JP2005303523A - Vehicle monitor system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a vehicle monitor system which monitors the health conditions of passengers and drivers, informs the managing center of the congesting conditions of vehicles having fixed running routes, especially, highway buses on a road, especially, the congesting traffic conditions due to a trouble, thereby serving for the traffic service management. <P>SOLUTION: The vehicle monitor system mounted on a highway bus 1 has an imaging means composed of a driver's seat camera 3, a road camera 4, a door camera 5 and a seat camera 6. Each camera of the imaging means is capable of taking an IR image by invisible IR rays emitted from a plurality of IR boards 7 as IR radiating means disposed on the ceiling of the bus when a specified darkness is reached, and these cameras in the imaging means are connected to their respective recording means 8 for recording at least image information. It further comprises a communication means 9 for transferring the image information to a control unit in a remote managing center; and vehicle-mounted control means 10 for respectively controlling the imaging means 3-7, the recording means 8, and the communication means 9. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a vehicle monitoring system that manages operation by monitoring the inside and outside of a vehicle.

Among such monitoring systems, there is a system that prevents crimes in taxis. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)
JP 2003-153244 A

  The surveillance system described in this patent document 1 is a camera in which a taxi driver presses a rent button, and a shooting camera linked with the driver's operation takes a picture of a passenger (user). It was something to do.

However, the present invention is not merely intended for crime prevention by passengers, but monitors the physical condition of passengers and drivers, and the traffic congestion of buses, particularly highway buses, where the operation route is determined, The purpose is to obtain a vehicle monitoring system that can notify the management center of traffic jams caused by accidents and use it for operation management.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a vehicle monitoring system that manages the safe driving compliance status of vehicle drivers and enables effective safety measures against the prevention of incidents and accidents caused by recent drunk driving.

In order to achieve this object, the vehicle monitoring system of the present invention provides:
An imaging means comprising a driver's seat camera that images the driver's seat of the vehicle, at least one road camera that images at least the road ahead of the vehicle, a door camera that images the entrance / exit, and at least one seat camera that images the passenger seat; ,
Recording means connected to each camera of the imaging means and recording at least image information from these cameras,
Communication means for transferring at least real-time and / or recorded image information to a control device of a remote management center by remote control or direct control and receiving a control signal from the control device of the management center;
Vehicle-mounted control means for controlling the imaging means, recording means, and communication means,
The control device of the management center includes receiving means for receiving information transferred from each vehicle, and display means for outputting at least image information from each camera and map information for displaying the current position of the vehicle among the received information. And management control means for remotely operating the in-vehicle control means of each vehicle.

  According to the vehicle monitoring system of the present invention, the management center not only monitors the presence or absence of a passenger's crime through a door camera and a seat camera, but also monitors a passenger whose physical condition has changed suddenly or takes a picture of a driver's seat Monitor the driver's driving condition (physical condition), such as whether the driver is drowsy or not drunk driving through the seat camera, and monitor the road condition through the road camera, It can be used for operation management.

  In a preferred embodiment of the vehicle monitoring system of the present invention, a microphone means for collecting the sound inside the vehicle is further provided, and the recording means can record the collected sound information so as to be synchronized with the image information. And

  In another preferred embodiment of the vehicle monitoring system of the present invention, the imaging means can perform night vision imaging with invisible infrared rays generated from the infrared radiation means when the predetermined darkness is reached.

  In still another preferred embodiment of the vehicle monitoring system of the present invention, the recording means compresses information so that it can be recorded. Moreover, the said vehicle-mounted control means shall operate | move by the control signal from the control apparatus of the said management center.

  Next, preferred embodiments of the vehicle monitoring system of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1A shows a high-speed bus 1 equipped with a vehicle monitoring system according to the present invention. The high-speed bus 1 includes a driver camera 3 installed above the entrance / exit 2 so as to photograph the driver's seat of the bus, a road camera 4 installed below the windshield so as to photograph at least the road ahead of the bus, It has an imaging means comprising a door camera 5 installed above the driver's seat so as to photograph the entrance / exit and at least one seat camera 6 installed above the windshield so as to photograph the passenger seat.

  It is assumed that each camera of the imaging means can perform night vision imaging with invisible infrared rays generated from an infrared board 7 as a plurality of infrared radiation means arranged on the ceiling of the bus when it becomes a predetermined darkness. In another embodiment of the present invention, an infrared radiation source array in which a plurality of infrared radiation sources are arranged around an imaging lens, an external light sensor, and an infrared radiation source when the amount of external light becomes a predetermined amount or less. A night-vision imaging camera according to the present invention provided with a control means for generating infrared rays from is used.

  Each camera of the imaging means is connected to recording means for recording at least image information from these cameras, for example, hard disk device 8 (see FIG. 1B). Preferably, microphone means for collecting the sound inside the bus is provided, and recording means, for example, the hard disk device 8 can record the collected sound information so that it can be synchronized with the image information, and the information is compressed. To enable recording.

  The vehicle monitoring system of the present invention further transfers at least real-time and / or recorded image information to a control device of a remote management center by remote control or direct control, as shown in FIG. Communication means for receiving a control signal from the control device of the management center, for example, a router 9, imaging means 3 to 7, recording means 8, and in-vehicle control means 10 for controlling the communication means 9 are provided. Anti-vibration measures are taken for the housing 11 that accommodates the recording means 8, the communication means 9, the vehicle-mounted control means 10, and the like, and is disposed around the driver's seat or in the space after the rearmost seat, for example.

  In a preferred embodiment, the vehicle-mounted control means 10 is operated by a control signal from the control device of the management center. The communication means can use various communication networks.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the control device of the management center C displays receiving means 12 that receives information transferred from each bus B, and displays at least image information from each camera and the current position of the bus among the received information. The display means 13 for outputting map information and the like, the management control means 14 for remotely operating the in-vehicle control means 10 of each bus, and preferably a management server 15 are provided.

  The vehicle monitoring system of the present invention can be used for buses, in particular, related industries of high-speed buses or vehicles for home delivery services, and can manage vehicle operations and criminal crisis management. Furthermore, the vehicle monitoring system of the present invention can also be applied to a cash transport vehicle.

(A) is a diagrammatic illustration of a high-speed bus incorporating the vehicle monitoring system of the present invention, and (b) is a diagrammatic view of a housing that houses the recording means, communication means, and in-vehicle control means of the vehicle monitoring system of the present invention. It is explanatory drawing. It is explanatory drawing which shows the relationship between a bus | bath and a management center.

Explanation of symbols

1 Highway bus 2 Boarding gate 3 Driver's seat camera (imaging means)
4 road cameras (imaging means)
5 Door camera (imaging means)
6 seat camera (imaging means)
7 Infrared board (imaging means)
8 Hard disk device (recording means)
9 router (communication means)
10 vehicle-mounted control means 11 housing 12 receiving means 13 display means 14 management control means 15 management server B bus (high-speed bus)
C management center

Claims (6)

In a vehicle monitoring system that monitors and manages the inside and outside of a vehicle,
An imaging means comprising a driver's seat camera that images the driver's seat of the vehicle, at least one road camera that images at least the road ahead of the vehicle, a door camera that images the entrance / exit, and at least one seat camera that images the passenger seat; ,
Recording means connected to each camera of the imaging means and recording at least image information from these cameras,
Communication means for transferring at least real-time and / or recorded image information to a control device of a remote management center by remote control or direct control and receiving a control signal from the control device of the management center;
Vehicle-mounted control means for controlling the imaging means, recording means, and communication means,
The control device of the management center includes receiving means for receiving information transferred from each vehicle, and display means for outputting at least image information from each camera and map information for displaying the current position of the vehicle among the received information. And a vehicle control system for remotely operating the vehicle-mounted control means of each vehicle.   2. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, further comprising microphone means for collecting sound inside the vehicle, wherein the recording means can record the collected sound information so as to be synchronized with the image information.   3. The vehicle monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the imaging unit can perform night vision imaging with invisible infrared rays generated from the infrared radiation unit when a predetermined darkness is reached.   The vehicle monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the recording unit compresses and records information.   The vehicle monitoring system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the in-vehicle control means is operated by a control signal from a control device of the management center. In an imaging camera used in a vehicle monitoring system, an infrared radiation source array in which a plurality of infrared radiation sources are arranged around an imaging lens, an external light sensor, and an infrared radiation source when the amount of external light falls below a predetermined amount A vehicle monitoring system camera comprising a control means for generating infrared rays from the vehicle.

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