JP2007020057A - Device, method and program for monitoring intercommunication - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a device for monitoring intercommunication which makes an monitored person understand who monitors him. <P>SOLUTION: The monitored person is imaged by a first imaging part 101 and a motion of the monitored person is detected by a detection part 104. Whether or not the monitored person has the intention of intercommunication is determined by an intercommunication intention determination part 106 based on a figure image detected by the detection part 104. When it is determined that the monitored person has the intercommunication intention, an intercommunication starting message is sent to a central monitoring terminal via a network 300. An image of a monitoring person who monitors the monitored person by the central monitoring terminal is received by a first receiving part 109 via the network 300 and is further displayed on a first display part 107. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an intercommunication monitoring apparatus, an intercommunication monitoring method, and an intercommunication monitoring program, and more particularly to an intercommunication monitoring apparatus, an intercommunication monitoring method, and an intercommunication monitoring program suitable for use in a public space where privacy needs to be considered. It is related to.

  As shown in FIG. 17, the conventional video monitoring apparatus is obtained by connecting an imaging terminal 700 and a central monitoring terminal 900 via a network 800.

  The imaging terminal 700 includes an imaging unit 701 and a data transmission unit 702. The central monitoring terminal 900 includes a data receiving unit 901 and a display unit 902.

  An image captured by the imaging unit 701 is transmitted from the data transmission unit 702 and received by the data reception unit 901 via the network 800. The received image is displayed on the display unit 902.

  The network 800 uses digital transmission using an NTSC image analog transmission method using a coaxial line.

  The concept of a conventional video monitoring apparatus is shown in FIG. When the monitored person 2 enters the imaging range 6 of the imaging unit 701, the figure of the monitored person 2 is captured by the imaging unit 701 and displayed on the display unit 902 via the network 800, and the monitored person 1 Can see.

  Since the conventional video monitoring apparatus is intended to know whether or not the monitored person 2 has entered the imaging range 6, it does not require a precise face image. For this reason, when the monitored person 2 is displayed on the display unit 902 for privacy protection, the image of the monitored person 2 is deformed (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

For the purpose of protecting privacy, in addition to this, a technology that limits the pan and tilt of the camera and restricts the camera so that it cannot be pointed in the direction in which privacy is to be protected, assuming the area where privacy is to be protected ( For example, there is a technique (see, for example, Patent Document 3) that performs monitoring only when there is a request from a monitored person.
JP 2001-169257 A JP 2000-4435 A JP-A-8-287383

  However, in the conventional video monitoring apparatus, there is a problem that the monitor only sees the monitored person unilaterally, and the monitored person does not know who is monitoring.

  The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide an intercommunication monitoring apparatus that can tell who the monitored person is monitoring.

  The intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to the present invention includes a first information input unit that inputs information of a monitored person, and a mutual relationship between the monitored person and the monitored person based on information input from the first information input unit. When it is determined that there is a mutual communication intention by the mutual communication intention determination unit that determines whether or not there is a communication intention, a first reception unit that receives the information of the supervisor, and the mutual communication intention determination unit, A reproduction unit that reproduces the information of the supervisor received by the first reception unit.

  With this configuration, when the mutual communication intention determination unit determines that the monitored person has the mutual communication intention, the information on the monitor can be reproduced on the reproduction unit.

  The intercommunication monitoring apparatus of the present invention includes a second information input unit that inputs information about the supervisor, a first transmission unit that transmits a determination result determined by the mutual communication intention determination unit, When the second reception unit that receives the determination result transmitted by the first transmission unit and the determination result received by the second reception unit have a mutual communication intention, the second information input unit A second transmission unit configured to transmit the input information of the monitor to the first reception unit.

  With this configuration, when the second receiving unit receives a determination result indicating that there is a mutual communication intention, the second information input unit can input and transmit the information of the supervisor.

  Furthermore, in the intercommunication monitoring apparatus of the present invention, the first information input unit is based on a first imaging unit that captures an image of the monitored person and an image captured by the first imaging unit. A detection unit that detects the movement of the monitored person, and the mutual communication intention determination unit determines whether or not there is a mutual communication intention based on the movement of the monitored person detected by the detection unit. Is determined.

  With this configuration, it is possible to detect whether or not the monitored person has a mutual communication intention based on the movement of the monitored person.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring apparatus of the present invention has a configuration in which the second information input unit captures an image of the monitor.

  With this configuration, an image of the supervisor can be taken.

  Furthermore, in the intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to the present invention, the first information input unit is configured to use a first sound collection unit that inputs the sound of the monitored person and a sound input by the first sound collection unit. A voice detection unit that detects the voice of the monitored person input, and the mutual communication intention determination unit determines whether the mutual communication intention is based on the voice of the monitored person detected by the voice detection unit. It has the structure which determines whether there exists.

  With this configuration, it is possible to detect whether or not the monitored person has an intention to communicate with each other from the sound emitted by the monitored person.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring apparatus of the present invention has a configuration in which the second information input unit inputs the voice of the supervisor.

  With this configuration, the voice of the supervisor can be input.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring apparatus of the present invention has a configuration in which the first information input unit inputs information from the monitored person through a network.

  With this configuration, information from the monitored person can be input through the network.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring apparatus of the present invention has a configuration in which the first receiving unit receives the information of the monitor through a network.

  With this configuration, it is possible to input information about the supervisor through the network.

  Furthermore, in the intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to the present invention, when the first receiving unit receives the authentication information and the image information of the monitor, the reproduction unit superimposes the authentication information and the image information of the monitor. The display is displayed.

  With this configuration, it is possible to superimpose and display the monitor's image information and authentication information.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring apparatus of the present invention has a configuration in which the playback unit displays the video of the supervisor and the character information of the supervisor in a superimposed manner.

  With this configuration, it is possible to superimpose and display the video of the supervisor and the character information of the supervisor.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring apparatus of the present invention includes a monitor authentication unit that performs authentication of the monitor, and the second transmission unit transmits authentication information authenticated by the monitor authentication unit. is doing.

  With this configuration, the authentication information of the supervisor can be transmitted.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring apparatus of the present invention is personally authenticated by the personal authentication unit for performing personal authentication of the monitored person by the input of the monitored person input to the second receiving unit, and the personal authentication unit. An intercommunication intention determination unit that determines the mutual communication intention of the monitored person, and when the mutual communication intention determination unit determines that there is mutual communication intention, the image of the monitor received by the reception unit And a display unit for displaying.

  With this configuration, when the monitored person is authenticated, the image of the monitoring person can be displayed.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring method of the present invention includes a step of inputting information of a monitored person, and a step of determining whether or not there is a mutual communication intention between the monitored person and the monitoring person based on the input information. And receiving the monitor information, and regenerating the received monitor information when it is determined that there is a mutual communication intention.

  With this configuration, when it is determined that the monitored person has an intention to communicate with each other, the information of the monitoring person can be reproduced.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring method of the present invention includes a step of inputting information of a monitored person, and a step of determining whether or not there is a mutual communication intention between the monitored person and the monitoring person based on the input information. The step of inputting the information of the supervisor, the step of transmitting the determined determination result, the step of receiving the transmitted determination result, and the monitoring result when the received determination result has a mutual communication intention Transmitting the supervisor information, receiving the supervisor information, and reproducing the received supervisor information.

  With this configuration, when a determination result indicating that there is an intention to communicate with each other is received, information about the supervisor can be input and transmitted.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring program of the present invention includes a step of inputting information of the monitored person to the computer, and whether or not there is an intention of mutual communication between the monitored person and the monitoring person based on the input information. The determination step, the step of receiving the information of the supervisor, and the step of reproducing the received information of the supervisor when it is determined that there is a mutual communication intention are executed.

  With this configuration, when it is determined that the monitored person has an intention to communicate with each other, the information of the monitoring person can be reproduced.

  Furthermore, the intercommunication monitoring program of the present invention includes a step of inputting information of the monitored person to the computer, and whether or not there is an intention of mutual communication between the monitored person and the monitoring person based on the input information. A step of determining, a step of inputting the information of the supervisor, a step of transmitting the determined determination result, a step of receiving the transmitted determination result, and the received determination result when there is a mutual communication intention The step of transmitting the supervisor information, the step of receiving the supervisor information, and the step of reproducing the received supervisor information are executed.

  With this configuration, when a determination result indicating that there is an intention to communicate with each other is received, information about the supervisor can be input and transmitted.

  The present invention can provide an intercommunication monitoring apparatus, an intercommunication monitoring method, and an intercommunication monitoring program that have the effect of allowing a monitored person to know who is monitoring.

(Embodiment 1)
Hereinafter, an intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the mutual communication terminals 100a, 100b, 100c and the central monitoring terminal 200 are connected by a network 300, mutually transmit or receive video or audio, and display or speak the received one. The internal configurations of the intercommunication video terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c are the same.

  In FIG. 2, the first imaging unit 101 captures an image of the monitored person and sends it to the first transmission unit 103 and the detection unit 104. The detection unit 104 analyzes the movement of the monitored person and sends the result to the mutual communication intention determination unit 106. The mutual communication intention determination unit 106 determines whether or not it is necessary to perform mutual communication with the central monitoring terminal 200. The first transmission unit 103 transmits an image of the monitored person to the network 300. The first receiving unit 109 receives an image of a supervisor from the network 300 and sends it to the first mutual communication processing unit 110 and the mutual communication intention determination unit 106. The first display unit 107 displays an image of the supervisor.

  Separately from the image of the monitored person, the first sound collecting unit 102 collects sound and sends it to the sound detecting unit 105. The voice detection unit 105 determines whether it is necessary to perform mutual communication from the voice information, and sends it to the mutual communication intention determination unit 106. The first receiving unit 109 receives the voice of the supervisor and sends it to the first intercommunication processing unit 106. This sound is generated from the first sound generation unit 108 via the first intercommunication processing unit 110.

  In FIG. 3, the second receiving unit 203 receives data from the network 300 and sends it to the second display unit 201, the second sounding unit 202, and the second intercommunication processing unit 207. The second display unit 201 displays the sent image of the monitored person. In addition, the second sounding unit 202 sounds the transmitted voice of the monitored person. The second intercommunication processing unit 207 receives data from the second data receiving unit 203, and notifies the second transmitting unit 206 of the fact when mutual communication is necessary.

  The second imaging unit 204 captures an image of the supervisor and sends it to the second transmission unit 206. The second sound collection unit 205 collects the voice of the supervisor and sends it to the second transmission unit 206. The second transmission unit 206 transmits the received image and sound to the network when mutual communication is necessary.

  In FIG. 4, the intercommunication video terminal 100 a and the central monitoring terminal 200 are connected through a network 300. A monitored person 2 is present in front of the intercommunication video monitoring terminal 100a, and a supervisor 1 is present in front of the central monitoring terminal 200. FIG. 4 shows the first imaging unit 101 and the first display unit 107 as a part of the central monitoring terminal 100a, and the second display unit 201 and the second display unit 107 as a part of the central monitoring terminal 200. An imaging unit 204 is shown.

  The operation of the intercommunication monitoring apparatus configured as described above will be described below.

  In FIG. 4, the monitored person 2 is imaged by the first imaging unit 101. At this time, when the monitored person 2 performs an operation such as, for example, looking at the first imaging unit 101 for a predetermined time (for example, 10 seconds) or longer, the interactive video terminal 100a has an intention of mutual communication with the monitored person 2 Judge. Then, the intercommunication video terminal 100a sends a message for starting intercommunication to the central monitoring terminal 200 through the network 300.

  When the central monitoring terminal 200 receives the message for starting the mutual communication, the second imaging unit 204 captures the image of the monitor 1, and the image, the name of the monitor, the contact information, and the like are transmitted to the interactive communication video terminal 100a through the network 300. send.

  As a result, the image, name, contact information, etc. of the supervisor 1 are displayed on the first display unit 107 of the intercommunication video terminal 100a. The monitored person 2 can know the image, name, contact information, etc. of the person who is monitoring himself / herself by viewing this video.

  When the monitored person 2 moves and goes out of the imaging range of the first imaging unit 101, the intercommunication video terminal 100a stops displaying the monitor's image and the like on the first display unit 107, and performs mutual communication. A stop message is transmitted to the central monitoring terminal 200 through the network 300.

  When the central monitoring terminal 200 receives the message for stopping the mutual communication, the central monitoring terminal 200 stops the data transmission to the mutual communication video terminal 100a.

  Next, the operation of the intercommunication video monitoring terminal 100a will be described with reference to FIG.

  The first imaging unit 101 sends images obtained by imaging the monitored person 2 to the detection unit 104 and the first transmission unit 103 one after another. Then, the captured image is transmitted to the network 300 via the first transmission unit 103.

  The detection unit 104 detects a person from the transmitted image. The person detection information is input to the mutual communication intention determination unit 106.

  In addition to the detection information obtained by the detection unit 104, the mutual communication intention determination unit 106 receives information received from the network 300 by the first reception unit 109, information stored in itself, or a combination of these. Based on the above, it is determined whether or not to perform mutual communication. The determination result is transmitted to the network 300 via the first transmission unit 103 and also transmitted to the first intercommunication processing unit 110.

  When it is determined by the mutual communication intention determination unit 106 that the first mutual communication processing unit 110 performs mutual communication, the first mutual communication processing unit 110 receives first image data received from the network 300 via the first reception unit 109. To the display unit 107. As a result, an image is displayed on the first display unit 107.

  Next, an example of determination in the mutual communication intention determination unit 106 will be described in more detail using the flowchart of FIG.

  The mutual communication intention determination unit 106 receives person detection information from the detection unit 104.

  And it is discriminate | determined whether the detection information first received in the mutual communication intention determination part 106 is a person (step S401). When a person is detected (step S401, YES), it is determined whether or not there is a mutual communication intention based on the detection information (step S402).

  When it is determined that there is a mutual communication intention (step S402, YES), a mutual communication start message is output (step S403).

  When no person is detected (step S401, NO), or when there is no mutual communication intention (step S402, NO), the process returns to person detection (step S401). From the detection unit 104, detection information of the monitored person 2 is sent one after another, but when no person is detected (step S401, NO) or there is no mutual communication intention (step S402, NO), This process is repeated.

  In step S404, the detection unit 104 detects a person (step S404, YES), and if there is a mutual communication intention (step S405, YES), the process returns to step S404 and the same processing is repeated.

  On the other hand, when no person is detected in step S404 (NO), or when the mutual communication intention is not confirmed in step S405 (NO), a mutual communication stop message is output (step S406). Then, the process returns to step S401.

  Here, in the confirmation of the mutual communication intention in steps S402 and S405, the determination criterion for the presence or absence of the mutual communication intention held in advance in the mutual communication intention determination unit 106 is used. As the standard, when a certain time, for example, 10 seconds elapses with the face 2 facing the first imaging unit 101, the arm 2 is kept raised toward the first imaging unit 101 for 3 seconds. When a specific combination of movements, such as writing a specific character in the air, is recognized, a predetermined item, such as an introductory badge, is directed to the first imaging unit 101, and at a specific location When entering, it is determined that there is a mutual communication intention. Otherwise, it is determined that there is no mutual communication intention.

  Next, the operation of the central monitoring terminal 200 will be described with reference to FIG.

  The second receiving unit 203 receives the image data of the monitored person 2, the mutual communication start message, or the mutual communication stop message via the network 300. The image data is sent to the second display unit 201 and displayed. Further, the mutual communication start message or the mutual communication stop message is sent to the first mutual communication processing unit 207.

  When receiving the mutual communication start message, the second mutual communication processing unit 207 controls the second transmission unit 206 to start image data transmission to the network 300 and when receiving the mutual communication stop message. The second transmission unit 206 is controlled to stop image data transmission to the network 300.

  On the other hand, the second imaging unit 204 images the supervisor 1, and the image data is sent to the second transmission unit 206. If image data transmission to the network 300 has been started by the second transmission unit 206, the image data of the supervisor 1 is transmitted to the network 300.

  Note that the above description is for the video system, but for the audio system, in the intercommunication video terminal 100a of FIG. When the first voice detection unit 105 (corresponding to the detection unit) recognizes that the corresponding voice has a voice corresponding to a keyword such as “communication is possible”, the mutual communication intention determination unit 106 performs the mutual communication. Determine to do. At this time, the sound generation unit 108 (corresponding to the first display unit) emits the voice transmitted from the first reception unit 109. In the first sound generation unit 108, the voice transmitted from the central control terminal is uttered.

  Also, when using voice, when the utterance timing of the keyword coincides with the timing of the operation, for example, when speaking “communication” while raising the arm, when a specific frequency such as a dog whistle is detected, It may be when a specific melody is detected.

  In the central control terminal 200 in FIG. 3, the second sound generation unit 202 generates sound generated by the monitored person 2, and the second sound collection unit 205 collects sound generated by the monitor.

  Note that the first intercommunication processing unit 110 can process the data to be displayed on the first display unit 107. For example, information such as the name of the supervisor, the name of the supervisor, the company name, the contact information, the current time, the name or place name or ID of the video monitoring terminal can be superimposed on the image data and displayed. Such information may be stored in the first intercommunication processing unit 110 or may be received from the first receiving unit 109.

  Note that when the mutual communication information terminal 101a determines that there is no mutual communication intention, instead of turning off the power of the first display unit 107 or turning off the power, the government gazette, the advertisement, An environmental video and an image for mimicking the wall behind the first display unit 107 may be displayed.

  The first display unit 107 may be stored in a wall or an imaging unit, and in that case, may be stored when the mutual communication is not used.

  Note that a wired communication unit or a wireless communication unit may be used instead of the first display unit 107. When using a wired communication unit, a connector is prepared, and the person to be monitored can connect his / her terminal using a cable and display an image on his / her terminal. As wired communication, digital communication such as IEEE 1394, USB, and RS622, and analog communication such as NTSC can be performed. Further, when the wireless communication unit is used, wireless communication can be performed with the own terminal of the monitored person, and an image can be displayed on the own terminal.

  Note that the first imaging unit 101 and the first display unit 107 are integrally configured, and when the person 2 to be monitored looks at the imaging unit 101, the first display unit 107 also enters the visual field at the same time. Also good.

  The intercommunication video monitoring terminal 101a can also be realized by a pair of an imaging system 150 and a display system 160 as shown in FIG. In the configuration shown in FIG. 6, compared to the configuration shown in FIG. 1, the video monitoring terminal is composed of two parts, an imaging system 150 and a display system 160, which is the first receiving unit 159 in FIG. Are different from each other in that the receiving unit 159 of the imaging system and the receiving unit 169 of the display system are connected to the mutual communication processing unit 170.

  The determination result in the mutual communication determination unit 156 is transmitted from the first transmission unit 103, received by the reception unit 169 of the display system 160 via the network 300, and transmitted to the mutual communication processing unit 170.

  According to this configuration, when the imaging system 150 is a camera or the like installed on the ceiling, when the first display unit 107 is also difficult to see if installed on the ceiling, the display system 160 is used for the imaging system 150. For example, can be placed at the level of the eye of the wall.

  With the above configuration, according to the first embodiment, the monitored person can know the person who is monitoring himself / herself. Accordingly, it is possible to realize an intercommunication monitoring apparatus that can suppress the privacy infringement of the monitored person without reducing the monitoring effect.

(Embodiment 2)
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the same portions as those of the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that an authentication server for authenticating a monitored person to the network 300 in the block diagram of the mutual communication monitoring apparatus in FIG. 7 as compared with the configuration shown in FIG. 301 is connected. Next, in the mutual video monitoring terminal 700a of FIG. 8, compared with the configuration shown in FIG. 2, a first control input unit 701 and a personal authentication unit 702 are added, and the sound collection unit 102 and the sound detection unit 105 are added. Is different in that it is omitted. Furthermore, the central monitoring device 500 of FIG. 9 differs from the configuration shown in FIG. 3 in that the connection relationship of the second intercommunication processing unit 208 and the generation unit 202 are omitted.

  In FIG. 7, the internal configurations of the mutual communication video terminals 700a, 700b, and 700c are the same.

  In FIG. 8, the first control input unit 701 receives an external input, that is, control information for authenticating the monitored person 2, and sends it to the mutual communication intention determination unit 106 and also to the personal authentication unit 702. The personal authentication unit 702 communicates with the authentication server 301 on the network 300 using the first transmission unit 103 and the first reception unit 109 to perform personal authentication.

  The mutual communication intention determination unit 106 receives the results from the first control input unit 701 and the personal authentication unit 702 and determines whether to start mutual communication. For example, mutual communication is started only when personal authentication is successful.

  The combination of the first control input unit 701 and information input therefrom includes a keyboard and password, a card reader and card information, a wireless tag reader and wireless tag information, authentication information such as a camera and a car license plate, a fingerprint reader And biometric information such as fingerprint information, iris camera and iris information, person camera and face information. Such a combination of information is transmitted to the authentication server 301, and an authenticated result is returned.

  In FIG. 9, in the central monitoring terminal 500, data received by the second receiving unit 203 is displayed on the second display unit 201 via the second intercommunication processing unit 208.

  Since a plurality of intercommunication video terminals are connected to the network 300, the second intercommunication processing unit 208 receives data from the plurality of intercommunication video terminals and sends the data to the second display unit 201.

  10 and 11 show examples of display by the second display unit 201. FIG. 10 shows a case where the screen 801 is divided into nine and nine channel images are displayed and monitored. If mutual communication occurs at this time, an effect that makes the image 802 of the video monitoring terminal performing the mutual communication stand out occurs. That is, the case where a conspicuous frame occurs is drawn.

  In addition, the brightness of the image 802 is increased from other images, the color is biased, the target person is framed, a warning sound is generated and blinked at the same time, and a message warning the occurrence of interconnection is displayed. There is also a method.

  FIG. 11 also shows a case where 9-channel video is divided and displayed, but in this example, the divided layout is changed. Normally, the screen is divided into nine parts as shown in FIG. 10, but when mutual communication occurs, it is enlarged and displayed as an image 804 in FIG. 11. At this time, the identity 805 of the monitored person may be displayed using the authentication information.

  In addition to the information used for authentication as described above, a command for pressing a supervisor call button may be used, and a wired communication input or a wireless communication input may be accepted as the first control input unit 701. In that case, communication is performed with the terminal of the monitored person. Further, when the first control input unit 701 is a camera that acquires an image, it may be shared with the first imaging unit 101.

  With the configuration described above, according to the second embodiment, only the monitored person who has been personally authenticated can know the person who is monitoring himself / herself, and the monitoring side can also grasp the monitored person's information. It becomes easy. As a result, the number of people who can see the monitor can be restricted to local residents, for example, or the person who saw the monitor can be identified to reduce the privacy infringement of the residents, thus facilitating communication with the monitor. An intercommunication monitoring device can be realized.

(Embodiment 3)
Next, Embodiment 3 will be described with reference to FIGS. Note that the same portions as those in the first embodiment are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  The difference from the first embodiment is that the gateway 302 is connected in the block diagram of the intercommunication monitoring apparatus in FIG. 12 as compared with the configuration shown in FIG. In the intercommunication video terminal 1200a of FIG. 13, the detection unit 104 and the voice detection unit 105 are omitted as compared with FIG. 2, and a monitored person information recording unit 1201 for recording the telephone number of the monitored person is added. Is different. In the conceptual diagram of the mutual video monitoring terminal in FIG. 14, compared to the configuration shown in FIG. 4, the monitored person 2 uses the mobile phone 3, and the mobile phone is connected to the network 300 via the gateway 302 and the gateway 302. The difference is that the telephone network 5 is connected and further reaches the mobile phone base station 4.

  In FIG. 12, the internal configurations of the mutual communication video terminals 1200a, 1200b, and 1200c are the same. The gateway 302 is connected to a network outside the mutual communication monitoring device, and bridges communication between each mutual communication monitoring device and the outside.

  In the configuration shown in FIG. 13, it is not necessary to detect the monitored person 2 or authenticate the monitored person 2, so the detection unit 104 in FIG. 1 and the first control input unit 701 in FIG. 8 are omitted. can do.

  In FIG. 14, the monitored person 2 uses the mobile phone 3 to make a call to a specific telephone number or access a specific mobile phone website and issue a command to the intercommunication monitoring apparatus. The mobile phone 3 is connected to the mobile phone network 5 via the mobile phone base station 4. The command issued from the mobile phone 3 is once received by the gateway 302, converted into a command inside the intercommunication monitoring apparatus, and transmitted to the video monitoring terminal.

  The command includes the address of the mutual communication monitoring terminal and the telephone number of the mobile phone 3 of the monitored person 2.

  When this command arrives at the intercommunication video terminal 1200a, it is transmitted to the intercommunication intention determination unit 106 via the first receiving unit 109.

  When this command arrives at the mutual communication intention determination unit 106, the telephone number of the mobile phone 3 of the monitored person 2 in the command and the telephone number of the monitored person recorded in the monitored person information storage unit 113. If the telephone numbers match, a message indicating the start of mutual communication is sent to the network 300 via the first transmitter 103.

  Thereafter, the video of the supervisor 1 is displayed on the first display unit 107 in the same manner as in the first embodiment.

  At this time, the image data may be displayed on the mobile phone 3 by the gateway 302 instead of the first display unit 107. In this case, the first display unit 107 can be omitted.

  Further, instead of the telephone number of the mobile phone 3, the ID of the monitored person or authentication information included in the command may be used.

  It is not always necessary to include information about the monitored person in the command. In that case, if an unspecified monitored person 2 calls a specific telephone number, the image of the monitoring person 1 is displayed on the first display unit 107. Further, the information storage unit 1201 of the monitored person is not necessary.

  In addition, although the example which uses the mobile telephone 3 was shown here, terminals provided with other communication functions, such as PDA, PC, PHS, a portable game machine, a guidance terminal, a car navigation system, an advertisement distribution terminal, and a music player But you can.

  With the above configuration, according to the third embodiment, the person to be monitored can know the person who is monitoring himself / herself. Further, by using the mobile terminal 3, the first display unit 107 and the like can be omitted. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress the privacy infringement of the monitored person without reducing the monitoring effect, and it is possible to realize the mutual communication monitoring apparatus at low cost.

(Embodiment 4)
Next, Embodiment 4 will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 3 are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof is omitted.

  The difference from the first embodiment is that the authentication server 301, the video recording device 303, and the control log recording device 304 are connected to the network 300 in the block diagram of the mutual communication monitoring device in FIG. It is a point that has been. Further, in the central monitoring terminal of FIG. 16, the first intercommunication processing unit 207 is omitted, the supervisor authentication unit 209, the second control input unit 210, and the use compared to the configuration shown in FIG. The difference is that a permission unit 211 is added.

  In FIG. 15, the video recording device 303 records images transmitted from the video monitoring terminals 100a, 100b, and 100c. The control log recording device 304 records control events of the video monitoring terminals 100a, 100b, 100c and the central monitoring terminal 600 as a log.

  In FIG. 16, the second control input unit 210 receives an input from the outside and transmits the data to the supervisor authentication unit 209. The supervisor authentication unit 209 communicates with the authentication server 301 on the network 300 using the second transmission unit 206 and the second reception unit 203 to perform personal authentication.

  The use permission unit 211 receives the result of the personal authentication from the monitor authentication unit 209 and permits or prohibits the use of the central monitoring terminal 600.

  The second control input unit 210 and information input therefrom include authentication information such as a keyboard and password, a card reader and card information, a wireless tag reader and wireless tag information, a camera and a car license plate, and a fingerprint reader. There are fingerprint information, iris camera and iris information, biometric information such as person camera and face information.

  In addition to the information used for authentication as described above, a command for pressing a supervisor call button may be used, and a wired communication input or a wireless communication input may be accepted as a control input unit. In that case, communication is performed with the terminal of the monitored person. Further, when the control input unit 210 is a camera that acquires an image, it may be shared with the second imaging unit 204.

  The monitor authentication information is sent from the monitor authentication unit 209 to the video monitoring terminal 100, and the video monitor terminal 100 superimposes the monitor information such as the name of the monitor when displaying an image. The authentication information is also sent to the control log recording device 304 for recording.

  When playing back an image recorded on the video recording device 303, the supervisor inputs a playback command from the control input unit 210. The reproduction command is transmitted from the second transmission unit 206 to the video recording device 303, and in response thereto, the recorded video data is transmitted from the video monitoring device 303 toward the central monitoring device 200.

  The recorded video data is received by the second receiving unit 203 and displayed on the display unit 201. Commands to the video recording device 303 are also sent to the control log recording device 304 for recording.

  With the above configuration, according to the fourth embodiment, the monitored person can know the person who is monitoring himself / herself. In addition, the identification of the supervisor can be ensured, and the action record of the supervisor can be kept. Accordingly, it is possible to realize an intercommunication monitoring apparatus that can suppress the privacy infringement of the monitored person without reducing the monitoring effect.

  The intercommunication monitoring apparatus, the intercommunication monitoring method, and the intercommunication monitoring program according to the present invention have an effect that the monitored person can know who is monitoring, and privacy consideration is required. Useful for public spaces.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the mutual communication video monitoring terminal of the mutual communication monitoring apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the central monitoring terminal of the mutual communication monitoring apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. Conceptual diagram of an intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention The flowchart which shows the operation | movement procedure of the mutual communication intention determination part in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the mutual communication video monitoring terminal of the mutual communication monitoring apparatus in Embodiment 1 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the mutual communication monitoring apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the communication video monitoring terminal of the communication monitoring apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure which shows the structure of the central monitoring terminal of the mutual communication monitoring apparatus in Embodiment 2 of this invention. The screen block diagram which shows the display method of the image | video in Embodiment 2 of this invention. The screen block diagram which shows the display method of the image | video in Embodiment 2 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the mutual communication monitoring apparatus in Embodiment 3 of this invention. Conceptual diagram of an intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention The block diagram which shows the structure of the communication video monitoring terminal of the communication monitoring apparatus in Embodiment 3 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the mutual communication monitoring apparatus in Embodiment 4 of this invention. The block diagram which shows the structure of the central monitoring terminal of the mutual communication monitoring apparatus in Embodiment 4 of this invention. Block diagram showing the configuration of a conventional video surveillance device Conceptual diagram of a conventional video surveillance device

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DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Monitor 2 Monitored person 3 Portable terminal 100a, 100b, 100c, 700a, 700b, 700c, 1200a, 1200b, 1200c Intercommunication video monitoring terminal 101 1st imaging part 102 1st sound collection part 103 1st transmission Unit 104 detection unit 106, 156 mutual communication intention determination unit 107 first display unit 109 first reception unit 201 second display unit 203 second reception unit 204 second imaging unit 206 second transmission unit 209 monitoring Authentication unit 702 Personal authentication unit

Claims (16)

A first information input unit for inputting information of the monitored person;
A mutual communication intention determination unit that determines whether or not there is a mutual communication intention between the monitored person and the monitor based on the information input from the first information input unit;
A first receiver for receiving the information of the supervisor;
An intercommunication monitoring apparatus comprising: a reproduction unit that reproduces the information of the supervisor received by the first reception unit when the mutual communication intention determination unit determines that there is mutual communication intention. A second information input unit for inputting the information of the monitor;
A first transmission unit that transmits a determination result determined by the mutual communication intention determination unit;
A second receiver for receiving the determination result transmitted by the first transmitter;
When the determination result received by the second receiving unit indicates that there is a mutual communication intention, the second transmission for transmitting the information on the supervisor input by the second information input unit to the first receiving unit The intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: The first information input unit includes a first imaging unit that captures an image of the monitored person;
A detection unit configured to detect a movement of the monitored person based on an image captured by the first imaging unit;
The mutual communication monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mutual communication intention determination unit determines whether or not there is a mutual communication intention based on the movement of the monitored person detected by the detection unit. The intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second information input unit captures an image of the monitor. The first information input unit includes a first sound collection unit that inputs the voice of the monitored person;
A voice detection unit that detects the voice of the monitored person input by the first sound collection unit;
The mutual communication monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the mutual communication intention determination unit determines whether there is a mutual communication intention based on the voice of the monitored person detected by the voice detection unit. The intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second information input unit inputs the voice of the supervisor. The intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first information input unit inputs information from the monitored person through a network. The intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first receiving unit receives the information of the monitor through a network. 4. The intercommunication according to claim 3, wherein when the first receiving unit receives the authentication information and the image information of the monitor, the reproduction unit displays the authentication information and the image information of the monitor in a superimposed manner. Monitoring device. The intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the reproduction unit superimposes and displays the video of the supervisor and the character information of the supervisor. Comprising a supervisor authentication unit for authenticating the supervisor;
The mutual communication monitoring apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the second transmission unit transmits authentication information authenticated by the supervisor authentication unit. A personal authentication unit for performing personal authentication of the monitored person based on the input of the monitored person input to the second receiving unit;
A mutual communication intention determination unit that determines the mutual communication intention of the monitored person when personal authentication is performed by the personal authentication unit;
The intercommunication monitoring apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising: a display unit that displays an image of the monitor received by the receiving unit when the intercommunication intention determining unit determines that there is a mutual communication intention. Inputting information of the monitored person;
Determining whether there is a mutual communication intention between the monitored person and the monitoring person based on the input information; and
Receiving the information of the supervisor;
And a step of reproducing the received information of the monitor when it is determined that there is a mutual communication intention. Inputting information of the monitored person;
Determining whether there is a mutual communication intention between the monitored person and the monitoring person based on the input information; and
Inputting information of the supervisor;
Transmitting the determined determination result; and
Receiving the transmitted determination result; and
When the received determination result indicates mutual communication intention, the step of transmitting the information of the supervisor;
Receiving the information of the supervisor;
And a step of reproducing the received information of the monitor. On the computer,
Inputting information of the monitored person;
Determining whether there is a mutual communication intention between the monitored person and the monitoring person based on the input information; and
Receiving the information of the supervisor;
An intercommunication monitoring program for executing a step of reproducing the received information of a supervisor when it is determined that there is an intention of intercommunication. On the computer,
Inputting information of the monitored person;
Determining whether there is a mutual communication intention between the monitored person and the monitoring person based on the input information;
Inputting information of the supervisor;
Transmitting the determined determination result; and
Receiving the transmitted determination result; and
When the received determination result indicates mutual communication intention, the step of transmitting the information of the supervisor;
Receiving the information of the supervisor;
An intercommunication monitoring program for executing the received information of the monitor.

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