JP2007019915A - Surveillance camera control device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a surveillance camera control device which enables each user to perform setting for the input/output of images and sounds of a surveillance camera, an operating means, an operation time, etc., and to perform their operations. <P>SOLUTION: A surveillance monitoring device is composed of a surveillance camera device composed of an image pickup camera, a sound input/output, a storage, a communication portion, a control unit, a display unit for displaying images sent from the surveillance camera device, a sound input/output for outputting sounds sent from the surveillance camera device and inputting sounds, a communication portion for performing communication with the surveillance camera device, and an operating portion for operating the surveillance camera device. The monitoring device has a control unit which controls to switch sounds recorded on the storage, and to perform an output from the sound input/output according to the authority of an operator of the monitoring device. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a surveillance camera control device capable of voice input / output.

  With the recent interest in security, not only has the performance of surveillance cameras improved in comparison to the past, but also the use of surveillance cameras has shifted from security for business use to monitoring for individuals. It is starting to spread.

  In addition, due to the spread of the network, the conventional connection of one monitoring monitor to one monitoring camera was 1: 1, but the connection of a plurality of monitoring monitors to one monitoring camera was 1: n. N: n connection of a plurality of monitoring monitors to a plurality of monitoring cameras is also possible.

In addition, surveillance cameras used to transmit only black and white images, but now they can transmit color images and transmit information other than image information such as voice and position information (for example, patents). Reference 1).
JP 2000-099864 A

  Some conventional surveillance cameras with 1: n or n: n connections provide surveillance images according to the user, but the surveillance camera captures restrictions on the user's surveillance camera operation. Was limited to possible images.

  It is an object of the present invention to provide a surveillance camera control device that can set and execute an image, audio input / output, operation means, operation time, and the like of a surveillance camera for each user.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is transmitted from the surveillance camera device including the imaging camera unit, the voice input / output unit, the storage unit, the communication unit, and the control unit, and the surveillance camera device. A display unit for displaying the received image, a voice input / output unit for outputting the voice sent from the monitoring camera device or inputting the voice, a communication unit for communicating with the monitoring camera device, In a monitoring monitor device configured with an operation unit for operating the monitoring camera device,
It has a control part which can control changing the voice recorded in the storage part according to the authority of the operator of the monitoring monitor device, and outputting from the voice input / output part.

  According to the present invention, in a set of a monitoring camera device that can input and output audio and a monitoring monitor device that displays information from the monitoring camera, the audio from the monitoring camera device according to the authority of the user of the monitoring monitor device Since the output can be performed, it is possible to provide different audio output and operation restrictions depending on the authority of the user.

  Also, audio output from the monitoring camera device can be performed according to the combination of the authority of the user of the monitoring monitor device and the time.

  Further, when the monitoring camera device can change the shooting direction, audio output from the monitoring camera device can be performed according to the authority of the user of the monitoring monitor device and the shooting direction of the camera.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.

<Embodiment 1>
A first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 1 shows a block diagram of the present invention.

  The monitoring camera device 110 includes a camera unit 111, a control unit 112, a communication unit 113, a voice input / output unit 114, and a voice storage unit 115. The monitoring monitor device 120 includes a communication unit 121, a control unit 122, a display unit 123, The operation unit 124 and the voice input / output unit 125 are configured.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram showing the processing flow of the surveillance camera device and the surveillance monitoring device according to the present invention. The processing flow of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

  First, the user of the monitoring monitor device 120 performs user authentication S201 via the communication unit 121 with respect to the monitoring camera device 110 to be operated.

  After the control unit 112 of the monitoring camera device 110 confirms whether or not the user has the use authority in response to the user authentication request S201 received from the monitoring monitor device by the communication unit 113, the user is given the authority S202. Then, transmission S203 of an image photographed by the camera unit 111 is started.

  When the monitoring monitor device 120 receives the image transmission S203 from the monitoring camera device 110 by the communication unit 121, the monitoring monitor device 120 sequentially executes the image display S204 using the display unit 123.

  The user of the monitoring monitor device 120 looks at the image sent from the monitoring camera device 110, and when the user finds a cat that has broken the flower bed, for example, the user operates The voice output command S205 is executed for the monitoring camera device 110 by operating the unit 124.

  Upon receiving the audio output command S205, the monitoring camera device 110 checks whether or not it has the authority to issue a warning sound. If the monitoring camera apparatus 110 determines that it has the authority, the monitoring camera device 110 extracts the audio data from the audio storage unit 115 and outputs the audio The audio data output S206 is executed to the input / output unit 114.

  If the user does not have the authority to issue a warning sound, the monitoring camera apparatus 110 does not execute anything and continues only the image transmission S203.

  In addition, a user who has the authority to make settings in the monitoring camera device 110 can store voices in the monitoring camera device 110 in advance.

  The user operates the operation unit of the monitoring monitor device and inputs sound using the sound input / output unit 125.

  The audio data input to the audio input / output unit 125 is passed to the control unit 112 of the monitoring camera device 110 via the communication unit 121 and the communication unit 113, and the control unit 112 is sent from a user having setting authority. After confirming that the data has been recorded, the audio data sent to the audio recording unit 115 is stored.

  In addition, a user having the setting authority can edit or delete the audio data recorded in the audio storage unit 115 of the monitoring camera apparatus 110 using the monitoring monitor apparatus 120.

  However, the user may not be able to edit all the voice data recorded in the voice storage unit 115, and can edit / delete only the voice data to which the authority for editing is given.

  Thereby, it becomes possible to perform the audio | voice output according to a user's authority in a surveillance camera apparatus.

<Embodiment 2>
A second embodiment of the present invention to which the first embodiment is applied will be described with reference to FIGS.

  FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the present embodiment.

  The surveillance camera device 310 includes a camera unit 311, a control unit 312, a communication unit 313, an audio input / output unit 314, an audio storage unit 315, and a clock unit 316. The camera unit 311 can change an imaging range and a telephoto magnification. The monitoring and monitoring device 320 includes a communication unit 321, a control unit 322, a display unit 323, an operation unit 324, and a voice input / output unit 325.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart of processing in the control unit 312 of the monitoring camera device 310 when a voice output command is transmitted from the monitoring monitor device 320.

  First, the control unit 312 receives the voice output command delivered from the communication unit 313 (S401), and checks whether the user of the monitoring monitor apparatus that has sent the voice output command has the authority to output voice (S402). .

  If the control unit 312 determines that the user has the authority to output sound, can the current time be obtained from the time unit 316, time confirmation S403 be performed, and audio data designated as the current time be output? Determine if.

  If the control unit 312 determines that the audio data can be output, the control unit 312 performs confirmation S404 of whether or not the audio data can be output toward the shooting range currently captured by the camera unit 311.

  If the control unit 312 determines that the audio data designated within the imaging range captured by the camera unit 311 can be output, the control unit 312 confirms whether or not the telephoto magnification is sufficient to output the audio data. If it is determined that all the conditions are met, the designated audio output S406 is executed.

  If the control unit 312 determines that any of the authority confirmation S402, time confirmation S403, imaging range confirmation S404, and telephoto magnification confirmation S405 is incompatible, the designated audio data is not output and the command is received. The process returns to the state waiting for S401.

  This makes it possible to set restrictions on audio output not only by user authority but also by parameters such as time and shooting range.For example, the setting is not to output audio at midnight, or only when shooting the entrance of the entrance. It is possible to utilize such as enabling output of voice data such as “No”.

  The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiment, and various modifications can be applied without departing from the present invention.

  For example, when the users of a plurality of monitoring monitor devices have the authority to use the voice data together and use the monitoring camera device at the same time, give the user a priority order to output the voice data. Needless to say, it is within the scope of the present invention that audio data can be output from a user with high priority.

  In addition, for example, it is of course within the scope of the present invention that the user can set not only the time but also the number of times that audio data can be output during a certain period.

It is a block diagram in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart of the process in Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram in Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart of the process of the control part in Embodiment 2 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 Surveillance camera apparatus 111 Camera part 112 Control part 113 Communication part 114 Voice input / output part 115 Voice memory | storage part 120 Monitoring monitor apparatus 121 Communication part 122 Control part 123 Display part 124 Operation part 125 Voice input / output part 316 Clock part

Claims (3)

An imaging camera unit, an audio input / output unit, a storage unit, a communication unit, a control unit, a monitoring camera device, a display unit for displaying an image sent from the monitoring camera device, A voice input / output unit for outputting or inputting voice sent from the surveillance camera device, a communication unit for communicating with the surveillance camera device, and an operation unit for operating the surveillance camera device In a monitoring monitor device composed of
A monitoring unit comprising: a control unit capable of controlling the output of the audio input / output unit by switching the audio recorded in the storage unit according to the authority of the operator of the monitoring monitor device Camera control device.   The control unit includes a clock, and controls to switch the voice recorded in the storage unit and output from the voice input / output unit according to the authority and time of the user of the monitoring monitor device The surveillance camera control device according to claim 1, which is possible.   It is recorded in the storage unit according to the authority of the user of the monitoring monitor device and the operating state of the imaging camera unit such as the imaging position and the telephoto magnification taken by the imaging camera unit of the monitoring camera device. The surveillance camera control device according to claim 2, wherein it is possible to control the output of the voice input / output unit by switching the selected voice.

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