JP2012119967A - Management server of monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a management server of a monitoring system for easily constructing an environment for using a general web terminal as a monitoring terminal of the monitoring system.SOLUTION: A management server 10 of a monitoring system X which includes the management server 10, a web terminal group 20 and a setting object apparatus group 30 and monitors the setting object apparatus group 30 is used. The management server 10 has setting item data 103 for respective terminals of the web terminal group 20 and a setting item write program 104. Then, when constructing the environment of the respective terminals of the web terminal group 20, the management server 10 transmits the setting item data 103 and the setting item write program 104. In the web terminal group 20, by executing installation by the setting item write program 104, even various kinds of codecs or the like are easily installed.

Description

  The present invention relates to a management server for a monitoring system, and more particularly to a management server for a monitoring system for using a general web terminal as a monitoring terminal for the monitoring system.

In recent years, networked monitoring systems have attracted attention because of increased security (safety) awareness and demands for labor saving of security.
Surveillance systems include images of surveillance cameras installed for crime prevention and disaster prevention in facilities visited by an unspecified number of people, such as hotels, buildings, convenience stores, financial institutions, dams, and roads, etc. It is a system that monitors the person in charge and alerts them according to the purpose and necessity.

  In recent years, as these monitoring systems, for example, a monitoring camera (hereinafter referred to as a camera), a network digital recorder (hereinafter referred to as NDR) that stores an image of the camera, and a viewer that displays the monitoring image are provided. There has been used a monitoring system in which a terminal device is connected to a network and a management server (control server) that manages the operation status and imaging status of the monitoring camera on the network is added.

Here, referring to Patent Document 1 as a conventional technique, in a remote monitoring system using a network camera and a monitoring terminal, a plurality of network cameras that distribute images to be monitored and images from the network cameras are displayed. A monitoring terminal; and a control server that centrally manages system information of the entire remote monitoring system and camera information of each network camera, and the monitoring terminal based on the camera information and the system information acquired from the control server by the monitoring terminal Has been disclosed (hereinafter referred to as Prior Art 1).
According to the prior art 1, by initializing the monitoring terminal based on system information and camera information centrally managed by the control server, there is no difference in the information stored for each monitoring terminal. The monitoring terminal can be easily initialized.

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However, it is assumed that the prior art 1 uses a general terminal (hereinafter referred to as a web terminal) having a web browser such as a general PC (Personal Computer), a mobile phone, or a smartphone as a monitoring terminal. It wasn't. This is because, in order to operate these web terminals as monitoring terminals, it is necessary to provide monitoring application software (hereinafter referred to as applications).
That is, in the situation where the initial environment has not been constructed and the application cannot be executed yet, the camera information and the system information as in the related art 1 cannot be transferred in the first place.

For this reason, in the prior art 1, when the environment construction of the web terminal which comprises a monitoring system is performed, there existed a problem that it was necessary to set several setting items one by one for every web terminal.
In addition, when there are a large number of web terminals, there is a problem that the probability of occurrence of a malfunction such as a setting error increases, and a long time is required for environment construction.
Therefore, the prior art 1 has been time-consuming to construct the monitoring terminal environment.

  This invention is made | formed in view of such a condition, and makes it a subject to eliminate the above-mentioned subject.

  A management server for a monitoring system according to the present invention includes a management server, a setting target device, and a web terminal. In the management server for a monitoring system that monitors the setting target device, the setting item data and setting item document for the web terminal are provided. And a transmission means for transmitting the setting item data and the setting item writing program when constructing the environment of the web terminal.

  According to the present invention, since the management server of the monitoring system transmits the setting item data and the setting item writing program to the web terminal and sets the setting target items at a time, setting mistakes are reduced, and the environment can be constructed in a short time. Therefore, a general web terminal can be easily used as the monitoring terminal of the monitoring system.

1 is a system configuration diagram of a monitoring system X according to an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the control structure of the management server 10 which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart of the setting process which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is an example of the screen of the setting process which concerns on embodiment of this invention.

<Embodiment>
[Control configuration of monitoring system X]
Hereinafter, the control configuration of the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
Referring to FIG. 1, the monitoring system X of the present embodiment is configured by connecting a management server 10, a web terminal group 20, and a setting target device group 30 via a network 5.

The network 5 is a network such as the Internet, a dedicated line network, and a mobile phone network.
Through this network 5, each device can transmit and receive data of various protocols such as TCP / IP and UDP in packet units.

The management server 10 is a management server that controls devices such as cameras. The management server 10 includes a WWW (World Wide Web) web server accessed from each terminal of the web terminal group 20, a control program for searching and setting a setting target device group, an installer, and the like.
Specifically, the management server 10 is a server using a PC / AT compatible machine, a dedicated machine, or the like, and a control unit such as a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a DSP (Digital Signal Processor), or a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit). A storage unit such as a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), a HDD (Hard Disk Drive), and a flash memory; and a network connection unit such as a LAN card or a wireless LAN card connected to the network 5. Further, the management server 10 may include an input unit such as a keyboard and a pointing device, a liquid crystal display indicating a monitoring state, an LED (Light Emitting Diode), a display unit such as a projector, and the like.
In addition, the management server 10 includes an OS (Operating System) such as a Windows (registered trademark) server or Linux (registered trademark), and can be connected to and communicated with an IP network such as the network 5 using various protocols.

The web terminal group 20 accesses the management server 10 via the network 5 and is a PC / AT compatible machine for viewing a monitoring image, a PC such as a MAC standard, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), a mobile phone, A web terminal equipped with a web browser, such as a smartphone. The web terminal group 20 includes, for example, a web terminal 201 and a web terminal 202 having different configurations. The web terminal group 20 includes a CPU, MPU, DSP, GPU, RAM, ROM, HDD, flash memory, and the like that store and store image data, image data attributes, and temporary data. Department.
Each terminal of the web terminal group 20 can display the image data of each device of the setting target device group 30 on a display monitor such as a liquid crystal display or a CRT, and browse or search a monitoring image. Each terminal of the web terminal group 20 includes a user input unit such as a keyboard, a mouse, and a touch panel, and can perform an image reproduction operation, a moving image display, an image search execution operation for humans, a result display, and the like.
Here, each terminal of the web terminal group 20 performs image search, browsing, and setting using a general viewer such as a web browser. For this reason, in the initial environment with the OS installed, the image / audio codec, security settings, and the like corresponding to each device of the setting target device group 30 may not be installed. In the initial state, the IP address of each device and other target items are not set. Therefore, each terminal of the web terminal group 20 performs these settings using a setting item writing program 104 and setting item data 103 described later downloaded from the management server 10.

The setting target device group 30 is a device for performing monitoring control and setting by the monitoring system X, and includes devices such as a camera 301, an ENC 302, and an NDR 303. These devices are controlled by an ID (Identification) set by the management server 10 and a command via the network 5.
The camera 301 is an imaging device such as a so-called IP camera or network camera that can be connected to the network 5 and transmit image data using a CCD (Charge Coupled Device), a CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) image sensor, or the like. . The camera 301 may also include, for example, a human sensor, a motion sensor, a microphone, or the like for detecting the detection event described above.
The ENC 302 is an image / audio encoder that can connect an ordinary television camera, convert analog image / audio signals into digital data, and connect to the network 5 for transmission. The ENC 302 may also include various sensor I / Os.
The NDR 303 is a device such as a network digital recorder that records image / audio data and sensor data from the camera 301 and ENC 302 via the network 5. The NDR 303 includes a control unit / arithmetic unit such as a CPU and a storage unit such as a built-in DRAM or flash memory, and records data on a recording medium such as an HDD. In the monitoring system X, when an image is read from the NDR 303 in accordance with an instruction from the web terminal group 20, the corresponding image can be read by specifying the ID and time information.
In addition, the setting target device group 30 may further include a DEC (Decoder) for image and audio data, a switcher, an audio output device, a security robot, a notification device for related organizations, and the like.

[Control Configuration of Management Server 10]
Next, a more detailed control configuration of the management server 10 will be described with reference to FIG.
The management server 10 can be configured to include functional parts such as a setting control unit 101 (transmission means), a web terminal program 102, setting item data 103, and a setting item writing program 104.

The setting control unit 101 is a part that includes the main program of the management server 10 that performs control for various settings and a WWW web server.
After installing the server function, the setting control unit 101 searches for each device in the setting target device group 30 and acquires the target item to be set. Then, when the administrator gives an instruction to change or set the target item using the web terminal program 102, the setting control unit 101 acquires this instruction. Then, the setting control unit 101 accesses each device in the setting target device group 30 and sets the target item of each device in the searched setting target device group 30.
Thereafter, the setting control unit 101 creates setting item data 103 and a setting item writing program 104 based on the setting contents of the target item.
Further, when accessed from each terminal of the web terminal group 20, the setting control unit 101 downloads the setting item data 103 and the setting item writing program 104 and makes them usable at each terminal.
Accordingly, the setting control unit 101 can transmit image / audio data and sensor data to the web terminal group 20 for browsing.
In addition, the setting control unit 101 can include an installer function used when the environment of the management server 10 itself is constructed.

The web terminal program 102 is a web browser having the same function as each terminal of the web terminal group 20.
The web terminal program 102 can access the web server of the setting control unit 101. Thereby, when there are target items acquired by the setting control unit 101, it is possible to instruct change of these settings.

The setting item data 103 is data indicating setting items for each device in the setting target device group 30.
The setting item data 103 will be described with reference to FIG. As a target item that needs to be specifically set, first, the IP address of each device in the setting target device group 30 can be set. Furthermore, if the data about the image codec and the audio codec can be changed as the target item, it can be changed.
Further, as other target items, target items such as operating time of each device, recording time interval, setting of a sensor for acquiring information, zoom magnification, and the like can be set.

The setting item writing program 104 is a program including an installer for the web terminal group 20 for enabling each web terminal 201, 202 of the web terminal group 20 to be used as a terminal of the monitoring system X.
The setting item writing program 104 is created by the setting control unit 101 using the web terminal program 102. At this time, the setting item writing program 104 can prepare a plurality of types according to the model and configuration of each terminal of the web terminal group 20 acquired by the setting control unit 101.
Further, the setting item writing program 104 can be provided as a dedicated program that is connected to the management server 10 to function as a terminal of the monitoring system when activated even when a web browser is used.
The setting item writing program 104 can also install various image codecs, audio codecs, key data enabling encryption communication, and the like as an installer for constructing an initial environment.

Note that each of the above-described parts can be realized by a control circuit of the management server 10 executing a program, or can be realized by a hardware circuit.
Furthermore, each part may be provided on a single physical server device or distributed among a plurality of physical server devices.

[Setting process by monitoring system X]
Next, setting processing by the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described.
In the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention, when each device of the web terminal group 20 such as the web terminal 201 and the web terminal 202 is to control each device such as the setting target device group 30, A device control request is transmitted to the management server 10.
That is, all the web terminals perform communication processing with respect to the same management server 10.
Therefore, when the environment of the monitoring system X is constructed, the settings of each terminal of the web terminal group 20 such as the web terminals 201 and 202 are almost the same for the same model.
For this reason, in the setting process of this embodiment, the management server 10 causes the setting item writing program 104 that is an installer and the setting item data 103 to be downloaded to each terminal of the web terminal group 20, and copies of the same setting are made. Do.
Details of the setting process will be described below with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

In step S101, the setting control unit 101 of the management server 10 performs server function installation processing.
Specifically, the setting control unit 101 performs various installations so that the management server 10 can be used as a server.
As the installation procedure, for example, when it is detected that an optical recording medium (not shown) such as a DVD or a BD is inserted into the disk drive or the like of the management server 10, the control unit of the management server 10 The setting control unit 101 recorded on the recording medium is read and recorded in a RAM, HDD, or the like. Then, the setting control unit 101 stored in the management server 10 is executed by the control unit and performs an initial setting process.
Specifically, as an initial setting process of the setting control unit 101, a service (daemon) or the like for accessing from each terminal of the web terminal group 20 such as a web server is constructed. In addition, the setting control unit 101 expands the original data of the web terminal program 102, the setting item data 103, and the setting item writing program 104 to an HDD or the like. Furthermore, a unique key or the like related to encrypted communication is created and stored.
Then, the setting control unit 101 searches the network 5 for target items to be set by each device in the setting target device group 30, and starts the web terminal program 102.

In step S102, the web terminal program 102 performs web terminal program setting processing.
Specifically, the activated web terminal program 102 requests the web page of “configuration” from the web server of the setting control unit 101, receives it, and displays it on the browser.
A screen example of the “configuration” web page will be described with reference to FIG. The web terminal program 102 displays target items to be set on a web page for each device ID of each setting target device group 30. As a result, on the “configuration” web page, each device and the target item to be set are displayed on the browser and prompted to be set by the administrator.
When the administrator makes a selection through an interface such as a check box or radio button and detects that the “set” button has been pressed, the web terminal program 102 transmits this instruction content to the setting control unit 101.
Note that when the web terminal program 102 detects that the “clear” button has been pressed, the content of the target item to be set can be returned to the initial setting.

In step S103, the setting control unit 101 performs setting item data creation processing.
The setting control unit 101 acquires each value of the setting target item that the administrator has instructed to set using the user interface of the web terminal program 102. The setting control unit 101 stores these values as setting item data 103 in, for example, a database format or a file format.
In other words, the target item can be set by the management server 10 itself.
Note that the setting of the setting target device group 30 can also be changed from the web terminal group 20. Also in this case, the web page of “configuration” can be displayed by inputting a password or the like from the terminal of the web terminal group 20.

Further, the setting control unit 101 creates a setting item writing program 104 by combining the original files based on the setting item data 103. At this time, a plurality of combinations of setting item writing programs 104 are created assuming several configurations of each terminal of the web terminal group 20.
The setting control unit 101 can also store the setting item writing program 104 in a database format or a file format.

In step S104, the setting control unit 101 performs web terminal connection processing.
Here, each terminal of the web terminal group 20 is equipped with a general web browser as described above. Each terminal of the web terminal group 20 can connect to the management server 10 by designating the URL (Uniform Resource Locator), IP address, etc. of the management server 10 using this web browser.

In step S105, the setting control unit 101 performs setting item transmission processing.
Specifically, when the settings of each terminal of the connected web terminal group 20 are not set, the setting control unit 101 transmits the setting item writing program 104 and the setting item data 103 to install them.
Hereinafter, an example in which the web terminal 201 of the web terminal group 20 is connected to the management server 10 will be described.
First, the web server of the setting control unit 101 acquires model information and the like from the web terminal 201.
Next, the setting control unit 101 determines whether or not the terminal can be used as a terminal of the monitoring system X, for example, by attempting connection using a predetermined protocol. That is, it is determined whether the setting item writing program 104 is installed in the web terminal 201 and whether the version and the contents of the setting item data 103 are the latest.

If the setting item writing program 104 has not been installed yet or the contents of the setting item data 103 are not the latest, the setting control unit 101 designates a file or the like so that the web terminal 201 downloads them.
At this time, the setting control unit 101 can transmit a necessary file using an optimum method according to the model information of the web terminal 201. For example, when the web terminal 201 is a PC / AT compatible machine equipped with Windows (registered trademark), the setting item writing program 104 using the Active X (registered trademark) function of the web browser, the setting item data 103, Send. Further, in the case of a Linux (registered trademark) -based OS, it can be configured to be installed using FTP (File Transfer Protocol), apt-get, or the like. Other methods can also be used.
Thus, unlike simple web programs such as Java (registered trademark) Applet, Flash, and Java (registered trademark) Script used on the Web, it is possible to perform installation including changing the configuration of the OS.
That is, processing such as video / audio codec installation and encryption key installation can be performed in accordance with the configuration of the setting target device group 30. Furthermore, settings for controlling and accessing the setting target device group can be collectively performed for each web terminal group in accordance with the setting item data 103.
If the setting item writing program 104 has already been installed and the setting item data 103 has the latest contents, the setting control unit 101 skips the processing.

In step S <b> 106, the setting control unit 101 determines whether to set another terminal of the web terminal group 20.
In the case of Yes, the setting control part 101 returns a process to step S104, and performs the setting of the terminal similarly. For example, the setting control unit 101 downloads and installs the setting item writing program 104 and the setting item data 103 in the web terminal 202 as well as the web terminal 201. Thereby, the same setting as the web terminal 201 is reflected.
In No, the setting control part 101 advances a process to step S107.

In step S107, the setting control unit 101 performs control access processing.
Specifically, the setting control unit 101 receives an instruction from each terminal of the web terminal group 20, and performs various controls on each device of the setting target apparatus group 30.
More specifically, according to a request or access from the web terminal group 20 to the web server, control such as image / sound distribution, playback, and setting is performed for each device in the setting target device group 30.
Thereby, according to the setting item data 103, control and setting of each apparatus of the setting object apparatus group 30 can be performed simply from the web terminal group 20. FIG.

It is also possible for the setting control unit 101 of the management server 10 to receive the setting of the setting target device group 30 changed by each terminal of the web terminal group 20, and to update and store the setting item data 103. The setting control unit 101 can also update the setting item writing program 104 in accordance with the updated setting item data 103 and transmit it to each terminal of the web terminal group 20.
Thus, the setting process ends.

With the configuration described above, the following effects can be obtained.
First, conventionally, the management server and the environment construction work of the web terminal constituting the monitoring system had to be performed by an operator setting each item.
On the other hand, in the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention, the same setting can be installed in each terminal of the web terminal group 20 from the management server 10.
Thereby, when the environment construction of the web terminal group 20 constituting the monitoring system X is performed, it is not necessary to set a plurality of setting items one by one for each web terminal. For this reason, work becomes efficient and the burden on the operator can be reduced.
In the monitoring system X of the present embodiment, the setting target device group 30 is set by the web terminal program 102 of the management server 10. For this reason, the setting contents required for the web terminal group 20 can be collectively copied and set to a plurality of web terminals in a format necessary for the web terminal group 20. For this reason, the occurrence of problems such as setting mistakes can be reduced, and work efficiency can be improved.

Further, in the prior art 1, when the terminal is already in an environment where the application of the monitoring system can be executed, a method of changing information or the like in a situation where communication with the server is possible via the application Is described. However, in the prior art 1, the case where the environment for using as a monitoring system in the terminal is not constructed is not assumed.
On the other hand, in the monitoring system X of the present embodiment, the “setting item writing program 104” and the “setting item data 103” are transmitted to the web terminal group 20 and received by each terminal of the web terminal group 20, Set the items by executing the installation.
That is, even when the initial environment construction is not performed on the web terminal group 20 that is a general web terminal, the setting item writing program 104 and the setting item data 103 are executed, so that the monitoring terminal of the monitoring system X can be used. The environment to be used can be easily constructed.

  In addition, the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention is an installer used for environment construction of the monitoring system X in the monitoring system including the management server 10, the web terminal group 20, the setting target device group 30, and the like. When setting is performed on the management server 10 by the setting control unit 101, the setting as the web terminal program 102 which is the same browser as the web terminal group 20 is performed at the same time. Thereby, the management server 10 saves the setting item writing program 104 for the web terminal group 20 and the setting item data 103 in the local folder, and when the environment is constructed for the web terminal group 20, the setting item writing program 104 and a copy of the setting item data 103 are transmitted, and the web terminal receives and installs them, so that the target item of the setting target device group 30 can be set.

  In addition, the management server 10 of the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention includes the management server 10, the setting target device group 30, and the web terminal group 20, and the monitoring system X that monitors the setting target device group 30. In the management server 10, the setting item data 103 and the setting item writing program 104 for the web terminal group 20 and the setting item data 103 and the setting item writing program when the environment of the web terminal group 20 is constructed. And transmitting means for transmitting 104.

  In the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention, the setting control unit 101 further obtains setting information from each terminal of the web terminal group 20, and a setting item writing program according to the setting information 104 and the setting item data 103 are transmitted.

  In the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention, the setting control unit 101 further sets the setting item data when the setting of the setting target device group 30 is changed by the web terminal group 20. 103 is updated.

  In addition, the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention is configured such that the setting control unit 101 includes an installer used to construct an environment of the monitoring system X, and the web terminal is used when setting the management server 10. Setting as the program 102 is also performed.

  In the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention, the setting control unit 101 searches for a target item for setting the setting target device group 30, and sets the setting item data 103 according to the target item. It is characterized by creating.

  In the monitoring system X according to the embodiment of the present invention, the web terminal group 20 sets the target item by executing the setting item writing program 104 received from the setting control unit 101. It is characterized by that.

  Note that the configuration and operation of the above-described embodiment are examples, and it is needless to say that the configuration and operation can be appropriately changed and executed without departing from the gist of the present invention.

5 Network 10 Management Server 20 Web Terminal Group 30 Setting Target Device Group 101 Setting Control Unit 102 Web Terminal Program 103 Setting Item Data 104 Setting Item Writing Program 201, 202 Web Terminal 301 Camera 302 ENC
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Claims (1)

In a management server of a monitoring system that includes a management server, a setting target device, and a web terminal, and monitors the setting target device,
Setting item data and setting item writing program for the web terminal;
A monitoring system management server, comprising: transmission means for transmitting the setting item data and the setting item writing program when the environment of the web terminal is constructed.

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