JP2000078562A - Remote monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To easily monitor a shop from one's own home by using a video telephone set which complies with an ISDN as an ISDN terminal so as to realize remote monitoring via an ISDN line where the total cost is remarkably reduced. SOLUTION: A microphone 5 and an external monitor camera 3 are connected to a video telephone set 2 of a shop and are installed on a ceiling in the shop by adopting a place in the shop desired to be monitored as a photographing target. Sensors 16, 17 are connected to the video telephone set 2 in the shop and are installed on the ceiling in the shop by adopting a place in the shop desired to be monitored after closing of the shop as sensing targets such as vicinity of exit/entrance. One monitors the shop by using a large screen monitor 9 connected to a video telephone set 8 which complies with an ISDN at one's own home. It is possible to monitor the shop while staying at one's own home by using the video telephone set having provision for an ISDN in this remote monitoring system. If a burglar intrudes into the shop, an emergency video recording switch 4 is used to report a crime prevention center 10 of the intrusion secretly and to record on video tape. In this case, a video telephone set 11 of the crime prevention center displays the telephone number and the center can momentarily discriminate the shop where abnormity takes place.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote monitoring system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of remote monitoring system has
In order to connect to the SDN line, a dedicated digital codec, monitoring codec, or color image transmission device has been used. In addition, surveillance cameras recorded in-store recordings with time lap videos installed in the backyard of the store.

[0003]

Since the conventional digital codec, monitoring codec, or color image transmission device is a dedicated device, the number of production units is small, and the total cost of the transmission side and reception side is about 1.8 million yen. Was. As a result, the price of the entire system is 216 even with the minimum configuration.
It was a million yen and could not be introduced at small retail stores. Furthermore, in-store video recording by surveillance cameras has become a well-known fact in recent years, and robberies have been frequent at convenience stores.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In order to solve the above problems, the remote monitoring system of the present invention uses an ISDN-compatible video telephone to transmit a moving image between a store and a home and a moving image between a store and a security center. I do. The external surveillance camera with a microphone function is connected to the videophone of the store, and is installed on the ceiling of the store as a shooting target at a place in the store to be monitored, for example, near a cash register. The security center is registered in advance on the speed dial of the videophone of the store, and the videophone of the store is installed near the cash register. At home, it is monitored by a monitor connected to an ISDN videophone.

[0005]

By setting and using as described above, according to the remote monitoring system of the present invention, it is possible to monitor a store while staying at home by using an inexpensive ISDN-compatible videophone as a set of 200,000 yen. In addition, the system price can be reduced by about 1.6 million yen, so the total cost can be greatly reduced, and it can be easily introduced in small retail stores. Because it is possible, the safety of late-night business can be ensured, and you can check the product shelves that are not visible from the cash register, so that you can feel as if you are at the store. Furthermore, if a burglary intrudes, the clerk presses the emergency recording switch to transmit the current situation to the crime prevention center as a video, and even if the criminal robbed the video tape inside the store because it was recorded at the crime prevention center, there was evidence. Remains. In addition, by operating the emergency recording switch, the security center can automatically watch the video that has started up, see the phone number of the store where the abnormality has occurred, and immediately notify the police while watching the video. In this case, since the situation can be determined while watching the moving image, there is no risk of false information.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a connection diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
According to the first embodiment of the present invention, the emergency recording switch 4 and the external surveillance camera 3 attached to the external surveillance cameras 3 and 2 connected to the ISDN-compatible videophone 2 installed in the shop 1 A camera bracket 6 for fixing the attached microphone 5 and the external surveillance camera 3 to the ceiling, an internal monitor 9 connected to an ISDN-compatible videophone 8 installed at home or in the headquarters 7, and a security center 10 It comprises an external monitor 12 connected to an ISDN compatible videophone 11 and an ISDN line 13 for mutual communication. A plurality of external monitoring cameras 3 installed in the store 1 are arranged on the ceiling in the store, and photograph around the cash register and near the entrance. When there is a suspicious person in the store 1, the clerk presses the emergency recording switch 4 to receive an incoming call on the ISDN-compatible videophone 11 which is installed in the security center 10 and is always in a standby state. A time-lapse video 14 and a monitor 12, which are constantly recording, are connected to the ISDN-compatible videophone 11, and when a call is received, the number of the videophone on the transmitting side is displayed first, and then a video showing the situation in the store is displayed. It is projected. Thus, the security center 10 first knows "where the trouble occurred" and then the moving picture can be used to understand the current situation. As a result, it is immediately found that an abnormal situation has occurred in the store, and appropriate judgment can be made from the video and the sound, and prompt contact with the police becomes possible. FIG. 2 is a connection diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a second embodiment of the present invention is connected to an external surveillance camera 3 connected to an ISDN-compatible videophone 2 installed in a store 1 and an emergency recording switch 4 attached to 2. The controller 15, the passive sensor 16, the fire sensor 17, the microphone 5 attached to the external monitoring camera 3, the camera bracket 6 for fixing the external monitoring camera 3 to the ceiling, and the ISDN-compatible videophone 8 installed at home or the headquarters 7 And an external monitor 12 connected to an ISDN-compatible videophone 11 installed in a security center 10 and an ISDN line 13 for mutual communication. A plurality of the external surveillance cameras 3 installed in the store 1 are arranged on the ceiling in the store, and photograph around the cash register. When a robber breaks into the store when the store is closed or closed, the passive sensor 16
And the emergency recording switch 4 via the controller 15
Is turned on, and an incoming call is made to the ISDN-compatible videophone 11 installed in the security center 10 and always in a standby state. I
A time-lapse video 14 and a monitor 12, which are constantly recording, are connected to the SDN-compatible video phone 11, and when a call is received, the number of the video phone on the transmitting side is displayed first, and then a video showing the situation in the store is displayed. It is projected. Thus, the security center 10 first knows "where the trouble occurred" and then the moving picture can be used to understand the current situation. As a result, it is immediately found that an abnormal situation has occurred in the store, and appropriate judgment can be made from the video and the sound, and prompt contact with the police becomes possible. FIG. 3 is a connection diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, a third embodiment of the present invention is a store 1
Mobile phone public network 18 or PHS public network 19
A controller 15 connected to an external monitoring camera 3 connected to a terminal device 20 capable of transmitting an audio image via a device, for example, a data scope, a passive sensor 16, a microphone 5 attached to the external monitoring camera 3, and an external monitoring camera A camera bracket 6 for fixing the camera 3 to the ceiling, an internal monitor 9 connected to an ISDN videophone 8 installed at home or in the head office 7, and an external monitor connected to an ISDN videophone 11 installed at the security center 10. It comprises a monitor 12 and an ISDN line 13 for mutual communication. The external surveillance camera 3 installed in the store 1 usually photographs, for example, around a cash register or near an entrance. A passive sensor 16 installed in the store 1 is a terminal device 20 capable of transmitting an audio signal via a cellular phone public network 18 or a PHS public network 19 when a store closes or closes, or when a person approaches the entrance. , For example, to a data scope, and the terminal device 20 is connected to the mobile phone public network 18 or the PHS public network 19.
Is automatically notified to the ISDN-compatible videophone 11 installed in the security center 10 via the ISDN line 13.
The DN-compatible videophone 11 is automatically activated together with the alarm display. As a result, in the security center 10, it is immediately found that an abnormal situation has occurred in the store, and appropriate judgment can be made from the image and the sound so that the police can be quickly contacted. In this case, since the equipment installed in the shop 1 is a wireless device, the equipment can be countered against illegal acts such as disconnection of the telephone line by an illegal intruder.
FIG. 4 is a connection diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, a fourth embodiment of the present invention is a terminal device 20 capable of transmitting an audio image via the mobile phone public network 18 or the PHS public network 19 installed in the store 1, for example, a data scope.
A controller 15 connected to the external monitoring camera 3 connected to the camera, a passive sensor 16, a microphone 5 attached to the external monitoring camera 3, a camera bracket 6 for fixing the external monitoring camera 3 to the ceiling, and home or headquarter management Mobile phone public network 18 using wireless communication held by the user 21
Alternatively, the terminal device 20 includes a terminal device 20 capable of receiving audio and video via the PHS public network 19, for example, a data scope, a mobile communication public network 18 or a PHS public network 19 for communicating with each other. The external surveillance camera 3 installed in the store 1 usually photographs, for example, around a cash register or near an entrance. The passive sensor 15 installed in the shop 1 outputs a signal at night when a person approaches the entrance / exit, when a person approaches the mobile phone public network 18 or the PHS public network 1.
9 to a terminal device 20 capable of transmitting an audio image, for example, a data scope.
8 or a terminal device 2 capable of receiving a voice image held by an administrator 21 at home or a headquarters via the PHS public network 19
0, for example, automatically notified to the data scope, and the terminal device 2
0 is automatically activated with an alarm indication. As a result, the manager 21 at home or at the headquarters
It is immediately clear that an abnormal situation has occurred, and appropriate judgment can be made from the image and sound, and prompt contact with the police is possible. In this case, since the equipment installed in the store 1 is a wireless device, the equipment can be countered against illegal acts such as disconnection of the line by an illegal intruder.

[0007]

As described above, since the remote monitoring system of the present invention uses an ISDN-compatible video telephone for connection to an ISDN line, the system price can be greatly reduced. Monitoring codec PM in minimum configuration
-400, PM-500 and surveillance camera system SPS-
The cost of installing a remote chain store monitoring system of SONY using C500 can be as high as 2.16 million yen, excluding installation costs, but with the minimum configuration of the present invention, it can be reduced to 670,000 yen. As a result, it can be introduced by small retailers. Furthermore, in a convenience store that is open 24 hours, even if a burglary is intruded at midnight, the emergency recording switch records the situation in the store at the security center, so even if the criminal robbed the recorded video tape in the store, evidence remains. It leads to the criminal arrest. It goes without saying that the remote monitoring system can be used not only for store monitoring, but also for home nursing, elevator management, CD corner management at banks, grasping customer service at restaurants, etc., and managing pachinko parlors. Further, when both the transmitting side, the receiving side, and the transmitting / receiving side are replaced by portable communication or PHS, since they become wireless devices, they can counter illegal acts such as disconnection of the line by an illegal intruder, and the security function is further improved. .

[0008]

[Brief description of the drawings]

Fig. 1 Connection diagram of remote monitoring system (ISDN compatible videophone with emergency recording switch on the store side)

[Fig. 2] Connection diagram of remote monitoring system (ISDN compatible videophone capable of sensor capture)

Fig. 3 Connection diagram of remote monitoring system (Store terminal is portable or PHS, others are ISDN compatible videophones)

FIG. 4 Connection diagram of remote monitoring system (both terminals are portable or PHS)

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 store 2 ISDN compatible videophone (store) 3 external surveillance camera 4 emergency recording switch 5 microphone 6 camera bracket 7 home or headquarters 8 ISDN compatible videophone (home) 9 internal monitor 10 security center 11 ISDN compatible videophone (center) 12 External monitor 13 ISDN line 14 Time Lapse video 15 Controller 16 Passive sensor 17 Fire sensor 18 Mobile telephone public network 19 PHS public network 20 Terminal equipment capable of transmitting audio and video 21 Home or head office manager

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A remote monitoring system for confirming the status of a store from a distant home using video and audio by using an ISDN-compatible videophone, a surveillance camera, an emergency recording switch, and the like. Connect the surveillance camera and external microphone and send video and audio,
When an abnormality such as a burglary intrudes into the store, the store clerk secretly presses the emergency recording switch to access a preset security center via the ISDN line from the ISDN compatible videophone in the store to the security center's ISDN. A remote monitoring system that is connected to a compatible videophone and records the abnormal status of the store on the time-lapse video of the security center. 2. The store according to claim 1, wherein the switch is automatically depressed when a human body is detected in the vicinity of a predetermined detection range, a cash register, a safe, or an entrance and connected to a passive sensor instead of an emergency recording switch pressed by a store clerk. A remote monitoring system wherein an ISDN-compatible videophone is connected to an ISDN videophone at a security center. 3. The store-side ISDN-compatible videophone according to claim 1, wherein the store-side ISDN-compatible videophone is a terminal device capable of transmitting an audio image via a mobile phone or PHS using a wireless communication and having an external sensor connection terminal. Remote monitoring system. 4. The store-side ISDN-compatible video phone according to claim 1, wherein the video phone is a terminal device capable of transmitting an audio image via a mobile phone or PHS using a wireless communication and having an external sensor connection terminal, A remote monitoring system characterized in that the home ISDN-compatible videophone is a terminal device capable of receiving a voice image via a mobile phone or PHS using wireless, for example, a data scope.