JP2001245069A - Home security system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a low-cost home security system by which each user receives a report indicating the occurrence of an abnormal state in his home by portable telephone independently of a security company and can recognize the condition of his home by a picture display device of the portable telephone. SOLUTION: This home security system is comprised of an abnormal state recognition means which is installed in a prescribed position in a space including an object desired to be monitored by the user and consists of an abnormality detection sensor and a monitor camera and a home security box which is connected to the abnormal state recognition means and transmits the abnormal state to the portable telephone of the user through a portable telephone network capable of transmitting a moving picture. When the abnormality detection sensor recognizes the abnormal state, the portable telephone of the user is called and a message indicating the occurrence of the abnormal state is transmitted to it, and the user receives the call and the message to recognize the condition of the object to be monitored on the picture display device of the portable telephone.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] The present invention relates to a home security system. More specifically, when an abnormal condition occurs while monitoring the object to be monitored, the user calls the user's mobile phone to notify the user of the occurrence of the abnormal condition, and the user notified of the occurrence of the abnormal condition notifies the user of the mobile phone. The present invention relates to a home security system capable of grasping a situation of a target to be monitored from an image display device (for example, a situation where a fire has occurred, a situation where a window glass has been broken).

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As shown in FIG. 3, a conventional home security system includes a fire detection sensor for detecting an abnormal rise in room temperature and the generation of smoke due to a disaster in an appropriate place in a user's house, and a city gas. Detection sensors 11, 12, and 13 such as a gas leak detection sensor that detects an increase in gas concentration due to leakage of gas and propane gas, and an infrared sensor that detects intrusion into a house such as a burglary.

The abnormality detection sensors 11, 12, and 13 are connected to a personal computer functioning as a dedicated terminal 21. The abnormality detection sensors 11, 12, and 13 measure actual temperature and gas concentration measured by the abnormality detection sensors 11, 12, and 13, respectively. And a comparison operation with set values such as a normal temperature range and a gas concentration range.

The dedicated terminal 21 is connected to an NTT network 31 via a terminal such as RS232C.

On the other hand, a central monitoring system 41 of a security company that has contracted a home security contract with a user.
Are connected to the NTT network 31 and are provided with abnormality detection sensors 11, 12, and 13 installed in the respective contracted homes.
Is constantly monitored for normal / abnormal.

The central monitoring system 41 is also connected to a police station or a fire station 51 via an NTT network 31.
The central monitoring system 41 of the security company that the abnormality detection sensor installed in the home of the contract contractor has detected an abnormal state
The police and / or fire department will be dispatched to the outsourced household upon notification from.

[0007]

In the case of such a conventional home security system, there is a problem in that a commission fee for contracting with a security company regarding home security is high, and a general home cannot receive security services provided by the security company. .

Further, in the case of the conventional home security system, since the detection of an abnormal state depends only on the abnormality detection sensor, even if the abnormal state does not actually occur, the malfunction detection sensor may malfunction. There is a problem that an abnormal state may be recognized as having occurred.

Furthermore, in recent years, the population has been aging, and the number of elderly households living alone and the number of homes with bedridden elderly people are increasing.

An elderly person living alone or an elderly person who is bedridden or has difficulty walking while their family is out, for example, visits a post office member to deliver mail, or a courier serviceman delivers luggage. Or a courier serviceman visits to deliver your luggage,
When nurses and volunteers visit for nursing care services such as home-visit nursing, they cannot respond or cannot sufficiently identify visitors. There is no cheap and reliable security system that can solve such problems.

[0011] The present invention solves the problems of the conventional home security system, so that each individual can be notified by a mobile phone that an abnormal condition has occurred in his or her home regardless of the security company. It is an object of the present invention to provide a low-cost home security system that allows the user to grasp the situation of his / her home by using an image display device of a telephone.

[0012]

A home security system according to a first aspect of the present invention includes an abnormality detection sensor and a malfunction detection sensor installed at a predetermined location in a space including an object desired to be monitored by a user. An abnormal state recognizing means comprising a surveillance camera, and a home security box connected to the abnormal state recognizing means and transmitting an abnormal state to a user's mobile phone via a mobile phone network capable of transmitting a moving image. In a home security system, when the abnormality detection sensor recognizes an abnormal state, the user calls the user's mobile phone and transmits a message indicating that the abnormal state has occurred. A mobile phone image display device that is desired to be monitored by the user. It is characterized in that it is possible to grasp the situation.

A home security box according to a second aspect of the present invention is connected to a power supply device and a surveillance camera, and allows a user to scan by a remote operation from a mobile phone, to capture a close-up image, to display image information. A camera control unit for controlling recording / reproduction of an image, an image signal conversion unit for modulating or encoding image information obtained by the surveillance camera, and an input / output of an abnormal condition occurrence message to be transmitted to a user. It is connected to the message input / output control unit to be controlled, the abnormality detection sensor, the message input / output control unit and the camera control unit, calls the user's mobile phone when an abnormal condition occurs, receives instruction information from the user, and sends a predetermined message. A system control unit for transmitting image data captured by the surveillance camera; Parts, is characterized in that the image signal converting unit and and a channel control unit connected to the system controller.

[0014] A home security system according to a third aspect of the present invention includes an intercom and an electronic lock installed at an appropriate place at a front entrance, a surveillance camera which operates when a visitor presses a push button of the interphone, and
The interphone and the surveillance camera are connected, and the user's mobile phone is called when the push button of the interphone is pressed, the surveillance camera is operated, and the moving image of the visitor received by the surveillance camera and the interphone are collected. A home security box for transmitting the sound of the visitor to a user's mobile phone via a mobile phone network capable of transmitting the sound of the visitor, wherein the user has:
The locking and unlocking of the electronic lock can be remotely controlled by a mobile phone.

A home security box according to a fourth aspect of the present invention is connected to a power supply, an intercom and a surveillance camera, operates when a visitor presses a push button of the interphone, and operates from a user's mobile phone. A camera control unit for controlling the scanning, close-up video, and recording / reproduction of image information by remote control of the camera, and an image signal for modulating or encoding the image information obtained by the surveillance camera A converter, an audio signal converter that modulates and encodes the sound picked up by the interphone, and is connected to the interphone and the camera controller, and the user presses the interphone push button when pressed by the visitor. Calls mobile phone and sends image data captured by surveillance camera And a system control unit for or, the camera control unit, the image signal converting unit, and characterized in that it comprises a sound signal converter and a line control unit connected to the system controller.

[0016]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A home security system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a home security system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a home security system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Embodiment 1 A home security system 1 according to the present embodiment may be an object that is desired to be monitored by a user (ie, a government office, a company, a door of a house of a general household, a window, or the like, from the outside). Location, safe storage place such as safe, hot water supply equipment such as boiler which may cause fire, stove, cooking utensils such as fire, etc.) An abnormal state recognizing means 2 comprising a monitoring camera 2b and a surveillance camera 2b, and transmitting an abnormal state to a user's mobile phone 5 via a mobile phone network 3 connected to the abnormal state recognizing means 2 and capable of transmitting moving images. And a home security box 4.

As the abnormality detection sensor 2a, for example, an infrared sensor conventionally known as a security sensor for detecting the intrusion of a suspicious person from the outside, a method of detecting a rapid temperature change due to a fire as a change in electric resistance, a diaphragm Conventionally known fire detectors using a method of detecting a change in pressure inside a pipe or a method of detecting generation of smoke as a change in transmitted light can be employed.

As the surveillance camera 2b, for example, an image sensor such as a CCD camera or a scanner can be employed in addition to a video camera. It is preferable to use a digital camera as the video camera because an A / D converter does not need to be used in the home security system.

In the case of the home security system 1 of the present embodiment, a mobile telephone network 3 capable of transmitting moving images
For example, NTT DoCoMo's W-CDMA (Code D
A so-called next-generation mobile phone system such as ivided Multiple Access) can be employed.

The home security box 4 applied to the home security system of the present embodiment
A camera control unit connected to the power supply device and the surveillance camera 2b for allowing a user to scan by remote operation from the mobile phone 5, to shoot a close-up image, and to control recording / reproduction of image information; and a surveillance camera 2b, an image signal converter for modulating or encoding the image information obtained, and a message indicating the occurrence of an abnormal condition to be transmitted to the user (for example, “fire has occurred”, “suspicious person has entered”, A message input / output control unit for controlling the input / output of “a gas leak has occurred” and the like;
a, which is connected to the message input / output control unit and the camera control unit, calls the user's mobile phone 5 when an abnormal condition occurs, receives instruction information from the user, transmits a predetermined message, or is photographed by a surveillance camera. It comprises a system control unit for transmitting image data, and a line control unit connected to the camera control unit, image signal conversion unit and system control unit.

The message input / output control section does not need to be provided in the home security box itself according to the present embodiment, and can be connected to, for example, a normal personal computer. By connecting to a personal computer in this manner, there is an advantage that the configuration of the entire system becomes compact, the possibility of occurrence of a failure is reduced, and the cost is reduced.

In the home security system according to the present embodiment configured as described above, when the abnormality detection sensor recognizes an abnormal state, the user's mobile phone 5
And send a message to the user's mobile phone indicating that an abnormal condition has occurred, for example, "a fire has occurred,""a suspicious person has entered a house," or "a gas leak has occurred." In response to an instruction from the user (specifically, an instruction by operating the key of the mobile phone 5), the user who has received the call and the message can use the image display device of the mobile phone to display the status of a fire that has occurred at home, for example, It is possible to grasp the situation such as the situation where the safe was broken.

Embodiment 2 A home security system 1 according to the present embodiment includes an intercom 6 installed at a proper place at the entrance of a house.
A surveillance camera 2b operated by a visitor pressing a push button of the intercom 6 and an electronic lock 7;
Is connected to the interphone 6 and the surveillance camera 2b, and when the push button 6a of the interphone 6 is pressed, the user's mobile phone 5 is called, and the surveillance camera 2b is operated. And a home security box 4 for transmitting the moving image and the voice of the visitor collected by the interphone 6 to the user's mobile phone 5 via the mobile phone network 3 capable of transmitting the voice.

The user can remotely control locking and unlocking of the electronic lock 7 by operating keys on the mobile phone 5.

The home security box 4 employed in the home security system 1 of the present embodiment
Is a power supply, an interphone 6 and a surveillance camera 2
b, which is operated when a visitor presses the push button 6a of the intercom 6, and scans or takes a close-up image by operating (remotely operating) a key of the user's mobile phone 5. A camera control unit for controlling recording / reproduction of image information,
An image signal conversion unit that modulates or encodes image information obtained by the surveillance camera 2b; an audio signal conversion unit that modulates and encodes audio picked up by the interphone 6; A system control unit connected to the camera control unit, which calls the user's mobile phone when the push button 6a of the interphone 6 is pressed by a visitor and transmits image data captured by the surveillance camera 2b; A line controller connected to the camera controller, image signal converter, audio signal converter, and system controller is provided.

[0028]

According to the home security system according to the first aspect of the present invention, an abnormal state recognizing means comprising an abnormal state detecting sensor and a monitoring camera, and a portable device connected to the abnormal state recognizing means and capable of transmitting a moving image. Since it has a home security box for transmitting abnormal conditions to the user's mobile phone via the telephone network,
Low cost, each person can be notified by mobile phone that an abnormal condition has occurred in their own home, regardless of the security company, and can grasp the situation of their own home with the image display device of the mobile phone Home security system can be provided.

According to the home security system according to the third aspect of the present invention, even if there is no person indoors, it is possible to respond to visitors from outside and receive services such as mail delivery, as well as to be able to sleep indoors. Elderly people who are unable to walk, elderly people with physical disabilities, or persons with physical disabilities can check in visitors from beds and wheelchairs, receive mail, and invite nurses to visit for home-visit nursing.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an example of a home security system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an example of a home security system according to another embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing a conventional security system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Home security system 2 Abnormal state detection means 2a Abnormality detection sensor 2b Surveillance camera 3 Cellular phone network 4 Home security box 5 Cellular phone 6 Interphone 7 Electronic lock

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An abnormal state recognizing means, which is provided at a predetermined place in a space including an object desired to be monitored by a user and includes an abnormal state detecting sensor and a monitoring camera, and is connected to the abnormal state recognizing means. And a home security box for transmitting an abnormal state to a user's mobile phone via a mobile phone network capable of transmitting a moving image, wherein the abnormality detection sensor recognizes the abnormal state. A call to the user's mobile phone and a message indicating that an abnormal condition has occurred, and the user receiving the call and the message determines the status of the object to be monitored on the image display device of the mobile phone. Home security system that can be grasped. 2. A power supply device, and a camera control unit connected to the monitoring camera and configured to allow a user to remotely scan from a mobile phone, to shoot a close-up image, and to control recording / reproduction of image information. An image signal conversion unit that modulates or encodes image information obtained by the surveillance camera, a message input / output control unit that controls input / output of a message indicating occurrence of an abnormal condition to be transmitted to a user, It is connected to a sensor and the message input / output control unit and the camera control unit, calls a user's mobile phone when an abnormal condition occurs, receives instruction information from the user, transmits a predetermined message, or is photographed by a monitoring camera. Connected to the camera control unit, the image signal conversion unit, and the system control unit. A home security box comprising a line control unit. 3. An intercom and an electronic lock installed at an appropriate position in a front entrance, a surveillance camera which is operated by a visitor pressing a push button of the interphone, and a push button of the interphone connected to the interphone and the surveillance camera. Is pressed, the user's mobile phone is called, the surveillance camera is activated,
A home security box for transmitting a moving image of the visitor received by the surveillance camera and a voice of the visitor picked up by the interphone to a user's mobile phone via a mobile phone network capable of transmitting the video; A home security system wherein a user can remotely control locking and unlocking of the electronic lock by a mobile phone. 4. A power supply unit, which is connected to an intercom and a surveillance camera, operates when a visitor presses a push button of the interphone, and performs scanning or close-up video by remote control from a user's mobile phone. A camera control unit for controlling recording / reproduction of image information, an image signal conversion unit for modulating and encoding image information obtained by the surveillance camera, and a sound collected by the interphone. An audio signal converter that modulates and encodes audio, and is connected to the intercom and camera controller, which calls the user's mobile phone when the intercom's push button is pressed by a visitor and is captured by the surveillance camera. A system control unit for transmitting image data, a camera control unit, and an image signal conversion unit. A home security box comprising a switching unit, an audio signal conversion unit, and a line control unit connected to the system control unit.