JP2006260162A - Information transmission system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a simple, easy and user-friendly information transmission system that solves the problem wherein webpage structures depending on a plurality of vendors require an Internet subscriber to make vendor-dependent operations for information acquisition from the different vendors for acquiring desired monitoring video. <P>SOLUTION: The information transmission system comprises a plurality of vendor devices each having a storage part, and an information terminal device connected to the vendor devices via transmission lines. Each storage device of the plurality of vendor devices stores a webpage defined in a common format. The information terminal device has a storage part, and the storage part of the information terminal device has a connection information table for selective connection to the plurality of vendor devices. The information terminal device accesses a given vendor device according to the connection information table to acquire the webpage defined in the common format from the storage part of the vendor device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to an information transmission system, and more particularly to an information transmission system in which a user can acquire information by a simple operation using Internet technology.

  With the development of Internet technology, various information possessed by a plurality of vendors, for example, information such as image information, event information, news, and dramas can be easily obtained from an information terminal device. As a specific example, the acquisition of surveillance camera images is explained. For example, video surveillance systems are installed in hotels, buildings, convenience stores, financial institutions, public facilities such as dams and roads for the purpose of crime prevention and accident prevention. ing. These video surveillance systems shoot the object to be monitored with an imaging device such as a camera, transmit the video to a monitoring center such as a management office or a security room, and the supervisor monitors it, depending on the purpose and necessity, A warning or warning is given, or a video is recorded and stored.

  In recent years, in the field of such a video surveillance system, a network type video surveillance system that digitizes surveillance camera video and transmits and monitors video via an IP network represented by the Internet has been spreading.

  Currently, the network type video surveillance system that is mainstream distributes live video from a video transmission device connected to a surveillance camera to a video reception device via a network. The distributed video is, for example, a monitoring system in which a supervisor (or an operator) resident in a monitoring center can always watch this video and respond according to the situation when a problem occurs. .

  On the other hand, in addition to the “live-type monitoring” that mainly focuses on live video monitoring as described above, there is also a monitoring mode in which monitoring video is recorded / saved and the recorded video is viewed retroactively when a problem occurs. There is a customer need for such “record-based surveillance” mainly in financial institutions and stores.

  Thus, in a dedicated video surveillance system such as this video surveillance system, if the content of information to be transmitted and received in advance is determined on the video transmission side and the reception side, and the system is designed according to the content, the video surveillance system By operating the system, predetermined information, for example, a monitoring video is transmitted from the transmission side, and on the reception side, the transmitted monitoring video can be viewed on a display device such as a monitor. However, in an image transmission system that transmits video via an IP network represented by the Internet, information owned by (or acquired by) a plurality of vendors, for example, image information is different. Each vendor uses this information to create an individual homepage (a dedicated display page for each vendor), and Internet subscribers can access this homepage from their own information terminals. It becomes possible to obtain image information owned by individual vendors.

  In this case, for example, homepage display methods owned by individual vendors are usually different. For example, when displaying a video of a network video transmission device of a certain vendor on a display device, it is necessary to input an IP (Internet Protocol) address or URL to call a video display screen. In addition, depending on the vendor, it is necessary to set an identification number, model, device-specific information, and the like. Furthermore, the calling method differs depending on the vendor. In a system in which transmission devices of a plurality of vendors are incorporated, it is necessary to change the operation according to the vendor displayed on the screen. This will be described below with reference to FIGS. 6, 7, and 8. FIG.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example in the case of obtaining a monitoring image of Company A (A Company). FIG. 6 shows, for example, a screen displayed on the monitor of the information terminal device owned by the Internet subscriber. In FIG. 6, for example, when the monitoring video is obtained by inputting the URL of company A, a display screen 601 of WEB ENCODER PT-IP150T as shown in FIG. 6A is displayed. The display screen 601 displays a plurality of icons, that is, a live icon 602, a camera selection icon 603, an accumulated image icon 604, a setting icon 605, and a help icon 606. Then, when the Internet subscriber looks at the display screen 601 and wants to see the monitoring video, clicking the live icon 602 with a mouse or the like obtains the monitoring video screen 610 as shown in FIG. it can. The monitoring video screen 610 also displays a SMALL icon 611, a LARGE icon 612, and a camera control icon 613. By clicking these icons with a mouse or the like, the monitoring image 614 can be enlarged or reduced, or the imaging direction or zoom of the camera. The magnification can be changed.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of obtaining a monitoring image of B Company. FIG. 7 also shows a screen displayed on the monitor of the information terminal device owned by the Internet subscriber as in FIG. In FIG. 7, for example, when the monitoring video is obtained by inputting the URL of Company B, a Network Camera ABC-PI display screen 701 as shown in FIG. 7A is displayed. On the display screen 701, an enter icon 702 and a setting icon 703 are displayed. Then, when the Internet subscriber looks at the display screen 701 and wants to see the monitoring video, clicking the Enter icon 702 with a mouse or the like obtains the monitoring video screen 710 as shown in FIG. it can. On this monitoring video screen 710, a monitoring image 711, a display size icon 712, a still image capture icon 713, a communication mode switching 714, a sound ON / OFF icon 715, and a sound volume icon 716 are displayed. Therefore, by clicking these icons 712 to 716 with a mouse or the like as necessary, the monitoring image 711 can be enlarged or reduced, a still image can be taken in, or the like.

  FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of obtaining a monitoring video of company C. FIG. 8 also shows a screen displayed on the monitor of the information terminal device owned by the Internet subscriber as in FIG. In FIG. 8, for example, when the monitoring video is obtained by inputting the URL of Company C, a display screen 801 of Company C Network Camera as shown in FIG. 8 is displayed. On the display screen 801, a monitoring image 802, a size change icon 803, a live icon 804, a setup icon 805, a help icon 806, and a still image capture icon 807 are displayed. When the Internet subscriber looks at the display screen 801 and wants to change the size of the monitoring image 802, the Internet subscriber can click on the size change icon 803 to perform operations such as enlarging or reducing the monitoring image 802. It is.

  In the above, an example has been described with respect to a method for obtaining image information and the like owned by each vendor by accessing home pages of a plurality of vendors from an information terminal owned by the Internet subscriber. When acquiring monitoring videos of a plurality of vendors from an information terminal owned by the company, the monitoring video cannot be acquired unless the live icon 602 is clicked with a mouse or the like on the homepage of company A shown in FIG. In addition, on the homepage of Company B shown in FIG. 7, the monitoring video cannot be obtained unless the Enter icon 702 is clicked with a mouse or the like. In the case of Company C shown in FIG. 8, the configuration of the homepage is different for each of a plurality of vendors so that a monitoring image can be viewed on the homepage of Company C. For example, in order to obtain a monitoring image, there is a problem that a desired monitoring video cannot be obtained unless a different operation is performed for each vendor. In addition, when Internet subscribers are accustomed to accessing homepages, etc., access is easy, but when they are not accustomed, they cannot operate and cannot obtain the desired information. In addition, realization of an information transmission system that is easy for the user is desired.

In particular, it has not been discovered.

  As described above in detail, the configuration of the homepage is different for each of a plurality of vendors, and in order for Internet subscribers to obtain different information from different vendors, it is necessary to perform different operations for each vendor. Information is not available. In addition, when the user is unfamiliar with accessing a homepage or the like, it is impossible to perform operations and obtain desired information, and it is desired to realize an information transmission system that is simple, easy, and easy for the user.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an information transmission system in which information can be easily obtained and is easy for a user.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an information transmission system in which the calling method is unified and information can be obtained through a common operation.

  An information transmission system according to the present invention includes a plurality of vendor devices having a storage unit and an information terminal device connected to the vendor device via a transmission path, and has a format common to the storage devices of the plurality of vendor devices. The information terminal device has a storage unit, the storage unit of the information terminal device includes a connection information table for selectively connecting to the plurality of vendor devices, and the information The terminal device is configured to connect to a predetermined vendor device based on the connection information table, and to acquire a homepage defined in the common format from the storage unit of the vendor device.

  In the information transmission system of the present invention, the homepage defined in a common format stored in the storage device of each of the plurality of vendor devices is different from the information on the plurality of vendor devices and the plurality of vendor devices. Consists of common icons.

  In the information transmission system of the present invention, the information terminal device includes a display unit, and the display unit is configured to display the connection information table.

  In the information transmission system of the present invention, the information terminal device includes a display unit, and a homepage defined in a common format stored in each storage device of the plurality of vendor devices is appropriately displayed on the display unit. It is configured to switch and display.

  In the information transmission system of the present invention, the homepage address of each of the plurality of vendor apparatuses is registered in the connection information table.

  As described above, according to the present invention, since the information calling method owned by a plurality of vendors is unified and information can be obtained through a common operation, an information transmission system that is easy for users such as the Internet can be realized. In addition, there are features such as improved operability for the user, which is highly effective.

  The present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. In FIG. 1, an information transmission system for acquiring a monitoring video is described for the sake of simplicity. However, the information transmission system is not limited to this, and information other than the monitoring video, for example, video data is generally used. Needless to say, the present invention can be applied to an information transmission system for obtaining various data such as voice data and telemeter information. In FIG. 1, 101-1, 101-2,... 101-N indicate vendor transmission apparatuses. The vendor transmission device is a server device owned by a provider, company, individual, organization, group, or the like that can set an IP address or URL on the Internet and can be accessed by an Internet subscriber. In the following description, these are collectively referred to as a vendor apparatus 101. 102-N are storage units included in the vendor apparatus 101, and are semiconductor storage devices, DVDs (Digital Versatile Discs), magneto-optical desks, HDDs (hard desks), and magnetic units. Tape etc. can be used. The storage unit 102 can be built in the vendor apparatus 101 or can be placed outside.

  Reference numerals 103-a,... 103-d denote camera apparatuses, which are connected to the vendor apparatus 101-1. 103-e,... Indicates a camera device connected to the vendor apparatus 101-2, and 103-m,... Indicate a camera apparatus connected to the vendor apparatus 101-N. 104 is a transmission path such as the Internet, for example. Reference numerals 105-1,... 105 -L are information terminal devices, which are information terminal devices for acquiring information necessary for the user from each vendor device 101. Note that the information terminal devices 105-1,... 105 -L are collectively referred to as the information terminal device 105. The information terminal device 105 includes a processing device 106, a storage unit 107, a display unit 108, and an operation unit 109. The operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1 will be described below.

  First, the vendor apparatus 101-1 stores the monitoring video captured by each camera apparatus 103-a,... 103-d in the storage unit 102-1. The monitoring video can be stored in a time-division manner as in the prior art, or can be converted into a digital signal, compressed and encoded, and stored. In the case of converting into a digital signal, and compressing and encoding and storing the video signal, the video signal from the camera apparatus 103-a,... 103-d is converted into a digital signal by a Web-encoder (not shown) and compressed. Are encoded and stored in the storage unit 102-1 of the vendor apparatus 101-1. Since this Web-encoder is conventionally well-known, detailed description is abbreviate | omitted. Similarly, the video imaged by the camera device 103-e,... Is stored in the storage unit 102-2, and the video imaged by the camera device 103-m,. Remembered.

  When the user accesses the vendor apparatus 101 using the information terminal device 105, for example, 105-1 and obtains a desired monitoring image, the user operates the operation unit 109 of the information terminal device 105-1. Then, for example, a homepage of the vendor apparatus 101 is called to acquire a necessary video, which will be described in detail. First, the table shown in Table 1 is stored in the storage unit 107 of the information terminal device 105-1. The table shown in Table 1 is a connection information table including a URL, an IP address, a port number, an identification number (ID), a model, and device-specific information for accessing a desired vendor device 101 from the information terminal device 105. It is.

表１において、例えば、ベンダー装置１（１０１−１）は、ＵＲＬ（Uniform Resource Locator：インターネット上の情報にアクセスするためのもの）：Ａ（通常、http://www.・・・で表記されている。）、ＩＰ（Internet Protocol）アドレス：１９２．１６８．１．１００、ポート番号：８０、識別番号（ＩＤ）：４、ホームページ：Ｈａが登録されている。同様に、ベンダー装置２（１０１−２）は、ＵＲＬ：Ｂ、ＩＰアドレス：１９２．１６８．１．１５０、ポート番号：１００、識別番号（ＩＤ）：５、ホームページ：Ｈｂが登録されている。以下同様である。

In Table 1, for example, the vendor apparatus 1 (101-1) is a URL (Uniform Resource Locator: for accessing information on the Internet): A (usually expressed as http: // www.... IP (Internet Protocol) address: 192.168.1.100, port number: 80, identification number (ID): 4, and home page: Ha are registered. Similarly, in the vendor apparatus 2 (101-2), URL: B, IP address: 192.168.1.150, port number: 100, identification number (ID): 5, and home page: Hb are registered. The same applies hereinafter.

  Thus, when the user of the information terminal device 105-1 accesses the necessary vendor apparatus 101, first, the user operates the operation unit 109 to read the connection information table shown in Table 1 from the storage unit 107. Are displayed on the display unit 108. The displayed state is shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, 201 is a display screen of the display unit 108, 202 is a connection information table shown in Table 1 displayed on the display screen 201, and 203 is a vendor apparatus selection button. The user of the information terminal device 105-1 looks at this connection information table 202 and selects the desired vendor device 101 by operating the vendor device selection button 203. For example, when the vendor apparatus 101-1 is selected, the vendor 1 in the connection information table 202 is selected. When the vendor apparatus 101-1 is selected, it can be selected by selecting the vendor 1 with a mouse or the like and clicking the mouse instead of selecting the vendor apparatus selection button 203. When the vendor 1 in the connection information table 202 is selected, the processing device 106 reads the connection information in the connection information table 202, that is, the URL, IP address, port number, and identification number (ID), and sends it via the transmission path 104. To the vendor apparatus 101-1, and sends a command from the processing apparatus 106 to the vendor apparatus 101-1. Upon receiving the command from the processing device 106, the vendor device 101-1 reads a homepage from the storage device 102-1, for example, and sends this homepage to the processing device 106 of the information terminal device 105-1.

  Here, the homepage of the vendor apparatus 101 will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 3 shows an example of a homepage created by each vendor apparatus 101, for example. That is, FIG. 3A shows a homepage obtained by changing the homepage of company A shown in FIG. Similarly, FIG. 3B shows a homepage obtained by changing the homepage of company B shown in FIG. FIG. 3C shows a homepage obtained by changing the homepage of company C shown in FIG. The URLs of these home pages will be described with reference to FIG. In general, it is known that transmission information for transmitting various data over the Internet or the like is described in a language such as HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), JAVA (registered trademark) Script, or VBScript. A unique home page is constructed for each vendor apparatus 101 from these transmission information. That is, in each vendor apparatus 101, as described above, for example, in the case of Company A, the homepage is as shown in FIG. 6, in the case of Company B, the homepage is as shown in FIG. Is a home page as shown in FIG. 8, and different home pages are created. Therefore, it is very inconvenient for the user to handle.

  In the present invention, the configuration of these home pages is unified. That is, for example, a homepage as shown in FIG. 3 is created as a homepage created from transmission information in the HTML language shown in FIG. That is, FIG. 3A is configured as a homepage of company A, FIG. 3B is configured as a homepage of company B, and FIG. 3C is configured as a homepage of company C. In FIG. 3, 301-1 is a display screen of the homepage of company A, 301-2 is a display screen of the homepage of company B, and 301-3 is a display screen of the homepage of company C. 302-1, 302-2, and 302-3 are TITLE on the screen, and 303-1, 303-2, and 303-3 are images of home pages created with information owned by Company A, Company B, and Company C, respectively. 1 shows an embodiment. 304-1, 304-2, and 304-3 are live icons, 305-1, 305-2, and 305-3 are still image icons, and 306-1, 306-2, and 306-3 are camera control icons. Show. In this way, a homepage in which at least the icons are shared by each vendor apparatus 101 is created and stored in the storage unit 102 of each vendor apparatus 101. The live icon 304 is, for example, an icon for displaying a screen currently captured by the camera device 103-a, and the still image icon 305 is, for example, a still image captured by the camera device 103-a. When the icon is displayed and the camera control icon 306 is operated, for example, the imaging range of the camera device 103-a changes (pan and tilt are changed), the zoom magnification of the camera changes, and the like. It is an icon that can be controlled. The homepage created in this way can be registered as Ha, Hb, Hd,... Hc on the homepage of the connection information table shown in Table 1, for example. When the registration is made in the connection information table shown in Table 1 as described above, the designated home page can be displayed immediately when the home page address of the connection information table 202 is designated as described in FIG. Needless to say, the common icons are not limited to the icons shown here, and are appropriately set according to the function of the image transmission system, the needs of the users, and the like.

  Here, it returns to operation | movement description of the information terminal device 105-1. As described above, the vendor apparatus 101-1 to which the command for transmitting the home page from the information terminal apparatus 105-1 to the vendor apparatus 101-1 has been sent is stored in the storage unit 102-1, FIG. ) Is transmitted to the processing device 106 of the information terminal device 105-1. The processing device 106 displays the sent home page on the display unit 108. FIG. 5A shows a screen that displays the home page of the vendor apparatus 101-1 displayed on the display unit 108. 5A, reference numeral 501 denotes a display screen of the display unit 108, and reference numerals 502-1, 502-2,... 502-N denote buttons for selecting each vendor apparatus 101. Reference numeral 503 denotes an automatic switching button, and reference numeral 504 denotes a button for performing multi-screen display. In addition, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected to the same thing as FIG.

  As described above, when the user first displays the connection information table 202 shown in FIG. 2 and selects the vendor 1 (101-1) with the vendor apparatus connection button 203, the display unit 108 displays FIG. ) (Same as that shown in FIG. 3A), the home page of the vendor apparatus 101-1 owned by the company A is displayed. At the same time, a live icon 304-1, a still image icon 305-1 and a camera control icon 306-1 are also displayed. Accordingly, if the user of the information terminal device 105-1 operates the live icon 304-1, the still image icon 305-1, and the camera control icon 306-1 while viewing the display screen 501, the moving image and the still image can be easily obtained. An image can be acquired or the operation of the camera device can be controlled.

  Similarly, when the user selects vendor 2 (101-2) using the vendor apparatus connection button 203, the home page of the vendor apparatus 101-2 owned by company B as shown in FIG. Is done. When the user selects vendor 3 (101-3) with the vendor apparatus connection button 203, the home page of the vendor apparatus 101-3 owned by company C as shown in FIG. The As is clear from each figure of FIG. 3, since each home page is displayed with at least a common icon function, the user can obtain information by a common operation or perform screen operations. Therefore, an image transmission system that is easy for users such as the Internet can be realized, and the operability for the user is greatly improved.

  When the automatic switching button 503 is pressed, the processing device 106 refers to the connection information table shown in Table 1 and can perform screen switching of the home pages of the vendor devices 101 from the vendor device 1 to N in order. it can. When a button 504 for performing multi-screen display is pressed, a multi-screen can be displayed as shown in FIG. In FIG. 5B, reference numeral 506 denotes a multi-screen, and other symbols correspond to the symbols in FIG. The multi-screen 506 is composed of, for example, four screens 506-1, 506-2, 506-3, and 506-4. For example, the vendor screens 101-1, 101-2, 101-3, and 101, respectively. -4 of the four vendor apparatuses 101 are displayed. Thus, a multi-screen can be easily displayed.

  Although the present invention has been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments of the image transmission system described herein, and can be widely applied to image transmission systems other than those described above. Needless to say.

The block diagram of schematic structure of one Example of this invention is shown. It is a figure which shows the connection information table for demonstrating operation | movement of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the homepage of one Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows HTML used by this invention. It is a figure which shows the display screen of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the conventional homepage. It is a figure which shows an example of the other conventional homepage. It is a figure which shows an example of another conventional homepage.

Explanation of symbols

101: Vendor transmission device, 102, 107: Storage unit, 103: Camera device, 104: Transmission path, 105: Information terminal device, 106: Processing device, 108: Display unit, 109: Operation unit, 201, 301, 501, 601, 610, 701, 710, 801: display screen, 202: connection information table, 203, 502: vendor device selection button, 302: TITLE, 303, 614, 711, 802: homepage image, 304, 602, 804: Live icon, 305: Still image icon, 306, 613: Camera control icon, 503: Automatic switching button, 404: Multi-screen display button, 603: Camera selection icon, 604: Stored image icon, 605: Setting icon, 606, 806 : Help icon, 611: SMALL icon, 612: L RGE icon, 702: Enter icon, 703: Setting icon, 712: Display size icon, 713, 807: Still image capture icon, 714: Communication mode switching icon, 715: Audio ON / OFF icon, 716: Audio volume icon, 803: Size change icon, 805: Setup icon.

Claims (3)

  A plurality of vendor devices having a storage unit and an information terminal device connected to the vendor device via a transmission line, and storing a homepage defined in a common format in each storage device of the plurality of vendor devices. The information terminal device includes a storage unit, and the storage unit of the information terminal device includes a connection information table for selectively connecting to the plurality of vendor devices. The information terminal device includes the connection information table. The information transmission system is characterized in that the information processing system is connected to the predetermined vendor apparatus based on the information and acquires a homepage defined in the common format from the storage unit of the vendor apparatus.   2. The information transmission system according to claim 1, wherein a homepage defined in a common format stored in a storage device of each of the plurality of vendor devices includes different information owned by each of the plurality of vendor devices, and the plurality of the plurality of vendor devices. An image transmission system comprising an icon common to all vendor devices.   3. The information transmission system according to claim 2, wherein the information terminal device includes a display unit, and the display unit displays the connection information table.

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