MONITORING SYSTEM

• US 20150296077A1
• Filed: 03/23/2015
• Published: 10/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: KAWAMURA, Mitsuru, WAKEYAMA, Daisuke
• Granted Patent: US 9,282,182 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/2491 Intrusion detection systems, i.e. where the body of an intruder causes the interference with the electromagnetic field
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/02 Calling substations, e.g. by ringing selective calling H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 3/42 Systems providing special services or facilities to subscribers specially adapted for wireless communication networks H04W4/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/186 Video door telephones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253

Abstract

A master device sends image data transmitted from a monitoring camera to a mobile phone terminal, the mobile phone terminal sends a request signal for starting a call to the monitoring camera when receiving an operation on a predetermined icon displayed on a display/input unit in a state in which the image data is displayed on the display/input unit, and the master device transmits the request signal for starting the call to the monitoring camera from the mobile phone terminal.

Claims

1. A monitoring system comprising:

a sensor;

a monitoring camera that includes an image capturing unit, and has a call function;

a master device that communicates with the monitoring camera, and is connected to a fixed telephone network so as to perform calls to other fixed telephones; and

a mobile phone terminal that includes a display/input unit, performs wireless communication with the master device, and is connected to other mobile phones via a mobile phone network,

wherein, when the sensor detects a person, a detection signal is sent to the master device,

wherein the master device sends a signal for instructing the monitoring camera registered in correlation with the sensor to transmit image data,

wherein, when an operation of giving an instruction for displaying an image is received, the mobile phone terminal sends information regarding the operation to the master device,

wherein the master device sends the image data which is transmitted from the monitoring camera, to the mobile phone terminal according to the information regarding the operation,

wherein the mobile phone terminal sends a request signal for starting a call to the monitoring camera when receiving an operation on a predetermined icon displayed on the display/input unit in a state in which the image data sent from the monitoring camera is displayed on the display/input unit, and

wherein the master device transmits the request signal for starting a call from the mobile phone terminal, to the monitoring camera.

2. The monitoring system of claim 1,

wherein, in a case where a volume suitable for a hands-free call is set, when an operation on the predetermined icon is received, the mobile phone terminal is switched to a hands-free call mode, and

wherein the mobile phone terminal and the monitoring camera enter a voice call state.

3. The monitoring system of claim 1,

wherein, in a case where a volume suitable for a handset call is set, when an operation on the predetermined icon is received, the mobile phone terminal is switched to a handset call mode, and

wherein the mobile phone terminal and the outdoor monitoring camera enter a voice call state.

4. The monitoring system of claim 1,

wherein the sensor is a human sensor which is integrally formed with the monitoring camera.

5. The monitoring system of claim 1,

wherein the mobile phone terminal includes mode switching means for changing a setting so that a volume suitable for a hands-free call or a volume suitable for a handset call is obtained.

6. The monitoring system of claim 1,

wherein the master device transmits the request signal for starting a call from the mobile phone terminal, to the monitoring camera so that a call is performed between the monitoring camera and the mobile phone terminal, and

wherein the mobile phone terminal changes a volume of a microphone and a speaker of the monitoring camera when a predetermined operation is performed on the display/input unit.

7. The monitoring system of claim 2,

wherein, in a case where a volume suitable for a handset call is set, when an operation on the predetermined icon is received, the mobile phone terminal is switched to a handset call mode, and

wherein the mobile phone terminal and the outdoor monitoring camera enter a voice call state.