KR20150057427A - Apparatus and method for home surveillance - Google Patents

Abstract

Home surveillance system and method according to the invention operate a camera to record an event at home when the event is detected by at least one sensor, set up a UI display according to features and connection environment of a user terminal to provide the situation at home to the user terminal through network, convert the image recorded into an image format suited for features and connection environment of the user terminal, and send the image converted to the user terminal. The home surveillance system comprises a home gateway that transmits a detection signal received from at least one of multiple event detection sensors installed at home through network; and a server that provides a camera operation signal to the camera installed at home through network once detection signal is sent from the home gateway through network and converts the image received from the camera into the format suited for features and connection environment of the registered user terminal and then transmits the converted image to the user terminal through network.

Description

[0001] Apparatus and method for home surveillance [0002]

In particular, the present invention relates to a home monitoring system and method thereof, and more particularly, to a home monitoring system and method thereof, And an in-house monitoring system and method for transmitting the in-house situation information including the event occurrence history information and the converted image to a user terminal through a network.

Home automation system (HA) is generally called home electronics. The home automation system is a system that aims to create a pleasant living environment by spreading electronic technology and microcomputer to all aspects of family life. It is a system that not only improves the efficiency of family life such as energy saving but also enhances safety, The application fields are very wide, such as pursuing convenience.

Once the home automation system is established, it is not necessary to go to the market or the bank to buy goods or to deposit or withdraw cash in addition to handling the company work at home without going to work, Control is possible.

The home automation system constantly checks the indoor and outdoor conditions through the sensor installed in the house and automatically performs the operation according to the situation.

The sensor used in the home automation system is a device for detecting a specific amount of change and serves as a human eye, nose, ear, tongue, etc. in a home automation system, and transmits the sensed information to a control unit corresponding to a human brain To make judgment. That is, the sensor corresponds to a human sense of the world, and includes information input (light, temperature, magnetism, pressure, displacement, etc.) including a device for simply detecting a certain amount of change and converting a sensed signal into an electrical signal, To an electric signal suitable for the purpose such as measurement and control.

The physical quantities to be sensed by the sensor are various such as magnetic, displacement, vibration, acceleration, rotation number, flow rate, flow rate, liquid component, gas component, visible ray, infrared ray, ultrasonic wave, microwave, ultraviolet ray, The materials are also varied.

Among the sensors, the mainstream is an optical sensor, and in particular, has high accuracy in direct recognition of images (images, figures, characters, objects, etc.) by a computer.

In addition, the infrared sensor has an active type that detects the change by blocking the light by copying the infrared ray by itself, and a manual type that reads only the change of the infrared ray received from the outside world without the light emitting element. Since it has higher sensitivity and accuracy than temperature sensor and ultraviolet sensor, it is widely used for crime prevention / fire detection. In addition, it has a wide range of applications such as medical thermography, observation of plant and animal ecology.

In addition, the gas is chemically adsorbed on the surface of the semiconductor to exchange electrons with the semiconductor, and the semiconductor gas sensor that detects the gas is used for a gas leak alarm, a smoke alarm, and the like.

The above-described home automation system collects information through various sensors, performs an operation automatically by determining a situation, and performs an operation required for remote control from the outside. In the event of an abnormal situation, an alarm is generated, and an alarm signal is transmitted to a remote place so that quick action can be taken.

However, the alarm signal transmitted to the remote site can not transmit more information than an alarm signal for generating a simple alarm sound that warns an abnormal situation. In order to recognize the abnormal situation generated at the remote site and perform appropriate measures, There is an inefficiency.

In addition, there is a problem in that a separate signal receiving equipment is required to quickly receive detailed information according to an abnormal situation occurred.

In order to solve such a problem, Prior Art Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2003-0078410 (a crime / disaster prevention system and method using a short message) was filed.

As shown in FIG. 1, a security / disaster prevention system using a short message service according to the related art includes a fire detection sensor (for example, 10, a sensor 30 for detecting the opening of the window, and a heat ray or infrared ray sensor 20 for detecting the opening of the door and the movement of the object. Each of the various sensors senses a change amount of specific information and information, converts the information into electrical signals, converts the electrical signals into wireless signals, and transmits the wireless signals to the home gateway 100, which is a main center of the home automation system. Although not shown in detail, a camera may be installed at a proper position to input more detailed information.

The change amount of various information and information detected from the respective sensors is transmitted to the home gateway 100. If it is determined that the home gateway 100 is in an abnormal state, Lt; / RTI > At this time, the SMS message receiving terminal 60 may be a hand phone 61, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant) 62, and a wired / wireless telephone 63. The call signal transmitted from the home gateway 100 is transmitted to the SMS message receiving terminal 40 through the wired communication network 40 and the wireless communication network 50. Here, the short message receiving terminals 40 register a user in the home gateway 100 in advance, and when an event is detected, the short message receiving terminals 40 automatically transmit the text message to the terminal registered in the home gateway 100 through the wired / wireless communication network.

This prior art patent has an advantage in that it can promptly transmit detailed information according to the occurrence of an abnormal situation to a remote place by using a home automation system and a short message service, . In addition, the generated abnormal state is remotely monitored and the abnormal state is resolved.

However, this prior patent also provides only a simple function of notifying an occurrence of an event or informing a user terminal of an event occurrence through a short message, which is registered in advance, but it does not consider user terminal characteristic information and connection discount, It is not possible to provide intuitive home situation information including images.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an image- And transmits the converted image to the user terminal through the network to convert the captured image into the characteristic information of the user terminal and the connection environment, To the user terminal through the Internet, and a method thereof.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home monitoring system comprising: a home gateway for transmitting a received detection signal through a network when an event detection signal is received from at least one sensor among a plurality of event detection sensors installed in the home; And a UI screen for providing the home situation information corresponding to the characteristic information of the user terminal and the home environment information to the user terminal through the network when the event detection signal transmitted from the home gateway is received through the network, And a camera driving signal is provided through the network with the installed camera. When the home monitoring video signal photographed from the camera is received, the received video is converted into a video corresponding to the characteristic information of the pre-registered user terminal and the connection environment, And a server for transmitting through the network to the terminal.

The network may be a wired or wireless network and includes at least one of a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, a Bluetooth, an infrared, an RF, a WiBro, a W-CDMA, or an LTE network

The terminal characteristic information includes at least one of a terminal type, a terminal identifier, a terminal model name, a terminal resolution, a terminal screen size, a terminal supported DPI (Dot-Per-Inch), a terminal supported image format, , And e-mail information.

The terminal access environment includes an environment in which a terminal accesses a network environment connected to a server using at least one of a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, a Bluetooth, an infrared ray, an RF, a WiBro, a W-CDMA and an LTE network.

The user terminal includes at least one of a smart phone, a smart pad, a tablet PC, a portable computer, a feature phone, and a PC.

The server includes an event detection unit for receiving an event detection signal transmitted from the home gateway through a network; A storage unit for storing information on the user terminal and storing image and event detection history information photographed through the camera; When an event detection signal is received through the event detection unit, a UI screen corresponding to the characteristic information and the connection environment of the user terminal is generated and transmitted to the user terminal through the network. In response to the event detection signal, And a controller for storing the video signal received through the network and the event occurrence history information according to the event detection signal from the camera in the storage unit.

The control unit converts a video signal received through the camera into a video signal in a format corresponding to the type of the pre-registered user terminal, and transmits the converted video signal and the event generation history information to the user terminal through the network

When the video request signal is received through the UI provided to the user terminal through the network, the control unit extracts the received requested video from the storage unit, converts the extracted video into a format corresponding to the user terminal , And transmits the corresponding image to the user terminal through the network.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a home monitoring system comprising: a sensor unit including a plurality of event sensors installed in a home; A home gateway for transmitting a received event detection signal to a server through a network when an event detection signal is received from at least one of a plurality of sensors in the sensor unit; An image capturing unit capturing a house image according to a drive control signal provided according to the event detection signal and transmitting the captured image through a network; When an event detection signal is received from the home gateway, provides a driving signal to the image capturing unit through a network, and when a home monitoring video signal is received from a video capturing unit through a network, And then transmits the converted data to the user terminal through the network.

The server includes an event detection unit for receiving an event detection signal transmitted from the home gateway through a network; A storage unit for storing information on the user terminal and storing image and event detection history information photographed through the camera; When an event detection signal is received through the event detection unit, a UI screen corresponding to the characteristic information and the connection environment of the user terminal is generated and transmitted to the user terminal through the network. In response to the event detection signal, And a controller for storing the video signal received through the network and the event occurrence history information according to the event detection signal from the camera in the storage unit.

The control unit converts the video signal received through the camera into a video signal in a format corresponding to the type of the pre-registered user terminal, and transmits the converted video signal and the event generation history information to the user terminal through the network.

When the video request signal is received through the UI provided to the user terminal through the network, the control unit extracts the received requested video from the storage unit, converts the extracted video into a format corresponding to the user terminal , And transmits the corresponding image to the user terminal through the network.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for monitoring a home, comprising the steps of: receiving an event detection signal from at least one sensor among a plurality of event detection sensors installed in a home; And an event detection signal transmitted through the network, the server provides a camera driving signal through a network with a camera installed in the house, and displays a UI screen for providing the camera status information corresponding to the characteristic information of the user terminal and the connection environment And transmits the converted image to the user terminal through the network. When the home monitoring video signal is received from the camera, the received video is converted into an image corresponding to the type of the pre-registered user terminal, To the terminal.

The network is a wired or wireless network, and includes at least one of a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, a Bluetooth, an infrared, an RF, a WiBro, a W-CDMA, and an LTE network.

The terminal characteristic information includes at least one of a terminal type, a terminal identifier, a terminal model name, a terminal resolution, a terminal screen size, a terminal supported DPI (Dot-Per-Inch), a terminal supported image format, , And e-mail information.

The terminal access environment includes an environment in which a terminal accesses a network environment connected to a server using at least one of a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, a Bluetooth, an infrared ray, an RF, a WiBro, a W-CDMA and an LTE network.

The user terminal includes at least one of a smart phone, a smart pad, a tablet PC, a portable computer, a feature phone, and a PC.

Wherein the transmitting to the user terminal comprises: receiving an event detection signal transmitted through the network; When the event detection signal is received, the event generation history information corresponding to the received event detection signal is stored in a memory, and a home situation information UI screen corresponding to the characteristic information of the user terminal and the connection environment is generated, Transmitting to the terminal; Generating and transmitting a drive signal to the camera through the network according to the received event detection signal; Storing the received video signal in the memory and converting the received video signal into an image suitable for the type of the registered user terminal when the home monitoring video signal is received from the driven camera through the network; And transmitting the stored event generation history information and the converted image to a user terminal through a network.

Receiving an image request signal through a home location information UI provided through a network to the user terminal; And a step of extracting the received request image from the memory, converting the extracted image into a format corresponding to the user terminal, and transmitting the image to the user terminal through the network.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method for monitoring a home image, the method comprising: registering a user terminal for monitoring a home image when an event occurs remotely; Detecting an event occurrence using a plurality of event sensors installed in the house; Transmitting a detected event detection signal to a server through a network when an event is detected from at least one of the plurality of sensors; When the event detection signal is received through the network, the server stores the event generation history information corresponding to the received event detection signal in a memory and transmits a driving signal to the camera installed in the house through the network; When the home monitoring video signal is received from the camera through the network, the received video is converted into a format corresponding to the characteristic information and the connection environment of the registered user terminal, and the converted video is transmitted to the user terminal through the network .

Wherein the transmitting to the user terminal comprises: receiving an event detection signal transmitted through the network; When the event detection signal is received, the event generation history information corresponding to the received event detection signal is stored in a memory, and a home situation information UI screen corresponding to the characteristic information of the user terminal and the connection environment is generated, Transmitting to the terminal; Generating and transmitting a drive signal to the camera through the network according to the received event detection signal; Storing the received video signal in the memory and converting the received video signal into an image suitable for the type of the registered user terminal when the home monitoring video signal is received from the driven camera through the network; And transmitting the stored event generation history information and the converted image to a user terminal through a network.

Receiving an image request signal through a home location information UI provided through a network to the user terminal; And a step of extracting the received request image from the memory, converting the extracted image into a format corresponding to the user terminal, and transmitting the image to the user terminal through the network.

According to the home surveillance system and method of the present invention, when an event is generated from one or more sensors among a plurality of event sensors installed in a house, the home is photographed by driving the camera, and the characteristic information of the user terminal and the connection environment And transmits the converted image to the user terminal through the network, and transmits the converted image to the user terminal through the network. Thus, even if the terminal having any operating system is remote There is an advantage that it is possible to easily monitor the image of the home situation.

According to the present invention, since the driving of the camera is driven at the time of occurrence of the event, and the home video is captured and stored, there is an advantage that the memory in the server can be efficiently managed.

According to the present invention, there is an advantage that a user can easily retrieve the home situation information and the image stored in the server from a remote location by providing the home situation information UI screen to match the characteristic information of the user terminal and the connection environment.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a schematic view showing a connection structure to a home monitoring apparatus according to the related art. FIG.
2 is a diagram illustrating a network connection configuration to a home monitoring system according to the present invention.
3 illustrates a detailed block configuration of the server shown in FIG. 2;
4 is a flowchart showing an operation flow chart for a home monitoring method according to the present invention;
5 is a flowchart illustrating a method for remotely detecting a home monitoring image stored in a server by a user terminal;

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, a home monitoring system and method according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

2 is a diagram illustrating a network connection configuration to a home monitoring system according to the present invention.

2, the home monitoring system according to the present invention includes a sensor unit 100, a home gateway 200, a camera 400, a server 500, and a user terminal (600). The home gateway 200, the camera 400, the server 500 and the user terminal 600 are connected to each other through a network 300. The network 300 may be a wired or wireless network, , And the wireless network includes at least one of a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, a Bluetooth, an infrared, an RF, a WiBro, a W-CDMA, and an LTE network. In addition, the camera 400 may be an IP camera having an IP address.

The sensor unit 100 includes a plurality of sensors installed in the house, and the plurality of sensors includes a fire sensor, a gas sensor, an intrusion sensor, a leakage sensor, a tilt sensor, a motion sensor, If an event signal is detected from at least one sensor among the sensors, the detected event detection signal is provided to the home gateway 200.

The home gateway 200 transmits an event detection signal provided from the sensor unit 100 to the server 500 through the network 300.

The camera 400 captures an indoor image in accordance with a drive control signal provided from the server 500 through the network 300 and transmits the indoor image to the server 500 through the network 300.

The server 500 stores and manages the characteristic information and the connection environment information of the user terminal according to the user's selection and receives an event detection signal transmitted from the home gateway 200 through the network 300, Analyzing the signal and storing the event history information in the memory in the time zone.

The terminal characteristic information includes at least one of a terminal type, a terminal identifier, a terminal model name, a terminal resolution, a terminal screen size, a terminal supported DPI (Dot-Per-Inch), a terminal supported image format, , And e-mail information.

The terminal access environment includes an environment in which a terminal accesses a network environment connected to a server using at least one of a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, a Bluetooth, an infrared ray, an RF, a WiBro, a W-CDMA and an LTE network.

When an event detection signal is received from the home gateway 200 through the network 300, the server 500 drives the camera 400 through the network 300 to control the home server 200 to photograph the home image.

Then, the control unit 300 receives the home image pickup signal transmitted from the camera 400 through the network 300, and sequentially stores and manages the received images in the memory in accordance with time zones.

In order to transmit the image stored in the memory to the pre-registered user terminal 600, the server 500 generates a home situation information UI corresponding to the property information of the user terminal 600 stored in the memory and the connection environment And converts the home image stored in the memory into a video signal corresponding to the characteristic information of the user terminal 600 and the connection environment to transmit the converted video signal to the network 300. [ To the user terminal (600). Since the user terminals 600 have different operating systems for different models, the UIs and images corresponding to the operating systems must be provided. The user terminal 600 may be a smart phone, a smart pad, a tablet PC, a portable computer, And a device capable of connecting a wired / wireless network such as a cellular phone, a PC, and a data and video receiving environment. The terminal characteristic information includes at least one of a terminal type, a terminal identifier, a terminal model name, a terminal resolution, a terminal screen size, a terminal supported DPI (Dot-Per-Inch), a terminal supported image format, , And e-mail information.

The terminal access environment includes an environment for accessing using at least one of a wired LAN, a wireless LAN, a Bluetooth, an infrared ray, an RF, a WiBro, a W-CDMA, and an LTE network.

On the other hand, when the user requests an image stored in the memory through the in-house situation information UI transmitted to the user terminal 600 through the network 300, the server 500 reads the image corresponding to the requested image from the memory, Converted into an image format suitable for the type of the user terminal 600, and then transmitted to the user terminal 600 through the network 300. [

The user terminal 600 can display the event occurrence information and the event occurrence image remotely by displaying the event occurrence information transmitted from the server 500 through the network 300 and the home monitoring image through the UI provided from the server .

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration and operation of the server 500 shown in FIG. 2 will be described with reference to FIG.

FIG. 3 is a detailed block diagram of the server shown in FIG. 2. Referring to FIG.

3, the server 500 includes an event receiving unit 510, a control unit 520, a storage unit 530, and a communication unit 540.

The event receiving unit 510 receives an event detection signal transmitted from the home gateway 200 through the network 300 and provides the received event detection signal to the control unit 520.

The control unit 520 receives the event detection signal from the event receiving unit 510 and transmits a driving signal to the camera 400 through the communication unit 540. [

The communication unit 540 receives the home monitoring video signal transmitted from the camera 400 through the network 300 and provides the home monitoring video signal to the control unit 520. The communication unit 540 receives the characteristic information of the user terminal 600 provided in the control unit 520, And transmits the home monitoring video information and the UI screen information corresponding to the environment to the user terminal 600 through the network 300. [

When the home monitoring video is requested from the user terminal 600 via the network 300 according to the UI screen, the communication unit 540 receives the video request signal and provides the video monitoring signal to the control unit 520.

The control unit 520 analyzes the event detection signal received through the event receiving unit 510 and stores the analyzed event detection history information in the storage unit 530. At the same time, And transmits the generated UI screen to the user terminal 600 through the communication unit 540. [

The control unit 520 receives the indoor camera image signal received through the communication unit 540 and stores the indoor camera image signal in the storage unit 530. The control unit 520 also transmits the characteristic information of the registered user terminal 600 and the connection environment information And transmits the image data to the user terminal 600 via the communication unit 540 as the stored event history information.

Accordingly, the user terminal 600 displays the event history information transmitted from the server 500 and the image information photographed from the event occurrence time using the UI screen.

When a video request signal is received from the user terminal 600 through the UI screen through the communication unit 540, the control unit 520 reads the requested video signal from the storage unit 530, And transmits the converted image data to the user terminal 600 through the communication unit 540. The user terminal 600 transmits the image data to the user terminal 600 via the communication unit 540. [

Accordingly, the user can remotely monitor the home monitoring video and the situation using the user terminal 600 according to a desired time zone.

In the above description, the server 500 is operated at the time of the occurrence of the event in the home-use camera 400. However, even if the event does not occur, the user terminal 600 remotely accesses the server 500 through the server 500, It may be possible to monitor the home situation remotely at a desired time by directly driving the home server 400 to receive the corresponding image information.

The domestic monitoring method according to the present invention corresponding to the operation of the domestic monitoring system according to the present invention will be described step by step with reference to FIG.

First, the user drives the home monitoring process and registers his own terminal information on the server through the network (S101, S102).

Then, when an occurrence of an event is detected from at least one of the plurality of sensors, the detected event is transmitted to the home gateway.

The home gateway receives an event occurrence detection signal from a sensor that detects an event among a plurality of sensors, and transmits the received event occurrence detection signal to the server via the network (S104).

The server stores the event generation history information received from the home gateway through the network in the memory and interprets the event information (S105), and transmits the event generation history information to the user terminal (S106).

Then, the server determines whether or not the user terminal is connected (S107). If the user terminal is connected, the server generates a UI screen for notifying the event occurrence status according to the property information of the connected user terminal and the connection environment, And transmits the screen to the user terminal registered through the network (S108, S109, S110). Accordingly, the user terminal is switched to the standby state in order to receive the image through the UI screen provided from the server.

Then, the server stores the event history information in a memory, and simultaneously requests a home monitoring video signal by providing a driving signal to a camera installed in the house through the network (S111).

The camera is driven according to a drive control signal provided from a server via a network. The camera determines whether the camera is currently in the power save mode (S112). If the camera is in the power save mode, the camera is woken up (S113) If the camera is not in the power save mode, the home video is immediately taken (S114).

The captured image is transmitted to the server through the network (S115), and the server stores the home monitoring image transmitted from the camera through the network in the memory (S116).

In step S117, the server determines whether the image stored in the memory, that is, the image signal photographed from the event occurrence time, should be converted to match the type information of the registered user terminal and the connection environment.

If the image conversion is not required, the server transmits the image to the registered user terminal through the network. If the image conversion is necessary, the server converts the image into a video suitable for the user terminal type, To the user terminal (S118, S119).

In this manner, when a monitor video signal of an event occurrence is transmitted from the server through the network, the user terminal displays the received video signal together with the UI screen provided in the server after receiving the video signal (S120).

In the above description, the camera in the home is driven by the server at the time of the occurrence of the event. However, even if the event does not occur, the user terminal directly drives the camera through the server, , It may be possible to monitor the home situation remotely at a desired time.

In the above-described embodiment, when the event is generated, the server transmits the event monitoring image to the registered user terminal. However, as another embodiment, a method of searching the image stored in the server in the user terminal is described with reference to FIG. 5 .

5 is a flowchart illustrating a method of remotely detecting a home monitoring image stored in a server by a user terminal.

 First, the server determines whether there is a video request through the network to the server using the UI provided from the server (S101). Here, when requesting the image information from the user terminal to the server, the date and time information about the image to be searched should be included.

If there is a video request from the user terminal in step S101, the server retrieves the video corresponding to the requested date and time from the memory and extracts the video (S202, S203).

It is determined whether image conversion is necessary for the extracted image (S204). That is, it is determined whether conversion of the corresponding image is necessary in consideration of the characteristic information of the user terminal registered in the memory and the connection environment.

As a result of the determination, if the image conversion is not necessary, the server transmits the image to the registered user terminal through the network. If the image conversion is necessary, the server converts the image into an image suitable for the user terminal characteristic information and the connection environment, To the user terminals registered through the network (S205, S206).

While the present invention has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. . Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the above-described embodiments, but should be determined by equivalents to the appended claims, as well as the following claims.

100: sensor unit 200: home gateway
300: Network 400: Camera
500: server 510: event receiver
520: control unit 530:
540: communication unit 600:

Claims (1)

In the home monitoring system,
A home gateway for transmitting a received detection signal through a network when an event detection signal is received from at least one sensor among a plurality of event detection sensors installed in the home; And
When an event detection signal transmitted from the home gateway is received through a network, a camera driving signal is provided through a network to a camera installed in the house, and when a home monitoring video signal is received from the camera, And converting the image into a video corresponding to the connection environment and transmitting the video to the user terminal through the network;
The home monitoring system comprising:

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