JP2011026025A - Crime preventive device for elevator - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a crime preventive device for an elevator for enabling a manager of the elevator to detect disguise of an outsider, while taking into consideration the privacy protection for a general user. <P>SOLUTION: This crime preventive device for the elevator has a camera 2 for photographing and outputting a state in a car 1 of the elevator as picture data, and a recorder 3 having a plurality of picture data output channels and outputting the picture data to a plurality of picture output channels by receiving the picture data on the state in the car 1 from the camera 2. The recorder 3 is constituted so as to perform overlay display insertion processing mutually different between a certain one picture data output channel and the other picture output channel among the plurality of picture data output channels. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an elevator crime prevention device.

  As a conventional crime prevention device for an elevator, the privacy protection of the elevator user is taken into consideration, and a camera that captures an image of the user from the elevator car, an image transmission unit that transmits image information to the display unit, and An ID receiving unit that receives a pre-registered ID, and an individual that determines whether or not a plurality of pieces of personal information are registered in advance and the personal information corresponding to the ID is registered for the ID received by the ID receiving unit In a security device comprising an authentication unit and a usage recording unit that stores usage history information in the car, the personal authentication unit registers personal information corresponding to the ID for the ID received by the ID receiving unit. Information indicating that personal information registered in the personal authentication unit was included is used and stored, and transmission of captured image information is stopped. Image processing that masks arbitrary information including the person information in the image information when the information recorded in the image or the person information registered in advance in the personal authentication unit is included in the image information captured by the camera It is also known that an image transmission unit further transmits information masked by the image processing unit to the display unit (see, for example, Patent Document 1).

JP 2004-048519 A

As described above, the conventional crime prevention apparatus for elevators disclosed in Patent Document 1 performs a mask process on an image of a specific person based on authentication based on ID of a portable information terminal or a wireless tag or personal authentication based on biometric authentication. is there.
However, in the conventional crime prevention apparatus for elevators disclosed in Patent Document 1, a monitor serving as an image distribution destination is a monitor of a portable information terminal carried by a special user, a monitor provided in each floor, or a management room There is no distinction as to what kind of monitor, such as the monitor provided in the office, and for monitor images for the management room, image distribution is temporarily stopped or masking is applied. There is a problem that an administrator cannot find impersonation by an outsider because the performed image is distributed.

Further, in the conventional elevator security device disclosed in Patent Document 1, special consideration is given to the work of copying / saving video data shot by a camera in an external storage medium such as a portable USB memory. Absent.
For this reason, when data replication work is performed by connecting an external storage medium to the in-car operation panel connector, the worker must wait in the car until the duplication is completed. There is also a problem that the operation must be stopped and a problem that the worker cannot perform the original monitoring work.

This invention was made in order to solve such a problem, and the first object is that an elevator administrator discovers impersonation by an outsider while considering privacy protection for general users. An elevator crime prevention device that can be obtained is obtained.
The second purpose is to connect the external storage medium to the in-car operation panel connector and perform data duplication work, so that the operator does not have to wait in the car, and the elevator operation In addition, the worker can obtain an elevator crime prevention device that can perform the original monitoring work.

  The elevator crime prevention apparatus according to the present invention has a camera that captures a situation in the elevator car and outputs it as video data, and a plurality of video data output channels, and the situation in the car from the camera. A recorder that receives the video data and outputs the video data to the plurality of video output channels, and the recorder has one video data output channel out of the plurality of video data output channels; A different overlay display insertion process is performed for other video output channels.

  In the crime prevention apparatus for elevators according to the present invention, there is an effect that it is possible for an administrator of the elevator to discover impersonation by an outsider while considering privacy protection for general users.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the crime prevention apparatus for elevators which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the recorder which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the crime prevention apparatus for elevators concerning Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the crime prevention apparatus for elevators concerning Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the recorder which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of the crime prevention apparatus for elevators concerning Embodiment 2 of this invention.

  The present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. Throughout the drawings, the same reference numerals indicate the same or corresponding parts, and redundant description thereof will be simplified or omitted as appropriate.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
1 to 3 relate to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of an elevator crime prevention device, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a recorder, and FIG. 3 is an elevator crime prevention device. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of an apparatus.
In the figure, reference numeral 1 denotes a car that is arranged to be lifted and lowered in an elevator hoistway (not shown). In the vicinity of the ceiling in the car 1, there is installed a camera 2 that constantly shoots the situation in the car 1 and outputs it as video data. The video data output from the camera 2 is input to the recorder 3. The

In the car 1, there is an in-car operation panel 4 provided with various buttons for registering a car destination floor call and opening / closing the car door when operated by a user 5.
In addition, the in-car operation panel 4 is provided with an authentication terminal 4a for reading the recorded contents of the authentication card 6 carried by the user 5. A personal identification number unique to each user 5 is recorded in the authentication card 6 for identifying the user 5 who carries it, and the personal identification recorded in the authentication card 6 read by the authentication terminal 4a. Information regarding the number is transmitted to the recorder 3. In this case, both a contact type and a non-contact type can be used as a method for reading the contents recorded on the authentication card 6.

A landing monitor 7 that constantly displays video data of the situation in the car 1 photographed by the camera 2 is installed at the hall of each floor where the car 1 stops.
In addition, a management room 8 is provided in the building where the elevator is installed or outside the building to manage the operation of the elevator, including monitoring the status of the elevator car. Inside the hall monitor 7 is installed a management room monitor 9 that always displays video data of the situation in the car 1 taken by the camera 2.

  The recorder 3 has two video data output channels, a hall monitor output channel and a management room monitor output channel. Based on the personal identification number information from the authentication terminal 4a, the recorder 3 is for the hall monitor and the management room monitor. Each overlay display is immediately (in real-time) inserted into the video data input from the camera 2 and then the video data on which the floor monitor overlay has been inserted is output from the hall monitor output channel to the hall monitor 7. The video data in which the management room monitor overlay has been inserted is output from the management room monitor output channel to the management room monitor 9.

Here, the overlay display for the hall monitor means that the video data from the camera 2 is masked on the position in the video of the user 5 authenticated at the time of boarding the elevator, and it is impossible to visually recognize who the user is. This is an overlay display.
In addition, the management room monitor overlay display displays only the contour portion of the mask in the overlay monitor overlay display with respect to the video data from the camera 2, and the user is not masked inside the contour portion. Is displayed as it is, and is an overlay display that displays a personal identification number as information for specifying the user in the vicinity of the contour portion.

  The hall monitor 7 that has received the video data output from the hall monitor output channel of the recorder 3 displays the video data with the hall monitor overlay inserted, and is output from the control room monitor output channel of the recorder 3. Upon receiving the video data, the management room monitor 9 displays the video data in which the management room monitor overlay has been inserted.

As shown in FIG. 2, the recorder 3 includes a personal video storage unit 3a, a video determination unit 3b, and an information insertion unit 3c.
The personal video storage unit 3a stores in advance each personal video of the user 5 who masks the video among the users 5 who have the authentication card 6 in association with the personal identification number of the user 5. ing.
The personal video storage unit 3a receives the input of the personal identification number read by the authentication terminal 4a, and if a personal video corresponding to the personal identification number is stored, the authentication is “OK”. If the personal video corresponding to the personal identification number is not stored, the authentication is “NG”. When this authentication is “OK”, the information related to the personal identification number and the personal video data corresponding to the personal identification number that have been authenticated “OK” are transmitted to the video determination unit 3b.

The video determination unit 3b compares the video data of the situation in the car 1 input from the camera 2 with the data of the personal video input from the personal video storage unit 3a.
If it is determined in this comparison that the same person exists in both data, the position of the person on the video data in the car 1 by the camera 2 is specified, and the position information and the person are identified. Is sent to the information insertion unit 3c.
Even after determining that the same person exists in both data, the video data of the situation in the car 1 input from the camera 2 and the data of the personal video input from the personal video storage unit 3a. When the comparison is continued and it is determined that the same person does not exist in both data, insertion of the overlay display described below is stopped.

The information insertion unit 3c applies mask overlay display 10a (landing monitor overlay display) to the area of the position information input from the video determination unit 3b for the video data of the situation in the car 1 input from the camera 2. ) And output video data from the hall monitor output channel.
In addition, the information insertion unit 3c inserts an overlay display of a contour line into the area of the position information input from the video determination unit 3b with respect to the video data of the situation in the car 1 input from the camera 2. In the vicinity of the contour line, the personal identification number input from the video determination unit 3b is inserted as an overlay display (the two are collectively referred to as an overlay display 10b of the contour line and the personal identification number). Then, the video data into which the overlay display 10b (control room monitor overlay display) of the contour line and the personal identification number is inserted is output from the control room monitor output channel.

In this embodiment, the elevator crime prevention apparatus operates according to a series of flows shown in FIG.
That is, first, always, images of the situation in the car 1 taken by the camera 2 are displayed on the hall monitor 7 and the management room monitor 9 via the recorder 3. When the user 5 who has boarded the car 1 does not want to display his / her video on the hall monitor 7, the user 5 reads the recorded contents of the authentication card 6 by holding the authentication card 6 over the authentication terminal 4 a. Let
Then, in step S1, the authentication terminal 4a transmits the personal identification number recorded on the read authentication card 6 to the recorder 3, and the personal video storage unit 3a of the recorder 3 receives the personal identification number.

Then, in the subsequent step S2, the personal video storage unit 3a that has received the personal identification number searches whether or not the personal video corresponding to the personal identification number is stored in the personal video storage unit 3a. If a personal video corresponding to the personal identification number is found in the search and the personal video corresponding to the personal identification number is stored in the personal video storage unit 3a, the process proceeds to step S3 as authentication “OK”. To do.
On the other hand, if the personal video corresponding to the personal identification number is not found in this search and the personal video corresponding to the personal identification number is not stored in the personal video storage unit 3a, the authentication is “NG” in step S7. And a series of operation flow is completed.

  The personal identification number authenticated in step S2 and the personal video data corresponding to the personal identification number are transmitted from the personal video storage unit 3a to the video determination unit 3b. In step S3, the video determination unit 3b compares the video data of the situation in the car 1 with the personal video data of the authenticated user 5, and the same person exists in both data. That is, when there is an authenticated user 5 in the video data of the situation in the car 1 from the camera 2, the user 5 on the video data in the car 1 by the camera 2. The position is specified, and the position information and the personal identification number of the user 5 are transmitted to the information insertion unit 3c.

In subsequent step S4, the information insertion unit 3c is positioned at the position of the user 5 on the video data with respect to the video data in the car 1 by the camera 2 based on the position information from the video determination unit 3b. A different overlay display is inserted for each of a plurality of video data output channels.
That is, here, for each of the two video data output channels of the hall monitor output channel and the management room monitor output channel, the hall monitor overlay display and the management room monitor overlay display which are different from each other are inserted.

More specifically, as described above, the information insertion unit 3c inserts a mask overlay display 10a into the area of the position information from the video determination unit 3b with respect to the video data from the camera 2 and outputs it to the output channel for the hall monitor. Is output.
Also, the information insertion unit 3c inserts an overlay display 10b of a contour line and a personal identification number into the video data from the camera 2 based on the position information from the video determination unit 3b, and sends it to the management room monitor output channel. Is output.

Even during the process of step S4, the video determination unit 3b continues to compare the video data of the situation in the car 1 with the personal video data of the authenticated user 5, and the video from the camera 2 continues. It is determined whether or not the authenticated user 5 can be recognized in the video data of the situation in the car 1 (whether or not the same person exists in both data) (step S5).
In this determination, it is determined that the authenticated user 5 cannot be recognized in the video data of the situation in the car 1 from the camera 2, that is, the authenticated user 5 has moved out of the car 1. This determination in step S5 is repeated until it is determined.

  If it is determined in step S5 that the user 5 who has been authenticated in the video data from the camera 2 cannot be recognized and the user 5 has moved out of the car 1, step S6 is performed. Then, the insertion of the mask overlay display 10a and the outline and personal identification number overlay display 10b performed by the information insertion unit 3c executed in step S4 is stopped. Thereafter, the process proceeds to step S7, and a series of operation flows is completed.

  The elevator crime prevention device configured as described above has a camera that shoots the situation inside the elevator car and outputs it as video data, and a plurality of video data output channels, and the situation inside the car from the camera. A recorder that receives the video data and outputs the video data to a plurality of video output channels, wherein the recorder has one video data output channel and another video output channel among the plurality of video data output channels. And overlay display insertion processing different from each other.

The plurality of video data output channels of the recorder include a hall monitor output channel for outputting video data to the hall monitor and a management room monitor output channel for outputting video data to the management room monitor. The overlay monitor output channel and the control room monitor output channel perform different overlay display insertion processing, and for the landing monitor output channel, the position in the video data of the user authenticated when the elevator is boarded Overlay display insertion processing for masking the image is performed, and overlay display insertion processing is performed for the management channel monitor output channel without masking the position in the video data of the user.
Therefore, it is possible for an elevator administrator to discover impersonation by an outsider while considering privacy protection for general users.

  In addition, by performing an overlay display insertion process that displays the mask outline portion at the position in the video data of the user and outputs no mask inside the outline portion for the output channel for the control room monitor. In the image of the management room monitor, it can be confirmed that the mask is inserted in the image displayed on the hall monitor and the insertion position of the mask.

  Furthermore, this recorder performs an overlay display insertion process for displaying a personal identification number, which is information for identifying a user, on the control room monitor output channel, so that who is impersonated by an outsider can be identified. The administrator can know whether the authentication card is used.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
4 to 6 relate to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing the overall configuration of an elevator crime prevention device, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the configuration of a recorder, and FIG. 6 is an elevator crime prevention. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of operation | movement of an apparatus.

  In the first embodiment described above, a different overlay display is inserted for each video data output channel, and specifically, a mask overlay display is inserted for use in a hall monitor. In the control room monitor, the outline and the overlay display of the personal identification number are inserted, but the second embodiment described here is the operation information of the recorder not disclosed to general users, for example, external The copy progress rate when copying data by connecting the storage medium to the in-car operation panel connector is inserted as an overlay display only in the control room monitor output channel, and the hall monitor output channel The overlay display is not inserted.

That is, the car operation panel 4 in the car 1 is provided with a keyed box 4b which is a box provided with an openable / closable door on the front, and the keyed box 4b is portable. A memory connection connector 4c is provided.
The portable memory connection connector 4c can be connected to a portable memory 11 that is an external storage medium such as a portable USB memory, for example, and the portable memory 11 connected to the portable memory connection connector 4c and the recorder 3 can be connected to each other. Video data etc. can be exchanged between them.

The recorder 3 has two video data output channels, a hall monitor output channel and a management room monitor output channel.
The camera 2 receives video data of the situation in the car 1 from the camera 2 and records the video data. The video from the camera 2 is not inserted into the hall monitor output channel. The data is output as it is, and the video data in which the control room monitor overlay is inserted is output to the control room monitor output channel. This control room monitor overlay display means the operation information of the recorder 3 which is not disclosed to general users, here, the copy / recording when the video data recorded in the recorder 3 is copied / saved in the portable memory 11. It is an overlay display that displays the progress rate of the save operation.

As shown in FIG. 5, the recorder 3 includes a video recording unit 3d, a copy control unit 3e, and an information insertion unit 3c.
In the video recording unit 3d, video data of the situation in the car 1 input from the camera 2 is recorded in time series.

The copy control unit 3e monitors whether or not the portable memory 11 is connected to the portable memory connection connector 4c, and when detecting that the portable memory 11 is connected to the portable memory connection connector 4c, first, The capacity of the portable memory 11 is read.
Next, the video data recorded from the video recording unit 3d is sequentially taken out from the latest to the past in time series, and is output from the portable memory output of the recorder 3 to the portable memory 11 via the portable memory connection connector 4c. And forward.

Then, the total transfer amount of the video data from the recorder 3 is compared with the capacity of the portable memory 11, and the copy progress rate (the progress rate of the transfer process when transferring the video data to the full capacity of the portable memory 11) ) And the information on the copy progress rate is sequentially transmitted to the information insertion unit 3c.
When the copy progress rate reaches 100%, the copy control unit 3e transmits a message to that effect to the information insertion unit 3c and stops transferring the video data recorded in the video recording unit 3d to the portable memory 11. To do.

The information insertion unit 3c displays the copy progress rate (for example, percentage% display) based on the copy progress rate information sequentially received from the copy control unit 3e for the video data in the car 1 input from the camera 2. The copy progress rate overlay display 10c (management room monitor overlay display) is inserted, and video data is output from the management room monitor output channel.
In addition, when the information insertion unit 3c receives from the copy control unit 3e that the copy progress rate has reached 100%, the information insertion unit 3c outputs “100% progress” to the video data output to the management room monitor output channel. After the progress rate has reached 100%, that is, the copy progress rate overlay display 10c indicating that the transfer process has been completed is inserted for a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute), the insertion of the copy progress rate overlay display 10c is stopped. .

The information insertion unit 3c does not insert an overlay display for the video data output from the landing monitor output channel, and the situation in the car 1 input from the camera 2 from the landing monitor output channel. Video data is output as is.
Other configurations other than those described above are the same as those in the first embodiment.

In this embodiment, the elevator crime prevention apparatus operates according to a series of flows shown in FIG.
That is, at first, the video of the situation in the car 1 photographed by the camera 2 is always displayed on the hall monitor 7 and the management room monitor 9 via the recorder 3, and this video data is the video of the recorder 3. It is recorded in time series in the recording unit 3d.
Then, the manager 12 boarding the car 1 unlocks and opens the keyed box 4b of the car operating panel 4, and attaches the portable memory 11 to the portable memory connector 4c in the keyed box 4b. After the connection, the lockable box 4b is closed and locked.

The copy control unit 3e of the recorder 3 constantly monitors whether or not the portable memory 11 is connected to the portable memory connection connector 4c and determines whether or not the portable memory 11 is recognized ( Step S11).
In this determination, if the copy control unit 3e recognizes the portable memory 11 connected to the portable memory connection connector 4c, the process proceeds to step S12. On the other hand, in this determination, when the copy control unit 3e does not recognize the portable memory 11 connected to the portable memory connection connector 4c, the process proceeds to step S17, and the series of operation flow ends.

  In step S12, the copy control unit 3e sequentially takes out the video data recorded from the video recording unit 3d from the latest to the past in time series, and from the portable memory output of the recorder 3 to the portable memory connector 4c. Is transferred to the portable memory 11, and at the same time, the information insertion unit 3 c is notified of the copy progress rate calculated based on the capacity of the portable memory 11 read when the portable memory 11 is recognized in step S 11.

In step S13, the information insertion unit 3c of the recorder 3 inserts different overlay displays for each of a plurality of video data output channels into the video data in the car 1 by the camera 2.
That is, here, a copy progress rate overlay display 10c for displaying the copy progress rate notified from the copy control unit 3e is inserted into the video data of the control room monitor output channel as needed, while the video of the hall monitor output channel is displayed. Unlike the control room monitor, no overlay display is inserted in the data.

In the next step S14, the copy control unit 3e checks whether or not the data transfer to the portable memory 11 has progressed and the copy progress rate has reached 100%. When it is confirmed that the copy progress rate has reached 100%, this step S14 is repeated until the copy progress rate reaches 100%, and it is confirmed that the copy progress rate has reached 100%. Then, the process proceeds to step S15.
In step S15, the copy control unit 3e stops the transfer of the video data recorded in the video recording unit 3d to the portable memory 11 when the copy progress rate reaches 100%. The information insertion unit 3c is notified that the copy progress rate has reached 100%.

In subsequent step S16, the information insertion unit 3c receives the notification that the copy progress rate has reached 100% from the copy control unit 3e, and the progress rate for the video data output to the management room monitor output channel. Is inserted for a predetermined time (for example, 1 minute here), and then insertion of the copy progress rate overlay display 10c is stopped.
Then, the process proceeds to step S17, and the series of operation flow ends.

  The elevator crime prevention device configured as described above has a camera that shoots the situation inside the elevator car and outputs it as video data, and a plurality of video data output channels, and the situation inside the car from the camera. A recorder that receives the video data and outputs the video data to a plurality of video output channels, and the recorder includes one video data output channel and another video output channel among the plurality of video data output channels. Thus, different overlay display insertion processes are performed.

  Then, the progress of copying to the control room monitor output channel when the video data recorded in the recorder, which is the operation information of the recorder which is not disclosed to the general user, is copied to the external storage medium. By connecting the external storage medium to the connector on the operation panel in the car by performing the overlay display insertion process that displays the rate and performing the overlay display insertion process that does not insert the overlay display for the output channel for the hall monitor. When performing data duplication work, it is not necessary for the worker to wait in the car, and the operation of the elevator can be continued, and the worker can perform the original monitoring work. .

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Car 2 Camera 3 Recorder 3a Personal image memory | storage part 3b Image | video determination part 3c Information insertion part 3d Image | video recording part 3e Copy control part 4 Car operation panel 4a Authentication terminal 4b Locked box 4c Portable memory connection connector 5 User 6 Authentication card 7 Platform monitor 8 Management room 9 Management room monitor 10a Mask overlay display 10b Contour line and personal identification number overlay display 10c Copy progress rate overlay display 11 Portable memory 12 Administrator

Claims (8)

A camera that captures the situation in the elevator car and outputs it as video data;
A recorder that has a plurality of video data output channels, receives the video data of the situation in the car from the camera, and outputs the video data to the video output channels;
The crime prevention apparatus for an elevator, wherein the recorder performs different overlay display insertion processing for one video data output channel and another video output channel among the plurality of video data output channels.   The elevator crime prevention device according to claim 1, wherein the recorder immediately performs the overlay display insertion processing on input of the video data to the recorder. A hall monitor provided at the hall of the elevator and displaying the video data;
A management room monitor that is provided in a management room for monitoring the situation in the car and displays the video data; and
The plurality of video data output channels of the recorder include a hall monitor output channel that outputs the video data to the hall monitor and a management room monitor output channel that outputs the video data to the management room monitor. ,
3. The elevator crime prevention apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the recorder performs different overlay display insertion processing for the hall monitor output channel and the management room monitor output channel.   The recorder performs an overlay display insertion process for masking the position in the video data of the user who is authenticated when the elevator is boarded, with respect to the hall monitor output channel, and to the management room monitor output channel. The elevator crime prevention device according to claim 3, wherein an overlay display insertion process is performed without masking a position in the video data of the user.   The recorder displays the contour portion of the mask of the overlay display insertion process performed for the hall monitor output channel at a position in the video data of the user with respect to the management room monitor output channel. The elevator crime prevention device according to claim 4, wherein an overlay display insertion process is performed without masking the inside of the contour portion.   The said recorder performs the overlay display insertion process which displays the information for specifying the said user with respect to the said output channel for management room monitoring, The Claim 4 or Claim 5 characterized by the above-mentioned. Security equipment for elevators.   4. The elevator according to claim 3, wherein the recorder performs an overlay display insertion process for displaying operation information of the recorder that is not disclosed to general users on the control room monitor output channel. Security device. A connection connector provided in the car and capable of connecting an external storage medium;
The recorder records the video data from the camera;
For the operation information of the recorder not disclosed to the general user, the video data recorded on the recorder is copied to the external storage medium by connecting the external storage medium to the connection connector. 8. The crime prevention apparatus for an elevator according to claim 7, which is a copy progress rate at the time.

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