JP2004304553A - Condominium intercom system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To ring a coming-home tone from a speaker of a living room master unit and to display a coming-home monitor button to a monitor with touch panel in the living room master unit for a specified period of time when a resident is identified by a resident identification part. <P>SOLUTION: The system is constituted by a condominium entrance unit 1 with a camera which has a camera 11 provided at an entrance of the condominium, living room master units 3a and 3b provided to the living room and having a monitor 34 with touch panel, and a control unit 7 for controlling the condominium entrance unit with the camera and the living room master units. Then, the condominium entrance unit with the camera juxtaposes or incorporates a resident identification part 12 for identifying the residents of the condominium. The living room master unit is equipped with a coming-home tone memory for ringing the preset coming-home tone from a speaker 32 when the resident is identified by the resident identification part; and an image memory for displaying the coming-home monitor button, which can be monitored for a specified period of time from when the resident is identified by the resident identification part and is for activating the camera of the condominium entrance unit with the camera, to the monitor 34 with touch panel. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a multi-family intercom system, and more particularly to a multi-family intercom system capable of monitoring the appearance of the entrance of a multi-family house and the surroundings of a room when a resident returns home.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, as a multi-family intercom system of this kind, a multi-family intercom system having a configuration in which a personal identification device is installed at the entrance of a multi-family house and a home information panel is installed in each dwelling unit, The sound corresponding to each of the resident of the dwelling unit is set in advance, and the personal identification device transmits personal information to the housing information panel of the dwelling unit when identifying the resident of any dwelling unit. In the housing information panel, there is known a collective housing intercom system configured to output a sound set according to the resident when the personal information is received (for example, see Patent Document 1).
[0003]
According to the multi-family intercom system having such a configuration, the resident who has returned home from the outside can perform the identification operation using the personal identification device, and can notify the resident in the dwelling unit that he has returned home. This eliminates the need to wait for the resident in the dwelling unit to respond, and furthermore, the resident in the dwelling unit can use the sound output without having to talk on the house information panel or check the image displayed on the monitor. The person who returned home can be specified.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1] JP-A-2002-16714 (paragraph numbers "0022" to "0052", FIGS. 1 to 4)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the multi-dwelling intercom system having such a configuration, if the resident in the dwelling unit automatically opens the door with the electric lock without checking the image displayed on the monitor, a suspicious person may enter. Therefore, there is a concern that a security problem may occur.
[0006]
On the other hand, even if the resident in the dwelling unit confirms the image projected on the monitor, in the conventional room parent device, since the monitor button is in the lower layer of the touch panel, for example, first, a menu screen is displayed, and then, A three-stage touch operation of displaying a display unit capable of executing the intercom function and displaying a display unit of a monitor button is required, so that monitoring cannot be performed quickly, and operation of a touch panel is troublesome. There was a drawback.
[0007]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve such a problem of the multi-unit intercom system. When a resident is identified by a resident identification unit, a sound of returning from the speaker of the parent unit of the room is sounded. It is another object of the present invention to provide an apartment intercom system capable of displaying a monitor button for returning home on a monitor with a touch panel of a parent room unit for a predetermined time.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a multi-family intercom system of the present invention includes a camera-equipped entrance hall having a camera provided at the entrance of an apartment, a living room main unit having a monitor with a touch panel provided in a living room, and a camera-equipped room. A control device for controlling the collective entrance device and the parent device of the living room, the collective entrance device with camera has or incorporates a resident identification unit for identifying a resident of the collective housing. A return sound memory for sounding a preset return sound from a speaker when identified by the resident identification unit; a collective entrance with a camera capable of monitoring for a predetermined time from when the resident is identified by the resident identification unit; And an image memory for displaying a monitor button for returning home for activating the camera of the machine on a monitor with a touch panel.
[0009]
Further, the multi-family intercom system of the present invention includes a camera-equipped entrance hall having a camera provided at the entrance of an apartment, a living-room parent having a touch panel-equipped monitor provided in a living room, a camera-equipped apartment and a living room parent. And a control device for controlling the machine, the collective entrance device with a camera is provided with or built in a resident identification unit for identifying a resident of the collective housing, and the control device is provided at an entrance of the collective housing. The monitoring camera provided is connected, the living room master unit, a return sound memory for sounding a preset return sound from a speaker when identified by the resident identification unit, and a resident identified by the resident identification unit. Image monitor for displaying a monitor button for returning to home to start the surveillance camera for a predetermined time from when To have.
[0010]
In addition, the multi-family intercom system of the present invention comprises a camera-equipped collective entrance machine having a camera provided at the entrance of an apartment complex, a living room main unit having a monitor with a touch panel provided in the living room, and a living room entrance provided at the entrance of the living room. A camera-equipped entrance device having a camera, and a control device for controlling a camera-equipped entrance device and a living room parent device, wherein the camera-equipped entrance device is a resident for identifying a resident of an apartment house. An identification unit is added or built in, the living room master unit has a return sound memory for sounding a preset return sound from a speaker when identified by the resident identification unit, and a resident is identified by the resident identification unit. To display a monitor button for returning to the home screen for starting the entrance camera of the room with a camera with a camera on the touch panel monitor. And an image memory.
[0011]
In addition, a door with an electric lock that is unlocked when a resident is identified by the resident identification unit is connected to the control device in the multi-dwelling intercom system of the present invention.
[0012]
According to the multi-family intercom system of the present invention, when the resident is identified by the resident identification unit, the sound of returning home is sounded from the speaker of the parent room unit and the monitor for touching the home unit is returned to the monitor with a touch panel of the parent room unit. Since the monitor button can be displayed for a predetermined time, a family member in the living room can quickly operate any one of the collective entrance camera, the surveillance camera and the room entrance camera by touching the monitor button for returning home. In addition, it can be easily activated, and as a result, it is possible to quickly monitor the state around the entrance of the apartment house and the entrance to the living room. Further, when the occupant is identified by the occupant identification section, the door with the electric lock can be unlocked, so that a suspicious person can be prevented from entering.
[0013]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the apartment house intercom system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Here, FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an apartment intercom system according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a living room master unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 shows an enlarged view of a living room parent device in an example.
[0014]
In FIG. 1, a multi-family intercom system of the present invention includes a camera-equipped collective entrance device 1 and a surveillance camera 2 installed at the entrance of an apartment complex, and living room master units 3a, 3b installed in each dwelling unit of the apartment complex. , A camera-equipped entrance slave unit 4a, 4b installed at the entrance of a dwelling unit, a management room base unit 5 installed in a management room, and a door with an electric lock installed at the entrance of an apartment house. And a control device 7 for controlling the main unit with camera 1, the surveillance camera 2, the main units 3a, 3b,... Here, the control device 7 performs the third transmission to the collective front door with camera 1 via the first transmission line L1 and to the plurality of living room main units 3a, 3b,... Via the second transmission line L2. Each of the parent devices 3a is connected to the control room master device 5 via the path L3, to the door 6 with the electric lock via the fourth transmission line L4, and to the monitoring camera 2 via the fifth transmission line L5. , 3b,... Are connected to the corresponding entrance devices with cameras 4a, 4b,. Each of the first to sixth transmission lines L1 to L6 is constituted by a pair of lines including a communication signal transmission line and a video signal transmission line.
[0015]
The collective entrance device with camera 1 includes a camera (hereinafter, referred to as “collective entrance device camera”) 11, a resident identification unit 12, a call operation unit 13, a microphone (hereinafter, “collective entrance device microphone”) 14, and a speaker (hereinafter, referred to as “collective entrance device microphone”). ., And each of the camera-equipped entrance slave units 4a, 4b,... Has the same configuration, and has a camera (hereinafter, referred to as an "room entrance camera") 41. , (Hereinafter, “room entrance microphone”) 42 and a speaker (hereinafter, “room entrance speaker”) 43.
[0016]
Each of the main units 3a, 3b,... Has the same configuration, and as shown in FIG. 2, a communication circuit 31 for making a call with the camera-equipped collective entrance device 1 and a speaker (hereinafter referred to as a "main unit speaker"). ) 32 and a microphone (hereinafter referred to as “base unit microphone”) 33, a touch panel 34 a and a monitor 34 b (hereinafter referred to as “monitor with touch panel 34”) for setting an intercom function and operating the intercom function, and a touch panel. A video signal demodulation circuit 36 for demodulating an image to be displayed on the attached monitor 34; a data transmission / reception circuit 37 for receiving a call signal and transmitting a camera activation signal; 2, or a monitor button 35a for returning to home (see FIG. 3) for activating the room entrance camera 41 is displayed on the monitor 34 with a touch panel. From the image memory 38, the timer 39 for measuring the time 35b (see FIG. 3) for displaying the monitor button for returning home 35a for a predetermined time (see FIG. 3), and the speaker 32 when identified by the resident identification unit 12. A return sound memory 50 for sounding a preset return sound, a CPU 51 for controlling each unit (circuit) of the living room base units 3a, 3b,..., And an interface (hereinafter referred to as “IF”) 52. Have. Here, the CPU 51 is connected to the communication circuit 31, the touch panel 34a, the monitor 34b, the video signal demodulation circuit 36, the data transmission / reception circuit 37, the image memory 38, the timer 39, and the return sound memory 50. 32 and a parent device microphone 33, and a video signal demodulation circuit 36 are connected to a monitor 34b. The IF 52 is connected to the communication circuit 31, the video signal demodulation circuit 36, the data transmission / reception circuit 37, and the second and sixth transmission lines L2 and L6.
[0017]
Next, the operation of the multi-unit intercom system configured as described above will be described. It is to be noted that the call function (collective entrance apparatus microphone 14 and collective entrance apparatus speaker 15) of the collective entrance apparatus with camera 1 and the call function (parent apparatus speaker 32 and parent apparatus microphone 33) of the living room parent apparatuses 3a, 3b,. Between the first transmission line L1, the control device 7, and the second transmission line L2, a communication path is formed, and a visitor is connected to the inside of the dwelling unit by the call operation unit 13 of the camera-equipped collective entrance machine 1. The point that the resident responds to this, the resident responds, confirms the visitor, and operates the unlock button (not shown) to unlock the door 6 with the electric lock is a conventional multi-unit intercom system. Since the operation is the same as that described above, a detailed description thereof will be omitted, and the following description will focus on the operation of sounding a return sound and displaying a monitor button for returning home on a monitor with a touch panel.
[0018]
First, the resident of each room carries a resident identification card (not shown) in which resident information such as an ID number is stored.
[0019]
Now, a resident of a certain room, for example, a resident (hereinafter, referred to as a "first living room") of a living room (hereinafter, referred to as a "first living room") related to a living room main device 3a (hereinafter, referred to as a "first living room main device 3a"). When the resident identification card carried by the first resident is brought close to the resident identification unit 12, the resident information of the first resident is read by the resident identification unit 12. Then, the resident information is transferred to the control device 7 via the first transmission line L1.
[0020]
When such resident information is detected by the control device 7, the control of the control device 7 refers to a room number table (not shown) built in the control device 7, and the first occupant can determine which room It is determined whether the room corresponds to the room number of the master unit 3a, 3b,... In this embodiment, the first resident corresponds to the room number of the first living room.
[0021]
When the room number of the first living room is determined from the room number table in this manner, the control device 7 unlocks the signal indicating that the first resident has returned home (hereinafter, referred to as a “home return signal”). A control signal is output, and the former return signal is the data of the second transmission line L2, the IF (hereinafter referred to as “first IF”) 52 of the first living room parent device 3a, and the data of the first living room parent device 3a. The signal is transmitted to a CPU (hereinafter, referred to as “first CPU”) 51 of the first living room parent device 3a via a transmission / reception circuit (hereinafter, referred to as “first data transmission / reception circuit”) 37, and the latter unlock control signal. Is transmitted to the door 6 with the electric lock via the fourth transmission line L4.
[0022]
When the first return signal is detected by the first CPU 51, the first CPU 51 controls the return sound memory (hereinafter, referred to as “first return sound memory”) 50 of the first living room parent device 3 a. The return sound is read out, and the return sound is transmitted to the speaker (hereinafter, referred to as “first communication circuit”) of the first living room master device 3a via the communication circuit (hereinafter, referred to as “first communication circuit”) 31 of the first living room master device 3a. 1) 32), and the first speaker 32 emits a return sound different from the normal ringing sound. Thereby, a family member (hereinafter, referred to as a “second resident”) in the first living room can confirm that the first resident has returned home by using the return sound.
[0023]
At the same time, under the control of the first CPU 51, the home monitor button 35a (see FIG. 3) from the image memory (hereinafter, referred to as "first image memory") 38 of the first living room parent device 3a. The image is read, and the image is transmitted to a monitor with a touch panel (hereinafter, referred to as a "monitor with a first touch panel") 34 of the first living room parent device 3a, thereby returning home to the first monitor with a touch panel 34a. The hour monitor button 35a is displayed. Here, the timer 39 measures the time during which the monitor button for returning home 35a is effectively displayed on the first monitor with a touch panel 34, and the monitor button for returning home even after a predetermined time (about 20 to 30 seconds) elapses. When the touch operation is not performed on 35a, the image is erased and the screen returns to the standby state.
[0024]
When the second resident touches the return-to-home monitor button 35a, for example, once, under the control of the first CPU 51, the first CPU 51 sends a camera activation signal (hereinafter referred to as a "collection entrance device camera activation signal"). ) Is output, and the camera start signal of the collective entrance machine is transmitted via the first data transmission / reception circuit 37, the first IF 52, the second transmission line L2, the control device 7, and the first transmission line L1. Transmitted to the device 1.
[0025]
As a result, the collective entrance camera 11 is activated, and the collective entrance camera 11 captures an image of the area around the first resident and the entrance. Then, the captured video signal is supplied to the first transmission line L1, the control device 7, the second transmission line L2, the first IF 52, and the video signal demodulation circuit (hereinafter, referred to as “first This is transmitted to the first monitor with a touch panel 34 via a video signal demodulation circuit 36). As a result, an image around the first resident and the entrance is displayed on the first monitor with a touch panel 34.
[0026]
Next, when the second resident touches the monitor button for returning home 35a, for example, twice consecutively, under the control of the first CPU 51, a camera activation signal (hereinafter referred to as a “room entrance camera activation signal”) is transmitted from the first CPU 51. ) Is output, and the room entrance camera activation signal is supplied to the first room parent device 3a via the first data transmission / reception circuit 37, the first IF 52, and the sixth transmission line L6. It is transmitted to the entrance slave (hereinafter, referred to as “first entrance camera with room camera”) 4a.
[0027]
As a result, the living room entrance camera 41a of the first living room camera-equipped entrance terminal is activated, and the living room entrance camera 41a captures an image around the living room. Then, the captured video signal is transmitted to the first monitor with touch panel 34 via the sixth transmission line L6, the first IF 52, and the first video signal demodulation circuit 36. As a result, an image around the room entrance is displayed on the first touch panel monitor.
[0028]
Subsequently, when the second resident touches the return-to-home monitor button 35a, for example, three times in succession, a camera start signal (hereinafter referred to as a “monitoring camera start signal”) from the first CPU 51 under the control of the first CPU 51. Is output to the monitoring camera 2 via the first data transmission / reception circuit 37, the first IF 52, the second transmission path L2, the control device 7, and the fifth transmission path L5. Transmitted.
[0029]
Thereby, the surveillance camera 2 is activated, and the surveillance camera 2 captures an image around the entrance. The captured video signal is supplied to the first monitor with touch panel 34 via the fifth transmission path L5, the control device 7, the second transmission path L2, the first IF 52, and the first video signal demodulation circuit 36. Transmitted to As a result, an image around the entrance is displayed on the first monitor with a touch panel 34.
[0030]
In the above-described embodiment, the switching operation is switched to any one of the collective entrance device with camera 1, the entrance devices with camera 4a, 4b,... And the surveillance camera by repeating the touch operation of the monitor button for returning home 35a. Alternatively, the monitor for returning home 35a for activating the entrance hall camera 11, the living room entrance camera 41, and the monitoring camera 2 may be divided and displayed simultaneously on the monitor 34 with a touch panel. Further, in the above-described embodiment, the resident is identified using the resident identification card. However, the resident's fingerprint may be collated by the resident identification unit including a fingerprint reader or the like. The resident identification unit may not be built into the camera-equipped collective entrance device, and the camera-equipped collective entrance device and the occupant identification unit may be configured separately. In addition, the number of living room master units is not limited to two. The number of multi-family intercom systems may be increased or decreased according to the scale.
[0031]
【The invention's effect】
As is apparent from the above description, according to the multi-family intercom system of the present invention, when the occupant is identified by the occupant identification unit, the sound of returning home is sounded from the speaker of the parent room, and the parent room is sounded. The home monitor button can be displayed on the monitor with the touch panel of the machine for a predetermined period of time, so the family members in the living room can touch the monitor button for returning home to operate the collective entrance camera, surveillance camera and Any one of the cameras can be activated quickly and easily, and thus the situation around the entrance of the apartment house or the entrance to the living room can be quickly monitored. Further, when the occupant is identified by the occupant identification unit, the door with the electric lock can be unlocked, so that a suspicious person can be prevented from entering.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram of an apartment house intercom system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a parent room in the multi-dwelling intercom system of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a parent device of a living room in an intercom system for a multiple dwelling house according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 ... collective entrance machine with camera 11 ... camera (collective entrance machine camera)
12 ... resident identification unit 2 ... surveillance cameras 3a, 3b ... living room master unit 32 ... speaker (master unit speaker)
34: monitor with touch panel 35a: monitor button for returning home 38: image memory 50: return sound memory 4a, 4b: entrance terminal with camera 41: living room entrance camera 6.・ Electric lock door 7 ・ ・ ・ Control device

Claims (4)

An entrance hall with camera (1) having a camera (11) provided at the entrance of an apartment complex, a parent room (3a, 3b,...) Having a monitor (34) with a touch panel provided in the living room, and the camera And a control device (7) for controlling the main entrance device and the living room parent device,
The camera-equipped collective entrance machine includes or incorporates a resident identification unit (12) for identifying a resident of the apartment house,
The living room master unit includes a return sound memory (50) for sounding a preset return sound from the speaker (32) when identified by the resident identification unit, and the resident identification unit An image memory (38) for displaying a monitor button for returning home (35a) for activating the camera of the collective entrance door with camera (35a) on the monitor with the touch panel, which can be monitored for a predetermined time from the time of identification. Apartment intercom system. An entrance hall with camera (1) having a camera (11) provided at the entrance of an apartment complex, a parent room (3a, 3b,...) Having a monitor (34) with a touch panel provided in the living room, and the camera And a control device (7) for controlling the main entrance device and the living room parent device,
The camera-equipped collective entrance machine includes or incorporates a resident identification unit (12) for identifying a resident of the apartment house,
A surveillance camera (2) provided at the entrance of the apartment house is connected to the control device,
The living room master unit includes a return sound memory (50) for sounding a preset return sound from the speaker (32) when identified by the resident identification unit, and the resident identification unit An image memory (38) for displaying a monitor button for returning home (35a) for activating the surveillance camera for a predetermined time from the time of identification and for displaying the monitor button with a touch panel on the monitor with a touch panel. Apartment intercom system. An entrance hall with camera (1) having a camera (11) provided at the entrance of the apartment complex, a parent room (3a, 3b,...) Having a monitor (34) with a touch panel provided in the living room; A camera-equipped front entrance device (4a, 4b,...) Having a living room entrance camera (41) provided at the entrance, and a control device (7) for controlling the camera-equipped entrance entrance device and the living room parent device. And
The camera-equipped collective entrance machine includes or incorporates a resident identification unit (12) for identifying a resident of the apartment house,
The living room master unit includes a return sound memory (50) for sounding a preset return sound from the speaker (32) when identified by the resident identification unit, and the resident identification unit An image memory (38) for displaying a monitor button for returning home (35a) for starting the living room entrance camera of the entrance device with camera on the monitor with touch panel, which can be monitored for a predetermined time from the time of identification, and A multi-family housing intercom system characterized by comprising: 4. The control device is connected to a door with an electric lock that is unlocked when the resident is identified by the resident identification unit. 5. Apartment intercom system described in the section.

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