JPH03166850A - Monitor device for automatic video recording television door phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To monitor visitor's images on an external still image video telephone device by sending the visitor's image which is recorded by the image video recording device of a door phone device to a telephone line through the still image video telephone device. CONSTITUTION:The image recorder 21 of the television door phone device 11 is provided with an image data output I/F part 31 and an image transmission control part 32 which output stored image data on a visitor, and the still image video telephone device 41 is provided with an image data input/output function at its data input/output I/F part 49. The control part 32 is actuated from the external device 41 through a telecontroller 53 on the telephone line 51 and further the control part 32 operates a control part 43 through the image transmission actuation input part 50 of the device 41. Then the visitor's image data which is stored in the video recorder 21 is outputted from the I/F part 31 and sent out to the line 51 through the I/F part 49 and line control part 42 of the device 41. Consequently, the visitor's image can be monitored effectively by the external device 41 through the line 51, in for example, absence.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field 1] The present invention relates to a video door phone answering machine recording monitor device,
In particular, it has a door intercom unit with a camera and an intercom base unit with a monitor TV, and the intercom base unit is equipped with a video door intercom device equipped with an image recording device, and a still image video phone device. The present invention relates to a video intercom absent recording monitoring device that allows recorded images of visitors to be monitored by external telecontrol operation.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, as shown in FIGS. 2 and 3, a video door intercom device having this type of image recording device and a still image video telephone device have been designed to improve functionality, especially between the two devices. , and both of these devices are designed to be diverted.

That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the video door intercom device 101 generally includes a camera-equipped door intercom handset (hereinafter referred to as a handset) 103 placed outdoors, and a handset 103 placed indoors. The intercom base unit (hereinafter referred to as base unit) 102 with a monitor TV is connected to the base unit 102, and the base unit 102 is connected to a control terminal 112, a video signal input terminal 113, and a video signal output terminal 114. An image recording device 111 is connected via each.

The image recording device 111 is connected to a control terminal 112 and has a setting section 11B and an operation section 117, and is connected to a video signal input terminal 113 and controlled by the control section 115, and outputs a video signal. A video signal input section 11g that converts into image data and outputs it, and a control section 1
15 to store image data from the video signal input section 118; and a VRAM 119 controlled by the control section 115 to convert the image data read from the VRAM 119 into a video signal and output it to the video signal output terminal 114. It is constituted by a video signal output section 12G.

Next, the operation of this video door intercom device 101 will be described.

In the above configuration, when a call is made from the Senki 103, in other words, when there is a visitor outside the room and a call is made to the base unit 102, first, the base unit 1
The activation signal from 02 is input to the control unit 115 via the control terminal 112 of the image recording device 111 to activate the device, and at the same time, the video signal of the visitor captured by the camera incorporated in the slave device 103 is The signal is input from the video signal input terminal 112 to the video signal input section 118 via the parent device 102 .

Then, the video signal input unit 118 converts the input video signal into image data, and converts this image data into VR.
Let AM119 memorize it once. Next, when the user responds to the call by operating the operation unit 117 indoors, the control unit 115 performs playback control, and the video signal output unit 12G reconverts the image data read from the VRAM 119 into a video signal. This is output from the video signal output terminal 114, and displayed as a still image of the visitor on a video output device (not shown) such as a monitor TV provided in the base unit 102.

On the other hand, as shown in FIG.
is connected to via the line control unit 132, and the operation unit 1
34, a camera 136 that is controlled by the control unit 133 to take an image of the speaker, and a CRT 137 that displays the interlocutor.
a video signal processing section 135 that converts a video signal of the speaker imaged by the speaker into image data; a VRAM 138 that is controlled by the control section 133 and temporarily stores the image data converted by the video signal processing section 135; and a data input/output I/F section 139 that outputs the image data temporarily stored in the VRAM 13g from the line control section 132 to the telephone line 141.

Next, the operation of this still picture video telephone device 131 will be described.

This is done by connecting the indoor telephone 142 to the telephone line 141 via the line control section 132, and during so-called visual communication as a videophone, the camera 136 captures an image under the control of the control section 133 through the operation of the operation section 134. The still image of the speaker thus processed is converted into still image data by the video signal processing unit 135, and the processed still image data of the speaker is temporarily stored in the VRAM 138.

Next, the still image data of the speaker is transmitted to the telephone line 141. Furthermore, the still image data of the interlocutor that is sent to the interlocutor side and that is also sent from the interlocutor side is temporarily stored in the VRAM 13g from the data input/output I/F section 139, and then subjected to video signal processing. The unit 135 reconverts the image into a still image, which is then used as a still image of the interlocutor.
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[Problem to be solved by the invention]

Since the video door intercom device and the still image video phone device are not functionally combined, the video recorded on the image recording device of the video door intercom device, i.e., the video of a visitor who is recorded while you are away, Regarding images, it is not possible to send images to a telephone line using a still image video telephone device, and therefore, there is an inconvenience in that it is not possible to monitor visitors from the outside while the user is away.

The present invention solves these conventional problems,
The image of the visitor recorded on the image recording device of the video door intercom device is sent to the telephone line via the still image video telephone device, and the image of the visitor is monitored by the external still image video telephone device through the telephone line. It is an object of the present invention to provide a video door intercom answering machine recording monitor device that enables the video door intercom to be recorded while the user is away.

[Means to solve the problem]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an image recording device of a video intercom device with an image data output I/F section and an image feed control section that output the stored image data of the visitor, and The image video telephone device provides an existing data input/output I/F section with the function of inputting and outputting image data from the image recording device, and is also provided with an image sending start input section that is controlled by an image sending control section, and connects the telephone line. The system is equipped with a telecontrol device that activates the image sending control section using an external still image videophone device.

[For production]

Therefore, according to the present invention, by operating the telecontrol device from an external still image videophone device, the image sending control section of the image recording device is first activated, and then the image sending control section is activated to operate the still image videophone device. The image sending start input section of the still image videophone device is activated to output the visitor's image data stored in the image recording device through the image data output I/F section. The image data input from the visitor is sent to the telephone line via the line control unit, and the image of the visitor can be monitored by an external still image videophone device.

〔Example〕

FIG. 1 shows the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention.

Also in this configuration shown in FIG.
It has a camera-equipped door intercom slave unit 13 connected to this base unit 12 and placed outdoors, and for the base unit 12,
Control terminal 22. An image recording device 2l is connected via a video signal input terminal 23 and a video signal output terminal 24, respectively.

The image recording device 2l also includes a control section 2 connected to the control terminal 22 and having a setting section 26 and an operation section 27.
5, a video signal input section 28 connected to the video signal input terminal 23 and controlled by the control section 25, which converts the video signal into image data and outputs it; V to store image data from
The RAM 29 and the VRAM 2 are controlled by the control unit 25.
a video signal output unit 30 that converts the image data read from the VRAM 29 into a video signal and outputs the converted video signal to the video signal output terminal 24; It is composed of a data output I/F section 31 and an image sending control section 32.

The still image video telephone device 41 is connected to a telephone line 51 and an indoor telephone 52 via a line control section 42, and is controlled by a control section 43 having an operation section 44 and is able to talk while being controlled by the control section 43. The video signal processing section 45 converts the video signal of the speaker imaged by the camera 46 into image data, and the controller 43 controls the video signal processing section 45 to convert the video signal of the speaker imaged by the camera 46 into image data. A VRAM 4g temporarily stores the image data converted by the processing section 45, and a VRAM 4g which is controlled by the control section 43 and connected to the image data output I/F section 3l. A data input/output I/F section 49 outputs the image data temporarily stored in the M4g from the line control section 42 to the telephone line 51; and a telecontroller on the telephone line 5l which is activated by an external still image videophone device (not shown) and which activates the image sending control section 32. A device 53 is provided.

Next, the operation of the apparatus of the above embodiment will be explained.

In the configuration of the video intercom device 11, as in the case of the conventional device described above, when there is a visitor outside the room,
When a call is made from the slave unit 13 to the base unit l2,
First, a start signal from the main unit 12 is input to the control unit 25 via the control terminal 22 of the image recording device 2l, and starts the device, and at the same time, the video of the visitor captured by the camera of the slave unit 13 A signal is input from the video signal input terminal 22 to the video signal input section 28 via the base unit 12. Then, the video signal input unit 28 converts the input video signal into image data, and temporarily stores this image data in the VRAM.
29 to be memorized.

Next, when the user responds to the call by operating the operation unit 27 indoors, the control unit 25 performs playback control, and the video signal output unit 30 converts the image data read from the VRAM 27 into a video signal again. The converted signal is output from the video signal output terminal 24, and displayed as a still image of the visitor on a video output device (not shown) such as a monitor TV provided in the base unit 12.

Also, in the configuration of the still image video telephone device 41, as in the case of the conventional device described above, a normal call can be made by:
Telephone line 51 via line control unit 42 of indoor telephone 52
During visual communication as a videophone, a still image of the speaker captured by the camera 46 is frozen by the video signal processing unit 45 under the control of the control unit 43 through the operation of the operation unit 44. Convert to image data.

Next, the still image data of the speaker processed as described above is temporarily stored in the VRAM 48 under the control of the control section 43, and the still image data is stored in the VRAM 48 via the data input/output I/F section 49 and the line control section 42. Data is sent from the telephone line 5l to the interlocutor, and at the same time, still image data of the interlocutor sent from the interlocutor is
This data is sent to the VRAM via the data output I/F section 49.
4g, the video signal processing unit 46 converts it into a still image again, and displays it on the CRT as a still image of the interlocutor.
47.

That is, the image recording device 21 of the video intercom device l1 and the still image video telephone device 4l operate in exactly the same manner as in the conventional case described above.

Next, a case will be described in which image data of a visitor stored in the VRAM 29 of the image recording device 21 is monitored through the telephone line 5l by an external still image video telephone device.

First, the telephone line 5 is
When the image sending control unit 32 of the image recording device 2l is activated via the telecontrol device 53 on the still image videophone device 4l, the image sending control unit 32 activates the image sending activation input unit 5 of the still image videophone device 4l.
At the same time, the control unit 25 of the image recording device 21 transfers the image data of the visitor stored in the VRAM 29 from the image data output I/F unit 31 to the still image videophone. The data is sent to the data output I/F section 49 of the device 4l. Next, data output I/F
In the unit 49, the inputted image data is sent from the line control unit 42 to the telephone line 51, and as a result, the sent image data of the visitor is monitored by the external still image video telephone device. It is possible.

〔Effect of the invention】

As is clear from the description of the above embodiments, the present invention has the following features:
A video door intercom device having a camera-equipped door intercom handset and an intercom base unit with a monitor TV and connected to an image recording device that records images of visitors, and a still image video telephone device are used as the image recording device. The still image videophone device is provided with an image data output I/F section and an image sending control section that output the stored image data of the visitor.
The data input/output I/F section is provided with an image data input/output function, and an image sending start input section controlled by the image sending control section is provided, and the image sending control section is connected to the telephone line by an external still image videophone device. Since the structure is equipped with a telecontrol device that starts up a still image videophone call, operation of the telecontrol device by an external still image videophone device activates the image sending control section of the image recording device, and the still image videophone call is started by the image sending control section. The image sending start input section of the device is activated to output the visitor's image data stored in the image recording device from the image data output I/F section, and the data input/output I/F section of the still image videophone device is activated. The image data input to the system can be sent to a telephone line via the line control unit, and through this telephone line, for example, the image of a visitor can be effectively monitored by an external still image videophone device while the user is away. You get it.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a general configuration of a video door intercom answer recording monitor device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIGS. 2 and 3 show a conventional video door intercom device and still image video telephone device having a conventional image recording device. FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a schematic configuration. 11, 101...TV door intercom device, 12,
102... Intercom base unit with monitor, 13, 1
03...Door intercom with camera, 21, 111.
...Image recording device, 22, 112...Control terminal, 23,113...Video signal input terminal, 24,l1
4...Video signal output terminal, 25, 115...
Control unit, 26, 116... Setting unit, 27, 117
...Operation unit, 28, 118...Video signal input section, 29, 119...VRAM, 30, 120
. . . Video signal output section, 31 . . . Image data output I/F section, 32 . . . Image sending control section. 41, 131...Still image video telephone device, 42,
132... Line control section, 43, 133...
Control unit, 44, 134... Operation unit, 45, 13
5...Video signal processing section, 46, 136...Camera, 47, 137...CRT, 48,138
...VRAM, 49, l39...data input/output I/F section, 50...image sending start input section. 51, 141...Telephone line, 52, 142...
...Indoor telephone, 53...Telecontrol device.

Claims (1)

[Claims] A video door intercom device equipped with a camera-equipped door intercom slave unit and an intercom base unit with a monitor TV and connected to an image recording device for recording images of visitors, and a still image video telephone device, and the image recording device includes: An image data output I/F section and an image sending control section are provided to output the stored image data of the visitor, and the still image videophone device has an image data input/output function in the data input/output I/F section. and a video feed start input section controlled by the video feed control section, and a telecontrol device for activating the video feed control section via an external still image videophone device on the telephone line. configuring and image data output of the image recording device I
The visitor's image data outputted through the /F section is sent to the telephone line via the data input/output I/F section of the still image videophone device, so that it can be monitored by the external still image videophone device. A video door phone answering machine recording monitor device.