KR102059378B1 - Management server for status supervision and network image equipment status supervision system with management server - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a network video equipment status monitoring system comprises: a wireless communication connecting device connected to network video equipment to receive power at all times, periodically receiving state information on an operation state of the network video equipment, and transmitting the state information to a control server through a wireless communication unit; the control server for wirelessly receiving the state information of the network video equipment through the wireless communication connecting device; and an administrator terminal connected to the control server to display the state information and perform remote control of the network video equipment at a request of an administrator.

Description

Management server for status monitoring and network video equipment status monitoring system having the same {Management server for status supervision and network image equipment status supervision system with management server}

The present invention relates to a state monitoring control server and a network video equipment state monitoring system having the same, and more particularly, a state monitoring control server capable of checking whether a corresponding device is damaged by receiving state information of a network video equipment. And it relates to a network video equipment status monitoring system having the same.

Recently, a lot of people such as apartment complex, building, technotown, etc. gather a lot of surveillance systems using surveillance cameras for security, and more surveillance cameras are installed in high-rise buildings for security. In addition, surveillance cameras are installed on the roads and alleys for crime prevention, illegal parking and stopping, and most of them are installed in rural areas for the purpose of preventing theft of agricultural and forest products. As security and surveillance become an issue like this, video security related projects using network video equipment to build a social safety net have been actively conducted.

However, in the related art, a video security system such as CCTV records a video recorded by connecting a CCTV to NVR (Digital Video Recorder) or DVR (Digital Video Recorder), which is one of the network video equipment, to record and manage the administrator. Although it is constructed to be able to play back, the status of network video equipment cannot be checked periodically, so if there is a problem or failure in network video equipment such as NVR or CCTV, there is a problem that cannot be monitored in the area where constant monitoring should be performed. In addition to the occurrence, there was a problem that can not cope with the failure and failure immediately because of the failure or failure.

In other words, if the status of the network video equipment is not properly managed, it may be of no use even if an event occurs, and due to system inefficiency, issues of management are continuously raised, but proper problem recognition or solutions are not suggested. Without being repeated every time.

Therefore, there is a need to develop a control server capable of continuously checking the state of network video equipment and quickly responding to failures and failures by a manager and a network video equipment state monitoring system having the same.

Republic of Korea Utility Model Registration No. 20-0439281 (registered on March 25, 2008) Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2001-0045406 (2001.06.05. Publication)

An object of the present invention is provided in the form of a USB dongle that can be used to connect to various network video equipment built in the video security system, and receives the status information and transmits it wirelessly to a remote control server, the control server for the status information It is to provide a status monitoring control server and a network video equipment status monitoring system having the same, by generating a statistical report and transmitting it to the administrator terminal to monitor the status of the network video equipment and check the status at all times.

Another object of the present invention can wirelessly transmit status information to a control server through LoRa communication capable of data transmission at low power, and can request a push server to send a push pop-up message for status information from the control server to a manager terminal. It is to provide a status monitoring control server capable of transmitting status information in conjunction with an application installed in the administrator terminal and a network video equipment status monitoring system having the same.

The network video equipment status monitoring control server according to an embodiment of the present invention, wirelessly receives the status information received from the network video equipment through a wireless communication connecting device connected to the network video equipment, and the status information with the control server Displayed so as to be confirmed by the connected administrator terminal, the wireless communication connecting device sets the default value of the status information, if the parameter of the corresponding status information is compared with the default value, the changed status information is wireless to the control server And control to transmit.

The communication unit according to claim 1, wherein the communication unit wirelessly receives the state information by LoRa communication; A state management unit controlling the state information to be transmitted to an administrator terminal connected to the control server, or controlling to transmit the remote control signal to the corresponding network video equipment that has received a remote control request from the administrator terminal; A state information DB for storing the state information in a database and storing the state information so that a request can be made upon request from the administrator terminal; A history manager for databaseing event information regarding transmission and reception of the status information and providing the query information in a manager terminal; An app interlocking unit connected to an application installed in the manager terminal through a mobile communication network and providing a communication interface to transmit the status information; And a notification unit for interlocking with a push server and providing the status information to the manager terminal as a push pop-up message.

Network video equipment status monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention, is connected to the network video equipment is supplied with power at all times, periodically receiving the status information on the operating state of the network video equipment, wirelessly Wireless communication connecting device for transmitting to the control server through the communication unit; A control server for wirelessly receiving status information of the corresponding network video equipment through the wireless communication connecting device; An administrator terminal connected to the control server to display the status information and perform remote control of the network video equipment at the request of an administrator; It includes.

In the above, the control server is a communication unit for receiving the status information by wireless transmission by LoRa communication; A state manager to control the state information to be transmitted to an administrator terminal or to transmit a remote control request from the administrator terminal to a corresponding network video equipment requesting a remote control signal; It further comprises a state information DB for storing the state information in a database to be stored on request when the request from the administrator terminal.

In the above, the control server includes a history management unit for providing the database to the event information for the transmission and reception of the status information and the inquiry from the administrator terminal; An app interlocking unit connected to an application installed in the manager terminal through a mobile communication network and providing a communication interface to transmit the status information; A notification unit for providing the manager terminal with the status information as a push popup message in association with a push server; It further includes.

The wireless communication connecting apparatus may be configured to set a default value of the status information and to wirelessly transmit the changed status information to the control server when a parameter of the status information is changed in comparison with the default value. It is done.

Network video equipment status monitoring method according to an embodiment of the present invention, network video equipment status monitoring method using a network video equipment status monitoring system including a control server for wireless communication with a wireless communication connecting device connected to the network video equipment. Receiving status information of the corresponding network video equipment by the wireless communication connecting device; The control server wirelessly receiving the status information from the connecting device for wireless communication and requesting a push server to transmit a push popup message for the corresponding status information; The push server generates a push pop-up message for the status information according to the request and transmits it to the requested administrator terminal; Generating, by the control server, a statistical report on the number of occurrences of the failure and the occurrence history of the corresponding network video equipment by using the state information and the metadata; The control server includes transmitting the generated statistical report to the administrator terminal.

The wireless communication connecting apparatus may be configured to set a default value of the status information and to wirelessly transmit the changed status information to the control server when a parameter of the status information is changed in comparison with the default value. It is done.

The state monitoring control server of the present invention and the network video equipment state monitoring system having the same, the state information of the corresponding equipment using a USB dongle-type wireless communication connecting device, and provides the administrator terminal in the form of a report or application By providing through, there is an advantage that the administrator can immediately check the failure of the equipment.

In addition, since the administrator terminal receiving the status information can remotely control the on / off of the network video equipment as needed, there is an advantage that can be handled urgently when a failure occurs.

In addition, wireless information can be transmitted wirelessly through LoRa communication, which can transmit data at low power, so that power consumption of the device is low and smoothly transmitted to a remote control server located at a long distance. There is also the advantage of wide coverage and available frequency ranges in communication environments.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating the overall concept to which the network video equipment status monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.
2 is a diagram illustrating the concept of a network video equipment status monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the control server of FIG.
4 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the connecting device for wireless communication of FIG.
5 is a view showing an example of the appearance of the connecting device for wireless communication of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a method for monitoring network video equipment status according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the drawings will be described in detail a specific embodiment of the present invention. However, the spirit of the present invention is not limited to the embodiments presented, and those skilled in the art who understand the spirit of the present invention may degenerate other inventions or the present invention by adding, changing, or deleting other elements within the scope of the same idea. Other embodiments that fall within the scope of the inventive concept may be easily proposed, but they will also be included within the scope of the inventive concept. In addition, the components with the same functions within the scope of the same idea shown in the drawings of each embodiment will be described using the same reference numerals.

1 is a diagram schematically illustrating the overall concept to which the network video equipment status monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied, and FIG. 2 illustrates a concept of a network video equipment status monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of the control server of FIG.

1 to 3, the network video equipment status monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless communication connecting device 100, a control server 400, and a manager terminal 500. .

The wireless communication connecting device 100 may be manufactured in a type that is connected to the network video equipment 200 requiring the condition monitoring, and transmits the status information to the remote control server 400 through the gateway 300 by wireless communication. can do. That is, the wireless communication connecting device 100 of the present invention is basically manufactured in the form of a USB dongle (Dongle) type to be connected to the network video equipment 200 can be operated under constant power supply.

Here, the network video equipment 200 is a device for capturing, storing, managing, or editing video for surveillance, security, and the like in various industrial areas, for example, a video recording device such as an NVR or a DVR connected to a CCTV or CCTV. In addition, in some cases, it may be a security and surveillance video equipment that requires a status check.

The control server 400 wirelessly receives the state information received from the corresponding network video equipment 200 through the wireless communication connecting device 100 connected with the network video equipment 200, and is connected to the manager terminal 500 in a corresponding state. Information may be displayed on the screen of the administrator terminal 500 so that the information can be monitored.

In particular, the state information received from the control server 400 through the wireless communication connecting device 100 is set to the default value of the status information in the wireless communication connecting device 100, and compared with the set default value of the parameter of the corresponding state information In the case of change, by controlling the changed state information to be wirelessly transmitted to the control server 400, power consumption due to unnecessary data transmission can be reduced.

Here, the status information is information for checking the operation status of the network video equipment 200, and includes at least one of event information, camera channel information, channel status information, sensor status information, relay status information, and HDD status information. can do. Of course, the status information may be additionally included in addition to the above-described information according to the characteristics of the equipment.

Furthermore, the data structure wirelessly transmitted from the wireless communication connecting device 100 to the control server 400 may include a header, a device ID, a payload type, payload data, a checksum, and the like. State information for checking the state of the imaging device 200 may be included.

For example, the payload data includes event information, camera channel information, video status information, channel status information, sensor status information, relay status information, HDD status information that can check the status of the network video equipment 200. Can be included by setting the frame.

Here, when the network video equipment 200 is a DVR, the camera channel information may include the number of CCTV channels that can be connected to the DVR and a defined value of whether each channel is used, and the video status information includes the CCTV video signal status, each Definition values for the current recording state information for each channel may be included.

In addition, the sensor status information includes the definition values for the number of sensors connected to the DVR and the sensor status. The relay status information includes the definition values for the number of relays connected to the DVR and the relay output status. The HDD status information includes the installed hard disk. The number, HDD channel information, and definition values for the status of each HDD channel may be included.

In addition, in the case of including the HDD status information as the status information, if the definition value is changed according to the definition value included in the HDD status information, wirelessly transmit the HDD status information including the changed definition value to the control server 400, the control server ( In operation 400, it is possible to determine whether the HDD state is good or bad according to the changed definition value. To this end, the control server 400 may set the initially received HDD status information as a default value and set it as a reference value for checking the HDD status.

Furthermore, the control server 400 is shown in detail in FIG. 3, the communication unit 410, the state management unit 420, the history management unit 430, the app linking unit 440, the notification unit 450, and the statistical analysis unit. 460, the pattern analysis unit 470, the state information DB 461, the event information DB 462, and the metadata DB 463 are further included.

The communication unit 410 provides a communication protocol to receive the state information wirelessly transmitted from the wireless communication connecting apparatus 100 by LoRa communication.

Here, LoRa communication can transmit data with low power, and is advantageous for long distance transmission, which is suitable for transmission of status information. LoRa communication also has the advantage of wide coverage and free frequency range even in communication environments.

The state management unit 420 controls to transmit the status information to the administrator terminal 500 connected to the control server 400, or receives a remote control request from the administrator terminal 500 to the corresponding network video equipment 200 requesting a remote control signal. Performs a control to transmit.

The history manager 430 provides a database of event information including information on transmission and reception of status information and can be viewed by the manager terminal 500.

The app interlocking unit 440 is connected to an application installed in the manager terminal 500 through a mobile communication network, and provides a communication interface to transmit status information.

Here, the application is a type of program that can be installed on the administrator terminal 500 based on Android or iOS, such as a smart phone and a tablet phone, and may receive or query a failure report in addition to status information. Furthermore, the app interlocking unit 440 may provide a communication interface to transmit information necessary for monitoring, such as status information, in conjunction with a monitoring management program that may be installed in the Windows-based manager terminal 500.

The notification unit 450 interoperates with a push server (not shown) and requests the manager terminal 500 to provide status information as a push pop-up message.

In particular, since the control server 400 is received only when the status information is changed, the corresponding status information is provided to the administrator terminal 500 in the form of a push pop-up message notification, so that the administrator terminal 500 that receives the status information has the corresponding network video equipment ( It is possible to immediately check whether the failure of the 200).

The statistical analysis unit 460 identifies the failure by the administrator, such as a report for each failure type of the corresponding network video equipment 200 in which the failure occurs, and statistical processing of the number of failures in units of time based on metadata that can be defined for each failure type and received state information. To facilitate this, data may be generated or combined, and the generated or combined data may be transmitted to the manager terminal 500.

The pattern analysis unit 470 may measure the acceleration value of the network video equipment 200 using the acceleration sensor 61 by the wireless communication connecting device 100. By generating and applying to an artificial intelligence algorithm, the situation may be recognized and the state of the network video equipment 200 may be determined according to the pattern.

For example, by using the support vector machine (SVM) algorithm, the pattern information can be generated according to the displacement of the acceleration value, and the pattern can be classified using the characteristics of the neural network and the acceleration value as parameters. In the pattern analysis unit 470, the inclination of the equipment due to the influence of environmental factors (wind, earthquake, temperature, humidity, etc.) affecting the network video equipment 200 for a similar pattern situation, damage to the equipment or The degree of external impact can also be determined.

In addition, the pattern analysis unit 470 generates a report on the network video equipment 200 according to the determination result and transmits the report to the administrator terminal 500 so that the administrator can check whether the equipment has a failure.

The support vector machine is one of supervised learning machine learning methods mainly used for classification, regression, outliers detection, and the like. For data having a plurality of dimensions, It is a machine learning model that is used for pattern recognition or data analysis as an optimized method for finding optimal decision boundaries that can distinguish multiple dimensions.

In addition to the above-described artificial intelligence algorithm, a deep neural network (DNN) may be used, or artificial intelligence algorithms of various methods such as a synthetic multiplicative neural network (CNN) or a cyclic neural network (RNN) may be used.

The state information DB 461 stores the state information in a database so that it can be viewed upon request from the administrator terminal 500.

The event information DB 462 stores the event information for the transmission and reception of the status information as a database so that it can be viewed upon request from the administrator terminal 500.

Here, the event information may include information events about various states, such as an event for transmission error, a state of failure, error, operation of the network video equipment 200 or the control server 400, in addition to an event for transmission and reception of state information. have.

The metadata DB 463 stores the metadata in a database.

Here, the metadata is data for defining data, and may be data defining functions to be performed such as generation of a failure type report according to status definition values of various equipments included in the status information. Status information may be provided to the administrator terminal 500 or a report may be provided based on the data.

The manager terminal 500 may be connected to the control server 400 to receive status information and be displayed through a monitor. In addition, the manager terminal 500 may check and receive a failure type report of the corresponding network video equipment 200 having a failure from the control server 400 based on metadata that can be defined for each failure type and received state information. In this case, the manager terminal 500 is a terminal including a display means that can be monitored by the manager, and may be, for example, a desktop computer, a notebook computer, a tablet, a smart phone, a tablet phone, and the like.

In addition, the manager terminal 500 may receive a push pop-up message including the contents of the status information from the push server by the request of the control server 400 interworking with the push server, an application installed in the manager terminal 500 or Status information can be requested and viewed through the monitoring management program.

In addition, the manager terminal 500 transmits a remote control signal to the control server 400 through the application or monitoring management program for the corresponding network video equipment 200 that requires remote control, remote control for power on / off Since it may be performed, an immediate action may be taken with respect to the corresponding network video equipment 200 having a failure.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of the wireless communication connecting apparatus of FIG. 2, and FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an appearance of the wireless communication connecting apparatus of the present invention.

Wireless communication connecting device 100 in detail as shown in Figure 4, the connection unit 10, the control unit 20, the wireless communication unit 30, the switching unit 40, the status display unit 50, the sensing unit 60 The input unit 70 may further include an emergency power unit 80.

The connection unit 10 may be manufactured as an interface of a USB dongle type, and is connected to the network video equipment 200 to periodically receive state information about an operation state of the network video equipment 200.

The control unit 20 transmits the state information transmitted from the connection unit 10 to the control server 400 through the wireless communication unit 30, or controls to generate the state information by checking the state of the network video equipment 200. .

The controller 20 periodically receives the status information from the network video equipment 200 through the connection unit 10, and compares the changed status information with the corresponding event information when the parameter of the status information is changed by comparing with a preset reference value. The server 400 may be controlled to transmit wirelessly. By doing so, the control unit 20 can reduce power consumption by omitting unnecessary data transmission, and can perform device operation with only low power, and furthermore, by using the low power wireless communication connecting device 100 using the control server 400 At), it is possible to check the state of the network video equipment 200.

The controller may use, for example, a UART communication-based microcontroller (MCU) that is connected and compatible with various modules.

Furthermore, the control unit 20 wirelessly transmits the state information to the control server 400 by using the power of the emergency power unit 80 when the power supply of the network video equipment 200 is cut off, or the power of the network video equipment 200 is turned off. Even if a failure occurs, the power supply of the emergency power unit 80 may be supplied to check the power failure of the network video equipment 200 to generate the state information.

In addition, the control unit 20 may be connected to the network video equipment 200 to perform authentication of the equipment. That is, the control unit 20 performs the state monitoring on the equipment authenticated by the authentication information. Here, the authentication information may be information for identifying the network video equipment 200, and may be, for example, a model number or a device identification code, and the controller 20 first requests the authentication information by accessing the network video equipment 200. It can be provided, and after that can be determined whether the authentication using the provided authentication information.

The wireless communication unit 30 is wirelessly connected to the control server 400 and wirelessly transmits status information to the control server 400 at the request of the control unit 20.

The wireless communication unit 30 is a wireless communication protocol, and includes a socket-type communication module in which a LoRa (Long Range) communication protocol is embedded and an antenna connected to the socket-type communication module and wirelessly transmitting to the control server 400.

That is, the wireless communication unit 30 wirelessly transmits state information to the control server 400 by LoRa communication, thereby enabling data transmission at a low power provided by the network video equipment 200 through the connection unit 10, and located at a long distance. It can be transmitted to the remote control server 400 smoothly.

Furthermore, the wireless communication unit 30 may utilize not only LoRa communication but also LTE, Bluetooth, WI-FI, NFC, RF communication, ZIGBEE, Z-wave, etc. as necessary.

In addition, the communication module and the antenna may be provided in the form of a socket detachable from a printed circuit board (PCB) in order to use a radio or other repair in addition to LoRa communication.

The switching unit 40 may switch to perform communication by selecting among serial communication methods including USB, UART, RS-232, and RS-485 for the state telegram transmission of the connection unit 10.

In particular, it is provided with an external connection connector 41 for RS-232 or RS-485 communication connected to the switching unit 40, connected to the debugging device using RS-232, RS-485 communication cable, or does not have a USB port In the case of the network video equipment of the model, status information may be transmitted by connecting a communication cable to an external connection connector 41 for RS-232 and RS-485 communication.

Furthermore, the switching unit 40 may add other serial communication schemes in addition to the above-described serial communication schemes as necessary.

The status display unit 50 provides a power display, an operation status display, and a wireless communication status display function, and can be displayed using, for example, an LED module.

The sensing unit 60 may be provided with sensing information to check the state of the network video equipment 200. In detail, the sensing unit 60 may detect an acceleration sensor 61 and a temperature sensing the acceleration value of the network video equipment 200. It may include a temperature sensor 62 and the humidity sensor 63 for sensing the humidity. In addition, the state information may further include information on the acceleration value, temperature, humidity, the control server 400 generates the pattern information by using the acceleration value included in the transmitted state information, the artificial intelligence algorithm described above It is also possible to check the equipment for faults.

The acceleration sensor 61 detects an acceleration value of the network video equipment 200, and the control unit 20 includes the acceleration value in the state information and provides the control server 400 to the control server 400, as described above in the control server 400. Similarly, the acceleration value can be used to determine the inclination of the equipment, the damage of the equipment or the degree of external shock due to the influence of environmental factors (wind, earthquake, temperature, humidity, etc.).

The input unit 70 may further include a reset button for initializing firmware settings embedded in the controller 20, a switch button for selecting a communication mode, and a function button for providing an additional function.

The emergency power unit 80 may supply emergency power for the operation of the control unit 20 and the wireless communication unit 30 when power is cut off from the network video equipment 200 connected through the connection unit 10.

Here, the emergency power unit 80 may use a supercapacitor (supercapacitor) capable of fast charging and power supply, for example.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of a method for monitoring network video equipment status according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the wireless communication connecting device 100 connected to the network video equipment receives the state information of the corresponding network video equipment (S200).

The wireless communication connecting device 100 wirelessly transmits state information received by the control server 400 through LoRa communication (S202). In this case, it is preferable to set the default value and wirelessly transmit the corresponding status information when the parameter is changed by comparing with the default value.

The control server 400 wirelessly receives the status information and requests a push server to transmit a push popup message for the corresponding status information (S204).

The push server generates a push pop-up message for the status information according to the request and transmits it to the requested manager terminal 500 (S206).

In addition, the control server 400 generates a statistical report on the occurrence frequency and occurrence history of the failure for the network video equipment using the state information and metadata (S208).

The control server 400 transmits the generated statistical report to the administrator terminal 500 (S210).

10: connection part 20: control unit
30: wireless communication unit 40: switching unit
41: External communication connector 50: Status display part
60: sensing unit 61: acceleration sensor
62: temperature sensor 63: humidity sensor
70: input unit 80: emergency power unit
100: wireless communication connecting device 200: network video equipment
300: gateway 400: control server
410: communication unit 420: state management unit
430: history management unit 440: App linking unit
450: notification unit 461: status information DB
462: event information DB 463: metadata DB
500: manager terminal

Claims (8)

delete delete delete delete delete delete In the network video equipment status monitoring method using a network video equipment status monitoring system including a control server for wireless communication with a wireless communication connecting device connected to the network video equipment,
Receiving status information of a corresponding network video device in the wireless communication connecting device;
The control server wirelessly receiving the status information from the connecting device for wireless communication and requesting a push server to transmit a push popup message for the corresponding status information;
The push server generates a push pop-up message for the status information according to the request and transmits it to the requested manager terminal;
Generating, by the control server, a statistical report on the number of occurrences of the failure and the occurrence history of the corresponding network video equipment by using the state information and the metadata; And
The control server comprises the step of transmitting the generated statistical report to the administrator terminal network video equipment status monitoring method. The method of claim 7, wherein
The wireless communication connecting device
And setting a default value of the status information, and controlling to transmit the changed status information to the control server wirelessly when the parameter of the status information is changed in comparison with the default value.

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