Classifications

• • G—PHYSICS
  • G08—SIGNALLING
  • G08B—SIGNALLING OR CALLING SYSTEMS; ORDER TELEGRAPHS; ALARM SYSTEMS
  • G08B13/00—Burglar, theft or intruder alarms
  • G08B13/18—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength
  • G08B13/189—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems
  • G08B13/194—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems
  • G08B13/196—Actuation by interference with heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength; Actuation by intruding sources of heat, light, or radiation of shorter wavelength using passive radiation detection systems using image scanning and comparing systems using television cameras
• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04N—PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
  • H04N7/00—Television systems
  • H04N7/18—Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
  • H04N7/183—Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast for receiving images from a single remote source
  • H04N7/186—Video door telephones

Definitions

• the subject of the invention is a device for controlling a shooting of any person standing in front of an entrance door. Said shot is immediately stored securely.
• the invention makes it possible to take photographs of any person appearing before the front door of an individual, to memorize and store these photographs with very great security.
• Document N ° FR-A-2,552,572 The subject of the invention is a device for controlling an automatic shooting means of any person entering or leaving a room.
• the device is characterized in that it comprises a supply circuit with two contacts, the first contact being actuated by the operation of a movable element of means for locking the door, while the second contact is actuated by the opening or closing the door.
• the recording means is actuated when the door is opened and when the movable element is in the open position corresponding to the closing of the first contact.
• the document N ° FR-A-2.610.434 Electronic portal which makes it possible to avoid direct dialogue between the visitor and the tenant and at the same time to make a precise, visual and auditory identification, of the people who come to the entrance to the building.
• It consists of a message transmitter intended for the visitor and a television camera with incorporated microphone connected to an HF modulator which introduces the information received into the circuit of the collective television antenna, so that it can be received on the 'one of the available channels of the television receiver which is in the apartment.
• the document FR-A-2,379,868 The invention relates to electric door entry systems.
• the combination of a television camera in a switchboard is characterized in that the means for fixing the television camera comprise two brackets arranged on either side of the lens and having two upper parallel arms and two arms lower parallels all capable of being fixed to the lateral edges of the chassis by means of bolts, two coaxial bolts which cross elongated arched holes formed on the lateral edges of the chassis, which makes it possible to adjust the inclination of the optical axis of the television camera, depending on the height position of the combined doorman.
• GB-A-2.285.365 High security entry system for a building or parking lot. Entrance systems for a building or parking lot in which information and commands are transmitted via a repeated means of communication, such as the telephone network or LAN. This means is not dedicated to an entry system but is used for more general communications.
• the systems include an input unit which produces a code by dialing the number to select the occupant station, which, after video and / or audio information control, transmits a coded command to control opening from the front door, etc.
• An image of the visitor can be recorded on a delayed time recorder and the occupant visited, time and date stored on a CD-
• ROM for later repair on the insertion of a magnetic ID card.
• the occupant unit can be modified to connect the input block to the blocks of other occupants in response to an alarm condition.
• video-touch screens, workstations, recorded responses, voice recognition software, modems and microwave beams is described below.
• a modular access control unit for securing the premises is supplied with detectors and control actuators coupled to digital analog conversion devices, communicating by an internal bus structure connected to a CPU (central unit) and DRAM and ROM electronic memory. This unit contains and communicates itself with other units and with work stations equipped with men via either a LAN
• a security system using access control units can have multiple units and multiple workstations, if necessary, and can also use a server file.
• a VTR records the signal in a signal storage section.
• the information packet from the button actuated at level u door phone, is received, if the occupant is present, nothing is operated according to the content of the state storage section, and if it is absent, the VTR starts to record a signal of video sent from the door camera.
• the bus man system is controlled in a decentralized manner to improve it itself.
• the called source is checked by a controller circuit, and depending on the result, when the machine is called, an RB relay is stimulated, when called from the responsible machine, an RC relay is stimulated, when When a home unit door phone is called, an RD relay is stimulated.
• the RA relay for example, conducts a voice generating the device and generates a call sound.
• the relay RB stores the image signal from a surveillance television to an image memory, operates a message means and directs other equipment.
• the RC relay is connected to a broadcasting device and directs other equipment.
• the RD relay is connected to a visitor monitor and stores the image signal from a surveillance television for a housing unit.
• Document FR-A-2.672. 761 Intercom system with image storage.
• the system intended for sets real estate or industrial includes: a central unit for digital information processing,
• - a camera connected to the central unit, - control means connected to the central unit and provided for triggering the taking into account by this unit of images taken by the camera and put in the form of digital information, with addressing images,
• the device according to the invention applies in particular to private or professional premises, but having a single main entrance door.
• the shots are intended not for the user himself, but for the courts if necessary.
• the device according to the invention installed in a subscriber is of the type comprising a means of controlling a shooting of any person appearing in front of an entrance door, the recording device digital photographic views is actuated manually, it is connected to a subscribed processing unit which includes a tamper-proof buffer memory which stores said shots, said buffer memory automatically addresses, by means of transmission, the shots to a storage center and archiving related to a whole set of devices.
• the camera is a digital type device.
• the digital camera has its viewfinder placed in place of the eyecup inserted in the front door.
• the camera immediately sends the shot to a subscribed processing unit which is equipped with an individual buffer memory.
• This storage unit is inviolable. It is hidden and embedded in a wall.
• the storage unit comprises a buffer memory, a transmission means, a rechargeable power supply source.
• the image storage and archiving center is made up of one or more encryption and storage processing units.
• Each unit is equipped with a motherboard, the whole being arranged around a calculating processor, using the components specific to current computers to be able to manage the exploitation of all this information, one or more means of transmission ensure communication with each individual buffer processing unit of each device.
• the digital data of the shots are split into two parts in two different storage and archiving centers.
• the storage and archiving centers are equipped with automatic data purging means to avoid memory clutter.
• Each storage and archiving center is provided with a transmission means for communicating with the device modem of each subscribed storage unit, so that the central computer can interrogate or receive it at regular or irregular interval and retrieve the digital shots in the buffer.
• any act of sabotage between the lines of the digital camera, and / or the modem, and / or the buffer memory and the central computer triggers an intervention at one subscriber.
• the invention also relates to the method of processing shots taken from the digital sensor.
• the method consists in the subscriber taking a picture by a digital sensor of the person standing in front of his landing door, the scanned image is immediately transmitted to a buffer memory which stores in the "wire water "images in a tamper-proof subscribed storage unit, this storage unit is equipped with a modem which communicates and transmits said digitized images to the central storage and archiving unit, processing unit, encryption , and storage, said digitized images are available only to the competent judicial authorities, in the absence of communication between the central computer and the subscriber's device, an intervention is triggered on the site.
• the attached drawings are given as indicative and non-limiting examples. They represent an embodiment according to the invention. They will allow the invention to be easily understood.
• Figure 1 is a schematic view showing the various elements making up the device according to the invention with their location on the site as well as the routing and management of the scanned images.
• FIG. 2 is a schematic view of the various elements making up the device.
• the device according to the invention is set up at the home of a subscriber 1.
• This device is of the type comprising a control means for taking a picture of any person 2, visitor or other, appearing in front of an entrance door 3.
• the camera 4 is operated manually. It is connected to a tamper-proof buffer memory which stores said shots; said buffer memory 5 automatically addresses, by a transmission means, the shots to a storage and archiving center 6 itself connected to a whole set of devices, according to the invention.
• the camera is a digital camera.
• the camera 4 is arranged according to a preferred embodiment in place of the eyecup 7 of the door 3.
• the subscribed storage unit is inviolable and hidden in the dwelling.
• this storage unit is sealed in the wall. It can for example be accessible from outside the house and / or from the inside.
• the subscribed storage unit 8 comprises a buffer memory 5, a transmission means 9, this transmission means can be a modem with its interface.
• the device also includes a rechargeable power source, for example a battery 10.
• a rechargeable power source for example a battery 10.
• the image storage and archiving center 6 is made up of one or more encryption and storage processing units. Each unit is fitted with a motherboard, the assembly being arranged around a computer-type calculating processor using the components specific to current computers 13, in order to be able to manage the use of all this information.
• One or more transmission means 14 ensure communication with each subscriber storage unit 8, so as to be able to interrogate or receive information from the subscriber buffer memory 5.
• the transmission means 14 and 9 can of course be cables, modems, radio channels, optical cables, telephone network, satellite transmitter, etc.
• FIG. 2 is shown at 15 a radio telephone receiver.
• Each storage and archiving center 6 is provided with a transmission means 14 and interrogation and / or reception means by computer to communicate with the transmission means 9, for example a modem, of the device of each unit subscriber storage 8, so that the central computer can interrogate or receive at regular or irregular intervals and retrieve the digital shots located in the buffer memory 9. Any lack of response from the subscriber device with the storage and archiving center involves an intervention.
• a display outside door 3 of the subscriber warns the potential visitor of the existence of the device according to the invention, and of taking digital photographs at the discretion of the user and for security purposes. This outdoor display is made for information purposes and for deterrence.

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