Graphic data distribution system and a data converter, and a graphic data distribution method

• US 20040177373A1
• Filed: 02/27/2004
• Published: 09/09/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Incorporated (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Hitachi Kokusai Electric Incorporated (Hitachi, Ltd.)
• Inventors: Ueda, Hirotada, Yaegashi, Kazuhito, Kawabe, Tsuyoshi
• Application Number:
  US10/787,434
• Publication Number:
  US 20040177373A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/62
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19621 Portable camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19656 Network used to communicate with a camera, e.g. WAN, LAN, Internet
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19684 Portable terminal, e.g. mobile phone, used for viewing video remotely
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2007/145 Handheld terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/254 Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server arrangements for maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00; network services using third party service providers H04L67/53
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25875 involving end-user authentication restricting access to computer systems by authenticating users using a predetermined code G06F21/33; arrangements for secret or secure communication including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/440218 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 conversion of standards in analogue television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64707 for transferring content from a first network to a second network, e.g. between IP and wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control

Abstract

A system and method capable of storing and accumulating video images of targets at places that can not be shot by a monitoring camera and distributing the accumulated video images to one or more devices are provided. A mobile having an image pickup function with a camera unit is connected to a video storage/distribution device through a network. Video data generated by the image pickup mobile is accumulated in the video storage/distribution device to be distributed to a browser PC and a mobile. A data converter for converting the protocol and data format of the video data is provided between the image pickup mobile and the video storage/distribution device, while an authentication server for permitting prescribed mobile to communicate with the video storage/distribution device is provided. Communication of audio data is realized among the image pickup mobile, the browser PC and the mobile.

Claims

1. A video data distribution system for distributing video data through a network, comprising:

a mobile equipment including at least one image pickup mobile with an image pickup device for generating and transmitting video data;

an authentication server unit having an authentication table for authenticating said image pickup mobile;

a data converter for converting the video data generated by said image pickup mobile into a video data of predetermined type for storing;

a video storage/distribution device for storing said video data of said predetermined type transmitted from said mobile equipment authorized by the authorization table; and

wherein said video data of said predetermined type stored in the video storage/distribution device is distributed to said mobile equipment based on a distribution request from said mobile equipment.

2. A video data distribution system according to claim 1,

wherein said mobile equipment comprises an image pick-up device and said image pickup mobile.

3. A video data distribution system according to claim 2,

wherein at least an ID number in said image pickup mobile is registered in the authentication table;

and

wherein video data from said image pickup mobile corresponding to the ID number is stored in the video storage/distribution device.

4. A video data distribution system according to claim 1,

wherein when video data stored in said video storage/distribution device is distributed to said mobile equipment based on a distribution request from said mobile equipment, the video storage/distribution device confirms whether or not the mobile equipment which sent the distribution request is registered in the authentication table and distributes the video data if the mobile equipment is registered.

5. A video data distribution method for distributing video data through a network, a mobile equipment including at least one image pickup mobile with an image pickup device, said method comprising the steps of:

generating and transmitting video data by said mobile equipment;

authenticating the image pickup mobile of said mobile equipment by using of an authentication table;

converting the video data generated by said image pickup mobile into a video data of predetermined type for storing;

storing said video data of said predetermined type transmitted from the authorized image pickup mobile; and

distributing said video data of said predetermined type to said mobile equipment based on a distribution request from said mobile equipment.