JP4159127B2 - Intercom device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an intercom apparatus including a camera-equipped doorphone attached outside a dwelling unit and a monitor-equipped interphone attached inside a dwelling unit, and more particularly to an interphone apparatus that can accommodate visitors when going out.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, an interphone device provided with a camera-equipped doorphone attached outside a dwelling unit and a plurality of monitor-equipped interphones installed inside the dwelling unit is originally displayed on a monitor of a monitor-equipped interphone because notification of visitors is a major purpose. The video is configured so that only the video transmitted from the camera doorphone is displayed at the time of the visitor, and there was no means to leave a record of the visit regarding the visitor who was away, so who was away? I could n’t confirm.
[0003]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
As described above, a conventional intercom device equipped with a TV doorphone and a plurality of interphones with a monitor cannot respond to a visitor who is absent, and records a visit regarding the visitor who is away. Because there was no means, there was a problem that it was not possible to know the visitors who were absent.
[0004]
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a structure of an interphone device that can cope with a visitor in the absence by leaving a record of the visitor in the absence. .
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, an interphone device according to claim 1 is an interphone device including a door phone with a camera and an interphone with a monitor that displays an image transmitted from the door phone with a camera. An intercom with a monitor is provided, and an intercom with a monitor has an answering button operated when shifting to the answering mode, an answering button detection unit for detecting that the answering button was pressed, and a feeling sensor If There where provided and motion sensor detector for detecting the detection of the approaching of the person, the human sensor in a state in which the intercom apparatus is set to the recording mode by answering button pressed detects the visitor, the the video and audio is transmitted from the camera-equipped intercom, video in an external storage device, sound the apparatus itself and compressed to each recording It means that, when the recording mode answering button is operated again is released, the recorded reproduces display an image on the monitor of the monitor with intercom, and means for voice output by decompressing the compressed speech It is characterized by being. As a result, a record of a guest who is away can be recorded with video and audio, and it is possible to deal with the visitor who is away.
[0007]
The interphone device according to claim 2 is the interphone device according to claim 1, wherein the interphone with a monitor is provided with a video remote control unit controlled by a human sensor detection unit, and the human sensor detects the approach of the human body. Then, the video remote control unit outputs a control signal equivalent to the remote control signal for the external storage device to the storage device by the control from the human sensor detection unit. . Thus, for example, an external storage device is a home video deck with a remote control, and the video output terminal of the interphone with a monitor is connected to the input terminal of the video deck, and the same signal as the control signal output by the remote control to the interphone device It is possible to use a home (general purpose) video deck as a recording means.
[0009]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
A reference example of the intercom apparatus of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the figure, 1 is a door phone with a camera attached outside the dwelling unit, and 2 is an interphone with a monitor attached inside the dwelling unit connected to the door phone with camera 1 via a transmission line 3.
[0010]
The door phone with camera 1 includes a speaker 4 that outputs call voice, a microphone 5 that inputs call voice, a camera 6 that captures a video of a visitor, a call button 7 that is operated when a call is started, and a microphone 5. The voice signal input from the camera 6 and the video signal input from the camera 6 are multiplexed and output to the transmission line 3, and the multiplexed signal transmitted from the monitor intercom 2 is separated into the voice signal and the video signal. And a separation / separation processing unit 8.
[0011]
On the other hand, the interphone 2 with a monitor includes a speaker 9 that outputs a call sound, a microphone 10 that inputs the call sound, a monitor 11 that displays an image, a call button 12 that is operated when making a call, An extension button 13 that is operated when making a call (extension call) with an interphone with a monitor (not shown), a demultiplexing processing unit 14 for multiplexing or demultiplexing a video signal and a call audio signal, and The call button detection unit 15 that detects that the call button 7 provided on the camera-equipped doorphone 1 is pressed, the answering button 16 that is operated when shifting to the answering mode, and that the answering button 16 is pressed. An answering button detection unit 17 to detect, a voice compression unit 18 that compresses a call voice transmitted from the door phone with camera 1, a voice memory 19 that holds a signal output from the voice compression unit 18, and a voice And a speech decompression unit 20 to return the audio data stored in the memory 19 to the call audio signal.
[0012]
Next, the operation of the intercom apparatus shown in FIG. 1 will be described. First, when the answering button 16 provided on the monitor intercom 2 is pressed, the answering button detection unit 17 detects it, and the monitor intercom 2 shifts to the answering mode state. In this state, when the call button 7 is pressed and a call from the camera-equipped doorphone 1 occurs, the multiplexed signal transmitted from the camera-equipped doorphone 1 is transmitted to the demultiplexing / separation processing unit 9 provided in the monitor intercom 2. The video signal and the call audio signal are separated, and the video signal is output from the video output terminal unit 21 to a video signal recording device (not shown) provided outside, and the video signal is output from the video recording control signal output terminal unit 22. A recording control signal that causes the recording apparatus to start recording is output. Further, the call voice signal transmitted from the door phone with camera 1 is compressed by the voice compression unit 18 and stored in the voice memory 19.
[0013]
Further, when the answering button 16 is operated again to cancel the answering mode, the video signal recorded in the video signal recording device is output from the video input terminal unit 23 to the monitor 11 and the video is reproduced. At the same time, the voice data stored in the voice memory 19 is converted into a call voice signal by the voice decompression unit 20 and the call voice is output from the speaker 9.
[0014]
Next, a first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The embodiment shown in FIG. 2 differs from the reference example shown in FIG. 1 in that the visitor detection is not performed by a call button but by a human sensor that detects the approach of a person. . The same components as those shown in FIG. 1 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof is omitted.
[0015]
A configuration different from the reference example shown in FIG. 1 will be described. The door phone with camera 1 is provided with a human sensor 24 for detecting the approach of a person, and the interphone with monitor 2 is replaced with a call button detection unit 15. A human sensor detection unit 25 is provided.
[0016]
The operation of the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 will be described. When the answering button 16 is pressed in the intercom with monitor 2 and the answering button detection is detected in the answering button detection unit 17, the interphone with monitor 2 shifts to the answering mode. To do. In this state, when the human sensor 24 of the door phone with camera 1 detects the approach of a person, the video signal and the voice signal transmitted from the door phone with camera 1 are transmitted to the video signal and the voice by the demultiplexing processing unit 14. The video signal is separated from the video signal, and the video signal is output from the video output terminal unit 21 to a video signal recording device (not shown) provided outside, and recorded from the video recording control signal output terminal unit 22 to the video signal recording device. A recording control signal to be started is output. Further, the call voice signal transmitted from the door phone with camera 1 is compressed by the voice compression unit 18 and stored in the voice memory 19. Since the operation of reproducing the recording is the same as the reference example shown in FIG.
[0017]
Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIG. The embodiment shown in FIG. 3 differs from the embodiment shown in FIG. 2 in that a home (general purpose) video deck with a remote control can be used as a recording means. A configuration different from the configuration shown in FIG. 2 is a video remote control unit 26 that is provided in the monitor intercom 2 and outputs a control signal similar to the control signal output from the remote control of the home (general purpose) video deck. This is controlled by the human sensor detection unit 25 and outputs a recording control signal to a home (general purpose) video deck main body (not shown).
[0018]
The operation will be described. When the answering button 16 is pressed in the interphone with monitor 2 and the answering button detection is detected in the answering button detection unit 17, the interphone with monitor 2 shifts to the answering mode. In this state, when the human sensor 24 of the camera-equipped doorphone 2 detects the approach of a person, the video signal and the audio signal transmitted from the camera-equipped doorphone 2 are converted into a video signal and a call voice by the demultiplexing processing unit 14. The video signal is separated into signals, and the video signal is output from the video output terminal unit 21 to a home (general purpose) video deck. Further, when the intercom 2 with a monitor detects that the human sensor 24 has detected the approach of a person in the door phone 1 with the camera, the video remote control unit 26 records the video signal on a home (general purpose) video deck. A recording control signal for output is output. Since this signal is configured to output a signal similar to a control signal output by a remote controller attached to a commercially available video deck, a home (general purpose) video deck can be used as a recording means. The audio signal is data-compressed by the audio compression unit 18 and stored in the audio memory 19. However, an audio output terminal may be provided separately, and an audio signal may be recorded on a home (general purpose) video deck.
[0024]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, in the intercom device according to claim 1 or claim 2, it is possible to record the visitor of the video being away in the video, after returning home, can correspond to visitors in absence. In addition, since the video of the visitor is recorded by the human sensor, the intercom device can be provided with a crime prevention function.
[0026]
Furthermore, in the intercom device according to the second aspect , a home (general purpose) video deck can be used as an external storage device .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a reference example of an intercom apparatus according to the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the first embodiment of the intercom apparatus according to the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a second embodiment of an intercom apparatus according to the present invention ;
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Door phone with camera
2 Intercom with monitor

Claims (2)

A door intercom with camera, the intercom apparatus and a monitor with intercom for displaying an image transmitted from the camera-equipped intercom, the camera-equipped intercom, provided human sensor which detects the approaching of the person, the monitor with interphone An answering button that is operated when shifting to the absence mode, an answering button detection unit that detects that the answering button has been pressed, and a human sensor detection unit that detects that the human sensor detects the approach of a person And when the human sensor detects a visitor while the intercom device is set to the absence mode by pressing the answering button, the video and audio transmitted from the camera-equipped doorphone are externally displayed. the storage device, sound the apparatus itself is compressed, it means for recording each and recording mode answering button is operated again is released, Serial recorded reproduces display an image on the monitor of the monitor with intercom, interphone device characterized by and means for voice output by decompressing the compressed speech. The intercom with a monitor is provided with a video remote control unit controlled by a human sensor detection unit,
If human approach is detected by the human sensor, the video remote control unit outputs a control signal equivalent to the remote control signal for the external storage device to the storage device by the control from the human sensor detection unit. The intercom apparatus according to claim 1.

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