Remote control and management system

• US 20030067387A1
• Filed: 10/04/2002
• Published: 04/10/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IDIS Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: IDIS Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Seo, Kwang Seok, Kwon, Sung Bok, Kim, Yong Hoe, Jung, Gyu Sang
• Application Number:
  US10/264,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20030067387A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/540
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1968 Interfaces for setting up or customising the system
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19689 Remote control of cameras, e.g. remote orientation or image zooming control for a PTZ camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19697 Arrangements wherein non-video detectors generate an alarm themselves

Abstract

The present invention discloses a remote control and management system comprising a remote management unit for registering remote sites, connection setting and system setting and managing by being interacting with a local terminal which is connected with a plurality of monitoring devices for monitorng the remote site, a remote monitoring unit for outputting audio/video data input from the monitoring devices, and event detecting unit for analyzing the monitored data transmitted from the monitoring devices, generating an event and reporting event occurrenct to the remote management unit and the remote monitoring unit, and a remote retrieving unit for retrieving and outputting the audio/video data corresponding to the event.

The remote control and management system in accordance with the present invention provides functions of remote management for monitorng remote equipments or sites, security inspection, audio/video data retrieving. Further each of the functions is interacting with the others, so that a user can easily and conveniently take in the event and effectiely monitor remote sites.

Claims

1. A remote control and management system associated with monitoring devices being comprised cameras for acquring video data of remote sites, a microphone for acquiring voice or audio data of the remote sites and a plurality of sensors, and a local terminal connected with the monitoring devices via a cable for receiving monitored data acquired by the monitoring devices and transmitting the same to an external device through communication network, and operated by being connected with the monitoring devices and the local terminal through the communication network, comprising:

a database unit for storing data acquired during the remote control and managment system is operating;

an event detecting unit for analyzing the monitored data transmitted from the monitoring devices via the local terminal, detecting an event to be reported to a user, and storing content of the event into the database unit;

a remote management unit for registering remote sites to be monitored, connection setting to the remote sites, setting and managing a plurality of equipments belonging to the remote control and management system, receiving and outputting the event detected by the event detecting unit;

a remote monitoring unit for outputting the audio/video data transmitted from the monitoring devices in real time and storing the transmitted audio/video data to the database section, and outputting conent of the event when the event occurrence is reported by the event detecting unit;

an event retrieving unit for retrieving the audio/video data stored in the database unit and acquired during the event is occurred when the user demands the audio/video data corresponding to the event detected by the event detecting unit, and

a controller for controlling interaction of the database unit, the event detecting unit, the remote management unit, the remote monitoring unit and the event retrieving unit and data flow.

2. The remote control and management system according to claim 1, wherein the communication network is one selected from LAN, WAN, PSTN, PSDN, ADSL and ISDN.

3. The remote control and management system according to claim 1, wherein the event occurrence is detected when unallowable movement is detected from the video data transmitted from the camera and/or alarm is detected by the sensors.

4. The remote control and management system according to claim 1, wherein the event detecting unit comprises:

a detecting area setting module for allowing the user to set detecting area where movement should be detected out of the video data;

an event condition setting module for allowing the user to set items that are regarded as the event;

an event detecting module for analyzing the monitored data transmitted from the monitoring devices and generating event occurrence message when the event set by the event condition setting module is detected; and

an event reporting module for reporting the event occurrence message along with event occurrence time to the remote monitoring unit and the remote management unit.

5. The remote control and management system according to claim 4, wherein the event detecting module provides the user with a function to adjust brightness, luminosity, chroma and color of the camera and to control operation of the camera.

6. The remote control and management system according to claim 4, wherein the event detecting module controls the camera to track and observe in zoom an object that caused movement event when the movement event is detected.

7. The remote control and management system according to claim 1, wherein the remote management unit comprises:

a remote site registration/modification/deletion module for registering a new remote site, modifying information of registered remote site and deleting the remote site;

a remote site connection setting module for connecting the remote site to be monitored, controlled or managed, setting a plurality of information of the remote site and upgrading the set information of the remote site;

a remote site circumstance and event outputting module for receiving current status of the remote site and event occurrence at the remote sites from the remote site connection setting module and outputting the received current status of the remote site and event occurrenct at the remote sites; and

a remote site record outputting module for calling a plurality of information related to remote site connection setting and the event occurrence from the database unit and outputting the called information.

8. The remote control and management system according to claim 7, wherein the remote site circumstance and event outputting module reports that operation status of the monitoring devices and the local termianl is normal or error the user in a batch-job.

9. The remote control and management system according to claim 7, wherein the remote site record outputting module receives retrieving condition from the user and outputting the remote site information matched with the retrieving condition.

10. The remote control and management system according to claim 1, wherein the remote monitoring unit comprises:

an audio/video data receiving/outputting module for outputting the audio/video data after receiving the audio/video data transmitted from the monitoring devices at the remote sites via the local terminal;

an image frame setting module for adjusting an image of the video data by dividing or resizing in response to the user'"'"'s demand; and

an event circumstance outputting module for outputting the event occurrence message reported from the event detecting unit.

11. The remote control and management system according to claim 10, wherein the remote monitoring unit further comprises a favorites setting module for registering the remote sites where the user frequently monitors and the remote site information of corresponding remote sites, so that the remote sites registered in the favorites are automatically and sequentially connected and monitored in turn by one click instruction from the user.

12. The remote control and management system according to claim 1, wherein the event retrieving unit comprises:

an event retrieving conditon setting module for receiving retrieveing condition for retrieving the audio/video data acquired during the event occurrence time; and

an event retriving/outputting module for retrieving the audio/video data matched with the retrieving condition from the database unit and outputting the retrieved data.

13. The remote control and management system according to claim 1, wherein the event occurrences reported to the remote management unit and the remote monitoring unit are outputted as a list of events, if the user selects one event from the list, the event retrieving/outputting module is automatically called, so that the audio/video data corresponding to the selected event occurrence are retrieved and outputted.

14. The remote control and management system according to claim 1, whrein the controller calls the remote monitoring unit and remote retrieving unit when an important event is detected at a certain remote site by the event detecting module of the event detecting unit, drives a plurality of monitoring devices at the corresponding remote site, outputs the monitored data with respect to the important event, and dividing an image of the monitored data into a proper size.