JP2000252635A - Electronic equipment system and enclosure structure for the electronic equipment system, and functional printed circuit board structure for the electronic equipment system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an electronic apparatus system which eliminates the need for installing an enclosure for every functional printed circuit board and which can be constructed at low cost. SOLUTION: This electronic equipment system is constituted of functional printed circuit boards 4, in each of which a function display means used to display a function and an ID setting means used to set an ID function are installed. In addition, the electronic equipment system is constituted of a common enclosure 2, in which the respective functional printed circuit boards 4 can be mounted in an arbitrary order. In addition, the electronic equipment system is constituted of a host computer which controls the functional printed circuit boards 4 mounted inside the common enclosure 1. Thereby, since it is not required to install an enclosure for every functional printed circuit board 4, the electronic equipment system can be constructed to be small and at low cost.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electronic equipment system such as a surveillance camera system, a housing structure used in the electronic equipment system, and a functional printed board structure mounted on the housing structure.

[0002]

FIG. 6 shows a conventional surveillance camera system, in which a plurality of surveillance cameras a, a camera control means b, a matrix switch means c, a display means d, and a plurality of monitors e. Are connected in series, and the camera control means b, matrix switch means c, and display means d are controlled by the host computer f as follows.

That is, surveillance images picked up by a plurality of surveillance cameras a are input to camera control means b, and an operation unit g connected to a host computer f.
When the camera number assigned to the monitoring camera a is input in advance, the host computer e switches the matrix switch means c so that the image of the monitoring camera a corresponding to the input camera number is sent to the display means d. .

An image captured by the surveillance camera a having the input camera number is sent to the display means d and displayed on the monitor e connected to the display means d. Surveillance camera a
Can be displayed on the monitor e.

In the above-described conventional surveillance camera system, the camera control means b, the matrix switch means c, the display means d, and the like are each constituted by a plurality of printed circuit boards h, as shown in FIG. It is mounted in a housing i provided for each of the camera control means b, the matrix switch means c, and the display means d.

[0006]

The above-mentioned conventional electronic equipment system has a structure in which a housing h is provided for each of the camera control means b, the matrix switch means c, and the display means d constituting the electronic equipment system. .

However, when the size of the electronic equipment system is large, the number of printed circuit boards h constituting each of the camera control means b, the matrix switch means c and the display means d is large. Although there is an advantage of mounting the printed circuit board h for each display means d, when the electronic apparatus system is small, the number of printed circuit boards h constituting each camera control means b, matrix switch means c, and display means d is reduced. Therefore, in the case where the housing i is provided for each of the camera control means b, the matrix switch means c, and the display means d as in the above-described conventional system, there is a problem that the price of the electronic equipment system becomes high and it becomes uneconomical. Was.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and a first object of the present invention is to eliminate the necessity of providing a housing for each functional printed circuit board, thereby enabling an inexpensive electronic device to be constructed. To provide an equipment system.

A second object of the present invention is to provide a housing structure of an electronic equipment system in which a mounting operation of a functional printed board can be easily performed in a short time and there is no fear of erroneous mounting position. is there.

A third object of the present invention is to provide a function printed circuit board structure of an electronic equipment system in which functions and identification functions can be easily set for each function printed circuit board. .

[0011]

In order to achieve the first object, an electronic apparatus system according to the present invention comprises a function display means for displaying a function unique to each of a plurality of function printed circuit boards. Has an identification setting means for setting an identification function for distinguishing it from the function printed circuit board, and mounts the plurality of function printed circuit boards on the common housing in an arbitrary order, and mounts on the common housing by the control means. The function of the function printed circuit board is controlled.

In order to achieve the second object, a housing structure of the electronic equipment system according to the present invention comprises a common housing in which a plurality of functional printed boards can be mounted in an arbitrary order, and a common housing in the common housing. A determination means for determining the function and identification function of the functional printed board by the function display means and the identification setting means of the mounted functional printed board.

In order to achieve the third object, a function printed circuit board structure of an electronic apparatus system according to the present invention includes a function printed circuit board having different functions, and a function printed circuit board provided on each of these function printed circuit boards. It is provided with function display means for displaying the function of the printed circuit board and identification setting means for setting the identification function of the function printed circuit board.

Therefore, according to the electronic equipment system of the present invention, it is not necessary to provide a housing for each functional printed circuit board, so that the electronic equipment system can be constructed at a low cost and a small electronic equipment system with a small number of functional printed circuit boards can be provided. In this case, the size of the entire electronic device system can be reduced.

Further, according to the housing structure of the electronic equipment system according to the present invention, even if a plurality of functional printed boards are mounted in an arbitrary order in the common housing, the function and identification function of each functional printed board are determined. Automatically identifies and determines
The work of mounting the functional printed circuit board can be easily performed in a short time, and there is no fear of erroneous mounting position.

Further, according to the functional printed circuit board structure of the electronic apparatus system according to the present invention, it is possible to easily set a function and an identification function for each functional printed circuit board.

[0017]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An electronic apparatus system according to a first aspect of the present invention provides a function display means for displaying a plurality of function printed circuit boards and an identification function for distinguishing the function printed circuit boards from other function printed circuit boards. And a plurality of functional printed boards are mounted on the common housing in an arbitrary order, and the function of the functional printed boards mounted on the common housing is controlled by the control means. It is like that.

With this configuration, it is not necessary to provide a housing for each functional printed circuit board, so that an electronic equipment system can be constructed at a low cost, and in the case of a small electronic equipment system with a small number of functional printed boards, the overall size of the electronic equipment system can be reduced. Can be achieved.

Further, the function display means and the identification setting means provided on the function printed circuit board identify the function and identification function of each function printed circuit board mounted in the common housing. Can be implemented in any order.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electronic apparatus system according to the first aspect, wherein:
A through function is provided in which a signal input to the common housing is output without passing through the failed functional printed circuit board based on failure information from the functional printed circuit board mounted in the common housing.

With this configuration, not only can the same function and effect as the above-mentioned invention of claim 1 be obtained, but when the functional printed circuit board breaks down, it is switched to the through function by the failure information from the functional printed circuit board. Since the signal input to the common housing is output without passing through the functional printed circuit board, the electronic device system does not stop due to the failure of the functional printed circuit board.

An electronic equipment system according to a third aspect of the present invention is the electronic equipment system according to the first aspect,
When the control means is instructed to stop the system, the control means instructs to stop the function of each functional printed circuit board and provides a through function for outputting a signal input to the common housing without passing through the functional printed circuit board. It is a thing.

According to this configuration, not only the same operation and effect as the above-described first embodiment can be obtained, but also in the case where the electronic device system is stopped and the control system procedure of the electronic device system is changed, etc. Since the signal input to the housing can be output without passing through the functional printed circuit board, the control system procedure and the like can be changed without impairing the monitoring function and the like.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a housing structure of the electronic equipment system, wherein a common housing on which a plurality of function printed circuit boards can be mounted in an arbitrary order, and a function display of the function printed circuit board mounted in the common housing. Means for determining the function and identification function of the functional printed circuit board by means and identification setting means.

With this configuration, even if a plurality of functional printed circuit boards are mounted in an arbitrary order in the common housing, the function and identification function of each functional printed circuit board are automatically identified and determined. The mounting operation can be easily performed in a short time, and there is no fear of erroneous mounting.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided a function printed circuit board structure of an electronic apparatus system, wherein function printed circuit boards having different functions and function displays provided on the function printed circuit boards and displaying the functions of the function printed circuit boards are provided. Means and an identification setting means for setting an identification function of the printed circuit board.

With this configuration, the function and the identification function can be easily set for each functional printed board.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the function printed circuit board structure of the electronic equipment system according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, the function display means includes a function display IC, And a plurality of different resistors.

According to this configuration, not only the same operation and effect as the above-mentioned fifth embodiment can be obtained, but also the function display means can be configured at low cost.

A functional printed circuit board structure of an electronic equipment system according to a seventh aspect of the present invention is the functional printed circuit board structure of the electronic equipment system according to the fifth aspect, wherein the identification setting means is constituted by a dip switch. is there.

According to this configuration, not only the same operation and effect as the above-described fifth embodiment can be obtained, but also the identification setting means can be configured at low cost.

The functional printed circuit board structure of the electronic equipment system according to the eighth aspect of the present invention is the functional printed circuit board structure of the electronic equipment system according to the fifth aspect of the present invention, wherein the functional printed board is provided with a conductive grip at an end thereof. A part is provided.

According to this configuration, not only the same operation and effect as the above-mentioned invention of claim 5 can be obtained, but also, even if an electrostatically charged worker touches the functional printed circuit board, it can be obtained through the conductive holding portion. Static electricity is discharged to the ground,
The electronic components of the functional printed circuit board can be prevented from being destroyed by static electricity.

An embodiment in which the electronic apparatus system of the present invention is applied to a monitoring camera system will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings shown in FIGS.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a monitoring camera system, FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a common housing, FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing functions in the common housing, and FIG. 4 is a front view of a printed circuit board mounted in the common housing. FIG. 5 and FIG. 5 are explanatory diagrams of the operation.

In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a plurality of monitoring cameras, 2
Denotes a common housing, and 3 denotes a plurality of monitors. The monitoring camera 1, the common housing 2, and the plurality of monitors 3 are connected in series, and a plurality of monitors having different functions are provided in the common housing 2. Are mounted, and these functional printed boards 4 are controlled by a host computer 6 which is a control means operated by an operation unit 5.

In the common housing 2, throttles (not shown) for inserting a plurality of functional printed circuit boards 4 are spaced apart and arranged in a plurality of rows. The functional printed board 4 excluding the power supply board 7 can be freely inserted.

As shown in FIG. 3, a motherboard 8 is installed in the common housing 2 in advance.
CPU, which is a determining means for determining the ID (identification) function of each functional printed board 4, a video amplifying means 10 for amplifying the video transmitted from each monitoring camera 1, and a connector provided for each throttle (FIG. (Not shown) are connected, and each connector is shared so that different types of functional printed circuit boards 4 can be freely inserted.

The function printed circuit board 4 has a camera control function, a matrix switch function, a display function, etc. mounted in advance, as shown in FIG.
A function display means 12 comprising a function display IC; a resistor 13 for realizing the function of the function display means 12;
ID consisting of dip switches for identifying the type of
(Identification) setting means 14 and the like are provided, a connection connector 15 connected to a connector in the common housing 2 is provided on one end of the functional printed circuit board 4, and a connection connector 15 is provided on the other end.
When inserting and removing the functional printed circuit board 4,
Are provided with conductive grips 16 for preventing electronic components such as semiconductors mounted on the electronic components from being damaged by static electricity.

On the other hand, the video amplifying means 10 for amplifying the video from the surveillance camera 1, as shown in FIG.
From the surveillance camera 1 input through the input unit 10a, and is input via the motherboard 8 to the functional printed circuit board 4 selected by the input switch 10b. After being processed by the functional printed circuit board 4, the output unit 10 is again output from the output switch 10 c via the motherboard 8.
d and the signal output from the output unit 10d is sent to the monitor 3 and displayed on the monitor 3.

If there is a failure or the like in a part of the functional printed circuit board 4, the CPU 9 obtains the failure information from each functional printed circuit board 4 and does not process the image input from the input section 10a by the functional printed circuit board 4. In addition, since the output is output from the input switch 10b to the output unit 10d via the output switch 10c, an image which is not processed by the functional printed board 4 is displayed on the monitor 3 as it is.

That is, in the electronic equipment system, a signal input to the common casing 2 is output without passing through the failed functional printed board 4 based on the failure information from the functional printed board 4 mounted in the common casing 2. A through function is provided. When the through function is instructed to the hoist computer 6 to stop the system, the hoist computer 6 instructs the hoist computer 6 to stop the function of each functional printed circuit board 4 and also to the common housing 2. The input signal is output without passing through the functional printed board 4.

Next, the operation of the surveillance camera system configured as described above will be described. When constructing a surveillance camera system, a functional printed circuit board 4 is prepared in advance according to the system scale based on the number of surveillance cameras 1 and the like.
The ID of the functional printed board 4 is
The identification code of the D number is set, and the functional printed circuit board 4 is inserted into an arbitrary throttle of the common housing 2.

The function display corresponding to the function is set in advance on the function display means 12 on the function printed circuit board 4. By mounting the function printed circuit board 4 in the common case 2, The setting information of these function display means 12 and ID setting means 14 is taken into the CPU 9 installed therein.

Next, in operating the surveillance camera system, a program such as an operation method of the surveillance camera 1 and a display method of the monitor 3 is automatically or manually input from the operation unit 5 to the host computer 6 for each monitoring application. And start the system.

The image picked up by the surveillance camera 1 is sent to the functional printed circuit board 4 having a predetermined function through the image amplifying means 10 in the common housing 2, and the image is processed by the functional circuit of the function printed circuit board 4. After that, the image is output to the monitor 3 again through the image amplifying means 10, and the image is displayed on the monitor 3 automatically by a previously input program or in the order of manual input from the operation unit 5.

On the other hand, when the control system procedure of the electronic equipment system is changed, if the system is stopped each time, monitoring for security is temporarily stopped. To prevent this, when the operation unit 5 instructs the host computer 6 to stop the system, the host computer 6 outputs the system stop information to each function printed circuit board 4 to stop the function, and at the same time, the input of the image amplifying means 10. The mode is switched to a through mode in which the switch 10b and the output switch 10c are directly connected.

Thus, the video from the surveillance camera 1 is
Since the data is output directly to the monitor 3 without passing through the functional printed board 4, the control procedure of the system can be changed without suspending the monitoring.

When the system is changed by replacing the functional printed circuit board 4 mounted in the common housing 2,
After the system is stopped by the above-described operation, the functional printed circuit board 4 to be replaced is extracted from the common housing 2.
Is formed, the worker can use this conductive grip 1
When the user tries to extract the functional printed circuit board 4 by grasping the functional printed circuit board 6, the static electricity charged on the human body of the worker is discharged to the ground via the conductive holding portion 16, and thus the static electricity on the functional printed circuit board 4 is Electronic components such as semiconductors can be prevented from being destroyed.

In the above embodiment, the case where the electronic equipment system is a surveillance camera system has been described. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and can be applied to all electronic equipment systems using a plurality of functional printed circuit boards 4. Things.

[0051]

As described above in detail, according to the electronic equipment system of the present invention, it is not necessary to provide a housing for each functional printed circuit board. In the case of a small and small electronic device system, the size of the entire electronic device system can be reduced.

The function display means and the identification setting means provided on the function printed circuit board identify the function and identification function of each function printed circuit board mounted in the common housing. Can be implemented in any order.

Further, according to the electronic apparatus system of the present invention, when the functional printed circuit board breaks down, it is switched to the through function by the failure information from the functional printed circuit board.
Since the signal input to the common housing is output without passing through the functional printed board, the electronic device system does not stop due to a failure of the functional printed board.

According to the electronic equipment system of the present invention, when the electronic equipment system is stopped and the control system procedure of the electronic equipment system is changed, a signal input to the common housing is transferred to the functional printed circuit board. Since the output can be performed without passing through, the control system procedure and the like can be changed without impairing the monitoring function and the like.

Further, according to the housing structure of the electronic equipment system according to the present invention, even if a plurality of functional printed boards are mounted in an arbitrary order in the common housing, the function and identification function of each functional printed board are determined. Automatically identifies and determines
The work of mounting the functional printed circuit board can be easily performed in a short time, and there is no fear of erroneous mounting position.

Further, according to the function printed circuit board structure of the electronic equipment system according to the present invention, the function and the identification function can be easily set for each function printed circuit board.
Further, the function display means can be configured at low cost, and the identification setting means can be configured at low cost.

Further, even if an operator charged with static electricity touches the functional printed circuit board, the static electricity is discharged to the ground via the conductive holding portion, so that the electronic components of the functional printed circuit board are not destroyed by the static electricity. It can be prevented beforehand.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an electronic device system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a housing structure of the electronic device system according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a housing structure of the electronic device system according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front view showing a functional printed circuit board of the electronic device system according to the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a video amplification unit provided in a housing structure of the electronic device system according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing a conventional electronic device system.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing a housing structure of a conventional electronic device system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Surveillance camera 2 Common housing 3 Monitor 4 Function printed circuit board 5 Operation part 6 Host computer (control means) 7 Power supply board 8 Motherboard 9 CPU (judgment means) 10 Image amplification means 10a Input part 10b Input switch 10c Output switch 10d Output part 12 Function display means 13 Resistance 14 ID setting means (identification setting means) 15 Connection switch 16 Conductive grip

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Daijiro Kawai 4-1-1 Tsunashima Higashi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa Prefecture Inside Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. (72) Masahiko Misawa Higashi-Yoshina Tsunashima, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture No.3-1, Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 2H100 BB11 CC04 EE00 4E360 AA02 CA02 EA05 EA24 EA27 ED23 ED27 FA09 GA32 GA50 GA53 GB06 5C054 AA01 HA18 5E348 DF06 EF43 EF51

Claims (8)

[Claims] A plurality of function printed circuit boards have function display means for displaying their own functions and identification setting means for setting an identification function for distinguishing the function printed circuit boards from other function printed circuit boards. An electronic equipment system, wherein the function printed circuit boards are mounted in an arbitrary order on a common housing, and the control means controls the functions of the function printed circuit boards mounted on the common housing. 2. A through function for outputting a signal input to the common housing without passing through the failed functional printed circuit board based on failure information from the functional printed circuit board mounted in the common housing. An electronic device system according to item 1. 3. Instructing the control means to stop the system,
2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the control means instructs to stop the function of each functional printed circuit board and provides a through function for outputting a signal input to a common housing without passing through the functional printed circuit board. Equipment system. 4. A function and identification of the function printed circuit board by a common housing on which a plurality of function printed circuit boards can be mounted in an arbitrary order, and function display means and identification setting means of the function printed circuit board mounted in the common housing. A housing structure of an electronic device system, comprising: a determination unit for determining a function. 5. A function printed circuit board having different functions, function display means provided on each of these function printed circuit boards for displaying the function of the function printed circuit board, and identification setting means for setting an identification function of the function printed circuit board. A functional printed circuit board structure for an electronic device system, comprising: 6. The function printed circuit board structure of an electronic device system according to claim 5, wherein said function display means comprises a function display IC and a plurality of resistors having different values. 7. The functional printed circuit board structure of an electronic device system according to claim 5, wherein the identification setting means is constituted by a dip switch. 8. The functional printed circuit board structure of an electronic device system according to claim 5, wherein a conductive grip portion is provided at an end of the functional printed circuit board.