JP2006211268A - Video doorphone unit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video doorphone unit that enables a master unit in a living room or extension master units to record images and sounds from a plurality of slave units at the same time. <P>SOLUTION: The slave units 1a to 1d are each equipped with a packet preprocessing section 18 which give an identifier for identifying a terminal number to the slave unit and generates packets from image data from a camera 13 and sound data from a microphone. The living-room master unit 3 or extension master units 5a to 5d each comprises a master unit packet processing section 34 which separates packets into sound data and image data, a sound packet processing section 35c which extracts the sound data from the packets, a terminal number discrimination circuit 41 which discriminates an identifier, and a nonvolatile memory 42 in which pluralities of sound data and image data identified by the terminal number discrimination circuit are accumulated. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a television doorphone device, and more particularly to a television doorphone device including a plurality of slave units.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as this type of TV door phone device, a call button for calling a living room parent device, a child device having a camera for picking up an image of a visitor, and a transmitter / receiver, and a ringing tone speaker according to a call from the child device , The video of the visitor is displayed on the display, the video is recorded and played back on the video memory circuit, the video played back from the video memory circuit is displayed on the display, and a call is made between the handset and the handset. A recording unit for recording and playback of video, and recording and playback of audio from the slave unit with a recording and playback circuit at a predetermined timing is provided, and a video of a visitor sent from the slave unit to the parent unit is provided. The video signal selector switch that switches the video reproduced from the video memory circuit and the voice of the visitor sent from the slave unit and the audio reproduced from the recording / reproducing circuit are switched in conjunction with the video signal selector switch. Those comprising a voice signal changeover switch is known (e.g., see Patent Document 1).

  According to the TV door phone device configured as described above, it is possible to record a visitor's video and to record a visitor's message at the time of absence, and to record a suspicious visitor's voice, which can be used for crime prevention. it can.

  By the way, in the TV door phone apparatus with such a configuration, in the alert mode, the video sent from each slave unit is switched every predetermined time by a selector provided on the living room master unit side. Multi-channel video can be recorded or monitored.

Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2002-271781 (paragraph numbers “0014” and “0018”, FIG. 1)

  However, in the TV door phone apparatus with such a configuration, when a call is made from a plurality of slave units at the same time, there is a problem that the subsequent call is given priority, and the video / audio channel Since there are only one channel, when multiple cameras are activated simultaneously, video from these cameras cannot be recorded / recorded at the same time, and the memory capacity for recording / recording cannot be easily increased. In addition, it is difficult to reproduce images / sounds of different formats, and it is difficult to display the visitor's information in an easily understandable manner.

  The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and provides a TV door phone device capable of simultaneously recording and recording images and sounds from a plurality of slave units to a living room master unit or an extension master unit. The purpose is to do.

  The television door phone apparatus according to the first aspect of the present invention is a room master unit and / or an extension master in which image data obtained by capturing a visitor's video with a camera of a plurality of slave units is connected via a transmission path. In order to make a call between the microphone of the slave unit, the speaker, and the communication device of the room master unit, the slave unit displays an image data compression circuit for compressing image data captured by the camera, A slave CODEC that encodes audio data from a microphone, an identifier for identifying a terminal number to the slave device, a packet preprocessing unit that generates a packet from image data and audio data, and a packet frame A slave LAN MAC for controlling transmission / reception and a slave LAN PHY for encoding framed packets are provided. A parent LANPHY that receives and decodes a packet encoded from a transmission path, a parent LANMAC that controls reception of the decoded packet, and a parent packet processor that separates audio data and image data from the packet An image data decompression circuit for decompressing the compressed image data, a display controller for displaying the image data on a display, an audio packet processor for extracting audio data from the packet, and the extracted audio data A base unit CODEC for decoding and outputting to the communication device, a terminal number determination circuit for determining an identifier, and a non-volatile memory for storing a plurality of audio data and image data identified by the terminal number determination circuit The slave unit generates a packet from the voice data from the master unit CODEC, and the master unit LANMAC and the master unit LA A handset packet processing unit is provided for extracting voice data from a packet input from the PHY via the transmission line via the handset LANPHY and handset LANMAC and inputting the voice data to the speaker via the handset CODEC. .

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the television door phone device according to the first aspect, the living room base unit includes a card I / F that reads and writes data in the nonvolatile memory, and a card-type nonvolatile memory that stores and stores the data. It is provided.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the TV door phone device according to the first aspect or the second aspect, the slave unit arbitrarily changes the image size according to the capacity that can be stored in the living room master unit or the extension master unit. And a control circuit capable of controlling the image compression rate in the image data compression circuit and the frame rate of the camera.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the television door phone device according to any one of the first to third aspects, the additional master unit includes a memory capable of recording / recording the image / sound of the slave unit, and a living room It has a file management control unit that manages the memory capacity of the extension master unit from the master unit and writes and reads the image / sound packets of the slave unit to the designated extension master unit.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the television door phone device according to any one of the first to fourth aspects, the room base unit includes a plurality of handset units and a plurality of room base units or additional base units. The apparatus connection table for controlling which apparatus is connected during recording / recording is provided.

  According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the TV door phone device according to any one of the first to fifth aspects, the room base unit or the extension base unit stores the recorded / recorded data in another room. This is provided with a data copy control unit that copies and moves to a master unit or an extension master unit.

  According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the television door phone device according to any one of the first to sixth aspects, the living room base unit receives data written in the extension base unit from all the extension base units. A file search control unit for searching and displaying a list is provided.

  According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the TV door phone device according to any one of the first to seventh aspects, the living room parent device or the extension parent device ends with the time to start recording from the child device. A timer recording setting control unit capable of setting the time is provided.

  According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the television doorphone device according to any one of the first to eighth aspects, the living room base unit or the extension base unit has a large capacity for long-time recording and recording. A large-scale memory device provided with a non-volatile memory and a format converter so that video and audio corresponding to different formats can be viewed on the large-scale memory device.

  According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the television door phone device according to any one of the first to ninth aspects, the slave unit includes a thumbnail generation circuit that generates an image for temporary display, and The master unit includes a data processing unit for displaying the thumbnail image generated by the thumbnail generation circuit so as to be superimposed on the image display data as a calendar via the display controller.

  The television door phone according to the first to tenth aspects of the present invention has the following effects.

  First, it is possible to simultaneously record and record images / sounds from a plurality of cameras on a living room base unit or an extension base unit.

  Secondly, when the file search control unit is installed in the living room master unit or the extension master unit, all the file data written in the nonvolatile memory or the like can be searched, and desired image data and audio data can be obtained. Can be played.

  Thirdly, if the slave unit is equipped with a scaling circuit and a control circuit, the image compression rate in the image data compression circuit and the frame rate of the camera can be controlled, and the capacity stored in the nonvolatile memory can be increased. Can be adjusted.

  Fourth, when the file management control unit is installed in the extension master unit, the extension master unit can record and record the image / sound data of the slave unit instead of the living room master unit.

  Fifth, when a device connection table is installed in the living room master unit, a plurality of slave units and a living room master unit or a plurality of additional master units can be configured as a pair at the time of recording / recording. It is possible to reduce the recording / recording processing in the master unit.

  Sixth, when a data copy control unit is installed in a room master unit or an extension master unit, image / sound data recorded / recorded in a non-volatile memory etc. can be freely copied to another room master unit / expansion master unit Can be copied and moved to a non-volatile memory or the like.

  Seventh, when the timer recording setting control unit is installed in the living room master unit or the extension master unit, it is possible to set the recording start time and end time of the slave unit.

  Eighth, when a thumbnail generation circuit is mounted on the slave unit and an image display data processing unit is mounted on the living room master unit, the thumbnail images can be displayed in an overlapping manner.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment to which the television door phone device of the present invention is applied will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[Example 1]
FIG. 1 shows a system configuration diagram of a television door phone apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

  In the same figure, the TV door phone apparatus of the present invention has first and second slave units 1a and 1b having sensor cameras installed in the vicinity of the entrance and windows, and a sensor light camera installed in the vicinity of the entrance and windows. The third handset 1c, the fourth handset 1d installed at the entrance and having a camera, the fifth handset 1e installed at the back entrance and the like and having a camera, and the room base unit 3 installed in the living room And first to fourth extension base units 5a to 5d installed in the living room, and a HUB 6 installed in the living room or the like. Here, the first slave unit 1a is connected to the second slave unit 1b via the first slave unit transmission line L1a constituting the first transmission line L1, and the second slave unit 1b is configured to constitute the first transmission line L1. Via the slave unit transmission line L1b, the third slave unit 1c passes through the third slave unit transmission line L1c constituting the first transmission line L1, and the fourth slave unit 1d passes through the first transmission line L1. Are connected to the HUB 6 via a fourth slave unit transmission line L1d. The HUB 6 is connected to the living room master unit 3 and the first to fourth extension master units 5a to 5d via the second transmission path L2, and the fourth extension master unit 5d includes the third transmission path L3. The 5th subunit | mobile_unit 1e is connected via.

  The first to fifth handset 1a to 1e have the same configuration, and as shown in FIG. 2, each handset microphone 11a and handset speaker for making a call with a living room base or extension base Depending on the capacity that can be stored in the room base unit or the extension base unit, the handset CODEC 12 that encodes the voice data from the handset microphone 11a, the camera 13 that captures the visitors, Thus, the scaling circuit 14 that can arbitrarily change the image size, the control circuit 15 that can control the image compression rate in the image data compression circuit and the frame rate of the camera, and the image data captured by the camera are compressed. An image data compression circuit 16 for generating the image, a thumbnail generation circuit 17 for generating an image for temporary display, and an identifier for identifying the terminal number to the slave unit. Packet pre-processing unit 18 for generating a packet from data and voice data, a call button 19 for calling a room master unit, and a LAN (Local Area Network) MAC (Media Access Control) for framed packet control (Hereinafter referred to as “slave unit LANMAC”) 20, LANPHY (Physical Sublayer) (hereinafter referred to as “slave unit LANPHY”) 21 for encoding framed packets, and voice data from the base unit CODEC. A packet is generated, and voice data is extracted from the packet input from the parent machine LANMAC and the parent machine LANPHY via the transmission line via the child machine LANPHY and the child machine LANMAC, and input to the child machine speaker via the child machine CODEC. Is connected to the handset packet processing unit 22, the living room base unit 3 and the extension base unit 5, and And a handset packet transceiver circuit 23 to the conversion. Here, the control circuit 15 is connected to the child device CODEC 12, the camera 13, the scaling circuit 14, the image data compression circuit 16 and the thumbnail generation circuit 17, and the scaling circuit 14 includes the camera 13, the image data compression circuit 16 and the thumbnail generation circuit 17. Is connected. The child device CODEC 12 is connected to the child device microphone 11 a, the child device speaker 11 b, the packet pre-processing unit 18, and the child device packet processing unit 22, and the child device LAN MAC 20 is connected to the child device packet processing unit 22. Further, the packet preprocessing unit 18 is connected to the image data compression circuit 16, the thumbnail generation circuit 17, the call button 19, and the slave LAN MAC 20, and the slave device MACMAC 20 is connected to the slave device packet transmission / reception circuit 23 via the slave device LANPHY 21. ing.

  The room master unit 3 and the first to fourth extension master units 5a to 5d have the same configuration, and are connected to the room master unit 3, the slave unit 1e, and the extension master unit 5, respectively, as shown in FIG. A parent packet transmitting / receiving circuit 31 for exchanging packets, a parent LANPHY 32 for receiving and decoding a packet encoded from a transmission path, a parent LANMAC 33 for controlling reception of the decoded packet, and a packet A base packet processing unit 34 for separating control data, audio data, and image data from a packet; a control packet processing unit 35a for extracting control data from the packet; an image packet processing unit 35b for extracting image data from the packet; An audio packet processor 35c for extracting audio data, an image data expansion circuit 37 for expanding compressed image data, and image data A display controller 38 composed of an LCDC (Liquid Crystal Display Controller) or the like for displaying a display, a display 39 for displaying a visitor's image, and a thumbnail image generated by a thumbnail generation circuit as a calendar via the display controller. An image display data processing unit 40 for superimposing and displaying on the image display data, a terminal number discrimination circuit 41 for discriminating an identifier, and a non-volatile storage for storing a plurality of audio data and image data identified by the terminal number discrimination circuit A memory 42, a volatile memory 43, a card-type nonvolatile memory 45 for storing and storing, a card interface (hereinafter referred to as “I / F”) 44 for reading and writing data in the card-type nonvolatile memory 45, and real time. Control the clock (RTC) 46 and each part (circuit) The CPU 47, the parent device communication device 48 having the parent device microphone 48a and the parent device speaker 48b for making a call with the child device, the living room parent device or the extension parent device, and the extracted voice data are decoded and output to the calling device. And a master unit CODEC 49. Further, the CPU 47 searches for data written in the extension master unit from all extension master units and displays a list of the file search control unit 47a and recorded / recorded data as another room master unit or extension master unit. File management control that manages the memory capacity of the extension master unit from the living room master unit, and writes and reads the slave unit's image / sound packet to the specified extension master unit A unit 47c, a format conversion circuit 47d that enables browsing of video and audio corresponding to different formats in a large-scale memory device, and a timer recording setting control unit 47e that can set the time to start and end recording from the slave unit And a device connection table 47 for controlling which devices are connected to each other during recording and recording of a plurality of slave units and a plurality of living room master units or extension master units. It is equipped with a door. Here, the CPU 47 includes a control packet processing unit 35a, an image packet processing unit 35b, an audio packet processing unit 35c, an image data decompression circuit 37, an image display data processing unit 40, a terminal number determination circuit 41, a nonvolatile memory 42, a volatile memory It is connected to the memory 43, the card I / F 44, the RTC 46, and the parent device CODEC 49. The parent device packet processing unit 34 is connected to the image data decompression circuit 37 in the control packet processing unit 35a, the image packet processing unit 35b, and the voice packet processing unit 35c. The base packet processing unit 34 and the display controller 38, the image display data processing unit 40 through the display controller 38, the display 39, the card I / F 44 the card type non-volatile memory 45, and the base unit CODEC 49 Base unit microphone 48a and base unit speaker 48b They are respectively connected. The base unit packet processing unit 34 is connected to the base unit packet transmission / reception circuit 31 via the base unit LANMAC 33 and the base unit LANPHY 32. The base unit packet transmission / reception circuit 31 includes the second transmission path L2, the HUB 6, and the first unit. The handset packet transmission / reception circuit 23 is connected via the transmission line L1.

  Next, the operation of the TV door phone device of the present invention configured as described above will be described.

  First, an operation when a visitor calls the room master unit 3 and the first to fourth extension master units 5a to 5d by pressing the call button 19 of the fourth slave unit 1d, for example, will be described. When the call button 19 is pressed, the first to fourth extension master units 5a to 5d operate in the same manner as the living room master unit 3, so here the first to fourth extension master units 5a to 5d are operated. The description of the operation 5d is omitted.

  First, when a visitor presses the call button 19 of the fourth handset 1d, the digitized call data is transmitted to the packet preprocessing unit 18, and the packet preprocessing unit 18 uses the fourth handset 1d. An identifier for identification (hereinafter referred to as “first identifier”) is given, and a packet (hereinafter referred to as “first packet”) is generated from the call data. The first packet is framed by the slave LAN MAC 20, the framed call data is encoded by the slave LAN PHY 21, and the encoded packet (hereinafter referred to as "first packet") is transmitted / received by the slave packet. The data is transmitted to the parent device packet transmission / reception circuit 31 via the circuit 23, the first transmission line L 1, the HUB 6, the second transmission line L 2, and the parent device packet transmission / reception circuit 31.

  The encoded first packet received by the base unit packet transmitting / receiving circuit 31 is decoded by the base unit LANPHY 32, and the decoded first packet is transmitted to the base unit packet processing unit 34 via the base unit LANMAC 33. The call data is separated from the first packet in the parent device packet processing unit 34 and sent to the CPU 47 via the control packet processing unit 35a. When such calling data is detected by the CPU 47, a calling sound is generated by the CPU 47 and transmitted to the parent speaker 48b via the parent device CODEC 49. As a result, a ringing tone sounds from the parent device speaker 48b.

  Here, in order to respond to the visitor's call, when the resident presses the parent phone call button (not shown), the fourth child is transmitted via the second transmission path L2, HUB6 and the second transmission path L1. A call path is formed between the call function of the device 1d (the child device microphone 11a and the child device speaker 11b) and the call function of the living room parent device 3 (the parent device microphone 48a and the parent device speaker 48b). A call between residents is established.

  On the other hand, the image data captured by the camera 13 of the fourth slave unit 1d is compressed by the image data compression circuit 16, and the compressed digital compressed data is transmitted to the packet preprocessing unit 18, and from the slave unit microphone 11a. The input voice is encoded by the slave unit CODEC 12 and transmitted to the packet preprocessing unit 18 as voice data. The image data and audio data are given a first identifier in the packet pre-processing unit 18 in the same manner as the call data described above, and a packet (hereinafter referred to as “second packet”) is created from the image data and audio data. Generated. Similar to the first packet, the second packet is framed by the slave LAN MAC 20, and the compressed data that has been framed is encoded by the slave LAN PHY 21 and encoded (hereinafter referred to as "second packet"). Is transmitted to the parent device packet transmission / reception circuit 31 via the same route as the first packet.

  Similar to the first packet, the encoded second packet received by the parent packet transmission / reception circuit 31 is decoded by the parent LANPHY 32, and the decoded second packet is transmitted to the parent LANMAC 33. To the base unit packet processing unit 34, and the base unit packet processing unit 34 separates the image data and the voice data from the second packet, and sends them to the CPU 47 via the image packet processing unit 35b and the voice packet processing unit 35c, respectively. Sent out. When such image data and sound data are detected by the CPU 47, the terminal number determination circuit 41 determines the first identifier and the date and time when the image data and sound data arrived from the real-time clock 46 is acquired. As shown, it is stored in the volatile memory 43 as a file temporarily with the acquired time information. This file includes the first identifier determined by the terminal number determination circuit 41 and the image data and audio data related to the second packet.

  Here, when the cameras of the other slave units, for example, the first to third slave units 1a to 1c, are activated substantially simultaneously with the fourth slave unit 1d, the image data and audio data captured by each camera are the first ones. Similar to the image data and audio data of the camera in the slave unit 1d of No. 4, the time information is temporarily stored as a file in the volatile memory 43.

  In this way, packets and other data (files) sequentially stored in the volatile memory 43 are sequentially stored in the nonvolatile memory 42 or in the card-type nonvolatile memory 45 via the card I / F 44.

  Next, when the resident presses a file search button (not shown), a file search signal is transmitted to the CPU 47. When the file search signal is detected by the CPU 47, the nonvolatile memory is controlled by the control of the file search control unit 47a. 42 or all file data written in the card-type non-volatile memory 45 is retrieved and displayed in a list. In this case, all the file data can be rearranged based on the time information.

  Here, the resident can reproduce desired image data and audio data on the room base unit or the extension base unit by selecting a specific file.

  As described above, according to the television door phone apparatus in the first embodiment of the present invention, image data and audio data from a plurality of cameras can be simultaneously recorded / recorded on a room base unit or an extension base unit.

  Next, additional functions of the present invention will be described.

  First, in the case where the scaling circuit 14 and the control circuit 15 are mounted on each of the slave units 1a to 1e, the image size is reduced by the scaling circuit 14, and the image data described above is controlled by the control circuit 15. The scaling circuit 14 that can control the image compression rate in the compression circuit 16 and the frame rate of the camera 13, and can arbitrarily change the image size in accordance with the storable capacity of the volatile memory 43, and the image By reducing the image compression rate in the data compression circuit and the frame rate of the camera, the capacity stored in the nonvolatile memory 42 can be adjusted.

  Secondly, when the file management control unit 47c is installed in the extension master unit, the control packet for recording / recording is transmitted to the extension master unit capable of recording / recording under the control of the file management control unit 47c. In this way, the extension master unit can record and record the image / sound data of the slave unit instead of the living room master unit.

  Third, when the device connection table 47f is mounted on the living room parent device, a pair of a plurality of child devices and a living room parent device or a plurality of additional parent devices are paired at the time of recording / recording by controlling the device connection table 47f. Can be configured. Specifically, the file management control unit 47c, for example, the living room base unit 3 for the fourth handset 1d, the first extension base unit 5a for the first handset 1a, and the second handset. The second extension master unit 5b for the device 1b, the third extension master unit 5c for the third slave unit 1d, and the fourth extension master unit 5d for the fifth slave unit 1e. By connecting in a one-to-one relationship, recording / recording can be performed by each of the living room parent device or each extension parent device, and thus the recording / recording process in the living room parent device can be reduced.

  Fourth, when the data copy control unit 47b is installed in the living room master unit or the extension master unit, the image / sound data recorded / recorded in the non-volatile memory or the card type non-volatile memory can be freely set in one room. It can be copied and moved from the master unit to another extension master unit, or from one extension master unit to the nonvolatile memory or card type nonvolatile memory of another extension master unit.

  Fifth, when the timer recording setting control unit 47e and the real-time clock 46 are installed in the living room master unit or the extension master unit, the recording of the slave unit is started by controlling each slave unit by the timer recording setting function. Time and end time can be set.

Sixth, when the thumbnail generation circuit 17 is mounted on the slave unit and the image display data processing unit 40 is mounted on the living room master unit, the thumbnail image generated by the thumbnail generation circuit is displayed via the display controller in FIG. As shown in (a), it can be displayed over the calendar. That is, in each slave unit, a thumbnail image is generated in addition to the image data, transmitted to the parent unit as an image packet, and this is stored in a nonvolatile memory or a card type nonvolatile memory. Can be confirmed. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 5A, a representative thumbnail image is displayed for each calendar day, and it can be confirmed by displaying a thumbnail of which month and who visited. . Further, when it is desired to view details, by selecting a specific date, the recorded / recorded data can be reproduced as shown in FIG. 5B. In this case, it is possible to record regardless of a moving image or a still image.
[Example 2]
FIG. 6 shows a system configuration diagram of the television door phone apparatus in the second embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, parts common to those in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals and detailed description thereof is omitted.

  In this embodiment, the parent device memory 30 is in the living room parent device 3, the first additional parent device memory 50a is in the first additional parent device 5a, and the second additional parent device memory is in the second additional parent device 5b. 50b includes a third extension master memory 50c in the third extension master 5c, a fourth extension master memory 50d in the fourth extension master 5d, and the HUB 6 has a long time. A large-scale memory device 7 having a large-capacity non-volatile memory for recording and recording is connected via the fourth transmission line L4, and video and audio corresponding to different formats can be viewed on the large-scale memory device 7. A format converter 8 which can be used is connected.

  In this embodiment, recording and recording can be performed for a long time, and when the device terminal to be played back can only play back in a different format, the difference stored in the nonvolatile memory or the card-type nonvolatile memory is different. The format data can be converted from, for example, MJPEG (Motion-JPEG) to MPEG4 (Moving Picture Experts Group Phase 4), transmitted to the device terminal, and played back.

The system block diagram of the television door phone apparatus in the 1st Example of this invention. The block diagram of the subunit | mobile_unit in the 1st Example of this invention. 1 is a block diagram of a living room master in a first embodiment of the present invention. Explanatory drawing which shows the accumulation | storage condition of the various data with respect to the non-volatile memory and volatile memory in 1st Example of this invention. Explanatory drawing which shows an example of the thumbnail image displayed on the display in 1st Example of this invention. The system block diagram of the television door phone apparatus in the 2nd Example of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1a to 1d: handset 11a: handset microphone 11b: handset speaker 12 ... handset CODEC
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Camera 14 ... Scaling circuit 15 ... Control circuit 16 ... Image data compression circuit 17 ... Thumbnail generation circuit 18 ... Packet pre-processing part 20 ... Child machine LANMAC
21 ... Child machine LANPHY
22 ... Child machine packet processing unit 3 ... Living room parent machine 32 ... Parent machine LANPHY
33 ... Master LANMAC
34 ... Master packet processing unit 35c ... Voice packet processing unit 37 ... Image data decompression circuit 38 ... Display controller 39 ... Display 40 ... Image display data processing unit 41 ... Terminal Number discriminating circuit 42 ... Nonvolatile memory 44 ... Card I / F
45: Card type non-volatile memory 47a: File search control unit 47b: Data copy control unit 47c: File management control unit 47d: Format conversion circuit 47e: Timer recording setting control unit 47f ... Device connection table 48 ... Master unit communication device 49 ... Master unit CODEC
5a to 5d: Extension master unit 50a to 50d ... Memory 7 ... Large scale memory devices L1, L2 ... Transmission path

Claims (10)

The room master unit (3) and / or the image data obtained by capturing the video of the visitor with the cameras (13) of the plurality of slave units (1a to 1d) via the transmission path (L1, L2) and / or In displaying on the display (39) of the extension base unit (5a to 5d) and calling between the microphone (11a), the speaker (11b) of the slave unit and the communication device (48) of the room base unit,
The slave unit includes an image data compression circuit (16) for compressing image data captured by the camera, a slave unit CODEC (12) for encoding audio data from the microphone, and the slave unit. A packet pre-processing unit (18) that assigns an identifier for identifying a terminal number and generates a packet from the image data and the audio data, and a slave LAN MAC (20) for controlling the transmission and reception by framing the packet And a slave LANPHY (21) for encoding the framed packet,
The living room base unit or the extension base unit receives a packet encoded from the transmission path and decodes the base unit LANPHY (32) and a base unit LANMAC (33) that controls reception of the decoded packet. ), A base packet processing unit (34) for separating audio data and image data from the packet, an image data decompression circuit (37) for decompressing the compressed image data, and the image data to the display A display controller (38) for displaying, a voice packet processing unit (35c) for extracting voice data from the packet, and a master unit CODEC (49) for decoding the extracted voice data and outputting it to the call device ), A terminal number discriminating circuit (41) for discriminating the identifier, and a plurality of audio data and images identified by the terminal number discriminating circuit. And a non-volatile memory (42) for storing data,
The slave unit generates a packet from the voice data from the master unit CODEC, and inputs the packet from the master unit LANMAC and the master unit LANPHY via the transmission unit via the slave unit LANPHY and the slave unit LANMAC. A television door phone apparatus comprising a handset packet processing unit (22) for extracting voice data from the packet and inputting the voice data to the speaker via the handset CODEC.   The said living room main | base station was equipped with the card | curd I / F (44) which reads / writes the data of the said non-volatile memory, and the card | curd type non-volatile memory (45) which accumulate | stores and preserve | saves. TV door phone device.   The slave unit includes a scaling circuit (14) that can arbitrarily change an image size in accordance with a storage capacity of the living room master unit or the extension master unit, an image compression rate in the image data compression circuit, and the camera The television door phone device according to claim 1 or 2, further comprising a control circuit (15) capable of controlling a frame rate of the video door.   The extension master unit manages the memory (50a to 50d) capable of recording / recording the image / sound of the slave unit and the memory capacity of the extension master unit from the living room master unit, and the image / sound packet of the slave unit The TV door phone apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising: a file management control unit (47c) that performs writing and reading control on an extension master unit that designates "."   The living room parent device includes a device connection table (47f) for controlling which devices are connected to the plurality of child devices and the plurality of living room parent devices or the extension parent device during recording / recording. The television door phone device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the television door phone device is characterized.   The room master unit or the extension master unit includes a data copy control unit (47b) for copying and moving the recorded / recorded data to another room master unit or the extension master unit. The television door phone device according to any one of claims 1 to 5.   7. The room master unit includes a file search control unit (47a) that searches data written in the extension master unit from all the extension master units and displays a list of the data. The television door phone apparatus of any one of Claims.   8. The room recording unit or the expansion unit includes a timer recording setting control unit (47e) capable of setting a recording start time and an ending time from the slave unit. The television door phone apparatus of any one of Claims.   The living room master unit or the extension master unit includes a large-scale memory device (7) having a large-capacity nonvolatile memory for long-time recording and recording, and images corresponding to different formats in the large-scale memory device. The television door phone device according to any one of claims 1 to 8, further comprising a format converter (8) so that audio can be browsed. The slave unit includes a thumbnail generation circuit (17) that generates an image for temporary display, and the room master unit displays the thumbnail image generated by the thumbnail generation circuit as a calendar via the display controller. The television door phone apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 9, further comprising an image display data processing unit (40) for displaying data in an overlapping manner.

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