CAMERA

• US 20100309327A1
• Filed: 07/17/2009
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LO, CHIH-PING, LEE, HOU-HSIEN, LEE, CHANG-JUNG
• Application Number:
  US12/504,664
• Publication Number:
  US 20100309327A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/222.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/617 Upgrading or updating of programs or applications for camera control

Abstract

A camera includes an image capture unit, a storage unit, a selection unit, and a processing unit. The image capture unit captures images. The storage unit stores a number of detection modules. The selection unit selects one or more detection modules. The processing unit executes one or more detection modules according to the selection unit, to detect specified features within the images captured by the image capture unit.

Claims

1. A camera comprising:

an image capture unit;

a storage unit, storing a plurality of detection modules;

a selection unit to select one of the plurality of detection modules; and

a processing unit to execute the selected detection module to detect features in images captured by the image capture unit as designated by the detection module.

2. The camera of claim 1, wherein the plurality of detection modules comprises a face detection module.

3. The camera of claim 1, wherein the plurality of detection modules comprises a license plate detection module.

4. The camera of claim 1, wherein the plurality of detection modules comprises a flame detection module.

5. The camera of claim 1, wherein the selection unit comprises a plurality of keys, each corresponding to one of the plurality of detection modules.

6. The camera of claim 1, wherein the selection unit comprises a plurality of switches, combined statuses of which correspond to one of the plurality of detection modules.

7. The camera of claim 1, further comprising an update port, wherein the update port is to connect to a computer system to download detection modules to the storage unit.