JP2019165370A - Intercom system - Google Patents

Abstract

To provide an intercom system which notifies an intercom call to a mobile terminal, which can be carried to the outside, to make a response.SOLUTION: An intercom system 1a includes: an event information generation device 2 which includes an intercom control device; event information aggregation means; and a server device which transmits to a user terminal of a resident in which an event occurs. The server device includes: resident account storage means; matching means which identifies an account; and push notification means which transmits a push notification to the user terminal of the identified account. The user terminal includes session request means, which requests to connect directly to the event information aggregation means, according to the received push notification. The event information aggregation means includes: session generation means which, according to the acquired session request, generates a session through which the event information can be transmitted to the user terminal; and information transmission means which transmits event information to the user terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an intercom system.

  Conventionally, various interphone systems have been proposed. Patent Document 1 proposes a communication system capable of confirming a communication partner before responding in a communication device such as an interphone.

Japanese Patent No. 6186066

  Currently, the movement toward IoT (Internet of Things), which improves convenience by connecting devices that are closely related to daily life to the Internet, collecting and using data from the devices, is accelerating. Various manufacturers and others are working on IoT for each household, but there is room for development in the potential market for the development of merchandise as a starting point for condominiums.

  In addition, the conventional intercom system has the following points to be improved.

1. Dealing with other housing facilities that are not currently linked to intercoms For example, how to link with elevators, home delivery BOX / smart locks for each dwelling unit, and equipment to be introduced in condominiums in the future is an issue.

2. Measures against increase in communication volume With services that increase communication traffic indefinitely due to an increase in the number of linked devices and an increase in users, there is an affinity for social infrastructure such as congestion problems and power consumption of recent major carriers. Not having it is an issue.

3. Service design rooted in daily life It is a problem that services for condominiums such as portal sites for information sharing are not used on a daily basis.

4). Consideration for security In addition to the safety of data on the communication path, consideration is given to the situation where normal account suspension due to moving is not performed (state where intercom response can be made from the outside).

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an intercom system that notifies an interphone call to a portable terminal that can be taken outside and makes a response.

[1]
An event information generating device for generating event information associated with an occurrence of an event for a resident living in a dwelling unit and associated with a room number assigned to the dwelling unit;
Event information aggregating means for acquiring and aggregating the generated event information from the event information generation device;
A server device that transmits a push notification that reports the occurrence of the event to a user terminal used by the resident via a communication network;
The server device
Storage means for storing the account of the resident, the account associated with the room number;
A matching unit that acquires the room number associated with the event information from the event information aggregation unit, and identifies the resident account to which the push notification is to be transmitted based on the acquired room number;
Push notification means for transmitting the push notification to the user terminal of the identified account,
The user terminal is
Based on the push notification received from the server device, comprising a session request means for requesting a direct connection with the event information aggregation means,
The event information aggregation means includes:
Session generation means for generating a session capable of transmitting the event information to the user terminal based on a session request acquired from the user terminal;
And an information transmission unit configured to transmit the event information to the user terminal after the session is generated.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an interphone system that notifies an interphone call to a portable terminal that can be taken outside and makes a response.

The figure showing an example of a structure of embodiment of this invention The figure showing the other example of a structure of embodiment of this invention The flowchart showing an example of the process by embodiment of this invention

  Hereinafter, an example of an intercom system applied to an apartment house such as an apartment or a condominium will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[Configuration of intercom system]
As an example, the intercom system according to the present embodiment includes event information associated with information for identifying each dwelling unit, which is generated by an event information generation device such as an intercom device installed in a condominium common area and / or each dwelling unit. A server device for a user terminal used by a resident of the dwelling unit associated with the event information aggregated in the event information aggregating means installed on the condominium shared section or the cloud Push information is delivered via the server, and information is transmitted and received between the user terminal and the event information aggregating means without going through the server.

  An interphone system 1A illustrated in FIG. 1 includes an event information generation device 2, an event information aggregation unit 9, a server device 12, and a user terminal 13. The event information generation device 2 is installed, for example, in a condominium common area. The event information aggregating unit 9 aggregates event information generated by the event information generation device 2. The event information aggregating means 9 is installed by a service provider who provides the interphone system of the present embodiment, and is installed on a shared part of an apartment where the event information generating device 2 is deployed or on the cloud. The user terminal 13 is a portable terminal used by a resident of each dwelling unit of the apartment where the event information generating device 2 is deployed. The server device 12 is connected to the event information aggregation means 9 and the user terminal 13 via a communication network. Similar to the event information aggregating means 9, a service provider that provides the interphone system of the present embodiment can be installed on the communication network.

  The event information aggregating unit 9 and the server device 12 can be constituted by a computer, for example. In this case, although not shown, a CPU, an operating system, etc. that perform control so that various functions of the system of this embodiment are realized according to an operating system, a predetermined computer program installed or downloaded, and the like. Stores various computer programs, etc., ROM as a storage unit for storing data necessary for the CPU to execute processing for each control, and stores data required for the CPU to execute processing. In addition, a RAM and a hard disk that are also used as a work area where information is appropriately rewritten by the CPU, a user interface, a wireless communication interface, and the like are provided, and these are connected by a necessary bus line.

  The user terminal 13 is a terminal having a communication function with the event information aggregation unit 9 and the server device 12 via a communication network, such as a smartphone, a tablet terminal, and a mobile phone.

  The event information generation device 2 is a device that generates information about the occurrence of an event for a resident living in each dwelling unit. The event information generating device 2 shown in FIG. 1 is installed at the entrance of a condominium, and is a collective entrance 3 for a visitor to call a resident and make a call. For condominiums such as box devices 4, fire alarms, gas alarms, water leak alarms, emergency earthquake warning receivers, emergency call equipment 5 for sending emergency reports, security equipment 6 including security cameras, etc. Various housing facilities that are installed and have an intercom function are connected to the intercom control device 7.

  The event information generating device 2 generates various event information associated with a room number when the living facilities such as the collective entrance machine 3, the cargo receiving box device 4, the emergency call facility 5, and the crime prevention facility 6 operate. .

  In the collective entrance 3, by selecting a room (not shown) and inputting a room number in the operation unit that performs a call operation, event information about a visitor's call to a resident, which is associated with the room number Event information is generated. This event information may include an entrance image including the visitor photographed by the camera 3c included in the collective entrance 3.

  In the case where the non-contact key reader 3d is built in the collective entrance machine 3, when the non-contact key reader 3d reads the non-contact key and unlocks the auto-lock, event information about the unlocking of the auto-lock Then, event information associated with the room number is generated. This event information may include a still image of the non-contact key holder (for example, a family member) captured by the camera 3c included in the collective entrance 3.

  In the cargo receiving box device 4, event information about the deposit of luggage is selected by inputting a room number and a storage unit number in an operation unit that opens and closes the storage unit by selecting a living room (not shown). Event information in which the room number and the accommodation unit number are associated is generated.

  In the emergency call facility 5, when a fire alarm, a gas alarm and a water leak alarm are activated and the earthquake early warning receiver receives the earthquake early warning, it is event information about emergency calls to residents, Event information associated with the number is generated. This event information is for all residents.

  In the crime prevention facility 6, when the crime prevention facility is activated, event information related to the crime prevention facility operation and associated with the room number is generated. This event information may include a moving image such as a crime prevention object or a still image taken by a security camera (not shown), a Web camera, or the like.

  The generated various event information is output to the dwelling unit intercom apparatus 8 and the event information aggregating means 9 by the control process of the intercom control apparatus 7.

  The event information aggregating unit 9 acquires and aggregates the event information as described above from the event information generation device 2. The event information aggregating means 9 can be configured with physical hardware or can be used from a server constructed on the cloud. In the form shown in FIG. 1, it is configured with physical hardware and connected to the event information generation device 2. Further, the event information aggregating means 9 is connected to the server device 12 and the user terminal 13 via a communication network 11a, 11b such as an Internet communication network or a wireless communication network defined by a wireless communication standard by a router 10. Has been.

  The event information aggregating unit 9 includes an information transmitting / receiving unit 9a, a session generating unit 9b, and a living facility operation instruction unit 9c.

  The information transmission / reception unit 9a transmits / receives information to / from the event information generation device 2, the server device 12, and the user terminal 13.

  The session generation unit 9b generates a session capable of transmitting the event information to the user terminal 13 based on a session request acquired from the user terminal 13 described later.

  The living facility operation instruction means 9c performs a process of transmitting an operation instruction of the event information generation device 2 by the user terminal 13 described later to the event information generation device 2.

  The server device 12 is a device having a function of transmitting a push notification that conveys the occurrence of the various events to the user terminal 13 via a communication network. The server device 12 is communicably connected to the user terminal 13 via the communication network 11a.

  The server device 12 includes a storage unit 12a that stores an account that is an account of the resident and is associated with a room number assigned to the dwelling unit. The storage unit 12a can be configured by physical hardware such as a database server.

  The resident account stored in the storage unit 12 a includes information on the resident, a room number, information on the user terminal 13, and the like input and set by the user terminal 13.

  Moreover, the memory | storage means 12a has memorize | stored the advertising information according to the attribute of the said resident. This advertisement information is various kinds of advertisement information associated with attributes such as the resident's sex, age, occupation, residence, etc., and a server device from a terminal used by a business operator who wants to place an advertisement (not shown) 12 is transmitted.

  The server device 12 acquires information on the room number associated with the various event information from the event information aggregation means 9 and transmits the push notification based on the room number included in the information. Matching means 12b for specifying the account of the resident who should be. The matching unit 12b can be configured by physical hardware such as an authentication server.

  The matching unit 12b acquires the account of the resident including the room number corresponding to the room number associated with the various event information acquired from the event information aggregation unit 9 from the storage unit 12a. As a result, the account of the resident to which the push notification that conveys the occurrence of the various events is to be transmitted is specified.

  The server device 12 includes push notification means 12c that transmits the push notification to the user terminal 13 of the specified account. This push notification means 12c can be configured by physical hardware such as a push server.

  Since the push notification means 12c transmits the push notification to the user terminal 13 of the specified resident account, the resident using the user terminal 13 generates an event such as a visitor call described above. To know.

  The server device 12 adds the advertisement information corresponding to the attribute of the resident to the push notification transmitted to the user terminal 13 of the account of the resident specified by the matching unit 12b, and transmits it to the user terminal 13. An advertisement information creating unit 12d is provided.

  When the push notification is displayed on the user terminal 13, various advertisement information associated with the above-described attributes of the resident who uses the user terminal 13 is displayed.

  The user terminal 13 is communicably connected to the event information aggregating means 9 by the router 10 via the communication network 11b. In this embodiment, a P2P communication network using WebRTC that enables real-time communication with a browser is employed for the communication network 11b.

  The user terminal 13 includes a session request unit that requests direct connection to the event information aggregation unit 9 based on the push notification received from the server device 12. In the present embodiment, the application 14 of the intercom system according to the present embodiment is deployed on the user terminal 13, and the event information aggregating means 9 is connected to the user terminal 13 via the P2P communication network 11 b using the WebRTC by executing the application 14. Information can be sent and received directly between them.

  The application 14 obtains the push notification from the server device 12 and communicates with a visitor via the collective entrance 3 such as a call means 14a, an information browsing means 14b for browsing the event information, and the like. , Session request means for requesting various processing operations to the event information aggregating means 9, transmission / reception of information to / from housing facilities such as automatic unlocking of the collective entrance 3, opening / closing of the cargo receiving box device 4, etc. It is an application program that performs and functions the user terminal 13 as the living equipment operation means 14c for operating the living equipment.

  The application 14 requests the event information aggregating unit 9 to perform various processing operations by causing the user terminal 13 to function as the session requesting unit such as the calling unit 14a and the information browsing unit 14b.

  For example, when the user terminal 13 receives the push notification from the server device 12 and the resident makes a call with the visitor, the user 14 selects the call on the interface in the application 14 so that the application 14 serves as the user terminal 14a. 13 is operated to access the event information aggregating means 9 and request a session for performing call processing with the visitor via the collective entrance 3.

  In addition, when the user terminal 13 receives the push notification from the server device 12, the resident acquires event information about the deposit of the luggage, event information about the emergency call by the emergency call facility 5, and the like. By selecting an information posting destination such as URL on the interface, the application 14 causes the user terminal 13 to function as the information browsing means 14b, and requests a session for accessing the event information aggregating means 9 to perform information browsing processing. To do.

  The session generation unit 9 b of the event information aggregation unit 9 generates a session that can transmit the event information to the user terminal 13 based on the session request acquired from the user terminal 13. To establish a P2P session.

  After the session is established, the information transmission / reception unit 9 a of the event information aggregation unit 9 transmits the event information to the user terminal 13.

  The user terminal 13 acquires the event information corresponding to the session request. In response to the session request by the calling means 14a, for example, event information including an entrance video including the visitor photographed by the camera 3c included in the collective entrance 3 is acquired. The resident can make a call with the visitor via the collective entrance 3 by the P2P connection between the user terminal 13 and the event information aggregation means 9.

  Thereafter, when the resident selects the unlocking operation of the collective entrance 3 as the operation of the living equipment on the interface in the application 14, the application 14 causes the user terminal 13 to function as the living equipment operating means 14c, and the event information The aggregation unit 9 is notified of the instruction for the unlocking operation. The housing equipment operation instruction means 9c of the event information aggregating means 9 executes the unlocking operation on the collective entrance machine 3 based on the notification of the unlocking operation of the collective entrance machine 3 by the application 14 acquired from the user terminal 13. Issue a command to The collective entrance machine 3 unlocks the automatic lock based on the command of the unlocking operation from the event information collecting means 9.

  In response to the session request by the information browsing means 14b, for example, the event information related to the deposit of the above-described baggage, and the event information associated with the room number and the number of the storage unit is acquired. You can know that there was a deposit.

  After that, when the resident selects the opening / closing operation of the receiving box device 4 as the operation of the living equipment on the interface in the application 14, the application 14 causes the user terminal 13 to function as the living equipment operating means 14c, and the event information The aggregation unit 9 is notified of the opening / closing operation instruction. The housing equipment operation instruction means 9c of the event information aggregation means 9 executes the opening / closing operation on the cargo receiving box device 4 based on the notification of the opening / closing operation of the cargo receiving box device 4 by the application 14 acquired from the user terminal 13. Issue a command to The cargo receiving box device 4 unlocks the storage unit based on the opening / closing operation command from the event information aggregating means 9. In this case, the resident performs an opening / closing operation on the user terminal 13 side by P2P communication with the event information aggregating means 9 without directly opening / closing the cargo receiving box device 4.

  In addition, when the event information about the crime prevention equipment operation by the crime prevention equipment 6 is acquired, when the resident selects, for example, an operation for canceling the security processing of the crime prevention equipment 6 on the interface in the application 14 as the operation of the living equipment. The application 14 causes the user terminal 13 to function as the living facility operation means 14c, and notifies the event information aggregation means 9 of the instruction for the release operation. The housing equipment operation instruction means 9c of the event information aggregating means 9 performs a security processing release operation for the security equipment 6 based on the notification of the security equipment 6 security processing release operation by the application 14 acquired from the user terminal 13. Issue a command to execute The security equipment 6 cancels the security processing based on the command for the security processing cancellation operation from the event information aggregation means 9.

  As described above, after the session generation unit 9b of the event information aggregation unit 9 establishes a P2P session with the user terminal 13, the event information aggregation unit 9 and the user terminal 13 communicate with the user terminal 13. In addition to notifying the event information, the event information aggregating means 9 can accept an operation instruction for the living equipment from the user terminal 13 and cooperate with the living equipment.

  In addition to the above, the application 14 can cause the user terminal 13 to function as the automatic response means 14c. For example, when the user terminal 13 receives the push notification related to the event information about the visitor call from the server device 12, the application 14 causes the user terminal 13 to function as the automatic response means 14c, and the preset voice or the like Request a session for automatic response processing by. After the session is established by the event information aggregating unit 9, the user terminal 13 transmits a response message to the event information aggregating unit 9 when the preset resident is absent. The visitor can know through the event information collection means 9 that the resident is absent from the event information generation device 2.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the event information aggregating means 9 that communicates with the user terminal 13 is added as an interface to the existing event information generation device 2 to increase the data that can be handled. Therefore, the intercom system can be used in any place other than the dwelling unit if there is an internet connection environment.

  Also, in this embodiment, unlike the conventional client-server method, information is directly transmitted / received to / from the event information aggregating means 9 via the P2P communication network 11b using WebRTC, and the server device 12 receives the event information. It only pairs the aggregation means 9 and the user terminal 13, and does not participate in subsequent data transmission / reception. In addition, by using WebRTC, the amount of communication is reduced (compressed) and distributed (one pole concentration is avoided). Accordingly, the amount of information communication per dwelling unit is small, distributed information transmission / reception can be performed, and data such as voice, video, image, and text can be transmitted with stable quality even when a session with the user terminal 13 is started even on a low-speed line. It is an intercom system.

  In addition, since shared information such as condominiums and resident-specific information (such as intercom calls to residential units) are sent to users (residents) in a passive state (standby state) It is an intercom system rooted in daily life as a utility.

  Further, by using the P2P communication network 11b using WebRTC, various information on the communication path is encrypted, and the intercom system ensures security.

  In this embodiment, the event information aggregating means 9 is connected to an interphone device (event information generating device 2) installed in a common part of an apartment house such as an apartment or a condominium, but as shown in FIG. Moreover, it can also be set as the intercom system 1B of the form connected to the dwelling unit intercom apparatus 8 installed in each dwelling unit which is an exclusive part of an apartment house. Even in such a form, various event information generated by the event information generating device 2 is output to the dwelling unit intercom device 8 by the control processing of the intercom control device 7, and the event information aggregating means 9 aggregates the event information, and the WebRTC is The used P2P communication network 11b enables event information to be directly transmitted and received between the event information aggregating means 9 and the user terminal 13.

[Processing flow of intercom system]
A processing flow of the intercom system 1A of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In this processing flow, a call by a visitor is taken as an example of an event for a resident living in a residence of an apartment.

(S101)
In the collective entrance 3 constituting the event information generating device 2, the visitor selects a room not shown in the figure and inputs the room number in the operation unit that performs the call operation, so that the visitor can call the resident. Event information that is associated with a room number is generated. The generated event information is output to the event information aggregating means 9 by the control process of the intercom control device 7 constituting the event information generating device 2.

(S102)
The event information aggregating unit 9 acquires and aggregates the event information from the event information generation device 2. The information transmission / reception means 9a appends information related to the room number associated with the event information to the information for notifying that the event information has been acquired, and transmits the information to the server device 12.

(S103)
The server device 12 acquires information related to the room number attached to the acquired information from the event information aggregation unit 9. The matching unit 12b acquires a resident account including a room number that matches the room number acquired from the event information aggregation unit 9 from the storage unit 12a, and push notification including an occurrence of an event regarding a call by the visitor Identify the resident's account to which to send.

(S104)
The push notification unit 12c transmits the push notification to the user terminal 13 of the specified resident account.

(S105, S106)
In order for the resident to talk to the visitor, by selecting a call on the interface in the application 14, the application 14 causes the user terminal 13 to function as the call means 14a and accesses the event information aggregating means 9 to access the collective entrance. Request a session for call processing with a visitor via the machine 3.

(S107)
The session generation unit 9 b of the event information aggregation unit 9 generates a session that can transmit the event information to the user terminal 13 based on the session request acquired from the user terminal 13. To establish a P2P session.

(S108, S109)
After the session is established, the information transmission / reception unit 9 a of the event information aggregation unit 9 transmits the event information to the user terminal 13.
Since the user terminal 13 acquires event information including an entrance image including the visitor photographed by the camera 3c included in the collective entrance 3, the resident acquires the user terminal 13 and the event information aggregating means. The P2P connection with 9 can make a call with the visitor.

(S110)
When the resident confirms the visitor and then unlocks the collective entrance 3 as an operation of the dwelling equipment, the resident unlocks the collective entrance 3 on the interface in the application 14. When the application 14 is selected, the application 14 causes the user terminal 13 to function as the living facility operation unit 14c, and notifies the event information aggregation unit 9 of the instruction for the unlock operation.

(S111)
The housing equipment operation instruction means 9c of the event information aggregating means 9 executes the unlocking operation on the collective entrance machine 3 based on the notification of the unlocking operation of the collective entrance machine 3 by the application 14 acquired from the user terminal 13. Issue a command to

(S112)
The collective entrance machine 3 unlocks the automatic lock based on the command of the unlocking operation from the event information collecting means 9.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described with reference to the accompanying drawing, this invention is not limited to this embodiment, In the technical range grasped | ascertained from description of a claim, it can change variously. It is.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1A, 1B Intercom system 2 Event information generating device 3 Collective entrance machine 4 Consignment box device 5 Emergency call facility 6 Crime prevention facility 7 Interphone control device 8 Dwelling unit intercom device 9 Event information aggregating means 9a Information transmitting / receiving means 9b Session generating means 9c Living equipment Operation instruction means 10 Router 11a, 11b Communication network 12 Server device 12a Storage means 12b Matching means 12c Push notification means 12d Advertisement information creation means 13 User terminal 14 Application

[1]
An event information generating device for generating event information associated with an occurrence of an event for a resident living in a dwelling unit and associated with a room number assigned to the dwelling unit;
Event information aggregating means for acquiring and aggregating the generated event information from the event information generation device;
A server device that transmits a push notification that reports the occurrence of the event to a user terminal used by the resident via a communication network;
The server device
Storage means for storing the account of the resident, the account associated with the room number;
A matching unit that acquires the room number associated with the event information from the event information aggregation unit, and identifies the resident account to which the push notification is to be transmitted based on the acquired room number;
Push notification means for transmitting the push notification to the user terminal of the identified account,
The user terminal is
Based on the push notification received from the server device, comprising a session request means for requesting a direct connection with the event information aggregation means,
The event information aggregation means includes:
Session generation means for generating a session capable of transmitting the event information to the user terminal based on a session request acquired from the user terminal;
After the session generation, Bei example and a data transmitting means for transmitting the event information to the user terminal,
The user terminal and the event information aggregating means are an interphone system connected by a P2P type communication network using WebRTC .

Claims (5)

An event information generating device for generating event information associated with an occurrence of an event for a resident living in a dwelling unit and associated with a room number assigned to the dwelling unit;
Event information aggregating means for acquiring and aggregating the generated event information from the event information generation device;
A server device that transmits a push notification that reports the occurrence of the event to a user terminal used by the resident via a communication network;
The server device
Storage means for storing the account of the resident, the account associated with the room number;
A matching unit that acquires the room number associated with the event information from the event information aggregation unit, and identifies the resident account to which the push notification is to be transmitted based on the acquired room number;
Push notification means for transmitting the push notification to the user terminal of the identified account,
The user terminal is
Based on the push notification received from the server device, comprising a session request means for requesting a direct connection with the event information aggregation means,
The event information aggregation means includes:
Session generation means for generating a session capable of transmitting the event information to the user terminal based on a session request acquired from the user terminal;
An intercom system comprising: an information transmission unit that transmits the event information to the user terminal after the session is generated.   The interphone system according to claim 1, wherein the user terminal and the event information aggregation means are connected by a P2P communication network. The event information generation device includes:
The intercom system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein one or more are selected from a collective entrance machine that is a living facility having an intercom function, a cargo receiving box device, an emergency call facility that transmits an emergency call, and a crime prevention facility. The user terminal includes operation means for operating the living facility via the P2P type communication network.
The interphone system according to claim 2 or 3, wherein the event information aggregation unit includes an operation instruction unit that transmits an operation instruction of the living facility by the operation unit of the user terminal to the event information generation device. The storage means of the server device stores advertisement information corresponding to the attribute of the resident,
The server device appends the advertisement information corresponding to the resident attribute to the user terminal of the resident account specified by the matching means and transmits the push notification to the user terminal. The intercom system according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising advertisement information creation means.

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