JPH03179991A - Recording unit for apartment house - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To freely set the number of pictures in each picture memory area by providing a picture memory area setting means to set the number of pictures respectively for a guest picture memory area, multi-address video message picture memory area and individual video message picture memory area. CONSTITUTION:The picture memory areas of picture memories ME1 -ME32 are determined by the numerical value of a picture counter PCn (n=1 is guest picture memory area, n=2 is individual video message picture memory area and n=3 is multi-address video message picture memory area) and the numerical value of each picture counter PCn can be set by a picture number setter SET. The number of pictures to be set is totally 32. The incoming sides of the picture counters PC1-PC3 are connected to a terminal T1 and the terminal T1 of a living room unit TEn is connected to a controller 1 by a transmission line 5. By this transmission line 5, a call, video signal and video message are exchanged.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a recording unit for an apartment complex, and in particular, the recording unit of a room unit has a visitor image memory area, a broadcast video message image memory area, and an individual video message image. The present invention relates to a recording unit for an apartment complex provided with a memory area.

[Prior Art and Problems to be Solved by the Invention] A conventional recording unit for an apartment complex has a control device 21 as shown in FIG. A gathering entrance device 22 with a camera equipped with a camera eye 22a and a channel selection button 22b, a manager room device 23, and a video message sending device 2
4 and room unit TEn (n is 11.12...)
It is composed of a control device 21, a collective entrance machine 22 with a camera,
Video message sending devices 24 provided in the vicinity of the manager's room unit 23 are connected through transmission lines 25, respectively. In addition, the control device 21 and the room unit TEn are connected through a transmission path 25, and calls and video signal transmission and reception between the camera-equipped collective entrance unit 22, the manager's room unit 23, the video message sending device 24, and the room unit TEn are performed. This is done under the control of the control device 21.

The room unit TEn has an image memory MEn (n is 1...
n), a recording device U3, a television monitor U1, and a communication unit U2 are provided. The recording device U3 converts the input analog video signal into a digital video signal, records it in an image memory MEn composed of semiconductor elements, and during playback converts the recorded digital video signal into an analog video signal and displays it on the TV monitor U. It has a function to send out ehe.

When a visitor selects the room unit TE□□ using the channel selection button 22b of the collective entrance unit with camera 22 in the recording unit for an apartment complex having the above configuration, the control device 21 connects the collective entrance unit with camera 22 and the room unit TE1□. Connect the communication path between. When the collective entrance machine with camera 22 and the room unit 1゛E□1 are connected, the video signal captured by the camera eye 22a of the collective entrance machine with camera 22 is transferred to the image memory ME of the recording unit U3 of the room unit TE1.
Recorded to n. Room unit TEn and collective entrance unit with camera 3
When no video signal is being sent or received between the room unit 2 and the room unit TEn, the video message sending device 24 can send a video message to the room unit TEn. When the video message is sent to the room unit TEn, the video message is recorded in the image memory MEn.

However, since it is not known at what position in the image memory MEn the video message is recorded, there is a drawback that the desired video message cannot be reproduced at the time of reproduction. In addition, all image memory ME
When n has been recorded, it is sequentially recorded again from the image memory ME, which has the disadvantage that the video message may be erased depending on the situation.

Since the image memory MEn is not classified according to recording purpose, when an individual or broadcast video message is sent from the manager's room unit 23 to the room unit TEn, the room unit TEn will not be able to classify the individual or broadcast video message. There is a drawback that it cannot be done.

[Object of the Invention] The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned difficulties. A recording unit for an apartment complex is provided with a video message image memory area and an image memory area setting means so that recording and playback can be performed according to the purpose of recording, and the number of images in each image memory area can be freely set. The purpose is to provide.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above-mentioned two objectives, the recording unit for apartment complexes according to the present invention is capable of recording video signals captured by visitors sent from a collective entrance unit with a camera to a room unit, as well as a manager. In a recording unit for an apartment complex having a plurality of image memory areas for recording video messages sent from a room unit to a plurality of the room units, a visitor image memory area for recording a video signal capturing an image of the visitor; a broadcast video message image memory area for recording a video message sent simultaneously from the manager's room machine to a plurality of the room machines; and a video message sent from the manager's room machine to one of the plurality of room machines. Consists of an individual video message image memory area for recording messages, and an image memory area setting means for setting the number of images in each of the visitor image memory area, the broadcast video message image memory area, and the individual video message image memory area. do.

[Embodiment] Hereinafter, an embodiment of the recording unit for an apartment complex according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG.

In FIG. 1, l is a control device. An entrance slave unit 2 with a camera equipped with a control device 1, a camera eye 2a, and a channel selection button 2b,
The manager's room unit 3 is connected to the manager's room unit 3 by a transmission line 5, and the video message sending device M4 provided near the manager's room unit 3 and the normally open side of the video signal switching device 1a of the control device 1 are connected to each other by a video message sending line 6. Connecting.

The room unit TEn (n is engineering, 2...) has a recording unit U. , a television monitor U□, and a communication unit U2. Recording unit U. is the image memory MEn (n is l,
2...32), the recording unit Uo converts the input analog video signal into a digital video signal, records it in the image memory MEn constituted by a semiconductor storage element, and during playback, records the recorded digital video signal. It has the ability to output as an analog video signal. Image memory ME engineering
The image memory area of ME3□ is the picture counter PCn
(nl is the visitor image memory area, n=2 is the individual video message image memory area, n=3 is the broadcast video message image memory area), and the value of each picture counter PCn is determined by the number of strokes setter SET. It can be set with . The total number of strokes that can be set is 32.

The input sides of the picture counters PC1 to PC3 are connected to the terminal T, and the terminal T1 of the room unit TEn is connected to the control device 1 for transmission.
f! &5, and through this transmission line 5, telephone calls, video signals, and video messages are sent and received. Terminals T2 and T3 of the room unit TEn are connected to the video message sending device 4 via the individual control line 7 and the broadcast control line 8, and when the individual message button 4a is pressed, the message is sent from the video message sending device 4 via the individual control line 7. An individual video message control signal FC is sent to the terminal T2 of the room unit TEn, and when the broadcast message button 4b is pressed, a broadcast video message control signal FC2 is sent to the terminal T3 via the broadcast control line 8. Individual video messages and broadcast video messages are sent via video message transmission line cable 6.
The signal is sent to the terminal 1a of the room unit TEn via the normally closed and normally open side of the video signal switch 1a of the control device 1.

[Operation of the invention] In the recording unit for an apartment complex having the above configuration, the picture counters PC and PC3 are set to "12" and "12" respectively in the room unit TEn.
When set to "10" or "10", the visitor image memory area will have 12 strokes, and the individual video message image memory area and broadcast video message image memory area will each have 10 strokes.

The visitor operates the channel selection button 2b of the camera-equipped collective entrance machine 2,
When the room unit TE1 is selected, the control device 1 connects the camera-equipped collective entrance unit 2 and the room unit TE through the transmission line 5, so that the room unit TE can talk using the communication unit U□.

In addition, the video signal captured by the camera eye 2a of the collective entrance unit 2 with camera is sent to ME□ to ME engineering 2, which is the visitor image memory area defined by the picture counter PC1 of the recording unit U of the room unit TE. Sequentially recorded, image memory ME
When ME1□ is recorded 8- in total, it is recorded again from the image memory ME□.

When the broadcast message button 4b is pressed when the camera-equipped entrance unit 2 is not operating, a broadcast video message control signal FC2 is sent from the video message sending device 4 to the room unit TEn via the broadcast control line 8. .

Since the room unit TEn receives the broadcast video message control signal FC2 via the terminal T3..., the picture counter PC3 is controlled, and the broadcast video message via the terminal T1 is transferred to the image memory ME2 which is the image memory area. ．． ~
Record on ME32.

Also, when an individual video message is sent, the same operation as when a broadcast video message is performed is performed.

[Effects of the Invention] As is clear from the above embodiments, the recording unit for an apartment complex according to the present invention receives a video signal capturing an image of a visitor sent from a collective entrance machine with a camera to a room unit, and a plurality of video signals sent from a manager's room unit. A recording unit for an apartment complex comprising a plurality of image memory areas for recording video messages sent to the room unit, a visitor image memory area for recording a video signal obtained by capturing an image of the visitor, and the manager room unit. a broadcast video message image memory area for recording video messages sent simultaneously from the manager's room unit to one of the plurality of room units; and an individual video message memory area for recording a video message sent from the manager room unit to one of the plurality of room units. A video message image memory area, and an image memory area setting means for setting the number of images in each of the visitor image memory area, the broadcast video message image memory area, and the individual video message image memory area, so that recording is possible. You can record and play back according to your purpose.
Moreover, there is an effect that the number of images in each image memory area can be set freely.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a recording unit for an apartment complex according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a conventional recording unit for an apartment complex. 1...Control device 2...Collection entrance machine with camera 3...Manager's room machine 4...Video message sending device PC1...Picture counter ( (Visitor image memory area) PC2... Picture counter (Individual video message image memory area) PC3... Picture counter

Claims (1)

[Claims] Recording for apartment complexes equipped with multiple image memory areas for recording video signals of visitors sent from the collective entrance unit with camera to the room units, and video messages sent from the manager's room unit to the plurality of room units. In the unit, a visitor image memory area for recording a video signal captured by the visitor, and a broadcast video message image memory area for recording a video message sent from the manager's room machine to a plurality of room machines at once. , an individual video message image memory area for recording a video message sent from the manager room machine to one of the plurality of room machines; the visitor image memory area; the broadcast video message image memory area; 1. A recording unit for an apartment complex, comprising image memory area setting means for setting the number of images in each individual video message image memory area.