JP2009259010A - Housing equipment monitoring/control system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow an inhabitant who comes home to save time and labor to enter the house, i.e., to be in a stress-free state. <P>SOLUTION: The photographing camera 40 of an authentication device 4 photographs the face of a person who stands in front of an entrance door as the face of an object person. A storage part 42 previously stores face information of the whole inhabitants as face information of the registered persons. An authentication part 43 determines whether the face information of the object person coincides with the face information of the registered person. When the authentication part 43 determines that the object person is the registered person, a transmission part 44 transmits an authentication OK signal including registration group number information to a server 1 in the house which controls the operation of the respective kinds of housing equipment. The server 1 in the house allows an electric lock 3 to unlock the entrance door. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a housing equipment monitoring control system that performs monitoring control of housing equipment.

  Conventionally, in order to lock and unlock the entrance door of a house, an act of rotating a resident with a key inserted into a key hole provided in the entrance door has been required. In some cases, the occupant unlocks the entrance door by inserting an IC card instead of a key into a card reader and having the card reader read the card information.

Note that Patent Literature 1 discloses a monitoring control system for an apartment house that performs monitoring control of housing equipment provided in each dwelling unit of the apartment house.
JP 2007-181110 A

  By the way, conventionally, a resident who has come home has taken time and effort to insert a key into a keyhole or insert an IC card into a card reader. In addition, if a resident loses or steals a key or IC card, the third party who acquired the key or IC card can easily enter the house, so the key or IC card is lost while going out. Had to always carry with care not to.

  This invention is made | formed in view of said point, The objective is to provide the housing equipment monitoring control system which can save the effort for the resident who came home to enter indoors. That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a housing equipment monitoring control system that can make a resident a stress-free state.

  The invention of claim 1 includes a plurality of electric devices including an electric lock that locks and unlocks a front door of a house, a control device that controls the plurality of electric devices, and a target person on the outdoor side of the front door. A home equipment monitoring and control system comprising: an authentication device for authenticating the device; and a home communication network to which the electric lock, the control device, and the authentication device are connected, wherein the authentication device includes the face of the target person Image capturing means for capturing an image, face information storage means for storing one or more pieces of face information as face information of a registered person in advance, and face information of a target person included in an image captured by the image capturing means is the face information. Authentication means for determining that the target person is the registered person when the face information of the registered person stored in the storage means coincides, and the control device has an interlocking relationship between the electrical devices used when returning home. Prescribe and subject When the authentication means determines that an object is the registered person, the electric lock is controlled to unlock the entrance door, and the operation of other electric devices is controlled according to the interlocking relationship. Features.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, the control panel according to the first aspect of the present invention includes a control panel that performs operation of housing equipment and display of monitoring information via the in-home communication network as one of the plurality of electric devices. Corresponds to the registered person input by the input means when the authentication means determines that the target person is the registered person, and an input means for inputting notification contents corresponding to each registered person. And an informing means for informing the content of the notification to be performed.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect of the present invention, the authentication device includes a reading unit that reads the identification information of the target person stored in the information medium, and one or more identification information items of the registered person in advance. Identification information storage means for storing as identification information, the authentication means whether or not the face information of the target person matches the face information of the registered person, and the object read by the reading means It is characterized in that the target person is determined to be the registered person based on combination information on whether or not the person identification information matches the registered person identification information stored in the identification information storage means.

  The invention of claim 4 is the invention of any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a direct-current power supply device for supplying direct-current power to a plurality of household equipment including the electric lock and the authentication device, and the direct current The power supply device includes an auxiliary power supply that supplies direct-current power to the plurality of house equipments when a commercial power supply fails.

  The invention of claim 5 is characterized in that, in the invention of claim 4, the plurality of home equipments communicate by superimposing a communication signal used for the in-home communication network on a DC voltage.

  According to the invention of claim 1, when the authentication unit determines that the target person's face information matches the registered person's face information and the target person is the registered person, the interlocking relationship defined in the control device is established. Based on the above, the electric lock unlocks the entrance door, and other electric devices operate based on the above-mentioned interlocking relationship, so that it is not necessary for the resident (registered person) to return home to perform special operations. It is possible to save time and labor for entering indoors. That is, it is possible to make the resident who has come home stress-free. In addition, since the welcome scene can be set using the interlocking relationship defined by the control device, the comfort and convenience when returning home can be enhanced.

  According to the second aspect of the present invention, for example, for each registered person, the notification means notifies the notification content input by the input means of the control panel, so that a resident (registered person) who has come home can easily find a place for rice or a snack. Can let you know.

  According to the invention of claim 3, the authentication means has a function of judging by face information and a function of judging by identification information, so that, for example, determination of face information in a state narrowed down to registered persons judged by identification information Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not the target person is a registered person without setting the setting level used for the face information so high.

  As another example, when it is determined that the face information of the target person matches the face information of any registered person, and the identification information is determined to be registered information, the target person is determined to be a registered person. Therefore, the accuracy of target person authentication can be further increased.

  According to the invention of claim 4, when a power failure occurs in the commercial power supply, the auxiliary power supply supplies direct current power to each residential equipment device, so that each residential equipment device can be operated even during a commercial power failure. it can.

  According to the invention of claim 5, it is necessary to provide a communication line separate from the power supply path in order to form a home communication network by performing communication by superimposing a communication signal used for the home communication network on a DC voltage. Since there is no, construction is easy.

(Embodiment 1)
First, the structure of the housing equipment monitoring control system of Embodiment 1 is demonstrated using FIGS. As shown in FIG. 1, the housing equipment monitoring and control system of the present embodiment includes a plurality of housing equipment devices installed in a house (including both indoor H1 and outdoor H2), and operations of these housing equipment devices. And a home server 1 that controls the above. This home equipment monitoring and control system is connected to the center server 2 installed in a management company away from the home via the outside communication network NT so that various services necessary for the in-home persons are provided from the center server 2. It has become.

  As home equipment installed in the house, there are an electric lock 3 for locking and unlocking the entrance door D (see FIG. 2) of the house, an authentication device 4 for authenticating a person on the outside of the entrance door D, and a plurality of authentication devices 4. There are individual lighting loads 50-58.

  As shown in FIGS. 2 to 4, the lighting loads 50 to 58 include a plurality of outdoor lighting loads 50, 50, 50 provided along the passage D <b> 1 to the entrance door D of the outdoor H <b> 2, and the entrance door D. There are outdoor illumination loads 58 of pouch lights provided by the side, and indoor illumination loads 51 to 57 provided in the indoor H1. Each outdoor lighting load 50 and each indoor lighting load 51 to 57 are LED lighting loads that are lit by supplying DC power. Further, as shown in FIG. 1, each outdoor lighting load 50 is connected to a light control device 60. Each indoor lighting load 51-56 is connected to the light control devices 61-63. The indoor lighting load 57 is a lighting load that forms a kite (raised kite or floor kite) K as shown in FIG. 4, and is connected to the home server 1. The outdoor lighting load 58 provided near the entrance door D is always lit.

  The dimming devices 60 to 63 shown in FIG. 1 include master devices 600, 610, 620, and 630 that control lighting of connected illumination loads 50 to 56, and contact input devices 601 and 611 that enable contact input. 621, 631. Each of the light control devices 60 to 63 can set a plurality of scenes. Specifically, a welcome scene, a security scene, a home scene, a power failure scene, a going-out scene, and the like are set in each of the light control devices 60 to 63.

  The authentication device 4 is registered by a photographing camera (photographing means) 40 provided beside the entrance door D (see FIG. 2), a registration unit 41 for registering face information of a specific person in advance, and a registration unit 41. Authentication for authenticating a target person on the outdoor side of the entrance door D using a storage unit (face information storage unit) 42 that stores the face information of the registered person and a photographed image of the photographing camera 40 and face information of the storage unit 42 Unit (authentication means) 43, a transmission unit 44 that transmits signals to the home server 1 and the light control device 60, and a sleep setting unit 45 that sets stop / restart of authentication by the authentication unit 43.

  From the registration unit 41, all the residents register their face information. At this time, registered persons (residents) whose face information is registered are registered by group. For example, when the family structure is a family of three persons, a father, a mother, and a child, the registration unit 41 is used to register the father in the first registration group, register the mother in the second registration group, You can register children in a registration group. As another example, when the family structure is a family of four including a father, a mother, and two children, the registration unit 41 is used to register the father in the first registration group and register the mother in the second registration group. Then, two children can be registered in the third registered group. Each registered group can register 10 persons.

  The storage unit 42 stores the face information of all the residents together with the registered group as the face information of the registered person. For example, in the case of a father, the face information of the father and the first registered group are stored, and in the case of the mother, the face information of the mother and the second registered group are stored.

  The imaging camera 40 captures an image including the face of the target person on the outdoor side of the entrance door D (see FIG. 2). A photographed image photographed by the photographing camera 40 is output to the authentication unit 43.

  The authentication unit 43 sequentially collates the face information of the target person included in the photographed image output from the photographing camera 40 with the face information of each registered person stored in the storage unit 42. If the face information of the target person matches the face information of any registered person during collation, the authentication unit 43 determines that the target person is a registered person with the matched face information. At this time, the authentication unit 43 also recognizes a registered group of registered persons. For example, when the face information of the target person matches the face information of the father stored in the storage unit 42, the authentication unit 43 determines that the target person on the outdoor side of the entrance door D is the father, Recognize that the father is registered in the first registered group.

  When the authentication unit 43 authenticates that the target person is any registered person, the transmission unit 44 transmits an authentication OK signal to the home server 1 and the light control device 60. At this time, the registered group number information is also transmitted to the home server 1. For example, when the target person is a father, the transmission unit 44 includes the registration group number information that is registered in the first registration group in the authentication OK signal and transmits it to the in-home server 1. On the other hand, when the target person is not authenticated as any registered person by the authentication unit 43, the transmission unit 44 transmits an authentication NG signal to the home server 1 and the light control device 60.

  The in-home server 1 includes a server main body 10 responsible for signal processing of the in-home server 1 and a digital input / output module 11 that performs control and operation state capture for each home equipment by contact input / output. The input interface (not shown) of the digital input / output module 11 includes the authentication device 4 described above, an open door sensor 70 that detects opening / closing of the entrance door D (see FIG. 2), and an indoor H1 (see FIG. 3). A wireless receiver 71 that communicates with the installed wireless transmitters 711 to 713 is connected. In addition, the above-described electric lock 3, indoor lighting load 57, contact input devices 611, 621, 631, and electric blind 73 are connected to the output interface (not shown) of the digital input / output module 11. Yes. A DC power supply device 74 that supplies DC power to each home equipment is connected to both the input interface and the output interface of the digital input / output module 11. The home server 1 corresponds to the control device of the present invention.

  The DC power supply device 74 normally converts AC power from the commercial power supply AC into DC power, and supplies the converted DC power to each house equipment. The DC power supply device 74 includes a secondary battery 740 as an auxiliary power source used in the event of a power failure of the commercial power source AC. The in-home server 1 appropriately monitors the operating state of the DC power supply device 74. At the time of a power failure of the commercial power supply AC, the in-home server 1 confirms the capacity of the secondary battery 740 and classifies it into a housing equipment to be operated at a power failure of the commercial power supply AC and a housing equipment to be stopped. The secondary battery 740 supplies direct current power to each house equipment device under the control of the in-home server 1 at the time of a power failure of the commercial power source AC.

  Each household equipment communicates by superimposing a communication signal on a DC voltage.

  By the way, in the home server 1, the control panel 8 for operating the house equipment and displaying the monitoring information via the home communication network including the local area network (LAN) 20 using Ethernet (registered trademark) has the hub 75. And the outside communication network NT is connected via the broadband router 76.

  The control panel 8 is installed on the wall surface of the indoor H1, and displays a plurality of operation buttons (input means) 80, 80... For operation by the resident and predetermined information on the display screen 81. Unit (not shown) and an audio output unit (not shown) for outputting predetermined information from the speaker 82 as an audio.

  Information corresponding to each registered group stored in the storage unit 42 of the authentication device 4 is input to the control panel 8 by operating the operation buttons 80. The inputted information for each registered group is stored in a storage unit (not shown) built in the control panel 8. The avatar corresponding to each registered group is also selected by operating the operation button 80 and stored in the storage unit. In addition, you may set alerting | reporting content and an avatar for every registered person memorize | stored in the memory | storage part 42 of the authentication apparatus 4, instead of setting for every registration group as mentioned above.

  When the authentication unit 43 of the authentication device 4 determines that the target person is a registered person, the display unit of the control panel 8 displays information corresponding to the registered group of the registered person together with the avatar selected for each registered group. It is displayed on the display screen 81. At the same time, the sound output unit of the control panel 8 outputs information corresponding to the registered group of the registered person from the speaker 82 as sound. The display unit and the audio output unit of the present embodiment correspond to notification means of the present invention.

  Further, the control panel 8 can display on the display screen 81 the status of the absent visitor and the delivery box managed by the home server 1 when the resident returns home.

  Next, the operation when a person approaches the entrance door D (see FIG. 2) in the housing equipment monitoring control system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. In addition, the plurality of outdoor lighting loads 50, 50, 50 before the person approaches the entrance door D (when there is no person) are not fully lit from the viewpoint of energy saving, but are dimmed at a dimming ratio of 20%. is doing. On the other hand, the outdoor lighting load 58 is fully lit. First, when a person approaching the entrance door D stands in front of the entrance door D, the authentication device 4 detects the person in front of the entrance door D. At this time, a detection signal is transmitted from the authentication device 4 to the light control device 60. The outdoor lighting load 50 is switched from dimming lighting to full lighting (dimming ratio 100%) under the control of the dimming device 60.

  Thereafter, the authentication device 4 transmits a signal indicating non-detection to the dimming device 60 after a predetermined time has elapsed since the person in front of the entrance door D is no longer detected. The dimmer 60 switches the outdoor illumination load 50 from full lighting to dimming lighting (dimming ratio 20%) from the viewpoint of energy saving.

  From the above, since the authentication device 4 detects a person in front of the entrance door D, it is not necessary to provide a human sensor in each indoor lighting load 50, so that the exterior side appearance of the entrance door D may be impaired. Absent.

  Next, in the housing equipment monitoring control system of this embodiment, the operation | movement at the time of going home is demonstrated. First, when a person stands in front of the entrance door D (see FIG. 2), the photographing camera 40 of the authentication device 4 captures the person's face as the face of the target person. Thereafter, the authentication unit 43 determines whether the face information of the target person matches the face information of any registered person. When the authentication unit 43 determines that the target person is any registered person, the transmission unit 44 transmits an authentication OK signal to the home server 1. The in-home server 1 causes the electric lock 3 to unlock the entrance door D after confirming that the entrance door D is closed by the open door sensor 70. That is, the electric lock 3 unlocks the entrance door D when the authentication unit 43 of the authentication device 4 determines that the target person is any registered person. Thereby, the target person can open the entrance door D and enter the indoor H1.

  The in-home server 1 defines the interlocking relationship of the electrical devices used when returning home, and controls the operation of the electrical device according to the interlocking relationship when receiving the authentication OK signal. Specifically, when the home server 1 receives the authentication OK signal, the home server 1 switches the light control devices 61 and 63 to the welcome scene. As a result, the indoor lighting loads 51, 52, 55, and 56 are all lit.

  Further, when the home server 1 acquires the registered group number information included in the authentication OK signal, the home server 1 transmits the acquired registered group number information to the control panel 8. When receiving the registered group number information from the home server 1, the control panel 8 displays the avatar and information corresponding to the received registered group number information on the display screen 81, and the information corresponding to the received registered group number information is displayed on the speaker 82. To output audio. Thereby, the resident who is a registered person can know the notification content notified by the control panel 8 after opening the entrance door D and entering the indoor H1. As described above, by displaying the avatar on the display screen 81 of the control panel 8, the contents of the notification can be transmitted to the registered person in an easy-to-understand manner.

  Note that the time of returning home is not limited to when the resident of the house returns, and includes the time when a person related to the resident (for example, a separated relative) visits. That is, if a person related to the resident is registered as a registered person, the housing equipment monitoring and control system of the present embodiment performs the above-described operation when returning home.

  On the other hand, when the authentication unit 43 does not determine that the target person is any registered person, the transmission unit 44 transmits an authentication NG signal to the home server 1 and the light control device 60. Each outdoor illumination load 50 is switched from full lighting to dimming lighting (dimming ratio 20%) under the control of the dimmer 60. The home server 1 switches the light control device 61 to a crime prevention scene. As a result, the indoor lighting loads 51 and 52 (see FIG. 3) near the entrance door D are all lit. The electric lock 3 remains locked on the entrance door D.

  Next, the operation when the resident is at home in the housing equipment monitoring control system of the present embodiment will be described. The resident who has returned home (the home person) selects the home mode by operating the control panel 8. At this time, the home server 1 switches the dimming devices 61 to 63 to a home scene. Thereby, the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56 are all turned on all at once. In addition, the home server 1 controls to open the electric blind 73.

  Apart from the above, the resident can operate the control panel 8 to select the batch lighting or batch erasing of the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56. The home server 1 switches scene settings to the light control devices 61 to 63 when the collective lighting is selected on the control panel 8. Thereby, the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56 are turned on collectively. On the other hand, when the batch turn-off is selected on the control panel 8, the home server 1 switches the scene setting for the light control devices 61 to 63. Thereby, the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56 are collectively turned off. From the above, the person at home can save the trouble of individually turning on or off the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56.

  Further, the home server 1 can acquire the content of the weather forecast which is a service of the center server 2, and the control panel 8 can display the content of the weather forecast acquired by the home server 1.

  Next, the operation when the wireless transmitters 711 to 713 installed in the indoor H1 detect a person in the house in the residential equipment monitoring and control system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. When the wireless transmitter 711 installed as shown in FIG. 3 detects a person at home, a detection signal is wirelessly transmitted from the wireless transmitter 711 to the wireless receiver 71. When the wireless receiver 71 receives the detection signal from the wireless transmitter 711, the wireless receiver 71 switches the first signal from the wireless receiver 71 to the home server 1 from the low level to the high level. When the first signal from the wireless receiver 71 is switched from the low level to the high level, the in-home server 1 controls the dimming device 62 to turn on the indoor lighting loads 53 and 54. Thereby, only the indoor lighting loads 53 and 54 in the room where the person at home detected by the wireless transmitter 711 can be turned on.

  After that, when the wireless transmitter 711 does not detect the person at home, the wireless receiver 71 switches the first signal from the wireless receiver 71 to the home server 1 from the high level to the low level. When the first signal from the wireless receiver 71 is switched from the high level to the low level, the in-home server 1 controls the dimming device 62 to turn off the indoor lighting loads 53 and 54.

  Next, the case where the wireless transmitter 712 (or 713) installed as shown in FIG. In this case, a detection signal is wirelessly transmitted from the wireless transmitter 712 (713) to the wireless receiver 71. When receiving the detection signal from the wireless transmitter 712 (713), the wireless receiver 71 switches the second signal from the wireless receiver 71 to the home server 1 from the low level to the high level. When the second signal from the wireless receiver 71 is switched from the low level to the high level, the in-home server 1 controls the dimming device 63 to light the indoor lighting loads 55 and 56. Thereby, only the indoor lighting loads 55 and 56 in the room where the person at home detected by the wireless transmitter 712 (713) is present can be turned on.

  After that, when the wireless transmitter 712 (713) stops detecting the person at home, the wireless receiver 71 switches the second signal from the wireless receiver 71 to the home server 1 from the high level to the low level. When the second signal from the wireless receiver 71 is switched from the high level to the low level, the home server 1 controls the dimming device 63 to turn off the indoor lighting loads 55 and 56.

  Next, the operation when a power failure occurs in the commercial power supply AC in the residential equipment monitoring control system of the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS. When a power failure occurs in the commercial power supply AC, the power failure switch 72 is operated. When the power failure switch 72 is operated, the in-home server 1 recognizes the occurrence of the power failure and controls the DC power supply device 74 to use the secondary battery 740 as a power source for supplying power to each house equipment.

  At this time, the home server 1 switches the light control devices 61 to 63 to a power failure scene. Accordingly, the indoor lighting loads 52 and 54 to 56 without power failure compensation are turned off, but the indoor lighting loads 51 and 53 with power failure compensation near the entrance and the indoor lighting loads 57 and 57 that illuminate the feet are dimmed. . As a result, at the time of a power failure of the commercial power supply AC, it is possible to ensure the safety of the evacuation route of the home occupant while suppressing the power consumption and extending the life of the secondary battery 740. Each outdoor lighting load 50 may be dimmed in consideration of a power failure at night.

  The in-home server 1 that has recognized the occurrence of a power failure transmits power failure occurrence information to the control panel 8. When control panel 8 receives power failure occurrence information from in-home server 1, it outputs a warning sound.

  Further, even when the commercial power supply AC is out of power, the in-home server 1 can confirm the open / closed state of the front door D (see FIG. 2) from the open door sensor 70, and the electric power according to the authentication result of the authentication device 4. The door 3 can be locked or unlocked by controlling the lock 3. Thereby, it is possible to prevent the crime prevention effect from being lowered even during a power failure of the commercial power supply AC.

  Thereafter, when the commercial power supply AC is restored, the in-home server 1 transmits power failure restoration information to the control panel 8. In addition, the home server 1 switches the light control devices 61 to 63 to the scene before the power failure. Thereby, indoor lighting load 51-56 will be in the lighting state before the occurrence of a power failure. For example, when the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56 are all lit before the occurrence of the power failure, the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56 are all lit after the power failure is restored. The indoor lighting load 57 is turned off.

  Next, in the housing equipment monitoring and control system of this embodiment, the operation when the resident goes out will be described with reference to FIG. The resident who wants to go out presses the operation button 80 on the control panel 8 to select the going-out mode. At this time, the home server 1 switches the dimming devices 61 to 63 to the outing scene. As a result, the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56 are turned off all at once. When the outing mode is selected, the home server 1 controls the electric blind 73 to be closed and controls the electric lock 3 to lock the entrance door D. From the above, it is possible to collectively turn off the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56 and close the electric blind 73 simply by pressing the operation button 80 of the control panel 8 by a resident who is going out. It should be noted that the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56 are turned off simultaneously and the electric lock 3 is locked with a delay of a certain time (for example, 15 seconds) so that the resident can go out of the entrance door D without panicking. I am doing so. Further, the control panel 8 stores the lighting state of the last week in advance, and lights up as if a resident is present for each of the indoor lighting loads 51 to 56 while the resident is absent. The dimmers 61 to 63 can be controlled so as to perform the swing lighting.

  As described above, according to this embodiment, when the authentication unit 43 of the authentication device 4 determines that the face information of the target person matches the face information of any registered person and the target person is a registered person, The electric lock 3 unlocks the entrance door D based on the interlocking relationship defined in the server 1, and the indoor lighting loads 51, 52, 55, 56 and the control panel 8 operate based on the interlocking relationship, thereby returning home. This eliminates the need for the resident (registered person) to perform a special operation, so that it is possible to save labor for the resident who has returned home to enter the indoor H1. That is, it is possible to make the resident who has come home stress-free. Further, since the welcome scene can be set using the interlocking relationship defined by the home server 1, the comfort and convenience when returning home can be improved.

  Further, the notification content input by the operation button 80 of the control panel 8 is notified by the display unit and the voice output unit of the control panel 8 for each registered group (registered person), so that, for example, a resident (registered person) who has returned home has a rice You can easily tell where and snacks are.

  Further, the secondary battery 740 supplies direct current power to each house equipment when a power failure occurs in the commercial power supply AC, so that each house equipment can be operated even during a power outage of the commercial power supply AC.

  In addition, according to the present embodiment, it is necessary to provide a communication line separate from the power supply path in order to form a home communication network by performing communication by superimposing a communication signal used for the home communication network on a DC voltage. Since there is no, construction is easy.

(Embodiment 2)
The residential equipment monitoring control system of the second embodiment is that the authentication device 4 includes a card reader (reading means) 46 that reads card information stored in an IC card (information medium). Different from the control system. The IC card stores identification information of the target person as card information. In addition, about the component similar to Embodiment 1, the same code | symbol is attached | subjected and description is abbreviate | omitted.

  In the storage unit 42 of this embodiment, one or more pieces of identification information are stored in advance as registration information. That is, the storage unit 42 of the present embodiment corresponds to the identification information storage unit of the present invention.

  First, the authentication unit 43 of the present embodiment compares the target person's face information with the registered person's face information, and when the determination level based on the comparison result is equal to or higher than a preset setting level, the target person's face information is obtained. It is determined that it matches the registered person's face information.

  By the way, in the method of determining whether or not the target person is a registered person by only face authentication as in the authentication device 4 of the first embodiment, so that another person similar to the registered person is not erroneously determined as a registered person. Also, even if the target person is a registered person, the setting level needs to be high so that it is not determined as a different registered person.

  However, when the setting level is increased as described above, on the contrary, even if the target person is the registered person himself, the judgment level does not reach the setting level depending on the facial expression of the target person photographed by the photographing camera 40, etc. A situation occurs in which the authentication unit 43 does not determine that the target person is a registered person, and the authentication device 4 is inconvenient for the resident.

  Therefore, the authentication unit 43 of the present embodiment compares the face information of the target person with the face information of the registered person, and the registration information in which the card information read by the card reader 46 is stored in the storage unit 42. Determine whether they match. If the card information matches the registered information, the authentication unit 43 uses the face information comparison result in a state where the registered person is determined based on the card information to determine whether the target person is a registered person. to decide. When it is determined that the face information of the target person matches the face information of the registered person narrowed down by the card information, the authentication unit 43 determines that the target person is a registered person. As a result, even if the target person is a registered person, it can be prevented from being determined as a different registered person. That is, it is not determined as someone among the registered persons, but is specified as a certain registered person.

  On the other hand, when the face information of the target person does not match the face information of the registered person narrowed down by the card information, the authentication unit 43 determines that the target person is not a registered person. Even when the card reader 46 cannot read the card information from the IC card, the authentication unit 43 determines that the target person is not a registered person. Thereby, it is possible to prevent another person who is similar to the registered person from being erroneously determined as the registered person.

  As described above, the authentication unit 43 of the embodiment can perform authentication of the target person without setting the setting level used for face authentication so high.

  Next, in the housing equipment monitoring control system of this embodiment, operation | movement when a resident returns home is demonstrated. When a person stands in front of the entrance door D (see FIG. 2), the photographing camera 40 of the authentication device 4 captures the person's face as the face of the target person. At this time, the authentication device 4 requests the card information of the IC card from the person in front of the entrance door D. When a person in front of the entrance door D holds the IC card over the card reader 46 of the authentication device 4, the card reader 46 reads the card information stored in the IC card. Thereafter, the authentication unit 43 determines whether or not the card information read by the card reader 46 is registration information. When the authentication unit 43 determines that the card information is registered information, the authentication unit 43 determines whether the target person is a registered person using the face information comparison result in a state where the registered person is determined based on the card information. to decide. When the authentication unit 43 determines that the target person is a registered person, the transmission unit 44 transmits an authentication OK signal to the home server 1. The in-home server 1 causes the electric lock 3 to unlock the entrance door D after confirming that the entrance door D is closed by the open door sensor 70. Thereby, the target person can open the entrance door D and enter the indoor H1.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the authentication unit 43 of the authentication device 4 has the function of judging by the face information and the function of judging by the card information, so that the face is narrowed down to the registered person determined by the card information. Since the information can be determined, it is possible to determine whether or not the target person is a registered person without setting the setting level used for the face information so high.

  In addition, there exists a thing demonstrated below as a modification of Embodiment 2. FIG. In this modification, when a person stands in front of the entrance door D (see FIG. 2), the photographing camera 40 of the authentication device 4 captures the person's face as the face of the target person. On the other hand, a person in front of the entrance door D holds the IC card over the card reader 46 of the authentication device 4, and the card reader 46 reads the card information stored in the IC card. Thereafter, the authentication unit 43 determines whether the face information of the target person matches the face information of the registered person, and determines whether the card information read by the card reader 46 is registration information. At this time, if the authentication unit 43 determines that the face information of the target person matches the face information of any registered person, and determines that the card information is registration information, the target person is the registered person. Judge that there is. Thereafter, the transmission unit 44 transmits an authentication OK signal to the home server 1. The in-home server 1 causes the electric lock 3 to unlock the entrance door D after confirming that the entrance door D is closed by the open door sensor 70. Thereby, the target person can open the entrance door D and enter the indoor H1.

  As described above, according to this modification, the authentication unit 43 of the authentication device 4 determines that the face information of the target person matches the face information of any registered person, and determines that the card information is registration information. In this case, since the target person can be determined to be a registered person, the accuracy of authentication of the target person can be further increased.

It is a block diagram of the housing equipment monitoring control system which concerns on Embodiment 1,2. It is a front view of the entrance door vicinity seen from the outdoor side in the same as the above. It is an arrangement plan of each household equipment in the same as above. It is a perspective view which shows the entrance door periphery in the same as the above.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Home server 3 Electric lock 4 Authentication apparatus 40 Camera (photographing means)
42 storage unit (face information storage means, identification information storage means)
43 Authentication section (authentication means)
44 Transmitter 46 Card reader (reading means)
74 DC power supply device 740 Secondary battery (auxiliary power supply)
8 Control panel 80 Operation buttons (input means)
D Entrance door

Claims (5)

A plurality of electric devices including an electric lock that locks and unlocks the entrance door of the house, a control device that controls the plurality of electric devices, an authentication device that authenticates a target person on the outdoor side of the entrance door, and A home equipment monitoring and control system comprising a home communication network to which the electric lock, the control device and the authentication device are connected,
The authentication apparatus is photographed by photographing means for photographing an image including the face of the target person, face information storage means for storing one or more pieces of face information as face information of a registered person in advance, and the photographing means. Authentication means for determining that the target person is the registered person when the face information of the target person included in the image matches the face information of the registered person stored in the face information storage means;
The control device regulates the interlocking relationship of electric devices used when returning home, and controls the electric lock to unlock the entrance door when the authentication unit determines that the target person is the registered person. And controlling the operation of another electrical device in accordance with the interlocking relationship. A control panel that performs operation of housing equipment and display of monitoring information via the home communication network is provided as one of the plurality of electrical devices,
The control panel includes an input unit for inputting notification content corresponding to each registered person, and the registration input by the input unit when the authentication unit determines that the target person is the registered person. The housing equipment monitoring and control system according to claim 1, further comprising a notifying unit that notifies the notification content corresponding to the person. The authentication apparatus further includes a reading unit that reads identification information of a target person stored in an information medium, and an identification information storage unit that stores one or more pieces of identification information as identification information of a registered person in advance.
The authentication means stores in the identification information storage means whether or not the face information of the target person matches the face information of the registered person and the identification information of the target person read by the reading means. The housing equipment monitoring and control system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the target person is determined to be the registered person based on combination information indicating whether or not the identification information matches the registered person identification information. A DC power supply device that supplies DC power to a plurality of household equipment including the electric lock and the authentication device,
4. The housing equipment monitoring control according to claim 1, wherein the DC power supply device includes an auxiliary power source that supplies DC power to the plurality of housing equipment devices when a commercial power supply is interrupted. 5. system.   The housing equipment monitoring and control system according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of housing equipment devices perform communication by superimposing a communication signal used for the home communication network on a DC voltage.

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