JP2003242574A - Net key box and security system thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To reduce the number of personnel for receiving phone calls in a system center by constructing a message form in place of phone messages before and after an inspection when various types of equipment are inspected, and also reduce a burden on an administrator when the equipment are inspected. <P>SOLUTION: A net key box comprises an authentication request issue means issuing a card authentication request before the equipment to obtain the authentication of a security system through a communication network, a key retrieval control means for obtaining the result of authentication by the security system and permitting the retrieval of a key prepared and stored for each equipment beforehand, and a message means for detecting events on the retrieval and storage of the key and notifying the security center of the state information through the communication network. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a net key box suitable for use in a security system for detecting an abnormality in a closed facility in a condominium and coping with the abnormality, and a security system therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art The key words of condominium life are safety and security, and it is required for future homes to protect their lives not only from disasters such as fires and earthquakes, but also from various anxieties that are increasing in urban life. ing. On the other hand, the condominium is also an assembly of precision equipment that makes full use of advanced technology, and it is necessary to constantly check the condition of the building and equipment, and to take immediate action if an abnormality should occur. In addition, condominiums are important to be prepared in an emergency only because each unit is highly independent and privacy is important.

[0003] Therefore, various abnormalities occurring in the condominium, for example, abnormalities relating to the elevator, the water supply pump, the electric equipment, etc. in the common portion are caught, and 365 days,
A security system has been built that can respond promptly 24 hours a day. For this reason, for example, as shown in FIG. 5, in a system center that catches an emergency alarm or the like issued from each condominium, it is possible to quickly deal with various troubles by coordinating with a fire station, a security company, and many equipment companies with specialized knowledge. We have constructed and are operating a security system that can deal with.

[0004]

By the way, in the above-mentioned system center, in order to distinguish between a true report and a test signal at the time of various inspections of equipment, a report before and after the inspection is carried out from the site by telephone. There is. At the system center,
Since the above response is performed artificially, it is inefficient because it is necessary to allocate a factor only for telephone reception. In addition, the condominium management company also manages the keys necessary for equipment inspection, and by receiving a contact from the system center,
At the time of facility inspection, it was necessary to hand over the key to the worker, or to accompany the facility inspection, which was a heavy burden.

The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned circumstances, and it converts the current communication before and after the equipment inspection by telephone to an electric signal to automatically notify the system center. Net key box and its security that reduced the burden on the management company by reducing the number of people who accept telephone calls at the center and unmanning key management including delivery of keys necessary for equipment inspection The purpose is to provide a system.

[0006]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is a security system which detects an abnormality of equipment closed in a condominium and takes action in cooperation with the outside. It is characterized in that a switch for setting the state before and after the inspection is set for each of the facilities requiring inspection including time, and that the state before and after the inspection of the facility is notified through a modem by turning the switch ON / OFF. .

According to the present invention, a modem which has already been installed with respect to the state information before and after the inspection of the equipment is turned on / off by turning on / off the switch for setting the state before and after the inspection for each equipment requiring the inspection including the occurrence of an abnormality. By making a report to the security system via the, it is possible to construct a report form instead of a phone report, and by doing so, it is possible to reduce the number of people who will accept calls at the system center.

Further, in the present invention, the switch is
O for the storage and removal of the key required when inspecting the above equipment
It is characterized by turning off / on. According to the invention,
Since the key storage and removal actions performed by workers before and after facility inspection play the role of turning the switch on and off, and are directly transmitted to the security center as status information, it is possible to construct a notification form instead of telephone contact.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides
A security system that detects abnormalities in closed equipment in a condominium and responds in cooperation with the outside is a net key box connected via a communication network.A card authentication request is made prior to the inspection of the equipment. Authentication request issuing means for issuing authentication of the security system through the communication network and a result of the authentication by the security system, and a key removal permitting the removal of the key stored and prepared in advance for each facility. The present invention is characterized by comprising: a control unit; and a reporting unit that detects an event related to the taking out and storing of the key and notifies the security system of the status information thereof via the communication network.

According to the present invention, the authentication request issuing means issues a card authentication request to obtain the authentication by the security system, and the key extraction control means is prepared and stored in advance for each facility based on the authentication result. By permitting the removal of a certain key, and at the same time detecting an event related to the removal and storage of the key and notifying the status information security system, it is possible to construct a reporting form that replaces the telephone contact, and the system center accepts telephone calls. The number of personnel can be reduced. In addition, since the security system remotely operates the facility inspector to permit the key to be taken out, the burden on the administrator for key management is reduced.

Further, the present invention is characterized in that it is provided with an indicator for displaying an in-inspection state for each of the stored keys. As a result, the manager and other condominium personnel such as residents can know the inspection status of the equipment by looking at the display.

In order to solve the above problems, the present invention provides
The net key box installed in the condominium is a security system that is connected through a communication network, detects an abnormality in the closed equipment in the condominium, and cooperates with the outside to deal with the abnormality. An authentication request is received via the box, and authentication means for notifying the net key box of the authentication result by collating with a pre-registered ID and key status information from the net key box via the communication network. Key management means for managing the keys prepared for each facility by monitoring the inspection work.

According to the present invention, the authentication means notifies the net key box of the authentication result by collating with the ID registered in advance, and the key management means obtains the status information of the key from the net key box and inspects it. By monitoring the work and managing the keys prepared for each equipment, the permission for the key to be taken out by the worker is remotely operated from the security system, so the burden on the key management staff is reduced. .

Further, in the present invention, timer means for receiving status information corresponding to an event in which the key is taken out, starting timekeeping, and firing an alarm after a predetermined time has elapsed,
It is characterized by having. According to the present invention, an alarm is fired after a predetermined time has passed since the start of inspection,
The system center can know that the completion of inspection has not been reported, and prevent the worker from forgetting to return the key.

[0015]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is a diagram cited for explaining a communication infrastructure used by a security system of the present invention. In FIG. 1, 1 is a security center, 2 is each condominium, and a security system 10 and a net key box 20 are installed in each.
As shown in FIG. 5, the security system detects an abnormality of the equipment closed in the condominium, and cooperates with the outside, here, the fire station 3 and the security company 4, to deal with the abnormality. Or IP (Internet Prot
It is connected to the net key box 20 installed in each condominium 2 via the network 50. The net key box 20 is provided with a switch for setting the state before and after the inspection for each piece of equipment that needs to be inspected, including the occurrence of an abnormality. It has a function of notifying the security system 10 via the network 50.

FIG. 2 shows an example of the external structure of the net key box 20, and FIG. 3 shows an example of its internal structure. In FIG. 2, the net key box 20 is composed of a net key box body 21, a key cylinder storage unit 22 with a key, a display 23, an IC card insertion slot 24, and a manager attendance / leaving management unit 25. The key cylinder storage part 22 with a key is
A cylinder type key is taken in and out, and its lock / unlock is controlled from the security center 1 by a dedicated dial via a general subscriber telephone line or via the IP network 50. Display 2
3 is provided corresponding to each of the key cylinder housing units with keys 22, and is internally controlled so as to be turned off when the key cylinder is housed and lighted when the key is taken out.

The IC card insertion slot 24 is a built-in IC
In the present invention, the IC card of the card reader is inserted and removed.
It is assumed that an IC card in which D and a password are recorded has been issued. In addition, the manager attendance / leaving management unit 25 is configured by a display device that displays whether the manager is absent in the manager room.

As shown in FIG. 3, the net key box 20 has a CPU 201 as a control center and a net key box body 200, a ROM 202, a RAM 203, a display 204, an IC card reader 205, and a modem interface 206 or TCP / TCP. IP (Transport
Control Protocol / Internet Protocol) Converter 20
It is composed of 7.

The CPU 201 uses data stored in the RAM 203 based on a program recorded in the ROM 202, and is commonly connected to a system bus 208 having a plurality of lines for address, data and control. The blocks 200, 204 and 205 are controlled. Specifically, the net key box body 2
For 00, in addition to receiving the command from the system center 1 to control the lock / unlock of the key cylinder, the display 23 (204) is synchronized with the lock / unlock.
It also controls turning on and off. The connection of the modem interface 206 to the system bus 208 is a consideration for connecting to the existing modem when the net key box 20 is connected to the security system 10 via the general subscriber telephone line 50. In addition, TCP / I
The P converter 207 is connected for consideration when the net key box 20 is connected to the IP network 50. Here, the following description will be given assuming that it is connected to the IP network 50.

FIG. 4 is an operation sequence chart quoted for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention, and also shows the processing procedure in the security system 10 and the net key box 20 in the condominium 2. Hereinafter, the operation of the embodiment of the present invention shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described in detail with reference to the operation sequence chart shown in FIG.

First, on the security system 10 side,
An abnormality of the equipment is detected through various sensors (not shown) installed in the condominium, and the equipment company is notified for inspection (S101). In response to this, the equipment company will have the worker carry an IC card and rush to the site. Therefore,
The worker inserts an IC card into the IC card insertion slot 24 of the net key box 20 installed in the manager's room on the spot to be authenticated. In the net key box 20, built-in C
The PU 201 generates a card authentication request (S201), the TCP / IP converter 207 converts the signal into a signal required by TCP / IP, and requests the security system 10 for authentication via the IP network 50.

Upon receipt of the request, the security system 10 performs an authentication operation by collating with the ID and password of the management company stored in the database (S102). If the authentication is obtained here, the security system 10 generates and outputs a key open signal for unlocking the key cylinder storage unit 22 to the net key box 20 via the IP network 50 (S301). When using a general subscription line, dial automatically and dial the net key box 20.
The signal for releasing the lock of the key cylinder housing portion 22 in is generated and output. On the other hand, if the authentication is not obtained, the lock of the key cylinder storage part 22 is not released,
Workers cannot remove the keys needed for equipment inspection.

Next, the worker who has taken out the key from the keyed key cylinder housing portion 22 immediately starts to inspect the equipment, but at the same time as the key is taken out, the display 23 (204) is turned on and the inspection is currently under way. Is displayed. Further, the fact that the key has been taken out is notified to the security system 10 via the IP network 50 as a status signal (S302), and the system center 1 can know the status of inspection start. Upon receiving the inspection start notification, the security system 10 starts the timer and monitors the time (S10).
3). For example, if the inspection completion notification is not received by the time measurement for 2 hours, an alarm is fired (S104), and the operator of the system center 1 judges that he has forgotten to return the key and notifies the operator of the equipment company to inform the operator. You can call attention.

Normally, the worker finishes the equipment inspection before the lapse of a predetermined time, and the worker returns the key to the key cylinder housing portion 22 of the net key box 20. This turns off the display 23 (204) (S203), and
The CPU 201 generates an inspection end notification, converts it into state information by the TCP / IP converter 207, and notifies it to the security system 20 via the IP network 50 (S303).

As described above, according to the present invention, the telephone reception staff at the system center is automated by converting the current telephone communication before and after the inspection of the equipment before and after the inspection into an electric signal to notify the system center. The management company's burden is reduced by reducing the number of keys and unmanning the key management including the delivery of keys necessary for facility inspection. The net key box is a type that is connected to a general subscriber telephone line, and I
There is a type that is connected to the P network, the former can achieve the purpose only by connecting to an existing modem and only have the function as a switch, and the latter is a facility such as a TCP / IP converter. However, fine control is possible by adding added value by the program.

[0026]

According to the invention described in claim 1, the status information before and after the inspection of the equipment is turned on / off by turning on / off the switch for setting the state before and after the inspection for each equipment requiring the inspection including the occurrence of the abnormality. With regard to the above, by making a notification to the security system via the already installed modem, it is possible to construct a notification form instead of the telephone report, and by doing so, it is possible to reduce the number of telephone reception staff at the system center.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the act of storing and detaching the key performed by the worker of the facility management company before and after the facility inspection plays a role of ON / OFF of the switch, and directly as status information. In order to reach the security center,
It is possible to construct a report form instead of telephone contact, and it is possible to reduce the number of personnel who accept telephone calls at the system center.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the authentication request issuing means issues a card authentication request to obtain the authentication by the security system, and the key extraction control means preliminarily prepares for each facility based on the authentication result. By allowing the removal of the prepared and stored key, and also detecting the event related to the removal and storage of the key and notifying the status information security system, it is possible to construct a notification form instead of telephone communication. It is possible to reduce the number of people who accept telephone calls at the center. Further, since the facility inspector permits the key to be taken out remotely from the security center, the burden on the administrator for key management can be reduced.

According to the invention as set forth in claim 4, since the manager and other condominium related persons see the display device, the display device for displaying the in-inspection status is provided for each key storage condition. You can know the inspection status of equipment.

According to the fifth aspect of the invention, the authentication means notifies the net key box of the authentication result by collating with the ID registered in advance, and the key management means causes the net key box to display the state of the key. By obtaining information and monitoring the inspection work, and managing the keys prepared for each equipment, the permission to remove the key by the operator is remotely controlled from the security system, so the key management personnel The burden is reduced.

According to the invention of claim 6, an alarm is fired after a predetermined time has elapsed after the start of inspection.
The system center can know that the completion of inspection has not been reported, and prevent the operator from forgetting to return the key.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram cited to explain a communication infrastructure used by a security system of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of an external structure of the net key box shown in FIG.

3 is a block diagram showing an example of an internal configuration of the net key box shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

FIG. 4 is an operation sequence chart quoted for explaining the operation of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a diagram quoted for explaining an example of a conventional condominium security system.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 security center 2 apartments 3 fire stations 4 security company 10 security system 20 Net Key Box 21 Net key box body 22 Key cylinder storage unit with key 23 Display 24 IC card slot 50 General subscriber telephone line / IP network

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A security system for detecting an abnormality in a closed facility in a condominium and coping with the abnormality, wherein each of the facilities requiring inspection, including the time when the abnormality occurs, has a state before and after the inspection. A switch to be set is provided, and the switch O
A security system characterized in that the status before and after the inspection of the equipment is notified by N / OFF via a modem. 2. The security system according to claim 1, wherein the switch is turned on / off by storing and detaching a key required when inspecting the equipment. 3. A security system for detecting abnormalities in equipment closed in a condominium and coping with the abnormality is a net key box connected through a communication network for checking the equipment. First, an authentication request issuing means for issuing a card authentication request to obtain authentication of the security system via the communication network, and obtaining a result of the authentication by the security system, and taking out a key prepared and stored in advance for each facility. And a notification means for detecting an event relating to the removal and storage of the key and notifying the security system via the communication network of the status information thereof. Net key box to do. 4. The net key box according to claim 3, further comprising a display device that displays an in-inspection status according to the stored state of the keys. 5. The net key box installed in the condominium is a security system that is connected through a communication network, detects an abnormality in equipment closed in the condominium, and cooperates with the outside to take measures against it. An authentication means for receiving an authentication request via the net key box and notifying an authentication result to the net key box by collating with an ID registered in advance; and an authentication means from the net key box via the communication network. A security system comprising: a key management unit that obtains key status information, monitors inspection work, and manages a key prepared for each facility. 6. The timer means for receiving status information corresponding to an event in which the key is taken out, starting timing, and firing an alarm after a predetermined time has elapsed, further comprising: Security system.