JP2011044093A - Security device - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent unnecessary processing by reliably identifying visitors by a monitor center when a false alarm is issued by an operation error. <P>SOLUTION: A security device having security mode for performing at least trespasser monitoring and release mode for stopping trespasser monitoring includes: a sensor for detecting trespassing into a building to be monitored; an operation part for operating the setting of the security modes; a notification part for transmitting a predetermined message; a storage part for storing an estimated release time; and a supervisory control part for determining an abnormal state when the sensor performs detection in the security mode and transmitting an alarm signal to an external monitor center. When the abnormal state is determined in the estimated release time, the supervisory control part causes the announcement part to transmit a message to make contact with the monitor center and/or a message to urge a response to the contact from the monitor center. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a security device that detects an intrusion of a bandit into a building to be monitored and reports an abnormality to an external monitoring center or the like.

In recent years, security devices that monitor intruders in monitored buildings such as office buildings, condominiums, and detached houses, and report abnormalities to monitoring centers via communication lines when various sensors detect intruders have become widespread. Yes.
This security device has, as security mode, a release mode that does not perform abnormality monitoring and a warning mode that performs abnormality monitoring, and when there is no user in the building such as at night or on holidays, it is set to the warning mode, Monitor unauthorized entry into buildings.

The user who first enters the monitored building needs to cancel the abnormality monitoring by operating the IC card within a predetermined time after entering from the entrance to set the release mode. However, the release mode may not be set correctly due to a user's operation mistake or forgotten operation, which may cause a false alarm. The monitoring center that receives the abnormality report will take measures against the abnormality by notifying the representative user and the police organization of the occurrence of the abnormality and dispatching a security guard to the site. In addition, if the controller determines that there is a possibility of a false alarm from the contents of the abnormality report, he / she calls the building as necessary to check the identity of the visitor, and the visitor is a legitimate user. If it can be confirmed, an error recovery operation is guided to complete the countermeasure. On the other hand, even if the visitor is a legitimate user, it is often not on the phone for reasons such as being out of business hours, etc. Will be dispatched. Thus, a false alarm resulting from an operator's operation error may interfere with the smooth operation of the security service.
Conventionally, there has been proposed a device for clarifying the operation procedure and the arrangement of operation buttons and preventing false alarms for such a problem. However, false alarms cannot be completely prevented by measures only by improving operability as in the past.

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  Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a security device capable of automatically recognizing the possibility that a false alarm has occurred due to a user's operation error and confirming a visitor at a monitoring center.

  In order to achieve the above object, the security device of the present invention is a sensor that detects at least intrusion monitoring and a release mode that does not perform intrusion monitoring as a security mode. And an operation unit for setting and operating the security mode, a notification unit for informing a predetermined message, a storage unit for storing a scheduled release time zone, and an abnormality determination when the sensor detects during the security mode, A monitoring control unit that transmits an alarm signal to an external monitoring center, and the monitoring control unit, when the abnormality determination is made in the scheduled release time zone, and / or the message that prompts the monitoring center to contact The notification unit is notified of a message prompting to respond to a contact from the monitoring center.

The scheduled release time zone is, for example, a time zone when a normal user first enters the building (for example, work hours), or a time zone during which the user is allowed to enter (for example, a time other than the release prohibition time zone such as midnight). Obi).
According to such a configuration, when there is a high possibility that a legitimate user accidentally caused an abnormality when entering the building, a message prompting confirmation confirmation with the monitoring center is output. Unnecessary measures caused by the failure to contact can be suppressed. On the other hand, when an abnormality is determined due to an entrance other than the scheduled release time, a reminder message is not notified. You can avoid doing it.

In the above configuration, the sensor includes a plurality of intrusion sensors including an entrance sensor that monitors a building entrance to be monitored, and the monitoring control unit is provided on condition that the entrance sensor detects the sensor. The message is notified.
According to such a configuration, it is possible to notify the reminder message only when there is a high possibility of erroneous reporting by a person entering the building, that is, a legitimate user, and to prompt contact with the monitoring center. A warning message is not notified to an intruder from a window that a normal user should not enter, and operation with high safety is possible.

In the above configuration, the monitoring control unit transmits a temporary warning signal different from the warning signal to the monitoring center when the abnormality is determined in the scheduled release time zone.
According to such a configuration, when an abnormality is determined in the scheduled release time zone, a temporary alarm signal different from the normal alarm signal is reported to the monitoring center, so that the monitoring center easily recognizes that there is a high possibility of a cancellation error. be able to.

In the above configuration, after transmitting the temporary alarm signal, the monitoring control unit transmits the alarm signal to the monitoring center when a specific sensor detects that the abnormality is not recovered.
The specific sensor is, for example, a sensor that monitors an area where a user who has entered usually does not enter immediately, for example, a sensor installed in a safe or a room in which important items are stored. Alternatively, it refers to a sensor installed in an area other than a room (such as an office room) where a user who has entered should be.
According to such a configuration, even if it is determined that there is a possibility of a cancellation error by the user and a temporary warning signal is transmitted, the visitor takes a suspicious action different from the action normally taken by the user Since this alarm signal is immediately transmitted to the monitoring center, the monitoring center can quickly cope with the bandits.

  According to the present invention, monitoring is performed by notifying a message that prompts a visitor to a monitoring center or a response to a contact from a monitoring center to a visitor who has a high possibility of generating a false alarm due to an operation error or the like. Awareness of communication with the center. Therefore, it is possible to surely confirm the identity of the visitor by the monitoring center, and it is possible to suppress unnecessary countermeasures due to false alarms. In addition, when it is recognized that there is a high possibility that the band is invading, an alarm signal is transmitted to the monitoring center, so that the band can be quickly and appropriately dealt with.

It is the functional block diagram which showed schematic structure of the security apparatus. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring process in alert mode. It is a flowchart which shows the monitoring process in alert mode.

Embodiments of the present invention will be specifically described below with reference to the drawings.
The security system in the present embodiment includes a security device installed in a building to be monitored, and a monitoring center connected to a plurality of security devices via a communication network.
The security device is installed for each building to be monitored, and monitors the invading action of the bandits into the building using a predetermined range including the inside of the building or the outside of the building as a monitoring area. When an intrusion abnormality is detected, an abnormality report is sent to the monitoring center.

  The monitoring center manages and manages a plurality of security devices. When an abnormality report is received from the security device, the controller makes a request for countermeasures to a security guard or police agency that stands by in the vicinity of the monitored building. In addition, since a legitimate user may accidentally generate an abnormality, the controller calls the building of the caller as necessary to strictly check the identity of the resident and the situation of the site. . When it is confirmed that the user is a legitimate user, the countermeasure instruction to the guard is canceled so that unnecessary countermeasures are not generated. However, if a user makes an abnormality early in the morning, which is outside business hours, a telephone call for confirmation from the monitoring center (confirmation contact) cannot be distinguished from a telephone call from a general customer, etc. There is.

  Therefore, in the security system of the present embodiment, whether the security device is normally an abnormality that occurred in the time zone when a regular user enters, is there a high possibility of a false report by a regular user? Determine if there is a high probability of intrusion due to bandits. When there is a high possibility of misreporting, a temporary warning is notified to the monitoring center, and a reminder message is notified in order to make the admission person (user) aware of the confirmation communication with the monitoring center.

The configuration and operation of the security device will be described in detail.
FIG. 1 is a functional block diagram showing a schematic configuration of the security device.
The security device 1 includes an intrusion sensor 100, a detection signal input unit 110, an operation unit 120, a notification unit 130, a clock unit 140, a notification unit 150, a storage unit 160, and a monitoring control unit 170.

  A plurality of intrusion sensors 100 are installed everywhere in the monitoring area, and detect an intrusion action into the monitoring area. When an approaching action is detected, a detection signal with its own identification code is output. As the intrusion sensor 100, for example, a space sensor that generates an alarm by detecting infrared rays emitted from a human body, an infrared sensor that generates an alarm by detecting a blockage of infrared rays between light projecting and receiving units, and a door being opened. An open / close detection sensor or the like is used to detect and report. The intrusion sensor 100 refers to an intrusion sensor that monitors the vicinity of an entrance / exit of a monitoring area, and includes, for example, an entrance sensor 100c that detects opening / closing of a door of an entrance / exit of a building.

The detection signal input unit 110 is a detection signal input interface that inputs the detection signal output from the intrusion sensor 100 and delivers the signal to the monitoring control unit 170.
The operation unit 120 is an operation interface for a user to input various operations, and includes operation keys such as a card reader and a numeric keypad. Each user causes the card reader to read the possessed IC card and operates the operation key to set and operate the security mode of the security device 1. In addition, the user performs setting of a scheduled release time zone, which will be described later, and an operation for recovering from an abnormal state via the operation unit 120.

The notification unit 130 is a unit that notifies a predetermined message to the surroundings of the security device or the building to be monitored, and includes a speaker, a liquid crystal display, or the like. The predetermined message is a reminder guidance for ensuring confirmation communication with the monitoring center, and is a message prompting contact with the monitoring center or a message prompting to respond to the contact from the monitoring center. In addition, you may alert | report using these messages together. The content of the message may be, for example, “An alarm has occurred. Please call the security company.” Or “An alarm has occurred. Please answer the call from the security company.”
The clock unit 140 is a means for measuring the current time.
The reporting unit 150 is a communication interface that reports an abnormality to the monitoring center via a communication network.

  The storage unit 160 stores various programs for operating the security device 1 and stores the currently set security mode, scheduled release time zone, and sensor information in an updatable manner. The scheduled cancellation time zone is usually a time zone including a scheduled time when the user first enters the monitored building and performs the monitoring cancellation operation. For example, “7:00 to 9:30” is a working time zone. "Is set. The sensor information is an identification code given to each intrusion sensor 100 and makes it possible to distinguish whether each intrusion sensor 100 is an entrance sensor 100c or another intrusion sensor 100. In addition, among other intrusion sensors 100, in particular, an intrusion sensor 100b that monitors a room in which a user who first enters the building does not enter immediately, such as a room in which a safe or important items are stored, is set as a specific sensor. It is possible to distinguish from other intrusion sensors 100.

The monitoring control unit 170 controls each unit and executes monitoring processing.
The monitoring control unit 170 sets a security mode according to a user's operation via the operation unit 120 and registers the current security mode in the storage unit 160. In the present embodiment, the security mode includes a security mode and a release mode.
The security mode is a security mode in which when a user is in an unattended state that is not in a building in the monitoring area, an intrusion action to the building is monitored and an abnormality is reported. For example, when an office building is targeted for monitoring, it is set by the employee who leaves the office last, and is used at night and on holidays when the employee does not exist in the building. The release mode is a security mode in which intrusion monitoring is not performed so that the user can freely move in and out of the monitoring area in and out of the building when the user is in a manned state in the monitoring area. For example, when an office building is to be monitored, it is used during normal working hours when employees enter or leave the building.

  The monitoring control unit 170 executes an abnormality determination process based on the current security mode, the detection signal of the intrusion sensor 100 input to the detection signal input unit 110, the sensor information registered in the storage unit 160, and the scheduled release time zone. To do. If it is determined that an intrusion abnormality has occurred due to a bandit, an alarm signal is transmitted to the monitoring center via the reporting unit 150 and a remote recovery command is received from the monitoring center or a recovery operation command is input from the operation unit 120 The abnormal state is stored and held until In addition, when it is determined that there is a high possibility of a cancellation error by a regular user, a temporary warning signal that is distinguished from the warning signal is transmitted to the monitoring center, and a reminder guidance is output via the notification unit, A message prompting the visitor to confirm with the monitoring center is notified.

The abnormality determination process in the monitoring control unit 170 will be described with reference to FIGS.
2 and 3 are flowcharts showing the abnormality determination process when the intrusion sensor issues a warning during the alert mode setting.
If a detection signal is input from any of the intrusion sensors 100 when the alert mode is set, the monitoring control unit 170 starts the abnormality determination process. First, the monitoring controller 170 determines whether or not the intrusion sensor 100 issued based on the sensor information in the storage unit 160 is the entrance sensor 100c (step 202). In the case of another intrusion sensor 100 instead of the entrance sensor 100c (No in step 202), that is, when an intrusion from a window or the like different from the user's entrance route is detected, it is determined that the intrusion abnormality is caused by a bandit and an abnormality immediately occurs. A determination is made and an alarm signal is transmitted to the monitoring center (step 204), and an alarm sound and an alarm lamp are activated to display an alarm (step 206).

  If the sensor that issued the alarm is the entrance sensor 100c (Yes in Step 202), a timer that counts the waiting time for entering the building for accepting the setting operation of the release mode by the user who entered the building is started, and the counting of the predetermined time is started. (Step 208). The monitoring control unit 170 waits for the user to input the release mode setting operation until the timer finishes measuring the predetermined time (steps 210 to 212). If the release operation is performed during the timer timing (Yes in Step 210), the security mode is set to the release mode and the manual process is terminated (Step 214). In addition, if a predetermined time has passed without the release operation (Yes in step 212), that is, if a proper release operation has not been performed within the predetermined time after entering the entrance, an intrusion abnormality by a bandit may be possible. Therefore, it is determined whether the current time is included in the scheduled release time zone with reference to the clock unit 140 (step 216).

  If the time when the abnormality is determined (or the time when the entrance sensor reports it) is outside the scheduled release time (No in step 216), it is an abnormal entrance at a time when the user is not scheduled to enter, such as a midnight time. Therefore, it is recognized as an intrusion abnormality by a bandit, it is determined that an abnormality has occurred, an alarm signal is transmitted to the monitoring center (step 204), and an alarm sound or alarm lamp is activated to display an alarm (step 206).

  On the other hand, if the time determined to be abnormal is included in the scheduled cancellation time zone (Yes in step 216), there is a high possibility that an abnormality has occurred due to a user's cancellation error during the work hours, so a temporary warning signal is sent to the monitoring center The message is sent (step 218), and a message for urging the telephone contact to the monitoring center or a message urging to respond to the telephone contact from the monitoring center is notified to the admission person (step 220). The monitoring center receives a temporary warning signal from the security device 1 and can recognize that there is a possibility that the user has made a cancellation error. Call the monitored building to check the identity of the visitor and perform the recovery operation. It is possible to take measures such as guiding.

  After displaying the reminder guidance, the monitoring controller 170 waits for an abnormal state recovery operation (step 222). The recovery operation requires user authentication, and can be combined with, for example, a release operation. When a recovery operation is performed by the user via the operation unit 120, the abnormal state is cleared (step 224), and a recovery signal is transmitted to the monitoring center to notify the monitoring center that the error has been recovered (step 226). ). Further, the completion of the recovery is displayed and the abnormality determination process is terminated (step 228).

  If the visitor is not a legitimate user but a bandit, the call from the monitoring center is not answered and no restoration operation is performed. And if it is a bandit, the behavior after entering the building is different from the behavior when a regular user enters. For example, if you are a regular user, stay in the vicinity of the entrance, hallway, office, etc., but if you are a bandit, search for other rooms, that is, rooms where safes and valuables will be stored, or There is a high possibility of entering the room immediately after entering. Therefore, the monitoring control unit 170 monitors whether or not the specific sensor 100b that monitors the important area in a state where the restoration operation is not performed has detected a human body (step 230). When the detection signal from the specific sensor 100b is input (Yes in step 230), it is determined that the intrusion abnormality has occurred due to the bandit and the abnormality has occurred, and an alarm signal is transmitted to the monitoring center again (step 232). An alarm is displayed by operating a sound or an alarm lamp (step 234). Even if the visitor from the entrance is a bandit, the monitoring center receives an alarm signal that confirms the intrusion abnormality after the temporary alarm signal, so that emergency measures such as immediately reporting to the police or urging the guards Can be performed.

  As described above, the security device according to the present embodiment may be erroneously reported due to a mistaken release operation by a regular user when an abnormality is determined by entering from the entrance during a scheduled release time zone such as a working hour zone. In addition to notifying the monitoring center of the fact, the operator is informed of a message prompting telephone contact with the monitoring center or a message prompting response to telephone contact from the monitoring center. As a result, it is possible to suppress the burden of unnecessary countermeasures caused by misreporting due to a user's operation mistake, and as a result, smooth operation and quality improvement of the entire security service can be achieved. In addition, since the reminder message is not notified when the possibility of a bandit is high, it is possible to prevent the bandit from confirming the message and making an unauthorized confirmation contact with the monitoring center, and a highly safe operation is possible. is there.

  In addition, even if it is determined that there is a possibility of false alarms, if a behavior different from that after regular entrance by a legitimate user is detected, it is recognized that the intrusion was caused by a bandit and this alarm is monitored. Notify the center. For this reason, the monitoring center can quickly cope with an intrusion abnormality of a bandit.

  In the security device of the above-described embodiment, it is possible to make a release operation error depending on whether or not the current time when the intrusion sensor detects and determines an abnormality is the attendance time zone, using the attendance time zone as the scheduled release time zone. Is determined. However, the scheduled cancellation time zone is not limited to the attendance time zone, and for example, an available time zone (for example, “7:30 to 21:00”) in which the user may enter the building may be used. . The scheduled release time zone may be after a predetermined time in the next morning (for example, “7:30 or later”) or after a predetermined time has elapsed (for example, “after 10 hours”).

  Moreover, the specific sensor for distinguishing a regular user and a bandit by action may be configured to be updated as appropriate based on the normal action of the user. For example, the user may set manually. It is also possible to learn a user's behavior (detection status of an intrusion sensor) at the time of entry and automatically set an intrusion sensor that is not normally detected immediately after entering the building or within a predetermined time as a specific sensor.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Security device, 100 Intrusion sensor, 110 Detection signal input part, 120 Operation part, 130 Notification part, 140 Clock part, 150 Notification part, 160 Storage part, 170 Monitoring control part

Claims (4)

As a security mode, in a security device having at least a security mode for performing intrusion monitoring and a release mode for not performing intrusion monitoring,
A sensor that detects intrusion into the monitored building;
An operation unit for setting and operating the security mode;
An informing unit for informing a predetermined message;
A storage unit for storing the scheduled release time zone;
A monitoring control unit that determines an abnormality when the sensor detects during the warning mode and transmits an alarm signal to an external monitoring center,
The monitoring controller is
In the case where the abnormality is determined in the scheduled release time zone, the notification unit is informed of a message for prompting contact with the monitoring center and / or a message for prompting response to contact from the monitoring center. Security equipment to do. The sensor is composed of a plurality of intrusion sensors including an entrance sensor that monitors a building entrance to be monitored,
The said monitoring control part is a guard apparatus of Claim 1 which alert | reports the said message on the conditions that the said entrance sensor detected among the said sensors.   3. The security device according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring control unit transmits a temporary warning signal different from the warning signal to the monitoring center when the abnormality is determined in the scheduled release time zone.   The said monitoring control part is a security apparatus of Claim 3 which transmits the said alarm signal to the said monitoring center, when a specific sensor detects after abnormality is not recovered after transmitting the said temporary alarm signal.

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