Image monitoring apparatus for remote monitoring of an elevator
AssigneeMitsubishi Electric Corporation
InventorMasaaki Amano
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Abstract
In an image monitoring apparatus for an elevator, an image recording unit records an image in a car photographed by a camera, and monitors, based on the image in the car, whether or not there is a violent behavior of a passenger in the car. The image recording unit makes a recording density of the image in the car higher than usual when the violent behavior of the passenger in the car is detected. The operation control unit homes the car to a predetermined floor when the violent behavior of the passenger in the car is detected by the image recording unit.
Claims5
An image monitoring apparatus for an elevator, comprising:
- operation control means for controlling operation of a car;
- remote monitoring means for monitoring a control state of operation of the car, which is controlled by the operation control means, and transmitting, over a public network, information on the control state to a remote monitoring center, the remote monitoring center monitoring, in a centralized manner, a plurality of elevators installed in a plurality of locations;
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- image recording means for recording an image in the car photographed by a camera, and monitoring, based on the image in the car, whether or not there is a violent behavior of a passenger in the car, wherein
- the remote monitoring means receives a violent behavior detection signal from the image recording means and reports detection of the violent behavior of the passenger in the car to the remote monitoring center when receiving the violent behavior detection signal from the image recording means.
An image monitoring apparatus for an elevator, comprising:
- operation control means for controlling operation of a car;
- remote monitoring means for monitoring a control state of operation of the car, which is controlled by the operation control means, and transmitting, over a public network, information on the control state to a remote monitoring center, the remote monitoring center monitoring, in a centralized manner, a plurality of elevators installed in a plurality of locations;
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- image recording means for recording an image in the car photographed by a camera, and monitoring, based on the image in the car, whether or not there is a violent behavior of a passenger in the car, wherein
- the remote monitoring means transmits the image in the car of the passenger in the car to the remote monitoring center only when the violent behavior is detected by the image recording means.
A method of monitoring an elevator, comprising:
- controlling operation of a car;
- monitoring a control state of operation of the car;
- transmitting, over a public network, information on the control state to a remote monitoring center, the remote monitoring center monitoring, in a centralized manner, a plurality of elevators installed in a plurality of locations;
- recording an image in the car photographed by a camera;
- monitoring, based on the image in the car, whether or not there is a violent behavior of a passenger in the car;
- receiving a violent behavior detection signal;
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- reporting detection of the violent behavior of the passenger in the car to the remote monitoring center when receiving the violent behavior detection signal.
A method of monitoring an elevator, comprising:
- controlling operation of a car;
- monitoring a control state of operation of the car;
- transmitting, over a public network, information on the control state to a remote monitoring center, the remote monitoring center monitoring, in a centralized manner, a plurality of elevators installed in a plurality of locations;
- recording an image in the car photographed by a camera;
- monitoring, based on the image in the car, whether or not there is a violent behavior of a passenger in the car;
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- transmitting the image in the car of the passenger in the car to the remote monitoring center only when the violent behavior is detected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.