JPH11225217A - Remote supervisory system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To greatly reduce the cost of a remote supervisory system by using a television telephone dealing with ISDN, performing image transmission between a store and a user's house and supervising by a large screen monitor connected to the television telephone. SOLUTION: An external monitoring camera 3 installed at a store 1 photographs, e.g. around a register in the daytime and photographs around the entrance at night. A detector 4 installed at the store 1 sends an alarm signal to the correspondence television telephone 2 dealing with ISDN when a person approaches near the entrance at right. The telephone 2 is automatically notified to an ISDN correspondence television telephone 8 that is installed at his house or a headquarter 7 via a ISDN line 10 and the telephone 8 is automatically started together with alarm display. As a result, his house or the headquarter 7 side immediately finds that an abnormal state occurs, makes an appropriate decision from an image and voice, can quickly communicate to the police, differs from a simple detector and has no risk of making a false report.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a remote monitoring system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, this kind of remote monitoring system has
In order to connect to the SDN line, a dedicated digital codec, monitoring codec, or color image transmission device has been used.

[0003]

Since the conventional digital codec, monitoring codec, or color image transmission device is a dedicated device, there is a drawback that the number of production units is small and the total cost on the transmitting and receiving sides is about 1.8 million yen. Was. As a result, the price of the entire system is 216 even with the minimum configuration.
It was a million yen and could not be introduced at small retail stores.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the remote monitoring system of the present invention uses an ISDN-compatible videophone to transmit an image between a store and a house. The external surveillance camera is connected to a videophone of the store, and is installed on the ceiling in the store with a target of monitoring in the store, for example, near a cash register as a shooting target. The sensor is connected to the video phone of the store, and after the store is closed, it is installed on the ceiling of the store as a target to be monitored in the store, for example, near the doorway. The external microphone is connected to a videophone of the store, and is installed in the store as a sound collection target at a place in the store to be monitored, for example, near a cash register. At home, it is monitored by a large-screen monitor connected to an ISDN-compatible videophone.

[0005]

By setting and using as described above, according to the remote monitoring system of the present invention, it is possible to monitor a store while staying at home by using an inexpensive ISDN-compatible videophone as a set of 200,000 yen. In addition, the system price can be reduced by about 1.6 million yen, so the total cost can be greatly reduced, and it can be easily introduced in small retail stores. Because it is possible, the safety of late-night business can be ensured, and you can check the product shelves that are not visible from the cash register, so that you can feel as if you are at the store. Further, when an abnormality occurs, the situation can be immediately reported to the police while watching the image. In this case, unlike a mere report from the sensor, there is no possibility of a false report.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Next, the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a connection diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. FIG.
According to the first embodiment of the present invention, a sensor 4 connected to an external surveillance camera 3 connected to an ISDN-compatible videophone 2 installed in a store 1 and the external monitor camera 3 are attached. It comprises a camera bracket 6 for fixing the microphone 5 and the external monitoring camera 3 to the ceiling, an external monitor 9 connected to an ISDN-compatible videophone 8 installed at home or in the headquarters 7, and an ISDN line 10 for mutual communication. You. The external surveillance camera 3 installed in the store 1 usually photographs around a cash register, for example, and photographs around the entrance and exit at night. The detector 4 installed in the store 1 sends an alarm signal to the ISDN-compatible videophone 2 at night when a person approaches the entrance, and the ISDN-compatible videophone 2
ISDN installed at home or headquarters 7 via line 10
The automatic notification is made to the corresponding videophone 8, and the ISDN compatible videophone 8 is automatically activated together with the alarm display. As a result, at the home or the headquarters side, it is immediately found that an abnormal situation has occurred in the store, and appropriate judgment can be made from the image and the sound so that the police can be promptly contacted. FIG. 2 is a connection diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 2, a second embodiment of the present invention is an ISDN video telephone 2 installed in a store 1.
A sensor 4 connected to the external monitoring camera 3 connected to the camera, a microphone 5 attached to the external monitoring camera 3, a camera bracket 6 for fixing the external monitoring camera 3 to the ceiling,
A terminal device 14 capable of receiving audio and video via a mobile phone public network 12 or a PHS public network 13 using a wireless communication held by an administrator 11 at home or at a headquarters, for example, a data scope 1
5. An ISDN line 10 for mutual communication. The external surveillance camera 3 installed in the store 1 usually photographs around a cash register, for example, and photographs around the entrance and exit at night. The detector 4 installed in the store 1 sends an alarm signal to the ISDN-compatible videophone 2 at night when a person approaches the entrance, and the ISDN-compatible videophone 2 is connected to the ISDN line 10 and the mobile phone public network 12 or the PHS public network. Via 13, an automatic notification is sent to a terminal device 14 capable of receiving an audio image, for example, a data scope 15 held by the manager 11 at home or the headquarters, and the data scope 15 is automatically activated together with an alarm display. As a result, the manager 11 at home or the headquarters immediately finds out that an abnormal situation has occurred in the store 1 no matter where he is, and can make an appropriate judgment from the image and the sound to promptly contact the police. FIG. 3 is a connection diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 3, a third embodiment of the present invention will be described.
This embodiment is connected to an external monitoring camera 3 connected to a terminal device 16 capable of transmitting an audio image via the mobile phone public network 12 or the PHS public network 13 installed in the store 1, for example, a data scope 17. The sensor 4, the microphone 5 attached to the external surveillance camera 3, the camera bracket 8 for fixing the external surveillance camera 3 to the ceiling, and the external monitor 9 connected to the ISDN-compatible videophone 8 installed at home or in the headquarters 7 And an ISDN line 10 for mutual communication. The external surveillance camera 3 installed in the store 1 usually photographs around a cash register, for example, and photographs around the entrance and exit at night. The sensor 4 installed in the store 1 is a terminal device 16 capable of transmitting an audio signal via the cellular phone public network 12 or the PHS public network 13 at the time of a person approaching the entrance at night, for example, a data scope 17. The data scope 17 is automatically notified to the ISDN-compatible videophone 8 installed in the home or the headquarters 7 via the mobile phone public network 16 or the PHS public network 17 and the ISDN line 10,
The ISDN-compatible videophone 8 is automatically activated together with the alarm display. As a result, at the home or the headquarters side, it is immediately found that an abnormal situation has occurred in the store, and appropriate judgment can be made based on the image and the sound so that quick contact with the police is possible. In this case, since the equipment installed in the store 1 is a wireless device, the equipment can be countered against illegal acts such as disconnection of the line by an illegal intruder. FIG. 4 is a connection diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 4, a fourth embodiment of the present invention is directed to a terminal device 16 capable of transmitting an audio image via a mobile phone public network 12 or a PHS public network 13 installed in a store 1, for example, a data scope 17
A sensor 4 connected to the external monitoring camera 3 connected to the camera, a microphone 5 attached to the external monitoring camera 3, a camera bracket 6 for fixing the external monitoring camera 3 to the ceiling,
A terminal device 14 capable of receiving audio and video via a mobile phone public network 12 or a PHS public network 13 using a wireless communication held by an administrator 11 at home or at a headquarters, for example, a data scope 1
5. Mobile communication public network 12 or PHS for mutual communication
It is composed of a public network 13. The external surveillance camera 3 installed in the shop 1 usually shoots, for example, around a cash register.
At night, take a picture of the area near the entrance. The sensor 4 installed in the store 1 transmits a signal to a terminal device 16 capable of transmitting an audio image via the cellular phone public network 12 or the PHS public network 13 at night, for example, when a person approaches the entrance / exit, for example, a data scope 16. And the data scope 16 is the mobile phone public network 12 or P
Via the HS public network 13, a terminal device 14 capable of receiving a sound image held by the manager 11 at home or at the headquarters is automatically notified to a terminal device 14, for example, a data scope 15.
Is automatically activated with the alarm display. As a result, the manager 11 at home or at the headquarters immediately finds out that an abnormal situation has occurred in the store 1 no matter where he is, and can make an appropriate decision from the image and the sound so as to promptly contact the police. In this case, since the equipment installed in the store 1 is a wireless device, the equipment can be countered against illegal acts such as disconnection of the line by an illegal intruder.

[0007]

As described above, since the remote monitoring system of the present invention uses an ISDN-compatible video telephone for connection to an ISDN line, the system price can be greatly reduced. Monitoring codec PM in minimum configuration
-400, PM-500 and surveillance camera system SPS-
The price of the remote chain store monitoring system of the SONY company using the C500 can reach 2.16 million yen excluding the installation work cost, but the configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention can suppress the price to 590,000 yen. As a result, it can be introduced by small retailers. It goes without saying that the remote monitoring system can be used not only for store monitoring, but also for home nursing, elevator management, CD corner management at banks, grasping customer service at restaurants, pachinko parlors, and the like. Further, when both the transmitting side, the receiving side, and the transmitting / receiving side are replaced by portable communication or PHS, since they become wireless devices, they can counter illegal acts such as disconnection of the line by an illegal intruder, and the security function is further improved. .

[0008]

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a connection diagram of a remote monitoring system (both terminals are I
SDN compatible videophone)

FIG. 2 is a connection diagram of the remote monitoring system (the terminal of the store is ISD
N compatible videophone, others are mobile phones or PHS)

FIG. 3 is a connection diagram of the remote monitoring system (the terminal of the store is a portable or PHS, and the others are ISDN compatible videophones)

Fig. 4 Connection diagram of remote monitoring system (both terminals are portable or PHS)

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 store 2 ISDN compatible videophone (transmitting side) 3 external surveillance camera 4 sensor 5 microphone 6 camera bracket 7 home or headquarters 8 ISDN compatible videophone (receiving side) 9 external monitor 10 ISDN line 11 home or main office manager 12 Mobile phone public network 13 PHS public network 14 Terminal equipment 15 Data scope 16 Mobile phone public network 17 PHS public network

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. An external connection to an ISDN-compatible videophone installed in a store in a remote monitoring system that uses an ISDN-compatible videophone, a surveillance camera, a sensor, and the like to check the state of the store from a distant home by video and audio. Connect a surveillance camera, an external sensor, and an external connection microphone, transmit video and audio, receive only audio,
A remote monitoring system characterized by monitoring by a large screen monitor connected to an SDN-compatible videophone. 2. The remote monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the home ISDN-compatible videophone is a terminal device capable of receiving a voice image via a wireless mobile phone or a PHS, for example, a data scope. 3. The store-side ISDN-compatible videophone according to claim 1, wherein the store-side ISDN-compatible videophone is a terminal device capable of transmitting an audio image via a mobile phone or PHS using a wireless communication and having an external sensor connection terminal. Remote monitoring system. 4. The store-side ISDN-compatible video phone according to claim 1, wherein the video phone is a terminal device capable of transmitting an audio image via a mobile phone or PHS using a wireless communication and having an external sensor connection terminal, A remote monitoring system characterized in that the home ISDN-compatible videophone is a terminal device capable of receiving a voice image via a mobile phone or PHS using wireless, for example, a data scope.