JPH06338957A - Home automation device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To improve the reliability of security by transmitting not only sound data but also picture data in which the video of a monitoring camera and a computer picture to show the state of plural appliances monitored by a home controller are synthesized and simultaneously, sound-recording and picture- recording them at the time of automatic reporting. CONSTITUTION:This home automation device is constituted so as to be provided with a report control means to communicate and report the contents of abnormality detected by an abnormality occurrence detecting means such as the occurrence of a fire and a crime, etc., the monitoring camera 6 and a monitoring microphone 7 for monitoring the home controller 12 to control or monitor the abnormality occurrence detecting means and plural appliances, a communication means which detects the abnormality by the abnormality detecting means and is provided with a video telephone function to execute the automatic reporting of the contents of the abnormality by the sound data and the picture data through a telephone line 11, and a storage means 13 to store the sound data and the picture data.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home automation device (hereinafter abbreviated as HA device), and more particularly to an HA device capable of making a security notification.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a conventional HA device of this type, for example, there is a videophone device disclosed in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 3-143153.

This videophone device is a videophone device which converts an image taken by a video camera into image data and transmits / receives it through a telephone line. It is a video camera for monitoring for monitoring, a microphone for monitoring, and a speaker for monitoring. And a clock function unit for outputting the date and time, a call mode for transmitting and receiving voice and image data via a telephone line, and a TV camera for switching to the surveillance TV camera in conjunction with a door chime provided outside the door. At the same time, a mode switching means for switching to a monitoring mode for monitoring the inside of the terminal station, and a home / absence switching means for switching between a home mode and an absent mode,
A video output terminal is provided, and in the absence mode of the at-home / absence switching means, after switching to the monitoring mode by the mode switching means, the image of the monitored object photographed by the monitoring TV camera is stored and the date and time is stored. Is stored at the same time so that the image and the date and time stored by boring can be read out and displayed when the absence mode is released, or when going out. By integrating the videophone device with the HA device, the visitor's visit The camera image is stored so that the image of the visitor can be confirmed after returning home or from outside.

[0004]

DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION Problems to be Solved by the Invention
If it is the A device, the information of automatic notification when an abnormality such as fire or crime occurs is only voice data, and only voice data is limited to information transmitted to the report destination, and as complete status information Insufficient and if the telephone device of the callee is a normal telephone device that cannot display images,
There is a problem that the information is only voice data, and the situation cannot be accurately grasped.

Therefore, the HA device of the present invention sends not only voice data at the time of automatic notification, but also image data obtained by synthesizing a monitor camera image and a computer image showing the states of a plurality of devices monitored by the home controller as a notification destination. It aims to improve security reliability by recording and recording at the same time as transmitting.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, the HA device of the present invention has an abnormality occurrence detecting means for detecting the occurrence of abnormality such as fire and crime prevention, and the abnormality occurrence detecting means. It is equipped with a notification control means for making a telephone call to report the contents of abnormality such as fire and crime prevention, a monitoring camera and a monitoring microphone for monitoring, and a home controller for controlling or monitoring the abnormality generation detecting means and a plurality of devices. When an abnormality such as crime prevention occurs, the abnormality is detected by the abnormality occurrence detecting means, and the contents of the abnormality are automatically notified by voice data and image data via a telephone line. It is provided with a storage means for storing data and image data.

Further, when the abnormality detecting means detects an abnormality, the monitoring camera operates and the image of the camera and a computer image showing the state of a plurality of devices monitored by the home controller are superimposed. The synthesized image data, the monitor voice of the monitoring microphone, and the message voice data that the home controller previously has are configured to be transmitted to the automatic notification destination.

When an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means, the image data and the voice data are transmitted to the report destination, and the transmission data can be stored in a removable memory card attached to the home controller. Is.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in the above structure, when the abnormality occurrence detecting means detects an abnormality, the abnormality occurrence detecting means sends the detection signal through the information transmission path and receives the detection signal. The home controller sends a control signal from the control unit to the surveillance camera and the surveillance microphone via the information transmission path to operate the home camera, and also monitors the states of a plurality of devices monitored by the home controller. Therefore, the video around the house by the monitoring camera, the computer image showing the state of the plurality of devices monitored by the home controller, and the sound inside and outside the house by the monitoring microphone are recorded and recorded by the recording means. ， Recorded.

If the monitoring microphone and the monitoring camera are a microphone and a camera attached to the TV intercom, it is possible to record and record sounds and images outside the house.

Furthermore, if the recording and recording means is a removable memory card, it can be confirmed at a later date with an information device such as a personal computer.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the HA device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of an HA system device of the present invention. A home bus 1 consisting of a twisted pair wire or a coaxial cable as a home information transmission line, an information outlet 2, 2, ... While connecting the air conditioner 3, telephone 4, television 5, surveillance camera 6, surveillance microphone 7, television intercom 8, crime prevention sensor 9, and smoke detector 10 as service terminals via the
Controls these service terminals and makes a telephone line 11
Home controller 1 that manages communication with the outside via
It is configured by connecting two.

The home controller 12 is a security sensor 9
The surveillance camera 6 receives the detection signal sent to the home bus 1 by detecting the opening of the window by the intruder A or the smoke detector 10 detects the smoke caused by the fire B and sends it to the home bus 1, Removable memory card 1 which sends a control signal for operating monitoring microphone 7 to home bus 1 and records and records video and audio by monitoring camera 6 and monitoring microphone 7 and a computer image showing the state of the service terminal.
Built-in 3.

The operation of the HA device having the above configuration will be described with reference to the image data explanatory diagram of FIG. 2 and the flowchart of FIG.

First, when the security sensor 9 is in the monitoring state (s1), when an intruder A from the outside opens the window and enters the house, the security sensor 9 that detects the intrusion enters the home via the home bus 1. Send a detection signal to the controller 12 (s
2). The home controller 12 receiving this detection signal sends a control signal via the home bus 1 to operate the monitoring camera 6 and the monitoring microphone 7 (s3). The surveillance camera 6 is sent to the home bus 1 as an image signal like the image 20 of FIG. 2 (s4). Then, the sound such as the object sound emitted by the intruder A is sent to the home bus 1 as an audio signal by the monitoring microphone 7 (s4). Then, the home controller 12 constantly monitors the operating states of the plurality of service terminals, receives them as a state signal (s4), and visually displays the state as a computer image like the image 21 of FIG. 2 (s5). . Further, the video 20 and the computer image 21 are superposed and combined (s6). And
The home controller 12 is a removable memory card 1 in which the composite image 22 is attached to the home controller 12.
Record to 3 (s7). Further, the voice signal from the monitoring microphone 7 is simultaneously recorded in the memory card 13 (s7).

On the other hand, the detection signal is sent to the home controller 12
If there is no user confirmation of abnormality occurrence and restoration work (s8) within 1 minute (s9) after receiving the message, the home controller 12 automatically dials the telephone number of the notification destination stored in advance (s10). ). When the callee is out (s11), the next telephone number of the callee is dialed (s10). When the line is connected to the report destination, the combined image 22 and voice data are transmitted to the automatic report destination via the telephone line 11 (s12). In addition, the message data previously stored in the HA system device, that is, "This is XX. The address is XX city, XX town. The telephone number is XX."
-It is XXXX. The voice such as "is transmitted.

At the report destination, the contents of the abnormality occurrence and the states of the plurality of devices can be confirmed by both the image and the sound, and the situation can be grasped accurately. In addition, even if all the recipients are out of the office, the images and sounds stored in the memory card 13 can be played back at an information terminal such as the home controller 12 or a personal computer at a later date, and the contents can be confirmed. Can be increased.

The same operation can be performed in the case of a fire or the like. Further, it goes without saying that the present invention is not limited to the illustrated embodiment.

[0020]

As described above, the HA device of the present invention comprises an abnormality occurrence detecting means for detecting an abnormality occurrence such as fire and crime prevention.
A notification control means for making a telephone call to report the details of an abnormality such as fire or crime occurrence detected by the abnormality occurrence detection means, a monitoring camera and a monitoring microphone for monitoring, and a home controller for controlling or monitoring them. When an abnormality such as fire or crime occurs in the HA device equipped with, it is detected and the details of the abnormality are automatically notified by voice data and image data via a telephone line.
It can be confirmed by both images and sound, and the situation can be accurately grasped.

Further, by recording and recording the voice data and the image data on the removable memory card, the image and the voice can be reproduced and the contents can be confirmed at a later date, and the reliability of security can be improved.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram of image data sent via a telephone line according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Home Bus 2 Information Outlet 3 Air Conditioner 4 Telephone 5 Television 6 Surveillance Camera 7 Surveillance Microphone 8 TV Doorphone 9 Security Sensor 10 Smoke Detector 11 Telephone Line 12 Home Controller 13 Memory Card

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An abnormality occurrence detection means for detecting an abnormality occurrence such as fire and crime prevention, a notification control means for making a telephone notification of the abnormality content such as fire and crime occurrence detected by the abnormality occurrence detection means, and monitoring. In a home automation device comprising a monitoring camera and a monitoring microphone for performing, and an abnormality occurrence detecting means and a home controller for controlling or monitoring a plurality of devices, the abnormality detecting means detects an abnormality, and an abnormality content A home automation device comprising: a communication unit having a telephone function for automatically making a notification with voice data and image data via a telephone line; and a storage unit for storing voice data and image data. 2. When the abnormality occurrence detection means detects an abnormality, the monitoring camera operates and the video of the camera and a computer image showing the status of a plurality of devices monitored by the home controller device are superposed. 2. The home automation device according to claim 1, wherein the image data that is paused and combined, the monitor voice of the monitoring microphone, and the message voice data that the home controller device has in advance are transmitted to the automatic notification destination. 3. When an abnormality is detected by the abnormality detecting means, the image data and the voice data are transmitted to a report destination, and the transmission data is stored in a removable memory card attached to the home controller device. The home automation device according to claim 1, wherein: