JP7377652B2 - Apartment housing intercom system - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to an intercom system for an apartment complex, and more particularly to an intercom system for an apartment complex that includes an automatic door not only at the main entrance but also on each floor of each living room to double check visitors.

To increase security, some apartment complexes have automatic doors installed on each floor of the living area in addition to automatic doors at the main entrance. When double automatic doors were installed in this way, it was necessary to call residents to open them from the collective entrance machines installed in pairs for each automatic door, but in order to reduce the burden on residents, There is an apartment complex intercom system in which a one-time password is issued by a collective entrance machine, and a second automatic door can be unlocked by a visitor using this password (for example, see Patent Document 1).

Japanese Patent Application Publication No. 2011-182019

In the case of an apartment building configured to pass through multiple automatic doors, as disclosed in Patent Document 1 mentioned above, a one-time password is issued at the first call, so that the resident only needs to be called once. However, visitors still had to operate the collective entrance machine each time.
In addition, even if double entrance units are installed, once you enter, you can call the entrance handset of another room even if it is not the room that was called by the entrance unit, so you can visit any room. However, security was not sufficient.

Therefore, in view of these problems, the present invention has been developed so that even if visitors pass through multiple automatic doors to reach their destination, only one collective entrance machine is required for visitors to operate. The object of the present invention is to provide an intercom system for an apartment complex that makes it impossible to easily visit rooms other than those called from the apartment entrance machine.

In order to solve the above problem, the invention of claim 1 provides a first collective entrance machine installed at the main entrance of an apartment complex, a second collective entrance machine installed at the entrance of each room floor, and a second collective entrance machine installed at the entrance of each room floor. This is an intercom system for an apartment complex that includes an entrance slave unit installed at the entrance of a building, a master unit installed in each room, and a controller that controls communication between devices, the first collective entrance unit, the first The 2-set entrance unit and the entrance slave unit are both equipped with a camera for capturing images of visitors, while the control unit has a room floor information storage unit that stores the relationship between the room number and the floor of the room, and a captured image. It has a person identification unit that identifies a person from a person, and a visitor information registration unit that stores visitor information for identification. , When the first automatic door leading from the main entrance to the living area is unlocked, the visitor image taken by the camera of the first collective entrance unit is linked to the room number of the called party and registered in the visitor information registration section. At the same time, the person imaged by the camera of the second collective entrance machine is compared with the visitor image registered in the visitor information registration section, and the person is identified and the floor where the second collective entrance machine is located is confirmed. If the floor has a room with the room number linked to the identified registered image, the second automatic door to proceed to the room floor is unlocked , and the person identification unit also locks the camera of the entrance handset that is called. Even if the person photographed is compared with the visitor image registered in the visitor information registration section and the person is identified as the person in the registered visitor image, the room of the entrance handset used for the call operation is not connected. If the attached room number is reached, the call control is prohibited and the ring tone is not output from the main unit in the room .
According to this configuration, if a resident is called from the first collective entrance machine and asked to unlock the first automatic door, the second automatic door on the living floor will be unlocked without operating the second collective entrance machine, and the resident will be able to visit the residence. You can proceed to the next room. Therefore, even if you live in an apartment complex where you need to pass through multiple automatic doors to reach the room you are visiting, you can proceed to your desired room just by operating the collective entrance device once.
In addition, if the visitor goes to a floor other than the floor where the guest room is located, the second automatic door can be controlled not to be unlocked, thereby improving the security of the apartment complex.

Further, even if a visitor whose image has been registered calls a doorway handset in a room different from the room called by the first collective doorway, the resident cannot be called. Therefore, malicious visitors can be dealt with and security can be improved.

The invention according to claim 2 is the configuration according to claim 1 , in which the entrance handset or the main room main unit has a message storage section for storing a predetermined message, and the entrance handset for which call control is prohibited has a message storage section that stores a predetermined message. The feature is that it broadcasts the message that is being sent.
According to this configuration, the visitor who performs the call operation can recognize that he or she has performed the call operation to a room that is not set as the place to visit, by being alerted by a message that the room is not the place to visit. Especially since messages can be heard by those around you, it becomes difficult for suspicious people to be around.

The invention according to claim 3 is the configuration according to claim 1 or 2 , in which a camera is installed in the elevator used by the visitor to go to the room to be visited, and the person identification section is configured such that the person identification section is configured so that the person identification section uses the image captured by the elevator camera. When the person is identified as the person registered in the visitor information registration section, the floor to stop is specified based on the room number information linked to the registered image and the information in the room floor information storage section, and the elevator It is characterized by stopping at a specified floor.
According to this configuration, even if the visitor does not set a stop floor for the elevator, the elevator will automatically stop at the floor of the room with the number entered at the first collective entrance machine, so the visitor will be careful about the floor to get off. There is no need to do it.

In the invention according to claim 4 , in the configuration according to claim 3 , the person identification unit determines that the person identified from the image captured by the elevator camera is different from the floor on which the stop was set, even though the stop floor is set. The feature is that when it is recognized that the user is getting off the elevator on the floor, an alarm is activated and an alarm is sounded inside the elevator.
According to this configuration, if a visitor gets off the elevator on the wrong floor, he or she can recognize this by sounding an alarm, and the visitor can feel at ease. On the other hand, by issuing an alarm, it is possible to limit the places that visitors can visit, improving the security of apartment complexes.

According to the present invention, once a resident is called from the first collective entrance machine and the first automatic door is unlocked, the second collective entrance machine is then operated by identifying the visitor from the captured image of the camera. The second automatic door on the living room floor is unlocked and you can proceed to the living room of the person you are visiting. Therefore, even if you live in an apartment complex where you have to pass through multiple automatic doors to reach the room you are visiting, you can proceed to your desired room just by operating the collective entrance device once.
In addition, if the visitor goes to a floor other than the floor where the guest room is located, the second automatic door can be controlled not to be unlocked, thereby improving the security of the apartment complex.

1 is a configuration diagram showing an example of an apartment complex intercom system according to the present invention. FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing main equipment in functional blocks.

Hereinafter, embodiments embodying the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an apartment complex intercom system according to the present invention. The apartment complex intercom system includes a first collective entrance unit 1 installed at the main entrance of an apartment complex for visitors to call residents, and a first apartment entrance unit 1 installed at the entrance of each floor for visitors to call residents. A second collective entrance unit 2, an entrance slave unit 3 installed at the entrance of each room to call residents, a main unit 4 installed in each room to respond to calls, and control communication between devices. The main part is constituted by an intercom controller 5.
The first collective entrance machine 1 and the second collective entrance machine 2 are connected to an intercom controller 5 via transmission lines L1 and L2, respectively. The room main unit 4 is connected to the intercom controller 5 via the main unit main line L3.

Then, in this main part, there is a first automatic door 6a that you pass through when proceeding from the main entrance to the living area, a second automatic door 6b installed at the entrance of the living room floor, and a second automatic door 6b that goes from the main entrance to any floor of the living room floor that consists of multiple floors. An elevator 7 for the elevator 7, an elevator control machine 8 for controlling the elevator 7, a first surveillance camera 9a installed at the main entrance, and a second surveillance camera 9b installed inside the elevator 7 are connected.
In this way, the visitor has to pass through two automatic doors, the first automatic door 6a and the second automatic door 6b, in order to reach the living room of the visitor.

The first automatic door 6a is connected to the first collective entrance machine 1 via the transmission line L4, and the second automatic door 6b is connected to the second collective entrance machine 2 via the transmission line L5. The first surveillance camera 9a and the second surveillance camera 9b are connected to the intercom controller 5 via transmission lines L7 and L8, respectively, and the elevator 7 is connected to the elevator controller 8 via a control line L9, and the elevator controller 8 and the intercom It is connected to the controller 5 via a transmission line L10.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of an apartment complex intercom system showing main equipment in functional blocks. As shown in FIG. 2, the first collective entrance device 1 includes a camera 11 for capturing images of visitors, a microphone 12 and a speaker 13 for communicating with residents, and a room number to call (the room number of the person to be visited). An operation unit 14 for inputting, a display unit 15 for displaying operation details, a first collective entrance machine control unit 16 that controls the first collective entrance machine 1, a first controller communication IF 17 that communicates with the intercom control machine 5, and a first automatic door. The first door communication IF 18 and the like are provided to communicate with a control section (not shown) of 6a.

The second collective entrance machine 2 has the same configuration as the first collective entrance machine, and has a camera 21, a microphone 22, a speaker 23, an operation section 24, a display section 25, and a second collective entrance machine that controls the second collective entrance machine 2. It includes a machine control unit 26, a second control machine communication IF 27 that communicates with the intercom control machine 5, a second door communication IF 28 that communicates with a control unit (not shown) of the second automatic door, and the like.

The entrance handset 3 includes a camera 31 for capturing an image of a visitor, a call button 32 for calling a resident, a microphone 33 and a speaker 34 for making a call, a handset control unit 35 for controlling the entrance handset 3, and a living room. It is equipped with a child device communication IF 36 and the like that communicate with the parent device 4.

The main unit 4 includes a call button 41 for responding to a call, a microphone 42 and a speaker 43 for making a call, an operation unit 44 for performing various operations, and a camera for connected devices such as the camera 11 of the first collective entrance unit 1. A display unit 45 that displays various information in addition to captured images of The main unit includes a first communication IF 48 for communicating with the main unit, a second communication IF 49 for communicating with the main unit 3 that is installed as a pair, and the like.

The intercom controller 5 includes a visitor information registration unit 52 that stores captured images in association with the room number, a room floor information storage unit 53 that stores the relationship between the room number and the floor of the room, and a control that controls the intercom controller 5. A controller communication IF 55 that communicates with the machine control unit 54, the first collective entrance machine 1, the second collective entrance machine 2, the main room unit 4, the elevator control machine 8, the first surveillance camera 9a, and the second surveillance camera 9b, etc. We are prepared.
The controller control unit 54 includes a person identification unit 54a that identifies the person being imaged based on images captured by the camera 11 of the first collective entrance machine 1, the camera 21 of the second collective entrance machine 2, etc. There is. The person identification unit 54a determines whether the visitor imaged by the camera 11 of the first collective entrance device 1 and the person imaged by the other cameras 21, 31, and even the second surveillance camera 9b are the same person. It has a function.

The operation of the apartment complex intercom system configured as described above is as follows. When a visitor operates the first collective entrance unit 1, inputs the room number of the person to be visited, and performs a calling operation, a call signal is transmitted to the room base unit 4 of the called person's room under the control of the intercom control device 5. . Upon receiving the call, the room base unit 4 sounds a ringtone to notify the resident that a visitor has appeared. In addition, together with the call signal, an image taken by the camera 11 of the first collective entrance unit 1 is transmitted to the room base unit 4 via the intercom controller 5, and displayed on the display unit 45 of the room base unit 4.

When the resident recognizes the call from the ringing tone and responds, a communication path is formed between the first collective entrance unit 1 and the main room unit 4, and a conversation between the visitor and the resident becomes possible. When the resident who recognizes himself as a visitor through this call performs a predetermined unlocking operation on the operation unit 44, an unlocking signal is sent to the first automatic door 6a via the intercom controller 5 and the first collective entrance unit 1. This is transmitted and the first automatic door 6a is unlocked.
As a result, the visitor can proceed to the living area from the main entrance through the unlocked and opened first automatic door 6a.

Further, in response to the resident's unlocking operation of the first automatic door 6a, the person identification unit 54a of the controller control unit 54 extracts an image that can authenticate the visitor from the image captured by the camera 11 of the first collective entrance unit 1. Then, the entered room number, which is the place to visit, is linked and stored in the visitor information registration section 52.

The following explanation will be given assuming that the room to be visited is room 501 on the 5th floor. The controller control unit 54 learns from the room floor information storage unit 53 that the visitor's destination is the fifth floor based on the room number information called by the visitor. Then, monitoring of the image captured by the second monitoring camera 9b of the elevator 7, which the visitor uses when proceeding to the fifth floor, is started.
In addition, among the second collective entrance machines 2 installed on each room floor, at least the camera 21 of the second collective entrance machine 2 installed on the 5th floor, which is the visitor's destination, was activated and registered. Wait for the visitor to appear.

Note that the first surveillance camera 9a and the second surveillance camera 9b are constantly taking images, and are used for the purpose of improving security against intrusion by suspicious persons. Therefore, instead of the captured image of the camera 11 of the first collective entrance machine 1, the first surveillance camera 9a may be used as the camera of the first collective entrance machine 1. In this case, the image captured by the first monitoring camera 9a is used as the registered image for the person identification unit 54a to identify the person.

When the controller control section 54, which monitors the image taken by the second surveillance camera 9b, recognizes from the image that a person has entered the elevator 7, the person identification section 54a determines whether the person is a registered visitor. A judgment is made. As a result of the determination, if it is determined that the person in the registered image associated with room 501 is identified, the controller control unit 54 sends a control signal to the elevator controller 8 to stop the elevator 7 at the 5th floor. be done.
Upon receiving this control signal, the elevator controller 8 performs control to stop the elevator 7 at the 5th floor. At this time, in the elevator 7, an announcement (not shown) makes an announcement such as "The customer will be visiting the 5th floor. The elevator will stop at the 5th floor."
In this way, the visitor can proceed to the desired floor without setting a stop floor.

Visitors who get off elevator 7, which has stopped on the 5th floor, go to the 2nd auto door 6b at the 5th floor entrance to unlock the 2nd auto door 6b, which they must pass through to proceed to the 5th floor. Approach the collective entrance machine 2. Then, the visitor appears in the image captured by the camera 21 of the second collective entrance machine 2 which is already in the imaging state, and this image (image) is transmitted to the intercom controller 5.

The controller control unit 54, to which the image containing the person is transmitted, determines the identity of the person imaged by the person identification unit 54a. When the person identification unit 54a identifies the person in the image transmitted from the second collective entrance machine 2 on the 5th floor as the person in the registered image associated with the room number 501, the person identification unit 54a identifies the person in the registered room number 501. Since the door is on the floor, the intercom controller 5 sends a signal to the second collective entrance device 2 to unlock the second automatic door 6b.
As a result, the second automatic door 6b is unlocked, and the visitor can proceed to the floor where room 501 is located through the opened second automatic door 6b without operating the second collective entrance machine 2.

In this way, the visitor who has passed through the unlocked second automatic door 6b and arrived in front of room 501, which he is visiting, presses the call button 32 of the entrance handset 3, but in response to this call operation, the intercom controller 5 is activated. Control as follows. Conventionally, when the call button 32 is pressed, the main unit 4 in the room immediately issues a ring tone, but here, the call operation is temporarily put on hold and the intercom controller 5 controls as follows.

When the call button 32 is pressed, the camera 31 starts capturing an image, and the captured image is sent to the intercom controller 5 via the room base unit 4 with the room number attached.
The intercom control device 5 receives the captured image and first compares it with the person in the image from the attached room number if there is a registered image linked to the same room number in the visitor information registration section 52. and determine the identity. As a result of the determination, if it is determined that they are the same person, a permission signal is transmitted to the main unit 4 in the room. Here, a permission signal is transmitted to the main unit 4 in room 501.
Having received the permission signal, the base unit 4 in the room issues a ring tone and performs a normal calling operation.

On the other hand, if there is no registered image linked to the room number of the source of the captured image, or if there is a registered image but the person is different and cannot be identified, a prohibition signal is sent to the main unit 4 instead of a permission signal. Ru. Upon receiving this prohibition signal, the main unit 4 in the room which had put the calling operation on hold does not carry out the calling operation itself and does not issue a ring tone. Instead, the master unit 4 in the room that has received the prohibition signal outputs the message stored in the message storage unit 47 from the speaker 34 of the entrance slave unit 3 under the control of the base unit control unit 46 . For example, a message such as ``This is not the destination you are visiting. Are you sure you are visiting the wrong destination?'' is audible.

If you have multiple destinations to visit from the beginning, you can call all the destination residences from the first collective entrance unit 1 and register multiple room numbers, so that you can visit each destination without returning to the main entrance. Users can smoothly visit multiple rooms.

In this way, by simply calling a resident from the first collective entrance machine 1 and having them unlock the first automatic door 6a, the second automatic door 6b on the living floor can be unlocked without operating the second collective entrance machine 2. The visitor can then proceed to the room of the person being visited. Therefore, even if you live in an apartment complex where you have to pass through multiple automatic doors to reach the room you are visiting, you can proceed to your desired room just by operating the collective entrance device once.
If the visitor goes to a floor other than the floor where the guest's room is located, the second automatic door 6b will not be unlocked, thereby improving the security of the apartment complex.
In addition, if a visitor operates the door handset 3 of a room different from the room called by the first collective entrance device 1, the resident cannot be called, so it is possible to deal with malicious visitors and improve security. can. In addition, at this time, a message informing the user that the room is not the place to be visited makes it possible to recognize that the user has called up a room that is not the place to be visited. In particular, it becomes difficult for suspicious people to be around if the message can be heard by those around you.
In addition, even if the visitor does not set a stop floor for the elevator 7, the elevator 7 will automatically stop at the floor of the room with the number entered on the first collective entrance machine 1, so the visitor does not have to worry about the floor to get off. There is no need to do it.

Here, if the floor on which the visitor gets off from elevator 7 is not the automatically set 5th floor, for example, if the visitor himself/herself specifies another floor for some reason and gets off, or if the visitor gets off on an intermediate floor other than the 5th floor. A case will be explained in which the user gets off the elevator 7 by mistake due to the elevator 7 opening.
From the captured video (image) of the second surveillance camera 9b, the person gets off the elevator 7 on a floor different from the floor where the person identification unit 54a is registered (the floor with the room with the room number linked to the registered image). recognize the Then, an alarm sound is emitted from the sound section of the elevator 7 to call attention to the elevator.

In addition, when you get off at the wrong floor and approach the second collective entrance machine 2 of that floor in order to enter the residential floor, the person identification unit 54a detects that the visitor is registered from the image captured by the camera 21. However, since the floor is different from the floor with the linked room number, the second automatic door 6b is not unlocked.

In this way, if a visitor gets off the elevator 7 on the wrong floor, he or she can be recognized by the sound of the alarm, and the visitor can recognize that he or she has gotten off on the wrong floor. On the other hand, by issuing an alarm, it is possible to restrict the places that visitors can visit, and it is possible to deter malicious visitors from taking action, thereby improving the security of the apartment complex.
In addition, if a visitor goes to a floor that does not have a room linked to the registered image, the second automatic door 6b will not be unlocked, so the visitor will be able to recognize that they are on a different floor, and this will improve the security of the apartment complex. can be improved.

However, even if the visitor gets off the elevator 7 on an unspecified floor, if the visitor gets off because there is a new place to visit, the second collective entrance machine 2 will call the resident and the second By having the automatic door 6b opened, you can proceed further.

In the embodiment described above, the judgment is made based on the captured image of the camera 31 activated in response to the pressing of the call button 32 of the entrance handset 3, but when the second automatic door 6b is unlocked, the The camera 31 of the entrance handset 3 in room 501, which is the room where the user resides, may be activated. In this case, the person can be identified without waiting for the call button 32 to be pressed, and if the call is from a registered visitor, the room main unit 4 can immediately sound the ring tone.

1..First collective entrance machine, 2..Second collective entrance machine, 3..Entrance slave machine, 4..Room main unit, 5..Intercom control machine (control machine), 6a..First automatic door. 6b...Second automatic door, 7...Elevator, 8...Elevator control machine, 9a...First monitoring camera (camera), 9b...Second monitoring camera (camera), 11, 21, 31...Camera, 47: Message storage section, 52: Visitor information registration section, 53: Room floor information storage section, 54: Controller control section, 54a: Person identification section.

Claims (4)

The first collective entrance machine installed at the main entrance of the apartment complex, the second collective entrance machine installed at the entrance of each floor, the entrance slave machine installed at the entrance of each room, and the second collective entrance machine installed in each room. An intercom system for an apartment complex, comprising a master unit in a living room and a control unit for controlling communication between devices,
The first collective entrance machine, the second collective entrance machine, and the entrance slave unit are all equipped with a camera for capturing images of visitors;
The controller includes a room floor information storage unit that stores the relationship between the room number and the floor of the room, a person identification unit that identifies a person from a captured image, and a visitor information registration unit that stores visitor information for identification. and has
The person identification unit is configured to operate the camera of the first collective entrance machine when the first automatic door for proceeding from the main entrance to the residential area is unlocked by the resident called by operating the first collective entrance machine. Associating the captured visitor image with the room number of the called party and registering it in the visitor information registration section,
The person imaged by the camera of the second collective entrance machine is compared with the visitor image registered in the visitor information registration section, and the person is identified and the floor where the second collective entrance machine is located is identified. If the floor has a room with the room number linked to the registered image, unlock the second automatic door to proceed to the room floor ,
Further, the person identification unit compares the person imaged by the camera of the door handset that has been called and the visitor image registered in the visitor information registration unit, and identifies the registered visitor image. Even if it is identified as a person, if the room number of the door handset to which the call operation is performed is linked, the call control is prohibited and the ring tone is not output from the main room unit. Apartment housing intercom system. The entrance slave unit or the room master unit has a message storage unit that stores a predetermined message;
2. The intercom system for an apartment complex according to claim 1 , wherein the entrance cordless handset whose call control is prohibited broadcasts the stored message. Cameras are installed in the elevators that visitors use to go to the rooms they are visiting.
When the person identification unit identifies that the person imaged by the elevator camera is the person registered in the visitor information registration unit,
Claim 1 or 2, characterized in that a floor to stop is specified based on room number information linked to the registered image and information in the room floor information storage section, and the elevator is stopped at the specified floor. Apartment building intercom system as described. The person identification unit executes an alarm operation when recognizing that the identified person gets off the elevator at a floor different from the floor on which the stop is set, based on the image captured by the elevator camera, even though the stop floor is set;
4. The apartment complex intercom system according to claim 3 , wherein an alarm sound is emitted in the elevator.

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