MONITOR WITH CAMERAS

• US 20090284602A1
• Filed: 05/13/2008
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tatung Company of America Incorporated (Tatung Company)
• Original Assignee: Tatung Company of America Incorporated (Tatung Company)
• Inventors: CHU, Yao-Wen
• Application Number:
  US12/120,197
• Publication Number:
  US 20090284602A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/159
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/63 by using electronic viewfinders
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2624 for obtaining an image which is composed of whole input images, e.g. splitscreen

Abstract

Monitors with cameras are provided. The monitor comprises a display unit, a plurality of cameras, and a processor. Each of the cameras captures at least one picture. The processor receives the pictures from the cameras, and simultaneously displays the pictures in the display unit.

Claims

1. A monitor, comprising:

a display unit;

a plurality of cameras, each capturing at least one picture; and

a processor receiving the pictures from the cameras, and simultaneously displaying the pictures in the display unit.

2. The monitor of claim 1, wherein each of the cameras is arranged to have a coverage range.

3. The monitor of claim 2, wherein each of the cameras further determines whether any motion is detected within the respective coverage range, and when motion is detected within the respective coverage range, the picture is captured and transmitted to the processor.

4. The monitor of claim 1, wherein the processor further integrates the pictures from the cameras to generate an integrated picture, and displays the integrated picture in the display unit.

5. The monitor of claim 4, wherein the processor further determines whether overlap exists between the pictures, and when overlap exists between the pictures, the processor generates the integrated picture according to the overlap.

6. The monitor of claim 1, wherein the cameras are placed at the same side of the display unit.

7. The monitor of claim 1, wherein the cameras are embedded in a housing containing the display unit.

8. The monitor of claim 1, wherein the display unit comprises an LCD panel.

9. An LCD monitor, comprising:

an LCD panel;

a first camera and a second camera, placed at the same side of the LCD panel, wherein the first camera captures a first picture, and the second camera captures a second picture; and

a processor receiving the first picture and the second picture from the first camera and the second camera, respectively, and displaying the first picture and the second picture in the LCD panel.

10. The LCD monitor of claim 9, wherein the first camera has a first coverage range and the second camera has a second coverage range.

11. The LCD monitor of claim 10, wherein the first camera further determines whether any motion is detected within the first coverage range, and when motion is detected within the first coverage range, the first picture is captured and transmitted to the processor.

12. The LCD monitor of claim 10, wherein the second camera further determines whether any motion is detected within the second coverage range, and when motion is detected within the second coverage range, the second picture is captured and transmitted to the processor.

13. The LCD monitor of claim 9, wherein the processor further aligns the first picture and the second picture to generate a Panoramic scene, and displays the Panoramic scene in the LCD panel.

14. The LCD monitor of claim 9, further comprising a housing containing the first camera, the second camera, and the LCD panel.