ES2227397T3

Method and apparatus for connecting a television interphone monitor system to a concierge station over internet

Abstract

A method for connecting an intercom surveillance system with television that includes at least one intercom television monitor, connected via internal communication lines, and a matrix selector with at least one input panel and with, at least one interface unit, to a concierge station E, via a communications network selected from the group consisting of dedicated network, public network, and the Internet network, comprising the steps of: propagate information signals, which include a combination of signals selected from the group consisting of sound signals, video signals, control signals, alarm signals and data signals, generated by said intercom television monitor and said panel input, and exchanged, through the mentioned matrix selector, and through the mentioned internal communication lines, to selectively communicate between the mentioned, at least one, intercom television monitor and the aforementioned, at least one, input panel, with said at least one interface unit; processing said information signals, through said interface unit, to supply an information signal mutually coupled to said communication network; generating and supplying a coupling call signal, to said interface unit, to connect said concierge station E with said interface unit, through said communication network; and communicating said information signal coupled mutually processed by said interface unit, between said intercom surveillance system with television and said concierge station E.

ES2227397T3, drawing sheet 1 — Sheet 1 of 10

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21 claims: 2 independent, 19 dependent

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ES 2 227 397 T3 REIVINDICACIONES 1. Un método para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión que incluye, al menos, un monitor de televisión intercomunicador, conectado por vía de líneas de comunicación internas, y un selector de matriz con, al menos, un panel de entrada y con, al menos, una unidad de interfaz, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de un red de comunicaciones seleccionada entre el grupo compuesto por red dedicada, red pública, y la red Internet, que comprende los pasos de:propagar señales de información, que incluyen una combinación de señales seleccionadas entre el grupo que consta de señales de sonido, señales de vídeo, señales de control, señales de alarma y señales de datos, generadas por el mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador y el mencionado panel de entrada, e intercambiadas, a través del mencionado selector de matriz, y a través de las mencionadas líneas de comunicación interna, para comunicar de forma selectiva entre el mencionado, al menos un, monitor de televisión intercomunicador y el mencionado, al menos un, panel de entrada, con la mencionada, al menos una, unidad de interfaz;procesar las mencionadas señales de información, a través de la mencionada unidad de interfaz, para suministrar una señal de información acoplada mútuamente a la mencionada red de comunicaciones;generar y suministrar una señal de llamada de acoplamiento, a la mencionada unidad de interfaz, para conectar la mencionada estación de conserje E con la mencionada unidad de interfaz, a través de la mencionada red de comunicaciones;y comunicar la mencionada señal de información acoplada mútuamente procesada por la mencionada unidad de interfaz, entre el mencionado sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión y la mencionada estación de conserje E.
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El método para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 1, donde una corriente regulada para el funcionamiento del mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador, y para cargar una batería que puede ser recargada, asociada con el mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador, se suministra a través de las mencionadas líneas de comunicación internas, al mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador.
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El método para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 1, o la 2, donde el mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador, y el mencionado panel de entrada, incluyen teclas de selección, para generar señales de control que incluyen la mencionada señal de llamada de acoplamiento.
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El método para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 1, la 2, o la 3, donde el mencionado sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión incluye, además, al menos una estación de mostrador, seleccionada entre un grupo que consiste en una estación de mostrador de conserje, y una estación de mostrador de seguridad, adaptadas para comunicar las mencionadas señales de infor mación, a través del mencionado selector de matriz, y las mencionadas líneas de comunicación internas con la mencionada, al menos una, unidad de interfaz.
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El método para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 1, o la 2, donde el mencionado, al menos un, monitor de televisión intercomunicador y el mencionado, al menos un, panel de entrada, comunican de forma conjunta con la mencionada, al menos una, unidad de interfaz, para comunicar de forma conjunta las mencionadas señales de información acopladas mútuamente, a la mencionada estación de conserje E.
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El método para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 4, donde el mencionado, al menos un, monitor de televisión intercomunicador, se comunica con la mencionada, al menos una, unidad de interfaz, de forma conjunta con la mencionada, al menos una, estación de mostrador, para comunicar de forma conjunta con las mencionadas señales de información acopladas mútuamente, a la mencionada estación de conserje E.
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El método para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones según la reivindicación 4, donde la mencionada, al menos una, unidad de interfaz, se comunica de forma selectiva con la mencionada, al menos una, estación de mostrador y el mencionado, al menos un, panel de entrada, y el mencionado, al menos un, monitor de televisión intercomunicador, para comunicar de forma selectiva las mencionadas señales de información acoplada mútuamente, a la mencionada estación de conserje E.
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El método para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 5, o la 6, donde le mencionada unidad de interfaz está adaptada para procesar las mencionadas señales de información comunicadas de forma conjunta, y comunicar múltiples señales de información acopladas mútuamente, independientes, con la mencionada estación de conserje E, por vía de la mencionada red de comunicaciones.
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El método para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 1 o la 2, donde la mencionada, al menos una, unidad de interfaz incluye medios de memoria para almacenar datos relativos a los servicios proporcionados por la mencionada estación de conserje E, y para recibir, de forma selectiva, los datos almacenados, para mostrar información relativa a los mencionados servicios, en el mencionado monitor de intercomunicador con vídeo.
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El método para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión a una estación de conserje E por vía de Internet según la reivindicación 4, donde la mencionada, al menos una, unidad de interfaz incluye medios de memoria para almacenar datos relativos a servicios proporcionados por la mencionada estación de conserje E, y para recibir, de forma selectiva, los datos almacenados, para mostrar información relacionada con los mencionados servicios, en el mencionado monitor de interco ES 2 227 397 T3 municador con vídeo, y en un monitor de la mencionada, al menos una, estación de conserje.
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Un aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, seleccionada entre el grupo que consiste en red dedicada, red pública y la red Internet, que comprende:al menos un monitor de televisión intercomunicador, conectado por vía de líneas de comunicación internas, y un selector de matriz con, al menos un, panel de entrada y con, al menos una, unidad de interfaz;donde el mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador, y el mencionado panel de entrada, incluyen teclas de selección y están adaptados para procesar señales de información, que incluyen una combinación de señales seleccionadas entre el grupo que consiste en señales de sonido, señales de vídeo, señales de control, señales de alarma y señales de datos, a través del mencionado selector de matriz, y a través de las mencionadas líneas de comunicación internas, para comunicar, de forma selectiva, entre el mencionado, al menos un, monitor de televisión intercomunicador y el mencionado, al menos un, panel de entrada con la mencionada, al menos una, unidad de interfaz;la mencionada unidad de interfaz está adaptada para procesar las mencionadas señales de información, y comunicar señales de información acopladas mútuamente con la mencionada estación de conserje E, por vía de la mencionada red de comunicaciones;donde una, o más, de las mencionadas teclas generan, y suministran, una señal de llamada de acoplamiento, a la mencionada unidad de interfaz, para acoplar y conectar la mencionada estación de conserje E, a través de la mencionada red de comunicaciones, para comunicar las mencionadas señales de información acopladas mútuamente entre uno de los más mencionados monitores de televisión con intercomunicador, y el mencionado panel de entrada, con la mencionada estación de conserje E, a través de la mencionada unidad de interfaz.
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El aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 11, donde las mencionadas líneas de comunicación internas, están conectadas a un suministro de energía eléctrica regulado, para suministrar corriente regulada al mencionado, al menos un, monitor de televisión intercomunicador, para hacer funcionar el mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador, y para cargar una batería que puede ser recargada, asociada con el mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador.
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El aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 11, o la 12, donde el mencionado sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, comprende además, al menos una, estación de mostrador, seleccionada entre un grupo que consiste en una estación de mostrador de conserje, y una estación de mostrador de seguridad, adaptadas para comunicar las mencionadas señales de información a través del mencionado selector de matriz, y las mencionadas líneas de comunicación internas con la mencionada unidad de interfaz.
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El aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una es tación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 11, o la 12, donde el mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador, y el mencionado panel de entrada, comunican de forma conjunta con la mencionada unidad de interfaz, para comunicar de forma conjunta las mencionadas señales de información acopladas mútuamente, a la mencionada estación de conserje E.
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El aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 13, donde el mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador, comunica con la mencionada unidad de interfaz de forma conjunta con la mencionada, al menos una, estación de mostrador, para comunicar, de forma conjunta, las mencionadas señales de información acopladas mútuamente a la mencionada estación de conserje E.
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El aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 13, donde la mencionada unidad de interfaz se comunica, de forma selectiva, con la mencionada estación de mostrador y el mencionado panel de entrada y el mencionado monitor de televisión intercomunicador, para comunicar de forma selectiva las mencionadas señales de información acopladas mútuamente, a la mencionada estación de conserje E.
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El aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 14, o la 15, donde la mencionada unidad de interfaz está adaptada para procesar las mencionadas señales de información comunicadas de forma conjunta, y comunicar múltiples señales de información acopladas mútuamente, independientes, con la mencionada estación de conserje E, por vía de la mencionada red de comunicaciones.
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El aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 11, o la 12, donde la mencionada unidad de interfaz incluye medios de almacenamiento de datos relativos a servicios proporcionados por la mencionada estación de conserje E, y para recibir, de forma selectiva, los datos almacenados, para mostrar información relacionada con los mencionados servicios en el monitor de televisión intercomunicador.
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El aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 13, donde la mencionada unidad de interfaz, incluye medios de memoria para almacenar datos relativos a servicios proporcionados por la mencionada estación de conserje E, y para recibir selectivamente los datos almacenados, para representar, la información relativa a los mencionados servicios, en el mencionado monitor de intercomunicador de televisión, y en un monitor de la mencionada, al menos una, estación de mostrador.
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El aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 11, o la 12, donde el mencionado selector de matriz comprende conmutadores, digitales para el encaminamiento de las men ES 2 227 397 T3 cionadas señales de información, entre el mencionado, al menos un, monitor de intercomunicador con televisión, el mencionado, el menos un, panel de entrada, y la mencionada, al menos una, unidad de interfaz.
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El aparato para conectar un sistema de vigilancia por intercomunicador con televisión, a una estación de conserje E, por vía de una red de comunicaciones, según la reivindicación 13, donde el men cionado selector de matriz comprende conmutadores digitales para el encaminamiento de las mencionadas señales de información, entre el mencionado, al menos un, monitor de intercomunicador con televisión, el mencionado, al menos un, panel de entrada, la mencionada, al menos una, estación de mostrador, y la mencionada, al menos una, unidad de interfaz.

Independent claims21

98 paragraphs in 3 sections, as filed

IS 2 227 397 T3

DESCRIPTION

Method and apparatus for connecting an intercom surveillance system with television to a concierge station via the internet.

The present invention relates to an intercom television set, provided for communication between building entrances and individual apartments of the building, together with the transmission of visitor images to a monitor mounted on the apartment wall, or to a concierge desk and / or a concierge / service center, over the Internet. Description of prior art

An intercom television monitor, used to monitor the entrance and communications, is mounted on a wall inside the apartment, and is wired, via non-concentric multi-conductor cables, to connect to each of the other different elements of the system. such as a microphone and speaker cables, a coaxial cable for video signals, a door opener cable, a call cable, and an alarm cable. Whenever a more complex system is installed, such as for multiple entrances and / or concierge station systems, the wiring becomes very complex and expensive.

In addition, when a complex multiple entry system is installed, and handled by multiple visitors from different entrances, all visitors, except one visitor who is connected to their selected apartment, must wait until the “busy” communication line is cleared. , at which point the system connects the next visitor line. This busy line condition causes delays and other inconveniences, particularly whenever a concierge is employed in prolonged communication with a tenant and / or a visitor, via the video intercom system network.

Additionally, some buildings employ multiple concierge stations, while in other buildings concierge services are partially offered, such as only during daylight hours. This causes additional confusion and delays, when tenants continue to call the concierge, leave the communication line busy, and constantly load the video intercom system, which rejects emergencies and other necessary concierge services.

Another type of television intercom surveillance system is disclosed in US Patent No. 5,923,363, in which the entrance unit comprises a matrix switching apparatus for connecting a plurality of entrance units, and concierge units, to multiple apartments simultaneously.

However, in the event that a concierge service is not available 24 hours, or when a single concierge, serving the entire building, is fully occupied and busy, the need arising from an emergency, or any other services, it may not be attended to in a timely manner, thus managing services poorly and not efficiently. Summary of the invention

An objective of the present invention is to provide a method, and apparatus, for connecting an intercom surveillance system with television via wired, or wireless, dedicated or public telephone, or other networks, and / or via the Internet, to a concierge station E, providing tenants, and visitors alike, with non-limited concierge services 24 hours a day. Another objective of the present invention is to provide a simple call-back of the concierge station E, via a single push of a button, and further simplify communication with the operators of the concierge station E by providing voice and communication communications. image, or data, two-way, thereby allowing young children and the elderly, who are unable to operate a PC or other Internet link device, a simple, fast, and efficient call repetition of the concierge station E, and request a variety of services, communicating through the telephone set and the intercom television monitor, and / or through the entrance panel, using the voice communication resources, image, and data from the intercom surveillance system with television.

An apparatus for connecting a television intercom surveillance system, via a public telephone line, to a concierge station E, according to the present invention, comprises a single entrance panel, or a plurality of entrance panels that each comprise a microphone and a loudspeaker, each of which may comprise a television camera and a display monitor, and each of the input panels processes an electrical information signal, including two-way sound signals and / or one or more video signals and / or data signals, a single intercom television monitor, or a plurality of intercom television monitors, to communicate with, and observe at , visitors, a single transmission line, or a plurality of transmission lines, to connect each intercom television monitor, with a central unit, or directly with the single entrance panel, or the plurality of entrance panels.

The central unit may include a circuit for supplying an information signal to an intercom television monitor, and a circuit for receiving the information signal from the intercom television monitors through corresponding transmission lines. The central unit and the intercom television monitors can be connected, via matrix switching circuits, to connect either of the entrance panels to any of the intercom television monitors, or to switch from one entrance panel to another , or from one intercom television monitor to another.

The central unit can incorporate a signal injector circuit / signal injector, to inject video signals generated by the television camera, together with sound, data, control, and alarm signals, to propagate combined information signals, through transmission lines, to the intercom television monitor, or to a concierge station, or to the concierge station E, via dedicated or public telephone lines, or via cordless telephone, or another communication network, or via the Internet. When the signals are mutually injected onto the transmission line, they become a combined information signal, propagated between the entrance panels and the intercom television monitors, or between the entrance panel and a concierge station, or the station. concierge E. A signal injector / injector circuit can be installed

ES 2 227 397 T3 in the switching circuits of the central unit, to inject, or separate, from the transmission line, information signals processed by the switching circuit, or multiple injector / injector circuits can be incorporated, one for each line of transmission.

The injector / injector circuit also separates the information signal, propagated through the transmission line, with respect to any DC components present in the transmission line, provided that the intercom television monitor is fed via the transmission line. transmission, and supplies the separate information to the receiving circuit of the input unit. The receiver circuit may comprise decoder / demodulation circuits for supplying the video, sound, data, control, and alarm signals to the respective circuits.

Each intercom television monitor can also incorporate a combined signal circuit, to process and combine video, sound, data, control and alarm signals, generated by the intercom television monitor, and an injector circuit to inject the combined signals, that constitute an information signal, to the transmission line, connecting the intercom television monitor with the central unit, or the entrance unit, or the concierge station, or the concierge station E.

The intercom television monitor of the present invention may further comprise a television camera for generating video signals, or a control circuit for generating, and supplying, a control signal, consisting of a coded control command, thus as a code to control the closing of the entrance door, and / or a code to control the elevators, or a code to control the lighting of the corridors and the entrance. The coded control order can include alarm signals to alert a janitor, or a security guard. The coded control command may also include a power-on control command, to connect the intercom television monitor to any of the entrance panels, or to switch between one entrance panel and another, or to connect the intercom television monitor with a concierge station, or with a security room, or with the E.

Coded control signals can employ a binary code, or digital codes consisting of high and low pulses, or narrow and wide, or dual tone signals for a digital telephone, or use a specific frequency, or pulse count, or a mixture of different pulses and frequencies for a given control command. The encoded control can be AM or FM, and be combined in the range of sound frequencies, and mixed with the sound and / or video signals, propagated between the intercom television monitor and the input unit.

Similar or identical coded control signals are also generated by the central unit, or the input panel, to control individual functions related to each intercom television monitor, such as calling, turning on the monitor, a fire alarm communication, a general alarm announcement, toggling hallway lighting on and off, or locking elevators, and / or many other coded control codes for operational functions of a janitor, and / or alarm attendant, for an apartment building or block.

The video signals generated by the television camera can be converted into specific signals for propagation, via low cost transmission lines, such as a twisted pair, and can be processed into digital video signals, or modulated in a carrier wave frequency.

The video and sound signals, together with the control and alarm signals generated by the entrance panel, or the central unit, and the intercom television monitor, can also be converted into specific signals, or digital signals, and can be modulated in AM or FM, on a carrier wave frequency that has a frequency higher or lower than the video frequency, and propagated through the transmission line connecting the intercom television monitor with the central unit, and / or with the input unit. The video signals can be compressed signals, and the sound signals, along with the control and alarm signals, can also be compressed, and mixed into the video signals, preferably during the vertical blanking period.

The input unit, or the central unit, or the intercom television monitor unit, may further comprise, or be connected to, an Internet interface unit, which converts video, sound, data, control and alarm signals, into digital signals, to propagate digital signals through the telephone network, or other communications, wired or wireless, dedicated or public, digital or analog, to connect the video intercom system to the concierge station E. The Internet interface unit can be a well-known PC, with modem and provided with software for video, sound and data communication via the Internet, or it can be a well-known, microprocessor-based interface, with limited applications, designed for communication with a given Internet station.

In large installations, of large condominiums that need more than one Internet access line, several interfaces and several wired or wireless lines can be installed, or the Internet interface can be such that it connects a plurality of television monitors with intercom and / or entrance panels, using broadband cabling lines, or public, wireless or dedicated, to communicate between concierge station E and multiple apartments and / or entrances simultaneously.

The well-known PC-based or microprocessor-based interface can also be provided with video, sound and data recording facilities, to record all visitors, along with the time and date of their visits, as well as record all events, and to store and keep recorded data safe for long periods. The video recorder, digital or analog, and / or sound recorder, can be connected separately to an entrance unit, or to the central unit, to record all visitors and events, while the recorded data can be played back on a monitor, in an intercom television monitor, or in a concierge station, or in a guard station, by way of the order to reproduce given by a tenant, a security agent, a concierge, or the concierge station E.

According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention

ES 2 227 397 T3 tion, video signals and sound signals, together with data, alarm and control signals, can be propagated bi-directionally, through a low-cost transmission line, which runs between the central unit and the television intercom monitor, and via telephone lines, or other communication networks, dedicated or public, between the central unit and the concierge station E, while a regulated current, as disclosed in US patent 5,923,363, it can be delivered to intercom television monitors through the same low-cost transmission line that connects the central unit and intercom television monitors.

Brief description of the drawings

The foregoing objectives and characteristics of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments of the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a block diagram of a television intercom surveillance system with Internet connection, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 2 is a block diagram of a television intercom surveillance system shown in Figure 1, where the intercom television monitor is powered via the information transmission line;

Figure 3 is a block diagram of a multiple television intercom surveillance system with a single entry panel and an Internet connection, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 4 is a block diagram of a multiple television intercom surveillance system shown in Figure 3, where the intercom television monitors are fed via information transmission lines Figure 5 is a block diagram, of a surveillance system by multiple intercoms with television, with multiple entrance panels, concierge and guard stations, and with an Internet connection, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 6 is a block diagram of a multiple television intercom surveillance system shown in Figure 5, where the intercom television monitors are powered via the information transmission lines;

Figure 7 is a block diagram of a multiple television intercom surveillance system with multiple entry panels, concierge and guard stations, and with multiple connections to the Internet interface unit, according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;

Figure 8 is a block diagram of a multiple television intercom surveillance system shown in Figure 7, where the intercom television monitors are powered via information transmission lines, and where multiple intercom interface units Internet contemplate the possibility of multiple Internet connections;

Figure 9 is a block diagram of an electrical circuit of an intercom television monitor of the apparatus shown in Figures 2, 4, 6, and <sup>8</sup>;Y

Figure 10 is a block diagram of an electrical circuit, showing a matrix-switched input panel, together with parts of the command and control circuit, and their connections to an Internet interface unit, according to the embodiment preferred method of the present invention.

Detailed description of the preferred embodiments

Fig. 1 shows an apparatus for connecting a single television intercom surveillance system to a concierge station E, over the Internet, as a preferred embodiment, when the present invention is applied to a television intercom control system. An information signal, in the following description, may consist of only sound or video signals, or a combination of video, sound, alarm, data and code signals, propagated between an entrance panel, a concierge station, or guard, and an intercom television monitor, and / or between a guard station E and an intercom television monitor, and / or between guard station E and an entrance panel, guard station or guard, and / or between concierge station E and an intercom television monitor, simultaneously with an entrance panel, concierge station, or guard. A video signal, in the following description, can be a video part of a composite video signal, or a composite video signal, or a digital video signal. The sound signals, in the following description, can be an analog or digital signals, while the video signal, and / or the sound signal, and / or the data signal, can be compressed signals.

With reference to figure 1, the apparatus for connecting a television intercom surveillance system to a concierge station over the Internet, comprises an input panel 70, which incorporates a television camera 71, a microphone 73, a loudspeaker 74, a display monitor 75, and selector keys (not shown) for transmitting, and receiving, an information signal, a command detector 50, and an SI / S2 selector for receiving, and transmitting, the information signals to, and from the input panel 70, a transmission line 16, for propagating information signals between the intercom television monitor 40 and the command detector 50, and for propagating information signals between the command detector 50, via the S1 / S2 selector, and input panel 70. The intercom television monitor 40 has a display monitor circuit 44, for displaying images, and an intercom circuit 45, for receiving and generating information signals.

The intercom television monitor 40 also incorporates a data / alarm input, for processing data and alarm signals, and a video input, to receive video signals and to propagate the received data, the alarm, and the signals. video, through transmission line 16. Command detector 50 extracts and decodes command and control signals propagated via transmission line 16 and supplies a command selection signal to selector S1 / S2 via command line 17 , and to the internet interface 110, via command line 17A.

The S1 / S2 selector can be controlled via a command signal, generated from the television monitor.

ES 2 227 397 T3 intercom 40, via command detector 50 and command line 17, or via an order generated from concierge station E, via internet interface 110 and connection line 18 , or via an order generated from the input panel, and supplied to selector S1 / S2 via selection line SL. The selector S1 / S2 can be operated to connect the input panel 70 to the intercom television monitor 40, as shown in figure 1, or to the Internet interface 110, switching S1 to position B, or to both the television monitor intercom 40, such as Internet interface 110, switching both S1 and S2 to position B.

The selector S1 / S2 can also be operated to connect the intercom television monitor 40 to the internet interface 110, exchanging S2 only to position B. With such an arrangement, the concierge station E, the intercom television monitor 40, and / or the input panel 70, can be interconnected in any configuration. Selectors S1 and S2 are shown as a pair of mechanical exchange switches, but S1 and S2 can be any well-known matrix switches, or digital, or analog switches, which are widely available in different IC packages.

Internet interface 110 is supplied with information signals via connection line 18, and is activated to link guard station E, via command line 17A, and communicate with guard station E, via via the network line 19. The network line 19 can be any public, or dedicated, permanently connected, fiber optic, or wireless telephone line. It can be a well-known networking line, such as TCP / IP, or ATM, or Ethernet, or it can be a communication line, directly connected to an Internet network provider or concierge station E.

The concierge station E 129, to be described, is provided with human or electronic operators, having voice, video, control, alarm and data communication capabilities, including common codes, data, and information signals provided with the code signals. , data and information used for the surveillance system by intercom with television.

Figure 2 shows a television intercom surveillance system, with a single intercom television monitor unit, identical to the system shown in Figure 1, with the exception of a power supply 14, which has been added between the line of transmission 16 and transmission line 16A, which connects the intercom television monitor 40A to the power supply 14. Transmission line 16A carries a regulated current to activate the television intercom, plus a charging current to charge the rechargeable battery 49, which powers the television monitor circuit 44 of the intercom television monitor 40A, which, at Unlike the intercom television monitor 40, it is not connected to a power line.

The power supply 14, the battery charge, and other details of the power supply of the video intercom monitor 40A are not described here since they are fully described in US Patent 5,923,363.

Figure 3 shows an apparatus for connecting a system of multiple television monitors with intercom, to a concierge station E, over the Internet, according to a preferred embodiment, comprising the input panel 70 that incorporates the television camera 71, the microphone 73, speaker 74, display monitor 75, and selection keys (not shown) for transmitting and receiving an information signal, a command detector 60, and two selectors S2 and S2 for receiving and transmitting information signals to and from an input panel 70, with selectors S1 and S2 and input panel 70 shown as part of an input unit 120, a plurality of transmission lines 16, for propagating information signals between two or more intercom television monitors 40, shown as 1, 2 and n, and a multi-input command detector 60, and to propagate information signals between command detector 60, via selectors S1 and S2, and input panel 70. Each of the intercom television monitors 40 comprises the display monitor circuit 44, to displaying images, and intercom circuitry 45, for receiving and generating information signals.

Similar to the intercom television monitor 40 of Figure 1, each video intercom monitor also incorporates a data / alarm input to process data and alarm signals, and a video input to receive video signals. and to propagate the received data, alarm and video signals through the transmission line 16. The command detector 60 extracts, and decodes, the alarm, command and control signals, propagated via the transmission lines 16, and supplies the select command signal to the selector S1 and S2, through the command line 17, and to the Internet interface 110 via command line 17A. However, since the multiple system can generate a large number of alarms, commands and controls, the control circuit 130 can comprise a microprocessor to control multiple tasks simultaneously, according to the data supplied from the command detector 60, through from the control / command line 17B.

Selectors S1 and S2 can be actuated via a command signal, generated from any of the intercom television monitors 40, via command detector 60 and command lines 17, 17B and 17C, or via a order generated, from concierge station E, via Internet interface 110 and connection line 18, or via a command generated from the input panel, and supplied to selectors S1 and S2 via the selection line SL. Selector S1 can be commanded to connect input panel 70 to one of the intercom television monitors 40, while another intercom television monitor 40 can be connected, via selector S2, to a concierge station E via of the Internet interface 110. It is also possible to connect the input panel 70 to the Internet interface 110, via the selectors S1 and S2, or to connect both the input panel 70, together with one of the television monitors with intercom 40, to the Internet interface 110 . Such an arrangement provides total flexibility, by coupling the concierge station E from the entrance panel 70, either of the intercom television monitors 40 or both, or separately providing communication lines, one between the entrance panel.

ES 2 227 397 T3 and an intercom television monitor 40, and another between an intercom television monitor 40 and the concierge station E, via the Internet interface 110.

Selectors S1 and S2 are shown in Figure 3 as a pair of manual selector switches, but similarly to S1 and S2 of Figures 1 and 2, selector S1 and S2 of Figure 3 can be any, well known , analog or digital switches, or matrix switches, which are widely available in various IC packages.

Similar to the Internet interface 110 of Figure 1, the Internet interface 110 of Figure 3 is fed with information signals, via the connection line 18, and is activated to link the concierge station E, to via command line 17A, and communicate with concierge station E, via network line 19. Network line 19 can be any telephone line, public or dedicated, permanently connected, fiber optic or wireless. It can be a well-known network connection line, such as a TCP / IP, or ATM, or Ethernet, or it can be a communication line, directly connected to an Internet network provider, or to a concierge station E.

Similar to Figure 1, Concierge Station E is provided with human or electronic operators, having voice, video, controls, alarm, and data communication resources, including common code, data, and information signals, provided with the code, data and information signals used by the television intercom surveillance system.

Figure 4 shows a television intercom surveillance system with television monitors, with multiple intercom 40A, identical to the system shown in Figure 3, with the exception of multiple power supply units 14, which are added between the lines of transmission 16 and 16A, connecting the video intercom monitors 40a, with the power supply units 14. The transmission line 16A carries a regulated current to operate the television intercom, plus charging current to charge the batteries that can be recharged 49, which power the circuits of the television monitor 44, of the television monitors with intercom 40A, which, unlike intercom television monitors 40, are not connected to a power line.

The power supply 14, the charging of the batteries, and the details of the power supply of the monitors of the video intercom 40A, are fully explained in US patent 5,923,363.

Figure 5 shows an apparatus for connecting a system of multiple television monitors with intercom, to a concierge station E, over the Internet network, according to a preferred embodiment, including multiple entrance panels 1-n 70, each of which incorporates a television camera 71, a microphone 73, a loudspeaker 74, a display monitor 75 and selector buttons (not shown), for transmitting and receiving an information signal. The apparatus furthermore has a concierge desk 8, and a security desk 9, each of which has a monitor 5 and an intercom unit 6, to generate and receive information signals, and a control unit 102, To generate and receive selection and control commands, the command detector 60 and multiple selectors SG, SC, S1-1 ~ S1-2, S1-n and S2, which are combined in a matrix selector arrangement SM, to receive and transfer the information signals to and from the entrance panels 70, the concierge desk 8, the security desk 9 and the intercom television monitors 40, through a plurality of transmission lines 16, 16 -1, 16-2, 16-n, 16C, 16G, and 18, and multiple input command detectors 60 for receiving command signals from information signals propagated through command detector 60. Each of the intercom television monitors 40 includes the display monitor circuit 44 for displaying images, and an intercom circuit 45, for receiving and generating information signals, and similarly to the intercom television monitor 40 of the Figure 1, or Figure 3, each video intercom monitor also incorporates a data / alarm input, to process data and alarm signals, and a video input for receiving video signals, and for propagating the received data, alarm and video signals, through a respective transmission line 16. The command detector 60 extracts and decodes alarm, command and control signals, propagated via transmission lines 16, and supplies the selection command signal to a main control unit 101, and to the Internet interface 110, via of command lines 17A. The main control 101 commands and controls the control circuits 102 of the concierge desk 8, the security desk, and the matrix selector arrangement SM, via the selection line 101A simultaneously, according to the supplied data. to this from command detector 60, via command / control line 17B.

Each of the selectors S1-1 to S1-n can be managed via a command signal generated from any of the intercom television monitors 40, through the command detector 60 and the command line 17B, or via an order generated from the concierge station E, via the Internet interface 110 and the connection line 18, or via an order generated from an input panel and supplied to the security selectors S11 and S1- n, via selection lines SL. Selectors S1-1, S1-n can be commanded to connect each respective input panel 70 to an intercom television monitor 40, while other intercom television monitors 40 can be connected via selectors SG, SC and S2 to concierge desk 8, security desk 9 and a concierge station E via Internet interface 110. It is also possible to connect an entrance panel 70 or the concierge desk 8 or the security desk 9 to the Internet interface 110 via the selectors SC or SG or S1-1 to S1-n and S2, or to connect a panel of entrance 70, or the concierge desk 8, or the security desk 9, along with one of the intercom television monitors 40, to the Internet interface 110. Such an arrangement provides total flexibility, by linking the concierge station E from any entrance panel 70, the concierge and / or security desks, and any of the intercom television monitors 40, individually or in tandem, or providing separate access lines. communications, one between each input panel 70 and an intercom television monitor

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40, and others between an intercom television monitor 40 and the concierge desk 8, the security desk 9, and the concierge station E, via the Internet interface 110.

Selectors SG, SC, S1-1 ~ S1-n and S2, are shown in Figure 5 as manual selector switches, but similar to S1 and S2 in Figure 3, the selectors in Figure 5 can be any set of well-known relays, or analog, or digital electronic switches, or matrix switches, which are widely available in various IC packages.

Similar to the Internet interface 110 of Figure 1 and Figure 3, the Internet interface 110 of Figure 5 is fed with information signals, via connection line 18, and is activated to link to the station of concierge E through command line 17A, and communicate with concierge station E via network line 19. Network line 19 can be any public telephone line, or dedicated, permanently connected, fiber optic or wireless. It can be a well-known network connection line such as TCP / IP, or ATM, or Ethernet, and it can be a communication line, connected directly to an Internet network provider, or to a concierge station E.

Concierge Station E, as explained above, is staffed with human or electronic operators, having voice, video, controls, alarm, and data communication resources, including common code, data, and information signals provided with the signals. of codes, data and information used by the television intercom surveillance system.

Figure 6 shows a television intercom surveillance system, with multiple intercom television monitors 40A, identically to the system shown in Figure 5, with the exception of the multiple power supply units 14, which have been added between the transmission lines 16 and 16A, connecting the video intercom monitors 40a, with the power supply units 14. The transmission line 16A carries a regulated current, to operate the television intercom plus charging current, to charge the batteries that can be recharged 49, which power the television monitor circuits 44 of the intercom television monitors 40A, which, unlike intercom television monitors 40, are not connected to a power line. The multiple current supply units 14, which are identical to the current supply units of Figure 2 and Figure 4, are supplied with power supplied by a current supply unit 7.

Figure 7 shows a television intercom surveillance system with multiple intercom television monitors 40A, and multiple entrance panels 70, identical to the system shown in Figure 5, except for the n selectors S21 to S2-n which are adds to an expanded matrix selector SM-X, and the addition of n transmission lines 18-1 to 18-n, to connect selectors S2-1 to S2n with Internet interface unit 110. By means of this expanded arrangement, the internet interface can handle up to n simultaneous connections with the concierge station E, via a wide bandwidth network line 19W, which provides multiplex transmission of a plurality of information signals. Furthermore, Figure 8 shows a television intercom surveillance system similar to the system shown in Figure 7, with the exception of the number n of Internet interface units 110, each fed with an individual information signal through from connection line 18-1 and up to 18-n, and each Internet interface connecting individually the concierge station E, via network line 19. The multiple concierge stations E are identical to the concierge station E described in FIG. 3 and FIG. 5. The television intercom monitors 40A of FIG. 8 are powered via transmission line 16A, by means of the control unit. power supply 14, which is identical to power supply unit 14 of Figure 4 and Figure 6. However, it is obvious that instead of the intercom television monitor 40A shown in FIG. 8, it is possible to use intercom television monitors 40 shown in FIG. 7, or it is possible to replace the intercom television monitors 40 of FIG. 7, with 40A video intercom monitors and 14 power supply units. It is also obvious that it is possible to mix intercom television monitors 40, and intercom television monitors 40A, in any of the systems shown in Figures 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. It is also obvious that a number n of Internet interfaces 110, each for connecting a single intercom television monitor 40, or 40A, to a concierge station E, via a network line 19, can be mixed with a number n of Internet interfaces 110, each to connect a plurality of intercom television monitors 40 and / or 40A, and / or entrance panels, and / or concierge, and / or security desks, to concierge station E, via a 19W broadband network line.

As shown in FIG. 9, the video intercom monitor 40A is connected to a transmission line 16A, through a DC signal injector / splitter circuit 49C, to separate the DC from the received signals. Separator circuit 49C consists of a well-known coupling capacitor, for coupling signals and blocking DC from well-known RF filter and signal processing circuits, to remove signals from DC. The injector / separator circuit may consist of signal transformers to receive information signals from the DC and RF captures, to remove the information signals from the DC line. The filtered DC line is fed, from the injector / separator circuit 49C, to a current control circuit 49B. The current control circuit 49B, ensures that the intercom circuits 45 are fed with a controlled current, through terminal 48, and a trickle current to charge a Ni-Cd battery, or another that can be recharged, 49 through battery control circuit 49A. The battery control circuit employs a switch, to connect the battery to the television control circuit through terminal 48A, to operate the monitor. The details of the regulated current supplied and the use of the rechargeable battery are fully described in US Patent 5,923,363. In contrast, the intercom television monitor 40 is operated from a source of

ES 2 227 397 T3 power, directly fed to terminals 48 and 48A, and not by means of a regulated current through its transmission line 16; therefore the current control circuit 49B, the battery control circuit 49A, and the DC / signal splitter part of the DC / signal splitter / injector 49C, and the battery 49, are not used for the intercom television monitor 40.

The intercom circuit 45 of the intercom television monitors 40 or 40A includes a code setting circuit 34 for setting control and command codes, such as codes for opening the door lock, or calling the elevator. on a given floor, or toggle the lights on and off, to operate selector switch S1, S2, S1-1 to S2-n, respectively of Figures 1 to 8, or to call concierge station E. The contacts of the alarm 35, of the intercom circuit 45 shown in Figure 9, will establish an alarm command code when it is activated manually, or automatically, through peripheral alarm equipment, such as in a burglar alarm. The intercom circuit 45 also has a code signal generator 33, which generates control signals and code signals, such as generating frequencies in the well-known line signal, used for telephone networks, or the well-known serial signals. RS422 or RS232, and supplied the coded control signals consisting of dual tone frequencies or serial signals to signal mixer / processor 32, to mix the encoded control signals with the sound signal, and / or video signals supplied through terminal 46, and / or data signals supplied through terminal 47, and injects the mixed signals into transmission line 16 , via the injector / signal separator circuit against CC 49C. The DC signal injector / separator circuit 49C injects the mixed sound signals via the well-known coupling capacitor or signal transformer. You can also use compensating amplifier / transistor circuits, to supply the mixed signal on transmission line 16A, or transmission line 16.

The code signal generator 33 of the intercom circuit 45, may consist of a digital pulse generator, to transmit digital pulse signals provided with the selected code, in which case the signal processor mixer 32 can generate pulse signals, to mixing the digital pulses with the sound signals, and to inject the mixed sound signal, into the transmission line 16 or 16A, via the signal injector / separator against CC 49C. The intercom 45 also includes a microphone amplifier 36, coupled between the microphone 36A and the mixer 32, a signal extractor processor 38, a speaker amplifier 39 coupled to a speaker 38A, a code decoder 41 coupled to a controller function 42, and to a video signal extractor demodulation device 43, the functions of which will be explained below.

As shown in Figure 10, the input panel 70 includes a code assignment and generation circuit 72A for setting control codes and generating control signals in a manner similar to the codes generated by the code assigning circuit 34 and the code signal generation of figure 9 as well as activating a bell, or opening the door lock or calling the elevator on a given floor or switching the lights between on and off, call keys 72 to set the address of a video intercom monitor of a given apartment, alarm command circuit and program 72B and command memory to set the codes of the alarm command and those of other commands that can be activated manually or automatically via peripheral alarm equipment, such as a burglar alarm, and a concierge call button E, to link to concierge station E. The code signal generation and allocation circuit 72A may consist of a dual-tone marker IC for generating well-known dial tone frequencies used by telephone networks, or an IC for generating serial signals such as RS422, or RS232, or some IP network signals such as those used for TCP / IP, Ethernet, or ATM networks. Coded control signals, consisting of a single, or a group, of dual-tone frequency signals, or in series, are supplied from the code signal setting and generating circuit 72A, to a processor / mixer circuit of sound signal 73B, to mix the encoded control signals with the sound signals, and to inject the signals into the transmission line 16E and the selector S1.

The code for calling and using the concierge station E, can consist of well-known phone numbers to call, and using the concierge station E, through public telephone lines, or public ISDN lines, or it can be an IP code for addressing the concierge station E, through a provider, such as the Internet. The code for calling and using the concierge station E can be a combination of a phone number and an IP code; and can include a key, as used with PCs and within Internet communications. As will be explained, the code assignment circuit 34 of FIG. 9, and the code assignment circuit 72A of FIG. 10, do not need to communicate the end-use call to use the concierge station E, since such a call from Usage is generated by Internet interface unit 110, based on a concierge call code E established by code assignment circuits 34 or 72A.

The code signal generator 72A, shown in FIG. 10, may consist of a digital pulse generator, for transmitting digital pulse signals provided with the selected code, in which case the sound signal processor mixer 73B may generate signal signals. pulse to mix the pulse signals with the sound signals, and to inject the mixed sound signal into the transmission line 16E.

The signal extractor processor 38 of the circuit 45 shown in FIG. 9, extracts the sound signal from the information signals, and the code decoding circuit 41 decodes the control codes supplied from the signal processor / extractor 38, and supplies the decoded code signal to function controller 42, which actuates the ringing bell and activates controller circuit 44, or switches the lights on and off, or activates an alarm. The code decoder 41 consists of a serial signal, or dual-tone, decoder IC for decoding well-known line signal frequencies used for telephone networks.

ES 2 227 397 T3 does not or the content of the serial signals, and supplies the decoded control signals to the function controller 42. The function controller 42 consists of switching / actuating devices, such as transistors or multiplexer ICs, or relays , or photo couplers, or other well known switching / actuating devices.

The signal processor / extractor 38 extracts the sound signal from the information signals, by employing well-known pass filters, to extract the lower frequency sound signals, relative to the information signals supplied from the input line. information sign 16D. The extracted sound signals are also supplied to speaker amplifier 39, and speaker 39A. Microphone 36A, microphone amplifier 36, speaker 39A, and speaker amplifier 39 use well-known sound components to amplify received sound signals and microphone sound signals. The microphone amplifier 36 supplies the microphone signals to the signal processor / mixer 32 to supply the mixed sound and microphone signals via the information signal line 16D to the signal separator / injector in front of CC 49C, to inject mixed sound and microphone signals to transmission line 16, or transmission line 16A.

If the coded control signals, generated by the code signal generator 33 of the circuit 45 shown in FIG. 9, or the code signal establishment and generation circuit 72A shown in FIG. 10, are serial signals, or signals digital, or pulse signals, code decoder 41 shown in figure 9, and code decoder 76 shown in figure 10, will employ a well known band pass filter, to extract the digital signal, or the pulse signals, and a digital decoder to decode the encoded signals.

It is apparent from the above description that the two-way sound signals generated by the input panels 70 shown in Figure 10, and the sound signals generated by the intercom television monitor 40, or 40A, can be propagated, together with two-way control signals, and alarm signals between the entrance panel and the intercom television monitor, via transmission line 16 and / or 16A, carrying regulated current to drive the intercom circuits 45 of the intercom television monitor 40A, and a charging current to charge the rechargeable batteries 49, to drive the television monitor circuit 44, of the intercom television monitor 40 or 40A, without disturbing the information signals by random current losses, and / or current surges caused by random activation of the monitor.

As shown in FIG. 10, the well-known television camera 71 supplies composite video signals to the video signal processor mixer 71A. The video signal processor mixer uses the well-known frequency modulation IC to modulate the composite video signals on a carrier frequency that maintains the lower frequency range of the modulated video signal, over the upper frequency range of the sound signals, thereby allowing the video signals to be injected into a common transmission line 16E, used for sound signals, without disturbing the sound signals. In the preferred embodiment, the video signal processor mixer 72 may further comprise a well-known differential signal converter IC for converting the modulated video signals to differential signals, and supplying the differential signals on the transmission line 16E, and on the information transmission line 16, via the selector S1 and the current supply unit 14, or the video signal processor mixer 71A may include a well-known compression circuit, for digitizing and compressing video signals, and supplying a well-known compressed video signals, via transmission line 16E, to the line. transmission of information 16, via selector S1.

The video signal extractor demodulation processor and device 43 of the intercom circuit 45, shown in FIG. 9, extracts from the line 16D the frequency modulated video signals, or the differential signals, or the compressed video signals, by means of the use of a well-known band-pass filter, and performs demodulation of the extracted video signal, by employing well-known ICs and other peripheral components, to supply, to the television monitor circuits 44, with a demodulated video signal, for the presentation of an image of the visitor at the entrance, on the screen of the television monitor circuit 44. Television is activated, via function controller circuit 42, based on a command supplied to it from code decoder 41.

It has also become clear from the above description that the information signals composed of the video signal, together with the sound signal, the control signals and the alarm signals, are transmitted from the input panel and / or or the input unit to the intercom television monitor, through a common transmission line. The signal processor mixer circuit 32 of Figure 9 comprises video signal processing circuits, the video signal processor mixer 71A of Figure 10 described above, the like, as well as a digital data signal processing circuit , of the signal processor mixer 73B of Figure 10, thereby being any video signals and data signals supplied to terminals 46 and 47 of Figure 9, respectively, processed, mixed and injected, in the transmission line 16 or 16A, via the signal separator injector against CC 49C, and through the transmission line 16D.

The input panel video, data and sound extractor processor 77 supplies the extracted decoded video signals to the TV / data monitor circuit 75 of FIG. 10, in the same way as the extractor signal processor and demodulation device. Video signal 43 of FIG. 9 supplies the video signals to the television monitor 44.

The concierge desk 8 controller 102, and the security room 9 controller 102, shown in Figures 5-8, can receive control data from the main controller 101 and matrix selector arrangement SM, and transmit control signals. transfer of command, and selector selection, to controller 10 and matrix selector assembly SM or SM-X. A signal supplied from the SM or SM-X matrix selector assembly, to the controller 101 or to the

ES 2 227 397 T3 controller 102, contains activation or switching data, which provides security guards with information and status of visitors, users, and the alarm.

The intercom circuits 6 of the concierge desk 8, and of the security desk 9, are identical to the intercom circuit 45 of the intercom television monitor 40 or 40A, of Figure 9, while the monitor circuits 5 can be similar to that of television monitor circuit 44, also shown in FIG. 9, or any other television monitor circuit. Accordingly, it is possible for the concierge desk 8 or the security desk 9, to receive and transmit sound, video, control, data or alarm signals, from and to, any individual intercom television monitor 40 or 40A, and / or from, and to, any of the entrance panels 70, and / or from, already, the concierge station E, via Internet interface 110. Such an arrangement allows the concierge, or security guard, total flexibility to communicate with each tenant or visitor, or to interfere, in an emergency, with visitor-to-tenant calls, and / or communicate with the call center. Concierge E, directly or together with either tenants or visitors, or both.

The main control circuit of the controller 101 of Figures 5 through 8, and the controller 130 of Figure 3, Figure 4 and Figure 10, are supplied with command and control signals from the command detectors 60. The command detector 60 consists of a command code extractor / decoder, and a command actuator communicator circuit 60A, comprising multiple inputs 1, 2 and up to n, each connecting to one of the lines of 16 1, 2-n transmission to receive some information signals. The extractor / decoder portion of the circuit may comprise multiple circuits n each comprising a signal extractor / processor, and a code decoder similar to the signal extractor processor 38, and the code decoder 41 of Figure 9. . To reduce the number of signal processors / extractors and decoder circuits, the lines 16 may be connected to a single signal extractor circuit, via a scanning circuit that scans the transmission lines one after the other, in sequence, in a continuous closed loop, and supplies the information signals, one after the other, to the input of the single signal extractor processor circuit, which is similar to circuit 38 of figure 9, or a given number of lines 16 can be scanned individually, by a given number n of analyzers, and each output of an analyzer supplies the information signals to the number n of extractor / signal processor circuits, each similar to circuit 38 of figure 9, to deliver extracted signals.

The extracted signals are supplied to a code decoder, similar to the code decoder 41 of Figure 9, and the decoded code is supplied, from the command detector, to the main controller 101, or to the controller 130 of Figures 3 to the 8, and from figure 10, via command line 17B, and to selector S1, or S10, or to the matrix selector arrangement SM or SM-X of figures 1 through 8, and figure 10 , via the concierge selection line 17. The main controller 101 or the controller 130, supplies certain commands to the entrance panel, such as a command to turn on the light, activate a digital data, sound or video recorder 140, and / or repeat the call to the concierge, or the security guard, or activate any other function of the system. In parallel, command line 17B supplies, via controllers 140 or 101, and via selection line 101A or 17C, or directly to selector S1, or S10, or SM, or SM-X, a command to connect a selector S1, or S10, or SC, or SG, corresponding to the received command, to the intercom television monitor 40 or 40A, which is generating a latch command. The hook command, to connect an intercom monitor with video 40 or 40A, to a guard station E, is supplied from the command detector 60, via the guard selection line E 17, to selector S22 or to the selectors S2-1 to S2-n, and via command line 17A, to Internet interface unit 110.

Internet interface 110, as shown in FIG. 10, includes an alarm, data, sound, and video extractor / decoder circuit 110A, comprising similar circuits to signal processor mixer 32, code signal generator 33, to the signal extractor processor 38, to the code decoder 41 and to the video signal extractor 41, to the demodulation device, and to the processor 43 of the intercom circuit 45 and, therefore, the circuit 110A of the Internet interface unit 110, can extract, mix, decode and encode, sound, video, alarm, control and data signals, in two directions, to communicate information signals in two directions, through the selector S2 and through the connection line 18, in the same way that the intercom monitors 40 or 40A, and / or the entrance panels 70, or the concierge desk 8, or the security desk 9, communicate in two ways . The alarm, sound, and video extractor / decoder 110A also receives and supplies sound, video, alarm, control, and data signals, similar to supplying input signals to the signal processor, or mixer 32 of the Figure 9, and similarly to the output signals supplied from the signal extractor processor 38, and the video signal extractor, demodulation device and processor 43 of Figure 9, through the local network line 110B.

Connected to the local network line 110B, the Internet / local network communicator 110C, can be a well-known PC, a laptop PC, a pocket PC, or a customer programmed Internet / local network communicator, adapted to receive a control code signal, via command line 17A, or via extractor and decoding device for alarm, data, sound and video 110A, and to process the interconnected signals of sound, video, data, alarm and control, and to generate a coupling call signal to a concierge station E, via network line 19. Depending on the bandwidth of the network line 19, and the speed resources of the PC, or the Internet / local network communicator programmed by the customer 110C, the Internet interface 110 may further include a number n of circuits 110A alarm, data, sound and video decoding / extractors, to process a single, or simultaneously n number of calls from concierge E, to a single, or multiple stations, from concierge E, mutually connecting voice signals (sound), images (video), data, alarm and control, from a single, or multiple, television monitors with interco

ES 2 227 397 T3 communicator, and / or entrance panels, and / or concierge and security counters of the video intercom surveillance system.

Since the speaker 39A and microphone 36A of Figure 9, and speaker 74 and microphone 73 of Figure 10, they can be enclosed within a telephone set, such as those used for telephones, and as the code setting keys of the code assignment circuit 34, of figure 9, and the call keys 72 of figure 10, can be a touch sensitive keys, of a control screen 44 of figure 9, or 75 of figure 10, It becomes clear that the method and apparatus for connecting an intercom surveillance system with television of the present invention offers convenience and simplicity to repeat the call of a concierge station E, by means of a simple touch of a key on a monitor's touch screen. intercom television, and a simple voice communication with the concierge station E, using the intercom telephone set.

The concierge station, or multiple stations, E 129 shown in Figures 1 through 8, and 10, are connected to network line 19 or 19W, via a network 119, which can be a dedicated network, or a well-known public service network, such as ISDN, or the Internet, or a public telephone switchboard.

The operators of the concierge station E may, be provided with telephones, or a microphone and speaker attached to the head, to communicate by voice with visitors who are calling tenants through an entrance panel 70 of a building, or directly with tenants, through a 40 or 40A intercom television monitor, inside the apartment, or with a concierge, or with a security guard, or with a combination of a visitor, a tenant, and / or a concierge and a security guard.

The concierge station E can also be provided with monitors to observe the visitors, and / or with a digital video and sound recorder, or a VCR to record the visitor's images, and / or voice communications and, In cases where an associated video camera is active and the intercom television monitor 40 or 40A is connected, it can record the images and / or communications from within the apartment.

Since data and information relating to a tenant, location system, or other information can be stored in a memory circuit, such as data stored in command memory circuit 72C, shown in Figure 10, information and data can be transferred to the concierge station E automatically, and a display screen in front of the operator of the concierge station E, can display all the necessary information, such as the name of the calling party, his / her address, or even the calling party's credit card number, when such number is stored in the system.

The concierge station operator E can therefore handle many tasks, including the tasks of answering visitors, or answering and handling certain calls, specifically diverted from visitors to certain tenants of a building.

The operator of a concierge station E can, furthermore, transmit control signals, such as opening the door, turning the lights on and off, calling the elevator to a given floor, and the like. In addition, the concierge operator E, can provide services such as buying tickets for a show, calling doctors and ambulances, providing contacts for repair personnel such as electricians, plumbers, or painters and the like, and also providing purchasing services, including deliveries. from grocery stores from nearby supermarkets, or fast food chains, or many other services that are requested by tenants, visitors, or by a local concierge, or a building guard.

To effectively provide wide-range services, the concierge station E can generate product selection menus, and price list catalogs for display on monitors 44, intercom television monitor 40 or 40A, and / or on the monitors 5 of the concierge or guard desks, or in the TV / data surveillance circuit 75 of figure 10.

To reduce the volume of data and signals on the network line 19, the selection menus, and catalogs, or price lists, can be stored in a memory, such as a hard disk drive of a PC, or of a communicator of Internet / local network programmed by the customer 110C, to be called again for display on monitors 44, or monitors 5, or on the TV / data monitor circuit 75, by the operator of the concierge station E, or by the local concierge, or guard, or by the tenant. Storing all service data on a local PC 110C substantially improves the speed and efficiency of the services that Concierge Station E is providing, through its ability to instantly call back many service presentations, regardless of the bandwidth of the network line 19, and / or the communications network 119.

Correspondingly with the method, and apparatus, for connecting a television intercom surveillance system to a concierge station E shown in Figures 1 through 8, the intercom television monitors may be powered through their respective lines. transmission, or directly via a power line, and connect to the entrance panel, or entrance unit, or to a concierge, or to a security guard, or to a concierge station E, by a simple apparatus, in an arbitrary combination with each other, whereby one, two, or any arbitrary number of entrance panels, can be connected to a plurality of arbitrary intercom television monitors through transmission lines connecting the intercom television monitor, via power supply units, while other entrance panels, and / or intercom television monitor station, and / or a concierge or a security guard, can be connected to a concierge station E via the Internet.

It should be understood that, of course, the foregoing disclosure refers only to a preferred embodiment of the invention, and that it is intended to encompass all changes and modifications of the inventive example, chosen herein for the purpose of the disclosure, modifications that do not constitute deviations from the scope of the invention.

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Method and apparatus for connecting a television interphone monitor system to a concierge station over internet

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