JP2009194800A - Intercom system with display having automatic information interrupt delivery function - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an intercom system, for multiple dwelling houses or the like, including a function for adding notification information of characters, graphics and the like prepared to a visitor imaged image and displaying the image on a display of an intercom slave unit, with respect to the intercom slave unit which receives a call generated by a visitor, from an intercom with a camera. <P>SOLUTION: The intercom system includes: a control room master unit 10 including an intercom and installed in a multiple dwelling house control room; an information storage device 12 controlled by the control room master unit for previously storing notification information constituted of characters and/or visible images; and intercom slave units 18, 22 with displays attached to a house information panel 16 installed in each house. The intercom system with displays includes an automatic interrupt delivery function for sequential interrupt display of notification information, which is selected from among notification information items stored beforehand each time the intercom is operated in response to an operating signal of the intercom, onto the display of the intercom. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&amp;INPIT

Description

The present invention is an interphone system with a display device installed in an apartment house or the like, and a character prepared in advance with respect to an image display unit of the display device when responding with an interphone in response to a call from a visitor The present invention relates to an intercom system having a function of displaying information such as graphics by automatic interruption. In addition, the apartment house here refers to a house where many units are gathered, such as condominiums for sale / rentals, company housing, government offices, various dormitories, etc., regardless of name, scale, floor number, etc. It is a designation.

In recent years, many large-scale condominiums for sale and rental have appeared in metropolitan areas, taking into account the effective use of land with favorable living environments such as transportation networks, commercial and cultural conveniences. In this type of large-scale apartment houses, a great deal of labor or operation of facilities is required for thorough communication and notices from the management office and management association. On the other hand, from the resident's standpoint, administrative divisions between the workplace where they work during the day and the residential area are often geographically separated, and there are administrative, judicial and other regional services, eating and drinking, shopping, medical care, etc. in the residential area. Information that is difficult to grasp, close to the region, and timely is often required.

Furthermore, there is a demand for an environment in which the Internet can be easily used as a convenient means for easily entering the information society that has been developed in recent years. In order to make it easy to access these lines from each dwelling unit of an apartment house and to facilitate various information exchanges with a management room and neighboring dwelling units, information processing of the apartment house is often systemized. Such a collective housing information processing system is composed of a shared server installed in an appropriate position in a common area, for example, a management room or its vicinity, and a multimedia terminal (housing information panel) installed in each dwelling unit. . From inside each dwelling unit, it is installed at an appropriate position in the room, and various systems inside and outside can be accessed from a multimedia terminal combined with a telephone, cables and the like.

Patent Document 1 discloses various information services and interactive information exchange means via an information processing system using a housing complex LAN. Under the control of the management room or manager, necessary information from the shared server to the housing information panel of each dwelling unit, such as transmission of electronic circulation boards and electronic bulletin boards, external government agencies, medical institutions, welfare facilities, and companies Systems that provide exchange of required information, information on shopping, entertainment and other services are also becoming popular. Furthermore, the intercom system with a display device, which has traditionally been installed mainly for the convenience of residents and safety and security facilities, has an imaging camera for checking visitors, opening and closing of the entrance (lobby) lock mechanism, emergency, fire, and gas leaks.・ A collection of alarms such as water leaks and a telephone function connected to a telephone company's office line is widely used.

Patent document 2 is disclosing the alarm alert moving image display intercom system comprised by the terminal with a video input interface, and the some dwelling unit terminal arrange | positioned at each dwelling unit. The analog moving image video signal input to the video input interface is A / D converted in the terminal with the video input interface, compressed to a moving image, and then transmitted to each dwelling unit for storage. Therefore, each dwelling unit terminal discloses an alarm notification moving image display intercom system that eliminates the need for providing a configuration for digital moving image compression processing.

Further, Patent Document 3 is a wireless communication device in which a doorphone slave unit with a camera and a TV interphone master unit are connected by a signal line L1, and a radio compatible TV interphone radio extension master unit in which a radio adapter is connected to the TV interphone master unit is added. A compatible TV intercom system is disclosed. This wireless extension base unit includes a TV monitor, a memory for storing waiting images, a video buffer, and a video display control unit. The video display control unit receives a call from a door phone slave unit with a camera. When received, the visitor video transmitted is stored in the video buffer, while the TV monitor displays a waiting image for the visitor, and when the customer video is stored in the video buffer, it is switched to the customer video and displayed. is doing.
JP 2003-274025 A JP 2004-336641 A JP 2006-270782 A

An object of the present invention is an interphone system installed in an apartment house or the like, which is prepared or captured in advance for an interphone handset that receives a call from a lobby interphone with a camera by a visitor. To provide an intercom system having a function of adding the notification information to a visitor captured image and displaying the added information on the display device of the intercom handset.

The first aspect of the present invention stores a management room base unit 10 provided with an intercom 14 and installed in an apartment house management room, and notification information made up of characters and / or visible images controlled by the management room base unit. Information storage device 12 and an intercom with a display device that is attached to the housing information panel 16 installed in each dwelling unit and functions as a warning terminal for various alarms such as fire, emergency, gas leak, water leak, etc. and crime prevention Automatic information for sequentially interrupting and displaying the notification information selected every time the intercom is activated from the notification information according to the operation signal of the interphone 14 on the interphone display device. It is an intercom system with a display device having an interrupt delivery function.

The invention described in claim 2 recommends that the notification information participate in product names, trademarks, service marks, service-related advertisements, department stores, supermarkets, specialty stores, provider names, catchphrases, various events, sales, and other entertainments. It is an interphone system with a display device having an automatic interrupt information distribution function, which is advertisement / advertisement information having a private color.

The invention described in claim 3 is an automatic interrupt in which the notification information is publicity information having public colors such as notification items, slogans, slogans, etc. from national / local governments, police, firefighting, weather, management associations, etc. It is an intercom system with a display device having an information distribution function.

The invention described in claim 4 is an interphone system with a display device having an automatic interrupt information distribution function in which notification information for the information storage device 12 is updated regularly or timely by a system administrator. And

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an interphone with a display device having an automatic interrupt information distribution function in which notification information stored in the information storage device is periodically or timely updated by an online operation from a system administrator. It is a system.

The invention described in claim 6 is that the intercom system with a display device has functions such as internet connection, emergency alarm, electronic circulation board, etc. via a housing management room or a shared server 30 installed outside. It is an interphone system with a display device having an automatic interrupt information distribution function that can be shared as a terminal of the collective housing information processing system in cooperation with the information processing system. Here, examples of the outside as the installation location of the shared server include a management and operation company for the housing complex and a management and management company for the system.

According to the intercom system with a display device according to the present invention, each time the user uses the intercom system with a display device, the information storage device in the control room master unit is used for the residents of each dwelling unit in the apartment house where the system is installed. Because the advertisements and other information that are stored in advance and updated as needed are interrupted and transmitted within a range that does not interfere with the original display content of the intercom system, for example, the image that displays the appearance of the visitor, The display contents on the display unit of the machine can be visually confirmed.

In this case, the notification information includes information on strong public colors from the national government, local governments, police, tax, weather, management associations, etc., and private colors such as advertisements and advertisements from private companies and organizations. It may be useful information such as strong notification information, information related to the target building, and the like. It is also possible to include BGM and other acoustic information at a volume that does not hinder normal intercom calls. In addition, for example, a scene such as driving of a car or golf play as advertisement information can be used as a background image of a visitor's appearance.

The intercom system with a display device according to the present invention can be linked with an information processing system for an apartment house equipped with functions such as Internet connection, emergency warning, in-house notification, electronic circulation board, etc. installed in the entire apartment house. It is appropriate to use the collective housing information processing system for various alarms and in-house notifications required. Accordingly, the notification information in a mode that operates every time the interphone is used as described above is highly arbitrary, and information used as notification of information that does not require urgency is suitable.

Hereinafter, embodiments of an intercom system with a display device according to the present invention will be disclosed with reference to the accompanying drawings. FIG. 1 shows a main part of an interphone system with a display device installed in each of a management room 1, a lobby (entrance) 2 and selected dwelling units 3 (1) (2) (3)... (N) in an apartment house. Is shown. A management room base unit 10 that comprehensively manages and controls the intercom system of the entire apartment house is installed in the management room 1 of the apartment house or in the vicinity thereof. The management room base unit 10 is attached with an information storage device 12 and an interphone 14 for storing notification information consisting of characters and / or images required in the present invention. Note that the information storage device that stores the notification information can be configured to be attached to the intercom slave units 18 and 22 instead of the management room master unit.

In the lobby 2 of an apartment house or the like, an interphone (an entrance machine with a camera) 14 of an interphone system is installed. This interphone 14 with a camera is an interphone cordless handset connected via a house information panel 16 installed in the target dwelling unit 3 when a visitor entering the imaging range of the camera inputs a target dwelling unit number. A line is formed between 18 and 22. When the resident of the dwelling unit operates the response switch 18S (see FIG. 2), communication using camera captured image information and audio signals is possible.

The intercom handset 18 installed in each dwelling unit 3 can be a wall-mounted type (fixed type) attached to the wall surface, and can communicate with the wireless transmission / reception terminal 20 connected to the line. It can also be set as the portable interphone subunit | mobile_unit 22 provided with a certain transmission / reception function. Further, a configuration in which both are installed and selectively used according to the situation at the time of use is preferable because the convenience of the resident can be improved.

There is a tendency to construct a collective housing LAN that can use the Internet by installing a shared server 30 in the management room 1 and installing a housing information panel 16 (or multimedia terminal) in each dwelling unit in the apartment. In the interphone system, the interphone slave units with display 18 and 22 arranged in each dwelling unit can be used in combination as a terminal of such an apartment house LAN. As a result, it is possible to teach a wide variety of services that can be more organically accessible to various domestic and overseas networks and various wired and wireless communication systems as well as inside apartment buildings. The installation location of the shared server is not limited to the management room of the apartment house. For example, the shared server can be installed outside the management operator company of the apartment house or the management operator company of the system.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration example of the panel surface of the interphone slave device 18 with a display device or the portable interphone slave device 22 installed in each dwelling unit. The panel surface is operated when a call is received. A response switch 18S for responding, a display unit 18D for confirming a visitor who is a sender of the calling signal, and a transmitter / receiver unit 18M & S (microphone & speaker) for responding by voice are provided. Then, an appropriate part of the display unit 18D, for example, the lower part of the display unit in FIG. 2, is stored in advance in the information storage device 12, and is selectively transmitted every time the intercom is activated, and is interrupted and transmitted after screen synthesis. An advertisement information display area 18C for displaying advertisements and other notification information is provided.

In addition, the setting part of this display area 18C is arbitrary, and can be provided in an appropriate part such as either above or below the display unit 18D, either left or right, or both left and right. In the display form such as both the upper and lower sides or both the left and right sides, it is also possible to display them separately, for example, character information on one side and image information on the other side. Furthermore, a tagline or the main text of an advertisement may be displayed on one side, an image of a provider or an organization (or a private store) on the other side, and a scene such as a car driving may be displayed as a background image of a visitor's appearance. .

Hereinafter, the display style in the intercom system according to the present invention will be disclosed. In the information storage device 12 attached to the management room master unit 10, advertisements and other notification information to be displayed on the display device 18D of the interphone slave units 18 and 22 in accordance with the operation of the person in charge of managing the system, Remember. The notification information stores a required number of image information and / or character information edited for each predetermined information amount unit. The upper limit of the information amount in this case is determined by the notification information display area 18C scheduled in the intercom display unit 18D.

Instead of the mode managed by the person in charge at the site, a system may be used in which the information is transmitted as a digital or analog notification information from a distance or at any time via the Internet, a dedicated line, a telephone network, or the like. With such a long-distance transmission method, it is possible to transmit notification information that is considered necessary each time to a similar system under the umbrella, and update it in a timely manner. In addition, advertisements and other notification information displayed on the display unit 18D of the interphone slave units 18 and 22 can be arbitrarily transmitted from the server such as the advertiser through the Internet connection under the management of the management room master unit 10 or the interphone slave units 18 and 22. Can be imported.

Advertisements and other notification information that have been directly input to the information storage device 12 at each site, online input via the Internet or other communication line, and other updates are controlled in the order of input or under the control of the management room master unit 10. The extraction (interruption) order can be determined by a predetermined rule, for example, an order determined for each genre of information content, alphabetical order, ranking by time zone classified by content, and the like.

For example, for each type of public or private information, the time period for providing advertisements and other information by genre such as for infants and parents, for elementary school students, for middle and high school students, for housewives, for business workers, by age group, etc. It is also possible to set to switch and send in accordance with the time zone. In addition, in a small housing complex system where the number of dwelling units has not reached the predetermined number, it is expected that the number of notification information items will be reduced, so that it will be randomly transmitted from time to time as a whole. It is also possible.

FIG. 3 shows information mixing and screen editing of the advertisement and other notification information X extracted from the information storage device 12 in a predetermined order as described above, and the image information Y from the imaging camera of the interphone (the entrance with camera) 14. The signal processing when combining and editing in the means 24 and displaying on the interphone slave units 18 and 22 of the dwelling unit selected in the interphone entrance unit 14 is schematically displayed.

The notification information X is notification information selected according to a predetermined program from advertisements and other notification information stored in advance in the information storage device 12. The imaging information Y is image information captured by the camera of the intercom entrance machine 14. The information mixing / screen editing means 24 combines the notification information X and the captured image information Y to synthesize information suitable for the screens of the display devices of the interphone slave units 18 and 22. It is desirable that the notification information signal X and the imaging signal Y have the same signal format. If one is an analog signal and the other is a digital signal, the signal format may be assimilated by adding a circuit that performs A / D conversion or D / A conversion to one of them.

Thus, according to the intercom system with a display device according to the present invention, every time the intercom system with a display device is used for a resident of each dwelling unit in an apartment house where the system is installed, An advertisement or other notification information that is stored in advance in the information storage device attached to and updated as needed is displayed. Naturally, the entrance function is permitted after confirming that it is not a suspicious person such as a family, an acquaintance, a reserved visitor, etc., based on the original function of the intercom system, for example, an image displaying the appearance of the visitor.

The display device 18D of the interphone slave unit has a visual information including character information and / or image information including advertisements and the like stored in the interphone system, in addition to the image of the visitor's appearance by the imaging camera. The image is interrupted. The visible images of advertisements and other information in this case include advertisements, public relations, slogans, catchphrases, traffic slogans, etc. as public information or private information that is understood to be useful for daily life selected in advance by the system administrator. . Accordingly, each resident can visually check such visible information on the display content of the display unit of the interphone slave unit every time the interphone is used.

As described above, according to the interphone system with a display device having the automatic interrupt distribution function of information according to the present invention, the visitor pushes (dials) the dwelling unit number from the interphone (the entrance machine with the camera). Then, the intercom handset of the corresponding house number activates the buzzer / chime / bell and makes a call. Since the resident of the room can confirm that the visitor is not a suspicious person from the imaging information and can unlock the entrance door, a predetermined security level is maintained.

In this case, the interphone handset display device installed in each dwelling unit simultaneously receives advertisements and other notification information that are interrupted and transmitted under the control of the control room base unit to the part that does not obstruct the imaging screen of the visitor. Is displayed. Since this advertisement and other notification information are information introduced by the administrator as useful information for the resident, the resident can check the useful information at the same time that the resident operates the intercom. Become. The interphone system with a display device having an automatic interrupt distribution function of information according to the present invention is actively linked with various systems such as a housing complex LAN including a telephone line, an Internet system, and other information providing means. It is possible to improve convenience in various apartment houses.

It is a figure which shows the structural example of the intercom system with a display apparatus provided with the automatic interrupt delivery function of the information which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the structural example of the panel surface of the intercom subunit | mobile_unit in the interphone system with a display apparatus which concerns on this invention. It is a conceptual diagram of mixing / combining and editing of each information signal performed by an interphone system with a display device having an automatic interrupt distribution function of information according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 Apartment house management room 2 Entrance (lobby)
3 (1), (2), (3) ... (n) Dwelling unit 10 Management room master unit 12 Information storage device 14 Interphone (entrance unit with camera)
16 Housing information board 18 Intercom cordless handset (wall-mounted type)
18S response switch 18D display unit 18C notification information display area 18M & S transmission / reception unit (microphone & speaker)
20 Radio transmission / reception terminal 22 Intercom handset (portable)
24 Information mixing / screen editing processing means 30 Shared server X Notification information Y Image information

Claims (6)

 Management room base unit installed in apartment housing management room with intercom, information storage device controlled by the management room base unit for storing notification information consisting of characters and / or visible images, and installed in each dwelling unit Intercom handset with display device that functions as a warning terminal for various alarms such as fire, emergency, gas leaks, water leaks, etc., and crime prevention etc. Accordingly, the interphone with a display device is provided with an automatic interrupt information distribution function for sequentially interrupting and displaying the notification information selected from the notification information every time the interphone is operated to the display device of the interphone. system. Advertisement / advertisement information with the above-mentioned broadcast information, such as product names, trademarks, service marks, service-related advertisements, department stores, supermarkets, specialty stores, provider names, catchphrases, various events, sales and other entertainment The interphone system with a display device having an automatic interrupt information distribution function according to claim 1. 2. The information according to claim 1, wherein the notification information is publicity information having public colors such as notification items from a national / local government, police, fire fighting, weather, management association, traffic motto, slogan, and the like. Intercom system with display device equipped with automatic interrupt information distribution function. 4. The interphone with a display device having an automatic interrupt information distribution function according to claim 1, wherein the notification information for the information storage device is updated regularly or timely by a system administrator. system. 4. The automatic interrupt information distribution function according to claim 1, wherein the notification information stored in the information storage device is updated periodically or timely by an online operation from a system administrator. Interphone system with display device.  The intercom system with the display device cooperates with an apartment information processing system having functions such as Internet connection, emergency warning, electronic circulation board, etc. via an apartment house management room or a shared server installed outside. 6. The intercom system with a display device having an automatic interrupt information distribution function according to claim 1, wherein the interphone system can be shared as a terminal of an information processing system.

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