Method and system for remote wireless video surveillance
First Claim
1. A method of providing remote wireless video surveillance of a location comprising the steps of:
- using a miniature analog video camera to generate analog electrical signals representative of an image of the location;
converting the analog signals to digital electrical signals and packetizing the digital electrical signals into an IP format;
transmitting the video data in IP format over a twisted wire pair using a first ethernet transceiver;
receiving the video data in IP format over the twisted wire pair using a second ethernet transceiver;
wirelessly transmitting a microwave signal containing the IP format data to a base unit;
at the base unit, receiving the IP format data microwave signal from the remote unit;
sending the IP format data over a computer network to a user terminal;
converting the IP format data to digital video signals using a video player; and
displaying the digital video signals on a monitor at the user terminal.
2 Assignments
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
Disclosed are a system and method for providing wireless video surveillance of a remote location using microwave transmission of video data using TCP/IP networking protocol. The system comprises a remote unit having one or more analog cameras, a video encoder/decoder linked to a microwave transceiver using Ethernet transceivers connected by a twisted wire pair. The microwave transmission is received by a base unit comprising another microwave transceiver and Ethernet transceiver linked to a computer. The base unit computer is connected to one or more computer networks to enable transmission of the video data to multiple computer terminals on the network.
46 Citations
10 Claims
-
1. A method of providing remote wireless video surveillance of a location comprising the steps of:
-
using a miniature analog video camera to generate analog electrical signals representative of an image of the location;
converting the analog signals to digital electrical signals and packetizing the digital electrical signals into an IP format;
transmitting the video data in IP format over a twisted wire pair using a first ethernet transceiver;
receiving the video data in IP format over the twisted wire pair using a second ethernet transceiver;
wirelessly transmitting a microwave signal containing the IP format data to a base unit;
at the base unit, receiving the IP format data microwave signal from the remote unit;
sending the IP format data over a computer network to a user terminal;
converting the IP format data to digital video signals using a video player; and
displaying the digital video signals on a monitor at the user terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
-
-
8. A system for providing wireless video surveillance data of a location to a plurality of computer terminals on a network comprising:
-
at least one camera for generating an electromagnetic signal containing video data representing an image of the location;
means for converting the video data of the electromagnetic signal into IP format;
a first Ethernet transceiver for transmitting the video data in IP format over a twisted wire pair;
a second Ethernet transceiver for receiving the video data in IP format over the twisted wire pair;
means for wirelessly transmitting the video data output of the second Ethernet transceiver to a base unit;
means for receiving and decoding the wireless video data transmission at the base unit; and
means for transmitting the video data from the base unit to a plurality of computer terminals over a network. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
-
Specification