Surveillance Systems, Methods and Products Thereby

• US 20090122137A1
• Filed: 12/16/2008
• Published: 05/14/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MCM Portfolio LLC
• Original Assignee: MCM Portfolio LLC
• Inventors: MAMBAKKAM, Sreenath, VENKIDU, Arockiyaswamy, JONES, Larry Lawson
• Application Number:
  US12/336,379
• Publication Number:
  US 20090122137A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/143
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0013 by galvanic contacts, e.g. card connectors for ISO-7816 compliant smart cards or memory cards, e.g. SD card readers connectors in general H01R13/00; connectors for SIM cards used in mobile phones or the like H04B1/3816
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0073 having multiple insertion slots, the respective slots suited for the same or different card form factors

Abstract

A surveillance system and a computer readable medium is provided. The surveillance system includes a video capture device and a processor. The processor configured to write video from the video capture device to a first memory card, configured to determine when a capacity of the first memory card is reached, and configured to automatically write to a second memory card when the capacity of the first memory card is reached. The computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, which when executed by a computer having a processor and memory, cause the computer to perform operations, including writing data to a first storage medium, determining when a capacity of the first storage medium is reached, and automatically writing to a second storage medium when the capacity of the first storage medium is reached.

Claims

1. A surveillance system, comprising:

a video capture device;

a processor configured to write video from the video capture device to a first memory card, configured to determine when a capacity of the first memory card is reached, and configured to automatically write to a second memory card when the capacity of the first memory card is reached.

2. The surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the capacity is full capacity.

3. The surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the first and second memory cards are housed within the video capture device.

4. The surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the video capture device is selected from a group consisting of a motion video camera, a still video camera, and a video card.

5. The surveillance system of claim 1, wherein the first memory card is to be housed in the video capture device.

6. The surveillance system of claim 1, further comprising a wireless transmitter to transmit a status of the first memory card, wherein the wireless transmitter is to transmit in accordance with a protocol, the protocol to be based on one of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11, 802.16, Wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) or Bluetooth.

7. The surveillance system of claim 1, further comprising a switching component, coupled to the processor, to switch in response to a status of the first memory card, from writing on the first memory card to writing on the second memory card.

8. The surveillance system of claim 7, wherein the status is to indicate one of a full memory card full, a completed download, a completed upload, a completed read or a completed write.

9. A computer readable medium having stored thereon a set of instructions, which when executed by a computer having a processor and memory, cause the computer to perform operations, comprising:

writing data to a first storage medium;

determining when a capacity of the first storage medium is reached; and

automatically writing to a second storage medium when the capacity of the first storage medium is reached.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the capacity is full capacity.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the data is transmitted from a video capture device, the first and second storage mediums being housed within the video capture device.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the video capture device is selected from a group consisting of a motion video camera, a still video camera, and a video card.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 9, further comprising wirelessly transmitting a status of the first storage medium to a processor.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 9, further comprising, in response to a status of the first storage medium, switching the writing from the first storage medium to writing on the second storage medium.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 14, wherein the status is to indicate one of a full memory card full, a completed download, a completed upload, a completed read or a completed write.

16. A surveillance system, comprising:

an imaging device;

a memory card writer coupled to the imaging device, the memory card writer having a housing defining a first slot to receive a first memory card therein, and a memory card storage mechanism to store at least one second memory card therein, the storage mechanism is defined by a second slot to receive the second memory card therein; and

a processor configured to write data from the imaging device to the first memory card, configured to determine when a capacity of the first memory card is reached, and configured to automatically write to the second memory card when the capacity of the first memory card is reached.

17. The surveillance system of claim 16, further comprising a wireless transmitter to transmit a status of the first memory card, wherein the wireless transmitter is to transmit in accordance with a protocol, the protocol to be based on one of Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11, 802.16, Wireless Universal Serial Bus (USB) or Bluetooth.

18. The surveillance system of claim 16, further comprising a switching component, coupled to the processor, to switch in response to a status of the first memory card, from writing on the first memory card to writing on the second memory card.

19. The surveillance system of claim 18, wherein the status is to indicate one of a full memory card full, a completed download, a completed upload, a completed read or a completed write.

20. The surveillance system of claim 16, further comprising:

an ejection mechanism for ejecting the first memory card in response to an event; and

a loading mechanism for loading the second memory card into the first slot in response to the ejection.