JP2008306620A - Intercom system including other person authentication function and other person judgment method - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intercom system including other person authentication function capable of notifying a person to be visited about a visit only of a visitor whom the person to be visited wants to welcome, when acquiring authentication information of a visitor. <P>SOLUTION: The intercom system includes: a main device that is operatively connected with an intercom master unit or incorporates functions of the intercom master unit; an intercom slave unit belonging to the intercom master unit or the main device; and an entrance door sensor for detecting opening/closing of an entrance door, the intercom system is characterized in that, when visitor authentication information received from the intercom slave unit is stored in a visitor authentication information storage means as authentication information of an unwanted visitor and a content of response processing in the visit of the relevant visitor indicates a rejection of the visit, the main device does not start operation of calling the person to be visited. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a door phone system including a door phone slave unit having an authentication function, a television monitor, a plurality of sensors, a main device accommodating a switch, and an extension terminal.

  A visitor response system that can authenticate a visitor and make an appropriate response is disclosed (see, for example, Patent Document 1). In this visitor response system, the biometric information of the visitor is acquired, the visitor is authenticated by collating with biometric information registered in advance, and the result is notified to the visitor. When the visitor is absent, a desired response process registered in advance by the visitor is performed.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-281161

However, in the technique disclosed in Patent Document 1, the visitor authentication result is notified to the visitor, and the visitor accepts the visitor after confirming the notification content or pays in front of the gate. It is necessary to determine whether or not to deal with each case, and in particular, the problem of dealing with visitors who pay in front of the gate is troublesome for visitors.
Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a door phone system having a partner authentication function capable of notifying a visitor only when a visitor wants to welcome the visitor when the authentication information of the visitor is acquired. Is to provide.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a door phone system having a partner authentication function capable of automatically registering information to be registered in a database at the first visit of a visitor who wants to refuse a visit.

  A first aspect of the present invention is a main device that interlocks with or incorporates a function of a door phone master unit, a door phone slave unit that belongs to the door phone master unit or the main device, and a door sensor that detects opening / closing of a front door The door phone slave unit includes a visitor authentication information acquisition means for acquiring biometrics authentication information such as a fingerprint of a visitor who is operating the door phone slave device. The visitor authentication information receiving means for receiving the visitor authentication information acquired by the doorphone slave unit, the visitor authentication information storage means for storing the visitor authentication information, and the visitor authentication information received from the doorphone slave unit Is included in the authentication information storage means, and the visitor authentication information search means for searching whether the visitor authentication information received from the doorphone slave unit is When the information is not stored in the information storage means, the call operation to the visitor is started, and the response from the visitor to the call operation and the opening / closing of the entrance door are monitored, and the call operation is performed. If the entrance door does not open despite a response from a visitor, the visitor authentication information is stored in the authentication information storage means as authentication information of an undesirable visitor. To do.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect of the present invention, the visitor authentication information accumulating means accumulates response processing contents at the time of a visit for each visitor in association with the visitor authentication information.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, in the main device, the visitor authentication information received from the door phone cordless handset is stored in the visitor authentication information accumulating means as authentication information of an undesirable visitor. At the same time, when the response processing content of the visitor is visit refusal, the call operation to the visitor is not started.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, in the main device, the visitor authentication information received from the door phone slave unit is stored in the visitor authentication information accumulating means as authentication information of an undesirable visitor. At the same time, when the response processing content of the visitor is visit refusal, a predetermined voice message registered in advance is transmitted to the door phone slave unit.

  A fifth invention is a door phone system including a door phone slave having a visitor authentication information acquisition means for acquiring visitor authentication information, a main device having a visitor authentication information storage means, and an entrance door sensor for detecting opening / closing of the entrance door The visitor authentication information obtained by the door phone slave unit is not stored in the visitor authentication information acquisition means, and the call operation to the visitor is started and the call The response from the visitor to the operation and the opening / closing of the entrance door are monitored, and if the entrance door does not open despite the response from the visitor to the call operation, the visit It is characterized by determining a visitor as an unfavorable visitor.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to notify the visitor only when the visitor wants to welcome the visitor. In addition, for a visitor who wants to refuse a visit, authentication information can be automatically registered in a predetermined database at the first visit.

  In the case of a visitor who wants to welcome a visitor, such as a family member, acquaintance, or a courier, and a visitor salesperson who is not interested, such as a visitor or suspicious person who wants to refuse a visit, operates the doorphone slave unit. Embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a door phone system having a partner authentication function according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the door phone system of the present invention, a main device 10 is installed indoors in a visitor's house, a door phone slave unit 20 is installed at a front door, a front door sensor 30 is installed at a front door, and the main device 10 is a controllable entrance light. The switch 40 is connected to the living room TV monitor 50 and room sensor 60. The main device 10 is a master unit for the door phone slave unit 20 and is a control unit for home telephones and business phones that accommodate a plurality of extension terminals 70 (telephones and the like). Public networks such as analog telephone networks, ISDN networks, and IP networks Communicating with the counterpart terminal 90 via 80. However, details of telephone functions such as incoming and outgoing calls are omitted.

  The main apparatus 10 includes a control unit 110, a door phone master unit 120, a scheduler 130, a fingerprint data input unit 140, an authentication processing unit (search and registration) 150, a voice message processing unit 160, a database 170, a power supply 180, and a sensor information input unit 190. A communication processing unit 200, an extension terminal control unit 210, a clock 220, and a peripheral device control unit 230, and the intercom 20 includes a call button (sensor) 21, a camera 22, and a speaker 23. The doorphone master unit 120 may be separated from the main device 10.

Next, FIG. 2 shows an example of the data structure of the database 170 in the main apparatus 10 of FIG. In the example of the database 170 shown in FIG. 2, the name 303, the group 304, the activation process 305, and the automatic power ON (daytime) are associated with the authentication information 302 of the visitor who operates the call button (sensor) 21 of the door phone slave unit 20. / (Night) 306, automatic transmission (first time) / (second time) / (third time and later) 307, and visit history 308 are registered. As the message 307 for automatic transmission (first time) / (second time) / (after the third time), message A1 “I am out now”, message A2 “I plan to go home around 5:00 pm”, Message A3 “If you are in a hurry, please record your business.” Message C1 “Who are you?” Message C2 “I ca n’t respond right now”, Message C3 “Intermediary Message D1 “Which way?”, Message D2 “I ca n’t respond right now”, Message D3 “I ’ll contact you later. Please tell me. "Etc. are registered in advance. The visitor information is 1 record / person, and the record number 301 is the visitor reference number.
Each time a visitor receives a visit from a new visitor, the visitor additionally registers data in the database 170 and deletes unnecessary data as appropriate.
In FIG. 2, fingerprints are registered as an example of the authentication information 302, and the fingerprints of visitors are collected by a fingerprint sensor attached to the button part of the call button 21 of the door phone slave unit 20. The present invention is not limited to fingerprints, but may be authentication information such as a face, iris, vein, voiceprint, or a combination thereof. However, the information is limited to biometric information that can be collected by the doorphone slave unit 20.

  In the record number 301, the visitor's reference number is uniquely assigned to each record. A fingerprint for each visitor is registered in the authentication information 302 for identifying the visitor. In the name 303, the name of the visitor is registered. In the group 304, a family, an acquaintance, a courier, and other groups are registered for each visitor. In the activation process 305, activation processes in the normal mode, the suspicious person mode, and the absence mode are registered for each visitor. In automatic power-on (daytime) / (night) 306, the power is automatically turned on (daytime) / (night) when the visitor operates the call button (sensor) 21 of the door phone slave 20 for each visitor. The appliance is registered. In automatic transmission (first time) / (second time) / (third time and later) 307, when the visitor operates the call button (sensor) 21 of the door phone 20 for each visitor, the speaker 23 automatically The voice message to be sent (first time) / (second time) / (third time and later) is registered. In the visit history 308, the date and time when the visitor operates the call button (sensor) 21 of the door phone slave 20 is registered for each visitor.

  Next, referring to the flowchart of the entire system shown in FIG. 3, the flow of the operation of the entire system when a visitor operates the call button (sensor) 21 of the door phone slave unit 20 will be described. In FIG. 3, description of basic functions such as incoming and outgoing calls is omitted.

  When the visitor presses the call button (sensor) 21, the door phone slave unit 20 notifies the main device 10 of the visit, and the main device 10 detects the press of the visitor's call button (sensor) 21 (Yes in S 401). . Then, the door phone slave unit 20 transmits the fingerprint information of the visitor collected when the visitor presses the call button (sensor) 21 to the main apparatus 10. The main device 10 acquires the fingerprint information (S402), and acquires the date and time when the fingerprint information was acquired from the clock 220 (S403).

  The control unit 110 of the main apparatus 10 searches for the presence / absence of registration of fingerprint information in which the fingerprint information acquired from the intercom slave 20 matches the authentication information 302 in the database 170 of the main apparatus 10 (S404).

  If the matching fingerprint information is registered as a result of the search (S404, Yes), the main apparatus 10 performs a group correspondence activation process (S412).

  With reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 4, the operation flow will be described with reference to the group corresponding activation process. The control unit 110 of the main apparatus 10 searches the database 170 for a record including the corresponding authentication information 302 (S501).

  As a result of the search in S501, when the group 304 included in the record including the matching fingerprint information is “family” (S502, Yes), the main device 10 rings the extension terminal 70 and confirms that there is a visit to the visitor. Notification (S503), and an image of a visitor who is an operator of the door phone slave unit is output to the television monitor 50 (S504).

  Then, in the control unit 110 of the main apparatus 10, the door phone slave unit 20 is operated at night by obtaining time information from the clock 220 in order to determine whether it is night or not (S505). , Yes), the power of the device (entrance lighting) registered at night of the automatic power ON (daytime) / (night) 306 included in the record is turned ON (S506).

  As a result of the search in S501, when the group 304 included in the record including the matching fingerprint information is “acquaintance” or “courier” (S507, Yes), the main apparatus 10 rings the extension terminal 70 to the visitor. It is notified that there is a visit (S508), and an image of a visitor who is an operator of the door phone slave unit is output to the television monitor 50 (S509).

  Then, in the control unit 110 of the main device 10, the time information is obtained from the clock 220 in order to determine whether the door phone slave unit 20 is operated at night. , Yes), the power of the devices (outside light, entrance lighting) registered at night of the automatic power ON (daytime) / (night) 306 included in the record is turned on (S511).

  If the group 304 included in the record including the matching fingerprint information is “other” as a result of the search in S501 (S512, Yes), the main device 10 does not know that there is a visit to the visitor, and the main device 10 In the control unit 110, the time information is obtained from the clock 220 in order to determine whether the door phone slave unit 20 is operated at night. If the result is night (S513, Yes), The power of the device (outside light) registered at night of automatic power ON (daytime) / (night) 306 included in the record is turned on (S514).

  Then, the visitor's visit history is registered in the visit history 308 of the database 170 in the control unit 110 of the main apparatus 10 (FIG. 3, S413).

  When the visitor presses the call button (sensor) 21 of the door phone slave unit, but the visitor is registered as “Other” in the group 304 and is registered as “Suspicious person mode” in the activation process 305, the main device 10 does not inform the visitor of the visit. When the visitor does not want to accept a specific visitor, the activation process 305 for the visitor is set to “residence mode” in advance. In these two modes, since the visitor does not respond by opening the door (S414, No), the suspicious person mode / residence mode activation process is activated (S415).

  The operation flow of the suspicious person mode / residence mode activation process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The control unit 110 of the main apparatus 10 searches the database 170 for a record including the corresponding authentication information 302 (S601).

  As a result of the search in S601, when the group 304 included in the record including the matching fingerprint information is “acquaintance” or “courier” (S602, Yes), the activation process 305 included in the record is “residence mode”. In the case (S603, Yes), the power of the device (day: radio, night: outdoor light) registered in the automatic power ON (daytime) / (night) 306 included in the record is turned on (S604), and the intercom 20 The message is automatically sent from the speaker 23 (S605).

  The flow of operations will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. When the visitor presses the call button (sensor) 21 of the door phone 20 for the first time (S701, Yes), the message registered in the automatic transmission (first time) 307 included in the record including the matching fingerprint information is displayed. It sends out from the speaker 23 of the door phone slave unit 20 (S702).

  When the camera 22 detects that a visitor who has pressed the call button (sensor) 21 of the door phone slave unit 20 stays in front of the entrance door, and the time has elapsed for 5 seconds (S703, Yes), A message registered in the automatic transmission (second time) 307 included in the record including the matching fingerprint information is transmitted from the speaker 23 of the door phone slave unit 20 (S705).

  When the camera 22 detects whether the visitor who has pressed the call button (sensor) 21 of the intercom 20 has continued to stay in front of the entrance door, and the time has elapsed for another 5 seconds (Yes in S706). Then, the message registered in the automatic transmission (after the third time) 307 included in the record including the matching fingerprint information is transmitted from the speaker 23 of the door phone slave unit 20 (S708).

  If the camera 22 does not detect that the visitor who has pressed the call button (sensor) 21 of the intercom 20 has continued to stay in front of the entrance door (S703, No) (S706, No), the message automatically The sending process ends.

  In the control unit 110 of the main apparatus 10, when the group 304 included in the record including the corresponding authentication information 302 in the database 170 is “other” and the activation process 305 is “suspicious person mode” (FIG. 6, S606). Yes), the automatic message sending process (S605) is started.

  Next, the flow of processing when the authentication information of the visitor who presses the call button (sensor) 21 is not in the database 170 of the main apparatus 10 will be described.

  In the control unit 110 of the main apparatus 10, when there is no registration as a result of a search for the presence / absence of registration of fingerprint information in which the fingerprint information acquired from the door phone slave unit 20 matches the authentication information 302 in the database 170 of the main apparatus 10 (FIG. 3). , S404, No), the main device 10 rings the extension terminal 70 to notify the visitor that there is a visit (S405), and outputs an image of the visitor who is the door phone slave unit operator to the TV monitor 50 (S406). ).

  Then, the visitor authentication information and visitor visit history acquired from the call button (sensor) 21 are registered in the authentication information 302 and visit history 308 of the database 170 (S407).

  The main apparatus 10 recognizes the visitor's response to the ringing (calling) of the extension terminal 70 based on the response of the extension terminal 70 (S408). When the response is recognized (S408, Yes), the main apparatus 10 recognizes whether the entrance door is opened by information from the entrance door sensor 30 (S409). As a result of the recognition, if the entrance door does not open after a certain period of time (S409, No), the visitor does not respond by opening the door, so the suspicious person mode registration process is activated (S410). .

  The suspicious person mode registration process will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. In the process of S407, “unknown” is registered in the name 303 of the same record in the database 170 in which the visitor authentication information is registered (S801). Then, “other” is registered in the group 304 of the same record (S802), “suspicious person mode” is registered in the activation process 305 (S803), and “daytime: “None / Night: Outdoor light” is registered (S804), and “Message C1 / C2 / C3” is registered in the automatic transmission (first time) / (second time) / (third time and later) 307 (S805).

  If the entrance door is opened as a result of S409 (S409, Yes), the main device 10 determines that the visitor has opened the door and welcomed the visitor, and is not suspicious, and registers data in the database. Is started (FIG. 3, S411).

  The flow of operations will be described with reference to the flowcharts shown in FIGS.

  The main device 10 displays a message prompting the visitor to input the name of the visitor on the screen of the television monitor 50 (S901), and the name of the visitor is input from the extension terminal 70 (S902). In step S407, the main apparatus 10 registers the name input from the extension terminal 70 in the name 303 of the same record in the database 170 in which the visitor authentication information is registered (S903). As an example of the content of the message prompting the input, a message “Register new visitor name” may be displayed. The message prompting the input may be a voice output from the extension terminal 70. This registration is possible even after the visitor returns.

  Next, a message prompting the visitor to input the visitor group is displayed on the screen of the TV monitor 50 (S904), and the visitor group is input from the extension terminal 70 (S905, Yes). In step S407, the main apparatus 10 registers the group input from the extension terminal 70 in the group 304 of the same record in the database 170 in which the visitor authentication information is registered (S906).

  Next, when a message prompting the visitor to input the activation process corresponding to the visitor is displayed on the screen of the TV monitor 50 (S907), and the activation process corresponding to the visitor is input from the extension terminal 70 (S908, Yes) The main apparatus 10 registers the activation process input from the extension terminal 70 in the activation process 305 of the same record in the database 170 in which the visitor authentication information is registered in the process of S407 (S909). .

  Next, a message prompting the visitor to input automatic power ON (daytime) / (night) corresponding to the visitor is displayed on the screen of the TV monitor 50 (S910), and automatic power ON corresponding to the visitor is displayed. When (daytime) / (night) is input from the extension terminal 70 (S911, Yes), the main apparatus 10 automatically turns on the same record 170 in the database 170 in which the visitor authentication information is registered (S407). The device name input from the extension terminal 70 is registered in (daytime) / (night) 306 (S912).

  Next, a message prompting the visitor to input an automatic transmission message corresponding to the visitor is displayed on the screen of the TV monitor 50 (S913), and the automatic transmission message corresponding to the visitor is input from the extension terminal 70. If this is the case (S914, Yes), the main apparatus 10 automatically sends the same record in the database 170 in which the visitor authentication information is registered (first time) / (second time) / (third time and later) 307 in the process of S407. In step S915, the message 1/2/3 input from the extension terminal 70 is registered.

  When the visitor uses the extension terminal 70 when the call button (sensor) 21 of the door phone slave unit 20 is operated and is talking to the partner terminal 90 via the public network 80, the main Messages registered in automatic transmission (first time) / (second time) / (third time and later) 307 of the database 170 inside the apparatus 10 can be automatically transmitted to the speaker 23 of the door phone slave unit 20.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the door phone system which has the other party authentication function which concerns on the Example of this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the data structure of the database in the main apparatus of FIG. It is a flowchart figure of the whole system. It is a flowchart figure of a group corresponding | compatible start process. FIG. 10 is a continuation of the flowchart of the group correspondence activation process. It is a flowchart figure of a suspicious person mode / residence mode starting process. It is a flowchart figure of a message automatic transmission process. It is a flowchart figure of a suspicious person mode registration process. It is a flowchart figure of the process which prompts data registration to a database. FIG. 11 is a continuation of the flowchart diagram of the process for prompting data registration in the database.

Explanation of symbols

  10: main device, 110: control unit, 120: door phone master unit, 130: scheduler, 140: fingerprint data input unit, 150: authentication processing unit (search, registration), 160: voice message processing unit, 170: database, 180 : Power supply, 190: Sensor information input unit, 200: Communication processing unit, 210: Extension terminal control unit, 220: Clock, 230: Peripheral device control unit, 20: Door phone slave unit, 21: Call button (sensor), 22: Camera: 23: Speaker, 30: Entrance door sensor, 40: Entrance light switch, 50: Television monitor, 60: Room sensor, 70: Extension terminal, 80: Public network, 90: Partner terminal

Claims (5)

The door phone system includes a main device that interlocks with or incorporates the function of the door phone parent device, the door phone child device that belongs to the door phone parent device or the main device, and a front door sensor that detects opening and closing of the front door. And
The door phone slave unit is
Comprising a visitor authentication information acquisition means for acquiring biometrics authentication information such as a fingerprint of a visitor operating the door phone slave unit;
The main unit is
The visitor authentication information receiving means for receiving the visitor authentication information acquired by the doorphone slave unit, the visitor authentication information storage means for storing the visitor authentication information, and the visitor authentication information received from the doorphone slave unit are: Comprising a visitor authentication information search means for searching whether the authentication information storage means is stored,
When the visitor authentication information received from the intercom is not stored in the visitor authentication information storage means, a call operation to the visitor is started and a response from the visitor to the call operation If the entrance door does not open despite the response from the visitor to the call operation, the visitor authentication information is not preferable. A door phone system having a partner authentication function, wherein the authentication information is stored in the authentication information storage means. The door phone system according to claim 1,
The door authentication system having a partner authentication function, wherein the visitor authentication information storage means stores response processing contents at the time of a visit to each visitor in association with the visitor authentication information. The door phone system according to claim 2,
In the main device, the visitor authentication information received from the doorphone slave unit is accumulated in the visitor authentication information accumulating means as unsatisfactory visitor authentication information, and the response processing content when the visitor visits A door phone system having a partner authentication function, in which a call operation to the visitor is not started when the visit is refused. The door phone system according to claim 2,
In the main device, the visitor authentication information received from the doorphone slave unit is accumulated in the visitor authentication information accumulating means as unsatisfactory visitor authentication information, and the response processing content when the visitor visits A door phone system having a partner authentication function, which transmits a predetermined voice message registered in advance to the door phone slave unit when a visit is refused. This is a partner determination method in a door phone system including a door phone slave unit having a visitor authentication information acquisition unit for acquiring visitor authentication information, a main device having a visitor authentication information storage unit, and a front door sensor for detecting opening / closing of a front door. And
When the visitor authentication information acquired by the intercom is not accumulated in the visitor authentication information acquisition means, a call operation to the visitor is started and a response from the visitor to the call operation If the entrance door does not open despite the response from the visitor to the call operation, the visitor is determined to be an undesirable visitor. An opponent determination method characterized by:

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