JPH0575771A - Message device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To output an image pickup picture and a message memo or the like by a gatedoor camera to a facsimile equipment in a house together with a house number through the operation of a gatedoor device when a visited party is absent. CONSTITUTION:A house number or the like is entered by the operation of a doorphone 1. The number or the like is inputted to a discrimination section 3, in which the number is compared with data read from a memory section 2 to discriminate the absence. In the case of absence, a message guide is displayed on a display section 9 by a signal from the discrimination section and when a gate door device is operated as a guide, a video signal picked up by a camera 4 is converted into a facsimile signal by a FAX conversion section 5, a message memo or the like described on paper and loaded to a picture read section 6 is read thereby and a facsimile signal is outputted and stored in a storage section 7. The signal stored in the storage section is read through a control section 10 and sent to a facsimile equipment in a custodian's room or the like via a transmission section 8 and printed out on recording paper.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an entrance device installed in a common entrance of an apartment house, and more particularly to a device for outputting an image and a message from a television camera to a facsimile device in the apartment house.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art When visiting a resident of an apartment house and the destination is away, if you want to leave a message etc., you must ask the manager etc., but whether the message etc. can be correctly transmitted,
I am worried whether I know who the visitor is. Install a television camera, door phone, etc. at the entrance,
Images and sounds input from these may be recorded in an image recording device or the like, but it is troublesome for a resident who has returned home to perform a reproduction operation in an administrator room or the like. If there is a visitor while he / she is away, it would be convenient if he / she could understand the visitor's face and get the memo of the message when returning home without bothering the administrator.

[0003]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems. When the place of visit is out of the office, the requirements are written on a message sheet provided at the front door, etc. By operating, the image of the visitor etc. taken by the entrance camera and the characters etc. written on the message paper are converted into a facsimile signal and printed out to a facsimile machine such as a manager's room, and the received paper is managed. Residents provide a device that allows the residents to obtain images of visitors and memos of messages by posting them in the post.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention solves the above-mentioned problems by providing a television camera installed at an entrance or the like for picking up an image of a visitor or the like, and a FAX for converting a video signal from the television camera into a facsimile signal. A conversion unit, a document reading unit which is installed at a front door or the like and reads a document and outputs a facsimile signal, a storage unit which records the facsimile signals from the FAX conversion unit and the document reading unit in respective set storage areas, and the FAX. The present invention provides a message device including a conversion unit, a document reading unit, and a control unit for controlling a storage unit, which is configured to send a signal read from the storage unit to a facsimile device and print it on a recording sheet.

[0005]

With the above-described structure, in the message device according to the present invention, if the message is written on a predetermined sheet and inserted into the required message sheet insertion port by the entrance machine installed at the entrance or the like, The document surface is read by the document reading unit and output as a facsimile signal, which is then displayed on a television camera (hereinafter abbreviated as camera)
The image signal of the image pickup is converted into a facsimile signal by the FAX conversion unit, and the facsimile signals from the document reading unit and the FAX conversion unit are combined into one screen, which is sent to the facsimile apparatus and printed out on the recording paper.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a message device according to the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of a message device according to the present invention. In the figure, 1
Is an intercom that is installed at a common entrance, etc., and inputs the dwelling unit number etc. by operating the numeric keys and calls the dwelling unit to make a call.
Reference numeral 2 denotes a memory unit that stores data such as "absence" by operating a dwelling unit for each dwelling unit. A determination unit 3 compares the data of the dwelling unit number from the intercom 1 with the data read from the memory unit 2 to determine whether or not the dwelling unit is absent. A camera 4 responds to the operation of the intercom 1 to image a visitor or the like and output a video signal. Reference numeral 5 is a FAX converter which converts a video signal from the camera 4 into a facsimile signal. A document reading unit 6 reads a document inserted into a required insertion port based on an operation of the doorphone 1 and outputs a facsimile signal. A storage unit 7 records the facsimile signal from the FAX conversion unit 5 and the facsimile signal from the document reading unit 6 in the set storage areas. 8 is a sending unit, which is a storage unit 7.
The read-out facsimile signal is sent to a facsimile machine installed in a manager's room or the like via a required transmission line.
A display unit 9 blinks the guide display based on the operation of the intercom 1 or a signal from the determination unit 3. A control unit 10 controls each unit of the device.

FIG. 2 shows an example of an operation panel of an entrance machine.
In the figure, numeral 11 is a numeral key for inputting a dwelling unit number or the like.
Reference numeral 12 is a number display portion, which displays the number or the like input by the numeral keys 11. 13 is a microphone for inputting the voice of the call. 14
Is a speaker and outputs the sound from the dwelling unit. Reference numeral 15 denotes a guidance display unit, which blinks the display of required guidance items based on signals from the determination unit 3 and the like. Reference numeral 16 is a message sheet insertion slot, in which a message or the like is written on a required sheet and inserted.

Next, the operation of the message device according to the present invention will be described. A visitor at the entrance or the like first inputs the dwelling unit number by operating the numeral keys 11 according to the guidance display on the operation panel of the entrance machine, and then presses the "call" key. By operating this "call" key, the camera 4 installed at the entrance or the like is activated via the control unit 10 to image a visitor or the like. On the other hand, the signal by the above operation is input to the discriminating unit 3 and compared with the data read from the memory unit 2 via the control unit 10 to discriminate whether the dwelling unit of the input number is at home or out. If the user is at home, a calling signal is sent to the dwelling unit and a video signal from the camera 4 is sent to the dwelling unit, and during this period, the "Litting ..." indicator light on the display unit 9 blinks. Then, when the intercom such as the intercom of the dwelling unit is off-hook, the blinking display is switched to the "Please talk" guidance. As a result, a visitor at the entrance or the like makes a call with the dwelling unit through the intercom 1. When a visitor is to enter the entrance, an unlocking signal is output and the entrance door is opened by operating a dwelling unit. This unlocking signal is also input to the display unit 9 and says "The door has opened. Please come in ”indicator light flashes. In addition, the guidance display of "Operation is different"
Blinks when the unit number is incorrect, or when the "Call" key is not pressed even after the required time has elapsed after entering the unit number.

[0009] When the discrimination section 3 discriminates the absence, based on a signal from the discrimination section 3, the display section 9 "is absent. If you have a message, please press 1. ”blinks. When the numeral key "1" is pressed according to the guidance, the number of the dwelling unit is transferred to the storage unit 7 via the control unit 10 based on the signal from the determination unit 3. Next, based on the determination of the determination unit 3, the document reading unit 6 is activated via the control unit 10, and the indicator light "Write on the message sheet and insert it into the insertion slot" is blinked. The message sheet inserted into the message sheet insertion port 16 is transferred to the document reading section 6, is read and becomes a facsimile signal, and is transferred to the storage section 7. On the message paper, for example, the letters "message" are printed on the upper part so that the user can know where to write the message. Then, in response to a signal from the control unit 10, the FAX conversion unit 5 temporarily records a video signal for one field from the camera 4 in a field memory or the like, and thereafter reads it out and converts it into a facsimile signal. To the storage unit 7 via. For example, when converting a video signal from a camera to a facsimile signal, the screen recorded in the field memory has 640 pixels horizontally and vertically.
On the other hand, when the number of pixels in the horizontal direction of the facsimile is 8 per 1 mm and the number of lines in the vertical direction is 3.85 per 1 mm, the screen converted to a facsimile signal is 640 pixels in the horizontal direction / 8 = 80mm, 240 pixels vertically ÷
The size becomes 3.85≈62 mm and is transferred to the storage unit 7. In the storage unit 7, for example, as shown in FIG. 3, a data storage area for recording a dwelling unit number on the upper side, an image by the camera 4 on the left side, and message data on the right side is provided,
The transferred data is recorded in each storage area.

In order to effectively use the memory capacity of the storage unit 7, each data of the dwelling unit number, the message, and the image by the camera is indexed and packed and recorded. Then, the clock signals used for synchronizing the operation of the device are counted, and at the timing corresponding to the display position of each data, the data of the corresponding index is read from the storage unit 7 and input to the sending unit 8. You can Then, the storage unit 7 via the control unit 10
The dwelling unit number, message, and image data recorded by the camera are read out, generated into a desired facsimile signal via the sending unit 8, and sent to a facsimile machine installed in a manager's room or the like. The manager or the like puts the recording paper printed out from the facsimile device in the post or the like of the corresponding dwelling unit. In response to the above data processing operation, the signal from the determination unit 3 blinks the "message accepted" indicator light for an appropriate period of time, and the message acceptance operation ends.

[0011]

As described above, according to the message device of the present invention, when the destination is away, etc., the message etc. is written on the required sheet according to the guide written by the entrance machine and the message is inserted into the insertion slot. For example, a message or the like written by the visitor together with the image of the visitor captured by the entrance camera is printed out on a facsimile machine such as an administrator room together with the input unit number. Since this printing paper is put in the post of the dwelling unit by a manager, etc.,
Residents who came home can find out who and why they visited by the printing paper of this facsimile.
Therefore, for example, even if an unexpected visitor visits with an unexpected requirement, since there is a facial photograph, there is no mistake in responding later, and the requirement is roughly understood, but it is clear who came It is a convenient thing that can solve problems such as not doing or not accurately transmitting the message.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of an embodiment of a message device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of an operation panel unit of the message device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an example of print output in a facsimile device of a message device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Door Phone 2 Memory Section 3 Discrimination Section 4 Television Camera 5 FAX Conversion Section 6 Original Reading Section 7 Storage Section 8 Sending Section 9 Display Section 10 Control Section

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A television camera installed at a front door or the like to capture an image of a visitor, a FAX conversion unit for converting a video signal from the television camera into a facsimile signal, and a document installed at a front door or the like to read an original and read a facsimile signal. A document reading unit for outputting, a storage unit for recording the facsimile signals from the FAX conversion unit and the document reading unit in set storage areas, and a control unit for controlling the FAX conversion unit, the document reading unit, and the storage unit. A message device configured to send a signal read from the storage unit to a facsimile device and print it on a recording sheet.