CCTV monitoring system for registering camera and managing permission and control method thereof

• US 10,079,828 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2016
• Issued: 09/18/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 07/06/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CHeKT , LLC
• Original Assignee: CHeKT , LLC
• Inventors: Usie, Wesley Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Elahi, Shan E
• Application Number:
  US15/203,446
• Publication Number:
  US 20180013760A1
• Time in Patent Office: 804 Days
• Field of Search: 348143
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2825 Reporting to a device located outside the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with telemetering systems H04M11/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/2849 Audio/video appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0869 for achieving mutual authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for mutual authentication H04L9/3273
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source

Abstract

The present invention provides a CCTV monitoring system for registering a camera and managing permission, and a control method of the system. In other words, according to the present invention, a manager having an installer terminal granted with temporal authority over the camera, can install the relevant camera, check whether the camera operates, and then, entrust/set authority over the camera to a terminal of an end-user through cooperation among the installer terminal, the terminal of the end-user, and a service server. Accordingly, convenience for a user can be improved and it is possible to more efficiently manage an installed camera.

Claims

1. A control method of a CCTV monitoring system for registering a camera and managing permission, the method comprising:

transmitting a MAC address and an activation code of the camera through a monitoring server;

keeping the MAC address and the activation code of the camera in cooperation with an account related to the monitoring server through a service server;

setting management authority over the camera for an installer account related to an installer terminal in cooperation with the service server through the monitoring server;

connecting the service server, in view of the MAC address and the activation code set in the camera through the camera, with the camera installed in a specific area;

transmitting video information acquired by the camera to the service server through the camera;

connecting the service server, in view of the installer account through the installer terminal, with the camera installed in the specific area;

checking whether the camera having management authority over the installer account operates, through the installer terminal;

receiving account information about a terminal of an end-user to provide management authority over a camera that is temporarily set in the installer terminal to the terminal of the end-user related to the area where the camera is installed, through the installer terminal;

transmitting the received account information about the terminal, installer account information about the installer terminal, and authority delegation information to the service server through the installer terminal;

setting management authority about the camera from an installer account related to the installer terminal to an account related to the terminal in view of the account information about the terminal, the installer account information about the installer terminal, and the authority delegation information, through the service server;

transmitting information that the management authority over the camera has been changed from the installer terminal to the terminal, to the installer terminal and the terminal, respectively, through the service terminal, when management authority over the camera has been entrusted from the installer terminal to the terminal; and

outputting information that the management authority over the camera has been changed from the installer terminal to the terminal, which is transmitted from the service server, through the installer terminal and the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the checking of whether the camera operates includes:

a process of receiving video information transmitted via the service server from the camera through the installer terminal;

a process of outputting the received video information through the installer terminal; and

a process of performing a PTZ control function on the camera in cooperation with the service server and the camera through the installer terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

connecting to the service server using the account related to the terminal through the terminal;

receiving video information transmitted via the service server from the camera, through the terminal;

outputting the received video information through the terminal; and

performing at least one of a PTZ control function for the camera and, a search function and a test function on a plurality of pieces of video information kept in the service server in relation to the camera in cooperation with the service server and the camera, through the terminal.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the receiving of account information about a terminal receives the account information about the terminal through any one of user input by a manager of the installer terminal, user input by a user of the terminal, and information transmission/reception through local communication between the installer terminal and the terminal.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the setting of management authority over the camera from an installer account related to the installer terminal to an account related to the terminal keeps the MAC address and the activation code of the camera in relation to the account related to the terminal.

6. A CCTV monitoring system for registering a camera and managing permission, the system comprising:

a monitoring server that transmits a MAC address and an activation code of a camera and sets management authority over the camera for an installer account related to an installer terminal;

the camera that is installed in a specific area, connects to a service server on the basis of the MAC address and the activation code set in the camera, and transmits video information acquired by the camera to the service server;

the installer terminal that connects to the service server in view of the installer account and checks whether the camera operates, the camera being installed in the specific area and management authority over the camera being given to the installer account; and

the service server that keeps the MAC address and the activation code of the camera in cooperation with an account related to the monitoring server and sets management authority over the camera for the installer account related to the installer terminal in cooperation with the monitoring server, wherein;

the installer terminal receives account information about the terminal of the end-user and transmits the received account information about the terminal, installer account information about the installer terminal, and authority delegation information to the service server in order to provide the management authority over the camera having temporary authority over the installer terminal to the terminal, and

the service server sets the management authority over the camera from the installer account related to the installer terminal to an account related to the terminal in view of the account information about the terminal, the installer account information about the installer terminal, and the authority delegation information.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the terminal connects to the service server using the account related to the terminal, outputs video information transmitted via the service server from the camera, and performs at least any one of a PTZ control function for the camera and, a search function and a test function for a plurality of pieces of video information kept in the service server in relation to the camera, in cooperation with the service server and the camera.