JP2009081554A - Intercom system in collective dwelling - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intercom system in a collective dwelling, enabling a visitor to enter a resident area through an automatic door without being kept waiting by unlocking the automatic door even if a resident does not operates the door in response to a call from the visitor when the resident knows that the visitor is coming. <P>SOLUTION: A living room master set 2 is provided with: a timer 25 for setting two kinds of mode, i.e. an automatic unlocking mode for transmitting an unlocking signal to the automatic door 5 at the time point of receiving a call from a collective entrance set 1, and a usual unlocking mode for transmitting an unlocking signal upon an operation of an unlocking button 26 by the resident, validating the automatic unlocking operation only for a set time zone and counting an effective time; and an operation section 23 for setting the effective time. An automatic door camera 6 for picking up an image of a visitor passing through the automatic door 5 so that a monitor 21 of the living room master set 2 displays a picked-up image of the automatic door camera 6 in the automatic unlocking mode. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apartment house intercom system, and more particularly to an apartment house intercom system in which a visitor can enter a living area in an apartment house through an automatic door without an unlocking operation by a resident.

In collective housing, an automatic door that is automatically locked for crime prevention and unlocked by the resident is installed at a collective entrance where visitors and residents enter and exit. Therefore, the resident who came home unlocked by performing a predetermined unlocking operation, and entered the living area inside from the collective entrance and returned home. In addition, the visitor calls the resident of the visit destination from the collective entrance machine installed at the collective entrance, and the responding resident unlocks the automatic door, so that it passes through the automatic door and enters the internal living area. Was.
On the other hand, in order to improve security, there is an apartment house with an automatic door on each floor in addition to the entrance hall. In this case, if the configuration is similar to the above system, the visitor must call the resident each time to unlock the automatic door. Thus, there is a collective housing intercom system configured so that an automatic door installed on the floor can be unlocked by a single call operation from the collective entrance so as not to bother the visitors (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP 2003-97110 A

As described above, in the conventional apartment house intercom system, the visitor cannot be passed through the living area unless the visitor calls the resident and the resident responds to unlock the door. When it was known, the resident had to be careful not to wait for the visitor's call and pay attention to the ringing sound of the parent unit.
However, even if it is known that there is a visitor, the resident may not be able to release his hand or may not be in the living room. In that case, the automatic door could not be unlocked immediately. Also, if the resident is a hearing-impaired person, it is still difficult to respond, and the visitor has to wait at the entrance.
In the case of Patent Document 1 described above, the resident call is not necessary when passing through the second automatic door, and the call from the collective entrance is still necessary.

  Therefore, in view of such problems, the present invention, when it is known that there is a visitor, unlocks the automatic door even if the resident does not respond to the call to the visitor, The purpose is to provide a collective housing intercom system that can enter a living area through an automatic door without waiting for visitors.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the invention of claim 1 is that the resident responds to the call from the collective entrance machine and the collective entrance machine installed at the collective entrance so that the visitor calls the resident and makes a call. For this purpose, it has a base unit installed in each individual unit and a controller that controls communication between the collective entrance unit and the base unit, and the base unit unlocks an automatic door installed at the collective entrance. In the collective housing intercom system comprising the unlocking control means for transmitting the unlocking control means, the unlocking control means includes an automatic unlocking mode for transmitting an unlocking signal to the automatic door when receiving a call from the collective entrance machine, and an unlocking button. Two types of unlocking control in the normal unlocking mode that sends an unlocking signal in response to an operation is selectively performed, and the counting means for counting the effective time of the automatic unlocking mode operation in the room master unit, Time setting means to set Characterized by providing.

According to this configuration, when the automatic unlocking mode is set, the automatic door is unlocked by a call operation for a visitor within the set time zone. Therefore, if the visitor is known, the visitor can smoothly pass through the automatic door and enter the living area without the resident responding / unlocking. And since the automatic unlocking mode is canceled at times other than the time zone when visitors are scheduled, it is possible to prevent the suspicious person from entering.
In addition, since the counting time of the counting means can be changed, the start time and duration can be set in accordance with the expected arrival time of the visitor, so that the count up before the visitor arrives or the counting time becomes uselessly long There is no such thing.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the room master unit includes: a call control unit that controls a call in response to a call from the central entrance unit; and a call stop unit that stops the call control. The call control means is characterized in that when a call is received during the automatic unlocking mode operation, the call control is continued until a stop operation is performed by the call stop means.
According to this configuration, calling in the automatic unlocking mode state ensures that the resident has arrived and entered the living area by continuing notification until the resident confirms the work. Can let you know.
The call control referred to here is a notification sound of a ringing tone for notifying that a visitor has arrived and entered the residential area, this display operation by the monitor, and further arrival notification of the LED such as blinking of an LED. Control of operation.

  The invention of claim 3 is a collective entrance machine installed at a collective entrance for a visitor to call and talk to a resident, and installed in an individual dwelling unit for a resident to respond to a call from the collective entrance machine. And a controller that controls communication between the collective entrance machine and the home master unit, and the home master unit has an unlock control means for transmitting an unlock signal to an automatic door installed at the collective entrance. In the collective housing intercom system provided, the base unit has a personal identification number storage unit, collation means for collating the number transmitted from the central entrance machine with the stored personal identification number, and unlock control After receiving a call from the central entrance, the means is an automatic unlocking mode in which an unlocking signal is transmitted when a predetermined password is subsequently transmitted, and a normal unlocking in which an unlocking signal is transmitted in response to an unlocking button operation. Select two types of unlocking control mode Carried out, characterized in that a time setting means for setting the counting means for counting the effective time of the automatic unlocking mode operation room master station, and the effective time.

According to this configuration, when the automatic unlocking mode is set, the automatic door is unlocked by calling operation and inputting a predetermined personal identification number for a visitor within the set time period. Therefore, if the visitor is known, the visitor can smoothly pass through the automatic door and enter the living area without the resident responding / unlocking. Then, since the automatic unlocking mode is canceled when a predetermined time has elapsed, the suspicious person can be prevented from entering.
In addition, since the count time of the counting means can be changed by the resident, the start time and duration can be set according to the expected time of arrival of the visitor, and the count time can be counted up before the visitor arrives. It will never be long.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the third aspect of the present invention, the room master unit has a personal identification number setting means.
According to this configuration, since the personal identification number is not fixed, the security can be improved even in the automatic unlocking mode.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the invention according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, an automatic door camera that captures an image of a person passing through the automatic door is provided, and the parent unit includes a monitor that displays an image captured by the automatic door camera. Furthermore, when the unlocking signal is sent from the unlocking control means to the controller or the collective entrance machine, it is provided with a video transmission means for transmitting the captured image of the automatic door camera to the unlocking signal transmission source base unit. Features.
According to this configuration, after the automatic door is automatically unlocked, who has passed the automatic door and entered the dwelling unit floor is displayed on the monitor of the master unit of the living room, so that the resident can confirm the person who has passed the automatic door. Therefore, it can be confirmed whether there is an intrusion of a suspicious person, and security can be maintained.

The invention of claim 6 is the invention of claim 5, comprising a management room base unit comprising a monitor that can communicate with the living room base unit and the collective entrance unit, and that displays a captured image of the automatic door camera, The image transmission means transmits the image captured by the automatic door camera to the management room master unit.
According to this configuration, after the automatic door is automatically unlocked, it is also displayed on the monitor of the management room master unit who has entered the dwelling unit floor through the automatic door. Therefore, a manager or the like can recognize a person who has passed through the automatic door, and a plurality of persons can confirm whether or not a suspicious person has entered.

According to the present invention, when the automatic unlocking mode is set, the automatic door is unlocked by a call operation or an input operation of a password in addition to the call operation for a visitor within the set time period. The Therefore, if the visitor is known, the visitor can smoothly pass through the automatic door and enter the living area without the resident responding / unlocking. And since the automatic unlocking mode is canceled at times other than the time zone when visitors are scheduled, it is possible to prevent the suspicious person from entering.
In addition, since the count time of the counting means can be changed, the count-up time can be set in accordance with the expected arrival time of the visitor, and the count-up time can be increased before the visitor arrives. There is nothing.

  DESCRIPTION OF EXEMPLARY EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments of the invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of an apartment intercom system according to the present invention. Reference numeral 1 denotes an entrance hall installed at an entrance hall for a visitor to call a resident and make a call. Residential master unit installed in each unit for the resident to answer the call, 3 is a control unit master unit installed in the control room to communicate with the resident, 4 is the collective entrance unit 1, and the resident parent A control unit 5 that controls communication between the machine 2 and the management room base unit 3 is an automatic door that passes when a visitor or a resident enters and leaves the apartment house, and 6 is an automatic door camera that images a person passing through the automatic door 5. is there. The collective entrance machine 1, the living room master units 2, 2..., The automatic door camera 6, and the management room master unit 3 are connected to the controller 4, and the automatic door 5 is connected to the collective entrance machine 1. Note that F is a collective entrance, 4a is a controller CPU that controls the controller, and 21 and 31 are monitors that output images taken by the automatic door camera 6.

  The collective entrance machine 1 is configured as shown in the circuit block diagram of FIG. That is, a camera 11 for imaging a visitor, a video processing unit 12 that performs modulation processing of a captured video signal, a numeric keypad 13 for selecting a destination, a call button 14, a call unit 15 that includes a microphone and a speaker, A collective entrance machine CPU 16 that controls the collective entrance machine 1, an interface (aggregate entrance machine IF) 17 for communicating with the controller 4 and the automatic door 5 is provided.

  The room master unit 2 is configured as shown in the circuit block diagram of FIG. That is, the monitor 21 that displays the captured images of the camera 11 and the automatic door camera 6 of the collective entrance 1, the video processing unit 22 that performs demodulation processing of the transmitted video signal, the operation unit 23 that performs various operations, the password Number storage unit 24, timer 25 for timing, unlock button 26 for unlocking automatic door 5, call circuit 27 for controlling microphone 27a and speaker 27b, room master CPU 28 for controlling room master 2, controller 4 An interface (room base unit IF) 29 for communication with the mobile phone is provided. The management room base unit 3 also has the same circuit configuration as the living room base unit 2.

  The operation of the apartment house intercom system configured as described above, in particular, the operation of the living room master unit 2 and the automatic door 5 when the calling operation is performed from the apartment entrance 1 is as follows. Note that the unlocking control of the automatic door 5 by the living room master unit 2 includes a normal unlocking mode operation performed in response to the operation of the unlocking button 26 and an automatic unlocking mode operation performed by a predetermined visitor operation. Yes, the automatic unlocking mode is set by the predetermined operation of the master unit 2, and the start time and duration (valid time) are set, and it operates in that time zone. In the exception time zone, the normal unlocking mode operation is performed. Configured to implement.

First, the normal unlocking mode operation will be described. For example, when a visitor visits a resident with a dwelling unit number 555, the tenant 13 of the collective entrance 1 is operated to input the dwelling unit number 555, and then the call button 14 is pressed. By this operation, the collective entrance machine CPU 16 generates a call signal and transmits it to the controller 4 via the collective entrance machine IF17. The control unit CPU 4a receives this calling signal and further transmits it to the room master unit 2 of the No. 555 dwelling unit. The room master 2 that has received this calling signal outputs a ringing sound until the room master CPU 28 controls the call circuit 27 and a response operation is made from the speaker 27b or for a predetermined time. In addition, a visitor image captured by the camera 11 of the collective entrance 1 is transmitted to the living room master 2 and displayed on the monitor 21 through the video processing unit 22 of the living room 2.
When the resident responds to the ringing tone by this operation, the ringing tone stops and the resident can respond while watching the visitor video. When the unlock button 26 is operated, the automatic door 5 is unlocked and the visitor can proceed from the automatic door 5 to the living area.

Next, the operation when the automatic unlocking mode is set will be described. FIG. 4 is a flow showing the main part of the flow of this operation, and description will be made based on this flow. When the visitor visits the resident of the dwelling unit number 555 as in the above description of the operation, when the dwelling unit number 555 is input by the ten key 13 of the collective entrance 1 and the call button 14 is pressed, the call signal Is transmitted to the room master unit 2 of the No. 555 dwelling unit (S1). In response to this call signal, the room master CPU 28 determines whether or not it is in the automatic unlocking mode state (S2). If it is in the automatic unlocking mode state, the unlocking signal for the automatic door 5 is generated and passed through the room master unit IF29. Is transmitted to the automatic door 5. The transmitted unlocking signal is transmitted to the collective entrance machine 1 via the controller 4, and is transmitted to the automatic door 5 through the process of the collective entrance machine CPU 16, and the automatic door 5 is unlocked (S4).
However, even if the automatic unlocking mode is set, it is determined that the calling is in the normal calling mode for a call at a time other than the set time zone, and the ringing tone is continuously generated as in the above operation (S3). Wait for the resident's response operation.

  In addition, the camera 11 of the collective entrance machine 1 is activated in response to the calling operation of the collective entrance machine 1, and a visitor is imaged. However, when the living room master unit 2 is in the automatic unlocking mode, The CPU 28 does not display on the monitor 21 but displays a captured image of the automatic door camera 6 shown below. However, since it is in the normal unlocking mode state when it is out of the set time zone, control for displaying the captured image of the camera 11 of the collective entrance 1 on the monitor 21 is performed.

  The room master CPU 28 controls the call circuit 27 to report the ringing tone from the speaker 27b following the transmission of the unlocking signal, thereby notifying that there is a visitor. In addition, the controller 4 that has received the unlock signal transmits the image captured by the automatic door camera 6 to the living room master unit 2 under the control of the controller CPU 4a. The transmitted video is displayed on the monitor 21 through the video processing unit 22 of the living room base unit 2, and a visitor video passing through the automatic door 5 is displayed. Further, in accordance with this display, the room master unit CPU 28 displays, for example, “customer has arrived” on the monitor 21 to notify the visitor (S5).

Similarly, the control unit CPU 4 a that has received the unlock signal performs control to transmit the video imaged by the automatic door camera 6 to the management room base unit 3, and passes through the automatic door 5 by the monitor 31 of the management room base unit 3. Visitor video is displayed. Further, in accordance with this display, a display for notifying a visitor is made on the monitor 31 of the management room master unit 3 (S5).
The calling operation and the notification operation of the living room parent device 2 and the management room parent device 3 are stopped when the living room parent device 2 receives a predetermined stop operation (S6) (S7), and if the stop operation is not performed, the notification operation is continued. (S8).

Thus, if the automatic unlocking mode is set, the automatic door is unlocked by a call operation for a visitor within the set time period. Therefore, if the visitor is known, the visitor can smoothly pass through the automatic door and enter the living area without the resident responding / unlocking. And since the automatic unlocking mode is canceled outside the predetermined time zone in which a visitor is scheduled, the suspicious person can be prevented from entering.
In addition, since the counting time of the counting means can be changed, the start time and duration can be set in accordance with the expected arrival time of the visitor, and the count time is increased before the visitor arrives, or the count time is unnecessarily long. There is no such thing.
Furthermore, the call in the automatic unlocking mode state can be informed to the resident that the visitor has arrived and entered the living area by continuing the notification until the resident confirms the operation. it can.
In addition, after the automatic door unlocks automatically, the person who entered the dwelling unit floor through the automatic door is displayed on the monitor of the living room master unit and the management room master unit. I can confirm. Therefore, a plurality of people can confirm whether or not a suspicious person has entered, and security can be maintained.

Next, another mode of the automatic unlocking mode operation will be described. In the above embodiment, the unlock control is performed only by the calling signal when in the automatic unlocking mode state. Here, a setting in which the unlock control is performed when a password is input in addition to the calling signal will be described.
Specifically, first, when the automatic unlocking mode is set in the room master, a personal identification number is also set. This personal identification number is arbitrarily set, for example, a 4-digit numerical value. The set personal identification number is stored in the personal identification number storage unit 24 and notified to the prospective visitor who is known to receive the visit by telephone or the like in advance. In the case of control that is unlocked only by the call signal, the password storage unit 24 may not be used.

Hereinafter, a description will be given based on the flowchart of FIG. First, when a visitor operates the numeric keypad 13 of the collective entrance 1 to input a 555 to call a resident in the room 555, for example, and subsequently presses the call button 14, a call signal is sent to the room 550 of the 555 dwelling unit. 2 (S11). Upon receiving this call signal, the room master CPU 28 determines whether or not it is in the automatic unlocking mode state (S12), and if it is in the automatic release mode state, it waits for the input of a personal identification number. In parallel, the call circuit 27 is controlled to output a ringing tone from the speaker 27b, and a visitor image captured by the camera 11 of the collective entrance 1 transmitted after the calling signal is displayed. Are displayed on the monitor 21 through the video processing unit 22.
However, even if the automatic unlocking mode is set, if it is not in the operation time zone, the normal unlocking mode operation is performed, and the room master CPU 28 continues to execute the normal ringing tone without waiting for the input of the personal identification number. (S14) Wait for a response operation by the resident.

The visitor who has performed the call operation continues to input the personal identification number previously heard from the resident by operating the numeric keypad 13. When the room master unit 2 is in the automatic unlocking mode, the room host unit CPU 28 transmits a message for prompting the input of a personal identification number to the collective entrance machine 1 and makes a sound from the call unit 15 of the collective entrance machine 1. .
The entered personal identification number is transmitted to the room master unit 2, and the room parent unit CPU 28 performs a comparison process with the correct personal identification number stored in the personal identification number storage unit 24 (S13). As a result, if the password is correct, the room master CPU 28 transmits an unlock signal to the automatic door 5. This unlocking signal is transmitted to the collective entrance machine 1 via the controller 4, and is transmitted to the automatic door 5 through processing by the collective entrance machine CPU 16, and the automatic door 5 is unlocked (S15). If the password is not input or if a different password is input, the normal calling operation is continued (S14).

In addition, the controller 4 that has received the unlock signal transmits an image captured by the automatic door camera 6 to the living room master unit 2 under the control of the controller CPU 4a. The transmitted video is displayed on the monitor 21 through the video processing unit 22 of the living room master 2, and the resident can check the visitor video passing through the automatic door 5. Further, in accordance with this display, the room master unit CPU 28 performs a display for notifying the visitor on the monitor 21 (S16).
Similarly, the control unit CPU 4 a that has received the unlock signal performs control to transmit the video imaged by the automatic door camera 6 to the management room base unit 3, and passes through the automatic door 5 by the monitor 31 of the management room base unit 3. Visitor video is displayed. Further, in this case, a display for notifying a visitor is also made on the monitor 31 of the management room master unit 3 (S16).
The calling operation and the notification operation of the living room parent device 2 and the management room parent device 3 are stopped when the living room parent device 2 receives a predetermined stop operation (S17) (S18), and if the stop operation is not performed, the notification operation is continued. (S19).

As described above, when the automatic unlock mode is set, the automatic door is unlocked by the visitor and the input of a predetermined personal identification number before the counting means counts up. Therefore, if the visitor is known, the visitor can smoothly pass through the automatic door and enter the living area without the resident responding / unlocking. Since the automatic unlocking mode is canceled outside the predetermined time period, the suspicious person can be prevented from entering.
In addition, since the count time of the counting means can be changed by the resident, the start time and duration can be set according to the expected arrival time of the visitor, and the count time can be counted up before the visitor arrives. There is no such thing as a long time.
Furthermore, since the personal identification number is not fixed, security can be maintained even in the automatic unlocking mode.

In the above-described embodiments, when there is an automatic unlocking mode, a notification operation with a visitor is performed with respect to the management room base unit 3, but the notification operation may be performed only for the room base unit 2. . Although both the start time and end time for performing the automatic unlock mode operation are set, the start time may be set to the time when the automatic unlock mode is set. It becomes.
Further, although the automatic door camera 6 is connected to the controller 4, if the automatic door camera 6 is connected to the collective entrance machine 1, the video transmission control of the automatic door camera 6 may be performed by the collective entrance machine 1.

It is a block diagram which shows an example of the apartment house intercom system which concerns on this invention. It is a circuit block diagram of a collective entrance machine. It is a circuit block diagram of an office master. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the living room main machine accompanying the call from a collective entrance machine, and an automatic door. It is a flowchart which shows the other example of the flow of operation | movement of the living room main | base station accompanying the call from a collective entrance machine, and an automatic door.

Explanation of symbols

  1 ・ ・ Collecting entrance machine 2 、 ・ Home base unit 3 ・ ・ Management room base unit 4 ・ ・ Control unit 4a ・ ・ Control unit CPU (Video transmission means) 5 ・ ・ Auto door, 6 ・ Auto door camera , 16 .. Collective entrance CPU, 21... Monitor, 23 .. Operation part (time setting means, PIN number setting means, call stop means), 24 .. PIN number storage part, 25 .. Timer (counting means) 27b ··· Speaker, 28 ··· Base CPU (unlock control means, verification means, call control means), 31 ··· Monitor.

Claims (6)

A collective entrance machine installed at the collective entrance for visitors to call and talk to the resident, and a parent unit installed in the individual dwelling unit for the resident to respond to the call from the collective entrance machine, And a controller for controlling communication between the collective entrance machine and the living room master unit, and the living room master unit is provided with an unlock control means for transmitting an unlock signal to an automatic door installed at the collective entrance. In apartment housing intercom system,
The unlock control means includes an automatic unlock mode for transmitting an unlock signal to the automatic door when a call is received from the collective entrance machine, and a normal unlock mode for transmitting an unlock signal in response to an unlock button operation. The above-described two types of unlocking control are selectively performed, and the room master unit is provided with a counting means for counting the effective time of the automatic unlocking mode operation and a time setting means for setting the effective time. Apartment house intercom system. The living room base unit has a call control means for receiving a call from the collective entrance machine and controlling the call, and a call stop means for stopping the call control,
2. The collective housing intercom system according to claim 1, wherein when the call control unit receives a call during the automatic unlocking mode operation, the call control unit continues the call control until a stop operation is performed by the call stop unit. A collective entrance machine installed at the collective entrance for visitors to call and talk to the resident, and a parent unit installed in the individual dwelling unit for the resident to respond to the call from the collective entrance machine, And a controller for controlling communication between the collective entrance machine and the living room master unit, and the living room master unit is provided with an unlock control means for transmitting an unlock signal to an automatic door installed at the collective entrance. In apartment housing intercom system,
The living room base unit has a personal identification number storage unit, a collation means for collating the number transmitted from the collective entrance machine with the stored personal identification number,
The unlocking control means receives the call from the collective entrance machine, and then receives an unlocking signal upon receiving an unlocking button operation and an automatic unlocking mode for transmitting an unlocking signal when a predetermined password is transmitted. Two types of unlocking control in the normal unlocking mode to be transmitted are selectively performed, the counting means for counting the effective time of the automatic unlocking mode operation in the room master unit, and the time setting means for setting the effective time An apartment intercom system characterized by providing 4. The collective housing intercom system according to claim 3, wherein the base unit has a password setting means. While equipped with an automatic door camera that images a person passing through the automatic door, the living room master unit includes a monitor that displays a captured image of the automatic door camera,
Furthermore, when an unlocking signal is sent from the unlocking control means to the controller or the collective entrance machine, an image transmitting means for sending an image captured by the automatic door camera to the parent machine that is the transmission source of the unlocking signal. The apartment house intercom system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: It is possible to make a call with a living room base unit or a collective entrance unit, and it has a management room base unit equipped with a monitor that displays a captured image of the automatic door camera,
6. The collective housing intercom system according to claim 5, wherein the video transmission means transmits the video captured by the automatic door camera to the management room master unit.

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