KR200434040Y1 - Integrated Surveillance System - Google Patents

Abstract

An integrated surveillance system is disclosed that can efficiently manage and monitor web and surveillance cameras. At least one surveillance camera is respectively installed in the surveillance region to photograph the first surveillance image of the surveillance region, and at least one web camera photographs the second surveillance image of the predetermined region respectively installed and installed in the predetermined region. The DVR server establishes a connection to each of the at least one surveillance camera and the at least one web camera and provides a channel for displaying the first surveillance image and the second surveillance image provided from the at least one surveillance camera and the at least one web camera. It allocates for each of the first surveillance image and the second surveillance image. Therefore, by combining and managing a plurality of surveillance cameras and a plurality of web cameras in a DVR server, it is easy to install and manage a surveillance system and monitor images captured by a plurality of surveillance cameras and a plurality of web cameras only by a client connecting to the DVR server. can confirm.

Web, Camera, DVR, Server, Video, PTZ

Description

Integrated Surveillance System

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an integrated monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of recognizing a web camera and a surveillance camera by the DVR server shown in FIG. 1.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting a web camera in the DVR server of FIG. 1.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of remotely monitoring an image of a surveillance camera and a web camera in an integrated surveillance system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the DVR server shown in FIG. 1 stores images received from a surveillance camera and a web camera.

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10: surveillance camera 20: web camera

30: Hub 40: DVR Server

50: network 60: client

The present invention relates to a surveillance system, and more particularly to an integrated surveillance system that can integrate and manage surveillance cameras and web cameras.

A general surveillance system is a digital video recorder (DVR) which is connected by wire to a plurality of surveillance cameras and the plurality of surveillance cameras installed for each location to be monitored, converts the images captured by the plurality of surveillance cameras into digital, and compresses and records them. : Digital Video Recorder, hereinafter abbreviated as 'DVR'.) The server connects to the DVR server through the terminal equipped with the client program and monitors the video captured by a plurality of surveillance cameras connected to the DVR server.

In addition, the general web camera has a network function added to the general camera, so that the web camera can be checked in real time by accessing the web camera through the Internet using a client program or a web browser.

The conventional surveillance system and the web camera as described above are constructed as separate and independent systems and require a separate installation process for each system, and the DVR server and the web camera in different paths through separate terminals with different access programs installed. There is a disadvantage in that the equipment is installed redundantly because it is necessary to check the image taken by access, the installation and management cost of the system is increased, and the number of administrators for managing and monitoring the system is required.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an integrated surveillance system capable of efficiently managing and monitoring a web camera and a surveillance camera.

Integrated surveillance system according to an aspect of the present invention for achieving the above object of the present invention is installed in each of the surveillance area and at least one surveillance camera for capturing the first surveillance image of the surveillance area, respectively installed in a predetermined area And establish a connection to each of the at least one web camera, the at least one surveillance camera, and the at least one web camera, each of which photographs the second surveillance image of the predetermined region. And a DVR server for allocating channels for displaying the first surveillance image and the second surveillance image provided by the web camera for each of the first surveillance image and the second surveillance image. The DVR server may classify and store the first surveillance image and the second surveillance image by the surveillance camera and the web camera.

The DVR server may set the connection by setting color settings and motion values for each of the at least one surveillance camera and the at least one web camera, and setting an IP address for each of the at least one web camera. The integrated surveillance system is connected to the DVR server through a network to request the DVR server to provide the first surveillance image and the second surveillance image, and the first surveillance image and the second surveillance provided from the DVR server. It may further include a client for displaying the image for each channel. The integrated surveillance system may further include a hub connecting the at least one web camera and the DVR server.

The present invention may be variously modified and have various embodiments, and specific embodiments will be illustrated in the drawings and described in detail.

However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, it should be understood to include all changes, equivalents, and substitutes included in the spirit and scope of the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings, it will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention. Hereinafter, the same reference numerals are used for the same components in the drawings, and duplicate descriptions of the same components are omitted.

Terms such as first and second may be used to describe various components, but the components should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as the second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as the first component. The term and / or includes a combination of a plurality of related items or any item of a plurality of related items.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an integrated monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, the integrated surveillance system according to an embodiment of the present invention is a plurality of surveillance cameras 10, a plurality of web cameras 20, hub 30, DVR server 40, network 50, And a client 60.

The plurality of surveillance cameras 10 are respectively installed at a remote monitoring site and connected to the DVR server 40 through a cable (for example, a coaxial cable) to transmit the surveillance video captured at the installed location to the DVR server 40. .

The plurality of web cameras 20 are respectively installed at the remote monitoring place and are connected to the hub 30 (HUB) through a wire. The plurality of web cameras 20 transmits the captured image to the DVR server 40 through the hub 30. To this end, each of the plurality of web cameras 20 may be assigned a unique IP address.

The hub 30 is connected between the plurality of web cameras 20 and the DVR server 40 and transmits the surveillance video received from the plurality of web cameras 20 to the DVR server 40, and the DVR server 40. Transfer various control signals received from the DVR server 40.

The hub 30 and the web camera 20 may be connected by, for example, an Unshielded Twisted Pair (UTP) or a Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) cable.

The DVR server 40 receives surveillance images from the plurality of surveillance cameras 10 and the plurality of web cameras 20 and, upon request of the client 60, receives the received surveillance images through the network 50 in real time. Send to 60.

To this end, the DVR server 40 sets up each of the plurality of surveillance cameras 10 and the plurality of web cameras 20 and stores the set data. For example, the DVR server 40 sets a unique channel for each of the plurality of connected surveillance cameras 10 and the web cameras 20 so that the surveillance image is displayed through the set channel. In addition, the DVR server 40 sets values such as color settings, motions (for example, pan, tilt, and zoom) for each of the plurality of surveillance cameras 10 and the web cameras 20 and stores the set values. . The DVR server 40 sets a unique value of each of the web cameras 20 such as an IP address and / or a port number for each of the web cameras 20 and stores the set values.

In addition, the DVR server 40 receives surveillance images from the plurality of surveillance cameras 10 and the web cameras 20, and classifies and stores the received surveillance images by the surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20. When receiving the transmission request of the surveillance image from the client 60, the stored surveillance image is transmitted based on the requested contents, or the client 60 receives the images received from the surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20 in real time. Send to.

The network 50 connects the DVR server 40 and the client 60 with each other, and a public switched telephone network (PSTN), a public switched data network (PSDN), the Internet, or the like may be used. Preferably, the Internet may be used.

The client 60 connects to the DVR server 40 through the network 50 by installing a client program and requests the DVR server 40 for the surveillance image captured by the surveillance camera 10 and / or the web camera 20. And, by receiving the surveillance video transmitted from the DVR server 40 to display the received video for each channel.

The client 60 may be a laptop computer, a personal computer, personal digital assistants (PDAs), or the like, which may be connected to the network 50.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart illustrating a process of recognizing the web camera 20 and the surveillance camera 10 by the DVR server 40 shown in FIG. 1.

Referring to FIG. 2, first, the DVR server 40 executes a security check (step 101), and determines whether the security is normal (step 103).

As a result of the security check, if the security is determined to be normal, the DVR server 40 searches for the connected surveillance camera 10 (step 105). When the search of the surveillance camera 10 connected to the DVR server 40 is terminated, the web camera 20 is searched (step 107).

Thereafter, the DVR server 40 displays each surveillance video transmitted from the detected surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20 through the assigned channel (step 109).

In addition, the DVR server 40 stores each surveillance image transmitted from the detected surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20 in a storage space (not shown) or an external storage device (not shown) provided therein for each channel. Save and start monitoring (step 111).

Thereafter, the DVR server 40 determines whether an event corresponding to the execution end has occurred (step 113). If it is determined that the event corresponding to the execution end occurs, the DVR server 40 terminates the integrated monitoring system, and an event corresponding to the execution end does not occur. If not, the process returns to step 109 and subsequent steps are performed sequentially.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of setting the web camera 20 in the DVR server 40 shown in FIG. 1.

First, the setting item provided in the DVR server 40 is executed (step 201), and the setting tab of the web camera 20 provided in the setting item is selected (step 203). After selecting the channel on which the web camera 20 is to be displayed (step 205), an IP (Internet Protocol) address and other setting values of the web camera 20 are input. The other setting values may be a model name of the web camera 20, a port number to which the web camera 20 is connected, a pan tilt zoom (PTZ) setting value of the web camera 20, and the like.

Thereafter, the DVR server 40 determines whether the connection of the web camera 20 is normally performed (step 209). If it is determined that the connection is not normally performed, the DVR server 40 returns to step 207 to determine the IP and other setting information of the web camera 20. Enter again.

If it is determined in step 209 that the connection of the web camera 20 is normally performed, the DVR server 40 displays the surveillance image received from the web camera 20 through the selected channel (step 211).

Thereafter, the DVR server 40 determines whether an event corresponding to the end of the video display occurs (step 213), and when it is determined that an event corresponding to the end of the video display has occurred, ends the video display of the web camera 20. If it is determined that no event corresponding to the end of image display has occurred, the process returns to step 211 and continues displaying the image of the web camera 20.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of remotely monitoring an image of the surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20 in the integrated surveillance system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the client 60 executes a program provided therein (step 301) and transmits a DVR server 40 connection request signal to the DVR server 40 by performing a connection request of the DVR server 40 (step 303). ).

The DVR server 40 receives the access request signal, performs a security check (step 305), and then determines whether the security is normal (step 307). Security checks may be performed, for example, via IDs and passwords assigned to the client 60. The DVR server 40 transmits a connection permission signal to the client 60 when it is determined that the security is normal.

Thereafter, the client 60 receives the access permission signal from the DVR server 40 and transmits the surveillance video request signals of the surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20 (step 309). The DVR server 40 receives an image request signal from the client 60, and transmits the surveillance video received from the surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20 to the client 60 in real time through the network 50. (Step 311).

The client 60 displays the real-time monitoring image received from the DVR server 40 for each channel (step 313).

Thereafter, the client 60 determines whether an event corresponding to the termination of the connection has occurred (step 315), and if it is determined that an event corresponding to the termination of the connection has occurred, the client 60 transmits a connection request signal to the DVR server 40 to perform remote monitoring. If it is determined that no event corresponding to the termination of the connection has occurred, the process returns to step 313 to sequentially perform the following steps.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating a process in which the DVR server 40 illustrated in FIG. 1 stores images received from the surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20.

Referring to FIG. 5, when the DVR server 40 is executed (step 401), the DVR server 40 checks the connection state of the surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20 (step 403). Then, it is determined whether the surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20 are normally connected (step 405), and when it is determined that the surveillance camera 10 is normally connected, the DVR server 40 monitors the surveillance image from the surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20. (Step 407), and stores the received image separately for each of the surveillance camera 10 and the web camera 20 (step 409).

Subsequently, the DVR server 40 determines whether an event corresponding to the end of video storage occurs (step 411), and when it is determined that an event corresponding to the end of video storage has occurred, the DVR server 40 ends the video storing process and ends the video storage. If it is determined that the corresponding event has not occurred, the process returns to step 407 to repeat the subsequent steps sequentially.

According to the integrated surveillance system as described above, it is easy to install and manage the surveillance system by integrating and managing the plurality of surveillance cameras and the plurality of web cameras in the DVR server, and the plurality of surveillance cameras and the plurality of clients simply by accessing the DVR server. You can check the surveillance video taken by the web camera.

Although described with reference to the embodiments above, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and changes can be made to the present invention without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the claims below. Could be.

Claims (5)

At least one surveillance camera installed at each surveillance zone to capture a first surveillance image of the surveillance zone; At least one web camera installed in a predetermined area and capturing a second surveillance image of the predetermined area; And Establishing a connection to each of the at least one surveillance camera and the at least one web camera, and displaying the first surveillance image and the second surveillance image provided from the at least one surveillance camera and the at least one web camera. And a DVR server for allocating a channel for each of the first surveillance image and the second surveillance image. The integrated surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the DVR server classifies and stores the first surveillance image and the second surveillance image by the surveillance camera and the web camera. The system of claim 1, wherein the DVR server sets color settings and motion values for each of the at least one surveillance camera and the at least one web camera, and sets an IP address for each of the at least one web camera. Integrated monitoring system, characterized in that to establish a connection. The system of claim 1, wherein the integrated surveillance system is connected to the DVR server through a network to request the DVR server to provide the first surveillance image and the second surveillance image, and the first surveillance provided by the DVR server. Integrated monitoring system further comprises a client for displaying the image and the second surveillance image for each channel. The integrated surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the integrated surveillance system further comprises a hub connecting the at least one web camera and the DVR server.

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