JP2015154085A - air conditioning system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an air conditioning system which has inexpensive constitution and can prevent a crime by a suspicious person who invades in a home.SOLUTION: There is provided an air conditioning system 1 including: air conditioner indoor unit 2 having a camera 3 for photographing a condition in the home and a connection function to an external network; and an air conditioner outdoor unit 4 connected to the air conditioner indoor unit 2 so as to be able to communicate with the indoor unit 2. The air conditioner outdoor unit 4 includes an alarm sound generation unit for generating an alarm sound, when a person in the home is judged to be a suspicious person 9 using photographing data from the camera 3. The air conditioner indoor unit 2 includes a function to transmit an electronic mail to an operation terminal 8 when the person in the home is judged to be the suspicious person 9.

Description

  The present invention relates to an air conditioning system.

  Conventionally, as a means for remotely monitoring and controlling a home air conditioning system and home security system, it has been proposed that these systems can be remotely monitored and controlled by providing a network connection function. For example, in the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1 below, remote monitoring information such as the operating state of the air conditioning system, abnormality information, refrigerant leakage information, and power consumption is transmitted to the user by e-mail. In the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1, a remote control command for performing operation / stop of the air conditioning system, operation mode setting, temperature setting, wind speed setting, air volume setting, and the like is transmitted as an email. Moreover, in the prior art of the following patent document 1, an abnormality is detected by a camera, a human sensor, and a fire sensor of the home security system, and an alarm is sounded when an abnormality (intrusion of a suspicious person, fire, etc.) is detected. At the same time, abnormality information is sent to the user by e-mail.

JP 2010-252388 A

  However, the prior art disclosed in Patent Document 1 does not include a camera as a means for detecting an anomaly that has occurred in the house (intrusion of a suspicious person into the house) in the air-conditioning system, but in the air-conditioning system itself. It was not equipped with a security function. Further, a general home security system is used as a means for detecting an abnormality occurring in the house and a means for issuing an abnormality alarm, and there is a problem that the introduction cost of the system becomes high.

  This invention is made | formed in view of the above, Comprising: It aims at obtaining the air conditioning system which can prevent the crime by the suspicious person who invaded the house with the cheap structure.

  In order to solve the above-described problems and achieve the object, the present invention provides an air-conditioning indoor unit that includes a photographing unit that captures an in-home situation and a function of connecting to an external network, and is communicably connected to the air-conditioning indoor unit. The air conditioning outdoor unit generates an alarm sound when it is determined that a person in the house is a suspicious person using the shooting data from the shooting unit. An alarm sound generating unit is provided.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent a crime by a suspicious person who has entered the house with an inexpensive configuration.

FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an air conditioning system according to first to third embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating main functions of the air-conditioning outdoor unit of the air-conditioning system according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating main functions of the air-conditioning indoor unit of the air-conditioning system according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the air-conditioning system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating main functions of the air-conditioning indoor unit of the air-conditioning system according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the air-conditioning system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a plurality of air-conditioning indoor units and a home network that are applied to the air-conditioning system according to the third embodiment of the present invention.

  Embodiments of an air conditioning system according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that the present invention is not limited to the embodiments.

Embodiment 1 FIG.
FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating an air conditioning system 1 according to first to third embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating main functions of the air-conditioning outdoor unit 4 of the air-conditioning system 1 according to the first to third embodiments of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating main functions of the air-conditioning indoor unit 2 of the air-conditioning system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the air-conditioning system 1 according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  The air conditioning system 1 shown in FIG. 1 is connected to the air conditioning indoor unit 2, the air conditioning outdoor unit 4 connected to the air conditioning indoor unit 2 via the indoor / outdoor wiring 40, and the air conditioning indoor unit 2 via the home network 10. Router 5 (for example, a wireless LAN router) and a server 7 connected to the router 5 via the Internet network 6. The air conditioning indoor unit 2 and the server 7 are the home network 10, the router 5, and the Internet network 6. It is possible to communicate with each other via

  The air conditioner indoor unit 2 is provided with a camera 3 that is an image capturing unit for photographing an indoor state. The camera 3 is a CCD (Charge Coupled Device) camera, for example, and is installed below the center in the horizontal direction of the front panel of the air conditioning indoor unit 2. The camera 3 is installed so that the optical axis of the lens faces downward by a predetermined angle so that the room in which the air conditioner indoor unit 2 is installed can be appropriately imaged. The camera 3 captures the air-conditioned room over time and outputs the captured image data to the control unit 26 (see FIG. 3) as image information.

  The operation terminal 8 in the illustrated example is a terminal capable of controlling the operation of the air conditioning indoor unit 2, and may be a dedicated control terminal for controlling the air conditioning indoor unit 2, or executes a function of controlling the air conditioning indoor unit 2. You may make it use application software as a control terminal by mounting in a mobile phone, a tablet terminal, a smart phone, etc. For example, when the user remotely operates the setting of the air conditioning indoor unit 2 in the house using the operation terminal 8 existing outside the house, the operation terminal 8 for which the operation setting has been performed is 3G, 4G, The air conditioning indoor unit 2 can be remotely controlled via the server 7, the Internet network 6, the router 5, and the home network 10 by accessing a communication network compliant with a communication standard such as LTE.

  The server 7 includes information on the air conditioner (air conditioner indoor unit 2, air conditioner outdoor unit 4), for example, operation state information (information indicating the operation state and operation mode of the air conditioner), and air conditioner identification information (model name and manufacturing). Number etc.) are managed individually. The operation terminal 8 can acquire these information recorded in the specific area in the server 7 or change the setting of the air conditioner by accessing the server 7. Thereby, the user of the operation terminal 8 can not only know the operating state of the air conditioner remotely, but also can remotely change the settings of the air conditioner.

  In addition, when the air conditioning system 1 according to the present embodiment detects that a suspicious person 9 has entered the house, the air conditioning system 1 notifies the operation terminal 8 by e-mail and also provides an alarm mounted on the air conditioner outdoor unit 4. An alarm sound generating unit driving means (driving unit) for operating the buzzer 18 as a sound generating unit to generate an alarm sound is provided. Hereinafter, the example of a structure is demonstrated concretely.

  The air-conditioning outdoor unit 4 shown in FIG. 2 includes a buzzer 18 in addition to a control board 30, a motor 14, and a compressor 15 that are components of a general air-conditioning outdoor unit. The control board 30 includes a converter 12 that converts AC power from the power source 11 into DC power, an inverter 13 that converts the DC power converted by the converter 12 into AC power having a desired frequency and supplies the AC power to the motor 14, and a converter A DC / DC converter 16 that converts the voltage value of the DC power from 12 to a desired voltage value and a regulator 17 that removes ripples included in the DC voltage from the DC / DC converter 16 and outputs the ripple to the buzzer 18 are arranged. Has been.

  Further, a control unit 31 is disposed on the control board 30, and the control unit 31 has the above-described alarm sound generation unit driving means in addition to the function of performing overall control of the converter 12 and the like mounted in the air conditioner outdoor unit 4. For example, when the air conditioning indoor unit 2 detects the intrusion of the suspicious person 9 into the house, detection information indicating that the suspicious person 9 has been detected is transmitted to the control unit 31 via the indoor / outdoor wiring 40, and this detection information is The received alarm sound generator drive means of the control unit 31 activates the buzzer 18 to generate an alarm sound in order to notify neighboring residents that an abnormality has occurred in the house (the suspicious person 9 has entered). Let

  The air conditioning indoor unit 2 shown in FIG. 3 includes a control board 20, which is a component of a general air conditioning indoor unit, a wind direction left and right motor 21, a wind improvement lower motor 22, a fan motor 23, and a display LED 24, as well as a camera 3 Is provided. The camera 3 is of a normal type that captures the state of the house with a color.

  A control unit 26 is disposed on the control board 20. The control unit 26 has a function of connecting to an external network via the home network 10, and includes command signals and various sensors input from an air conditioning remote controller (not shown). The operation of the air conditioning indoor unit 2 is comprehensively controlled in accordance with a signal input from (not shown). Further, the control unit 26 uses the image data input from the camera 3 to determine whether or not there is a resident, and the resident is a registered person. A person judging means (person judging section) for judging whether or not, a suspicious person judging means (suspicious person judging section) for judging whether or not a person in the room is a suspicious person 9, and a suspicious person 9 invading In order to notify the user of the operation terminal 8, a mail transmission means (mail transmission unit) for transmitting an electronic mail to the operation terminal 8.

  In the occupant determination unit, for example, the presence / absence of an occupant is determined by collating image data from the camera 3 with information characterizing a human body image recorded in advance in a memory. In the person determination unit, the face data registered in the memory in advance (for example, data obtained by photographing the faces of all the residents in the house where the air conditioner is installed) is captured at the center of the face of the occupant captured by the camera 3. By collating the data, it is determined whether or not the person is a registered person. The suspicious person determination unit analyzes the behavior pattern of the person determined to be unregistered by the person determination unit. The behavior pattern analysis is performed based on whether or not the person's behavior is characteristic of the suspicious person 9, for example, a person determined to be unregistered by the person determination unit stays in a predetermined place for a certain period of time or longer. If the person is frequently performing an action of looking around, the person is determined to be a suspicious person 9. When it is determined by the suspicious person determination unit that the occupant is the suspicious person 9, the mail transmitting unit transmits message information indicating that the suspicious person 9 has entered the room to the operation terminal 8 as an e-mail.

  If it is determined that the occupant is the suspicious person 9, the image data of the suspicious person 9 is recorded in the memory for a certain period. Thereby, the recorded imaging data is used as a clue when searching for the suspicious person 9. Further, the air conditioning system 1 according to the present embodiment may be configured to improve the detection accuracy of the suspicious person 9 by using a normal camera 3 and an infrared camera (not shown) as an imaging unit. Good. For example, in a bright environment such as daytime, the presence or absence of a suspicious person 9 is determined by collating image data captured by a normal camera 3 with registered image data, and in a dark environment such as midnight, an infrared camera is used. It is configured to determine whether or not there is a suspicious person 9 who has entered the house at midnight using the obtained temperature data of the house. Whether or not to activate the camera 3 can be determined easily by a user's intention, for example, from a remote controller (not shown) in the house.

  Next, operation | movement of the air conditioning system 1 concerning this Embodiment is demonstrated using FIG. The camera 3 activated by the user's operation monitors the state of the room (step S1), and the presence / absence of a person in the room is determined using the imaging data. If there is no person (step S2, No), the operation of step S1 is repeated, and if there is a person in the room (step S2, Yes), the imaging data is compared with the registration information (face data) ( Step S3). As a result of the collation, if the occupant is a registered person (step S4, No), the operations of steps S1 to S3 are repeated, and if the occupant is an unregistered person (step S4, Yes), The behavior pattern of the unregistered person is analyzed (step S5), and if it is determined that the person is not the suspicious person 9 as a result of the analysis (step S6, No), the operations of steps S1 to S5 are repeated. If it is determined that there is any (step S6, Yes), the suspicious person 9 is photographed by the camera 3 (step S7). For example, the camera 3 shoots a person determined to be a suspicious person 9 at 1-minute intervals. The imaging data photographed at this time is recorded in the memory in the control unit 26 so as to become evidence data for arresting the suspicious person 9 later.

  If it is determined in step S6 that the person is the suspicious person 9, message information indicating that the suspicious person 9 has entered the room is sent to the operation terminal 8 as an e-mail to notify the user of the operation terminal 8 of the fact. (Step S8). The e-mail output from the air conditioning indoor unit 2 is transmitted to the operation terminal 8 via the router 5, the Internet network 6, and the server 7 (step S8). If it is determined that the person is a suspicious person 9, detection information indicating that the occupant is the suspicious person 9 is transmitted from the air conditioning indoor unit 2 to the air conditioning outdoor unit 4, and the outside of the air conditioning room that has received this detection information. In the machine 4, the buzzer 18 is activated to generate a warning sound in order to notify the neighboring residents that the suspicious person 9 has entered the house (step S9). This alarm sound is assumed to stop when a reply mail from the operation terminal 8 that has received the above-described electronic mail is received by the air conditioning indoor unit 2 or after a certain time has elapsed since the alarm sound started to sound.

  In the present embodiment, the control unit 26 of the air conditioning indoor unit 2 is configured to include the occupant determination means, the person determination means, the suspicious person determination means, and the mail transmission means, but the configuration of the air conditioning system 1 However, the present invention is not limited to this, and these means are provided in the control unit 31 of the air-conditioning outdoor unit 4 and the photographing data from the camera 3 of the air-conditioning indoor unit 2 is taken into the control unit 31 to determine and operate the suspicious person 9 An e-mail transmission process to the terminal 8 may be performed.

  As described above, the air conditioning system 1 according to the present embodiment includes an air conditioning unit having a photographing unit (camera 3) for photographing the in-house situation and a function of connecting to an external network (Internet network 6, server 7, etc.). The air conditioner system 1 includes an indoor unit 2 and an air-conditioning outdoor unit 4 that is communicably connected to the air-conditioning indoor unit 2, and the air-conditioning outdoor unit 4 uses a photographing data from a photographing unit to When it is determined that is a suspicious person 9, an alarm sound generation unit (buzzer 18) that generates an alarm sound is provided. By providing an alarm function in this way, it is not necessary to introduce a home security system other than an air conditioner, and security of a general household can be improved with an inexpensive configuration.

Embodiment 2. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating main functions of the air-conditioning indoor unit 2 of the air-conditioning system 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the air-conditioning system 1 according to the second embodiment of the present invention. The difference from the first embodiment is that the air conditioning indoor unit 2 is provided with a speaker 25 (message transmitting unit) that is a means for transmitting a voice warning message to the suspicious person 9 in the room, and the control unit of the air conditioning indoor unit 2 26, when it is determined that the occupant is the suspicious person 9, the warning message information stored in advance in an external flash memory or the like mounted on the control board 20 of the air conditioning indoor unit 2 is read and output to the speaker 25. It is a point which has a message information output means (message information output part). Hereinafter, the same reference numerals are given to the same parts as those in the first embodiment, and the description thereof is omitted, and only different parts will be described here.

  Operation | movement of the air conditioning system 1 concerning this Embodiment is demonstrated using FIG. Since steps S21 to S27 are the same as the operations of steps S1 to S7 of the first embodiment, the description thereof is omitted. After the suspicious person 9 is photographed in step S27 or in parallel with the suspicious person 9 photographing, a warning message is sent to the suspicious person 9 by the speaker 25 (step S28). The warning message is, for example, a voice such as “I took a picture with the camera. Please leave immediately. If not, an alarm will sound”. The control unit 26 of the air conditioning indoor unit 2 uses the image data from the camera 3 to determine whether or not the suspicious person 9 has left before a predetermined time has elapsed since the warning message was transmitted. When the suspicious person 9 leaves before the fixed time elapses (step S29, No), the operations of steps S21 to S28 are repeated, and the suspicious person 9 does not move away until the fixed time elapses. In the case (step S29, Yes), message information indicating that the suspicious person 9 has entered the room is transmitted as an e-mail to the operation terminal 8 (step S30), and an alarm sound is generated from the buzzer 18 of the air conditioner outdoor unit 4 ( Step S31).

  As described above, the air conditioning indoor unit 2 according to the present embodiment transmits a warning message to the room when it is determined that the person in the house is the suspicious person 9 using the shooting data from the shooting unit. A message transmission unit (speaker 25) is provided. With this configuration, it can be expected that the crime by the suspicious person 9 who has entered the house is more effectively suppressed. In addition, the air conditioning indoor unit 2 according to the present embodiment, when it is determined that the person in the house is the suspicious person 9 using the shooting data from the shooting unit, before the warning sound is generated from the warning sound generation unit. And a message transmission unit for transmitting a warning message in the room. With this configuration, it is possible to expect an effect of more effectively suppressing the crime by the suspicious person 9 who has entered the house, and it is possible to avoid inadvertently generating an alarm sound.

Embodiment 3 FIG.
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a plurality of air-conditioning indoor units 2-1 to 2-n and a home network 10 that are applied to the air-conditioning system 1 according to the third embodiment of the present invention. When the suspicious person 9 moves in the room, there is a possibility that the existence of the suspicious person 9 cannot be confirmed with one air conditioning indoor unit 2. As such a countermeasure, the air conditioning system 1 of Embodiment 3 connects the air-conditioning indoor units 2-1 to 2-n individually in a plurality of rooms in the home, for example, by connecting them with the home network 10 By doing this, it is possible to share image data captured by the cameras 3 provided in the air conditioner indoor units 2-1 to 2-n. For example, each means of Embodiments 1 and 2 is provided in the control unit 26 of the air conditioning indoor unit 2-1, and the control unit 26 of the air conditioning indoor unit 2-1 receives from each of the air conditioning indoor units 2-2 to 2-n. Using the image data, the buzzer 18 is activated, an e-mail is sent to the operation terminal 8, the image data of the suspicious person 9 is recorded, and a warning message is sent to the suspicious person 9.

  The air-conditioning system 1 according to the present embodiment includes a plurality of air-conditioning indoor units 2-1 to 2-n that include a photographing unit that captures a home situation and a function of connecting to an external network, and an air-conditioning indoor unit 2-1. Is an air conditioning system 1 including an air conditioning outdoor unit 4 that is communicably connected to 2-n, and the air conditioning outdoor unit 4 is an imaging unit provided in each of the air conditioning indoor units 2-1 to 2-n. When it is determined that the person in the house is the suspicious person 9 using the shooting data from, an alarm sound generation unit is provided that generates an alarm sound. With this configuration, in addition to the effects of the first embodiment, it is possible to prevent a crime by the suspicious person 9 who has entered the house even when the suspicious person 9 moves through the room.

  Note that the embodiment of the present invention shows an example of the contents of the present invention, and can be combined with another known technique, and a part thereof is not deviated from the gist of the present invention. Of course, it is possible to change the configuration such as omission.

  As described above, the present invention is applicable to an air conditioning system, and is particularly useful as an invention that can prevent a crime by a suspicious person who has entered the house with an inexpensive configuration.

  1 Air conditioning system, 2,2-1,2-2,2-n Air conditioner indoor unit, 3 cameras, 4 Air conditioner outdoor unit, 5 router, 6 Internet network, 7 server, 8 operation terminal, 9 suspicious person, 10 home Network, 11 Power supply, 12 Converter, 13 Inverter, 14 Motor, 15 Compressor, 16 DC / DC converter, 17 Regulator, 18 Buzzer, 19 Power supply, 20 Control board, 21 Wind direction left and right motor, 22 Wind improving motor, 23 Fan motor , 24 LED, 25 speaker, 26 control unit, 30 control board, 31 control unit.

Claims (5)

An air conditioning system comprising an air conditioner indoor unit having a photographing unit for photographing an in-house situation and a function of connecting to an external network, and an air conditioner outdoor unit connected to be communicable with the air conditioner indoor unit,
The air-conditioning outdoor unit includes an alarm sound generating unit that generates an alarm sound when it is determined that a person in the house is a suspicious person using image data from the image capturing unit. .   The air conditioning system according to claim 1, wherein the alarm sound generation unit is a buzzer that generates an alarm sound outside the room.   The air conditioning indoor unit includes a message sending unit that sends a warning message to a room when it is determined that a person in the house is a suspicious person using shooting data from the shooting unit. The air conditioning system according to 1 or 2.   When the air conditioning indoor unit determines that a person in the house is a suspicious person using the shooting data from the shooting unit, it sends a warning message to the room before the warning sound is generated from the warning sound generating unit. The air conditioning system according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising a message transmission unit that performs the operation. A plurality of the air conditioning indoor units,
The alarm sound generation unit generates an alarm sound when it is determined that a person in the house is a suspicious person using shooting data from a shooting unit provided in each air conditioning indoor unit. Item 5. The air conditioning system according to any one of Items 1 to 4.

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