JP5678785B2 - Watch video collection device - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a video collecting apparatus that is installed in an area where a plurality of watched persons act and receives video data from a video camera associated with a predetermined wireless tag reader and collects video data for each watched person.

  In recent years, the number of elderly living alone has been increasing. For this purpose, a technology related to a remote monitoring device is known for allowing a watcher such as a family member or nurse to always know the health status of an elderly person living alone (for example, Patent Document 1).

  In the technique described in Patent Document 1, life data related to the living state of the elderly and video data of the elderly taken at an arbitrary predetermined location of the residence in the residence where the elderly lives alone are stored in the management center. The data is transmitted to the server, and the server manages and holds the video data and trend data of the elderly, and distributes the video data according to a request from the watcher's mobile phone.

  However, the technique described in Patent Document 1 requires that an elderly person to be watched and a video camera for monitoring the state of the elderly correspond to each other. In order to apply to facilities, etc., video cameras for the number of elderly people to be watched are necessary, which is uneconomical.

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  Therefore, the problem of the present invention is to capture a large number of watchers with a small number of video cameras in an apartment house or a nursing facility where a large number of watchdogs such as elderly people live, and images for each watchdog An object of the present invention is to provide a video collecting apparatus capable of collecting data.

In order to solve the above-described problems, the present invention receives video data from M video cameras in conjunction with N wireless tag readers installed in any of a plurality of areas where a plurality of watchers act. And a video collection device for collecting video data of each of the watchers, the watchee ID storage means for storing an ID associated with each of the watchers, and the M videos. Video data receiving means for receiving video data from each of the cameras , and an ID read by the wireless tag reader from any of the N wireless tag readers associated with any of the M video cameras and ID receiving means, ID corresponding video data processing means for executing processing of transferring to the processing or a predetermined destination storing in association with the process or the ID converts the video data thus received Has, in the case where the ID receiving means does not receive the ID of the stored in the watcher ID storage unit from the radio tag reader, the ID corresponding image data processing means, of the M stage of the video camera A plurality of video data received from each is displayed while switching or converted into video data to be displayed divided into a plurality of small screens, and the execution of the process of transferring the converted video data to a predetermined video display device is repeated, if the ID reception unit receives any of the ID that the stored in the watcher ID storage means from one of the wireless tag reader, the ID corresponding image data processing means, the ID receiving means the ID A process of storing video data in association with the ID or a process of transferring to a predetermined destination is performed.

  According to the present invention, a large number of watchers can be imaged with a small number of video cameras, and video data of each of a large number of watchers can be individually collected and stored or transferred to a predetermined destination. Therefore, it is possible to provide a watching video collection device suitable for a watching system that is installed in a housing complex or a nursing facility where a large number of watched persons live. The video camera used in the present invention can also be used as a general security camera.

Overall view including the internal block configuration of the watching video collection device according to the present invention Example of stored contents of the guardian data storage unit 16 Operational Flowchart of Watching Video Collection Device according to the Present Invention

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an overall view including an internal block configuration of a watching video collection device (hereinafter abbreviated as this device) according to the present invention.

  First, the overall configuration of the system including the apparatus 1 will be described. Video cameras 2-1 to 2-M are installed in common areas (for example, lobbies, entrances, gardens, etc.) where an unspecified number of people act in an apartment house or a nursing facility where a large number of watched persons such as elderly people live. The video camera 2 installed in each common area transmits video data for watching the state of each watched person acting in the common area to the apparatus 1.

  The wireless tag readers 3-1 to 3 -N are associated with any of the video cameras 2-1 to 2 -M, and are wireless tags attached to portable items or clothes possessed by a watched person existing in the vicinity. ID (Identification) data stored in the wireless tag is read from (not shown) and transmitted to the apparatus 1.

  And this apparatus 1 copies the video data received from each video camera 2 on the video display apparatus 4 installed in a manager's room, a caregiver waiting room, etc., and makes it possible to monitor the state of each watched person.

  In addition, the apparatus 1 edits and stores video data for each watched person based on the video data received from each video camera 2 and the ID data received from the wireless tag readers 3-1 to 3 -N. Further, the edited video data for each watched person is transferred via the network 5 to any one of the transfer destinations 6-1 to 6-L in response to a request from the transfer destination 6.

  Hereinafter, the internal block configuration of the apparatus 1 will be described in detail. The apparatus 1 includes a video data reception processing unit 10, a video data conversion processing unit 11, a video data storage unit 12, a video data switching unit 13, a communication control unit 14, an ID reception unit 15, a watched person data storage unit 16, a video The data collection / transfer control unit 17 is configured.

  The video data reception processing unit 10 receives the video data from each video camera 2 and switches the received video data from each video camera 2 or divides it into small screens to display on the video display device 4. Further, the received video data is transferred from each video camera 2 to the video data conversion processing unit 11.

  The video data conversion processing unit 11 is means for converting the video data from the video data reception processing unit 10 into the size, resolution, and encoding method of the video to be stored or transferred. The video data conversion process may be performed on the communication control unit 14 side.

  The video data storage unit 12 is a unit for storing the video data converted by the video data conversion processing unit 11, and is associated with the ID data read by the wireless tag reader 3, that is, sorted and stored as video data for each watched person. To do. Further, predetermined video data is output in response to an instruction from the video data collection / transfer control unit 17. When the memory capacity is full, old video data is overwritten with new video data.

  The video data switching unit 13 converts the real-time (with processing delay) video data converted by the video data conversion processing unit 11 and the past video data stored in the video data storage unit 12 into a video data collection / transfer control unit. This is a means for switching to the communication control unit 14 in accordance with an instruction from 17.

  In response to an instruction from the video data collection / transfer control unit 17, the communication control unit 14 transfers the video data from the video data switching unit 13 to the transfer destination 6 via the network 5 and requests from the transfer destination 6. This is means for transmitting data to the video data collection / transfer control unit 17. The communication control unit 14 also has a function of converting the size, resolution, frame rate, and encoding method of the video to be transferred in accordance with the video device of the transfer destination 6 that is the transfer destination of the video data. For example, if the video device of the transfer destination 6, which is the transfer destination, is a mobile phone, the encoding method is converted into the video communication method of the mobile phone, the size and resolution of the video are converted, and the frame rate is reduced ( Frame dropping).

  The ID receiving unit 15 is means for receiving ID data from the wireless tag reader 3 and notifying the received ID data to the video data collection / transfer control unit 17.

  The watched person data storage unit 16 is means for storing watched person data including ID data of each watched person and information related to a report destination associated with each watched person.

  The video data collection / transfer control unit 17 controls the entire apparatus 1 and also controls the video data storage unit 12, the video data switching unit 13, and the communication control unit 14 to send predetermined video data via the network 5. To a predetermined transfer destination 6.

  FIG. 2 is an example of the watched person data stored in the watched person data storage unit 16, and the name of the watched person is stored in the column 201, and the wireless tag corresponding to the watched person is stored in the column 202. ID data, a column 203 is set to determine whether or not the watching video is automatically transferred to a predetermined transfer destination 6, a column 204 is a transfer destination of video data corresponding to each watched person, and a column 205 is Information on the collected video data obtained by detecting the radio tag of each watched person and captured is stored.

  In this example, the column 205 also stores a place where the wireless tag reader 3 that has recently detected each watched person is installed. Therefore, this column 205 is a record of the recent behavior of each watcher, and the normality of the watcher's daily life can be monitored from the behavior pattern.

  FIG. 3 is an operation flowchart of the apparatus 1. Hereinafter, the operation flow of the apparatus 1 will be described with reference to FIGS. This flow starts from a state in which the power of the apparatus 1 is turned on (S300).

  After starting this flow, the video data reception processing unit 10 displays the video data received from each video camera 2 on the video display device 4 while switching or dividing the video data into a plurality of small screens (S301). If ID data is not received from 3 (S310, NO), S301 is repeated.

  When the wireless tag reader 3 reads ID data from the wireless tag affixed to the watched person's portable object or clothing, and the ID receiving unit 15 receives the ID data from the wireless tag reader 3 (S310, YES), the video data conversion processing unit 11 converts the video data from the video camera 2 corresponding to the wireless tag reader 3 that has transmitted the ID data into a predetermined size, resolution, and encoding method (S311), and converts the converted video data into the video data storage unit 12; Are sorted by ID data and stored as watch video data (S312).

  For example, in FIG. 2, when Yamada A male, one of the watchers, goes to the lobby, the wireless tag reader 3-1 installed in the lobby is from a wireless tag affixed to the Yamada A male portable object or clothing. “ID-A” is read as ID data. Then, video data from the video camera 2-1 installed in the lobby in association with the wireless tag reader 3-1 is stored in the video data storage unit 12 as “ID-A” video data. Thereafter, when Yamada A male goes out through the entertainment, the wireless tag reader 3-2 installed in the entertainment detects the wireless tag of Yamada A male and a corresponding video camera 2-2 (not shown). Is stored in the video data storage unit 12 as video data “ID-A”. Similarly, every time the wireless tag reader 3 detects “ID-A”, which is the ID data of Yamada A male, video data from the corresponding video camera 2 is accumulated as video data of “ID-A”.

  After S312, it is determined whether or not the received ID data and video automatic transfer mode are set (S320), and if set (S320, YES), the video is transferred to the transfer destination corresponding to the watched person ID. Data is transferred (S321). This transfer destination is, for example, transfer destination A which is the transfer destination of Yamada A in FIG. If the automatic video transfer mode is not set (S320, NO), S321 is skipped.

  Regarding S320, when the video automatic transfer mode is set, the behavior of the watched person is automatically transferred, and it is safe for the watcher, but there is a sense that the watched person is being monitored. If the automatic video transfer mode is not set, the privacy of the watched person is somewhat protected, but it becomes uneasy for the watcher. Therefore, in this embodiment, the video automatic transfer mode can be freely set for each watched person (column 203 in FIG. 2).

  When the communication control unit 14 receives a transfer request command requesting transfer of the corresponding video data from any of the watched persons (S330, YES), the video data collection / transfer control unit 17 transmits the transfer request command. It is determined whether the source is the permitted transfer destination (column 204 in FIG. 2) stored in the watched person data storage unit 16 (S340).

  If YES in S340, the video data collection / transfer control unit 17 transfers the watchee's video data corresponding to the transfer destination to the transfer destination via the communication control unit 14 and the network 5 (S341). Here, the video data to be transferred controls the video data switching unit 13 according to the request content of the transfer request command, and the video data reception processing unit 10 images the watched person currently received. It controls whether to transfer real-time video data from the video camera 2 or to transfer a predetermined portion of past video data stored in the video data storage unit 12. If NO in S330 and S340, the process returns to S310.

  The embodiment of the present invention has been described above. According to the present embodiment, video data of a large number of watched persons imaged by a small number of video cameras can be sorted and accumulated as video data of each watched person. A video transfer apparatus suitable for a monitoring system installed in a facility or the like can be provided.

  In the present embodiment, the video data reception processing unit 10 is described as being built in the apparatus 1. However, the video data reception processing unit 10 may be linked as an external device of the apparatus 1.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Watching video collection apparatus by this invention 2 ... Video camera 3 ... Wireless tag reader 4 ... Video display apparatus 5 ... Network 6 ... Transfer destination 10 ... Video data reception process part DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 11 ... Video data conversion process part 12 ... Video data storage part 13 ... Video data switching part 14 ... Communication control part 15 ... ID receiving part 16 ... Watched person data storage part 17 ... Video data collection and transfer control unit

Claims (1)

Interlocking with N wireless tag readers installed in any of a plurality of areas where a plurality of watchers act, receive video data from M video cameras, and watch each video data of the watchers A video collection device for collecting
Watched person ID storage means for storing an ID associated with each of the watchees, video data receiving means for receiving video data from each of the M video cameras , and the M video cameras storing in association from any one of said N number of radio tag reader associated with any of the ID receiving means for receiving an ID read is the radio tag reader, the processing or the ID converts the video data thus received ID corresponding video data processing means for executing processing to be performed or processing to be transferred to a predetermined destination,
When the ID receiving means has not received the ID stored in the watched person ID storage means from the wireless tag reader, the ID corresponding video data processing means has received from each of the M video cameras. It is converted to video data to be displayed while switching a plurality of video data or divided into a plurality of small screens, and repeatedly executing the process of transferring the converted video data to a predetermined video display device,
If the ID reception unit receives any of the ID that the stored in the watcher ID storage means from one of the wireless tag reader, the ID corresponding image data processing means, the ID receiving means the ID A monitoring video collecting apparatus, which executes a process of storing video data while being associated with the ID or a process of transferring the video data to a predetermined destination.

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