JP2001266296A - System for monitoring parking lot - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a parking lot monitoring system for enabling a user himself/herself to monitor his/her own car in a parking lot being a specified area not only when the user needs to and is anxious about the car but also frequently and even intermittently. SOLUTION: The user's own car 3 can be monitored by a monitoring means 1, such as a monitor camera and a monitor video arranged at the parking lot being an area to be monitored, when the user wants to check his/her car, the user can monitor his/her own car by accessing a 1st communication terminal 8 by a terminal such as a portable telephone 11 being a 2nd external communication terminal belonging to the user himself/herself and a mobile computer. Therefore, the caller can recognize the existence/absence of car abnormality by the monitored information in real time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a parking lot monitoring system and, more particularly, to a parking lot monitoring system which enables a user to obtain monitoring information of his / her vehicle from outside the parking lot by using a telephone or a personal computer.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, when a car is left in a parking lot and the person leaves the place to complete the task, the car is stolen or mischiefed by someone, and valuables are stolen from inside the car. The situation that it is rare occurs. With the security situation worsening today, such worries are only increasing, and security contracts are made with security companies to prevent thieves from entering the parking lot and prevent mischief from occurring. The number of parking lots that contract with business is increasing.

[0003] In this security system, when a thief intrudes into a parking lot provided with a predetermined sensor or the like, a security officer of the security company rushes to the parking lot by notifying the security company by a reaction of the sensor, or a certain time. It patrols every time.

However, in such a system using manpower, the labor cost of security personnel occupies an extremely high ratio, so that the subscription fee becomes enormous, and a further rapid increase in contracts can be expected. There is no present.

[0005]

Therefore, according to the present invention, the vehicle in the parking lot, which is a specific area, may be intermittently frequently or intermittently, not only when necessary or when the user is worried. It is an object of the present invention to provide a parking lot monitoring system capable of monitoring.

[0006]

In order to achieve the above object, a parking lot monitoring system according to the present invention is a monitoring system capable of acquiring information on an area parking lot, comprising a monitoring camera installed in a monitored area, A monitoring unit such as a monitoring video, a data acquisition unit that is installed at a predetermined position and captures monitoring data from the monitoring unit, a data control unit that converts the monitoring data in association with specific position information in the parking lot, The first communication terminal, which can transmit information of the data control unit, and an external second communication terminal, wherein the specific communication is performed by calling the first communication terminal according to an instruction of the external second communication terminal. It is characterized in that position monitoring data can be monitored by the second communication terminal. According to this feature, one's own vehicle can be monitored by monitoring means such as a monitoring camera and a monitoring video arranged in a parking lot which is a monitored area, and when one wants to see the state of this own vehicle, By calling the first communication terminal with a terminal such as a portable telephone or a mobile computer, which is an external second communication terminal owned by the user, his / her vehicle can be monitored. Therefore, the caller can recognize in real time whether there is an abnormality in the vehicle based on the monitor information. With the introduction of such a system, a large number of parking lot users simultaneously or sequentially monitor their own vehicles, and the monitoring probability increases, thereby increasing the effect of suppressing crime such as thieves.

In the parking lot monitoring system of the present invention, the telephone number or ID of a specific caller is recorded in a control unit or a communication terminal of the monitoring means, and the caller is identified by the recorded specific information. When a caller is recognized, monitoring data of a specific car parking position in a parking lot corresponding to a telephone number or an ID is transmitted to the caller. According to this feature, the monitoring data of the own vehicle obtained by the monitoring means is transmitted only when there is a telephone call or communication from a specific telephone number or ID number, so that confidentiality is improved.

After the communication is connected, the monitoring data captured by the monitoring means is transmitted to the caller based on a specific signal sent by the caller. According to this feature, the information obtained by the monitoring means is not transmitted unless a specific signal (encryption or the like) of the caller is input at the stage when the communication is connected, so that the confidentiality is further improved.

The specific area monitoring system according to the present invention is characterized in that the external second communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal having an image display device. According to this feature, the monitored area can be seen when necessary with a mobile communication terminal having an image display device, for example, a mobile phone, so that the sense of security of the caller can be improved.

[0010]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. As shown in FIG.
Is provided with a monitoring camera 1 as monitoring means.
The surveillance camera 1 includes a surveillance video.

These monitoring means are preferably provided on a pole provided at a predetermined location in the parking lot 2, and this location can be used to check the image of the parking area of the car 3 which the user wishes to monitor. A suitable place for the selection is selected.

Each of the above-mentioned monitoring means has a control device 4. The control device 4 performs on / off control of each of the monitoring means, and performs control based on a predetermined control signal received by using the radio antenna 7. Is controlled. These control devices 4 may control the direction of the monitoring camera 1.

A telephone 8 as an example of a communication terminal is installed in the parking lot facility 100, and the telephone 8 is connected to a control terminal 5 functioning as a control unit. The control terminal 5 is provided with an antenna 6 so that a predetermined control signal can be sent to the control device 4 described above. Although the control terminal 5 and the control device 4 are represented as separate devices as the control unit, the control unit may be centralized in any of these devices 4 and 5, or the control unit 5 may use the above-described radio signal. Instead, it is also possible to communicate by wire. Although not limited to any of the control device 4 and the control terminal 5, any of the control device 4 and the control terminal 5 is provided with a data acquisition unit 21 and a data control unit 19 for capturing monitoring data described later.

Further, it is also possible to install a device functioning as a control unit in the telephone 8 to control the monitoring camera 1 as a monitoring means without being limited to wired or wireless.

It is natural that the public line 9 is connected to a communication terminal such as the telephone 8. However, when a special abnormal situation occurs, the public line 9 is not allowed to pass through the telephone 8. Alternatively, a system structure may be adopted in which a line is directly connected to the control terminal 5 or the control device 4 to take out the information of the monitoring means to the outside. Further, it is also possible to use communication means that does not use a general public line by radio.

Further, in the case where the telephone 8 is busy even though the telephone is received from outside, for example,
Regardless of whether the interruption function is used or not via the telephone 8, a system structure may be adopted in which the line is connected to the control terminal 5 or the control device 4 and the information of the monitoring means is taken out.

Reference numeral 9 denotes a public line network, which includes various public telephones 13, general telephones 12, personal computers 14,
In addition, the base station 10 is communicated with the mobile phone 11 or the mobile computer 15 as a mobile terminal.

An outline of use of the present system will be described with reference to FIG. 2. A system mainly including the telephone 8 shown in FIG.
That is, a communication terminal such as a telephone on the parking lot facility 100 side,
The mobile phone 11, the mobile computer 15 and the like as the specific telephone side and the external access means are defined as the calling side.

First, the setting of the system in the parking lot facility 100 will be described with reference to FIG. 1. In the case of a monthly parking lot, the position of the own car is specified.
The position data of the location of the car is registered in the control device 4 or the control terminal 5 in advance as a specific area. In that case,
Register your phone number such as your own mobile phone and receive the recitation mode. In a parking lot where a parking place is not specified, the position data of the parking place of the parked car is registered using a device in the parking facility. Also in this case, it is preferable to register the telephone number of the user's own mobile phone or the like, and to receive the recitation mode. After the registration is completed, the registrant leaves the car.

The above-mentioned setter who is away from the car (qualifying caller)
When it is necessary to check whether or not there is a special state (abnormality) in the parking lot facility 100, a call is made to the specific telephone using the mobile phone 11 or the like as shown in FIG.

A communication line is connected by this call,
The control terminal 5 as a control unit is activated, and waits for transmission of the encryption mode from the calling side. In this function, in order to prevent an unspecified number of persons from using this system, an encryption mode for certifying that the user is a specific person (calling qualified person) is recorded in the control terminal 5 in advance. And the encryption mode issued by the caller does not match,
The control terminal 5 basically does not operate.
The specific telephone side waits for the reception of the encryption mode for a predetermined time, and if not received within the predetermined time, a rejection message flows. Note that the recitation mode may be data obtained by mixing the aforementioned parking lot position data.

When it is determined that the encryption mode is appropriate, the control terminal 5 which is a control unit is activated, and a signal is sent to the control device 4,
The surveillance camera 1 is activated, the data captured here is received by the control terminal 5 via the control device 4, and the image data is transmitted to the calling mobile phone 11 or the like in a call state. If the surveillance camera is activated and the control terminal 5 is receiving video data, the image data is transmitted to the calling mobile phone 11 or the like in a call state only by the appropriate determination.

This data is, for example, provided that the portable telephone 11 has an image display device 16 as shown in FIG. 3, and if the information sent thereto is image data or the like, this image display device 16 Your own car will be projected,
The behavior of the thief and the surrounding situation can be immediately judged.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show a second embodiment of the present invention.
To explain this, reference numeral 9 denotes a public line network, which is used for various types of public telephones 13, general telephones 12, personal computers 14, and a base station 10 which is a communication interruption unit with a mobile terminal 11 or a mobile computer 15 as a mobile terminal. The point of communication is the same as that of the first embodiment, except that a relay station 17 is located between the public network 9 and this relay station 17
It is a system constructed with an intermediary computer or the like that processes and services data.

FIG. 4 differs from the first embodiment in that the control terminal 5 is connected to the public line 9 and functions as a communication terminal. That is, part of the control terminal 5 functions as a terminal adapter.
Upon receiving a special signal added with a call signal transmitted from the DN line, the control terminal 5 can directly communicate with the control terminal 5 before giving a call signal to the telephone 8.
In this case, the control terminal 5 is activated only by a special signal from the relay side.

Referring to FIG. 4, an outline of the use of the present system will be described. The system mainly including the telephone 8 shown in FIG. 1 is a specific telephone side, and a portable telephone 11 and a mobile computer 15 as external access means. Is a calling side, and the above-mentioned relay station 17 is defined as a relay side.

The conditions for operating the system constructed by these three parties (specific telephone side, relay side, calling side) are as follows: a calling side (parking lot borrower), a relay side, and a specific telephone side (parking lot). Owner), and the caller must provide the relay side with at least one of a telephone number, an ID number, and an encryption mode, position data of a car in a parking lot,
Will be registered.

Here, first, returning to FIG.
To explain the setting of the system in 00, the registrant who puts the car in the parking lot, when it is necessary to determine whether there is a special condition (abnormality) in the parking lot equipment 100, FIG.
A call is made to the relay side using the mobile phone 11 or the like as shown in FIG. Then, the relay side operates the automatic answering function and answers the call.

A communication line is connected by this call,
The relay side confirms the telephone number and ID number of the calling side and compares the telephone number and the ID number with the registration number of its own database to search. The caller does not always use his or her registered telephone. When the telephone is not registered, the relay side requests the caller for the encryption mode. Also, although selective,
Even if a telephone number is registered, a call may be made from another person, so that the encryption mode may be requested to all callers.

When the encryption mode is transmitted from the calling side and received by the relay side, it is checked whether or not the encryption mode is appropriate. If it is determined that the encryption mode is not appropriate, the encryption mode is normally applied. As a call, a specific staff member at the relay side responds by voice or is processed by mechanical voice response.

When it is determined that the encryption mode is appropriate,
A call is made from the relay side to the telephone number that is the specific telephone side registered by the calling side.

That is, as shown in FIG. 5, when the encryption mode of the calling side is appropriate, the specific telephone side
A special signal for starting the control terminal 5 and the control device 4 is sent, the surveillance camera 1 is operated, image data is obtained, and this image data is transmitted to the calling mobile phone 11 or the like in a call state via the relay side. Will be. When the control camera 5 is receiving the video data by activating the monitoring camera at all times, the image data is transmitted to the calling mobile phone 11 or the like in the call state only by the appropriate determination. This data is
As in the first embodiment, the mobile phone 11 has an image display device 16 as shown in FIG.
For example, the behavior of the thief is displayed on the screen, and the behavior of the thief can be regulated.

When a state where the requested information cannot be received accurately occurs, a specific operation called a second function is performed. As a reason for proceeding to the second function, the absence of an image or the like may indicate that somebody has caused an obstacle to the monitoring center, and informs the caller of a comment regarding some abnormality such as no video or the like. Will be. In addition, it is possible to contact the parking lot on the specific telephone side, or a security company or police who have contracted.

Referring to FIGS. 6 to 9, a specific example of the present parking lot monitoring system will be described. As shown in FIG. 6, a large number of cars 2 are parked in a parking lot 3 in a parking lot facility 100. I have. The parking lot 3 may use a pole for night illumination. In this embodiment, a pole 18 is provided upright at a predetermined interval, and a monitoring camera 1A, as shown in FIG. 1B and 1C, and a control device 4 having an antenna 7 at an upper end is provided. A large number of poles 18 are erected at predetermined intervals.

Reference numeral 5 shown in FIG. 6 is a control terminal disposed in the parking lot facility 100, which is provided with an antenna 6 and connected to a communication terminal 8.

Further, as shown in FIG. 8, the monitoring cameras 1A, 1B and 1C have different inclination angles in the vertical direction. That is, the downward inclination with respect to the horizontal line is 1A
Is QA, 1B is QB, 1C is QC, and QA>QB>
When the parking lot is photographed by these monitoring cameras, as shown in FIG. 6, 1A covers the vicinity of the pole, 1B covers the outer periphery, and 1C further covers the outer peripheral region so as to be photographable. ing

In this embodiment, surveillance cameras 1A, 1B and 1C are integrally provided in the control device 4 on the pole 18, and as shown in FIG.
Each of the image data of B and 1C and the imaging position data are captured by the data acquisition unit 21, and are transmitted to the control terminal 5 via the antenna 7 extending from the communication unit on the radio wave as digital data. I have.

The control terminal 5 has a position information database 20 and a data control unit 19. The position information database 20 stores a parking place where the registered calling side has parked, that is, position data. The data control unit 19 stores the image data and the imaging position data sent from the data acquisition unit 21. Processing is performed using the registered parking location of the caller, that is, position data, and only the image of the own vehicle that the caller actually needs can be transmitted.

Reference numeral 22 denotes a caller judging section for checking the telephone number, ID mode, encryption mode, etc., in order to judge whether the caller is a genuine registrant. This is applied to the embodiment having no relay side. Of course, the caller determination unit 22 can be provided on the relay side (relay station 17) of the second embodiment.

FIG. 9 shows continuous image data captured by the monitoring camera 1A shown in FIG. 8, for example. That is, as shown by the arrows in FIG. 7, the surveillance cameras 1A, 1B, 1C, etc., take pictures continuously or intermittently while rotating horizontally, so that the image data at the same place is repeatedly repeated every predetermined time. Will be obtained.

For example, a car parked at a position of a parking lot
During the rotation of 360 degrees, the vehicle stopped at the position b between A1 and A2 degrees, and the vehicle stopped at the position b is sequentially converted into data between B1 degrees and B2 degrees.
The image data of the car is obtained as the same angle information at the third and third rotations.

In this example, the monitoring camera 1 is swung, but the surveillance camera 1 may be swung. That is, it is sufficient that the position of the monitoring camera 1 can be acquired as imaging position data by an encoder or the like. When the monitoring camera 1 is moved at a constant speed, position determination based on time is also possible.

As described above, as the monitoring data, the image data and the imaging position data thereof are associated with each other and taken into the data acquisition unit 21 and transmitted to the control terminal 5.
The data control unit 19 of the control terminal 5 can respond to a large number of transmission requests of registered callers.

[0044]

According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

(A) According to the first aspect of the invention, the own vehicle can be monitored by monitoring means such as a monitoring camera and a monitoring video arranged in a parking lot which is a monitored area. When one wants to see the state of his own car, he can monitor his own car by calling the first communication terminal with a terminal such as a portable telephone or a mobile computer as an external second communication terminal owned by his own. . Therefore, the caller can recognize in real time whether there is an abnormality in the vehicle based on the monitor information. With the introduction of such a system, a large number of parking lot users simultaneously or sequentially monitor their own vehicles, and the monitoring probability increases, thereby increasing the effect of suppressing crime such as thieves.

(B) According to the invention described in claim 2, the monitoring data of the own vehicle obtained by the monitoring means is transmitted only when there is a telephone call or communication from a specific telephone number or ID number. Therefore, confidentiality is improved.

(C) According to the third aspect of the invention, when the communication is connected, a specific signal (encryption or the like) of the caller is established.
Otherwise, the information obtained by the monitoring means is not transmitted, so that the confidentiality is further improved.

(D) According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, the monitored area can be seen when necessary on a mobile communication terminal having an image display device, for example, a mobile phone, so that the sense of security of the caller is improved. Can be done.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a monitoring system for a specific area.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing communication between a calling side and a specific telephone side.

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the communication terminal used by the calling side and displaying an image.

FIG. 4 is a system block diagram of a second embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a system block diagram of a specific area monitoring system according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 6 is a diagram of a parking facility showing a specific example of the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a control device.

FIG. 8 is a communication block diagram in FIG. 6;

FIG. 9 shows continuous image data captured by a monitoring camera.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 surveillance camera (monitoring means) 2 parking lot 3 car 4 control device (control unit, communication terminal) 5 control terminal (control unit) 6 antenna 7 antenna 8 telephone (communication terminal) 9 public line 10 base station 11 mobile phone (communication) 13) public telephone (communication terminal) 14 personal computer (communication terminal) 15 mobile computer (communication terminal) 16 image display device 17 relay station 18 pole 19 data control unit (control unit) 20 location information database 21 data acquisition unit 22 call Person judgment part (control part) 100 parking facilities

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A surveillance system capable of acquiring information on an area parking lot, comprising a surveillance means such as a surveillance camera and a surveillance video installed in a monitored area, and surveillance data installed at a predetermined position and from the surveillance means. A data acquisition unit to be captured, a data control unit that converts the monitoring data in association with specific position information in the parking lot, a first communication terminal capable of transmitting information of the data control unit, and an external second communication And a terminal for monitoring a parking lot, wherein the monitoring data at the specific position can be monitored by the second communication terminal by calling the first communication terminal in accordance with an instruction from an external second communication terminal. system. 2. The telephone number or ID of a specific caller
Are recorded in the control unit or the communication terminal of the monitoring means, and when it is recognized that the caller is the specific caller recorded, the information is stored in the parking lot corresponding to the telephone number or ID. The parking lot monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein monitoring data of a specific car parking position is transmitted to a caller. 3. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein after the communication is established, the monitoring data captured by the monitoring means is transmitted to the caller based on a specific signal sent by the caller. Parking monitoring system. 4. The parking lot monitoring system according to claim 1, wherein the external second communication terminal is a mobile communication terminal having an image display device.