JP2015159503A - Video monitoring system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a video monitoring system capable of securely monitoring an important monitoring area at a site to be monitored.SOLUTION: The video monitoring system continuously displays video data of a platform, an entrance gate, and such that are important monitoring areas of station sites 1 to n shot by a platform monitoring camera 2a at a predetermined position of a display device displayed by being divided in camera display parts 8Aa, 8Ab, 8Ba, 8Bb of monitoring screens 8A, 8B.

Description

  The present invention relates to a video surveillance system.

  When there are a plurality of monitoring cameras provided at the monitored site, the display device provided at the monitoring site is divided to provide, for example, four video display units, and video images of four monitoring cameras are displayed on the same screen for each monitored site. Is made.

  In addition, when the number of video display units of the display device is four and the number of monitoring cameras is eight, the images of the eight monitoring cameras are switched and displayed on the four video display units at predetermined time intervals.

  In addition, when an accident or abnormality occurs in an area captured by the surveillance camera of the monitored site, an image of the surveillance camera in this area is displayed at a predetermined position of the video display unit divided into four, for example, at the upper left. It has been proposed (see Patent Document 1 and Patent Document 2).

JP 2003-256032 A JP 09-172630 A

  The technology described above displays the video of the surveillance camera that captures the area where an accident or abnormality has occurred at a predetermined position on the video display unit. However, depending on the monitored site, the area important for security may be displayed. Since there are surveillance cameras that are taking pictures, there is a problem in that monitoring of areas that are important for security is neglected when interrupted by the video of surveillance cameras in areas where an abnormality has occurred.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a video monitoring system capable of reliably monitoring an important monitoring area in a monitored site.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a plurality of monitoring cameras provided in a building and a station building which are monitored sites and a plurality of video data of these monitoring cameras to a display device arranged in the monitoring site. In the video surveillance system that simultaneously displays and splits the video data, and switches to display of other video data at a predetermined time interval,
An important area monitoring setting means for setting a monitoring camera for photographing an area important for security with the plurality of monitoring cameras;
Display position designation means for displaying the video data of the monitoring camera set by the important area monitoring setting means at a predetermined position where the display device is divided and displayed, and for eliminating display switching to other video data;
It is provided with.

  According to the present invention, the video data of the monitoring camera set by the important area monitoring setting unit of the monitored site is continuously displayed at the predetermined position where the display device is divided and displayed. It is possible to reliably monitor the occurrence of abnormalities in the important areas and to promptly respond.

It is a figure which shows the structure of the video surveillance system which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the monitor screen displayed on the display apparatus in one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the screen for monitoring (after camera video circulation) displayed on the display apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart explaining operation | movement of one Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment for implementing a video surveillance system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  1 to 3, a plurality of station building sites 1 to n that are monitored sites are connected to the plurality of station building sites 1 to n as communication lines via, for example, the Internet network 14, and each station building site 1 to n is connected. Is connected to the monitoring site 7 that remotely monitors the plurality of station building sites 1 to n and the monitoring site 7 via the Internet network 14, and transmits and receives various information to and from the station building sites 1 to n and the monitoring site 7. And a data center 10 to be managed.

  Each of the station building sites 1 to n includes, for example, a recording device 3 that records videos taken by a plurality of monitoring cameras 2a to 2n that shoot the situation of a corresponding station building platform, ticket gate, ticket vending machine, etc. as video data, The camera server 4 that takes out the video data recorded in the recording device 3 (here, the video data includes real-time videos taken by the monitoring cameras 2a to 2n) from the recording device 3, and the camera server 4 takes out the video data In order to transmit the video data to the monitoring site 7 via the Internet network 14 and to receive a command from the monitoring site 7, the communication device 5 performs communication connection with the Internet network 14.

  On the other hand, the camera server 4 of each station building site 1 to n transmits the video data of the monitoring cameras 2a to 2n acquired via the recording device 3 to the monitoring site 7 via the communication device 5 and the Internet network 14, In response to a command from the monitoring site 7, video data recorded by the home monitoring camera 2 a that has been set in advance and recorded in the recording device 3 is transmitted to the monitoring site 7.

  In addition, the data center 10 stores at least the communication device 13 that performs communication connection with the Internet network 14, the CPU 11 that controls the devices in the data center 10, and the control information of the devices in the data center 10 and the monitoring site. And a database 12.

  On the other hand, the monitoring site 7 controls each device installed in the monitoring site 7, and in particular, instructs communication with the camera servers 4 of the station building sites 1 to n via the Internet network 14 and the communication device 5. The control device 15 that remotely captures video data stored in the recording device 3 or sets the video display method of the monitoring cameras 2a to 2n according to the priority display setting described later, and each station building site 1 to n A display device 8 for displaying images of the provided monitoring cameras 2a to 2n, and a monitoring screen 8A shown in FIG. 2 which is a display screen displayed on the display device 8 according to a command from the control device 15, and a patrol shown in FIG. A screen display commanding device 16 for switching between the subsequent monitoring screens 8B, an input device 6 for inputting the priority display settings of the video images of the monitoring cameras 2a to 2n provided at the station sites 1 to n to the control device 15, A communication device 9 for connecting communication with Netto network 14, and a storage unit 17 for storing a program for operations of the monitoring site 7.

  Next, the monitoring screen 8A shown in FIG. 2 is a camera that is a real-time video data display unit that displays videos of the plurality of monitoring cameras 2a to 2n installed in the station building sites 1 to n for each station building site 1 to n. Video display units 8Aa, 8Ab, 8Ac, and 8Ad are arranged, for example, at four locations on the left, right, and top.

  Here, the camera video display unit 8Ab on the upper right side displays real-time video captured by the home surveillance camera 2a that captures the up video of the home, and the ticket gate is photographed on the camera video display unit 8Aa on the upper left side. The real-time video of the camera is displayed on the lower-left camera video display unit 8Ac, and the real-time video of the camera 2b that captures the entire home is displayed. The lower-right camera video display unit 8Ad displays the real-time video of the camera. An image is displayed.

  The monitoring screen 8A is provided at the upper right of the camera image display units 8Aa to 8Ad, and an enlarge button 8Ae for enlarging the images displayed on the camera image display units 8Aa to 8Ad and switching to a single screen display, and a monitor A display site change button 8Af for switching the station building site to the next station building site, and a logout button 8Ag for logging out from the monitoring screen 8A and ending the monitoring work by the video displayed on the display device 8.

  Note that the images displayed on the camera image display units 8Aa to 8Ad on the monitoring surface 8A are, for example, every 3 minutes, which is a command of the double-side display command device 16, for example, every 3 minutes. 2n is sequentially switched and displayed. In other words, the screen display commanding device 16 at the time of monitoring causes the camera video display units 8Aa to 8Ad to display real-time images taken by the monitoring cameras 2a to 2n provided at the station building site at predetermined time intervals, for example, every 3 minutes. It is.

  Next, the monitoring screen 8B shown in FIG. 3 is a monitoring screen after a predetermined time, for example, 3 minutes has elapsed since the monitoring screen 8A was displayed, and a plurality of monitoring screens 8B installed at the station building sites 1 to n. Camera video display units 8Ba, 8Bb, 8Bc, and 8Bd, which are real-time video data display units for displaying the images of the monitoring cameras 2a to 2n for each station site 1 to n, are arranged at, for example, four locations on the left, right, and top.

  Here, the camera video display unit 8Bb on the upper right side shows the real time video taken by the home surveillance camera 2a that shoots an up video of the home, and the real time of the camera that shoots the ticket gate on the upper left camera video display unit 8Ba. Is displayed on the lower left camera image display unit 8Bc, and a real time image of the camera 2d that images the entire home is displayed on the lower right camera image display unit 8Bd. It has come to be.

  The monitoring screen 8B is provided at the upper right of the camera image display units 8Ba to 8Bd, and an enlarge button 8Be for enlarging the images displayed on the camera image display units 8Ba to 8Bd and switching them to a single screen display, and a monitor. A display site change button 8Bf for switching the station building site to the next station building site, and a logout button 8Bg for logging out from the monitoring screen 8B and ending the monitoring work by the video displayed on the display device 8.

  Note that the images displayed on the camera image display units 8Ba to 8Bd of the monitoring screen 8B are displayed on the cameras 2a to 2n to be displayed, for example, every 3 minutes that is a command of the screen display commanding device 16, for example. Are sequentially displayed. That is, the screen display commanding device 16 at the time of monitoring causes the camera video display units 8Ba to 8Bd to display real-time images taken by the monitoring cameras 2a to 2n provided at the station building site at predetermined time intervals, for example, every 3 minutes. It is.

  Here, the video of the monitoring camera 2a and the monitoring camera 2b displayed on the camera video display sections 8Ba and 8Bb of the monitoring screen 8B is set in advance by the control device 15, and the monitoring screen 8A displays the monitoring screen. Even after switching to 8B, the video of the surveillance camera is continuously displayed at a fixed position.

  Next, the operation of the present embodiment will be described based on the flowchart of FIG.

  In FIG. 4, the monitoring person designates the station building site to be monitored from the station building sites 1 to n (step S1).

  The control device 15 acquires real-time video data of the monitoring cameras 2a to 2n at the site from the camera server 4 (step S2).

  The control device 15 refers to the video data acquired in step S2 (step S3). If priority is set in advance, the control device 15 transmits a screen arrangement command signal to the screen display command device 16 to monitor the video data. It arrange | positions to the camera image display part 8Aa of the screen 8A (step S4).

  In addition, in step S3 and step S4, the control device 15 arranges camera images that are set in advance in advance in the order of 8Aa, 8Ab, and 8Ac. Here, it is assumed that the number of camera images that can be set with priority is smaller than the number of both sides of the monitor screen divided and displayed on the monitoring screen 8A. If the priority setting exceeds the number of monitoring screens, the number of monitoring screens is changed from 4 to 6. Or just increase to 8.

  Next, when the acquired video data is not preferentially set in step S3, the control device 15 transmits a screen arrangement command signal to the screen display command device 16 and is arranged according to the priority setting of the monitoring screen 8A. It arrange | positions to locations other than a camera image, for example, camera image display part 8Ac (step S5). Here, in step S5, the control device 15 arranges the camera video until all the monitoring screens divided and displayed on the monitoring screen 8A are filled or until all the camera videos of the station building site are displayed.

  Next, when, for example, 3 minutes, which is a predetermined time set in the monitoring double-side 8A, has elapsed (step S6), the control device 15 transmits a double-sided rearrangement command signal to the screen display commanding device 16 to rearrange the video data. The processing is started, and the video data displayed on, for example, the camera video display unit 8Aa on the monitoring screen 8A is referred to (step S7). 16 and arranges the video data on the camera video display unit 8Ba, which is the same arrangement location on the monitoring screen 8B (step S4), and then in step S7, the control device 15 sets priority in advance on the site. All the camera images that have been recorded are rearranged at predetermined positions on the monitoring screen 8B.

  Next, in step S7, if the referenced video data is not preferentially set, the control device 15 displays video that has not been displayed on the monitoring screen 8A from the real-time video data of the monitoring cameras 2a to 2n at the site. Data is acquired from the camera server 4 (step S8), a screen layout command signal is transmitted to the screen display command device 16, and for example, a camera video display that is a location other than the camera video arranged in the priority setting of the monitoring screen 8B. It arranges in part 8Bc (step S5). Here, in step S5, the control device 15 arranges the camera video until all the monitoring screens divided and displayed on the monitoring screen 8B are filled or until all the camera videos of the station building site are displayed. .

  In this way, Steps S5 to S8 are repeated, and the camera video that is not preferentially set at the station site is switched and displayed in order every 3 minutes that is the predetermined time set.

  In this embodiment, the station building site is taken as an example, but other monitoring sites such as buildings can also be handled.

  According to the present embodiment, images of the camera display sections 8Aa, 8Ab, 8Ba, 8Bb of the monitoring screens 8A, 8B for the home, the ticket gate, etc., taken by the home monitoring camera 2a, which is an important monitoring area in the station building sites 1 to n. The monitoring staff (not shown) of the monitoring site 7 can promptly respond without missing an abnormality in an area important for security.

1 to n Station building sites 2a to 2n Monitoring camera 3 Recording device 4 Camera server 5, 9, 13 Communication device 6 Input device 7 Monitoring site 8 Display devices 8A and 8B Monitoring screens 8Aa to 8Ad, 8Ba to 8Bd Camera image display unit 8Ae , 8Be Enlarge button 8Af, 8Bf Display site change button 8Ag, 8Bg Logout button 10 Data center 11 CPU
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14 Internet network 15 Control device 16 Screen display command device 17 Storage unit A Train

Claims (2)

A plurality of monitoring cameras provided in the monitored site building and station building and the video data of these monitoring cameras are divided and displayed simultaneously on a display device provided in the monitoring site, and at predetermined time intervals. In the video surveillance system that switches to display of other video data with
An important area monitoring setting means for setting a monitoring camera for photographing an area important for security with the plurality of monitoring cameras;
Display position designation means for displaying the video data of the monitoring camera set by the important area monitoring setting means at a predetermined position where the display device is divided and displayed, and for eliminating display switching to other video data;
A video surveillance system comprising: The video surveillance system according to claim 1,
The number of the monitoring cameras set by the important area monitoring setting means is less than the number of divisions that can be simultaneously displayed on the display device.