JP2001175958A - Burglar monitor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a burglar monitor, with which a person around a house or a person, who puts an object into a post, is captured by a video camera, the conditions are recorded and exact measures can be taken later. SOLUTION: This monitor is provided with a person detecting means 2 for detecting a persona round a house, an image pickup means 1 for picking up the image of peripheral conditions on the basis of detected information from the person detecting means and a recording means 12 for recording the video information of the image picked up by the image pickup means.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a security monitor for monitoring persons around a house or persons who post items in a mail box.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, there is a system in which a sensor, a television camera, and the like are installed at a front entrance, and when a sensor detects a person, the television camera captures the person and displays it on an indoor monitor television. For example, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. Hei 6-181575 discloses that a visitor detected by a sensor is projected on a television camera before the door phone at the entrance is pressed, and this is displayed on a monitor television to notify the resident, and the resident is judged. Disclose a doorphone. As a result, the home resident can eliminate discomfort due to unnecessary buzzer sounds.

Further, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 8-154243 discloses that a security sensor, a door phone, and a television camera are integrated, and they are arranged so as to be linked to each other and installed at a front door. There is disclosed a system that, when detected, emits a notification sound and drives a monitor television to display a person captured by a television camera on the monitor television. This makes it possible to build a small and simple security monitoring system.

[0004] Such a system provides
It is a convenient system to determine whether a visitor needs or does not need a visitor. If the person displayed on the monitor television is a person who does not need to respond, appropriate measures can be taken. If the person needs it, conversation can be made via the intercom, and reception at the front door can be performed in a timely manner.

[0005]

However, in the conventional system, when a visitor arrives at the entrance while a resident is absent, or when a suspicious person is wandering around a house or a site, this is performed after the fact. I couldn't know.

For example, if it is known that an important visitor has visited while absent, it is possible to take a post-action without rudeness, and to know after a fact that a suspicious person was wandering around the house. If this is the case, it is possible to take precautionary measures after that, but the conventional technology has not been able to do this.

Further, in the conventional system, when a suspicious article or a letter is posted in a mail box at home, it cannot be known by whom the mail was posted. Therefore, a suspicious article was accidentally opened, being caught in an unexpected accident, and furthermore, since the mailer could not be identified, no subsequent preventive measures could be taken.

The present invention has been made in order to solve such a conventional problem. By capturing a person around a house or a person who has posted a mail in a mail box with a television camera, the situation is recorded. It is another object of the present invention to provide a security monitoring device that can reproduce the situation after the fact and take an appropriate response.

[0009]

According to the present invention, there is provided a security monitoring apparatus comprising: a person detecting means for detecting a person around a house; an image pickup means for picking up a situation around the house based on detection information from the person detecting means; Recording means for recording the video information captured by the means.

With this configuration, when the person detecting means detects a person near the house such as the entrance, the imaging means immediately captures the situation and records it in the recording means. When the user wants to confirm, by reproducing the video information recorded in the recording means, the person can be identified.

Further, the security monitoring device of the present invention comprises a mailing detecting means for detecting that an article has been posted in a mail box, and an imaging means for imaging a person who has posted the article based on detection information from the mailing detecting means. And recording means for recording video information captured by the imaging means.

With this configuration, as soon as the mailing detecting means installed in the mail box detects mailing, the imaging means takes an image of the periphery of the mail box and records it in the recording means. If the video information recorded in the recording means is reproduced, the person can be specified.

[0013] Further, the security monitoring device of the present invention comprises a person detecting means for detecting a person in the vicinity of a house, a posting detecting means for detecting that an article has been posted in a mailbox, and a person detecting means or a posting detecting means. And an image recording means for recording image information captured by the image capturing means.

With this configuration, when the person detecting means detects a person in the vicinity of the house or when the posting detecting means detects that an article has been posted in the mail box, the imaging means takes an image of the vicinity detected by each detecting means. Since this is recorded, if this video information is reproduced, it is possible to specify a person near the house or a person who has posted the mail in a mail box.

Further, the security monitoring device of the present invention includes image display means for reproducing and displaying the video information recorded by the recording means.

With this configuration, if the apparatus is provided with an image display functioning as a reproducing means, the video information recorded on the recording means can be reproduced easily.

Further, the security monitoring device of the present invention includes direction changing means for controlling the direction of the image pickup means, and the direction change means controls the direction of the image pickup means based on the detection information.

With this configuration, when the detecting means detects,
The imaging means and the direction changing means are activated, and the imaging means is directed to the direction of the detecting means by the direction changing means, and images the periphery of the detecting means.

Further, the security monitoring apparatus of the present invention includes a timer which starts when the recorder starts recording video information, and the recorder stops recording when the timer measures a predetermined time.

With this configuration, the recording means stops recording after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start of recording, thereby preventing the same person from being recorded many times.

[0021]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

(Embodiment 1) FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a security monitoring apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. In FIG. 1, a television camera 1 as an image pickup unit such as a surveillance camera or a door phone camera and a person detection sensor 2 including, for example, an infrared sensor are installed outdoors such as a front door. In addition, the television camera 1 and the person detection sensor 2 are not limited to the vicinity of the entrance, and may be installed at an arbitrary position around the house.

The indoor main unit 3 includes a monitor TV 11 as image display means for displaying an image of a person or the like captured by the television camera 1, a video deck for recording the person or the like captured by the television camera 1, or the like. Recording device 1
2. A CPU that issues a start command to the television camera 1 based on information detected by the human detection sensor 2 or issues a recording start command to the recording device 12 to control the entire device.
A (central processing unit) control device 13 is provided. Note that the monitor television 11 is not necessarily provided, and the video information recorded in the recording device 12 may be reproduced using an external reproducing means.

In the security monitoring apparatus thus configured, when a person is present around a house such as a front door or a person comes to visit, the person detection sensor 2 detects this.
For example, in the case of an infrared sensor, the person detection sensor 2 detects a person by irradiating and reflecting infrared rays, or detects a person by blocking infrared rays between the light emitting element and the light receiving element.

When the person detecting sensor 2 detects a person, this information is transmitted to the control device 13. Based on this, the control device 13 outputs an activation signal to the television camera 1. As a result, the television camera 1 is activated, and photographs a person around the person detection sensor 2.

At the same time, the control device 13
Then, since a start command is issued to the recording device 12, the video signal captured by the television camera 1 is transmitted to the monitor television 11 and the recording device 12, and displayed on the monitor television 11 and recorded on the recording device 12.

At this time, when the resident is at home,
If you look at 1, you can take control of the person by taking control of the person. However, even when the monitor TV 11 is not being watched or the power of the monitor TV 11 is turned off in the absence, the recording device 12 is instructed by the control device 13.
Is operating, and when the person detection sensor 2 detects a person, the video signal of the television camera 1 is constantly recorded in the recording device 12.

When the resident returns home or has settled down, when the video information recorded on the recording device 12 is reproduced on the monitor television 11, the behavior of the person is displayed along with the date and time. As a result, if the projected person is an important visitor, it is possible to convey the intention of absence, etc., and if the person is a suspicious person, appropriate measures can be taken.

Also, when this device is combined with an intercom device, for example, a visitor projected on a door phone camera is projected on the monitor television 11 and recorded on the recording device 12, or when the monitor television 11 is turned off during absence or the like. However, it is also possible to record on the recording device 12.

(Embodiment 2) FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a security monitoring apparatus according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. In the present embodiment, the person detection sensor 2 of the first embodiment is used.
Is different from that of the first embodiment only in that it has a posting detection sensor 4 that operates when an object is posted to the mailbox.

The mailing detection sensor 4 detects the operation of the opening / closing door of the mailing port, and is turned on when an object is mailed to the mail box. The posting detection sensor 4 is not limited to this, and if it is possible to detect that an object has been posted,
Other sensors can also be used. For example,
A mat-shaped pressure sensor that operates by the weight of the mail may be laid on the bottom surface of the mailbox.

In this configuration, when a certain person posts an item in the mail box, the posting detection sensor 4 detects this and a detection signal is transmitted to the control device 13. Then, the control device 13 outputs an activation signal to the television camera 1, the monitor television 11, and the recording device 12. As a result, the television camera 1 starts capturing an image, captures an image of a person who has posted an object in the mailbox, and transmits a video signal to the monitor television 11 and the recording device 12. As a result, the image captured by the television camera 1 is displayed on the monitor television 11, and the recording device 12
Will be recorded.

At this time, while the resident is at home,
If you look at 1, you can take control of the person who posted the mail to the mailbox. However, even when the monitor TV 11 is not being watched, or when the monitor TV 11 is turned off in the absence, and an object is posted in the mail box, the television camera 1 is activated, and the image is transmitted by a command from the control device 13. The signal is recorded on the recording device 12.

If a suspicious object has been posted in the mail box, the resident can reproduce the video information recorded on the recording device 12 as necessary, and the status of the person and the date and time of posting can be displayed on the monitor television 11. It is projected. As a result, the person who posted the suspicious object can be specified, and appropriate measures can be taken.

It should be noted that a person detection sensor 2 for detecting a person in the vicinity of a house such as a front door, and a mailing detection sensor 4 which is activated when an object is mailed to a mailbox are provided. 1 may be configured to take an image. In this case, no matter which sensor detects a person,
It is possible to obtain a security monitoring device that can take an image of this and record it on the recording device 12.

(Embodiment 3) FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a security monitoring apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention. This embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except that a direction change device 5 for controlling the direction of the television camera 1 is provided in the configuration of the first embodiment.

In this configuration, when a person is present in the vicinity of a house such as an entrance or a person comes to visit, the person detection sensor 2 detects this. When the person detection sensor 2 detects a person, this information is transmitted to the control device 13. Based on this, the control device 13 outputs an activation signal to the television camera 1 and the direction change device 5.

Accordingly, the television camera 1 and the direction change device 5 are activated, and the television camera 1 is turned in the direction in which the person is detected by the direction change device 5 and photographs a person around the person detection sensor 2.

At the same time, the control device 13
Then, since a start command is issued to the recording device 12, the video signal captured by the television camera 1 is transmitted to the monitor television 11 and the recording device 12, and displayed on the monitor television 11 and recorded on the recording device 12.

Although not shown, when a plurality of human detection sensors 2 and posting detection sensors 4 are installed, the position information of each sensor is stored in the control device 13 in advance, and the detected sensors and the position information are used. The direction change device 5 is controlled by the control device 13 so that the television camera 1 can be controlled to be directed to the target object.

(Embodiment 4) FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a security monitoring apparatus according to Embodiment 4 of the present invention. The present embodiment is the same as the first embodiment except that the main unit 3 is provided with a timing device 14 and connected to the control device 13 in the configuration of the first embodiment.

In this configuration, when a person is present in the vicinity of a house such as an entrance or when a person comes to visit, the person detection sensor 2 detects this. When the person detection sensor 2 detects a person, this information is transmitted to the control device 13. Based on this, the control device 13 outputs an activation signal to the television camera 1. This activates the TV camera 1,
The television camera 1 photographs a person around the person detection sensor 2.

At the same time, the control device 13
Then, since a start command is issued to the recording device 12, the video signal captured by the television camera 1 is transmitted to the monitor television 11 and the recording device 12, and displayed on the monitor television 11 and recorded on the recording device 12.

Further, the control device 13 issues a start command to the recording device 12 and, at the same time, starts the timer device 14. When the timing device 14 counts the predetermined time T1, the control device 13 issues a recording stop command to the recording device 12, and prohibits recording. Then, when the timer 14 further counts the predetermined time T2, the controller 13 issues a recording stop release command to the recorder 12, and sets the recorder to a recordable state.

In this way, by prohibiting recording for a certain period of time, even if the human detection sensor 2 is activated during this time, it is possible to prevent the same person from being recorded many times, and the recording capacity of the recording medium is reduced. Waste can be prevented.

[0046]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to record a video image of a person around a house or a person who has posted an object in a mail box on a recording device. When the person is reproduced, the person can be specified, so that it is possible to provide a security monitoring device capable of taking detailed measures.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of a security monitoring device according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a security monitoring device according to a second embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a security monitoring device according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a security monitoring device according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Television camera 2 Person detection sensor 3 Main device 4 Posting detection sensor 5 Direction change device 11 Monitor television 12 Recording device 13 Control device 14 Clock device

 ────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Yasuo Fujimura 4-3-1, Tsunashimahigashi, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa F-term (reference) in Matsushita Communication Industrial Co., Ltd. 5C054 AA05 CA04 CA05 CC03 CD06 CG07 CH04 CH07 FF03 GA00 GB01 GD06 HA18 5C084 AA02 AA06 BB40 CC19 DD11 GG51 GG65

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A person detecting means for detecting a person in the vicinity of a house, an imaging means for imaging the surrounding situation based on detection information from the person detecting means, and video information recorded by the imaging means. And a recording means. 2. A mailing detection means for detecting that an article has been posted to a mail box, an imaging means for imaging a person who has posted the article based on detection information from the mailing detection means, and A security monitoring device comprising: recording means for recording imaged video information. 3. A person detecting means for detecting a person in the vicinity of a house, a mailing detecting means for detecting that an article has been posted in a mail box, and a detection means based on detection information from the person detecting means or the mailing detecting means. A security monitoring device comprising: an imaging unit that starts imaging; and a recording unit that records video information captured by the imaging unit. 4. The security monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising an image display unit that reproduces and displays the video information recorded by the recording unit. 5. The apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a direction changing unit configured to control a direction of the imaging unit, wherein the direction changing unit controls the direction of the imaging unit based on the detection information. Security monitoring device according to the paragraph. 6. The recording device according to claim 1, further comprising: a timer unit that starts when the recording unit starts recording the video information, and the recording unit enters a recording stop state when the timer unit measures a predetermined time. The security monitoring device according to any one of claims 3 to 3.