Apartment Intercom System

Abstract

To provide a multiple dwelling house intercom system which has the better usability than a conventional technique in the multiple dwelling house intercom system in which automatic doors are double-installed.SOLUTION: When a first floor collective entrance machine 2 is operated by a visitor and the visitor is authenticated by a resident called by the operation, a multiple dwelling house intercom system stores a second image in which the visitor is reflected captured by a camera 21 of the first floor collective entrance machine 2 in a visitor information registration unit 52 in association with a room number related to a room being the calling destination, and identifies whether or not the person is the visitor from the second image and the person imaged by a camera 21 of a second floor collective entrance machine 2 installed in a room floor corresponding to the room being the calling destination. An intercom control machine 5 unlocks a second automatic door 6b for advancement to the room side from the entrance of the room floor corresponding to the room being the calling destination when the person is identified to be the visitor by a person identification unit 54a.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

[Technical field]

[0001] The present invention relates to an intercom system for apartment buildings that is equipped with automatic doors at each residential floor in addition to the main entrance, for example, to double-check visitors. [Background technology]

[0002] In the past, in order to improve security, some apartment buildings have installed automatic doors on each residential floor in the living area in addition to the automatic door at the main entrance. When automatic doors are installed in two places like this, a visitor must first call a resident from the entrance collective entrance machine installed at the main entrance to have the automatic door at the main entrance opened, and then call a resident again from the floor collective entrance machine installed on the residential floor of the visitor's home to have the automatic door on that floor opened.

[0003] To reduce the burden on residents, an apartment complex intercom system has been devised in which a one-time password is issued at the entrance collective hall machine and the visitor enters this one-time password at a floor collective hall machine installed on the residential floor of the person they are visiting, allowing visitors to open the automatic doors on each residential floor (for example, Patent Document 1). [Prior art documents] [Patent documents]

[0004] [Patent Document 1] JP 2011-182019 A Summary of the Invention [Problem to be solved by the invention]

[0005] However, in the above-mentioned apartment complex intercom system, when a delivery person needs to visit multiple rooms, multiple one-time passwords must be issued for each floor by the entrance collective entrance machine, and after memorizing them, the delivery person must input the one-time password corresponding to each floor of the room to be visited into the floor collective entrance machine, which still poses usability issues. Also, depending on the order of the rooms to be visited, it takes time from when the call from the entrance collective entrance machine is answered until the visitor visits the room, which can be a problem for residents.

[0006] Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above problems, and aims to provide an apartment building intercom system that is easier to use than conventional intercom systems for an apartment building where double automatic doors are installed. [Means for solving the problem]

[0007] In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a system including an entrance collective entrance unit installed at the main entrance of an apartment building, a floor collective entrance unit installed at the entrance of each living room floor, an entrance slave unit installed at the entrance of each living room, and a room master unit installed in each living room. The first automatic door is installed at the main entrance and is used when proceeding to the residential area where the rooms are located, and the second automatic door is installed at the entrance of the residential floor and is used when proceeding to the residential area, and the entrance collective entrance unit, floor collective entrance unit, entrance slave unit, residential master unit, the first automatic door, and the second automatic door are A housing complex intercom system including an entrance hall and a controller for controlling communication between the entrance hall and the control unit. but First camera Equipped with Along with the floor gathering entrance machine but Second Camera Equipped with on the other hand , regulation The person appearing in the image captured by the first camera and the person appearing in the image captured by the second camera are identified, This is a floor collective entrance machine installed on a designated room floor. An image captured by a second camera of the first floor collective entrance device; This is a floor collective entrance machine that is installed on a room floor other than the designated room floor.The system is equipped with a person identification unit that identifies a person appearing in both images taken by the first camera and the second camera of the second floor collective entrance machine, and a visitor information registration unit that stores the images taken by the first camera and the second camera. The person identification unit is configured to register a visitor's information when a visitor operates the entrance collective entrance machine and a resident is called by the operation. The second When the 1 automatic door is unlocked, a first identification image showing the visitor captured by the first camera is linked to the room number of the called room and stored in the visitor information registration unit, and based on the person captured by the second camera of the floor collective entrance device installed on the room floor corresponding to the called room and the first identification image, it is identified whether the person is a visitor or not. If the person is identified as a visitor by the person identification unit, the control machine The first On the other hand, when a visitor operates the first floor collective entrance machine and the visitor is authenticated by a resident who is called by the operation, the person identification unit associates a second identification image of the visitor captured by the second camera of the first floor collective entrance machine with the room number of the called room and stores it in the visitor information registration unit, and identifies whether or not the person is a visitor based on the person captured by the second camera of the second floor collective entrance machine installed on the room floor corresponding to the called room and the second identification image, and when the person identification unit identifies the person as a visitor, the control machine The first 2It is characterized by its automatic door unlocking function. Effect of the Invention

[0008] According to the present invention, a first camera is provided at the entrance collective entrance machine, and a second camera is provided at the floor collective entrance machine, and the control machine is provided with a person identification unit that identifies a person appearing in both images captured by the first camera and the second camera, and a visitor information registration unit that stores the image captured by the first camera. The person identification unit is a first access point that is used by a visitor to proceed from the main entrance to the residential area where the rooms are located, when the entrance collective entrance machine is operated by a visitor and a resident is called by the operation. When the door is unlocked, a first identification image showing the visitor captured by the first camera is stored in the visitor information registration section linked to the room number of the called room, and the control machine identifies whether the person is a visitor or not from the person captured by the second camera of the floor collective entrance machine installed on the room floor corresponding to the called room and the first identification image, and when the person identification section identifies the person as a visitor, the control machine unlocks the second automatic door for proceeding from the entrance of the room floor corresponding to the called room to the room side. Therefore, the visitor can proceed to the room side through the second automatic door without operating the floor collective entrance machine, making it an easy-to-use apartment building intercom system. The visitor information registration unit is adapted to store images captured by the second camera, and the person identification unit is adapted to identify persons appearing in both images captured by the second camera of a first floor collective entrance machine installed on a specific residential floor and an image captured by the second camera of a second floor collective entrance machine installed on a residential floor other than the specific residential floor. When a visitor operates the first floor collective entrance machine and the visitor is authenticated by a resident who is called by the operation, The second identification image of the visitor captured by the second camera of the first floor collective entrance machine is stored in the visitor information registration unit in association with the room number of the called room, and the person captured by the second camera of the second floor collective entrance machine installed on the room floor corresponding to the called room is used to identify whether the person is a visitor or not, and when the person identification unit identifies the person as a visitor, the control machine unlocks the second automatic door for proceeding from the entrance of the room floor corresponding to the called room to the room side. Therefore, when visiting multiple rooms on different room floors, the visitor does not need to return to the entrance collective entrance machine or remember and input multiple passwords, making the apartment house intercom system extremely easy to use, and since the visitor visits the room in a relatively short time after being called by the visitor, the apartment house intercom system does not cause the visitor to feel uncomfortable as in the past. [Brief description of the drawings]

[0009] [Figure 1] 1 is a configuration diagram showing an apartment building intercom system according to the present invention; [Diagram 2] 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of main devices of an apartment building intercom system according to the present invention in functional blocks. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0010] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An apartment house intercom system according to an embodiment of the present invention will now be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0011] Fig. 1 is a configuration diagram showing an apartment house intercom system according to the present invention, Fig. 2 is a block configuration diagram showing main devices of the apartment house intercom system according to the present invention in functional blocks. The apartment house intercom system is composed of an entrance collective entrance unit 1 installed at the main entrance of the apartment house for visitors to call residents, floor collective entrance units 2, 2... installed at the entrance of each living room floor to allow visitors to call residents, entrance slave units 3, 3... installed at the entrance of each living room to call residents, room master units 4, 4... installed in each living room to allow residents to respond to the call, and an intercom controller 5 for controlling communication between these devices. In addition, a first automatic door 6a is installed at the main entrance through which visitors must pass when proceeding from the main entrance to the living area, and a second automatic door 6b is installed at the entrance of each living room floor in the living area. Therefore, according to the apartment house intercom system of the present invention, in order for a visitor to reach a living room, he or she must pass through the first automatic door 6a, then pass through the second automatic door 6b on the living room floor he or she is visiting, and finally operate the entrance slave unit 3 of the living room he or she is visiting.

[0012] The entrance collective entrance unit 1 and the intercom control unit 5 are connected via a transmission line L1, the floor collective entrance unit 2 and the intercom control unit 5 are connected via a transmission line L2, and each room master unit 4 and the intercom control unit 5 are connected via a master unit trunk line L3. The entrance collective entrance unit 1 and the first automatic door 6a are connected via a transmission line L4, and the floor collective entrance unit 2 and the second automatic door 6b are connected via a transmission line L5. 9 is a surveillance camera installed at the main entrance, and is connected to the intercom control unit 5 via a transmission line L6.

[0013] The entrance collective entrance machine 1 comprises a camera 11 for capturing images of visitors, a microphone 12 and speaker 13 for conversation between the visitor and the resident, an operation unit 14 through which the visitor inputs the room number to be called (the room number of the person to be visited), a display unit 15 for displaying the operation content, a first collective entrance machine control unit 16 for communicating with a control unit (not shown) of the first automatic door 6a to control the opening and closing of the first automatic door 6a and for controlling the operation of the entrance collective entrance machine 1 itself, and a first collective entrance machine communication IF 17 for communicating with the intercom control unit 5.

[0014] The floor collective entrance unit 2 is configured in a manner substantially similar to the entrance collective entrance unit 1, and comprises a camera 21, a microphone 22 and a speaker 23, an operation unit 24, a display unit 25, a second collective entrance unit control unit 26 which communicates with the control unit (not shown) of the second automatic door 6b to control the opening and closing of the second automatic door 6b and also controls the operation of the floor collective entrance unit 2 itself, and a second collective entrance unit communication IF 27 which communicates with the intercom control unit 5.

[0015] The entrance sub-unit 3 comprises a camera 31 for capturing an image of a visitor in front of the room, a call button 32 which allows the visitor to call the resident, a microphone 33 and a speaker 34 for talking when calling, a sub-unit control unit 35 for controlling the entrance sub-unit 3 itself, and a sub-unit communication IF 36 for communicating with the room main unit 4.

[0016] The room master unit 4 is equipped with a call button 41 for answering calls from the entrance collective entrance unit 1 and the entrance sub-unit 3 installed in a pair with the room master unit 4, a microphone 42 and speaker 43 for making calls when answering, an operation unit 44 for various operations, a display unit 45 for displaying various information in addition to images captured by the camera 11 of the entrance collective entrance unit 1 and the camera 21 of the floor collective entrance unit 2, a master unit control unit 46 for controlling the room master unit 4 itself, a master unit first communication IF 48 for communicating with the intercom control unit 5, and a master unit second communication IF 49 for communicating with the entrance sub-unit 3 installed in a pair with it.

[0017] The intercom control unit 5 comprises a visitor information registration unit 52 for linking a first image (first identification image) of the visitor extracted from the video captured by camera 11 of the entrance collective entrance unit 1 and a second image (second identification image) of the visitor extracted from the video captured by camera 21 of the floor collective entrance unit 2 to each room number and storing them, a room floor information memory unit 53 for storing the relationship between the room number and the room floor, a controller control unit 54 for controlling the operation of the intercom control unit 5 itself, and a controller communication IF 55 for communicating with the entrance collective entrance unit 1, the floor collective entrance units 2, 2··, the surveillance camera 9, and the room master units 4, 4··. The control unit control section 54 also has a person identification section 54a for identifying whether the visitor who called the resident from the entrance collective entrance machine 1 and the person photographed by the floor collective entrance machine 2 are the same person, as described below, and whether the person who called the resident from the first floor collective entrance machine 2 and the person photographed by the second floor collective entrance machine 2 are the same person.

[0018] The operation of the above-described apartment house intercom system and the control related to person identification are as follows. When a visitor operates the entrance collective entrance unit 1 and inputs the room number of the visitor to make a call, a call signal is sent to the room master unit 4 installed in the room corresponding to the input room number under the control of the intercom control unit 5. The room master unit 4 then issues a call sound to notify the resident that a visitor has arrived. In response to the visitor's operation of the entrance collective entrance unit 1, the entrance collective entrance unit 1 starts capturing images with the camera 11, and together with the transmission of the call signal as described above, the image captured by the camera 11 is sent to the room master unit 4 via the intercom control unit 5 and is displayed on the display unit 45 of the room master unit 4.

[0019] On the other hand, when a resident recognizes a call by a ring tone and responds with the room master unit 4, a communication path is established between the room master unit 4 and the entrance collective hall unit 1, enabling a conversation between the visitor and the resident. When the resident recognizes the visitor through this conversation and performs a specified unlocking operation with the operation unit 44, an unlocking signal is sent to the first automatic door 6a via the intercom control unit 5 and the entrance collective hall unit 1, and the first automatic door 6a is unlocked and then opened.

[0020] In response to the resident's unlocking of the first automatic door 6a, the person identification unit 54a of the control unit 54 in the intercom control unit 5 extracts an image capable of authenticating the visitor from the video captured by the camera 11 of the entrance collective entrance unit 1 as the first image, links it to the input room number of the visitor, and stores it in the visitor information registration unit 52. In response to the resident's unlocking of the first automatic door 6a, under the control of the intercom control unit 5, the floor collective entrance unit 2 installed at the entrance of the room floor corresponding to the room number starts up the camera 21 and waits for the visitor to arrive. Then, when the visitor approaches the floor collective entrance unit 2, the visitor is captured by the camera 21, which has already started capturing images, and the image is sent to the intercom control unit 5.

[0021] Furthermore, the person identification unit 54a of the intercom control device 5 extracts an image capable of authenticating a person captured by the camera 21 of the floor collective entrance device 2, compares the image with the first image linked to the corresponding room number, and performs an identification judgment as to whether or not the person captured by the camera 21 of the floor collective entrance device 2 is the visitor. If the person captured by the camera 21 of the floor collective entrance device 2 is identified as a visitor, an unlocking signal is transmitted from the intercom control device 5 to the second automatic door 6b via the floor collective entrance device 2, and the second automatic door 6b is unlocked and opened. On the other hand, if the person captured by the camera 21 of the floor collective entrance device 2 cannot be identified as a visitor, an unlocking signal is not transmitted from the intercom control device 5 to the second automatic door 6b, and the second automatic door 6b is not opened. Furthermore, if the person captured by the camera 21 of the floor collective entrance machine 2 cannot be identified as a visitor, a message such as "This is not the floor you are visiting. Have you come to the wrong floor?" may be sounded from the speaker 23 of the floor collective entrance machine 2.

[0022] Furthermore, when the call button 32 of the entrance slave unit 3 is operated by a visitor who has arrived in front of the living room, the entrance slave unit 3 starts capturing images with the camera 31. The image captured by the camera 31 (image of the visitor who has operated the call button 32) is sent to the intercom controller 5 with the room number attached via the room master unit 4. Furthermore, the person identification unit 54a of the intercom controller 5 extracts an image that can identify the person captured by the camera 31 of the entrance slave unit 3, compares the image with the first image linked to the corresponding room number, and performs an identification judgment as to whether or not the person captured by the camera 31 of the entrance slave unit 3 is the visitor. Then, when the person captured by the camera 31 of the entrance slave unit 3 is identified as a visitor, the intercom controller 5 transmits a permission signal to the room master unit 4, and the room master unit 4 issues a call sound upon receiving the permission signal, thereby notifying the resident that the visitor has arrived in front of the living room.

[0023] On the other hand, if the person captured by the camera 31 of the front door sub-unit 3 cannot be identified as a visitor, no permission signal is sent from the intercom control unit 5 to the room main unit 4, and the room main unit 4 does not sound a ringtone. If the person captured by the camera 31 of the front door sub-unit 3 cannot be identified as a visitor, a non-permission signal may be sent from the intercom control unit 5 to the room main unit 4, and upon receiving the non-permission signal, the room main unit 4 may sound a message from the speaker 34 of the front door sub-unit 3, such as "This is not the person you are visiting. Have you come to the wrong place?"

[0024] In addition, when a visitor visits a room (second room) on another floor after visiting the first room, the visitor is made to operate the floor collective entrance unit 2 (first floor collective entrance unit 2) at the entrance of a floor other than the floor on which the second room is located (usually the floor on which the first room is located). That is, the visitor is made to input the room number of the second room into the first floor collective entrance unit 2 to perform the call operation, in the same way as when calling the first room from the entrance collective entrance unit 1. Then, under the control of the intercom control unit 5, a call signal is transmitted to the room master unit 4 installed in the second room, and the room master unit 4 that receives the call signal sounds a call tone to notify the resident that a visitor has arrived. In addition, when a visitor operates the first floor collective entrance unit 2, the first floor collective entrance unit 2 begins capturing images using the camera 21, and along with transmitting the call signal as described above, the image captured by the camera 21 is transmitted via the intercom control unit 5 to the room master unit 4 of the second room, and is displayed on the display unit 45 of the room master unit 4.

[0025] On the other hand, when the resident of the second room recognizes the call by the ring tone and responds with the room master unit 4, a call path is formed between the room master unit 4 and the first floor collective entrance unit 2, enabling a call between the visitor and the resident. When the resident recognizes the visitor through this call and performs a predetermined authentication operation with the operation unit 44, an authentication signal is sent to the intercom control unit 5. In addition, in the intercom control unit 5, upon receiving the authentication signal, the person identification unit 54a of the control unit control unit 54 extracts an image that can authenticate the visitor from the video captured by the camera 21 of the first floor collective entrance unit 2 as a second image, links it to the room number of the second room, and stores it in the visitor information registration unit 52. Furthermore, upon receiving the authentication signal, under the control of the intercom control unit 5, the floor collective entrance unit 2 (second floor collective entrance unit 2) installed at the entrance of the room floor where the second room is located starts up the camera 21 and waits for the visitor to arrive. When a visitor approaches the second floor collective entrance unit 2, the visitor is captured by the camera 21, and the image is transmitted to the intercom control unit 5.

[0026] In addition, the person identification unit 54a of the intercom control device 5 extracts an image capable of authenticating a person captured by the camera 21 of the second floor collective entrance device 2, compares the image with the second image linked to the corresponding room number, and performs an identification judgment as to whether or not the person captured by the camera 21 of the second floor collective entrance device 2 is the visitor. If the person captured by the camera 21 of the second floor collective entrance device 2 is identified as a visitor, an unlocking signal is transmitted from the intercom control device 5 to the second automatic door 6b via the second floor collective entrance device 2, and the second automatic door 6b is unlocked and opened. On the other hand, if the person captured by the camera 21 of the second floor collective entrance device 2 cannot be identified as a visitor, an unlocking signal is not transmitted from the intercom control device 5 to the second automatic door 6b, and the second automatic door 6b is not opened.

[0027] Furthermore, when the call button 32 of the front door sub-unit 3 is operated by a visitor who has arrived in front of the second room, the front door sub-unit 3 starts capturing images using the camera 31. The image captured by the camera 31 (image showing the visitor who operated the call button 32) is sent to the intercom controller 5 via the room master unit 4 with the room number of the second room attached. Furthermore, the person identification unit 54a of the intercom controller 5 extracts an image that can authenticate the person captured by the camera 31 of the front door sub-unit 3, compares the image with the second image linked to the corresponding room number, and performs an identification judgment as to whether or not the person captured by the camera 31 of the front door sub-unit 3 is the visitor. Then, when the person captured by the camera 31 of the entrance slave unit 3 is identified as a visitor, a permission signal is transmitted from the intercom control unit 5 to the room master unit 4 of the second room, which, upon receiving the permission signal, sounds a ringing sound to notify the resident that the visitor has arrived in front of the room. On the other hand, when the person captured by the camera 31 of the entrance slave unit 3 cannot be identified as a visitor, a permission signal is not transmitted from the intercom control unit 5 to the room master unit 4 of the second room, and the room master unit 4 of the second room does not sound a ringing sound.

[0028] When a visitor visits multiple rooms on the same floor, the entrance collective entrance machine 1 or the first floor collective entrance machine 2 may call the visitor to all the rooms on the same floor, and the first and second images of the visitor may be stored in the visitor information registration unit 52 in a state linked to the multiple room numbers. Since the surveillance camera 9 is constantly capturing images for the purpose of improving security, such as preventing the intrusion of suspicious persons, the surveillance camera 9 may be the camera 11 of the entrance collective entrance machine 1, and an image capable of authenticating the visitor may be extracted as the first image from the video captured by the surveillance camera 9, and the first image may be stored in the visitor information registration unit 52 in a state linked to the room number.

[0029] Here, a specific description will be given of the actual operation of the apartment building intercom system when a visitor visits Room 304 on the third floor and Room 501 on the fifth floor. First, when a visitor inputs the room number of the first room, "304," into the entrance collective hall unit 1, the room master unit 4 installed in the first room, room 304, is called. Then, when the resident of room 304 performs the unlocking operation, the first automatic door 6a is opened, and the visitor can proceed to the living area. At this time, the intercom control unit 5 stores the first image of the visitor based on the video captured by the camera 11 of the entrance collective hall unit 1.

[0030] Next, when a visitor who has arrived on the third floor approaches the first floor collective entrance unit 2 installed at the entrance on the third floor, the intercom control unit 5 identifies the person approaching the first floor collective entrance unit 2 from the video captured by the camera 21 of the first floor collective entrance unit 2 and the first image, and if the person is identified as a visitor, the second automatic door 6b installed at the entrance on the third floor opens without the visitor operating the first floor collective entrance unit 2, and the visitor can proceed to the front of the room of Room 304. Then, when the visitor operates the call button 32 of the entrance slave unit 3 of Room 304, the intercom control unit 5 identifies the person who called the entrance slave unit 3 from the video captured by the camera 31 of the entrance slave unit 3 and the first image, and if the person is identified as a visitor, a call tone is notified from the room master unit 4 of Room 304.

[0031] The visitor then returns to the entrance on the third floor and enters the room number of the second room, "501," into the first floor collective entrance unit 2. This calls the room master unit 4 installed in the second room, room 501. When the resident of room 501 performs an authentication operation, the intercom control unit 5 stores a second image of the visitor based on the video captured by the camera 21 of the first floor collective entrance unit 2. In addition, when a visitor who has arrived on the fifth floor approaches the second floor collective entrance unit 2 installed at the entrance of the fifth floor, the intercom control unit 5 identifies the person approaching the second floor collective entrance unit 2 from the video captured by the camera 21 of the second floor collective entrance unit 2 and the second image, and if the person is identified as a visitor, the second automatic door 6b installed at the entrance of the fifth floor is opened without the visitor operating the second floor collective entrance unit 2, and the visitor can proceed to the front of the room of Room 501. Then, when the visitor operates the call button 32 of the entrance slave unit 3 of Room 501, the intercom control unit 5 identifies the person who called the entrance slave unit 3 from the video captured by the camera 31 of the entrance slave unit 3 and the second image, and if the person is identified as a visitor, a call tone is notified from the room master unit 4 of Room 501.

[0032] According to the apartment complex intercom system having the above-mentioned configuration, the entrance collective entrance unit 1 is provided with the camera 11, and the floor collective entrance unit 2 is provided with the camera 21. The intercom control unit 5 is provided with a person identification unit 54a that identifies a person appearing in both images taken by the camera 11 and the image taken by the camera 21, and a visitor information registration unit 52 that stores the image taken by the camera 11. The person identification unit 54a is configured to identify a person appearing in the image taken by the camera 11 from the main entrance when the entrance collective entrance unit 1 is operated by a visitor and a resident who is called by the operation enters the room from the main entrance. When the first automatic door 6a for entering the residential area is unlocked, the first image of the visitor captured by the camera 11 is linked to the room number of the called room and stored in the visitor information registration unit 52, and the person is identified as a visitor from the first image and the person captured by the camera 21 of the floor collective entrance unit 2 installed on the room floor corresponding to the called room, and when the intercom control unit 5 identifies the person as a visitor by the person identification unit 54a, it unlocks the second automatic door 6b for entering the room side from the entrance of the room floor corresponding to the called room. Therefore, the visitor can enter the room side through the second automatic door 6b without operating the floor collective entrance unit 2, making it an easy-to-use apartment house intercom system.

[0033] The visitor information registration unit 52 is adapted to store images captured by the camera 21 of the floor collective entrance unit 2, and the person identification unit 54a is adapted to identify a person appearing in both images captured by the camera 21 of the first floor collective entrance unit 2 installed on a specific residential floor and the image captured by the camera 21 of the second floor collective entrance unit 2 installed on a residential floor other than the specific residential floor. When the first floor collective entrance unit 2 is operated by a visitor, the visitor is authenticated by a resident who is called by the operation. When the call is received, the second image of the visitor captured by the camera 21 of the first floor collective entrance unit 2 is stored in the visitor information registration unit 52 in association with the room number of the called room, and the person captured by the camera 21 of the second floor collective entrance unit 2 installed on the room floor corresponding to the called room is used to identify whether the person is a visitor or not, and when the person identification unit 54a identifies the person as a visitor, the intercom control unit 5 unlocks the second automatic door 6b for proceeding from the entrance of the room floor corresponding to the called room to the room side. Therefore, when visiting multiple rooms on different room floors, the visitor does not need to return to the entrance collective entrance unit 1 or memorize and input multiple passwords, making the apartment house intercom system extremely easy to use, and since the visitor visits the room in a relatively short time after being called by the visitor, the apartment house intercom system does not cause the visitor to feel uncomfortable as in the past.

[0034] In addition, the apartment complex intercom system of the present invention can be modified as necessary as appropriate, not only in terms of the overall configuration of the apartment complex intercom system and the overall configuration of each device, but also in terms of the configuration related to person identification, etc., without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

[0035] For example, in the above embodiment, imaging by the camera 31 is started in response to the operation of the call button 32 of the front door slave unit 3, but it is also possible to have a second unlocking signal sent from the intercom controller 5 to the room master unit 4 in response to the unlocking of the second automatic door 6b, and have the room master unit 4 start up the camera 31 of the paired front door slave unit 3 in response to receiving the second unlocking signal, and to identify whether or not the person captured on the camera 31 is a visitor before the visitor operates the call button 32 of the front door slave unit 3. By adopting such a configuration, it is possible to achieve the effect of making a call promptly when a visitor operates the front door slave unit to make a call.

[0036] It is also possible to install surveillance cameras at the entrances of each residential floor and use these surveillance cameras as cameras for the floor's collective entrance system. Furthermore, in the above embodiment, the room parent unit is configured to unlock the room in response to a call from the entrance collective entrance unit, and the room parent unit is configured to authenticate the room in response to a call from the floor collective entrance unit (in other words, these are separate operations), but it is also possible to configure the room parent unit to respond to calls from either collective entrance unit with the same authentication operation. [Explanation of symbols]

[0037] 1··Entrance collective entrance unit, 2··Floor collective entrance unit (first floor collective entrance unit, second floor collective entrance unit), 3··Entrance handset, 4··Residential main unit, 5··Intercom control unit (control unit), 6a··First automatic door, 6b··Second automatic door, 11··Camera (first camera), 21··Camera (second camera), 52··Visitor information registration unit, 53··Residential floor information registration unit, 54a··Person identification unit.

Claims

[Claim 1] An apartment building intercom system comprising: an entrance collective entrance unit installed at a main entrance of an apartment building; a floor collective entrance unit installed at an entrance of each living room floor; a entrance sub-unit installed at the entrance of each living room; a room master unit installed in each living room; a first automatic door installed at the main entrance and passed through when proceeding to a living area where the living rooms are located; a second automatic door installed at the entrance of the living room floor and passed through when proceeding to the living room; and a controller which controls communication between the entrance collective entrance unit, the floor collective entrance unit, the entrance sub-unit, the living room master unit, the first automatic door, and the second automatic door, The entrance collective entrance machine is equipped with a first camera, and the floor collective entrance machine is equipped with a second camera, The control device is provided with a person identification unit which identifies a person appearing in both images taken by the first camera and the second camera, and which identifies a person appearing in both images taken by the second camera of a first floor collective entrance machine which is the floor collective entrance machine installed on a specific living room floor, and an image taken by the second camera of a second floor collective entrance machine which is the floor collective entrance machine installed on a living room floor other than the specific living room floor, and a visitor information registration unit which stores the images taken by the first camera and the images taken by the second camera, When the entrance collective door device is operated by a visitor and the first automatic door is unlocked by a resident who is called by the operation, the person identification unit stores a first identification image of the visitor captured by the first camera in the visitor information registration unit by linking the first identification image to the room number of the called resident's room, and Identifying whether or not a person is a visitor based on the person imaged by the second camera of the floor collective entrance device installed on the living room floor corresponding to the living room of the call destination and the first identification image; When the person identification unit identifies the person as the visitor, the controller unlocks the second automatic door on the room floor corresponding to the room of the called person, When a visitor operates the first floor collective entrance device and the visitor is authenticated by a resident who is called by the operation, the person identification unit associates a second identification image of the visitor captured by the second camera of the first floor collective entrance device with the room number of the called room and stores the second identification image in the visitor information registration unit, and Identifying whether or not the person is the visitor based on the person imaged by the second camera of the second floor collective entrance device installed on the living room floor corresponding to the living room of the call destination and the second identification image; An apartment building intercom system characterized in that when the person identification unit identifies the person as a visitor, the control unit unlocks the second automatic door on the living room floor corresponding to the living room of the called party.

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