JP2003092635A - Visitor identification system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To confirm visitors voice/video image with a minimized wiring work. SOLUTION: An entrance door 11 used in common is provided with a call speech device 12, a supervisory camera 14 for photographing a video image of a visitor and a means 15 for converting the video signal of the visitor into a free channel frequency. When the visitor uses the call speech device to transmit a call signal, a controller 2 distributes the call signal to a visiting resident home, and a voice transmitter-receiver 31 of the visiting resident home outputs the call signal. The video signal of the supervisory camera is superimposed on a television broadcast signal received a community reception antenna 41, and a distributor 43 distributes the signal to each resident's house, the reception of the camera video signal is not allowed to the receiver of each resident house, the reception is permitted for only the visiting resident home receiving the call signal from the call speech device 12 and a receiver 32 displays the video signal, then only the visiting resident home can make voice communication while viewing the video image of the visitor.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a visitor identification system for identifying a visitor who visits a resident living in a condominium such as an apartment.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In apartment houses and other common houses (hereinafter collectively referred to as condominiums), as part of crime prevention measures, unspecified people from the outside are prevented from entering, so they are not opened carelessly at the entrance to shared use. In many cases, a mechanism door is installed and an intercom is installed to obtain permission from the resident.

Therefore, in order for a visitor to enter the condominium, unless the visiting resident confirms the visitor after opening his / her name from the intercom and opening the front door under remote control. , The system cannot be put inside.

However, in recent condominiums, a crime prevention device having an intercom and a television camera integrated is often installed at the entrance. Since this system allows the resident to easily confirm the visitor with audio and video, it has a great deal of relief to the condominium resident, and is more secure than the conventional intercom system. In terms of aspect, it is extremely superior.

[0005]

Therefore, considering the above security aspects, it is a fact that many condominium residents request to replace an intercom-only system with a system using an intercom and a TV camera. is there.

However, in order to replace the system with the intercom / television camera, it is necessary to replace or increase the crime prevention equipment, or to replace or increase the indoor wiring of the condominium, which requires a large-scale wiring work. Due to the enormous cost, condominiums already built have no choice but to rely on the existing system.

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and provides a visitor identification system capable of confirming a visitor by voice and video for each resident of each condominium with a minimum of equipment and wiring work. The purpose is to provide.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a visitor identification system capable of monitoring the situation of visitors of a facility shared by condominium residents by using a minimum of equipment and wiring work.

[0009]

[Means for Solving the Problems] (1) In order to solve the above problems, a signal reception system for distributing signals of respective channels received by a common reception antenna to a receiver of each residence of an apartment house is provided. The visitor identification system according to the present invention is
A surveillance camera is installed to capture the images of the visitors who visit the entrance shared by the residents of the common housing, and the video signal from this surveillance camera is converted into an empty channel frequency of the receiver and received by the joint reception antenna. Superimposed on the signal,
It is configured to be distributed to the receivers of the residences of each apartment house.

With the above-mentioned configuration, the present invention superimposes the video signal of the surveillance camera for photographing the image of the visitor on the signal received by the common reception antenna commonly used in the apartment such as an apartment house. Since the configuration is used, the wiring of the signal receiving system for television broadcasting that has already been laid is used as it is, so that it is possible to watch the image of the visitor with almost no wiring work.

In addition to the above configuration, the reception of an image signal of an empty channel frequency of the receiver is not permitted at all times, and the intercom installed in each of the apartment house residents' houses is provided with an intercom from the visitor. If a channel use permission device that permits the reception of video signals of idle channel frequencies when a call is made is installed on the input side of the image receiver of each apartment house residence, wiring work is hardly required as described above. It is possible to project the image of the visitor only on the house of the resident who lives in each apartment.

(2) The visitor identification system according to the present invention stands in the vicinity of the entrance door, which is a call communication device for making a call call to the house of the visited resident by the visitor at the entrance door shared by the residents of the apartment house. An entrance facility equipped with a surveillance camera that captures the image of the visitor and a means for converting the image signal of the visitor captured by this surveillance camera into a free channel frequency, and the resident at the destination based on the call signal from the call communication device. The distribution control means for controlling distribution to homes, a signal reception system for superimposing and distributing a camera video signal converted into an empty channel frequency on a signal of each channel received by the joint reception antenna, and the call communication device are described above. The voice transmitter / receiver for performing voice communication including the call signal distributed by the control means and the vacant channel in the image receiver of the house of each common residence at all times. A channel use permission device that does not permit reception of a video signal of a channel frequency, uses a call signal received by a voice transmission / reception device as a trigger, and projects a video signal of an empty channel frequency on a receiver of the visited resident's house. It is a structure equipped with housing facilities for residents of an apartment house.

With the above-described structure, the present invention superimposes the video signal of the surveillance camera for photographing the image of the visitor on the signal reception system for television broadcasting of the joint reception antenna of the apartment or the like which has already been used. By doing so, it is possible to see the video of the visitor, and further, when the visitor calls the house of the visited resident through the calling telephone device,
The distribution control means identifies the calling signal and distributes it to the house of the visiting resident, and also activates the channel use permission device to display the image of the visitor on the receiver of the house of the visiting resident, which is relatively easy. By wiring work, it becomes possible to perform voice communication while watching the image of the visitors.

(3) The visitor identification system according to the present invention has the above-described structure, and newly has a video image of a visitor who enters in the vicinity of various facilities such as a parking lot and a park shared by residents of an apartment house. Monitoring camera for facility, means for converting the video signal captured by the monitoring camera for facility to an empty channel frequency, and the video signal of the monitoring camera for facility and the entrance monitoring camera converted by these converting means Means for selectively extracting any one or two or more of the image signals of the above and superimposing them on the signal of each channel received by the joint reception antenna, and a channel use permission device on the distribution output side of the signal reception system. Without connecting, the resident of each condominium can communicate with the video and audio of the visitor by installing the image in the control room that displays the video signal from the surveillance camera. Not only is it possible, but it is also possible for managers to easily watch images of visitors visiting the front door and foreigners entering shared use facilities such as parking lots and parks, ensuring security. Is possible.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a system diagram showing an embodiment of a visitor identification system according to the present invention.

This visitor identification system includes a condominium entrance facility 1, a distribution control device 2, and a condominium entrance facility 2, which are commonly used by residents of an apartment such as a condominium (hereinafter collectively referred to as condominiums) to enter and exit the condominium. Residential facilities (visited resident's home) 3 where condominium residents live,
The signal receiving system 4 receives a video signal and the like.

The condominium entrance facility 1 is the entrance door 1 where the residents of the condominium can enter and exit who cannot be opened carelessly by visitors.
1 is installed, and a call communication device 12, such as an intercom, for a visitor 13 to call the visited resident's house 3 is provided on the mounting panel surface of the entrance door 11 or in the vicinity of the entrance door 11.

The calling device 12 comprises an identification data register for inputting the personal identification number and identification number of the visited resident's house 3 when calling the visited resident and an intercom having a voice communication function. In addition to inputting a personal identification number from the identification data register and then inputting a voice signal from an intercom, there is a case where an intercom with a key for data input is used and voice communication is performed after inputting identification data by key operation. .

Further, the condominium entrance facility 1 has a surveillance camera 14 which is attached to the required location above the entrance door 11 so as to face the visitor 13 and which shoots an image of the visitor 13 who operates the call communication device 12. A modulator 15 for converting the video signal 14a captured by the surveillance camera 14 into a video signal 15a having a television reception frequency and retransmitting the signal is provided. The video signal 15a retransmitted for television reception output from the modulator 15 is converted into a frequency of an empty channel (blank band) of television channel frequencies received in the area where the condominium is built. It is a bouncing thing.

The distribution control device 2 includes a calling communication device 12
It has a function of decoding the personal identification number, the identification number, etc. of the visited resident's house 3 input from, and distributing to the visited resident's house 3 to be truly visited based on the decoding result.

The visited resident's house 3 is provided in each resident's house including the visited resident's house 3, and performs voice communication with the visitor 13 via the calling communication device 12 and the distribution control device 2. Intercom 31 with voice transmitting / receiving function
When a monitor television 32 displaying a video signal and a call signal 31a input to the intercom 31 are received,
A channel permission device 33 for permitting the use of free channels of the monitor television 32 is provided.

In the signal receiving system 4, a receiving antenna 41 for television broadcasting commonly used in each house in the condominium is installed at an appropriate place such as a rooftop of the condominium.
A mixer 42 is provided on the reception output side of. The mixer 42 has a function of synthesizing the video signal 15a of the surveillance camera 14 whose frequency is converted by the modulator 15 and the video signal 41a for television broadcasting received by the receiving antenna 41, and is synthesized here. The video signal 42a is sent to the distributor 43 and synthesized by the mixer 42.
A is distributed to each apartment in the condominium.

Next, the operation of the above system will be described.

First, when the visitor 13 stands in front of the entrance door 11 and inputs identification data from the calling communication device 12, the distribution control device 2 decodes the identification data and places it in the resident's home 3 to be visited. Sort.

In this state, when a calling resident is called from the calling communication device 12, after the chime or the like is output from the intercom 31 installed in the resident's home 3,
The name of the visitor is announced and the visitor is called.

At this time, the surveillance camera 14 uses the entrance door 11
An image of the visitor 13 standing in front is captured, and the captured image signal 14a is sent to the television modulator 15. As a result, the television modulator 15 converts the video signal 14a from the surveillance camera 14 into the same channel frequency as an empty channel among the television channels received by the monitor television 32 of the condominium resident, and outputs it as a camera video signal 15a as a mixer. 42 to 42.

The mixer 42 synthesizes the camera video signal 15a converted into the vacant channel frequency with the video signal for television broadcasting received by the receiving antenna 41 of the resident co-located in the apartment, and the distributor 43. Is distributed to each house which is a resident's home through. Therefore, the resident of each house can watch the video signal for television broadcasting or the like received by the receiving antenna 41 by selecting an arbitrary channel. Since the reception of the camera image signal 15a of the channel is not permitted, the state in front of the entrance door cannot be seen on the monitor TV 32.

However, since the intercom 31 of the resident's home 3 that has received a call from the visitor 13 has a call signal, if the signal received by the intercom 31 is sent to the channel permission device 33, the visitor's residence The channel permission device 33 corresponding to the person's house 3 operates, and the monitor television 32 is permitted to receive the vacant channel.

As a result, when an empty channel is permitted by the channel permission device 33, the monitor television 32
In front of the front door, visitors can see the image of the visitor 13 and have made a reservation for the visitor by telephone etc.
It is possible to easily identify whether the visitor is an unscheduled dive visitor.

Upon receiving the calling signal, the channel permitting device 33 gives permission to the vacant channel and forcibly photographs the vacant channel photographed by the surveillance camera 14 regardless of the resident's operation of the channel. It is possible to project the camera video signal 15a of

Therefore, according to the above embodiment, the receiving antenna 4 shared by the residents of the condominium is used.
The surveillance camera 1 that faces the state in front of the entrance door 11 on the line of the signal reception system 4 that distributes the video signals and the like received at 1 to each door
Since the configuration is such that only the video signal of 4 is superimposed, the state of the visitor can be surely observed and the voice of the visitor can be observed only by using the TV cable and the intercom 31 laid in each house of the apartment resident. You can also make calls,
It is possible to improve the security of many occupants without making large-scale wiring.

Further, although the channel permitting device 33 is not normally permitted to watch the video signal of the surveillance camera 14, the intercom 31 of the visited resident's house 3 which receives the call from the visitor receives the visitor call signal. As a result, the channel permitting device 33 permits the use of the vacant channel, so that only the specific visited resident's home 3 can see the visitor, and the privacy of the resident can be protected. Become.

In the above embodiment, an intercom with a key for inputting a number or an identification data register for inputting a personal identification number or an identification number is provided in order for the calling device 12 to distribute the call to a specific visited resident's home 3. However, for example, when the resident data of the condominium is registered in advance and the visitor inputs the name of the resident by voice, the registered resident data is referred to based on the data obtained by the conventionally known voice recognition function. However, if the data for identifying the resident to be visited is generated, the sorting control device 2 can sort each house.

Further, if the distribution control device 2 which uses the conventionally known voice recognition function only in advance when registering the apartment resident data and making the first call is provided, the call communication device 12 using only the intercom generally used is used. It is possible to specify the required visited resident's home 3 and make a voice call with the visited resident.

Further, when the intercom 31 of the visited resident's house 3 has a high-definition television display section, the intercom 31 is configured to display on the television display section of the intercom 31 instead of the general monitor television 32. Good. Such a system can express a sense of unity between the visitor's voice and video, and realize a smooth voice call.

Further, the present system does not always observe the state in the vicinity of the entrance door 11 of the condominium.
As shown in, it is also possible to monitor an outpatient entering a parking lot shared by condominiums or a park surrounded by condominiums, such as a courtyard.

Specifically, surveillance cameras 53a and 53b, which are installed in the parking lot area 51 and the park area 52, for photographing the image of an alien who enters each of the areas 51 and 52, and the images from these surveillance cameras 53a and 53b. Modulators 54a, 54 for converting the signal into a video signal having an empty channel frequency
b, and a signal selection device 5 such as a multiplexer that selectively outputs the output video signals of the modulators 15, 54a, and 54b at a predetermined cycle or a predetermined cycle after a certain time elapses.
5 is provided, and the video signal selected by the signal selection device 55 is supplied to the mixer 42.

Further, in this system, the distributor 4
3 is connected to a monitor television 57 installed in a manager room 56 in which a guard or a manager is stationed without a channel permitting device 33, and 53a including a surveillance camera 14,
If the video signal from 53b is displayed on the monitor TV 57, the situation of the parking lot or park can be monitored without requiring particularly complicated wiring work.

The invention of the present application is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be carried out without departing from the scope of the invention. Further, the respective embodiments can be implemented in combination as much as possible, and in that case, the effect of the combination can be obtained. Furthermore, each of the above-described embodiments includes various inventions of higher and lower stages,
Various inventions can be extracted by appropriately combining a plurality of disclosed constituent elements. For example, when the invention is extracted by omitting some of the constituent elements from all the constituent elements described in the means for solving the problem, the omitted part when implementing the extracted invention. Are appropriately supplemented by well-known techniques.

[0041]

As described above, according to the present invention, with a minimum of equipment and wiring work, the entrance door is opened while checking the voice and video of the visitor who visits each condominium resident, and an appropriate visit is made. It is possible to provide a visitor identification system that allows people to enter inside an apartment.

Further, it is possible to provide the visitor identification system which can effectively use the existing shared television receiving system and can secure the security of the entire residents of each condominium with almost no new wiring.

Furthermore, it is possible to provide a security system which can effectively use not only residents of condominiums but also the existing common TV reception system to realize multi-purpose monitoring.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an embodiment of a visitor identification system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a system configuration diagram showing another embodiment of the visitor identification system according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1… Condominium entrance facility 2 ... Distribution control device 3 ... Visited resident's house 4 ... Signal receiving system 11 ... Entrance door 12 ... paging intercom 13 ... Visitors 14 ... Surveillance camera 15 ... Modulator for free channel frequency conversion 31 ... Intercom 32 ... Monitor TV 33 ... Channel permission device 41 ... Joint reception antenna 42 ... mixer 43 ... Distributor 53a, 53b ... Surveillance cameras 54a, 54b ... Modulator 55 ... Signal selection device 56 ... Manager's room

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A system provided with a signal receiving system for distributing a signal of each channel received by a shared reception antenna to a receiver of each residence of an apartment house, wherein a visitor commonly used by said residents of the apartment house is visited. Install a surveillance camera that captures the image of the visitor, convert the video signal of this surveillance camera to a free channel frequency of the receiver, superimpose it on the signal received by the shared reception antenna, and A visitor identification system characterized in that it can be distributed to the receivers of residents' houses. 2. The visitor identification system according to claim 1, wherein the input side of the receiver of each residence of the apartment house does not always permit reception of a video signal of an idle channel frequency of the receiver. The visitor identification is characterized in that a channel use permitting device is provided for permitting reception of a video signal of an empty channel frequency when the intercom installed in each residence of the apartment house is called by the visitor. system. 3. A paging call device for making a paging call to the residence of the visited resident by a visitor at an entrance door shared by residents of an apartment house, and a surveillance camera for taking an image of a visitor standing near the entrance door. And the entrance facility provided with means for converting the video signal of the visitor captured by the surveillance camera into an idle channel frequency, and the distribution control to the residence of the visited resident based on the call signal from the call communication device. The distribution control means, a signal reception system for superimposing and distributing the camera video signal converted to the empty channel frequency on the signal of each channel received by the common reception antenna, and the control means between the call communication device. A voice transmitting / receiving device for performing voice communication including the assigned call signal, and a video signal of the idle channel frequency to a receiver of each residence of a common residence at all times Each housing complex provided with a channel use permission device that does not allow the reception of the above, but uses the call signal received by the voice transmission / reception device as a trigger and projects a video signal of an empty channel frequency on the receiver of the visited resident's house. A visitor identification system, which is equipped with resident home equipment. 4. The visitor identification system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein a visitor who enters in the vicinity of various facilities such as a parking lot and a park shared by the residents of an apartment house is used. A facility surveillance camera that captures video, a means for converting the video signal captured by the facility surveillance camera into an empty channel frequency, a video signal of the facility surveillance camera converted by these conversion means, and the entrance surveillance Means for selectively extracting any one or two or more of the video signals of the camera and superimposing them on the signals of the respective channels received by the joint reception antenna, and the channel output permission to the distribution output side of the signal reception system. A visitor identification system, which is connected without a device and is provided with a receiver of a management room home for displaying a video signal from the surveillance camera. 5. The visitor identification system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the calling device is an intercom with a data input key for inputting data for identifying the residence of the apartment house. Visitor identification system characterized by. 6. The visitor identification system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the calling communication device is an identification device for inputting an intercom that performs voice communication and a personal identification number or identification number of a resident's home. A visitor identification system characterized by comprising a data register. 7. The visitor identification system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the audio transmitter / receiver is provided with a display unit capable of displaying a television broadcast signal, and the display unit is provided in place of the receiver. A visitor identification system characterized by displaying a video signal from a surveillance camera.