TWM591118U - Storage facility - Google Patents

Abstract

A storage device includes a cabinet with a storage space, a door that selectively closes the storage space, a detection device that detects the opening and closing state of the door relative to the cabinet to generate a status signal, and a camera for photographing the storage space An imaging device for images, a storage device including first and second storage blocks, and a processing device. When the processing device judges that the status signal indication changes from on to off, it controls the camera device to obtain the first image, thereby generating the first item data, and stores the data and the first block code in the first storage block, and Once again, when the status signal indication changes from on to off, the camera device is controlled to obtain a second image, thereby generating second item data, and storing the data and the second block code in the second storage block. The second block code includes a conversion code associated with the first block code.

Description

Storage equipment

This creation relates to a kind of storage equipment, in particular to a kind of storage equipment with an imaging device.

Storage equipment such as safes are commonly used to store valuables. In addition to home-style safes, general vaults, banks or post offices often provide storage equipment rental services, are responsible for the storage of items stored in the storage equipment, and provide corresponding compensation when the storage is damaged or stolen.

In order to facilitate the determination of the time when the user declares the theft case, the use records of the storage equipment can be stored electronically, but the electronic data storage faces the problem of being easily tampered.

In view of the above, this creation provides a storage facility.

The storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a cabinet and a door, wherein the cabinet has an accommodating space, the door is swingably connected to the cabinet, and is used to selectively close the accommodating space. Storage equipment also includes detection devices, camera devices, storage devices, and processing devices. The detection device is arranged in the cabinet or the door, and detects the opening and closing state of the door relative to the cabinet to generate a status signal. The imaging device is installed in the cabinet or the door, and is used for shooting images in the accommodating space. The storage device includes a first storage block and a second storage block. The processing device is connected to the detection device, the camera device, and the storage device. When the processing device determines that the status signal indication changes from the on state to the off state, it controls the camera device to obtain the first image, generates the first item data according to the first image, and The first article data and the first block code are stored in the first storage block, and after the processing device generates the first article data, it judges that the status signal indication changes from the open state to the closed state again, and controls the camera device to obtain the second image. Generate second item data according to the second image, and store the second item data and the second block code in the second storage block. The second block code includes a conversion code, and the conversion code is associated with the first block code.

With the above structure, the storage device disclosed in this case can take an image of the accommodating space and generate corresponding item data each time from the open state to the closed state, and then store the item data to be different from the previous one Operate the storage block used, and make the block code of the storage block currently used be linked with the block code of the storage block used last time, so as to easily find the behavior of tampering and reduce the stored data The possibility of being tampered with, thereby increasing the security of data storage.

The above description of the content of the disclosure and the following description of the embodiments are used to demonstrate and explain the spirit and principle of the creation, and provide a further explanation of the scope of the patent application of the creation.

The following describes in detail the detailed features and advantages of the creation in the embodiments. The content is sufficient for any person skilled in the relevant art to understand and implement the technical content of the creation, and according to the content disclosed in this specification, the scope of patent application and the drawings Anyone who is familiar with related skills can easily understand the purpose and advantages of this creation. The following examples further illustrate the views of this creation in detail, but do not limit the scope of this creation with any views.

Please refer to FIGS. 1A and 1B, wherein FIG. 1A is a schematic structural diagram of a storage device 1 according to an embodiment of the present creation, and FIG. 1B is a plurality of electronic devices of the storage device 1 according to an embodiment of the present creation. Functional block diagram. As shown in FIG. 1A, the storage facility 1 includes a cabinet 11, a door 13, and a circuit board 15 provided with a plurality of electronic devices. The cabinet 11 has an accommodating space 111, and the door 13 is swingably connected to the cabinet and used to selectively close the accommodating space 111 of the cabinet 11. Further, the door body 13 may be provided with a lock device, such as a key lock, a turntable lock, an electronic lock, or other forms of lock devices, which is not limited in this creation. When the lock device receives the correct trigger signal (such as key, password, biometrics, etc.), it will open so that the door 13 relative to the box 11 changes from the closed state (ie, the state where the accommodating space 111 is closed) to the open state. When the door 13 receives an external force and turns from the open state to the closed state relative to the cabinet 11, the lock device will automatically lock. FIG. 1A exemplarily shows that the cabinet 11 and the door 13 form a rectangular parallelepiped. However, the creation does not limit the shapes of the cabinet 11 and the door 13.

The circuit board 15 of the storage device 1 is provided with a plurality of electronic devices, including a detection device 151, an imaging device 153, a storage device 155, and a processing device 157. As shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, the processing device 157 may be electrically connected to the detection device 151, the camera device 153, and the storage device 15. It should be particularly noted here that FIG. 1A exemplarily shows that the electronic devices included in the storage device 1 are integrated on the circuit board 15 provided on the door 13. However, in other embodiments, the detection device 151 and the camera The device 153, the storage device 155, and the processing device 157 may also be distributed in different areas of the cabinet 11 or the door 13, and may be disposed on the surface of the cabinet 11 or the door 13 or embedded in the cabinet 11 or the door 13. , And are electrically or communicationally connected to each other.

The detection device 151 can detect the opening and closing state of the door 13 relative to the cabinet 11 to generate a status signal. For example, the detection device 151 may be electrically or communicatively connected to the lock device provided on the door 13 to obtain the closed state of the door 13 relative to the cabinet 11. As another example, the detection device 151 can also detect the rotation state of the door shaft on the door 13 relative to the door shaft on the cabinet 11 to obtain the closed state of the door 13 relative to the cabinet 11. As another example, the detection device 151 may also include a photosensitive element, and when the light is sensed, the door 13 is determined to be in an open state relative to the cabinet 11.

The imaging device 153 is, for example, a black-and-white camera, a color camera, an infrared camera, a depth camera, or other types of cameras, and can be used to capture images of the accommodation space 111 of the cabinet 11. The storage device 155 includes, for example, one or more flash memory (Flash memory), read-only memory (ROM), magnetic memory (Magnetoresistive random access memory, MRAM) or other non-volatile storage media, The first storage block and the second storage block may be included, and more storage blocks may be included as needed. These storage blocks can be different memories, different magnetic areas on the same memory, or multiple storage blocks constructed by computer programs.

The processing device 157 includes, for example, a central processing unit (CPU), a microcontroller (Microcontroller unit, MCU), a field programmable gate array (FPGA), and an application specific integrated circuit (Application specific integrated circuit) circuit, ASIC) or other processors may also include a wireless communicator to communicate information with network databases or monitoring centers that monitor multiple storage devices through communication protocols such as 4G, 5G, or Wi-Fi. The processing device 157 can control the camera device 153 to photograph the accommodating space 111 of the cabinet 11 according to the change of the opening and closing state of the door 13 relative to the cabinet 11, so as to record possible objects placed in the accommodating space 111.

Specifically, when the processing device 157 determines that the status signal generated by the detection device 151 indicates that the door 13 changes from the open state to the closed state relative to the cabinet 11, it controls the camera 153 to capture the accommodating space 111 of the cabinet 11 To get the first image. Then, the processing device 157 generates the first item data according to the first image, and stores the first item data and the first block code in the first storage block of the storage device 155. Generally speaking, when the user puts the items to be stored in the safe box, the door of the safe box is opened, the items are put in the box, and then the door is closed. Therefore, the processing device 157 is set to control the camera device 153 to shoot when the door body is changed from the open state to the closed state relative to the cabinet 11, and the captured image or the data generated therefrom is regarded as the current storage state and recorded .

To further explain how the processing device 157 generates the first item data based on the first image, the generation of the first item data includes the processing device 157 analyzing the first image to obtain the first digital data, and then according to the first digital data and the first encryption Function to generate the first item information. In detail, the analysis of the first image may be binarization processing, 3D modeling, image recognition, or other image processing, and the first encryption function is, for example, an algorithm using symmetric or asymmetric encryption. Among them, the symmetric encryption algorithm includes Data Encryption Standard (DES), 3DES, Advanced Encryption Standard (AES), etc.; the asymmetric encryption algorithm includes Rivet-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) encryption Algorithms, Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA), Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC), etc.

In another embodiment, the processing device 157 can generate the first item data according to the first digital data obtained by analyzing the first image and the pre-stored value conversion list. Further, the processing device 157 can know the items contained in the first image through image recognition, and the value conversion list can include a variety of items and the corresponding value (eg, amount) of each item, and the processing device 157 can accordingly correspond The value of the items contained in the first image is used as the first item information. In addition, the processing device 157 can contact the outside through a wireless communicator to update the value conversion list in response to the current financial environment. In this embodiment, the processing device 157 may perform the above-mentioned encryption operation on the converted first article data before storing the encrypted first article data in the storage device 155.

After the first item data is generated and stored, when the processing device 157 judges the status signal again to indicate that the door 13 changes from the open state to the closed state relative to the cabinet 11, the processing device 157 controls the camera 153 to capture the contents of the cabinet 11 Set the space 111 to obtain a second image, generate second item data according to the second image, and store the second item data and the second block code in the second storage block of the storage device 155, wherein the second block code includes A conversion code, the conversion code is associated with the first block code, the detailed correlation will be described later. Similarly to the generation of the first item data, the generation of the second item data may include analyzing the second image to obtain the second digital data, and generating the second item data according to the second digital data and the second encryption function. Wherein, the second encryption function may be the same or different from the first encryption function, and the detailed encryption algorithms are as listed above, which will not be repeated here. Similarly, the second item information can also be generated using the value conversion list, and the detailed implementation content is also as described above, so it will not be repeated here.

After generating and storing the second item data, the processing device 157 can control the camera device 153 to generate a third image when the status signal indicates that the state signal indication is changed from the open state to the closed state again, according to which the third item data is generated, and then stored to The third storage block of the storage device 155 then generates and stores the fourth item data, the fifth item data, etc. in a similar manner. In short, the processing device 157 can control the camera device to shoot each time the status signal indication changes from the on state to the off state, generate corresponding item data according to the captured image, and then store it to a different operation from the previous operation The storage block used.

To further describe the storage of article data, please refer to FIGS. 1B and 2. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a plurality of storage blocks and storage data of a storage device 155 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2 and described in the previous embodiment, the storage device 155 may include a first storage block 155a and a second storage block 155b, and the processing device 157 may convert the first item data D1 and the first item data generated according to the foregoing process. The block code C1 is stored in the first storage block 155a, and the second article data D2 and the second block code C2 generated according to the foregoing process are stored in the second storage block 155b.

The first block code C1 includes at least a first conversion code H1 and a first data code R1; the second block code C2 includes at least a second conversion code H2 and a second data code R2. The second conversion code H2 is a hash value generated by inputting the first block code C1 into a hash function, and the first conversion code H1 is a default hash value (that is, the first storage block 155a is a founding block) or It is the hash value generated by the block code input hash function of the storage block where the data has been recorded previously. The first data code R1 and the second data code R2 are respectively associated with the first article data D1 and the second article data D2. For example, the first/second data codes R1/R2 may be the hash value obtained after the hash operation of the first/second item data D1/D2. As another example, the first/second item data D1/D2 may include multiple sub-data (such as image digital files, image generation time, item value data, etc.), and the processing device 157 may form a hash tree based on these sub-data (Hash Tree), and take the root value of the hash tree as the first/second data codes R1/R2.

In addition, the storage device 155 may further include more storage blocks, and when the processing device 15 generates other item data after storing the second item data D2, the above method is generated based on the second block code and the newly generated item data The new block code, and then store the block code together with the newly generated item data in storage blocks other than the first and second storage blocks. In one embodiment, the storage block of the storage device 155 may be created when the processing device 157 newly generates item data and wants to record. In other words, the aforementioned first storage block 155a and second storage block 155b may be created in sequence. Further, the storage method described in the preceding embodiments can be implemented by a blockchain or a technology similar to the blockchain.

For multiple storage blocks using the above storage method, when the item data of one of the storage blocks is tampered with, not only the hash value in the block code will change accordingly, but also the storage blocks used by the storage block in the future The block codes of are also changed, so it is easy to find the behavior of tampering and the data that has been tampered with. In this way, the incidence of tampering incidents can be reduced.

In addition to storing the item data, the processing device 157 can also send the relevant data to the user terminal and the bank through a wireless communicator. The user means the owner of the storage device 1, and the bank means the storage service of the storage device 1. Provider. In one embodiment, the storage device 155 stores bank server address data, such as the network code of the server. The processing device 157 can provide the first item data, the first block code, the second item data, and the second block code to the bank server through the wireless communicator according to the bank server address data. The bank server can confirm whether the item data has been tampered according to the block code to monitor the security of the storage device 1, which can be used to judge the authenticity of the stolen event when the user reports it, and can also estimate the corresponding stolen based on the item data Compensation.

In the above embodiment where the item data is generated through an encrypted function, the storage device 155 stores user device address data in addition to the bank server location data, such as the phone number and e-mail address Wait. In this embodiment, the processing device 157 provides the first item data, the first block code, the second item data, and the second block code to the bank server, and according to the user device address data will correspond to the first The first decryption key of the encrypted function and the second decryption key corresponding to the second encrypted function are sent to the user device. In this embodiment, the bank server can only confirm whether the item data has been tampered with according to the block code, and cannot directly know the content of the encrypted item data. The user device can then provide the decryption key to the bank server when it wants to report the theft, to decrypt the item data to estimate the available compensation. In this way, the authenticity of the theft reported by the user can be confirmed, and the privacy of the user can be maintained.

In another embodiment, the storage device 155 stores a bank authentication code, such as a string or other form of password, and this creation is not limited. When the processing device 157 receives a code to be identified through the wireless communicator, it will determine whether the code to be identified conforms to the user authentication code or the bank authentication code. When the processing device 157 judges that the code to be recognized is a bank authentication code, it means that the sending end of the code to be recognized is a bank server, and the processing device 157 will return the first item data, the first block code, and the second through the wireless communicator Item data and the second block code to the sending end of the code to be identified. Similarly, in the previous embodiment, the bank server can confirm whether the item data has been tampered with, and can also estimate the compensation for the theft. In an embodiment where the item data is generated through an encrypted function, the storage device 155 stores the user authentication code in addition to the bank authentication code. When the processing device 157 determines that the code to be identified is a bank authentication code, it will also return the item data and block code, and when the processing device 157 determines that the code to be identified is a user authentication code, indicating that the sender of the authentication code is the user device, then The processing device 157 returns the first decryption key corresponding to the first encryption function and the second decryption key corresponding to the second encryption function. Similarly, in the foregoing embodiment, the authenticity of the theft reported by the user can be confirmed, and the privacy of the user can also be maintained.

The electronic device of the storage facility 1 is installed not only in the cabinet 11 or the door 13, but also in a part other than the cabinet 11 and the door 13, and is connected to the cabinet 11 or the door 13 through wireless communication. Electronic device. Please refer to FIGS. 3A and 3B, wherein FIG. 3A is a schematic structural diagram of a storage device 1'according to another embodiment of the present creation, and FIG. 3B is a schematic view of the storage device 1'according to another embodiment of the present creation. Functional block diagram of multiple electronic devices.

The storage facility 1'shown in FIGS. 3A and 3B is similar to the storage facility 1 shown in FIGS. 1A and 1B, and includes a cabinet 11, a door 13, and a circuit board 15' provided with a plurality of electronic devices. The difference is that only a part of the electronic device is provided on the circuit board 15', and the other part of the electronic device is provided outside the cabinet 11 and the door 13. It should be particularly noted here that FIG. 3A exemplarily shows that the electronic device is integrated on the circuit board 15. However, in other embodiments, the electronic device on the circuit board 15 in the figure may also be dispersedly arranged in the cabinet 11 or the door Different areas of body 13.

The storage device 1'includes a detection device 151, an imaging device 153, a storage device 155, and a processing device 157', wherein the processing device 157' includes a first processor 157a and a second processor 157b. In this embodiment, the first processor 157a is electrically connected to the detection device 151 and the camera device 153, and the three are disposed on the circuit board 15. The storage device 155 and the second processor 157b are disposed outside the cabinet 11 and the door 13, for example, a server. The second processor 157b is communicatively connected to the first processor 157a, and can be communicatively or electrically connected to the storage device 155. The functions and operations of the detection device 151, the camera device 153, and the storage device 155 are substantially the same as the functions and operations of the detection device 151, camera device 153, and storage device 155 of the storage device 1 described in the previous embodiments. No longer. The first processor 157a is used to control the camera 153 to obtain images of the housing space 111 of the cabinet 11, such as the first and second images in the foregoing embodiment; the second processor 157b is used to generate the first image based on the first image An item data, the first item data and the first block code are stored in the first storage block of the storage device 155, the second item data is generated according to the second image, and the second item data is stored in the first Two storage blocks, the detailed implementation of which is as described in the previous embodiments, and will not be repeated here.

In yet another embodiment, the storage device 1 or 1'in the preceding embodiment may include another imaging device in addition to the aforementioned electronic device to capture images of a space other than the accommodating space 111 of the cabinet 11, the camera The device is connected to the processing device 157 or the first processor 157a. The following generally refers to the processing device 157 or the first processor 157a as the processing device, and the aforementioned imaging device for capturing the accommodation space 111 is referred to as the first imaging device, and the imaging device for capturing the image of the space other than the accommodation space 111 This is called the second camera. The second camera can be installed in the cabinet 11 or the door 13, especially when the door 13 is opened, the position of the user who can open the door 13 can be photographed. This creation does not limit the actual performance of the second camera Set location. In addition, in an embodiment, the first camera device and the second camera device may be the same camera device, and capture corresponding images at different time points.

When the processing device determines that the status signal instructs the door 13 to change from the closed state to the open state relative to the cabinet 11, it can control the second camera to obtain an image (referred to as a third image) and perform image processing (for example, digital conversion) Data), and then store the processed image and a block code (called a third block code) into a storage block (called a third storage block) of the storage device 155. Further, according to the storage method described in the previous embodiment of FIG. 2, the processing device may store the data and the block code in different storage blocks successively according to the time when the data is acquired or generated, and the block code is associated with the previous use The block code of the storage block is also related to the current data to be stored. Therefore, in this embodiment, when the generation time of the processed third image is earlier than the first image described in the previous embodiment, the first block code will include a conversion code associated with the third block code . More specifically, the processing device may first obtain an image that may include the opener when the door 13 is opened, and then store it in a storage block after processing; then, obtain the next image when the door 13 changes from open to closed After processing, the next storage block is stored, and the block code of this storage block is related to the block code of the previous storage block. In this way, when a user declares a theft, the bank can use it to track down the identity of the thief.

With the above structure, the storage device disclosed in this case can take an image of the accommodating space and generate corresponding item data each time from the open state to the closed state, and then store the item data to be different from the previous one Operate the storage block used, and make the block code of the storage block currently used be linked with the block code of the storage block used last time, so as to easily find the behavior of tampering and reduce the stored data The possibility of being tampered with, thereby increasing the security of data storage. In addition, the encryption of item data can further enhance the security of data storage.

Although this creation is disclosed above with the foregoing embodiments, it is not intended to limit this creation. Without departing from the spirit and scope of this creation, all changes and retouching are within the scope of patent protection of this creation. For the protection scope defined by this creation, please refer to the attached patent application scope.

1. 1’‧‧‧ storage equipment 11‧‧‧Box 111‧‧‧accommodation space 13‧‧‧Door 15‧‧‧ circuit board 151‧‧‧detection device 153‧‧‧Camera device 155‧‧‧Storage device 157, 157’‧‧‧ processing device 155a‧‧‧ First storage block 155b‧‧‧Second storage block 157a‧‧‧ First processor 157b‧‧‧second processor C1‧‧‧The first block code C2‧‧‧The second block code D1‧‧‧ First Item Information D2‧‧‧Second Item Information H1‧‧‧ First conversion code H2‧‧‧second conversion code R1‧‧‧ First data code R2‧‧‧Second data code

FIG. 1A is a schematic structural diagram of a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 1B is a functional block diagram of a plurality of electronic devices of a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of multiple storage blocks and stored data of a storage device according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3A is a schematic structural diagram of a storage device according to another embodiment of the present creation. FIG. 3B is a functional block diagram of a plurality of electronic devices of a storage device according to another embodiment of the present creation.

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Claims (10)

A storage device includes: a box body with an accommodating space; a door body swingably connected to the box body for selectively enclosing the accommodating space; and a detection device provided on the box body or The door body detects the opening and closing state of the door body relative to the box body to generate a status signal; a camera device, which is provided in the box body or the door body, is used for shooting images of the accommodating space; and a storage device , Including a first storage block and a second storage block; and a processing device connected to the detection device, the camera device, and the storage device, the processing device is judging that the status signal indication changes from the open state to In the closed state, the camera device is controlled to obtain a first image, generate a first item data according to the first image, and store the first item data and a first block code in the first storage block; wherein After generating the first article data, the processing device again judges that the status signal indicates that the state changes from the open state to the closed state, and controls the camera device to obtain a second image, and generates a second item data based on the second image. And storing the second article data and a second block code in the second storage block, wherein the second block code includes a conversion code, and the conversion code is associated with the first block code. The storage device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the generating of the first article data performed by the processing device includes analyzing the first image to obtain a first digital data, and based on the first digital data and a first encryption letter Generating the first item data, and generating the second item data by the processing device includes analyzing the second image to obtain a second digital data, and generating the second item data according to the second digital data and the second encryption function Second article information. The storage device according to claim 2, wherein the processing device includes a wireless communicator, the storage device further stores a user device address data and a bank server address data, and the processing device is further used to Device address data, a first decryption key corresponding to the first encryption function and a second decryption key corresponding to the second encryption function are provided to a user device through the wireless communicator, and based on the bank The server address data provides the first item data, the first block code, the second item data and the second block code to a bank server through a wireless communicator. The storage device according to claim 2, wherein the processing device includes a wireless communicator, the storage device further stores a user authentication code and a bank authentication code, and the processing device is further used to receive a pending request through the wireless communicator Identification code, when the processing device judges that the to-be-identified code belongs to the user authentication code, returns a first decryption key corresponding to the first encryption function and a corresponding one of the second encryption function through the wireless communicator The second decryption key, and when the processing device determines that the code to be identified belongs to the bank authentication code, returns the first article data, the first block code, the second article data, and the first article data through a wireless communicator Two block codes. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the processing device includes: a first processor, disposed in the box or the door, electrically connected to the detection device and the camera device, and the first processing Is used to control the camera device to obtain the first image and the second image; and a second processor, which is communicatively connected to the first processor, the detection device, the camera device and the storage device, and is used for The first image generates the first article data, stores the first article data and the first block code in the first storage block, generates the second article data according to the second image, and stores the second article data The article data and the second block code are stored in the second storage block. The storage device according to claim 1, further comprising a circuit board installed on the box or the door, wherein the storage device and the processing device are installed on the circuit board. The storage device according to claim 1, further comprising another camera device, which is installed in the box or door, is connected to the processing device, and is used for shooting images outside the accommodation space, wherein the processing device When judging that the status signal indicates changing from the closed state to the open state, the other camera device is controlled to obtain a third image, and the processing device further stores the processed third image and a third block code A third storage block of the storage device, wherein when the generation time of the processed third image is earlier than the first image, the first block code includes another conversion code, and the other conversion code is associated In the third block code. The storage device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the processing device further inputs the third block code into a hash function to generate the another conversion code. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the processing device further inputs the first block code into a hash function to generate the conversion code. The storage device according to claim 1, wherein the generating of the first article data performed by the processing device includes analyzing the first image to obtain a first digital data, and generating based on the first digital data and a value conversion list The first article information.

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