JP2018117327A - Interphone system having outdoor information collection function - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To function an entrance slave unit as outdoor information collection means if a power failure occurs during occurrence of a disaster, to always sound-record and video-record a status of an entrance periphery for a contribution to rescue operation, and to sound-record and replay a message.SOLUTION: When a power failure of a trunk line L is detected by a trunk line voltage monitoring unit 36, a CPU 37 of a sound-recording and video-recording device 3 controls a battery 4 and supplies electric power to an entrance slave unit 2. When a microphone 23 and a camera 21 of the entrance slave unit 2 operate, the CPU 37 stores received sound and video in a sound-recording and video-recording memory 35. When a resident or a passer-by speaks while depressing a message button 31, the CPU 37 of the sound-recording and video-recording device 3 stores sound input from the microphone 23 in the sound-recording and video-recording memory 35 as a message. When a replay button 32 is depressed, the CPU 37 reads the message from the sound-recording and video-recording memory 35 and causes the message to be output from a speaker 23.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention relates to an interphone system including an entrance cordless handset and a living room base phone, and more particularly, to an interphone system that allows an entrance cordless handset to function as an outdoor information collecting unit when a power failure occurs during a disaster.

  In recent years, intercom systems that can be operated continuously after a power failure are known. For example, Patent Document 1 discloses an interphone device that, when a power failure is detected, switches the power source from a commercial power source to an emergency power source, and enables a telephone call between the living room main unit and the front door unit by supplying power from the emergency power source. .

JP 2009-159400 A

  However, in the conventional intercom system such as Patent Document 1, audio and video from the front door unit are stored in the memory of the base unit. For example, in the case of a power failure due to a disaster such as an earthquake or fire, the house collapses. For example, it becomes difficult to get close to the parent machine, and the memory cannot be obtained. For this reason, there is a problem that it has a function of recording and recording sound and video from the entrance cordless handset, but cannot be used in a disaster.

  For example, the door intercom system for a detached house intercom system is the only home appliance in various home appliances, installed outdoors, easy to find the installation location, and attached to the front doors of many houses, making it sturdy and damaged. It is difficult to install and is waterproof, and is often installed on a gate post that is difficult to collapse even in the event of a major earthquake. However, according to the conventional intercom system, there has been no usage method that takes advantage of the entrance cordless handset in the event of a disaster. Especially in the event of an earthquake disaster, the use of mobile phones will be restricted, making it difficult to use the message function, and street lights may be extinguished due to nighttime power outages. For this reason, the system which utilizes the entrance cordless handset installed outdoors at the time of a disaster was desired.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an intercom system that can utilize an entrance cordless handset as an outdoor information collecting means at the time of a power failure accompanying a disaster.

  In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides the following means.

(1) An entrance cordless handset provided with a microphone and a camera, an in-home base unit that supplies power to the entrance cordless handset via a trunk line, a recording / recording device that stores voice and video input by the microphone and the camera, a battery, A recording / recording apparatus for monitoring the voltage of the main line in order to detect the occurrence of a power outage, a storage means for storing voice and video, and a doorway with power supplied from the battery during the power outage And an intercom system, wherein the sound and video input by the microphone and the camera of the entrance cordless handset are stored in the storage means during a power outage.

(2) The intercom system according to (1), in which the entrance cordless handset includes a speaker that informs a guidance about the use of the recording / recording apparatus to the vicinity of the entrance using the power supplied from the battery during a power failure.

(3) The intercom system according to (1) or (2), wherein the entrance cordless handset is provided with illumination that illuminates the vicinity of the entrance using electric power supplied from a battery during a power failure.

(4) The recording / recording device has a message button for a resident or passer-by to send a message, and the storage means records the sound collected by the microphone during a power outage as a message (1) to (3) An intercom system according to any one of the above.

(5) The intercom system according to (4), wherein the recording / recording apparatus includes a reproduction button for a resident or passerby to reproduce the message.

(6) The intercom system according to any one of (1) to (5), wherein the recording / recording apparatus includes an operation indicator that indicates that the recording / recording apparatus is operating.

(7) The recording / recording apparatus is provided with a recovery button for terminating the operation of the recording / recording apparatus, and the control unit of the recording / recording apparatus operates the entrance unit and the storage unit until the pressing of the recovery button is detected. The intercom system according to any one of 6).

(8) The intercom system according to any one of (1) to (7), wherein the storage unit includes a recording / recording memory that can be taken out from the recording / recording apparatus.

  According to the intercom system of the present invention, an entrance cordless handset can be used as an outdoor information collecting means during a power outage associated with a disaster. For example, a message can be recorded and recorded using a microphone or a camera of an entrance cordless handset, and a message can be easily heard by pressing a message playback button of a recording and recording device. In addition, the state around the entrance can be recorded and recorded at all times, stored in a removable memory, and used later to grasp the situation around the entrance. In addition, the lighting of the entrance unit can be used to illuminate the area around the entrance during a power outage, and to ensure visibility of visitors at night when the street is turned off.

It is a system diagram of an intercom system showing an embodiment of the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the intercom system of FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows a mode that the recording / recording apparatus is operate | moving. It is a schematic diagram which shows the message function of a recording / recording apparatus. It is a schematic diagram which shows an example of the image | video which the recording recording apparatus recorded the entrance periphery.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in an intercom system will be described with reference to the drawings. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the intercom system 1 of this embodiment includes an entrance cordless handset 2 installed at the entrance of a detached house, a living room base unit 5 installed in a living room of the detached house, and an entrance. It consists of a recording / recording device 3 and a battery 4 installed in the vicinity of the slave unit 2 or in a suitable outdoor location.

  The entrance cordless handset 2 is provided with a camera 21, a microphone 24, and a call button (not shown). The room master 5 supplies the power input from the commercial power source 6 to the entrance cordless handset 2 via the trunk line L in normal times. At the time of a power failure, the battery 4 supplies electric power to the entrance cordless handset 2 via the trunk line L. The recording / recording apparatus 3 has a function of recording and recording audio or video from the microphone 24 and the camera 21 during a power failure.

  The entrance cordless handset 2 further operates a speaker 23 that operates using power from the battery 4 during a power failure, an illumination 22 that illuminates the vicinity of the entrance using power from the battery 4 during a power failure, and the operation of the entrance cordless handset 2. A CPU 25 for control and an interface 26 for communicating with the room master 5 and the recording / recording apparatus 3 are provided. The illumination 22 can also be used as an auxiliary LED for the camera 21 that illuminates the vicinity of the entrance at low illuminance.

  The living room master unit 5 includes a call unit 53 including a microphone and a speaker used for a call with the entrance slave unit 2, a monitor 54 for displaying images taken by the camera 21, and supply and stop of power to the entrance slave unit 2. A power management unit 55 that switches between, a CPU 51 that controls the operation of the living room master unit 5, and an interface 52 that communicates with the front door unit 2.

  The recording / recording device 3 indicates that the message button 31 to be pressed when a resident or passer-by blows a message, the playback button 32 for the resident or passer-by to play back the message, and that the recording / recording device 3 is in operation. An operation LED 34, a recovery button 33 for terminating the operation of the recording / recording apparatus 3, a recording / recording memory 35 for storing audio and video input by the microphone 24 and the camera 21 of the front door unit 2 during a power failure, and a recording / recording memory A message LED 39 that is turned on when a message is stored in 35, a main line voltage monitoring unit 36 that monitors the voltage of the main line L via the interface 38, and a CPU 37 that controls the operation of the recording / recording apparatus 3 are provided. . When the main line voltage monitoring unit 36 detects a power outage, the CPU 37 supplies power from the battery 4 to the entrance cordless handset 2 and records and records audio and video input by the microphone 24 and the camera 21 of the entrance cordless handset 2. 35 is stored in the memory.

  Next, the operation of the intercom system configured as described above will be described with reference to FIGS. The main line voltage monitoring unit 36 receives power from the battery 4 and constantly monitors the voltage of the main line L. And when the voltage of the trunk line L becomes below a predetermined value, a power failure is detected and a power failure occurrence signal is transmitted to CPU37. The CPU 37 that has received the power failure occurrence signal controls the battery 4 to supply power to the CPU 25 of the entrance cordless handset 2 via the trunk line L. It is desirable that the power value at this time is equal to the starting voltage for starting the entrance cordless handset 2 in normal times.

  The CPU 25 supplied with power activates the microphone 24 and the camera 21, starts sound collection and photographing around the entrance, and turns on the illumination 22 as shown in FIG. The audio data collected by the microphone 24 and the video data captured by the camera 21 are transmitted to the recording / recording apparatus 3 by the CPU 25 via the interfaces 26 and 38. Then, in the recording / recording apparatus 3, the CPU 37 stores the audio data and the video data in the recording / recording memory 35.

  According to this configuration, since the state around the entrance is always recorded during a power outage, even if the recording / recording information cannot be obtained from the room master 5 due to a disaster, the entrance from the recording / recording memory 35 of the recording / recording device 3 is obtained. Outdoor information including surrounding conditions and traffic evacuation conditions can be collected accurately. Moreover, since the illumination 22 is always turned on during a power failure, there is also an effect that it is possible to secure the field of view of people traveling around the entrance even when the street light is turned off due to the power failure.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the CPU 37 of the recording / recording apparatus 3 that has received the power failure occurrence signal informs the vicinity of the entrance of guidance regarding the use or operation of the recording / recording apparatus 3 from the speaker 23 via the interfaces 26 and 38. Examples of guidance are “always recording and recording”, “record message while pressing the message button. Please leave a message with the name.” Or “Press the recovery button to restore. It is preferable to output such as “Please”. Moreover, when the entrance cordless handset 2 is equipped with the monitor, you may display these guidance on a monitor with a character or an image.

  As shown in FIG. 4 (a), the resident or passerby P1 who heard the guidance presses the message button 31 and says "Oh, I am evacuating to the public hall." The microphone 24 receives the sound, and the sound information of the received sound is transmitted to the recording / recording apparatus 3 via the interfaces 26 and 38. Then, the CPU 37 of the recording / recording apparatus 3 converts the audio signal into audio information, detects that the message button 31 is pressed, and stores the audio information received from the front door 2 as a message in the recording / recording memory 35. The message LED 39 is turned on.

  After storing the message, as shown in FIG. 4B, the CPU 37 causes the speaker 23 to notify the speaker 23 of the voice for notifying that the message is stored together with the guidance described above. As the notification voice, “There is a message. Please press the play button” or the like is suitable. Moreover, when the entrance cordless handset 2 is equipped with a monitor, these guidances may be displayed on the monitor as characters or images.

  When another resident or passerby P2 who heard the notification voice presses the play button 32, the CPU 37 reads the message from the recording / recording memory 35 as shown in FIG. 23, the message is output.

  According to this configuration, since the message can be transmitted with a simple operation using the entrance cordless handset 2 that is not easily affected by the disaster, when the mobile phone is not available or the other party is not familiar with handling the device However, it has the effect of being able to get in touch with certainty.

  On the other hand, after the commercial power supply 6 is restored and the living room master unit 5 is activated, the CPU 37 of the recording / recording apparatus 3 maintains itself in an activated state until the operation of the restoration button 33 is confirmed. When the recovery button 33 is pressed, the CPU 37 controls the battery 4 through the interface 38 by the power management unit 55 and stops the power supply from the battery 4 to the entrance slave unit 2. The recovery button 33 is preferably provided so that it is difficult to press the button in order to prevent an erroneous press.

  According to this configuration, the recording / recording apparatus 3 continues to operate until the resident explicitly gives an instruction, and the recording / recording does not stop due to a temporary power failure recovery or the like, so that the recording / recording can be prevented from being interrupted. There is an effect. Even if the room master 5 and the recording / recording device 3 are operating at the same time, if the room master 5 is in a standby state, the video and audio interface of the room master 5 is disconnected from the main line L. The recording / recording function of the recording / recording apparatus 3 is not affected.

  The recording / recording memory 35 in which the state around the entrance during a power failure is recorded is preferably a removable memory so that it can be removed from the recording / recording apparatus 3 and reproduced by another apparatus. By using a memory that can be taken out from the recording / recording apparatus 3, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, the state of a person P3 who passes through the front door at the time of a disaster and turns around at the corner is photographed by the camera 21. Then, there is an effect that the reproduction data of the recording / recording memory 35 can be provided for the search or rescue operation of the missing person.

  Note that the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and for example, the recording / recording apparatus 3 may be built in the entrance unit 2 or the battery 4 may be built in the recording / recording apparatus 3. In addition, the configuration of each part can be arbitrarily changed and implemented without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Intercom system 2 Entrance cordless handset 3 Recording recorder 4 Battery 5 Office master 6 Commercial power supply 21 Camera 22 Illumination 23 Speaker 24 Microphone 25 CPU (entrance cordless handset)
26 Interface 31 Message button 32 Playback button 33 Recovery button 34 Operation LED
35 Recording Recording Memory 36 Trunk Voltage Monitoring Unit 37 CPU (Recording Recording Device)
38 Interface 39 Message LED

Claims (8)

An entrance cordless handset provided with a microphone and a camera, a base unit for supplying power to the entrance cordless handset via a trunk line, a recording / recording device for storing audio and video input by the microphone and the camera, and a battery. Prepared,
The recording / recording apparatus includes a main line voltage monitoring means for monitoring the main line voltage to detect the occurrence of a power failure, a storage means for storing the voice and video, and a front door using electric power supplied from the battery during the power failure. A control unit for operating the slave unit and the storage unit;
The intercom system, wherein the storage means stores the audio and video input by a microphone and a camera of an entrance slave during a power failure.   The intercom system according to claim 1, wherein the entrance cordless handset includes a speaker that informs a guidance about the use of the recording / recording apparatus to the vicinity of the entrance by using electric power supplied from a battery during a power failure.   The intercom system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the entrance cordless handset includes illumination that illuminates the vicinity of the entrance using electric power supplied from a battery during a power failure.   The recording / recording apparatus includes a message button for a resident or passer-by to send a message, and the storage unit records a voice collected by a microphone during a power failure as a message. The intercom system according to item.   5. The intercom system according to claim 4, wherein the recording / recording apparatus includes a playback button for a resident or passerby to play a message.   The intercom system according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the recording / recording apparatus includes an operation indicator that indicates that the recording / recording apparatus is operating.   7. The recording / recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a recovery button for ending the operation of the recording / recording apparatus, wherein the control unit operates the entrance unit and the storage unit until the pressing of the recovery button is detected. The intercom system according to one item.   The intercom system according to any one of claims 1 to 7, wherein the storage unit includes a recording / recording memory that can be taken out from the recording / recording apparatus.

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