Monitoring Device and Program Thereof

• US 20080061970A1
• Filed: 08/04/2005
• Published: 03/13/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Shibuya, Makoto, Ogino, Hiroyuki, Imai, Makoto, Kondou, Ryuta, Nakatani, Naofumi, Okude, Takaaki, Inui, Hirofumi, Kawai, Miyuki
• Application Number:
  US11/572,921
• Publication Number:
  US 20080061970A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/545.1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/08 by opening, e.g. of door, of window, of drawer, of shutter, of curtain, of blind
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/10 by pressure on floors, floor coverings, stair treads, counters, or tills
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19652 Systems using zones in a single scene defined for different treatment, e.g. outer zone gives pre-alarm, inner zone gives alarm
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 29/24 Self-calibration, e.g. compensating for environmental drift or ageing of components

Abstract

An object of the invention is to provide a monitoring device that can be mounted in a window or a door in which because the window is often opened or closed by the user, if the monitoring device is installed on the window, the user must perform an operation of releasing the monitoring device, every time of opening or closing the window.

An intrusion detecting terminal unit (13) having an opening/closing sensor is disposed on the window or door, a mat (16) containing a piezoelectric sensor (15) is disposed near under the window, and each of the intrusion detecting terminal unit (13) with the opening/closing sensor and the intrusion detecting terminal unit (15a) with the piezoelectric sensor comprises data communication means for transmitting or receiving data. In case of the intrusion, the intrusion detecting terminal unit (15a) under the window detects the intruder, and then if the intruder tries to open the window, the intruder is judged. However, when the user opens the window, the intrusion detecting terminal unit (15a) does not make the detection, and the intrusion detecting terminal unit (13) alone detects the opening of the window, whereby the user does not need to release the monitoring device every time of opening the window.

Claims

1. :

A monitoring device comprising;

first and second intrusion detecting terminal units for monitoring and detecting a steady or unsteady state, which are provided on an intrusion path, said first intrusion detecting terminal unit being disposed to make a detection prior to said second intrusion detecting terminal unit at the time of intrusion, and

data communication means for receiving the information of said first intrusion detecting terminal unit and said second intrusion detecting terminal unit, in which said monitoring device monitors the state in accordance with an output of said data communication means.

3. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring is started or released in accordance with the output of said data communication means.

4. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein when said second intrusion detecting terminal unit detects the unsteady state prior to said first intrusion detecting terminal unit, the monitoring of the first intrusion detecting terminal unit and the second intrusion detecting terminal unit is released.

5. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein when said second intrusion detecting terminal unit detects the steady state, said first and second intrusion detecting terminal units start the monitoring.

6. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring start of said intrusion detecting terminal unit can be delayed.

7. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising report means, which makes a first report when the first intrusion detecting terminal unit detects the unsteady state after staring the monitoring, and then makes a second report when the second intrusion detecting terminal unit detects the unsteady state.

8. :

The monitoring device according to claim 7, wherein said report means does not make the report if the second intrusion detecting terminal unit detects the unsteady state before the first intrusion detecting terminal unit detects the unsteady state.

9. :

The monitoring device according to claim 7, further comprising report means for each intrusion detecting terminal unit, in which said report means reports a detection situation of said intrusion detecting terminal unit.

10. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising a central processing unit, in which said central processing unit has display means for displaying the detection situation of the intrusion detecting terminal unit, recording means for recording the detection situation of the intrusion detecting terminal unit, and data communication means capable of communicating with a plurality of intrusion detecting terminal units, and starts or releases the monitoring of said plurality of intrusion detecting terminal units.

11. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising a remote controller having data communication means capable of communicating with the plurality of intrusion detecting terminal units, in which said remote controller releases the monitoring of the specific intrusion detecting terminal unit.

12. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first intrusion detecting terminal unit and the second intrusion detecting terminal unit is provided around the circumference of a monitoring area.

13. :

The monitoring device according to claim 12, wherein at least one of the first intrusion detecting terminal unit and the second intrusion detecting terminal unit is provided on a wall-like structure.

14. :

The monitoring device according to claim 13, wherein said wall-like structure is a handrail of the veranda.

15. :

The monitoring device according to claim 13, wherein said wall-like structure is a fence or a gate door.

16. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein the second intrusion detecting terminal unit is provided at an opening portion in the monitoring area.

17. :

The monitoring device according to claim 16, wherein said opening portion is an opening/closing portion of the window in the domicile.

18. :

The monitoring device according to claim 16, wherein said opening portion is a door in the domicile.

19. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second intrusion detecting terminal units is a sensor for detecting the step.

20. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second intrusion detecting terminal units has a piezoelectric cable sensor.

21. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, further comprising a third intrusion detecting terminal unit for photographing a part or all of the monitoring area, wherein said third intrusion detecting terminal unit starts the photographing when the first or second intrusion detecting terminal unit detects the unsteady state.

22. :

The monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the first and second intrusion detecting terminal units has a plurality of piezoelectric cable sensors to specify an intrusion place based on the outputs of said plurality of piezoelectric cable sensors.

23. :

The monitoring device according to claim 22, wherein said plurality of piezoelectric cable sensors are connected by a vibration propagation member.

24. :

The monitoring device according to claim 22, which determines a signal due to the natural phenomenon based on the signal outputs of the plurality of piezoelectric cable sensors.

25. :

A program for enabling a computer to perform at least part of the functions of the monitoring device according to claim 1.

26. :

A monitoring device according to claim 1, wherein said data communicating means includes first data communicating unit provided in said first intrusion detecting terminal and second data communicating unit provided in said second intrusion detecting terminal unit.

2. (canceled)