JP2008141287A - Surveillance camera system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable selection of information transmitted from a surveillance camera device which can output the information as sound information so as to increase flexibility in information output. <P>SOLUTION: In a surveillance camera system where a surveillance camera device is combined with a surveillance terminal via a transmission path, a variety of information of the surveillance camera device is presented by sound by a surveillance terminal device, wherein the system is provided with such a function that the information transmitted by the surveillance camera device is selected from the surveillance terminal device, and the various information is converted into sound, and presented. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a surveillance system, and more particularly, to a surveillance camera system using a transmission device.

Conventionally, in a surveillance camera system using a transmission device, various information of the surveillance camera device, for example, the viewing direction of the camera, the transmission device operation of the surveillance camera device, normal information near the installation position of the surveillance camera device (for example, weather etc.) Information), failure information when there is a problem with the monitoring camera device, and abnormal information such as poor communication of the transmission device are presented as character information to the monitoring terminal. However, in such a conventional method, it is necessary for the supervisor of the monitoring terminal device to always look at the monitoring terminal, and the burden on the supervisor is large.
For example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a technique for eliminating the complexity of information display on the monitor display screen of the monitoring terminal device by switching the selection information and preset control information of the monitoring camera device to audio display.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2004-23676

In the above-described prior art, since information transmitted from the monitoring camera device can be output as audio information, the degree of freedom in the monitoring camera device is small.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to make it possible to select information transmitted from a surveillance camera device that can be output as audio information in order to solve the conventional problems, and to increase the degree of freedom of information output.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is characterized in that, in a surveillance camera system coupled with a surveillance camera device and a surveillance terminal through a transmission line, various information of the surveillance camera device is presented by voice in the surveillance terminal device. And
In addition, the information transmitted from the monitoring camera device is selected from the monitoring terminal device, provided with a function of converting and presenting various types of information to voice, and presented as voice information.

  According to the present invention, the information transmitted from the monitoring camera device can be selected from the monitoring terminal, and can be provided with the function of converting and presenting various types of information to speech, and can be presented as speech information. On the display screen of the monitoring terminal monitor, the degree of freedom of the output format for the information transmitted from the monitoring terminal is increased, and the monitoring camera device selection information and preset control information can be freely switched to voice display. The complexity of displaying information is eliminated.

  In the surveillance camera system of one embodiment of the present invention, a technique for analyzing various data information transmitted from component devices including a transmission device of the surveillance camera device by using a surveillance terminal, converting the information into sound, and outputting the same is shown below. 1 and FIG.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a surveillance camera system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 is a camera device, 2 is a transmission device, 4 is a monitoring terminal that presents information including video, 3 is a transmission device, and 5 is a transmission path that enables information communication between the transmission device 2 and the transmission device 4.
The camera device 1 and the transmission device 2 are components of the surveillance camera device 6. The transmission device 3 and the monitoring terminal 4 are constituent elements of the monitoring terminal device 7.

The camera device 1 is, for example, a video photographing unit including a camera (imaging unit) and a camera control unit. The transmission line 5 is, for example, a network line.
The monitoring terminal 4 includes, for example, a monitor, an input device, and an audio output unit (not shown) such as a speaker, and is connected to one or a plurality of monitoring camera devices 6 via a transmission path 5 to be displayed on the monitor display screen. Displays the image data received from the surveillance camera device 6.

The monitor display screen of the monitoring terminal 4 controls the viewing angle of the monitoring camera device, and when there are multiple camera devices or transmission devices, a control screen for selecting them and a preset control information display Or preset control screen.
In addition, the monitor display screen includes various other information about the monitoring camera device including sensor information, detection data, etc., for example, the viewing direction of the camera, the transmission device operation of the monitoring camera device, and the normal position near the installation position of the monitoring camera device. Information (for example, information such as weather), abnormal information such as the cause of failure when the monitoring camera device is defective, and poor communication of the transmission device are presented as character information to the monitoring terminal.

  The input device of the monitoring terminal 4 is, for example, at least one of a pointing device such as a keyboard and a mouse, a joystick, or an operating device, and the monitor looks at the display screen of the monitor or uses a GUI (Graphical User Interface). ) To control or operate the surveillance camera system.

  Furthermore, the audio output device of the monitoring terminal 4 has various information transmitted from the monitoring camera device 6, for example, the visual field direction of the camera, the transmission device operation of the monitoring camera device, and normal information near the installation position of the monitoring camera device (for example, Information such as weather), failure information when there is a malfunction in the surveillance camera device, and abnormal information such as poor communication of the transmission device is presented as voice information.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a part of the configuration of an embodiment of the monitoring terminal 4 shown in FIG. 101 is an information receiving unit that receives information data, 102 is a voice converting unit that analyzes the information data and converts it into voice data, and 103 is a voice presenting unit that presents the voice data.

There are various types of information transmitted from the monitoring camera device, and description will be given by taking failure information of the video photographing unit as an example.
In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the failure information data generated by the camera device 1 is transmitted via the transmission device 2, the transmission channel 5, and the transmission channel 3 and output to the information receiving unit 101 of the monitoring terminal 4.

The generation of the failure information is executed, for example, when the monitoring camera device 6 automatically generates every predetermined time set in advance and when the monitoring terminal device 7 requests the monitoring device as necessary. .
Alternatively, the generation of failure information is executed, for example, when a request is automatically made from the monitoring terminal device 7 every predetermined time set in advance, or when a monitor requests from the monitoring terminal device 7 as necessary. Is done.

  The information receiving unit 101 converts the input failure information data into a format that can be processed by the monitoring terminal 4 and outputs the converted data to the voice converting unit 102. The voice conversion unit 102 analyzes the input data, performs voice conversion, and outputs the converted voice data to the voice presentation unit 103. The voice presentation unit 103 presents the input voice data (failure information converted into voice) as voice information.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, the failure information is presented by voice in the monitoring terminal, so there is no need to look at the display screen to check or confirm the failure information, and the burden on the supervisor Can be reduced and efficient operation is possible.

Next, which information is selected and output as audio information will be described below by explaining a method of selecting failure information.
The monitor displays the information selection list using the input device on the display screen of the monitor when operating the monitoring camera system or during monitoring.
In the displayed information selection list, failure information of the monitoring camera device currently connected to the monitoring camera system is displayed in a list for each type of information.
In addition, the number of cases that occurred in the past predetermined time may be displayed for each type. Furthermore, the number of cases that have occurred in the past predetermined time may be displayed for each monitoring camera or each transmission device.

The monitor looks at this information and selects from the list which information is to be presented by voice. For example, as a selection method, a method of checking check boxes displayed side by side on the left side of each type list may be used.
In addition to the audio output, it may be possible to select to display on the display screen of the monitor at the same time.

1 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration of a surveillance camera system according to an embodiment of the present invention. The block diagram which shows a part of structure of the monitoring terminal of one Embodiment of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  1: Camera device, 2, 3: Transmission device, 4: Monitoring terminal, 5: Transmission path, 6: Monitoring camera device, 7: Monitoring terminal device, 101: Information receiving unit, 102: Voice conversion unit, 103: Voice presentation Department.

Claims (1)

In the surveillance camera system which couples a surveillance camera device and a surveillance terminal device via a transmission line, various information of the surveillance camera device is presented by voice in the surveillance terminal device.