JP4742956B2 - Surveillance video management system - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a monitoring video management system, and is applied to, for example, a system in which one or a plurality of monitoring cameras capture images including one or a plurality of ATMs (automated teller machines) in a financial institution and manage these monitoring videos. Can do.

  In order to ensure safety, a surveillance video management system using a plurality of surveillance cameras is used in various scenes (see Patent Document 1). In particular, in financial institutions, financial transactions using ATM are performed. In many cases, there is a need for a more effective surveillance video management system.

  FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram illustrating a transaction system (also referred to as a host system) that performs a financial transaction using ATM in a financial institution and a video communication system that distributes a monitoring video to a host.

  In FIG. 2, the base 1 is a base as a headquarters where the host computer 11 and the video storage device 14 are installed, and the base 2 is a financial center where an ATM 21, a camera 22, a DVR (digital video recorder) 23, etc. are installed. A base as an institutional store is shown. The bases 1 and 2 can be connected to the communication network 3 through the relay devices R1 and R2, and data communication between the bases 1 and 2 can be performed.

  Here, when the customer performs a financial transaction using the ATM 21 at the base 2, when the customer operates the ATM 21 and inputs transaction data (transaction information), the transaction data is transferred from the ATM 21 through the communication network 3 to the GW. (Gateway device) 12. In the GW 12, the transaction data from the ATM 21 is converted into a predetermined protocol adopted in the system in the base 1, and the converted data is given to the host computer 1 (S1).

  The host computer 11 analyzes the transaction data received via the GW 12 and determines whether or not various transaction conditions are satisfied. If the host computer 11 determines that the transaction data is normal, it returns response data to the ATM 21 (S2). . In this way, a financial transaction using ATM 21 is established.

  In addition, the video captured by the camera 22 installed at the site 2 is transferred to the video storage server 13 as follows. First, video data captured by the camera 22 is given to the DVR 23. In the DVR 23, video data in a predetermined time unit (for example, every 10 minutes) from the camera 22 is compressed by a predetermined image compression method (for example, MPEG4) to form a compressed image file, and the compressed image file is transmitted to the communication network 3 The image is transferred to the video storage server 14 and stored in the video file DB (database) 15 (S3).

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  By the way, when a problem occurs in the financial transaction on the conventional host system described above, a related monitoring video is searched from the video file DB (database) 15 to see if any event related to the problem is reflected. Is done.

  In this case, conventionally, first, using the account number where the problem occurred, the store number of the store where the problem occurred, the machine number of the ATM 21 and the transaction time are searched from the transaction data DB 13 of the host computer 11 (S4), and then Using the searched store number, machine number, and transaction time, the video file DB 15 of the video storage server 14 is searched again and specified for the video file captured by the camera 22 monitoring the ARM 21.

  However, it is very difficult to search for a specific video file from among a large number of video files by a plurality of cameras 22 at a plurality of stores, and such a conventional method is once used in transactions in a host system. Since it is necessary to search the ATM machine number, transaction time, etc. from the history, an extra complicated process is required. In addition, rapid processing is desired to solve the problem.

  Therefore, there is a need for a surveillance video management system that can easily and efficiently manage the surveillance video of the surveillance camera without performing a search by a host computer, and that facilitates the retrieval of the target surveillance video.

In order to solve such a problem, a surveillance video management system according to the first aspect of the present invention provides a video including one or more transaction processing terminals that exchange predetermined transaction information with a host computer and exchange transactions. or more monitoring cameras is captured, in the monitoring video management systems, each of the monitoring camera to manage monitoring video imaged, (1) the transmitted transaction start information and end of the transaction for each transaction processing host computer from a terminal a transaction information acquisition means for obtaining information, and transaction information transfer means for transferring by adding date and time information to the acquisition start information and the end of the transaction information obtained (2), transaction transferred by (3) transaction information transfer means based on the start information and the end of the transaction information, a monitoring camera specifying means for specifying the surveillance camera that captures an image containing each transaction processing terminal transmitting the transaction information, (4 Based on the date and time information, the video information retrieval means for retrieving monitoring video information of the monitoring camera is a surveillance camera specifying means specified, (5) monitoring video surveillance cameras corresponding to date information retrieved by the image information retrieval unit It comprises video management means for managing information in correspondence with transaction start information and transaction end information acquired by the transaction information acquisition means.

  According to the present invention, the monitoring video of the monitoring camera can be easily and efficiently managed by correspondingly managing the monitoring video information of the monitoring camera specified by the monitoring camera specifying unit and the transaction information acquired by the transaction information acquiring unit. The target video can be easily searched.

(A) First Embodiment Hereinafter, a first embodiment of the surveillance video management system of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  In this embodiment, for example, a monitoring video for managing a monitoring video taken by one or a plurality of monitoring cameras that monitor the periphery of one or a plurality of ATMs (automated teller machines) installed in a bank, a post office, a convenience store, or the like. The case where it is applied to a management system will be described.

(A-1) Configuration of First Embodiment FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram of a monitoring video management system 10 that manages the monitoring video of a monitoring camera that monitors the vicinity of an ATM configuring an automatic transaction system.

  In FIG. 1, the monitoring video management system 10 of the present embodiment exemplifies a case where an automatic transaction is performed between the base 1 and the base 2 via the communication network 3, and the number of bases is not particularly limited. .

  Here, the communication network 3 is a network for transmitting information between the site 1 and the site 2 in accordance with a predetermined communication protocol. For example, an IP network whose communication protocol is IP (Internet Protocol) is assumed. ing. The communication network 3 may be a communication network constructed by a dedicated line, a public line, or a line obtained by combining these lines. Furthermore, the communication network 3 may be a wired line, a wireless line, or a combination of a wired line and a wireless line.

  In the monitoring video management system 10 of the present embodiment, the site 1 is a site that functions as a headquarters, for example, a host computer 11, a transaction data DB (database) 13, a GW (gateway) 31, a video storage server 32, and a video file DB. A system including at least (database) 15 and the relay device R1 is constructed.

  In the monitoring video management system 10 of this embodiment, the base 2 is a base that functions as a store of a financial institution, for example, an ATM (automated teller machine) 21, a camera 22, a DVR (digital video recorder) 23, a relay. A system including at least the device R2 is constructed. In addition, in FIG. 1, although the installation number of ATM21, the camera 22, and DVR23 is shown as one unit, these installation number is not specifically limited.

  Below, the component of the system constructed | assembled in the base 1 is demonstrated first.

  The host computer 11 is a host computer possessed by a financial institution operating the automatic transaction system, receives transaction data from the ATM 21 through the communication network 3, and determines the normality of the financial transaction based on the transaction data based on predetermined transaction conditions. When it is judged and normal, response data is returned to the ATM 21 to establish a financial transaction with a customer (user) using the ATM 21.

  Here, transaction data refers to, for example, data relating to the type of transaction desired by the customer (for example, cash withdrawal, deposit, transfer, balance inquiry, etc.), account number, PIN, transaction amount, There are a store number, a machine number for identifying the ATM 21, a transaction serial number for identifying a financial transaction, and the like.

  In addition, various existing transaction methods can be applied to the financial transaction processing method through the ATM 21 in the host computer 11.

  The transaction data DB 13 is a database for accumulating transaction data whose transaction has been completed by the host computer 11.

  The GW (gateway) 31 is a relay device that performs relay processing in the system constructed at the site 1. Although not shown, the hardware configuration of the GW 31 is configured to include, for example, a CPU, a storage unit (for example, RAM, ROM, EEPROM, etc.), a communication unit, and the like. As a working area, a function as the GW 31 is realized by executing a processing program stored in the ROM using data necessary for processing.

  FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram for explaining functions realized by the GW 31. As illustrated in FIG. 3, the GW 31 according to the present embodiment functions as a relay function unit 311, a transaction identification information extraction function unit 312, and a transaction identification information transfer function unit 313.

  Similar to the conventional GW function, the relay function unit 311 converts the received transaction data from the ATM 21 into a predetermined protocol through the communication network 3, and provides the converted data to the host computer 11. Is a functional unit that converts the data received from the communication network 3 into a protocol (for example, IP) and gives the converted data to the communication network 3.

  The transaction specific information extraction function unit 312 is a function unit that extracts predetermined information from the transaction data received from the ATM 21. Moreover, the transaction specific information extraction function unit 312 extracts predetermined information for one transaction from the transaction start data related to the transaction start and the transaction end data related to the transaction end. This extracted information is referred to as transaction specifying information in this embodiment.

  Here, the transaction specifying information is information necessary for creating a video management table for managing the monitoring video by the video storage server 32 to be described later. Among the transaction data from the ATM 21, for example, a store number, a machine number, and the like. The transaction identification information extraction function unit 312 extracts the transaction serial number and the account number as transaction identification information.

  The transaction specific information transfer function unit 313 is a functional unit that transfers the transaction specific information extracted by the transaction specific information extraction function unit 312 to the video storage server 32. At this time, the transaction specific information transfer function unit 313 adds the current date and time information (time information) to the transaction specific information extracted by the transaction specific information extraction function unit 312 and transfers the transaction specific information to the video storage server 32.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the video storage server 32 is a server that receives a video file transmitted from the DVR 23 through the communication network 3, and stores and manages the video file.

  FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware configuration of the video storage server 32. As shown in FIG. 4, the video storage server 32 includes a CPU 321, a storage unit 323, a communication unit 322, and the like.

  The CPU 321 governs the function of the video storage server 32, and the storage unit 323 is storage means such as RAM, ROM, EEPROM, etc. For example, the CPU 321 uses the RAM as a working area and the data necessary for processing. Is used to execute the processing program stored in the ROM, thereby realizing the function as the video storage server 32.

  The communication unit 322 is a communication unit for exchanging information with the communication network 3, and gives the CPU 321 the video file received from the DVR 23 through the communication network 3 and the transaction specifying information received from the GW 31. .

  The video file DB 15 holds a video file received from the DVR 23, and includes a video management table 15a created by realizing a function of the video storage server 32 described later, and a preset camera specification table 15b. It is to hold.

  FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram for explaining the functions realized by the video storage server 32. As shown in FIG. 5, the video storage server 32 of this embodiment functions as a video management table creation function unit 323a, a camera identification function unit 323b, and a video file search function unit 323c.

  When receiving the transaction specifying information from the GW 31, the video management table creating function unit 323 a creates the video management table 15 a based on the received transaction specifying information.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of the video management table 15a. In FIG. 6, the video management table 15 a includes “store number”, “machine number”, “account number”, “start time”, “end time”, and “file name”. The video management table creation function unit 323b determines the “store number”, “machine number”, “account number”, “start time” from the transaction specifying information regarding the start of the transaction related to one transaction and the transaction specifying information regarding the end of the transaction. ”And“ end time ”data, the video management table 15a is created.

  The camera specifying function unit 323b extracts the “store number” and “machine number” data from the video management table 15a created by the video management table creation function unit 323a, and uses the “store number” and “machine number” data as keys. The camera identification information is obtained from the camera identification table 15b set in the file DB 15 in advance. Thereby, the camera 22 which is imaging the periphery of the ATM 21 in the store can be specified.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a configuration example of the camera identification table 15b preset in the video file DB 15. As shown in FIG. 7, the camera identification table 15 b includes “camera identification information”, “store number”, and “machine number” as items. In addition, when one camera 22 can image a plurality of ATMs 21, a plurality of machine numbers may be associated with one camera identification information, and one ATM 21 is imaged by a plurality of cameras 22. In some cases, one machine number may correspond to a plurality of camera identifications.

  The video file search function unit 323c determines the camera identification information, the “start time”, and the “end time” specified by the camera specification function unit 323b for the DVR 23 of the base 2 from the data of “store number” from the video management table 15a. ”Is designated and a video data acquisition request is made.

  As a result, among the video data captured by the camera 21 designated by the video file search function unit 323c, video data from the designated “start time” to “end time” is given from the DVR 23, and the video data is converted into the video file. In addition to accumulating in the DB 15, a file name indicating the accumulated video data can be written in the video management table 15 a.

  As a result, the file name of the video file that captures the area around the ATM 21 that has been traded at the base can be stored in association with the transaction data.

Here, the video file is a file obtained by dividing video data captured by the camera 21 in a predetermined time unit (10 minutes in the present embodiment), and each video file is shown in FIG. The file name is given as follows.

  In the present embodiment, the video file search function unit 323c writes the file name of the video file to the video management table 15a, and completes the video management table 15a.

  Next, components of the system constructed in the base 2 will be described.

  The ATM 21 is an automatic teller machine, which takes in a transaction operation by a user and gives transaction data to the host computer 11 through the communication network 3. The function of the ATM 21 is not particularly limited, and an existing one can be applied.

  The camera 22 is a monitoring camera that monitors the inside of the site 2, and an identification number (machine number) is set in advance. The camera 22 gives captured image data to the DVR 23.

  The DVR 23 records the video data captured by the camera 22. When the video data acquisition request is received from the video storage server 32 through the communication network 32, the DVR 23 starts from the specified “start time” for the specified camera 22. The video data up to the “end time” is compressed by a predetermined image compression method (for example, MPEG4) to form a compressed image file, and the compressed image file is given to the video storage server 32 through the communication network 3.

(A-2) Operation of First Embodiment Next, the operation of the monitoring video management system 10 of this embodiment will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 9 is a sequence showing processing of the monitoring video management system 10 of the present embodiment. FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing the operation in the video storage server 32.

  First, in FIG. 9, when a user operates the ATM 21 and inputs transaction data (transaction information), the transaction start data is given from the ATM 21 to the GW 31 through the communication network 3 (S101).

  When the transaction start data from the ATM 21 is given to the GW 31, the GW 32 uses each data of “store number”, “machine number”, “transaction serial number”, and “account number” as the transaction specifying information from the transaction start data. Extract (S102).

  At this time, the GW 31 performs a predetermined protocol conversion on the transaction start data received from the ATM 12, and provides the converted transaction start data to the host computer 11 (S103).

  Further, the GW 31 adds date / time information to the extracted transaction specifying information and transmits it to the video storage server 32 (S104).

  When transaction start data from the GW 31 is given to the host computer 11, predetermined transaction processing is performed between the host computer 11 and the ATM 21 (S105). The transaction processing between the host computer 11 and the ATM 21 is not particularly limited, and existing transaction processing can be widely applied.

  Thereafter, the transaction process between the host computer 11 and the ATM 21 ends, and transaction end data is given from the ATM 21 to the GW 31 (S106).

  When the transaction end data is given to the GW 31, the GW 31 extracts each data of “store number”, “machine number”, “transaction serial number”, and “account number” from the transaction end data as transaction specifying information (S107). ).

  At this time, the GW 31 performs a predetermined protocol conversion on the transaction start data received from the ATM 12, and provides the converted transaction end data to the host computer 11 (S108).

  Further, the GW 31 adds date / time information to the extracted transaction specifying information and transmits it to the video storage server 32 (S109).

  In the video storage server 23, transaction specifying information (denoted as information 1 in FIG. 9) related to transaction start data of the transaction and transaction specifying information (denoted as information 2 in FIG. 9) related to transaction end data are received from the GW 31. When given, the process shown in FIG. 10 is performed (S110).

  In FIG. 10, when the video storage server 23 receives transaction specifying information (information 1) related to the transaction start data of the transaction and transaction specifying information (information 2) related to the transaction end data (S201), the transaction start data The video management table 15a is created based on the transaction specifying information (information 1) and the transaction specifying information (information 2) related to the transaction end data (S202).

  Here, the association between the transaction specifying information (information 1) related to the transaction start data and the transaction specifying information (information 2) related to the transaction end data is performed based on the transaction serial number.

  In S202, when the video management table 15a is created, the “store number” and “machine number” data are extracted from the video management table 15a, and the camera identification is performed based on the “store number” and “machine number” data. Identification information of the camera 21 that reflects the ATM 21 is acquired from the table 15b (S203).

  When the identification information of the camera 21 that reflects the ATM 21 of the base is acquired, the video storage server 32 designates the identification information of the camera 21 and the “start time” and “end time” for the DVR 23 of the base. Make a video data acquisition request. Then, among the video data captured by the designated camera 21, video data from the designated “start time” to “end time” is given from the DVR 23, the video data is stored in the video file DB 15, and The file name indicating the stored video data is written into the video management table 15a, and the video management table 15a is completed (S204).

  Next, a method for searching for a video file using the video storage server 32 will be described with reference to FIG.

  In FIG. 11, first, the video storage server 32 takes in an account number (S301). Then, using the acquired account number as a key, the video management table 15a is searched (S302), and the file name of the video file registered in association with the account number is extracted (S303).

  Then, the video file corresponding to the file name of the video file is searched (S304), and the video can be output.

(A-3) Effect of First Embodiment As described above, according to the first embodiment, the video management table in which the video file identification information is associated with the transaction specifying information including the account number related to the transaction. By creating and managing video files, there is some problem in the transaction, and when finding video that shows the ATM, the video management server searches the video management table based on the account number and aims Since the video can be acquired, the video file can be searched easily and efficiently without performing a search operation by a conventional host computer.

(B) Other Embodiments In the above-described embodiment, the video stored in the video file DB 15 has been described as being based on a video file in a predetermined time unit. However, all the videos from the start of the transaction to the end of the transaction are stored. Alternatively, only the video (including still images) at the transaction start time and transaction end time may be stored, or an image at a fixed interval from the transaction start to the transaction end may be stored. It may be. Furthermore, these storage methods may be changed according to the difference in transaction amount.

  In this case, for example, as transaction identification information, transaction amount data is also extracted by the GW 31 and provided to the video storage server 32. The video storage server 32 has a storage method determination table for determining a storage method according to the transaction amount in advance.

  Then, the video storage server 32 refers to the storage method determination table, searches for a storage method corresponding to the transaction amount of the transaction, and stores the video file in the video file DB 15 by the searched storage method.

  At this time, if the transaction amount is large, the storage method determination table saves all images from the start of the transaction to the end of the transaction. If the transaction amount is small, the images at the start and end of the transaction (still images) May also be saved.

  If the functions of the video storage server 32 described in the first embodiment can be realized, the functions of the physically same server are not limited to functioning, and the functions of the video storage server 32 described above are distributed. You may make it make it.

  The surveillance video management system of the present invention is not limited to financial transactions in financial institutions, but is a system that deals with a host computer through a network, and can be widely used as long as the surveillance camera captures an image of the transaction processing terminal. Can be applied.

1 is an overall configuration diagram of a monitoring video management system according to a first embodiment. It is a whole block diagram of the conventional surveillance video management system. It is a block diagram which shows the internal function of GW of 1st Embodiment. It is an internal block diagram of the image | video storage server of 1st Embodiment. It is a block diagram which shows the internal function of the image | video storage server of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing explaining the structural example of the video management table of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing explaining the structural example of the camera specific table of 1st Embodiment. It is explanatory drawing explaining the structural example of the video file management table of 1st Embodiment. It is a sequence which shows the process of the monitoring video management system of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the process in the image | video storage server of 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the search process of the video file in the video storage server of 1st Embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Surveillance video management system, 11 ... Host computer, 13 ... Transaction data DB, 31 ... GW, 32 ... Video storage server, 15 ... Video file DB, 21 ... ATM, 22 ... Camera, 23 ... DVR, 311 ... Relay function 312 ... Transaction specific information extraction function unit, 313 ... Transaction specific information transfer function unit, 323a ... Video management table creation function unit, 323b ... Camera identification function unit, 323c ... Video file search function unit, 15a ... Video management table, 15b ... Camera identification table, 15c ... Video file management table.

Claims (2)

One or a plurality of monitoring cameras capture images including one or a plurality of transaction processing terminals that exchange predetermined transaction information with a host computer and exchange transactions, and the monitoring images captured by each of the monitoring cameras are captured. In the surveillance video management system to manage,
A transaction information acquisition means for acquiring pull start information and transaction end information collected transmitted to said host computer from said each transaction processing terminal,
Transaction information transfer means for adding date and time information to the acquired acquisition start information and transaction end information and transferring the information,
Based on the transaction start information and the transaction end information transferred by the transaction information transfer means, a monitoring camera specification that specifies the monitoring camera that captures an image including each transaction processing terminal that has transmitted the transaction information Means,
Video information search means for searching for the monitoring video information of the monitoring camera specified by the monitoring camera specifying means based on the date and time information ;
Video management for managing the monitoring video information of the monitoring camera corresponding to the date and time information searched by the video information searching means in association with the transaction start information and the transaction end information acquired by the transaction information acquisition means And a surveillance video management system.   The transaction information includes an account number, and the video management means searches for the corresponding monitoring video information of the monitoring camera based on the input account number. Surveillance video management system.

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