Network video recording system

• US 20030117500A1
• Filed: 05/06/2002
• Published: 06/26/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: IEI Integration Corp.
• Original Assignee: IEI Integration Corp.
• Inventors: Lin, Chih-Chung
• Application Number:
  US10/139,923
• Publication Number:
  US 20030117500A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/211.3
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2747 Remote storage of video programs received via the downstream path, e.g. from the server
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A network video recording system. The system includes at least one video server, at least one network storage device, and a monitoring device. The video server controls a video camera in order to obtain video image data by video recording, and sends the data via a network. The network storage device is connected to the video server with the network to receive the video image data sent by the same via the network and stores the video image data. The monitoring device is connected to the video server and the network storage device with the network for monitoring the video image data sent by the video server. The monitoring device of the present invention may be used as a monitoring interface, or control the network storage device to send the video image data stored therein to the monitoring device for required inspection.

Claims

1. A network video recording system, comprising:

a video server controlling a video camera in order to obtain video image data by video recording, and sending the video image data via a network;

a network storage device, connected to the video server with the network for receiving the video image data sent by the video server via the network and then storing the video image data; and

a monitoring device connected to the video server and the network storage device with the network for monitoring the video image data sent by the video server.

2. The network video recording system according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring device controls the network storage device to send the video image data stored therein to the monitoring device.

3. The network video recording system according to claim 1, wherein the network storage device is a network attached storage (NAS).

4. The network video recording system according to claim 1, wherein the network storage device is a file server.

5. The network video recording system according to claim 1, wherein the network storage device generates backup image data corresponding to the video image data and stores the same herein.

6. The network video recording system according to claim 1, wherein the network is a local area network (LAN).

7. The network video recording system according to claim 1, wherein the network is a wide area network (WAN).

8. The network video recording system according to claim 1, wherein the network is a wireless LAN.

9. The network video recording system according to claim 1, wherein the network is a broadcast system.