KR100943845B1 - Method for remote monitoring and apparatus for providing video for remote monitoring - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a remote monitoring method and an apparatus for providing an image for remote monitoring. In the remote monitoring method according to the present invention, when an occurrence of an event is detected, the monitoring image providing apparatus sends an event occurrence message to a pre-registered video call terminal. Transmitting automatically; Receiving a video call call sent from the video call terminal to the monitoring video providing device in response to the event occurrence message; When the video call call is received by the monitoring video providing apparatus, determining whether the telephone number of the video call terminal originating the call matches a phone number registered in advance in the monitoring video providing apparatus; And providing the monitoring video data to the video call terminal by the monitoring video providing apparatus by using the connected video call call when it matches the registered phone number. According to the present invention, it is possible to conveniently monitor a specific object at a remote location at low cost without changing network configuration and adding complicated equipment, and can efficiently provide a notification service to a pre-registered video call terminal when an event occurs. In addition, a video call can be directly sent to a registered video call terminal or video data can be provided using a video mailbox. In addition, the image before the video call can be confirmed using the video image.

 Remote monitoring, video call

Description

Remote monitoring method and apparatus for providing video for remote monitoring

The present invention relates to a remote monitoring method and an apparatus for providing a remote monitoring image, and more particularly, to a remote monitoring method for easily monitoring a specific object at a low cost without changing network configuration and adding complicated equipment. And an apparatus for providing an image for remote monitoring.

Conventionally, in order to monitor a monitoring target such as a specific place at a remote location where a user is located, a camera is installed and wired surveillance. In the case of the conventional monitoring device as described above, it was difficult to inform the remote user about the event occurred in the monitoring process, and there was a problem that the recorded content could not be confirmed when the remote user wanted. In addition, when the distance between the remote location and the camera where the user is located, there is a problem that the installation of such a facility is complicated and expensive.

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to easily monitor a specific target at a remote location without the change of network configuration and the addition of complicated equipment, and to provide services such as event notification, monitoring device transmission, recording video or image provision, etc. The present invention provides a remote monitoring method that can be provided and an apparatus for providing an image for remote monitoring.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a first aspect of the present invention, when detecting the occurrence of the event, the monitoring image providing apparatus automatically transmitting an event occurrence message to a pre-registered video call terminal; Receiving a video call call sent from the video call terminal to the monitoring video providing device in response to the event occurrence message; When the video call call is received by the monitoring video providing apparatus, determining whether the telephone number of the video call terminal originating the call matches a phone number registered in advance in the monitoring video providing apparatus; And providing the monitoring video data to the video calling terminal by the monitoring video providing apparatus by using the connected video calling call when it matches the registered phone number.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the second aspect of the present invention, when detecting the occurrence of the event, the monitoring video providing device automatically sends a video call call to the pre-registered video call terminal; Transmitting, by the monitoring video providing apparatus, monitoring video data to the video call terminal when the video call is connected; And if the video call call is not connected, the monitoring video providing apparatus provides a remote monitoring method comprising the step of automatically transmitting an event occurrence message to the registered video call terminal.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a third aspect of the present invention, when detecting the occurrence of the event, the monitoring image providing apparatus for recording the monitoring image for a set time; Automatically connecting the monitoring video providing apparatus to a video mailbox of a pre-registered video call terminal when the recording is finished; And transmitting and registering recorded video data by the monitoring video providing apparatus to a video mailbox of the connected video call terminal.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, the fourth aspect of the present invention, when detecting the occurrence of the event, the monitoring video providing device automatically sends a video call call to the pre-registered video call terminal; Capturing and storing an image of a place to be monitored by the monitoring image providing device at the same time as the video call call origination; And transmitting the image stored in the monitoring video providing apparatus when the video call is connected and receives an image request signal from the video call terminal.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a fifth aspect of the present invention includes an image acquisition unit for capturing a preset monitoring target to obtain image data; An event detector for detecting that a predetermined monitoring related event has occurred; A video call transmitter for transmitting a video call to a pre-registered video call terminal when an event occurrence is detected by the event detector; A video providing unit for transmitting the video data photographing the monitoring target to the video call terminal when the video call is connected; And a message transmitter configured to transmit an event generation message to the video call terminal when the video call terminal and the video call are not connected.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a sixth aspect of the present invention includes an event detecting unit for detecting that a predetermined monitoring-related event occurs; An image acquisition unit for recording a monitoring image by capturing a monitoring target for a predetermined time when detecting an event occurrence; A video call transmitter which connects to a video mailbox of a pre-registered video call terminal when the recording ends; And an image providing unit for transmitting the recorded image data to the connected image mailbox.

In order to achieve the above technical problem, a seventh aspect of the present invention includes an event detecting unit for detecting that a predetermined monitoring-related event occurs; When the occurrence of the event is detected, the video call caller for transmitting a video call call to the pre-registered video call terminal; An image acquisition unit for capturing an image of a monitoring target together with the transmission of the video call and detecting an event occurrence; And a video providing unit to which the video call is connected and transmits the captured image when the video call terminal receives an image request signal.

According to the present invention, it is possible to conveniently provide a monitoring service to a specific target at a low cost without changing the network configuration and the addition of complicated equipment. In addition, a user notification service can be provided by detecting whether an event has occurred, and a video call can be immediately sent to a user when an event occurs. In addition, an image may be provided by using a user's video mailbox, or an image captured before a video call may be provided to perform monitoring more effectively. According to the present invention, there is an effect that the user can monitor the inside of his house, office, building in real time at any time in the remote.

The monitoring video providing device and the video call terminal of the present invention can perform call connection, data transmission and reception between the video providing device and the terminal using the same protocol, and can provide continuous video data in real time when a call is connected. It works.

The objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. In addition, the terms used in the present invention was selected as a general term widely used as possible now, but in certain cases, the term is arbitrarily selected by the applicant, in which case the meaning is described in detail in the corresponding description of the invention, It is to be clear that the present invention is to be understood as the meaning of terms rather than names.

The operation of the remote monitoring method and the apparatus for providing an image for remote monitoring according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a view showing a remote monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the system of the present embodiment includes a monitoring image providing apparatus 100, a wireless switching network 110, and a video call terminal 120.

Basically, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 provides the video data of the monitoring target to the video call terminal 120 of the remote user through the wireless switching network 110. Examples of the wireless switching network include a WCDMA network. The remote user can observe the monitoring target through the screen of the video call terminal 120 (for example, OLED, LCD screen, etc.). Here, the monitoring target may be determined by a specific place where the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 is installed or by the direction in which the photographing module of the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 faces, and the monitoring target is preset in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100. It is done.

On the other hand, the base station (not shown) and the switching station (not shown) may exist in the wireless switching network 110 can be fully understood by those skilled in the art. The base station and the switching center connect the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 and the video call terminal 120 to establish connection of a video call or to transmit and receive various messages (eg, text messages).

Referring to FIG. 1, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 according to the present exemplary embodiment may include an image obtaining unit 150, an event detecting unit 152, a message transmitting unit 154, an authenticating unit 156, an image providing unit 158, The video call transmitter 160 may be included.

First, an operation of the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 according to the first embodiment will be described.

The image acquisition unit 150 captures a preset monitoring target to obtain image data. The image acquisition unit 150 may perform an operation corresponding to a shooting control signal received from the video call terminal 120. For example, a user may zoom in, zoom out, volume up, volume down, monitor setting control, and monitor setting using the video call terminal 120. A reset control for initialization may be requested, and the video call terminal 120 may transmit the request to the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 through the wireless switching network 110. The image providing apparatus 100 performs an operation corresponding to the request. In addition, the image providing device 100 may return the performance result to the video call terminal 120.

The event detector 152 detects that a predetermined monitoring related event has occurred. Herein, an example of a predetermined monitoring-related event may include monitoring time information preset by a user when the movement of the monitoring target is captured, including a monitoring start time point and a monitoring end time point. Although a start point may come, the scope of the present invention is not necessarily limited thereto.

Examples of the method of capturing the movement of the monitoring target may include a method of analyzing image data acquired by the image acquisition unit 150, a method using a motion sensor, and the like, but various methods may exist. Can be fully understood by those working in this field.

The message transmitter 154 automatically transmits an event report message indicating a detected event to a pre-registered video call terminal. Here, examples of the format of the event report message may include a message such as a short message service (SMS), a multimedia message service (MMS), and the like.

The video providing unit 158 is connected to the video call call from the video call terminal 120 in response to the event occurrence message through the wireless switching network 110, the video data for the monitoring target through the connected video call call The video call terminal 120 is transmitted.

For example, when the event detection unit 152 detects the occurrence of the event that the monitoring target is moving, the message transmission unit 154 notifies the user of the occurrence of such an event, and as a result, the user makes a call through the connected video call call The video providing unit 158 transmits real-time video data of the monitoring target to the video call terminal 120 of the user.

Another example is as follows. When the monitoring time information-including the monitoring start time point, the monitoring end time point-is set in advance in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, when the event detection unit 152 detects that the monitoring start time point has arrived, the message transmission unit ( 154 may send the message to the user at the start of monitoring.

The authenticator 156 performs authentication on the video call terminal 120, and the video providing unit 158 transmits video data to the video call terminal 120 only when authentication is successful. As an example of the authentication method, the call number of the video call terminal 120 may be compared with a number previously defined in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 to authenticate. That is, when the video call is connected, the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 compares whether the telephone number of the video call terminal 120 is a number previously stored in the monitoring video providing apparatus, and if the numbers match, the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 Pass video data and reject the video call if it does not match. The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 determines whether the video call terminal 120 has authority based on whether the received telephone number and the pre-registered telephone number match each other. A plurality of telephone numbers may be registered in advance in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100.

As another example of the authentication method, a password may be required. When the video call is connected, the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 transmits a password request guide message to the video call terminal 120, and after the user receives the guide message, the user inputs a password to the video call terminal 120. The monitoring image is provided to the apparatus 100. The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may determine whether the user has authority based on whether the received password and the pre-registered password match each other.

In the first exemplary embodiment, since the video call terminal 120 requests a video call, the video call transmitter 160 may be omitted from the monitoring video providing apparatus 100.

Referring to FIG. 1, the operation of the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 according to the second embodiment will be described. Here, the above-described first embodiment corresponds to an embodiment in which a video call call is sent by the video call terminal 120 of the user, and the second embodiment to be described below refers to the video call call monitoring image providing apparatus 100. Corresponds to the embodiment sent by.

The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 according to the second exemplary embodiment may omit the message transmitting unit 154 and the authenticating unit 156 of FIG. 1, the image obtaining unit 150, the event detecting unit 152, and the image. The provider 158 may include a video call transmitter 160 and a storage unit (not shown). Operations of the image acquisition unit 150 and the event detection unit 152 are the same as described above. The storage unit (not shown) may store a number for the video call terminal. For example, at least one video call terminal number may be pre-registered in the storage unit, and the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 may transmit a video call to the number registered in the storage unit. The video call transmitter 160 automatically sends a video call call to a pre-registered video call terminal number.

When the occurrence of a predetermined monitoring-related event is detected by the event detector 152, the video call transmitter 160 transmits a video call call directed to the video call terminal 120 registered in advance to the wireless switching network. . When the video call terminal 120 receives the video call call and the video call is connected to the monitoring video providing apparatus 100, the video providing unit 158 transmits the video data for the monitoring target through the wireless switching network. Transmit to 120. For example, when the predetermined monitoring-related event is an event that a movement of a monitoring target is captured (or a monitoring start time, etc.), the video call transmitter 160 may detect a video call terminal as soon as an event occurs. The video call call directed to 120 may be automatically sent. When the video call is connected, the video providing unit 158 provides the video call terminal 120 with real-time video data about the monitoring target.

Referring to Figure 1, the operation of the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 according to the third embodiment will be described. In the third embodiment, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may access the video mailbox and register the recorded image information, thereby transmitting the monitoring image to the video call terminal 120.

The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 according to the third exemplary embodiment may omit the message transmitting unit 154 and the authenticating unit 156 of FIG. 1, the image obtaining unit 150, the event detecting unit 152, and the image. The provider 158 may include a video call transmitter 160 and a storage unit (not shown). Operations of the image acquisition unit 150 and the event detection unit 152 are the same as described above. The storage unit (not shown) may store a number for the video call terminal. For example, at least one video call terminal number may be pre-registered in the storage unit, and the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may transmit image data to a video mailbox having a number registered in the storage unit 156. have. The video call transmitter 160 may access a video mailbox of a video call terminal number registered in the storage to transmit video data.

When the occurrence of a predetermined monitoring-related event is detected by the event detector 152, the image acquisition unit 150 automatically stores image data for a specified time. The designated time may be set in advance by the user or the like. The video call transmitter 160 accesses a video mailbox of at least one video call terminal number among the video call terminal numbers registered in the storage unit, and the video provider 158 captures the stored video data for the predetermined time. Send to the video mailbox.

The video call terminal 120 may know the information that the video data arrived in its mailbox from the wireless switching network. The video call terminal 120 informs the user that there is a message in the video mailbox, and the user can access the video mailbox directly to check the video data when necessary. The user may check data stored in the video mailbox using the video call terminal 120. Alternatively, when the video mailbox also supports other verification means (eg, access to the video mailbox server through the Internet), the user may also check the data stored in the video mailbox through the verification means.

Referring to FIG. 1, the operation of the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 according to the fourth embodiment will be described. In the fourth embodiment, the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 may transmit a video call call to the video call terminal 120 and provide the video image to the video call terminal 120 in real time.

The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 according to the fourth exemplary embodiment may omit the message transmitting unit 154 and the authentication unit 156 of FIG. 1, the image obtaining unit 150, the event detecting unit 152, The video providing unit 158, the video call transmitter 160, and a storage unit (not shown) may be included. Operations of the image acquisition unit 150 and the event detection unit 152 are the same as described above. The storage unit (not shown) may be registered with a number for the video call terminal. For example, at least one video call terminal number may be pre-registered in the storage unit, and the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 may transmit a video call to the number registered in the storage unit. The video call transmitter 160 automatically sends a video call call to a pre-registered video call terminal number.

When the occurrence of a predetermined monitoring-related event is detected by the event detection unit 152, the image acquisition unit 150 captures and automatically stores an image (for example, a still image, a photo, etc.) for a specified number of times for a specified time. do. The time can be preset by the user. For example, it may be set in units of hours and minutes, or may be set until the monitoring image is transmitted to the user video call terminal after detecting a predetermined event.

The video call transmitter 160 transmits a video call call directed to a video call terminal 120, which is registered in advance, through a wireless switching network. The video call terminal 120 receives a video call call and asks the user whether to connect to the video call. When the video call connection request is received from the user, the video call terminal 120 may display the monitoring image received by connecting the video call with the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 on a screen in real time.

In addition, when a video call is connected between the monitoring video providing device 100 and the video call terminal 120, the user of the video call terminal 120 uses a specific button to display an image stored in the monitoring video providing device in real time. You can also check The user may input an image viewing command using a button included in the video call terminal 120, and when the command is input, the video call terminal 120 requests the stored image from the monitoring image providing device 100. Can be. For example, when the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 captures an image until the monitoring image is transmitted to the video call terminal 120 after the event is detected, the monitoring video is transmitted to the video call terminal 120 after the event occurs. The user can check the situation that occurred for a time before providing.

For example, when the predetermined monitoring-related event is an event that a movement of a monitoring target is captured, when an event occurrence is detected by the event detecting unit 152, the image acquisition unit 150 photographs for a specified time or a specified number of times. Shoot and save it automatically. The video call transmitter 160 automatically sends a video call call directed to the video call terminal 120, and the video provider 158 transmits real-time video data of a monitoring target through the connected video call call 120. To provide. A user of the video call terminal 120 may use a specific button predefined by the video monitoring apparatus 100 (for example, a button set in the terminal to request the user to perform an operation on the video monitoring apparatus 100). By using the image stored in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may be requested. Accordingly, the user may check the image stored by the image acquisition unit 150 of the image providing apparatus 100 while automatically transmitting the video call call while the video call call is connected.

2 is a flowchart showing the flow of the remote monitoring method 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 2 is a flowchart illustrating an operation performed by the monitoring image providing apparatus 100.

In order to perform the present invention, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 should be installed at a place that the user wants to monitor. When the remote user wants to monitor the place, the user sends a video call call to the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 of the place to be monitored by using the video call terminal 120. The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 transmits the image data of the place where the image is taken in real time when a video call is received.

The above operation is described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 2. In the following embodiments, for convenience of description, a case in which a motion is captured is set as an event. If power is supplied to the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, the flow proceeds to step 201. Step 201 is a monitoring standby state (Idle State) in which the motion sensor is operated in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, and the motion sensor monitors what movement (event) is captured at the place being monitored (201). . If motion is not captured by the motion sensor (202), the process returns to step 201 to maintain the standby state. When a motion (event) is detected by the motion sensor (202), the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 transmits a message indicating that the motion (event) is captured by a number registered in advance (203). SMS and the like can be used in the format of the message. The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 returns to step 201 with message sending and maintains a standby state.

A user may check a message received from the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 and determine whether to view the monitoring image. The user may transmit a video call call to the monitoring video providing device 100 using the video call terminal 120. When the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 receives the video call call (204), the method proceeds to step 205 to determine whether the received number matches a number registered in advance in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 ( 205). If there is a mismatch with the number registered in advance (205), the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 rejects the received video call call and returns to step 201 to maintain a standby state. If it matches with the number registered in advance (205), the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 proceeds to step 207 to connect the video call and transmit the monitoring video data. The video call starts in earnest between the video call terminal 120 and the monitoring video providing device 100 using the connected video call.

If the user wants to terminate the monitoring after checking the video data of the place to be monitored, the user can end the monitoring by pressing the video call end button of the video call terminal 120. When the end button is pressed, the end signal may be transmitted to the monitoring image providing apparatus 100. When the signal corresponding to the end of monitoring is received by the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 (208), the process proceeds to step 201 to maintain a standby state. If the video call is not terminated without receiving the end signal (208), the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 maintains the state of transmitting the monitoring video information. The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may determine that the video call is terminated when the end signal is received, or may determine that the video call is terminated when the video call connection is disconnected for a predetermined time or more.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a remote monitoring method 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 3 is a flowchart illustrating an operation performed by the monitoring image providing apparatus 100.

In order to perform the present invention, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 should be installed at a place that the user wants to monitor. When a motion (event) is detected during monitoring, the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 may automatically transmit a video call call to the video call terminal 120 of a remote user. When the video call is received, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may transmit image data of a location where the image is captured.

The above operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 3. If power is supplied to the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, the flow proceeds to step 301. The step 301 is a monitoring idle state in which the motion sensor is operated in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, and the motion sensor monitors what movements (events) are captured at the monitored location (301). . If motion is not captured by the motion sensor (302), the process returns to step 301 to maintain the standby state. When a motion (event) is detected by the motion sensor (302), the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 transmits a video call call to a number registered in advance (303).

If the video call is received by the video call terminal 120 corresponding to the number (304), the process proceeds to step 306. The monitoring video providing apparatus 100 transmits the monitoring video data to the video call terminal 120 to which the video call is connected to start the video call in earnest (306).

If the user wants to terminate the monitoring after checking the video data of the place to be monitored, the user can end the monitoring by pressing the video call end button of the video call terminal 120. When the end button is pressed, the end signal may be transmitted to the monitoring image providing apparatus 100. When the signal corresponding to the end of monitoring is received by the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 (307), the process proceeds to step 301 to maintain a standby state. If the video call is not terminated without receiving the end signal (307), the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 maintains the state of transmitting the monitoring video information. The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may determine that the video call is terminated when the end signal is received, or may determine that the video call is terminated when the video call connection is disconnected for a predetermined time or more.

When the video call terminal 120 is not connected to the video call terminal 120 due to a failure of receiving a video call call, a reception rejection, or a reception impossibility (304), the monitoring video providing apparatus ( 100 may send a message that a movement (event) has been captured to the number that originated the video call call (305). An example of the message format may be SMS. The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 returns to step 301 with message sending and maintains a standby state. After the message is sent, the process of checking the monitoring image by sending a video call is the same as the process described with reference to FIG. 2.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a remote monitoring method 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation performed by the monitoring image providing apparatus 100.

In order to perform the present invention, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 should be installed at a place that the user wants to monitor. When a motion (event) is detected during monitoring, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 automatically starts recording the monitoring image for a specified time. The time may be set by the user. When the recording is completed for the designated time, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may access the video mailbox of the number registered in advance and register the recorded video data in the video mailbox. The user can check the video mailbox to check the recorded video.

The above operation will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 4. When power is supplied to the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, the flow proceeds to step 401. The step 401 is a monitoring idle state in which the motion sensor is operated in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, and the motion sensor monitors what motions (events) are captured at the monitored location (401). ). If motion is not captured by the motion sensor (402), the process returns to step 401 to maintain a standby state. When a motion (event) is captured by the motion sensor (402), the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 starts recording a place to be monitored for a predetermined time (403). After the predetermined time elapses, the recording is terminated (404), and the video mailbox of the number registered in advance is accessed (405). The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 uploads and registers the recorded image data to the image mailbox of the registered number (406). When registration of the recorded image data is completed (407), the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 terminates the video mailbox connection, and returns to step 401 to maintain the standby state again. If the registration of the recorded image data is not completed (407), the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 continues to register the image data.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a flow of a remote monitoring method 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating an operation performed by the monitoring image providing apparatus 100.

In order to perform the present invention, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 should be installed at a place that the user wants to monitor. When a motion (event) is detected during monitoring, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 automatically displays an image (eg, a photo) of a place to be monitored for a specified time, or a specified number, or a specified number of times for a specified time. Etc.) Start shooting. The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may transmit a video call call to the video call terminal 120 of a remote place where the user is located along with the photographing. When the video call terminal 120 is connected to the video call, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may transmit image data of a location where the image is being captured in real time. When the user requests the captured image by using a specific button previously promised to the video call terminal 120, the image providing device 100 may transmit the previously photographed and stored image.

The above operation is described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5. If power is supplied to the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, the flow proceeds to step 501. Step 501 is a monitoring standby state (Idle State) in which the motion sensor is operated in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, and the motion sensor monitors which motion (event) is captured at the place being monitored (501). . If motion is not captured by the motion sensor (502), the process returns to step 501 and continues to stand by. When a motion (event) is captured by the motion sensor (502), the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 starts capturing an image of a place to be monitored for a predetermined time, a specified number, or a specified number of times for a predetermined time. (503). The time, number, etc. may be set by the user.

The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 transmits a video call call to a number registered in advance with the photographing (504). If the video call is received by the video call terminal 120 corresponding to the number from which the video call is originated and the video call is connected (505), step 507 is performed. The monitoring video providing apparatus 100 may transmit the monitoring video data to the video call terminal to which the video call is connected (507) to start a video call in earnest. When the video call is connected, the user may request an image stored in the monitoring video providing apparatus 100 by inputting a predetermined button of the video call terminal 120 in advance. For example, the specific button may be a button set in the terminal so that the user may request the terminal 100 to perform various operations from the monitoring image providing apparatus 100. If there is no button input, the monitoring image information is transmitted so that the user can monitor the image in real time.

When the request is received, the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 transmits the image captured and stored in advance to the video call terminal 120 instead of the real-time image data (509). The user may receive and confirm the image to check the contents occurring in the empty space until the video call is made after the event is detected.

The user may again end the checking of the image stored in the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 by using a predetermined button. The user may terminate the video call connection with the termination of the image checking, or may receive the real-time monitoring image and monitor the image in real time. For example, when the user terminates the video call connection with the image checking end 510, the end signal may be transmitted to the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, and the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 is in a standby state. Maintain the state (501). When the user finishes checking the image 510 and requests a real-time monitoring image, the request signal may be transmitted to the monitoring image providing apparatus 100, and the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 may provide real-time monitoring image data. The video call terminal 120 of the user is transmitted (507). If the user does not finish checking the image (510), the monitoring image providing apparatus 100 maintains the image providing process (509).

When the video call terminal 120 is not connected to the video call terminal 120 due to a failure to receive a video call call, a reception rejection, or a reception impossibility (505), the monitoring video providing apparatus ( 100 may send a message that a movement (event) is captured to the number that originated the video call call (506). An example of the message format may be SMS. The monitoring image providing apparatus 100 returns to step 501 with the message sent and maintains the standby state. After the message is sent, the process of checking the monitoring image by sending a video call is the same as the process described with reference to FIG. 2.

Such a method and apparatus of the present invention have been described with reference to the embodiments shown in the drawings for clarity, but these are merely exemplary, and various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible to those skilled in the art. Will understand. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the appended claims.

1 is a view showing a remote monitoring system according to an embodiment of the present invention

2 is a flow chart showing the flow of the remote monitoring method 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention

3 is a flow chart showing the flow of the remote monitoring method 2 according to an embodiment of the present invention

4 is a flow chart showing the flow of the remote monitoring method 3 according to an embodiment of the present invention

5 is a flowchart showing the flow of a remote monitoring method 4 according to an embodiment of the present invention

* Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings

100: monitoring image providing device 110: wireless switching network

120: video call terminal 150: video acquisition unit

152: event detection unit 154: message transmission unit

156: authentication unit 158: video providing unit

160: video call transmitter

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delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete delete When the occurrence of the event is detected, the monitoring video providing apparatus automatically sending a video call to a pre-registered video call terminal; Capturing and storing an image of a place to be monitored by the monitoring image providing device at the same time as the video call call origination; And And transmitting an image stored in the monitoring video providing apparatus when the video call is connected and receives an image request signal from the video call terminal. The method of claim 10, Detection of the event, Remote monitoring method that detects that an event has occurred when motion is detected on the monitored object. The method of claim 10, The capturing of the image may include capturing an image for a set time. The method of claim 10, The capturing the image may include capturing a predetermined number of images. The method of claim 10, And if the video call is not connected, automatically monitoring the event providing apparatus to send an event generation message to the registered video call terminal. The method of claim 14, The transmitting of the event occurrence message may include transmitting an event occurrence message using a short message service (SMS). delete delete delete delete delete delete delete An event detector configured to detect that a predetermined monitoring related event has occurred; A video call transmitter for transmitting a video call to a pre-registered video call terminal when an event is detected; An image acquisition unit for capturing an image of a monitoring target together with the transmission of the video call and detecting an event occurrence; And And a video providing unit for transmitting the captured image when the video call is connected and receives an image request signal from the video call terminal. The method of claim 23, The event detection unit, Monitoring image providing device that detects that the event occurred when the movement is detected on the monitoring target. The method of claim 23, The event detection unit, And a monitoring image providing apparatus for detecting that an event has occurred when a specific time set in the monitoring image providing apparatus is reached. The method of claim 23, The image acquisition unit, monitoring image providing apparatus for taking an image for a set time. The method of claim 23, The image acquisition unit, monitoring image providing apparatus for capturing the image by a set number. The method of claim 23, The image providing unit, The monitoring image providing apparatus for transmitting the monitoring image data captured in real time when receiving the real-time monitoring image request signal from the video call terminal. The method of claim 23, If the video call is not connected, the monitoring video providing apparatus further comprises a message transmitting unit for automatically transmitting an event occurrence message to the registered video call terminal.

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