composed of surveillance cameras 21A1 and 21A2 and a home terminal 20A. The surveillance camera 21A captures the surrounding image information and transmits it to the home terminal 20A. The home terminal 20A analyzes the video information, and notifies the network 10 of the occurrence of an abnormality 10 when it matches the predetermined abnormality condition.
Perform 0. The house 1B has surveillance cameras 21B1 and 21B.
2 and the home terminal 20B. Surveillance camera 21B
Captures the surrounding video information and transmits it to the home terminal 20B. The home terminal 20B analyzes the image information, and when it matches the predetermined abnormal condition, the network 10
The abnormality notification is sent to. The house 1C includes monitoring cameras 21C1 and 21C2 and a home terminal 20C. The surveillance camera 21C takes in the surrounding image information and transmits it to the home terminal 20C. The home terminal 20C analyzes the video information, and issues an abnormality occurrence notification 100 to the network 10 when it matches the predetermined abnormal condition.

In this embodiment, a case where an abnormality occurs in the house 1A is shown. When an abnormality is detected in the house 1A, the abnormality occurrence notification 100 is sent to the network. The monitoring center 40 is connected to the home 1A via the network 10.
When the abnormality occurrence notification 100 is detected, the cooperative monitoring command transmission 101 is performed to the house 1A where the abnormality has occurred and the surrounding houses 1B and 1C. Home terminal 20A,
The home terminal 20B and the home terminal 20C have the cooperative monitoring command 10
When 1A, 101B, 101C is received, video information is transmitted to the monitoring center 40 via the network 10
Perform steps 2 and 103.

However, the video information is stored in each home terminal 20A,
Surveillance camera 2 providing image information to 20B and 20C
1A1, 21A2, 21B1, 21B2, 21C1, 2
This is the video information captured by 1C2. The monitoring center 40 can identify and track the cause of the abnormality by analyzing the abnormality occurrence part and its peripheral state based on the transmitted video information.

The monitoring cameras 21A1, 21A2, 2
The video information captured by 1B1, 21B2, 21C1 and 21C2 is converted into a digital signal. An example of digitally converted video information is MPEG compression-encoded video information.

Further, the home terminals 20A, 20B, 20C further have a storage unit, and the surveillance cameras 21A1, 21A2,
An example is a monitoring system characterized by temporarily storing the video information captured by 21B1, 21B2, 21C1, and 21C2 or the encoded video information that is compression-coded thereafter for a certain period.

FIG. 3 is another example of the cooperative monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Further, FIG. 4 is an example of the flow of information in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG. This will be described below with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4.

In this embodiment, three houses 1A, 1B,
Consider a system in which two surveillance cameras are installed in each of 1C, one outside surveillance camera is further installed in the vicinity of the house, and cooperative surveillance is performed between the three houses and the outside surveillance cameras.

The house 1A includes surveillance cameras 21A1 and 21A.
2 and the home terminal 20A. Surveillance camera 21A
Captures the surrounding image information and sends it to the home terminal 20A. The home terminal 20A analyzes the video information, and when it matches the predetermined abnormal condition, the network terminal 10A
The abnormality notification is sent to. The house 1B includes surveillance cameras 21B1 and 21B2 and a home terminal 20B. The surveillance camera 21B captures the image information of the surroundings and transmits it to the home terminal 20B. The in-home terminal 20B analyzes the video information and notifies the network 10 of the abnormality occurrence at the time when the abnormality information matches a predetermined abnormality condition.
The house 1C includes monitoring cameras 21C1 and 21C2 and a home terminal 20C. The surveillance camera 21C takes in the surrounding image information and transmits it to the home terminal 20C. The home terminal 20C analyzes the video information, and issues an abnormality occurrence notification 100 to the network 10 when it matches the predetermined abnormal condition. The outside monitoring camera 3D includes a monitoring camera 31D1 and an outside terminal 30D. The surveillance camera 31D1 captures the surrounding image information and transmits it to the outside terminal 30C. The outside terminal 30C is the monitoring center 40
Video information transmission 103 is performed to the monitoring center 40 via the network 10 in response to the cooperative monitoring command from the.

In this embodiment, a case where an abnormality occurs in the house 1A is shown. When an abnormality is detected in the house 1A, the abnormality notification 100 is sent to the network 10. The monitoring center 40 connects the home 1 via the network 10.
When the abnormality occurrence notification 100 from A is detected, the cooperative monitoring command transmission 101 is performed to the house 1A in which the abnormality has occurred, the surrounding houses 1B and 1C, and the outside monitoring cameras installed around the three houses. . The home terminal 20A, the home terminal 20B, the home terminal 20C, and the out-of-home terminal 3D perform video information transmission 102 and 103 to the monitoring center 40 via the network 10 when receiving the cooperative monitoring command.
However, the video information includes the home terminals 20A, 20B, 20.
Surveillance cameras 21A1, 21 providing image information to C
These are the video information captured by A2, 21B1, 21B2, 21C1, 21C2 and the video information captured by the surveillance camera 31D1 that provides the video information to the external terminal 30D. The monitoring center 40 analyzes the abnormality-occurring portion and its surrounding state, including the outside-of-home state, based on the transmitted video information, thereby enabling more precise identification and tracking of the abnormality-causing factor.

In this embodiment, the number of surveillance cameras connected to the outside terminal is one, but two or more systems can be used as another embodiment. Further, in the present embodiment, the number of outside monitoring cameras is one, but a system in which two or more outside monitoring cameras are connected to the network can be given as another embodiment.

As an example of the outside surveillance camera, there is a surveillance camera installed at a specific place outside the residence, that is, a fixed camera. Further, it may be a camera attached to a mobile terminal, such as a small camera attached to a mobile phone or PDA. It may also be a camera associated with a artificial satellite located above the earth. In this case, as the network 10, there is a spatial wireless network connecting the satellite and the monitoring center 40.

In the present embodiment, not only the video information from the surveillance cameras at the abnormality occurrence point but also the video information from the surrounding surveillance cameras is used for monitoring, so that even if the cause of the abnormality has moved, it continues. Enables tracking of anomalous factors. Furthermore, it is possible to prevent further abnormalities from occurring at the destination. Furthermore, it facilitates elimination of the cause of abnormality itself. The features described above enable a wide range of monitoring, including the surrounding area.

FIG. 5 is another example of the cooperative monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention. Further, FIG. 6 is an example of the flow of information in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG. This will be described below with reference to FIGS. 5 and 6.

In this embodiment, three houses 1A, 1B,
Consider a system in which two surveillance cameras are installed in each of 1C, one outside surveillance camera is further installed in the vicinity of the house, and cooperative surveillance is performed between the three houses and the outside surveillance cameras.
Further, in the network 10, a data receiving terminal owned by the owner of the house 1A, 1B, 1C, that is, a user terminal 5
Consider the case where 0A, 50B, and 50C are connected.
Note that there are personal computers and mobile phone devices as examples of the user terminals 50A, 50B, and 50C, which are connected to the network 10 by wire or wirelessly.

The house 1A has surveillance cameras 21A1 and 21A.
2 and the home terminal 20A. Surveillance camera 21A
Captures the surrounding image information and sends it to the home terminal 20A. The home terminal 20A analyzes the video information, and when it matches the predetermined abnormal condition, the network terminal 10A
The abnormality notification is sent to. The house 1B includes surveillance cameras 21B1 and 21B2 and a home terminal 20B. The surveillance camera 21B captures the image information of the surroundings and transmits it to the home terminal 20B. The in-home terminal 20B analyzes the video information and notifies the network 10 of the abnormality occurrence at the time when the abnormality information matches a predetermined abnormality condition.
The house 1C includes monitoring cameras 21C1 and 21C2 and a home terminal 20C. The surveillance camera 21C takes in the surrounding image information and transmits it to the home terminal 20C. The home terminal 20C analyzes the video information, and issues an abnormality occurrence notification 100 to the network 10 when it matches the predetermined abnormal condition. The outside monitoring camera D includes a monitoring camera 31D1 and an outside terminal 30D. The surveillance camera 31D1 captures the image information of the surrounding area,
Send to 0C. The out-of-home terminal 30C transmits the video information 103 to the monitoring center 40 via the network 10 in response to the cooperative monitoring command from the monitoring center 40.

In this embodiment, a case where an abnormality occurs in the house 1A is shown. When an abnormality is detected in the house 1A, the abnormality notification 100 is sent to the network 10. The monitoring center 40 connects the home 1 via the network 10.
When the abnormality occurrence notification 100 from A is detected, the cooperative monitoring command transmission 101 is performed to the house 1A in which the abnormality has occurred, the surrounding houses 1B and 1C, and the outside monitoring cameras installed around the three houses. . Further, the home terminal 20A,
20B, 20C and user terminals 50A, 50B, 50
An abnormality occurrence notification 600 is sent to C. Home terminal 2
0A, in-home terminal 20B, in-home terminal 20C, out-of-home terminal D
Transmits video information 102, 1 to the monitoring center 40 via the network 10 when the cooperative monitoring command is received.
Do 03.

However, the video information is stored in each home terminal 20A,
Surveillance camera 2 providing image information to 20B and 20C
1A1, 21A2, 21B1, 21B2, 21C1, 2
The video information captured by 1C2 and the video information captured by the surveillance camera 31D1 providing the video information to the external terminal 30D. The monitoring center 40 analyzes the abnormality-occurring portion and its surrounding state, including the outside-of-home state, based on the transmitted video information, thereby enabling more precise identification and tracking of the abnormality-causing factor.

On the other hand, user terminals 50A, 50B, 50C
When the abnormality occurrence notification 600 is received by the user, the owner of the user terminal can make a video information request 601 to the monitoring center 40 to browse the video information in the house owned through the monitoring center 40. And

For example, when the owner A of the user terminal 50A makes a video information request 601 to the monitoring center 40, the monitoring center 40 uses the home 1 acquired from the home terminal A.
The video information of A is transmitted to the owner A. As a result, the owner A of the house 1A in which the abnormality has occurred can check the video information in the house by the owner A himself. When the owner B of the user terminal 50B makes a video information request 601 to the monitoring center 40, the monitoring center 4
0 transmits the video information of the house 1B acquired from the home terminal B to the owner B. As a result, the owner B can confirm the in-home state of the owner B when an abnormality occurs in the surrounding house 1A, and can prevent a chained abnormality from occurring.

Further, when an abnormality occurs in the house 1A, the house 1
When the owner B is at home at B, by detecting the abnormality occurrence notification 600 transmitted from the monitoring center 40, the owner B recognizes that an abnormality has occurred in a specific surrounding area, and the owner B himself / herself. It is possible to take crime prevention actions.

FIG. 7 shows an example of information flow in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG. This will be described below with reference to FIG.

In this embodiment, three houses 1A, 1B,
Consider a system in which two surveillance cameras are installed in each of 1C, one outside surveillance camera is further installed in the vicinity of the house, and cooperative surveillance is performed between the three houses and the outside surveillance cameras.
Further, in the network 10, a data receiving terminal owned by the owner of the house 1A, 1B, 1C, that is, a user terminal 5
Consider the case where 0A, 50B, and 50C are connected.

The housing 1A has surveillance cameras 21A1 and 21A.
2 and the home terminal 20A. Surveillance camera 21A
Captures the surrounding image information and sends it to the home terminal 20A. The home terminal 20A analyzes the video information, and when it matches the predetermined abnormal condition, the network terminal 10A
The abnormality notification is sent to. The house 1B includes surveillance cameras 21B1 and 21B2 and a home terminal 20B. The surveillance camera 21B captures the image information of the surroundings and transmits it to the home terminal 20B. The in-home terminal 20B analyzes the video information and notifies the network 10 of the abnormality occurrence at the time when the abnormality information matches a predetermined abnormality condition.
The house 1C includes monitoring cameras 21C1 and 21C2 and a home terminal 20C. The surveillance camera 21C takes in the surrounding image information and transmits it to the home terminal 20C. The home terminal 20C analyzes the video information, and issues an abnormality occurrence notification 100 to the network 10 when it matches the predetermined abnormal condition. The outside monitoring camera 31D includes a monitoring camera 31D1 and an outside terminal 30D. The surveillance camera 31D1 captures the surrounding image information and transmits it to the outside terminal 30C. The outside terminal 30C is the monitoring center 4
Video information transmission 103 is performed to the monitoring center 40 via the network 10 in response to a cooperative monitoring command from 0.

In this embodiment, a case where an abnormality occurs in the house 1A is shown. When an abnormality is detected in the house 1A, the abnormality notification 100 is sent to the network 10. When the monitoring center 40 detects the abnormality occurrence notification 100 from the house 1A via the network 10, the home terminals 20A, 20B, 20C and the user terminal 50A,
Coordinated monitoring inquiry transmission 700 is performed for 50B and 50C. For the cooperative monitoring inquiry, the house 1A for the monitoring center 40,
It asks permission to send video information in 1B and 1C. For example, when the cooperation center permission inquiry is transmitted from the monitoring center 40 to the user terminals A, B, and C, the user terminal 50A
When the cooperative monitoring permission notification is issued only from the user terminal 50C, the monitoring center 40 transmits the cooperative monitoring command only to the home terminals 20A and 20C. No cooperative monitoring command is issued to the home terminal 20B. By using this method, it is possible to prevent the monitoring center 40 from browsing the image information in the house without the permission of the house owner, and protect the privacy.

In addition, a system that issues an emphasis monitoring command without the permission of the homeowner when an abnormality above a certain level is detected or when the monitoring center 40 determines that an abnormality above a certain level has occurred. Taken as another example. Causes of anomalies above a certain level include the case where a robbery case has been identified and the case where a fire has been identified based on video information permitted by a specific owner.

FIG. 8 is another example of the cooperative monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention. 9 is an example of the flow of information in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG.
This will be described below with reference to FIGS. 8 and 9.

In this embodiment, three houses 1A, 1B,
Consider a system in which two surveillance cameras are installed in each 1C to perform cooperative surveillance among three houses. House 1A
It is composed of surveillance cameras 21A1 and 21A2 and a home terminal 20A. The surveillance cameras 21A1 and 21A2 capture image information of the surroundings and transmit it to the home terminal 20A. The in-home terminal 20A analyzes the video information and notifies the network 10 of the occurrence of an abnormality when the predetermined abnormality condition is met. The house 1B has a surveillance camera 21B1,
21B2 and the home terminal 20B. The surveillance cameras 21B1 and 21B2 capture image information of the surroundings and send it to the home terminal 20B. The in-home terminal 20B analyzes the video information and notifies the network 10 of the abnormality occurrence at the time when the abnormality information matches a predetermined abnormality condition. The house 1C includes monitoring cameras 21C1 and 21C2 and a home terminal 20C. The surveillance cameras 21C1 and 21C capture image information of the surroundings and send it to the home terminal 20C.
The home terminal 20C analyzes the video information, and issues an abnormality occurrence notification 100 to the network 10 when it matches the predetermined abnormal condition.

In this embodiment, a case where an abnormality occurs in the house 1A is shown. When an abnormality is detected in the house 1A, the abnormality occurrence notification 100 is sent to the network. The monitoring center 40 is connected to the home 1A via the network 10.
When the abnormality occurrence notification 100 from 1 is detected, cooperative monitoring command transmission 101 is performed to the abnormally generated house 1A, the surrounding houses 1B and 1C. The home terminal 20A, the home terminal 20B, and the home terminal 20C perform video information transmission 102 and 103 to the monitoring center 40 via the network when receiving the cooperative monitoring command.

Further, the monitoring center 40 notifies the abnormality occurrence 1
When 00 is received, an abnormality occurrence notification 900 is sent to the specific organization. In this embodiment, the guard waiting area 60 is taken as an example of the specific organization. The guard stand 60 is
When the abnormality occurrence notification 900 is received from the monitoring center 40, human resource dispatch, in other words, guard dispatch 901, is performed to the abnormal occurrence area.

This system makes it possible to quickly identify and eliminate the cause of abnormality. Further, when the abnormality occurrence notification 900 is received, the guard waiting place 60 makes a video information request to the monitoring center, and accordingly the monitoring center 4
Another example is a system in which the video information transmitted to 0 is transmitted to the guard station waiting place. With this system, it is possible to quickly grasp the situation at the guard stand. As another example of the specific organization, there are police related organizations, medical related organizations, fire related organizations, and the like. By cooperating with these special organizations, it is possible to deal with abnormal situations, causes of abnormalities, and various problems caused by the above, more promptly and appropriately.

FIG. 10 shows another example of the cooperative monitoring system according to the embodiment of the present invention. This will be described below with reference to FIG.

In this embodiment, an apartment or a condominium,
It is an example of a coordinated monitoring system for an apartment house 10000 such as a hotel. In the present embodiment, two surveillance cameras 21A1, 21A2, 21B1, 21B2, 2 are provided in each of the three houses 1A, 1B, 1C installed in the housing complex.
Installed 1C1 and 21C2, and also apartment housing 10000
Shared surveillance camera 1001E in a common area inside, for example, a corridor
Consider a system in which 1, 1001E2 is installed and cooperative monitoring is performed in an apartment house.

The house 1A has surveillance cameras 21A1 and 21A.
2 and the home terminal 20A. Surveillance camera 21A
1, 21A2 captures the surrounding video information, and the home terminal 2
Send to 0A. The home terminal 20A analyzes the video information, and when the predetermined abnormal conditions are met, the home terminal 20A notifies the network 10 via the home network 11 of the abnormality occurrence. The house 1B has a surveillance camera 21B.
1, 21B2 and the home terminal 20B. The surveillance cameras 21B1 and 21B2 take in image information of the surroundings,
It is transmitted to the home terminal 20B. The home terminal 20B analyzes the video information, and when it matches the predetermined abnormal condition, the home terminal 20B passes the home network 11 to the network 10
The abnormality notification is sent to. The house 1C includes monitoring cameras 21C1 and 21C2 and a home terminal 20C. The surveillance cameras 21C1 and 21C2 capture image information of the surroundings and send it to the home terminal 20C. Home terminal 20C
Analyzes the video information and, when it matches a predetermined abnormality condition, issues an abnormality occurrence notification 100 to the network 10 via the home network 11.

The collective housing 10000 is the housing 1A,
1B and 1C and a common area. In the common area,
Install central housing 1000E. The central terminal 1000E of the housing complex has monitoring cameras 1001E1 and 1001.
E2 and shared terminal 1000E. Surveillance cameras 1001E1 and 1001E2 are installed in a common part of an apartment house such as a corridor, capture image information of the surroundings, and transmit the image information to the common terminal 20A. The shared terminal 20A analyzes the video information, and when the predetermined abnormal condition is met, the shared terminal 20A notifies the network 10 via the home network 11 of the abnormal occurrence.

In this embodiment, the case where an abnormality occurs in the house 1A is shown. When an abnormality is detected in the house 1A, the abnormality occurrence notification 100 is sent to the network. The monitoring center 40 is connected to the home 1A via the network 10.
When the abnormality occurrence notification 100 is detected, the cooperative monitoring command transmission 101 is performed to the in-home terminal 20A, the in-home terminal 20B and the in-home terminal 20C in the vicinity, and the shared terminal 1000E. Home terminal 20A, home terminal 20
B, the home terminal 20C, and the shared terminal 1000E, when receiving the cooperative monitoring command, perform video information transmission 102 and 103 to the monitoring center 40 via the network.

When the cause of an abnormality escapes in an apartment house, the escape route is narrowed down to some extent. The shared surveillance camera 100 installed in a common area such as a corridor shown in this embodiment.
By using the 1E1 and 1001E2, it becomes possible to trace the cause of abnormality, and it becomes easier to prevent further occurrence of abnormality, capture and eliminate the cause of abnormality.

Further, the current position of the abnormality is specified based on the abnormality notification or the image information sent to the monitoring center 40, and the surveillance camera installed in the vicinity is controlled to concentrate on the monitoring of the abnormality generation position. As a result, it is possible to improve the tracking accuracy of the cause of abnormality.

FIG. 11 shows another example of the system shown in FIG. In order to receive the monitoring service from the monitoring center, the users of the houses 1A, 1B, and 1C pay a predetermined amount of money.
Issue a cooperative monitoring permission inquiry to users B and C. At this time, the users B and C of the peripheral houses 1B and 1C transmit the cooperative monitoring permission to the monitoring center 40 side, so that the monitoring center 40 gives the users B and C a specific profit.
As an example of the specific profit, a reduction of the monitoring service fee, addition of points for connecting the monitoring service fee or additional service, and the like can be raised.

A thermal sensor or a biological sensor may be used instead of the surveillance camera shown in FIGS. An example of a fire protection system using a heat sensor will be shown below with reference to FIG. When a fire occurs in the house 1A, the heat sensor 21A1 detects the fire and notifies the monitoring center 40 of the occurrence of the abnormality. At the monitoring center, it was judged that a fire had occurred and the house 1A and the surrounding houses 1
User terminals 50A, 50 of users who own B, 1C
B, 50C, and home terminals 20A, 20B, 2 in the house
Fire notification is sent to 0C. The user is at home,
It is possible to notify the fire occurrence regardless of whether it exists outside the house.

Further, not only the house 1A in which the fire has occurred but also the surrounding houses 1B and 1C are notified of the occurrence of the fire, so that when the house 1B or 1C is present, early evacuation is possible. Further, by transmitting the video information and the heat sensor information of the surrounding area to the monitoring center 40, it becomes possible to grasp the detailed situation on the monitoring center side. Providing this information to the fire department will enable early response to fire.

According to the present embodiment, when an abnormality occurs, even in the surrounding area, the image information is obtained in advance from before the occurrence of the abnormality, so that the monitoring system can be performed before the next abnormality occurs in the surrounding area. It is possible to strengthen. Further, when the abnormality occurs, the abnormality occurrence notification is given to the owner of the monitoring terminal that has detected the abnormality occurrence and the monitoring terminal owners in the vicinity thereof. According to this embodiment, it is possible to strengthen the crime prevention and evacuation system in the area around the abnormality occurrence point. Theft, fire, etc. are examples of the cause of abnormality.

[0052]

According to the present invention, a high performance surveillance system can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a typical example of a collaborative monitoring system embodying the present invention.

2 is an example of the flow of information in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG.

FIG. 3 is another exemplary typical collaborative monitoring system embodying the present invention.

4 is an example of the flow of information in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG.

FIG. 5 is another exemplary typical cooperative monitoring system embodying the present invention.

6 is an example of the flow of information in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is another example of the flow of information in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG.

FIG. 8 is another exemplary typical collaborative monitoring system embodying the present invention.

9 is an example of the flow of information in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG.

FIG. 10 is another exemplary typical collaborative monitoring system embodying the present invention.

11 is another example of the flow of information in the cooperative monitoring system shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

1A housing 1B housing 1C housing 2E Apartment housing central terminal 3D out-of-home monitoring terminal 5 Abnormality notification 10 network 11 Home network 20A home terminal 20B Home terminal 20C home terminal 21A1 surveillance camera 21A2 surveillance camera 21B1 surveillance camera 21B2 surveillance camera 21C1 surveillance camera 21C2 surveillance camera 30D Outside terminal D 31D1 surveillance camera 50A user terminal 50B user terminal 50C user terminal 51A1 user camera 51B1 user camera 51C1 user camera 60 guard stand 70 Public institutions 100 Abnormality occurrence notification 101 Cooperative monitoring command transmission 102 Video information transmission 103 Video information transmission 111 Specified profit transmission 600 Abnormality occurrence notification 601 Video information request 602 Image information transmission 700 Send monitoring permission 701 Notification of monitoring permission 702 Monitoring permission notification 703 Monitoring permission notification 1000E Shared terminal 1001E1 surveillance camera 1001E2 surveillance camera 10000 apartment house

─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuation of front page (51) Int.Cl. ⁷ Identification code FI theme code (reference) H04Q 9/00 301 H04Q 9/00 301C 311 311K 321 321D (72) Inventor Taku Nakamura Totsuka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa 292, Yoshidacho F-Term in the Digital Media Development Division, Hitachi, Ltd. (reference) 5K048 BA51 DA07 DC02 DC07 EB13 HA01 HA02 HA03

Claims (17)

[Claims] 1. A means for fetching video information, a means for detecting an abnormality occurrence in accordance with the video information, a means for notifying the abnormality occurrence, and a means for transmitting the video information 2
The above monitoring terminal, means for detecting an abnormality occurrence notification via the network,
A monitoring center having means for transmitting a monitoring command to two or more monitoring terminals, and transmitting video information from the monitoring terminal to the monitoring center according to the monitoring command. And monitoring system. 2. The monitoring terminal, one or more monitoring cameras installed in a house, means for detecting an abnormality occurrence based on video information captured from the monitoring camera, and notifying the abnormality occurrence, and monitoring. The monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising a home terminal that transmits video information in response to a command. 3. The system further comprises one or more external monitoring terminals having a means for capturing video information and a means for transmitting video information, wherein the monitoring center transmits a monitoring command to the external monitoring terminals. Further comprising means, in response to the monitoring command,
The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the external monitoring terminal transmits video information to the monitoring center. 4. The external monitoring terminal is installed outside the home 1
The surveillance system according to claim 3, further comprising two or more fixed cameras and means for transmitting video information according to a surveillance command. 5. The external monitoring terminal is installed outside a home 1
The surveillance system according to claim 3, further comprising two or more mobile cameras and means for transmitting video information in response to a surveillance command. 6. The monitoring system according to claim 3, wherein the external monitoring terminal is composed of a monitoring satellite. 7. The monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring center sends an abnormality occurrence notification to a data receiving terminal owned by the owner of the monitoring terminal. 8. The monitoring system according to claim 7, wherein the data receiving terminal is a personal computer. 9. The monitoring system according to claim 7, wherein the data receiving terminal is a mobile terminal. 10. The data receiving terminal includes video information requesting means, video information receiving means, and video information displaying means, and the monitoring center responds to the video information request transmitted from the data receiving terminal. 10. The monitoring system according to claim 7, wherein the video information is transmitted to the data receiving terminal. 11. The monitoring center sends a monitoring command to the monitoring terminal, the external monitoring terminal or the data receiving terminal in response to receipt of the abnormality occurrence notification, and monitors by a monitoring permission inquiry. The monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 10, further comprising means for issuing a monitoring command to a monitoring terminal and an external monitoring terminal that have been permitted to access. 12. The monitoring center sends an abnormality occurrence notification to a specific institution.
The monitoring system according to any one of 1. 13. The monitoring system according to claim 12, wherein the specific institution is a guard station, and human resources are dispatched to an abnormal area in response to reception of the abnormal notification. 14. The specific organization is a police agency, a medical institution, or a fire-fighting organization, and in response to receipt of the abnormality occurrence notification, human resources are dispatched to an abnormality occurrence area. Monitoring system described in. 15. The monitoring terminal according to claim 1, further comprising one or more sensors, and means for detecting an abnormality based on information obtained from the sensors. The monitoring system according to any one. 16. The monitoring terminal has an information storage unit, and temporarily stores information obtained from the monitoring camera and the sensor before and after an abnormality occurrence time in the information storage unit. 16. The monitoring system according to any one of 1 to 15. 17. The user of the vicinity of the monitoring terminal, which has detected the occurrence of an abnormality, permits the monitoring center to monitor the monitoring request from the monitoring center, and the monitoring center gives the user a specific profit The monitoring system according to claim 7, wherein: