KR20020012685A - Apparatus for remote secreting using personal computer and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: Provided is a remote crime or disaster prevention system with a pc based which utilizes computer devices, telephone network or internet network to implement crime or disaster prevention so that it helps to protect one's property or life. CONSTITUTION: The remote crime or disaster prevention system with the pc based comprises the parts of: a camera detector which is placed in an area for crime or disaster prevention to photograph the area for printing out the image information and detecting move of a far-infrared radiating body or neighboring heat; and the pc which is connected to a communication network to run web browser and call the assigned person for transferring message for crime or disaster, if image information, move or heat detection information approaches to the assigned value.

Description

Remote crime prevention apparatus and method using a personal computer {APPARATUS FOR REMOTE SECRETING USING PERSONAL COMPUTER AND METHOD THEREOF}

The present invention relates to a crime prevention disaster prevention system, and more particularly, to a device and a method for transmitting a security disaster prevention situation in a specific area to a remote location using a personal computer and a communication network.

Current anti-disaster prevention systems typically use extra hardware and software specially designed by the security service provider. Such crime prevention disaster prevention systems have a plurality of sensors installed in the crime prevention disaster prevention area for detecting an intrusion from the outside and a fire condition inside. The state detection signals of the crime prevention disaster prevention area detected by the sensors are provided to the main crime prevention disaster prevention system.

The main system analyzes the detection signals provided from the sensors to generate an alarm sound when an intrusion or a fire from the outside is detected, and to notify the predetermined person by using a communication line. In this case, the communication line generally means a dedicated line that connects a security disaster prevention area and a central control center of a security service company.

However, such a conventional security disaster prevention system is limited to the user can be used by performing a security disaster prevention of a specific area by using a system configured separately does not have the universality. In addition, the security disaster prevention system provided by the security service provider has no way for the remotely located user to know when the security disaster prevention message is transmitted to the control center of the security service provider even if the security disaster prevention situation is detected in the surveillance area.

Therefore, a remote user had no way of knowing that an outsider had invaded his home, but he had to rely solely on the protection of his property.

In addition, even if the above-described anti-disaster prevention system is installed in the surveillance area, a separate recording device is added to record the information for easily recording the external intruder on the recording medium or easily detecting the initial ignition point. It was difficult to purchase and use. Therefore, in order for the user to remotely recognize danger information occurring in the home or to analyze the cause of intrusion or ignition of outsiders, it is necessary to install an expensive crime prevention system designed for a special purpose.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus and method for detecting a crime prevention situation by using a personal computer used universally in the home and automatically alarming a remote user to solve the above problems. .

An object of the present invention is to use a general-purpose personal computer to automatically detect the state of fire and external invasion occurring in the home and record the image data, and crime prevention disaster prevention device to automatically transmit the security disaster prevention detection information to the remote user And providing a method.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for automatically detecting a home disaster prevention situation by using a personal computer and automatically transmitting the information to a preset counterpart through an internet communication network to perform home security disaster prevention.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is located in the security disaster prevention area and the camera sensor for sensing the movement of the far infrared emitter and the surrounding heat while capturing the image of the area and outputting the image information; It is connected to the communication network, and the image information, motion and heat detection information output from the camera detector is set in advance through the communication network by operating a built-in web browser when approaching the preset intrusion information and fire occurrence information An anti-disaster prevention method comprising a personal computer for calling a counterpart and transmitting the anti-disaster prevention message information thereto; Inputting image information, motion information, and heat detection information output from the camera detector to detect external intrusion, fire, etc. by comparing with preset intrusion information and fire occurrence information; In response to the detection of the external intrusion or fire, a built-in web browser is connected to the Internet communication network, and a message transmission process of transmitting a crime prevention message to the called party by calling a preset counterpart; .

Method of Disaster Prevention According to the principles of the present invention, a method of disaster prevention is pre-set in the information recording area of the computer, for example, call information of the called person, for example, a telephone number or Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information that can be linked by calling a specific web site. Registration is further included.

The camera sensor according to the present invention is a camera for capturing the image of the front and converting it into an electrical image signal, a far infrared sensor for detecting far infrared rays emitted from the body of the animal, and a temperature sensor or smoke for detecting the temperature of the surroundings As a sensor is embedded in one body, it is preferable that the smoke sensor is configured so that it is not easily identified to an outsider. For example, the appearance of the camera detector is simply to have the form of a camera for a PC. If necessary, the temperature sensor and the smoke sensor may not be selectively included in a single body.

The preset counterpart is URL information for accessing a mobile phone telephone number or a landline telephone number carried by the user, and a web site of a security service company. In addition, the anti-disaster prevention message information includes voice information or text information stored in the recording medium and image information of the captured crime prevention area. Such message information may be appropriately compressed and transmitted to be easily transmitted and received on a web browser communicating using an internet communication network, and may be transmitted without processing.

In addition, a method of calling a user's mobile wireless telephone or a wired telephone using a modem built in a personal computer and automatically transmitting only a preset voice message when the other party answers can be applied.

1 is a hardware block diagram according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a view illustrating a security prevention flow chart according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

3 is a diagram showing a notification destination registration control flowchart shown in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flowchart for monitoring the disaster prevention and message transmission control shown in FIG. 2.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

10: camera detector, 20: computer,

30: communication network, 40: user part

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In addition, in the following description of the present invention, it should be noted that a detailed description of a function or configuration for a known technical configuration may be omitted if it is determined that the present invention may unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a hardware block to which a preferred embodiment of the present invention is applied. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 10 denotes a camera detector, which is a general-purpose computer CCD (charge coupled device) camera and a far-infrared sensor that detects far-infrared rays emitted from a body such as an animal and detects movement of an animal, such as a human, and an ambient temperature. Temperature sensor and smog sensor for detecting the will be integrated. The reason why the camera, the far-infrared sensor, the temperature sensor, and the smog sensor are integrated is because of the specificity of the crime prevention. In more detail, when the identification of equipment for detecting an intrusion is easy due to the specificity of the crime prevention, it can be easily processed by an intruder, thereby making it appear as a general-purpose computer camera. Reference numeral 20 is a personal computer which is connected to an internet communication network 30 and has a communication device capable of transmitting a message, for example, an audio signal, a video signal, and text information, to the outside through the internet communication network 30 by driving a web browser. (Hereinafter referred to as "computer"). The computer 20 stores a program for detecting an invasion and fire of an outsider by inputting an image signal, a far infrared ray detection signal (human detection information), a temperature detection signal, and a smoke detection signal output from the camera detector 10. . The recording medium may be a semiconductor memory or a hard disk that is a large capacity recording medium of a computer.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a crime prevention prevention flowchart according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is a source file programmed in a recording medium in a computer shown in FIG. The program as shown in FIG. 2 is configured to operate in a Windows environment. For example, an execution icon is displayed on the desktop of the personal computer, and is driven when the icon is clicked. When the crime prevention disaster prevention program as shown in FIG. 2 is driven, registration of a notification destination for alarming the user when a crime prevention disaster situation occurs, automatic / manual operation setting, and crime prevention disaster prevention mode are executed sequentially to prevent intrusion and fire of an outsider. When it occurs, it automatically transmits a crime prevention message to the user part 40 set by the user.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart illustrating a notification destination registration control flow chart shown in FIG. 2, in which a user registers a telephone number or URL (website address) for receiving a crime prevention message. This is also a program programmed in the recording medium in the computer 20.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the surveillance for preventing disaster prevention and message transmission shown in FIG. 2, which shows various detection signals transmitted from the camera detector 10 in real time, for example, peripheral image signals photographed by the camera, and heat radiated from the surroundings. By inputting detected temperature detection signal, far infrared ray detection signal to detect far infrared rays emitted from human body of animal, and smoke detection signal, it detects crime prevention situation such as invasion and fire of outsider, Indicates to send automatically.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 1 to 4 attached to the preferred crime prevention and control operation according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

Now, when the user clicks on the icon of the anti-virus disaster prevention program displayed on the desktop of the computer 20 or clicks on the executable file in the folder, the control unit in the computer 20, for example, the microprocessor, may change the internal recording medium in step 42 of FIG. Search the status of the notification destination flag set in a specific area of the search to find out whether the notification destination is registered. Here, the notification destination means an internet site such as a telephone number or a security service company registered in advance by a user. If it is determined that the notification destination flag is not set in the search process, the microprocessor in the computer 20 performs process 44 to perform notification destination registration. Referring to Figure 3 the process of performing the notification destination registration is as follows.

When the process 44 of FIG. 2 is performed, the microprocessor of the computer 20 shown in FIG. 1 searches whether the phone, the URL, or the phone / URL combined mode is used in process 56 of FIG. The setting of the notification destination is programmed by the user by displaying a setting guide message or a graphic by a GUI (Graphic User Interface) method. When the user inputs the telephone number to the notification destination in step 56, the microprocessor of the computer 20 stores the input telephone number in the internal recording area in step 58 and sets the notification destination flag in step 64. The internal recording area may be a semiconductor memory or a hard disk drive such as a RAM. In step 56, when the notification destination is input in the URL, the microprocessor of the computer 20 registers it in the web address area that can be used by the web browser in step 60, sets the destination flag in step 64, and terminates the routine. If it is determined in step 56 that the user inputs the telephone number and the URL address at the same time, the microprocessor of the computer 20 registers and stores the notification destination telephone number and URL in the corresponding area in step 62. Set the flag in the process. By this process, the computer 20 registers the information of the counterpart to transmit the information of the situation in the internal information storage area when an outsider's intrusion or fire occurs when the user sets the crime prevention disaster.

The microprocessor of the computer 20 performing the notification destination registration process as shown in FIG. 3 or determining that the notification destination is registered in step 42 of FIG. 2 detects whether the security disaster prevention mode is an automatic or manual mode in step 46. Here, the automatic mode and the manual mode mean that the user is divided into a state of sleep monitoring and a state when there is no active person in the home, and is preset information as a GUI by the user. If the user selects the automatic mode using the GUI, the computer 20's microprocessor sets the automatic operation time to the internal memory by default in step 48 and sets the autopreg in step 50. The default setting time is a time when activity is rarely performed in the home, and in the present invention, a time when most people are going to bed, for example, 24:00 to 05:00, and an automatic operation time is performed using a GUI. Changes are possible. If it is determined in step 46 that the user manually sets the state to go out, the microprocessor of the computer 20 sets the manual flag in step 52. In this case, the automatic flag and the manual flag are set exclusively, and only one of them is set in a set state, and two cannot be set at the same time. In step 50 or 52 of FIG. 2, the microprocessor of the computer 20 that sets the automatic / manual flag that determines the security disaster prevention operation may input various sensing signals output from the camera detector 10 to perform the security disaster prevention mode.

For example, by analyzing the image signal, far-infrared detection signal, temperature detection signal and smoke detection signals output from the camera detector 10 to determine the occurrence of intrusion or fire of an outsider, the web browser when detecting the intrusion or fire Drive to connect to the communication network 30 and transmit the method disaster prevention message to the preset notification destination. For example, by calling the user's mobile phone or the web site of the security service provider in the outgoing state, and transmits the voice, text and video information to transmit various information generated in the home. At this time, the voice and text information includes information such as the address of the place where the crime prevention situation occurred. The communication network here includes a general PSTN or Internet network.

As described above, the present invention detects a fire or an intruder situation occurring in the home using a personal computer widely distributed in the home, and calls the telephone number of a remote location registered in advance by the user so as to read the situation by voice. Alarms or automatic access to websites such as security service providers, police officers, fire departments, etc. can quickly transmit intrusion information or fire information generated at home to protect personal life and property quickly. Such operation details will be more clearly understood by reference to the contents described below.

The detection of the crime prevention situation and the transmission of the crime prevention message will be described in more detail with reference to FIG. 4.

The computer 20 shown in FIG. 2 calls a routine as shown in FIG. 4 every predetermined period, for example, several hundred milliseconds (msec) to determine whether the current security disaster prevention mode is "manual / automatic" in step 66. Judge the search. This determination can be easily determined by looking at the set state of the manual / automatic flag described in steps 50 and 52 of FIG. 2. If it is determined in step 66 that the current setting mode is automatic, the microprocessor of the computer 20 searches whether the current time is within the setting time range in step 68. For example, it is determined whether the time is between 24:00 and 05:00, and if it is not the set time, the process returns to step 66 described above. This is to indicate that there is a large amount of active users (not in sleep mode) in the current security disaster prevention area so that the user can cope.

If it is determined in step 68 that the current time is within a predetermined time range or in step 66 the manual mode (going out mode), the microprocessor of the computer 20 performs an image signal in the surveillance area output from the camera detector 10 in step 70. Far-infrared detection signals generated from human bodies such as animals and animals, temperature detection signals and smoke detection signals indicating the temperature state in the monitoring region, and the like are inputted. The microprocessor in the computer 20 compares the detection signal input from the camera detector 10 with the reference detection signal. Here, the reference detection signal is pre-intrusion information and fire generation information, which is far-infrared detection information for detecting the presence of a human body or a detection amount of a video for judging the movement of the human body, and a temperature and smoke amount that can be recognized as a fire. Means information.

The microprocessor of the computer 20 that has performed the process 70 determines whether the crime prevention situation occurred in process 72. For example, when it is determined that the image information output from the camera detector 10 is moving image information and the far-infrared detection signal exceeds a preset reference amount, it is determined that a specific person has invaded from the outside. In addition, if it is determined that the temperature detection signal is information exceeding a preset reference temperature, for example, 50 ° C., and smoke detection occurs, it is determined that a fire occurs.

In step 74 of FIG. 4, the microprocessor of the computer 20 that determines that the crime prevention situation occurs has analyzed the crime prevention situation in step 74. For example, if a moving picture is detected in a state where far-infrared light is detected, the current situation is determined to be an outsider intrusion, and when the input of a smoke detection signal is detected while the temperature is rising, it is determined to be a fire. When the security disaster prevention situation is analyzed by such an operation, the processor of the computer 20 connects the call path with the registration notification destination described above by driving a web browser embedded in the computer 20 at 76. In this case, various methods may be adopted as a method of accessing a call path.

For example, if it is determined that the notification destination is a telephone number, the user can automatically access an Internet site that provides a web to phone service and dial a telephone number to call a user part (such as a mobile phone or a police officer's telephone number). have. If the notification point is a URL, the method of linking the web site of the security service provider, the police officer, or the fire department may be applied depending on the crime prevention situation. Of course, the fire department in case of fire, police officers should be programmed to be automatically connected in case of intrusion, such programming will be easily possible for those who understand the technology of the present invention.

In step 76, the microprocessor of the computer 20 that accesses the user part through the communication network records (records) the current video signal output from the camera detector 10 on the internal recording medium. Such image recording will be very useful for identifying intruders and identifying the cause of fire later. In step 80, the microprocessor of the computer 20 that transmits the crime prevention message to the mobile phone or the website of the user part 40 connected to the call path.

Here, the crime prevention disaster prevention message is a voice message, a text message, image information of the surroundings photographed by a camera detector, and the like. Examples of voice messages include information such as "An outsider has invaded" or "A fire has occurred." This is a message indicating a crime prevention situation, and a text message is information indicating the address of the residence, in addition to the information of intrusion / fire occurrence. It includes.

As described above, the apparatus and method for crime prevention using a personal computer according to an embodiment of the present invention can be used at a low cost by performing remote crime prevention by utilizing computer equipment, a public telephone network or an internet network widely used in each home. There is an advantage to protect life and property.

Claims (6)

In the remote security disaster prevention apparatus using a personal computer, A camera detector which is located in a crime prevention disaster prevention area and captures an image of the area and outputs image information, and detects the movement of the far infrared emitter and the surrounding heat; It is connected to the communication network, and when the video information, motion and heat detection information output from the camera detector is in close proximity to the preset intrusion information and fire occurrence information, the built-in web browser is driven to call a preset counterpart through the communication network. A remote security disaster prevention apparatus comprising a personal computer for transmitting security crime prevention message information to him. The method of claim 1, wherein the camera detector is a camera for capturing an image of the front and converting it into an electrical video signal, a far infrared sensor for detecting far infrared rays emitted from the body of the animal and a temperature sensor or smoke for sensing the temperature of the surroundings Remote crime prevention device, characterized in that the smoke detection sensor is built into one body. A camera detector which is located in a crime prevention disaster prevention area and captures an image of the area and outputs image information, and detects the movement of the far infrared emitter and the surrounding heat; In the remote security disaster prevention method using a personal computer equipped with a personal computer that can be connected to the communication network equipped with a web browser, etc. and inputs information from the camera detector, Inputting image information, motion and heat detection information output from the camera detector to detect external intrusion, fire, etc. by comparing with preset intrusion information and fire occurrence information; In response to the detection of external intrusion or fire, a built-in web browser is connected to the Internet communication network, and a message transmission process of transmitting a crime prevention message to the called party by calling a preset counterpart; Security prevention method using personal computer. The information recording area of the computer further comprises registering in advance a telephone number of a remote user part or URL information that can be linked by calling a web site. Crime prevention method. The personal computer according to claim 3 or 4, wherein the preset counterpart is a mobile phone telephone number or a landline telephone number carried by the user, and URL information for accessing a web site of a security service company. Crime prevention method using. 6. The method of claim 5, wherein the crime prevention disaster prevention message information comprises voice information or text information stored in a recording medium and image information of a captured crime prevention disaster prevention area. 7.