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Network camera and network image surveillance system

  • US 10,069,889 B2
  • Filed: 10/08/2014
  • Issued: 09/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A network camera comprising:

  • an image and audio encoding unit configured to convert an optical image incident from a lens, compress an audio signal from a microphone in a predetermined format, and generate compressed streaming data by encoding the converted image and the compressed audio signal;

    a network controlling unit configured to monitor an input and output status of the compressed streaming data, control a configuration of a packet of the compressed streaming data in accordance with a network quality of system (QoS), control synchronizing the compressed streaming data with a video frame and transmit the synchronized streaming data; and

    a network routing unit configured to route input and output of the compressed streaming data via at least one network port and implement redundancy by using a Spanning Tree Protocol (STP),wherein the network routing unit comprises;

    an internal port configured to communicate internally with the network controlling unit; and

    two external ports configured to communicate with network communication units including two physical layers, and transmit the compressed streaming data received from the network controlling unit via the internal port to the network communication units via a first external port from among the two external ports, the compressed streaming data being transmitted to an external port of a second network camera via the first external port of the network camera, and the compressed streaming data being sequentially transmitted from a network camera that is farthest from a network camera performing a root router function to an adjacent camera during a predetermined time, andwherein the two external ports are further configured to transmit, if an error occurs in the first external port, the compressed streaming data via a second external port from among the two external ports in a routing direction opposite to a direction in which the compressed streaming data is transmitted via the first external port.

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