KR20010007700A - Security system and method for monitoring image data at outside - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A security system and a method for monitoring remote image using the security system are provided for a customer to survey a desired place anytime and anywhere and to enable the customer to check visitors or invaders to his home remotely through internet or telephone line. CONSTITUTION: A method for remote image using security system includes several processes. A web server of a central control center is operated.(700) A customer of remote place connects to a website which the web server operates on internet.(701) A certification and confirmation process is done.(702) The customer of remote place requires the remote image of desired place.(703) The web server checks whether the customer requires a real-time surveillance or a record image surveillance. If the customer requires the real-time surveillance, the web server transmits real-time image data received from a customer control terminal to the customer.(704) The customer plays back the transmitted image data on a monitor screen.(705) If the customer requires the record image surveillance, the customer inputs time when the customer wants the record image surveillance.(706) The web server reads the record image data of inputted time, which are recorded in a corresponding customer storage area of database of the central control center, and transmits the record image data to the customer.(707).

Description

Security system and remote video surveillance service method using the same {SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING IMAGE DATA AT OUTSIDE}

The present invention relates to a security system that protects the safety and property of the customer, and more particularly to a remote video surveillance service method that allows the customer to look at the desired place anytime, anywhere through the Internet or telephone lines.

Crime should not occur, but once it occurs, it can rob people of the safety and property of their lives, so every country in the world has almost every dedicated department in charge of security. In Korea, the National Police Agency is in charge of civil security by deploying police personnel and various security equipment, but crime is not eradicated. Prevention of these crimes is more important than anything else, and the campaign is being carried out continuously in the country.

Because it is impossible for the state or the police to protect the lives and property of all citizens. The lack of manpower and equipment for the police is one cause, but according to one statistic, crime caused by accidental actions causes the biggest cause. In other words, crime can be caused by human impulse and accidental feelings. According to the Korean Criminal Statistics in 1999, 1,502 deaths and 194,896 injuries were caused by criminal and criminal offenses such as murder and robbery, and 194 and 896 injured. It was counted as a huge amount.

As a result, each individual or company has prepared measures to prevent themselves from crime, and as a countermeasure, these days, various measures to protect life and property, such as private houses, apartments, shopping malls, buildings, etc. It is being installed. For example, to ensure the safety of one's life and property through various devices and methods such as individual household security system, disaster prevention system, entrance control system, parking control system, home automation system, CCTV monitoring system and security service company. I'm trying to get it.

In addition to this safety awareness, security companies are now being established to manage and guarantee the safety of customers. Security companies check for abnormalities such as crime prevention and fire, and dispatch police and fire departments and self-driving vehicles to take emergency measures, and develop security devices so that they can be prepared for any emergency. .

A customer using such a security device and a safety system provided by a security company wants to make sure his home, his family, his car, and his company are safe even when he is absent. No matter how tightly you lock your door, you can't lock your anxiety, so you want to be able to check your safety anytime and anywhere to lock your anxiety. It manages the security of the customer's property and family on behalf of the customer and does not provide the customer with real-time information that the customer's family and property are safe. This falls short of the security services customers really want.

Therefore, there is a need for a new security system that allows customers to look where they want anytime, anywhere.

Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a security system that allows a customer to look at a desired place anytime and anywhere in order to solve the above problems.

Another object of the present invention is a security system that can take safety measures by checking the visitor who visited his home at any time and anywhere in the remote place and checking the intruder in the absence through the internet or telephone line currently available worldwide. And it provides a video surveillance service method using the same.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a new security system and a video surveillance service method that allows a customer to monitor in real time the video (visitor image, family image) taken from a camera installed in his house at a remote location. have.

Security system according to the present invention in order to achieve the above object: is installed in a building such as a home or a shopping mall integrated management of its own control device and other systems to transmit monitoring signals according to various situations, and to take a video A customer control terminal device installed at a predetermined position in the building to compress / transmit the image data photographed from the camera in real time; It is connected to the customer control terminal device through the Internet network and comprehensively monitors the situation of each customer control terminal device for remote monitoring, and has a database for storing various monitoring information and image data received from each customer control terminal device, A central control center for operating a web server, which is an Internet service, to provide monitoring information, real-time video, and recorded video services of each customer through an authentication procedure and a customer confirmation procedure; Equipped with a terminal device capable of performing Internet communication, the terminal can access the web server of the central control center, and when authenticated through a predetermined authentication procedure, a remote site that receives monitoring information, real-time video service, and recorded video service from the web server. With customers; The emergency control center is connected to the central control center via a dedicated network or a wireless network and is configured to perform a predetermined emergency operation when an emergency situation is notified from the central control center. ; Taking an image by a camera of the customer control terminal device and compressing the image, and transmitting the compressed image data to the central control center through the communication network, the central control center receives from each customer control terminal device Storing or restoring the compressed image data to be monitored; When there is a real-time video service request from the remote customer confirmed by the authentication procedure, the central control center converts the video data received from the customer control terminal device into processed video data required for the remote customer and transmits the processed video data to the remote customer. Steps; And reproducing the image data transmitted from the central control center at the remote customer to check the situation of the customer control terminal apparatus as an image.

1 is a block diagram of a security system according to the present invention

2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the security system of FIG.

3 is a security conceptual diagram of a security system according to the present invention;

4 is an internal configuration diagram of a control terminal device of a customer according to the present invention

5 is a flowchart illustrating visitor image photographing of a customer control terminal device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

6 is a flow chart for controlling the image captured by the customer control terminal device in the central control center according to an embodiment of the present invention

7 is a flowchart illustrating a web server operation for a remote video surveillance service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

(Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawing)

21: Internet network 22: PSTN / dedicated network

23: wireless network 30: computer for Internet communication

40: central control center 50: remote confirmation terminal device

60: dispatch center 112/119 70: emergency vehicle

41: database 101: display unit

102: alarm unit 103: card reader

104: wired / wireless detection unit 105: storage unit

106: power supply unit 107: control unit

108: antenna 109: camera interface

110: external interface 111: decoder

112: communication interface 113: voice processing unit

114: camera 115: microphone

116: speaker

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. First of all, in adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same components have the same reference numerals as much as possible even if they are displayed on different drawings. In addition, in the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a more thorough understanding of the present invention, such as specific processing flows. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without these specific details. Detailed descriptions of well-known functions and configurations that are determined to unnecessarily obscure the subject matter of the present invention will be omitted.

1 is a configuration diagram of a security system according to the present invention, the security system according to the present invention is largely installed in the safety service building customer control terminal device 100, the central control center 40, remote customers (30 · 50) And an emergency center (60 · 70), each of the customer control terminal device (100), the central control center (40), the remote customer (30 · 50) and the emergency center (60 · 70) is an internet network, It is connected through a communication network such as a PSTN (telephone network) or a dedicated network.

The customer control terminal device 100 is installed at a predetermined location in the building is installed at least one camera 114 for capturing the image of the visitor or each location, may be linked to other systems, such as home automation system 120, In addition, the monitored information and the image data photographed by the camera 114 are transmitted to the central control center 40 through a communication network such as Internet / telephone line / dedicated line.

The central control center 40 includes a database 41 to store monitoring status information and video data of each customer control terminal device in a corresponding storage area.

The remote customer 30 · 50 is connected to the Internet network to access the central control center 40 to monitor the monitoring information and the video information of the customer control terminal device 100 provided by the central control center 40. The customer control terminal device 100 provided by the central control center 40 by being connected to the computer 30 for communication with the Internet, which can be checked, and a general telephone network, a dedicated network, or the Internet network and accessing the central control center 40. There is a remote confirmation terminal device 50 that can confirm the monitoring information and the image information.

In addition, the emergency center (60/70) is a police station 112 and the fire station 119 is dispatched to the dispatch center 60 and the dedicated network connected to the central control center 40, the emergency dispatch vehicle connected to the central control center 40 by a wireless network ( 70).

FIG. 2 is a detailed configuration diagram of the security system of FIG. 1 and mainly describes an environment according to a process of processing image data photographed by the camera 114 of the customer control terminal device 100.

The customer control terminal device 100 is connected to the central control center 40 and the remote customer via the Internet network 21, the dispatch center 60 or the remote confirmation terminal device 50 and the telephone network or It can be connected to a private network or the Internet.

The central control center 40 operates a web server 42 so as to be always connected to a customer who can access the Internet on the Internet web, and the remote customer 30 connected through the web site of the web server 42. Monitoring information and real-time video information or recorded video information requested by the customer confirmed by the authentication procedure of the customer control terminal device 100 or the database 41 to provide the monitoring information and video information to the remote customer 30 do. On the other hand, the central control center 40 is connected to the emergency vehicle 70 by the wireless network 23 to instruct dispatch when an emergency occurs, the telephone network or dedicated network to the dispatch center 60 and check the remote location of the customer When connected to the terminal device 50, an emergency situation such as an intrusion or a predetermined monitoring providing time is requested or dispatched to be notified of this.

The connection configuration and operation of each component of the security system according to FIGS. 1 and 2 are as follows.

The customer control terminal device 100 is installed in a building such as a home or a shopping mall and integratedly manages its own control device and other systems, and transmits a monitoring signal according to various situation occurrences to the central control center 40. The camera 114 for capturing an image is installed at a predetermined location in a building to compress / transmit the image data photographed from the camera 114 to the central control center 40 in real time.

The central control center 40 is connected through the customer control terminal device 100 and the Internet network 21 to remotely monitor the situation of each customer control terminal device 100 to remotely monitor, and various monitoring information and each It is provided with a database for storing the image data received from the customer control terminal device 100, by operating a web server 42, an Internet service to verify the monitoring information and real-time video and recorded video service of each customer authentication procedure and customer confirmation Provided through the procedure.

The remote customer 30 may be provided with a terminal device capable of performing Internet communication, and may access the web server 42 of the central control center 40. If the remote customer 30 is authenticated through a predetermined authentication procedure, monitoring information and real-time video service may be provided. The video recording service is provided from the web server 42.

The emergency center is connected to the central control center 40 and the dedicated network 22 or the wireless network 23 and performs a predetermined emergency operation when an emergency occurrence is notified from the central control center 40.

3 is a conceptual diagram of a security system of the present invention.

According to the security conceptual diagram of FIG. 3; The central control center 40 is conceptually located at the central portion of the security system, and is connected to the customer control terminal 100, the remote customer 30 · 50, and the emergency center 60 · 70, respectively. Receiving monitoring information and video data from the control terminal device 100, when the request of the remote customer (30, 50) occurs, the customer control terminal device 100 instructs the alarm mode driving. Then, the remote customer transmits monitoring information and video data from the customer control terminal 100, and receives and performs various situation control request signals such as intrusion notification from the remote customer. In addition, the emergency center instructs dispatch or requests dispatch when an emergency occurs.

The customer control terminal device 100 has a structure that is connected to the emergency center and the remote customer, respectively, and when an emergency situation is reported directly to the emergency center and dispatch request, the emergency center is the customer control terminal device (100) It is dispatched according to the dispatch request of), and the remote customer is instructed to perform an internal alarm system to perform an alarm mode (alarm sound generation, report request, situation occurrence alarm).

When the remote customer is connected to the emergency center and confirms an emergency situation at the remote location, the remote center reports and requests for dispatch to the emergency center, and the emergency center dispatches to the location where the customer control terminal device is located, and then the dispatch result is displayed. Notify the remote customer.

4 is an internal configuration diagram of the customer control terminal device 100 according to the present invention, the customer control terminal device 100;

External interface connected with other system 120 such as individual generation security system, disaster prevention system, entrance control system, parking management system, home automation system, CCTV monitoring device, etc. to provide communication path with other system 120 110,

A camera 114 installed at a predetermined position in the building to capture an image,

A wired / wireless detector 104 installed at a predetermined position in a building and detecting a situation of a plurality of wired detectors 118 and wireless detectors 117 detecting respective zones and generating a detection signal;

A communication interface 112 for communicating with the central control center 40 connected to the Internet network;

A decoder 111 for transmitting a signal generated by each component to the management computer 119;

A management computer 119 which takes appropriate measures in accordance with the signal received from the decoder 111;

An alarm unit 102 for providing an alarm sound based on an alarm control signal by installing at least one alarm device at a predetermined position;

A display unit 101 for displaying various situations of the control system through an LED (light emitting diode) or an LCD (liquid crystal display);

A storage unit 105 for storing various control programs and data;

A power supply unit 106 for converting AC or DC input power into internally required power and supplying the same;

A voice processor 113 for processing a voice signal introduced through the microphone 115 or a voice signal to be generated through the speaker 116;

An image processor 130 for compressing image data input in real time from the camera 114 into a predetermined format;

A card reader 103 for recognizing a registered user card and generating a recognized user identification signal;

An antenna 108 having a wireless transceiver,

Handy terminal 110 for setting various environments of the customer control terminal device by wireless communication through the antenna 108, and

Control various situations of the control system, and control to transmit the monitoring state of the configuration unit for each situation and the compressed image data in real time to the central control center 40 through the communication interface 112, the central control The control part 107 which controls each structure part based on the signal received from the center 40 is provided.

Each of the wired / wireless detectors includes a microphone capable of transmitting a scene sound when an emergency occurs, and the management computer 119 or the central control center based on the control of the controller 107. Transmit to 40.

In addition, each component performs internal communication via the system bus 140.

Meanwhile, the handy terminal 110 may perform the operation through a wired communication method rather than wireless according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. In this case, the corresponding operation takes place via the RS 232C cable.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a visitor image photographing of a customer control terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 6 is a control flowchart through an image captured by the customer control terminal device according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. Is a flowchart illustrating a web server operation for a remote video surveillance service according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 7 will be described in detail a preferred embodiment of the present invention for the remote video service method.

First, the visitor image capture control flow of the customer control terminal 100 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. 5.

In step 501, when the power is turned on and the initialization is performed, the controller 107 performs an initialization operation based on the set program.

In operation 502, the controller 107 drives the camera 114 to capture a visitor image or a place where the camera 114 is installed.

The captured image data is transmitted from the camera interface 109 to the image processor 130 in step 503 to perform a compression operation of the captured image data. In this case, the image processor 130 uses a chip using a high speed image compression technology to process the image data captured by the camera 114 in real time. Alternatively, image data compression is performed by applying a software technology according to image compression.

In step 504, the control unit 107 transmits the image data compressed by the image processing unit 130 to the central control center 40 through a communication network, preferably, an internet network or a telephone network / dedicated network. In this case, the image processor 130 transmits the data in real time based on high speed compression of the image data.

This operation (steps 502 to 504) is repeatedly performed until the power is turned off or the driving of the camera is stopped by the user setting environment.

Next, an operation of controlling the image captured by the customer control terminal device 100 in the central control center 40 will be described with reference to a flowchart of FIG. 6;

First, when image data of a camera is received through a communication network connected to the customer control terminal 100 in step 601, the received image data is stored in a corresponding storage area of the database 41 in a compressed or restored state in step 602. .

In step 603, the state of the customer control terminal 100 is checked by reconstructing and reproducing the image data received in the compressed state.

If the visitor or the change is detected in step 604 by reproducing the image data, the process proceeds to step 605. If it is determined in step 605 that the intruder or emergency situation, the operation proceeds to step 606 to operate in the intrusion mode is set. The intrusion mode is, for example, the emergency dispatch instruction and dispatch request to the nearest emergency center of the connected emergency center, and transmits a control signal to drive the internal alarm mode to the customer control terminal device (100). . In step 607, the remote customer is notified of the intrusion and the emergency occurrence based on a predetermined method or a selected method.

Next, a web server operation for remote video surveillance service will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. 7. 7 is limited to an operation method of providing image data of a place that a customer wants to see to a remote customer connected to the web server 42 only when the central control center 40 operates the web server 42. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be variously implemented by a method similar to the method shown in FIG. 7.

First, when the web server 42 of the central control center 40 is operated in step 700, anytime a remote customer in an environment that can be connected to the Internet by operating a website on the Internet of the web server 42 Make sure your website is accessible from anywhere.

In step 701, the remote server accesses a web site operated by the web server 42 on the Internet. In step 701, when the remote customer is connected to the website, a separate authentication and verification process is performed. The authentication and verification process is to prevent the exposure of the customer's personal information to others. Such authentication and confirmation procedures may include items such as identifiers (customer IDs), passwords, social security numbers, customer control terminal card numbers, and authentication of a ticket number that is disclosed on the back of the customer card.

When the customer is confirmed to be a customer according to the authentication and confirmation procedure of the customer, the remote customer requests a remote video surveillance service of a place that he / she wants to see (where the customer control terminal device that matches the customer is located).

Then, the web server 42 checks whether the remote customer requests real-time monitoring or recorded video monitoring, and proceeds to step 704 when the real-time monitoring is requested. Proceed to step.

In step 704, the web server 42 transmits the real-time image data received from the customer control terminal 100 to the remote customer, and in step 705, the remote customer checks and monitors his / her monitor screen. do.

On the other hand, in step 706 after receiving the input of the time zone to monitor the video recording from the remote customer, in step 707 recorded video of the input time zone recorded in the corresponding customer storage area of the database 41 of the central control center 40 The data is read and transmitted to the remote customer. In step 708, the remote customer reproduces an image of the monitor screen and checks the image.

Thereafter, in step 709, the remote customer checks the reproduced video data to determine the intruder or the emergency situation, and sets the intrusion mode in step 710 to notify the central control center 40. In addition, when the customer control terminal device 100, the emergency center is in an environment where the remote customer can access, the customer control terminal device 100 and the emergency center notifies the fact of intrusion and emergency situation.

On the other hand, the detailed description of the present invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, of course, various modifications are possible without departing from the scope of the invention. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments, but should be defined not only by the scope of the following claims, but also by the equivalents of the claims.

As described above, the present invention has the effect that the customer can look at the desired place anytime anywhere.

Another effect of the present invention is to check the visitors who visited their home at any time, anywhere in the remote place and the intruder through the Internet or telephone lines currently commercially available worldwide, and have the effect of taking safety measures by customers. have.

Another effect of the present invention is that the customer can present a new security model that can monitor in real time the video (visitor image, family image) taken from the camera installed in his house at a remote location.

Claims (10)

In a remote video surveillance service method in a security control system in which a customer control terminal device having a camera for photographing an image is installed at a predetermined position, a central control center, a remote customer, and an emergency center are connected through a commercial communication network, Capturing an image by a camera of the customer control terminal device and compressing the image, and then storing the compressed image data in a storage unit of the customer control terminal device and simultaneously transmitting the compressed image data to the central control center through the communication network. Wow, In the central control center for storing or restoring the compressed image data received from each customer control terminal device; When there is a real-time video service request from the remote customer confirmed by the authentication procedure, the central control center converts the video data received from the corresponding customer control terminal device into processed video data required for the remote customer and transmits it to the remote customer. Steps, And reproducing the image data transmitted from the central control center at the remote customer to check the situation of the customer control terminal apparatus as an image. The method of claim 1, If there is a request for a recording service of a specific time zone from the remote customer confirmed by the authentication procedure, reading the video data of the corresponding time zone received from the corresponding customer control terminal device and converting the converted video data into the processed video data required for the remote customer. Further comprising a remote video surveillance service method. The method of claim 1, And determining an intruder as a result of checking the image data received from the customer control terminal device in the central control center. The method of claim 3, wherein Driving an alarm mode of the customer control terminal when the intrusion mode is driven; Making a dispatch instruction and dispatch request to the emergency center connected through the communication network; And transmitting the intrusion fact and intruder image data to the remote customer. The method of claim 1, And the customer control terminal device and the central control center are connected through an internet network. The method according to claim 1 or 5, And the central control center is connected to the remote customer who accesses the web server through the internet network by operating a web server. The method of claim 1, The authentication process is a remote video surveillance service method, characterized in that the predetermined process including the confirmation of the customer's identifier, password, and the input of the random number on the back of the customer card. It is installed in a building such as a home or a shopping mall, and manages its own control system and other systems to transmit monitoring signals according to various situations, and a camera for capturing images is installed at a predetermined location in the building to capture images from the camera. A customer control terminal for compressing / transmitting data in real time; It is connected to the customer control terminal device through the Internet network and comprehensively monitors the situation of each customer control terminal device for remote monitoring, and has a database for storing various monitoring information and image data received from each customer control terminal device, A central control center that provides a web server, an internet service, to provide monitoring information and real-time video and video recording services of each customer through authentication and customer verification procedures; Equipped with a terminal device capable of performing Internet communication, the terminal can access the web server of the central control center. If the terminal is authenticated through a predetermined authentication procedure, the remote site receives monitoring information, real-time video service, and recorded video service from the web server. With customers, Security system characterized in that it is connected to the central control center via a dedicated network or a wireless network and configured to perform an emergency operation when an emergency situation is notified from the central control center. The method of claim 8, wherein the customer control terminal device; An external interface connected to another system to provide a communication path with the other system; A camera installed at a predetermined position in the building to take a video, A wired / wireless detector installed at a predetermined position in a building and detecting a situation of a plurality of wired detectors and wireless detectors for detecting respective zones and generating a detection signal thereof; Communication interface unit for performing communication with the central control center connected to the Internet network, A decoder for transmitting a signal generated by each component to a management computer; A management computer which takes appropriate measures in accordance with the signal received from the decoder; An alarm unit for generating an alarm sound based on an alarm control signal by installing at least one alarm device at a predetermined position; A display unit for displaying various situations of the control system; A storage unit for storing various control programs and data, A power supply unit for converting an AC or DC input power supply into an internally required power supply; A voice processor for processing a voice signal input through the microphone or a voice signal to be generated through the speaker; An image processing unit for compressing image data input from the camera in real time into a predetermined format; A card reader which recognizes a registered user card and generates a recognized user identification signal; An antenna having a wireless transceiver; Handy terminal for setting various environments of the customer control terminal device by wireless communication through the antenna, and It controls various situations of the control system, controls the monitoring state of the component for each situation and the compressed image data to be transmitted in real time to the central control center through a communication interface, and to the signal received from the central control center Security system characterized in that it comprises a control unit for controlling each component. The method of claim 9, Each of the wired / wireless detectors includes a microphone capable of transmitting field sounds in an emergency situation.