Door intercom system

• US 20070064897A1
• Filed: 09/15/2005
• Published: 03/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: HOA Telecom Company Limited
• Original Assignee: HOA Telecom Company Limited
• Inventors: Lee, Tsung
• Granted Patent: US 7,623,640 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 379/159
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/025 Door telephones adapted for television H04N7/186

Abstract

Disclosed is a door intercom system, which is installed on a door of a community for communicating with and identifying a visitor and opening/closing the door through a network by an inhabitant among a plurality of inhabitants of the community and capable of transferring data to a system provider through the network. The door intercom system has a central processing unit (CPU) connected to a database, a dialing key module, a display module, a video and audio processing module and a network interface, respectively. In the database, inhabitant codes, network logon numbers and identification numbers of the plurality of inhabitants are stored. When the visitor inputs an inhabitant code through the dialing key module, the CPU acquires the network logon number corresponding to the inhabitant and is communicatively connected to the network through the network interface, the network being connected at the other end to the inhabitant end or the system provider through a public switched telephone network (PSTN). As such, the visitor is allowed to communicate with the inhabitant by an email or message through the display module. Alternatively, the visitor may directly communicate with the inhabitant by a IP phone or be directly identified by a VP phone.

Claims

1. A door intercom system installed on a door of a community for communicating with and identifying a visitor and opening/closing the door through a network by an inhabitant among a plurality of inhabitants of the community and capable of transferring data to a system provider through the network, comprising:

a central processing unit (CPU);

a database used to store inhabitant codes, network logon numbers and identification numbers of the plurality of inhabitants therein;

a dialing key module connected to the CPU and through which the visitor inputs the inhabitant code corresponding to the inhabitant, wherein the CPU acquires the network logon number corresponding to the inhabitant from the database in response to the inhabitant code received;

a display module connected to the CPU to display information associated with the inhabitant to the visitor;

a video and audio processing module connected to the CPU and being composed of an IP phone and a VP phone; and

a network interface connected to the CPU and video and audio processing module, respectively, at one end and to the network at the other end so that the door intercom system is allowed to be communicatively connected to the inhabitant end and transfer data to the system provider,

wherein the network is connected to a PSTN and connected to the inhabitant end through the PSTN so that the visitor is allowed to communicate with the inhabitant end through an email or message or alternatively through the video and audio processing module or be identified by the inhabitant end through the video and audio processing module, the network being also connected to the system provider so that the door intercom system is allowed to transfer data to the system provider.

2. The door intercom system according to claim 1, wherein the PSTN is also provided so that the inhabitant end is allowed to control the door to be opened or closed and the data is allowed to be transferred between the door intercom system and system provider therethrough, the database has telephone numbers corresponding to the plurality of inhabitants therein and the visitor inputs a telephone number corresponding to the inhabitant through the dialing key module, and the CPU is allowed to be communicatively connected to the PSTN through a dial and communication module so that the CPU is allowed to be connected to the PSTN through the dial and communication module and the visitor is allowed to communicate with the inhabitant end through the general telephone at the inhabitant end.

3. The door intercom system according to claim 2, wherein an incoming phone number acquiring module is further provided between the CPU and dial and communication module to acquire an incoming phone number with respect to an incoming call made from another user end through the PSTN to the door intercom system and the CPU compares the incoming phone number with the network logon numbers or telephone numbers preset in the database and directs the door to be opened by issuing a drive signal.

4. The door intercom system according to claim 2, wherein the PSTN is further connected to the network through computer telephony integration (CTI) so that the network is allowed to be connected to the general telephone of the inhabitant end through the CTI and PSTN.

5. The door intercom system according to claim 1, wherein the CPU is connected to a dynamic DNS server through a network loop so that a computer having a variable IP is allowed to be used.

6. The door intercom system according to claim 1, wherein the network is provided so that the inhabitant end is allowed to open or close the door by telephone dialing.

7. The door intercom system according to claim 1, wherein the CPU of the door intercom system is further connected to a radio frequency identification (RFID) sensor device so that an identification information sensed by the RFID sensor device is allowed to be transferred to the CPU and compared with the inhabitant'"'"'s identification codes stored in the database and the CPU is allowed to direct the door to be opened when the comparison result shows there is a match found in the database.

8. The door intercom system according to claim 7, wherein the CPU of the door intercom system is further connected to a remote control device and the sensed identification information is allowed to be transferred to the CPU and compared with the inhabitant'"'"'s identification codes stored in the database and the CPU is allowed to direct the door to be opened when the comparison result shows there is a match found in the database.

9. The door intercom system according to claim 8, wherein the database has a first, second, third and fourth data category, the first data category being a relationship table of the inhabitant codes and network logon numbers, the second category being a relationship table of the inhabitant codes and the telephone numbers, the third data category and fourth data category are RFID codes and remote control'"'"'s identification codes, respectively,

wherein the CPU is automatically communicatively connected to the inhabitant end through the PSTN according to the second data category, and

wherein data code of the identification card or the remote control of the inhabitant is compared with the RFID codes and remote control'"'"' identification codes and the CPU directs the door to be opened by issuing a drive signal when the comparison result shows a match found in the third and fourth data categories