JP2011228919A - Image report apparatus making emergency call - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve a problem of difficulty for a receiver of an emergency report to immediately respond to the report.SOLUTION: An image report apparatus according to the present invention is an image report apparatus that makes an emergency call, which comprises: a monitoring camera that detects abnormality within an imaging region and images the abnormality based on the result of detection to generate an abnormality image 50; a reporting unit that creates an email destined to a preset report destination e-mail address, to which the abnormality image 50 is attached and in which at least one predetermined contact address is indicated in at least one of the body and the title thereof so that the abnormality image 50 and the contact address are displayed in one display screen on a report destination terminal.

Description

  The present invention relates to an image notification device that makes an emergency call, and more particularly, to an image notification device that makes an emergency call for reporting an abnormal state from a screen when an abnormality is detected.

  In recent years, many security cameras have been proposed in accordance with the heightened security awareness. Such a security camera (or surveillance camera) notifies the notification destination that an abnormality has occurred. And about this notification method, various methods are proposed according to the monitoring object.

  First, Patent Document 1 discloses a suspicious person notification device that accurately detects a suspicious person and transmits moving image data. The suspicious person notification device acquires a monitoring sensor signal output by the monitoring sensor unit according to sensor detection and a motion signal output by the imaging unit according to motion detection, and the monitoring sensor signal and the motion signal overlap on the time axis. A suspicious person detection unit that outputs a suspicious person detection signal, a suspicious person detection data communication part that transmits data indicating a suspicious person detection state, and an image communication part that transmits moving image data of a suspicious person monitoring location imaged by the imaging unit. The suspicious person notifying device is provided, and the suspicious person detection data communication unit transmits the suspicious person detection data again in accordance with the transmission request of the suspicious person detection data again, and the image communication part determines the suspicious person detection data again. The moving image data is transmitted in accordance with the moving image data transmission request based on the request.

  Moreover, in patent document 1, the suspicious person monitoring apparatus installed in the security center is associated with the address of the suspicious person notification apparatus provided on the outer periphery of the managed property for each security target property, and the address and name of the building, A security target property detail management unit that manages detailed data (hereinafter referred to as security target property detailed data) related to the security target property such as the user's name and telephone number is provided. When the monitor requests the detailed property data to be guarded, when the monitor operates the operation unit, an operation signal is input to the operation processing unit of the suspicious person monitoring device of the management center, and the suspicious person monitoring device of the management center manages Security corresponding to the address indicating the sender (suspicious person notification device provided on the outer periphery of the managed property building) acquired by communication with the suspicious person notification device provided on the outer periphery of the target property The target property detail data is acquired from the security target property detail management unit, and is output via the display unit and the sound generation unit. Thereby, the monitoring person can know the detailed information regarding the property to be guarded, and can take a quick and accurate response by notifying the detailed information to the guard in charge or the police. In addition, the detailed information on the property to be guarded can indicate the above detailed information automatically by showing the contact information to the guards in charge and the police for each property to be guarded. Can be taken. (Patent Document 1, paragraph 0030).

  Patent Document 2 discloses a system that is not a surveillance camera, but that reports when an abnormality occurs in the system. The system of Patent Document 2 is for reducing the load on the server and the service cost in a system in which a management server monitors an image forming apparatus. The system described in Patent Literature 2 includes an image forming apparatus, a management server, and a notification destination terminal. When the management server assigns a maintenance person, the management server transmits contact information of the maintenance person to the image forming apparatus. The image forming apparatus that has received the contact information of the maintenance staff notifies the contact information of the maintenance staff about subsequent failures.

  Patent Document 3 discloses a bed slip notification system that can be easily used by a cared person or patient. This bed slip notification system includes first and second portable transmitters attached to each patient, receivers installed at a plurality of locations in the ward, and monitoring devices installed at nurse centers on each floor. Yes. The first and second portable transmitters detect the acceleration acting on the patient, the patient's pulse wave, heart rate, blood pressure, and blood oxygen saturation, and wirelessly transmit them. The transmitted information is given to the monitoring device via the receiver, and the monitoring device detects the risk of occurrence of a bed slip of the patient based on the information and displays a warning screen.

  Further, Patent Document 3 discloses that e-mail can be used as a warning means (for example, paragraph 0067 of Patent Document 3). This warning email contains a message that indicates that the cared person is at risk of bedsores and that a biological abnormality has occurred. , Knowing that the care recipient has a risk of bed slips and biological anomalies, go to the caregiver's house, ask him to turn over, contact a doctor, etc. Treatment can be taken. Further, it has been pointed out that the body of this warning mail may include the patient's address, telephone number, emergency contact information (family contact information, etc.) and contact information of the attending physician (for example, in Patent Document 3, paragraph 3). 0102). As a result, the caregiver can quickly go to the home of the cared person, and can take various measures such as contacting the attending physician or contacting the emergency contact information if an emergency is required. .

  Further, Patent Document 4 discloses an abnormality notification device that can be used for accurate cause investigation and appropriate response to occurrence of abnormality and can be realized at low cost. This abnormality reporting device is for continuously detecting a camera, taking a picture with the camera, and continuously recording and storing image information obtained by the camera in a storage, and a central processing unit, and for detecting the occurrence of an abnormality. And a communication control unit that transmits image information that is recorded at least before the occurrence of an abnormality until the time of the occurrence of an abnormality to a predetermined report destination using the detection information obtained by the sensor as a trigger And a central processing unit.

JP 2009-15536 A JP 2008-186166 A JP 2008-27030 A JP 2009-49906 A

  However, in the techniques described in Patent Documents 1 to 4, the occurrence of an abnormal state is transmitted only by an image or text. For this reason, even if the person to be notified receives a report together with an image, there is a problem that the report destination to be notified urgently must be separately checked and a quick response cannot be made. In addition, when the location or person's abnormal information to be monitored only by text is notified (for example, Patent Document 2), even if the emergency contact address is included in the notification, the respondent must really make an emergency contact. There is a problem that it is not possible to accurately determine whether or not. For example, when a passerby simply passes to the monitored location and no urgent response is required, or when the sensor is simply removed from the monitored subject and it cannot be said that it is abnormal, a report is made. However, it is difficult for the respondent to judge such a state only with sentences.

  One aspect of the image reporting method according to the present invention is an image reporting device that can also make emergency contact promptly, detecting an abnormal state within a shooting range, and photographing the abnormal state based on the detection result to display an abnormal image. The monitoring camera unit to be generated and a preset report destination e-mail address are set as destinations, and at least one preset contact is described in at least one of a text and a title, and the abnormality is detected in the notification destination terminal. A notification unit that generates an e-mail attached with the abnormal image so that the image and the contact information are displayed in one screen.

  In the image notification device according to the present invention, the abnormal image and the notification destination are displayed in one screen on the terminal that receives the notification. For this reason, the whistleblower who received the report determines whether or not to make an emergency call based on the abnormal image. If he / she determines that a report is necessary, he / she will immediately call the reporter on the same screen as the abnormal image. You can make a report. In particular, when a report is received by a mobile phone, it is possible to make a call to the displayed report destination as it is, using the Phone to function of the mobile phone.

  According to the image notification device according to the present invention, it is possible for the respondent who has received the notification to determine whether or not the notification is necessary based on the image included in the notification information, and to make a call immediately to a specific location.

1 is a block diagram of an image notification device according to a first embodiment. It is a figure which shows the 1st example of the report mail by the image report apparatus concerning Embodiment 1. FIG. It is a figure which shows the 2nd example of the report mail by the image report apparatus concerning Embodiment 1. FIG. 3 is a timing chart illustrating an operation of a monitoring camera unit of the image notification device according to the first exemplary embodiment; 3 is a graph showing an operation state of the image notification device according to the first exemplary embodiment. It is a block diagram of the image report apparatus concerning Embodiment 2. FIG. It is a figure explaining the relationship between the setting of the monitoring area | region in the image notification apparatus concerning Embodiment 2, and the setting of an abnormality detection range. FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an image reporting device according to a third embodiment. 10 is a graph illustrating an operation state of the image notification device according to the third embodiment. It is a table | surface of the operation mode of the image notification apparatus concerning Embodiment 3. FIG. It is a block diagram of the image report apparatus concerning Embodiment 4. It is a table | surface of the operation mode of the image notification apparatus concerning Embodiment 4.

Embodiment 1
Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. First, FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of an image notification device 1 according to the first embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, the image notification device 1 operates based on a power source supplied from a power source 2 provided outside. A switch 3 is provided between the power source 2 and the image notification device 1. The switch 3 is a power switch of the image notification device 1. The image reporting device 1 is in an operating state when the switch 3 is on, and is in a stopped state when the switch 3 is off.

  Here, before describing the details of the image reporting device 1, a system for using the image reporting device 1 will be described. The image notification device 1 according to the present embodiment can send an image by attaching the image taken by the network camera 10 together with the display of the emergency contact address by e-mail. As shown in FIG. 1, a system necessary for using the image reporting device 1 includes a wireless LAN terminal 21, a router 22, a mail server 23, and a reportee terminal 40, 41.

  The wireless LAN terminal 21 is connected to the router 22 via the LAN cable LC2. The wireless LAN terminal 21 performs wireless communication with the wireless LAN terminal 20 in the image notification device 1 and receives e-mail data transmitted from the image notification device 1. The router 20 is a control device that controls the connection state between the indoor LAN to which the network camera 10 is connected and the public network. The public network is a network provided by, for example, an Internet service provider. The mail server 23 is a server device connected to a public network, receives an electronic mail transmitted from the network camera 10, and forwards the electronic mail to a destination terminal. The respondent terminals 40 and 41 are terminals that are used by the respondent, and are terminals that allow browsing of e-mails such as mobile phones and PCs.

  Next, details of the image notification device 1 will be described. As shown in FIG. 1, the image notification device 1 includes a network camera 10, a LAN adapter (for example, a wireless LAN terminal 20), and a DC voltage conversion circuit 30.

  The DC voltage conversion circuit 30 converts the voltage of the external power supply voltage DCIN input from the power supply 2 to generate internal power supply voltages VCC1 and VCC2. The internal power supply voltage VCC1 is supplied to the network camera 10. The internal power supply VCC2 is supplied to the wireless LAN terminal 20. In this embodiment, since the network camera 10 and the wireless LAN terminal 20 operate based on different power supply voltages, the DC voltage conversion circuit 30 is used. However, the network camera 10 and the wireless LAN terminal 20 have the same power supply voltage. Can be directly supplied as the external power supply voltage DCIN.

  The network camera 10 includes a monitoring camera unit 11, a notification unit 12, and a camera control unit 14. The monitoring camera unit 11 detects an abnormal state within the imaging range, and captures an abnormal state based on the detection result to generate an abnormal image. More specifically, the monitoring camera unit 11 generates an abnormal image based on a luminance change within the shooting range. At this time, the monitoring camera unit 11 detects a change in luminance based on a reference image taken at a certain time and a change in luminance in the current shooting range. In the monitoring camera unit 11, a shooting interval is set by the camera control unit 14. Note that when the monitoring camera unit 11 captures an abnormal image, the monitoring date and time can be embedded in the captured image.

  The reporting unit 12 includes a storage unit 13. In the storage unit 13, when an abnormal image is generated, an e-mail address of a report destination for reporting and information on a contact address embedded in the e-mail are stored. Here, the e-mail address and the contact information stored in the storage unit 13 are set by the administrator of the image monitoring apparatus 1 in response to a request from a user (for example, a respondent). That is, the image monitoring apparatus 1 is assumed to protect access to the apparatus with a password or the like in order to prevent a person other than the administrator from accessing internal information.

  The email address of the report destination stored in the storage unit 13 of the report unit 12 is not limited to one and may be a plurality. The contact information includes the telephone number of the police station in the area where the image reporting device 1 is installed, the home phone number of the respondent, the telephone number of the security company, and the family doctor of the monitored person monitored by the image reporting device 1. It includes at least one telephone number, and is not limited to one, and a plurality of telephone numbers may be set. Normally, when the 110th report is made by a mobile phone or the like, the telephone is connected to the nearest police station in the area where the mobile phone is located. Therefore, when an emergency call is made by the 110th, the image report device 1 is installed. Cannot contact the local police station directly. Therefore, by using the telephone number of the police station in the area where the image reporting device 1 is installed as a contact address, it is possible to quickly respond when a suspicious person or the like is monitored at a place monitored by the image reporting device 1 Become.

  When the abnormal image generated by the monitoring camera unit 11 is input, the reporting unit 12 has the reporting destination email address as the destination, at least one contact is described in at least one of the text or the title, and the reporting destination An e-mail attached with the abnormal image is generated so that the abnormal image and the contact information are displayed in one screen on the terminal. The reporting unit 12 transmits the generated electronic mail via the wireless LAN terminal 20.

  Here, an example of the report mail generated by the report unit 12 will be described. 2 and 3 show examples of the notification mail. In the example shown in FIG. 2, an emergency contact address (for example, OO-△ △ △-□ □ □) is embedded in the body of the e-mail. Also, the abnormal image 50 attached to the notification mail is displayed in a form embedded in the text on the terminal of the respondent. In the example shown in FIG. 3, the emergency contact address is embedded in the title (Subject) of the notification mail. Also, the abnormal image 50 attached to the notification mail is displayed in a form embedded in the text on the terminal of the respondent. In recent mobile phones, when a phone number is included in an e-mail, a phone to function is provided that enables a user to make a direct call by selecting or tapping the phone number portion. Therefore, in the example shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, the phone number of the emergency contact is underlined by this Phone to function.

  The camera control unit 14 controls the operation of the monitoring camera unit 11. More specifically, the camera control unit 14 includes a storage unit 15. The storage unit 15 includes an imaging interval setting value for setting a length of an undetected period from when the monitoring camera unit 11 captures the reference image to when the next image can be captured, and the monitoring camera unit 11. Holds time information for regular operation. Then, the camera control unit 14 sets the shooting interval of the monitoring camera unit 11 based on the shooting interval setting value. This undetected period will be described in detail.

  FIG. 4 shows a timing chart showing the operation of the monitoring camera unit 11 controlled by the camera control unit 14. As shown in FIG. 4, the monitoring camera unit 11 detects an operation at the operation start T1. During the non-detection period, no motion detection is performed regardless of the luminance change in the monitoring area. Note that the surveillance camera unit 11 continues to operate without performing the detection process even during the non-detection period. And the surveillance camera part 11 restarts an operation | movement detection process after progress of the non-detection period. The monitoring camera unit 11 repeats the calculation of the luminance of the monitoring area at predetermined time intervals. And the surveillance camera part 11 detects a motion based on the difference of the luminance value calculated at the timing which adjoins. In FIG. 4, the first motion detection timing is indicated by T1, and the next motion detection timing is expressed as T2.

  Since the surveillance camera unit 11 performs such a motion detection operation, even if a motion occurs in the surveillance region and the motion of the moving object that has entered the surveillance region is fast, the calculation process cannot catch up and is not detected. . At first glance, this seems to be a drawback of the surveillance camera, but if there is a car that simply passes through the surveillance area, the surveillance camera unit 11 does not react to the movement of the car and reduces false detections. There is an effect that can be done. On the other hand, the function as a surveillance camera is not impaired by making the arithmetic processing capability of the surveillance camera unit 11 sufficiently compatible with human movement.

  Next, the operation of the image notification device 1 will be described. FIG. 5 shows a graph showing the daily operation state of the image reporting device 1. FIG. 5 shows an example in which the user turns on the switch 3 of the image reporting device 1 when going out (8:00) and turns off the switch 3 of the image reporting device 1 when returning home (20:00). As shown in FIG. 5, in this case, the image notification device 1 starts to operate at 8:00. Then, the monitoring operation is performed until 20:00. On the other hand, in the example shown in FIG. 5, from 20:00 to 8:00 the next day, the image notification device 1 is in a stopped state in which the monitoring operation is not performed. In the following description, a time zone in which the image notification device 1 is performing a detection operation is referred to as a detection zone, and a time zone in which the detection operation is not being performed is referred to as an undetected zone.

  In the detection zone, for example, when the shooting interval set value is set at 30 seconds, the image reporting device 1 reports two images per minute when there is a change in the shooting range. The notification e-mail sent when there is a change in the shooting range is shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, and a preset notification destination and an abnormal image are displayed on one screen. . In addition, when the scheduled shooting is set to 12:00, the image reporting device 1 makes a scheduled report every day at 12:00. This scheduled notification is reported regardless of whether or not there is a change in the shooting range, and is used for confirming the operation of the image notification device 1.

  From the above description, the image reporting device 1 according to the first embodiment reports a preset emergency contact information (for example, a local police station) together with an abnormal image obtained by capturing the change in other cases when the shooting range changes. Notify the respondent by email. In the notification mail, the abnormal image and the emergency contact information are displayed in one screen. For this reason, the respondent who has received the notification mail determines whether or not the emergency contact should be notified based on the abnormal image. For example, in the case of a touch panel type, an emergency contact can be made immediately by simply touching an emergency contact.

  When a report mail not including an emergency contact is received by a mobile phone, 110 or the like is generally used when contacting a public emergency contact such as the police. However, when the 110th report is made, the call goes to the nearest police station in the area where the mobile phone exists. For this reason, communication with the police having jurisdiction over the place where the image reporting device 1 is installed is delayed. However, in the image reporting device 1 according to the present embodiment, the emergency contact can be set to the telephone number of the police station having jurisdiction over the place where the image reporting device 1 is installed. As a result, the respondent can immediately make an emergency call to an appropriate police station, making crime prevention more effective.

  Further, in the image reporting device 1 according to the present embodiment, the emergency contact can be arbitrarily set according to the user's request. Therefore, as the emergency contact, the caregiver's family doctor monitored by the image reporting device 1 can be used. By doing so, the image reporting device 1 can also be used for nursing care. Moreover, it can also be used for local crime prevention by making it an urgent contact information to be a relative of the accused person or a resident in the neighborhood.

  Further, in the image reporting device 1 according to the present embodiment, the emergency contact address is notified to the respondent by a notification mail together with the abnormal image. Therefore, for example, when the image reporting device 1 is installed at the front door, for example, whether or not an emergency report is necessary based on an abnormal image when the postal clerk comes to the delivery and when a suspicious person enters the shooting range. Is easy, and it is possible to prevent false reports to emergency contacts.

  In addition, when an emergency mail is received by a mobile phone, the phone can be called immediately by selecting or tapping the emergency contact included in the emergency mail using the phone to function of the mobile phone. .

  Moreover, in the image reporting device 1 according to the first embodiment, the operation can be confirmed by the scheduled notification, so that the reliability particularly when installed outdoors can be improved.

Embodiment 2
An image reporting device 1a according to the second embodiment is shown in FIG. In the description of the second embodiment, the same components as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted. As shown in FIG. 6, the image notification device 1 a is obtained by adding a human sensor 16 and a light to the image notification device 1 according to the first embodiment. The human sensor 16 lights a light when an object having a temperature different from that of another area such as a person enters the monitoring area. In the image reporting device 1a, a change in luminance occurs in the shooting range of the monitoring camera unit 11 by turning on the light. Therefore, the monitoring camera unit 11 captures an abnormal image according to a change in luminance due to lighting of the light.

  Here, the human sensor 16 has its monitoring area set in advance. In addition, the surveillance camera 11 can set a plurality of ranges (hereinafter referred to as abnormality detection ranges) for detecting a change in luminance. The surveillance camera unit 11 does not shoot even if there is a luminance change in a part other than the abnormality detection range in the photographic range, and shoots an abnormal image according to the luminance change in the abnormality detection range. That is, in the image notification device 1a according to the second embodiment, the monitoring area of the human sensor 16 and the abnormality detection range of the monitoring camera 11 are set to coincide with each other, or the abnormality detection range is included in the monitoring area. It is preferable to keep it.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the relationship between the monitoring area setting and the abnormality detection range setting in the image reporting device 1a according to the second embodiment. In FIG. 7, the imaging range of the monitoring camera unit 11 is denoted by reference numeral 51. The monitoring area 52 of the human sensor 16 is a range included in the imaging range 51, and is set on the premises side of the road (a blank portion in FIG. 7). In addition, in the monitoring camera unit 11, two abnormality detection ranges 53 and 54 are set. The abnormality detection ranges 53 and 54 are set so that most of them are included in the monitoring area 52. In addition, the abnormality detection ranges 53 and 54 are set in an area not including a road.

  From the above description, in the second embodiment, by providing the human sensor 16 and the light, the detection operation can be performed even when the monitoring camera unit 11 is dark enough to detect a change in luminance.

  Further, the image notification device 1a according to the second embodiment can arbitrarily set a plurality of abnormality detection ranges of the monitoring camera unit 11. Thereby, for example, the abnormality detection range can be set in the site excluding the road. When set in this way, even if the imaging range of the monitoring camera unit 11 includes a road, it is possible to prevent a malfunction that erroneously detects a passerby or the like on the road.

  Further, by combining the abnormality detection range of the monitoring camera unit 11 and the monitoring area of the human sensor 16, the monitoring camera unit 11 can be operated according to the reaction of the human sensor 16.

Embodiment 3
FIG. 8 shows a block diagram of the image notification device 1b according to the third embodiment. In the description of the second embodiment, the same components as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals as those of the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted. As illustrated in FIG. 8, the image notification device 1 b includes a network camera 10 a instead of the network camera 10. The network camera 10 a includes a camera control unit 14 a instead of the camera control unit 14.

  The image reporting device 1, 1a according to the above embodiment is mainly installed outdoors and is intended for outdoor crime prevention, whereas the image reporting device 1b according to the third embodiment is mainly indoor. It is set for the purpose of nursing care and indoor crime prevention.

  The image notification device 1b according to the third embodiment includes a camera control unit 14a. The camera control unit 14a is a camera control unit 14 having a function of setting a shooting interval for each time zone. More specifically, the camera control unit 14a controls the monitoring camera unit 11 according to the length of the undetected period set for each preset time zone. In the third embodiment, first to third time zones are set as time zones. Therefore, FIG. 8 shows a diagram showing time zones in which the first to third time zones are set. In the example shown in FIG. 8, the period from midnight to 5:00 am is set as the first time zone (for example, a security zone), and the periods from 7 am to 8 am and from 7 pm to 8 pm are set. A second time zone (for example, a watch zone) is set, and another period is set as a third time zone (for example, an undetected zone). In other words, the security zone is set to a time zone including the watcher's active time zone such as when the watcher is sleeping, and the watch zone is the watcher's activity time (for example, during breakfast, dinner) The time zone including at least one time zone is set, and the non-detection zone is set to a time zone other than the security zone and the watching zone.

  Then, the camera control unit 14a changes the length of the undetected period for each time zone. For example, the undetected time is set to a short time such as 30 seconds for the security zone, and the undetected time is set to about 10 to 20 minutes for the watching zone. On the other hand, for the undetected zone, the entire time zone set in the undetected zone is set as the undetected period. By doing in this way, when an abnormality occurs in the security zone, about two images are reported per minute, and it is possible to report an abnormality such as a suspicious person's intrusion. In the watching zone, about 3 to 6 images are reported per hour, and the safety of the watched person can be confirmed. In addition, in this Embodiment, it has the 1st mode which does not report, when a watched person's motion is detected in a watch zone. On the other hand, since the detection operation by the monitoring camera unit 11 is not performed in the undetected zone, no notification is made.

  In the present embodiment, the camera control unit 14a controls the undetected period for each time zone and operates the monitoring camera unit 11 in any one of the first to third modes in the watching zone. In the first to third modes, it is possible to set whether or not to make a notification when a motion is detected, and whether or not to attach an image to an e-mail when making a notification. Therefore, FIG. 9 shows a table of time zones set in the present embodiment and operation modes for each time zone.

  As shown in FIG. 9, in the security zone, the image notification device 1b sets the length of the non-detection period to 30 seconds, and when an operation is detected by the monitoring camera unit 11, a notification mail with an abnormal image attached is sent. Send.

  The image reporting device 1b can select the first to third modes in the watching zone. In the first mode, the length of the non-detection period can be selected from 1 second to 3600 seconds, and when the operation is detected by the monitoring camera unit 11, no notification is given, and the time set in the watch zone Only when no operation is detected in the band, a notification mail with information excluding an image (for example, preset text information) and an emergency contact is attached. In the second mode, the length of the non-detection period can be selected from 1 to 3600 seconds, and information other than images (for example, preset text information) can be selected when motion monitoring by the monitoring camera unit 11 is performed. ) And an emergency mail address attached. In the third mode, the length of the non-detection period can be selected from 1 to 3600 seconds, and when the operation is detected by the monitoring camera unit 11, a notification by an e-mail attached with an image and an emergency contact is attached. I do.

  Even in the case where the operation is not detected in the first mode, an image may be taken regardless of the presence or absence of the operation and attached to the notification mail. By doing in this way, the safety of a watched person can be confirmed with an image.

  In addition, the image notification device 1b has an e-mail attached with an image taken by the network camera 10 at a designated time (for example, 12:00) with a non-detection period length of 0 seconds in a regular notification. Report by. In the undetected zone, the operation detection is disabled and no notification is made.

  From the above description, the image notification device 1b according to the present embodiment detects the movement of the watched person based on the luminance change within the shooting range, notifies the preset notification destination, and captures the reference image. A monitoring camera 11 that can set the length of a non-detection period until the next image can be taken is provided. Then, in the monitoring camera unit 11, a security zone in which the non-detection period has a predetermined length is set, a watching zone in which the non-detection period is longer than the security zone is set, and the entire period is an undetected period. Set the zone. At this time, the monitoring camera unit 11 is controlled in the first mode in which notification information other than a photographed image by the monitoring camera unit 11 is reported to the report destination when the movement of the watched person is not detected in the watching zone. Is done.

  By performing such control, the monitoring camera unit 11 reduces the frequency of reporting to the watcher and reduces the burden on the watcher. Further, when the monitoring camera unit 11 is operating in the first mode in the watching zone, it is determined that there is no movement of the watched person as an abnormality, and a notification mail in which the emergency contact address is embedded is transmitted. That is, when an abnormality occurs in the watched person, it is possible to accurately contact the watcher based on the emergency contact address included in the notification mail. Moreover, when there is no abnormality, the notification is not performed, so that the privacy of the watched person can be protected, and the psychological burden on the watch operation of the watched person can be reduced. In the first mode, an image can be taken and attached to the notification mail in response to the watched person not moving. By doing in this way, the respondent can confirm the safety of the watchee by the image.

  Further, in the image notification device 1b, the second mode and the third mode in which a notification is made when the watched person moves can be set according to the request of the watcher. When a watched person becomes older, the motor ability of the watched person may decrease. In such a case, by providing the second and third modes, it is possible for the watcher to know the watcher's abnormality even when watching the watchee who hardly moves in normal life.

  Furthermore, in the image reporting device 1b, the watcher was notified by an e-mail attached with an image and an emergency contact that the movement was detected in the security zone, so that the watcher had an intruder in the guardian's house. Or, it is possible to know the night behavior of the watched person. That is, in the security zone, the watcher can know the type of abnormality that has occurred to the watched person by confirming the image attached to the e-mail used for reporting. At this time, for example, when a suspicious person enters, it is possible to immediately report to the emergency contact included in the notification mail.

  Furthermore, in the image reporting device 1b, it is possible to confirm that no device abnormality has occurred in the image reporting device 1b that normally does not perform the reporting operation by performing notification by e-mail with an image attached on time. Such confirmation is very important in the reliability of the image notification device 1b that normally does not perform the notification operation.

  Further, in the image reporting device 1b, it is possible to reduce the processing load of the device by providing an undetected zone in which no motion detection is performed. In addition, it is important for the privacy of the watched person to be protected that the notification is not performed in the time zone set in the undetected zone. In addition, by setting a period other than the security zone and the watch zone as an undetected zone, the time zone of the undetected zone must be set separately, and the undetected period must be set according to the set time zone Can be eliminated.

  In the image reporting device 1b, it is preferable to switch the switch 3 to be always on and to switch whether or not to perform the detection operation by setting the time zone. This is because, when the switch 3 switches whether or not to perform the detection operation, there is a high possibility of forgetting to switch.

Embodiment 4
FIG. 10 shows a block diagram of an image reporting device 1c according to the fourth embodiment and a block diagram of a system necessary for using the watching device 1. As illustrated in FIG. 10, the image notification device 1 c according to the fourth embodiment is obtained by adding a human sensor 17 to the image notification device 1 c according to the third embodiment. The human sensor 17 detects a person's movement by infrared rays or the like, for example. In the image reporting device 1c, the human sensor 17 sends a detection signal Sen to the network camera 10b. Then, the network camera 10b watches the information other than the image information based on the detection signal Sen and reports it to the person.

  The network camera 10b has a problem that motion cannot be detected due to a change in luminance in a room at night without lighting. Therefore, in the image notification device 1c according to the fourth embodiment, it is necessary to turn on a nightlight or the like in order to keep the luminance of the shooting range above a certain level even at night. Therefore, in the fourth embodiment, a human sensor is operated in a nighttime security zone to detect a human motion at nighttime. Accordingly, it is possible to detect a person's movement even in a room at night without illumination, which makes it difficult to detect a movement due to a change in luminance, and to make a security notification.

  Here, FIG. 11 shows a table of set time zones and operation modes for each time zone in the image notification device 1c according to the fourth embodiment. As shown in FIG. 11, in the image notification device 1c, the human sensor is turned off in the time zone other than the security zone, and the operation of the device is the same as that of the image notification device 1c. In the image notification device 1c, the human sensor 17 is turned on in the security zone. When the motion detection by the human sensor 17 is performed, an image is not attached and a notification mail including an emergency contact is transmitted.

  From the above description, the image notification device 1c according to the fourth embodiment includes the human sensor 17 so that even when the network camera 10b may not function sufficiently, it detects a person's movement and reports it. It can be carried out. Note that the image notification device 1c according to the fourth embodiment can also include a light together with the human sensor 17 as in the image notification device 1b according to the second embodiment.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and can be changed as appropriate without departing from the spirit of the present invention. For example, the length of the undetected period can be arbitrarily set, and is not limited to the time described in the above embodiment. Moreover, the time slot | zone in which a security zone and a watch zone are set can be set arbitrarily, and is not restricted to the time slot | zone demonstrated in the said embodiment.

  Moreover, the watching apparatus concerning this invention can also be utilized for watching over the pet of a working family by setting the watching mode in the time zone from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm, for example. In this case, the function of the watching device can be sufficiently exhibited without setting the crime prevention mode.

1-1c Image reporting device 2 Power source 3 Switch 10-10b Network camera 11 Monitoring camera unit 12 Reporting unit 12
13 Storage unit 14, 14 a Camera control unit 15, 15 a Storage unit 16, 17 Human sensor 20, 21 Wireless LAN terminal 22 Router 23 Mail server 30 DC voltage conversion circuit 40, 50 Callee terminal 50 Abnormal image 51 Shooting range 52 Monitoring range 53, 54 Abnormal detection range

Claims (18)

An image reporting device that can also make emergency contact quickly,
A monitoring camera unit that detects an abnormal state within the imaging range and shoots the abnormal state based on the detection result to generate an abnormal image;
The destination is a preset e-mail address to be notified, at least one preset contact is described in at least one of the text and the title, and the abnormal image and the contact are A reporting unit for generating an e-mail attached with the abnormal image to be displayed in one screen;
An image reporting device having   The contact address is at least one of a telephone number of a police station in a region where the image reporting device is installed, a home phone number of a user who is the reporting destination, and a telephone number of a building that is an abnormality detection target of the image reporting device. The image notification device according to claim 1, comprising:   The image notification device according to claim 1, wherein the notification destination and the contact address are set according to a user request.   The image reporting device according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the reporting unit includes a storage unit that stores the reporting destination and the contact information.   The image notification device according to claim 1, wherein a shooting date and time is embedded as image information in the abnormal image.   The image notification device according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring camera unit detects the abnormal state in the shooting range based on a luminance change in the shooting range.   The image monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring camera unit captures the abnormal image based on a luminance change in an abnormality detection region set within the imaging range.   The image notification device includes a human sensor, monitors a movement of a person in a monitoring area by the human sensor, and turns on the light when a movement of the person is detected in the monitoring area. The image report device according to any one of the above.   The image notification device according to claim 8, wherein the monitoring area of the human sensor is set to an area that overlaps at least a part of an imaging range in which the monitoring camera unit detects a luminance change. A camera control unit for controlling the monitoring camera unit;
The camera control unit instructs the monitoring camera unit to acquire a captured image at a preset time,
The image reporting device according to any one of claims 1 to 9, wherein the reporting unit reports the acquired image acquired by the monitoring camera unit to the reporting destination.   The camera control unit holds a shooting interval setting value for setting a length of a non-detection period from the shooting of a reference image until the next image can be shot, and based on the shooting interval setting value, the monitoring camera The image notification device according to claim 1, wherein the image notification device controls a unit.   The image reporting device according to claim 11, wherein the photographing interval setting value is set to an individual value for each of a plurality of time zones. The shooting interval setting value is
In the first time zone, the undetected period is set to a value that is a predetermined time,
In the second time zone, the value that the undetected period is longer than the first time zone is set,
The image notification device according to claim 12, wherein a value that is the undetected period is set for the entire period of the third time zone in the third time zone.   In the first mode in which the camera control unit notifies the notification destination of the notification information excluding the image captured by the network camera when the movement of the watched person is not detected in the second time zone. The image notification device according to claim 13, which controls the monitoring camera unit. The camera control unit changes the network camera to the first mode in the second time zone,
A second mode for notifying the notification destination of notification information excluding a captured image by the monitoring camera unit when the movement of the watchdog is detected;
A third mode for reporting the image taken by the monitoring camera unit to the reporting destination when movement of the watched person is detected;
The image notification device according to claim 14, which is controlled by any one of the modes.   The first time zone is set to a time zone including a watched person's sleeping time, and the second time zone is set to a time zone including at least one time zone of the watcher's activity time. The image notification device according to any one of claims 13 to 15.   The monitoring device according to any one of claims 11 to 16, wherein the monitoring camera unit operates in a non-detection period but the detection operation is invalidated.   The image notification device includes a human sensor, monitors the movement of a person in the monitoring area by the human sensor, and detects an abnormality in the report destination by the notification unit when a human movement is detected in the monitoring area. The monitoring device according to any one of claims 12 to 17, which notifies that it has been performed.

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