VIDEO DELIVERY SYSTEMS USING WIRELESS CAMERAS

• US 20110096168A1
• Filed: 01/04/2011
• Published: 04/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/24/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MicroPower Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: MicroPower Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Wallace, Bradford S., Siann, Jon
• Application Number:
  US12/984,587
• Publication Number:
  US 20110096168A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/158
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6181 involving transmission via a mobile phone network arrangements for providing broadcast or conference services to substation in data switching networks in combination with wireless systems H04L12/189; wireless uplink channel access H04W74/004
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6373 for rate control , e.g. request to the server to modify its transmission rate flow control in packet networks H04L47/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/00 Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/183 for receiving images from a single remote source
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/188 Capturing isolated or intermittent images triggered by the occurrence of a predetermined event, e.g. an object reaching a predetermined position signal generation from motion picture films H04N5/253
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network

Abstract

Systems, apparatuses, and techniques for video delivery can include one or more of the following: a wireless camera arranged in a wearable form factor comprising a battery to provide energy, and configured to generate a video feed, and a base station in wireless communication with the wireless camera and configured to receive the video feed from the wireless camera and process the video feed, and a video portal device communicatively coupled with the base station and configured to receive the processed video feed from the base station and deliver at least a portion of the processed video feed to one or more remote clients. A base station can reserve a wireless channel for the wireless camera for a video transmission.

Claims

1. A system for providing a video feed to one or more remote clients comprising;

a wireless camera configured to be powered by a remote power supply, configured to generate said video feed, and configured to send said video feed to a base station; and

a software program capable of enabling a video portal device to receive said video feed from said wireless camera through said base station directly, and enabling said video portal device to host a web server to deliver said video feed to said one or more remote clients;

wherein said base station is a simple repeater and leaves said video feed unprocessed.

2. The system from claim 1, wherein said system emulates a regular IP camera for said one or more remote clients.

3. The system from claim 1, wherein said wireless camera is configured to transmit said video feed to said base station through a cellular network connection.

4. The system from claim 1, wherein said video portal device is a server located in a data center.

5. The system from claim 1, said system further comprising:

a set of wireless cameras including said wireless camera;

wherein said software program enables said video portal device to assign an IP address to each camera in said set of wireless cameras.

6. The system from claim 1, wherein said wireless camera is powered at least in part by renewable energy.

7. The system from claim 6, wherein said renewable energy is provided at least in part by a concentrated photovoltaic cell located on said wireless camera.

8. The system from claim 1, said system further comprising:

a set of wireless cameras including said wireless camera;

wherein said software program includes a remote surveillance application to provide control of at least one wireless camera in said set of wireless cameras.

9. The system from claim 8, wherein said remote surveillance application includes support for a desktop PC browser client, a cell phone browser client, or a smart phone browser client.

10. A method for providing a video feed, comprising the steps of:

generating said video feed using a wireless camera;

transmitting said video feed from said wireless camera to a base station using a wireless communication channel;

receiving said video feed at a video portal device using a communication channel linking said base station to said video portal device;

hosting a web server using said video portal device; and

delivering said video feed to one or more remote clients using said web server

wherein said base station acts as a simple repeater.

11. The method from claim 10, further comprising the step of emulating a regular IP camera for said one or more remote clients using said video portal device.

12. The method from claim 10, wherein said wireless communication channel is a cellular network communication channel.

13. The method from claim 10, wherein said video portal device is a server located in a data center.

14. The method from claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

receiving a set of video feeds using said video portal device, said set of video feeds originating from a set of wireless cameras; and

assigning an IP address to every camera in said set of wireless cameras using said video portal device;

wherein said set of video feeds includes said video feed; and

wherein said set of wireless cameras includes said wireless camera.

15. The method from claim 10, further comprising the step of powering said wireless camera at least in part using renewable energy.

16. The method from claim 15, wherein said powering is conducted at least in part by a concentrated photovoltaic cell located on said wireless camera.

17. The method from claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

hosting a remote surveillance application using said video portal device, and

controlling at least one camera in a set of wireless cameras using said remote surveillance application;

wherein said set of wireless cameras includes said wireless camera.

18. The method from claim 17, wherein said remote surveillance application includes support for a desktop PC browser client, a cell phone browser client, or a smart phone browser client.

19. A system for providing a video feed to one or more remote clients comprising;

a wireless camera configured to be powered by a power supply, and configured to generate said video feed;

a base station configured to receive said video feed from said wireless camera;

a video portal device configured to receive said video feed from said base station, and configured to host a web server to deliver said video feed to said one or more remote clients;

wherein said base station directly transmits said video feed to said video portal device.

20. The system from claim 19, wherein:

said system emulates a regular IP camera for said one or more remote clients; and

said wireless camera is powered at least in part by a photovoltaic solar cell.