VIDEO SWITCH SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VIEWING SURVEILLANCE VIDEOS

• US 20120257062A1
• Filed: 01/13/2012
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/06/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Chi-Chih, Chang, Chien-Ming, Wang, Chun-Sheng
• Application Number:
  US13/349,562
• Publication Number:
  US 20120257062A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/159
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19693 using multiple video sources viewed on a single or compound screen
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• 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 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

In a video switch method of viewing surveillance videos implemented by a server, a dividing mode, an arrangement mode, and a switch mode are acquired from a client device when a user of the client device is validated. The server controls at least one agent-computing device to divide display screens of each monitors connected to the at least one agent-computing device, into several sub-display areas according to the dividing mode. Individual surveillance videos of different monitored places from video record devices are displayed on the sub-display areas created, according to the arrangement mode. A predetermined next surveillance video replaces a current surveillance video displayed on a sub-display, either by manual switching or by means of an automatic cycle over a period of time.

Claims

1. A server that communicates with a client device and at least one agent-computing device, the at least one agent-computing device connecting to a display device that includes one or more monitors, comprising:

a storage system;

at least one processor;

one or more programs stored in the storage system and executed by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

an acquisition module that acquires a user-input mode from the client device, the user-input mode comprising a dividing mode, an arrange mode, and a switch mode;

a dividing module that controls the at least one agent-computing device to divide display screens of each of the monitors into several sub-display areas according to the dividing mode;

a display module that controls the at least one agent-computing device to display surveillance videos of monitored places from one or more video recording devices on the sub-display areas corresponding to the monitors according to the arrangement mode;

a switch module that controls an agent-computing device that connects to a monitor to display a predetermined next surveillance video on a sub-display area of the monitor to switch a current surveillance video displayed on the sub-display area of the monitor according to the switch mode.

2. The server of claim 1, further comprising a storing module stores an account list and a connection relationship between each monitor and the at least one agent-computing device in the storage system.

3. The server of claim 2, wherein the validation module determines that the input account is a valid account if the input account matches one of accounts in the account list.

4. The server of claim 1, wherein the arrange mode arranges each of the surveillance videos on a sub-display area of a monitor.

5. The server of claim 1, wherein the switch mode comprises a periodical switch mode and a manual switch mode, wherein the periodical switch mode switches the current surveillance video to the predetermined next surveillance video by means of an automatic cycle over a period of time, and wherein the manual switch mode switches the current surveillance video to the predetermined next surveillance video by manual operation.

6. A video switch method of viewing surveillance videos implemented by a server, the server communicating with a client device and at least one agent-computing device, the at least one agent-computing device connecting to a display device that includes one or more monitors, the method comprising:

(a) acquiring a user-input mode from the client device, the user-input mode comprising a dividing mode, an arrangement mode, and a switch mode;

(b) controlling the at least one agent-computing device to divide display screens of each of the monitors into several sub-display areas according to the dividing mode;

(c) controlling the at least one agent-computing device to display surveillance videos of monitored places from one or more video recording devices on the sub-display areas corresponding to the monitors according to the arrangement mode;

(d) controlling an agent-computing device that connects to a monitor to display a predetermined next surveillance video on a sub-display area of the monitor to switch a current surveillance video displayed on the sub-display area of the monitor according to the switch mode.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

storing an account list and a connection relationship between each monitor and the at least one agent-computing device in the storage system.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the block (a) further comprises:

determining the input account is a valid account if the input account matches one of accounts in the account list.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein the arrange mode arranges each of the surveillance videos on a sub-display area of a monitor.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the switch mode comprises a periodical switch mode and a manual switch mode, wherein the periodical switch mode switches the current surveillance video to the predetermined next surveillance video by means of an automatic cycle over a period of time, and wherein the manual switch mode switches the current surveillance video to the predetermined next surveillance video by manual operation.

11. A non-transitory storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor of a server, causes the server to execute a video switch method of viewing surveillance videos, the server communicating with a client device and at least one agent-computing device, the at least one agent-computing device connecting to a display device that includes one or more monitors, the method comprising:

(a) acquiring a user-input mode from the client device, the user-input mode comprising a dividing mode, an arrangement mode, and a switch mode;

(b) controlling the at least one agent-computing device to divide display screens of each of the monitors into several sub-display areas according to the dividing mode;

(c) controlling the at least one agent-computing device to display surveillance videos of monitored places from one or more video recording devices on the sub-display areas corresponding to the monitors according to the arrangement mode;

(d) controlling an agent-computing device that connects to a monitor to display a predetermined next surveillance video on a sub-display area of the monitor to switch a current surveillance video displayed on the sub-display area of the monitor according to the switch mode.

12. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the method further comprises:

storing an account list and a connection relationship between each monitor and the at least one agent-computing device in the storage system.

13. The storage medium of claim 12, wherein the block (a) further comprises:

determining the input account is a valid account if the input account matches one of accounts in the account list.

14. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the arrange mode arranges each of the surveillance videos on a sub-display area of a monitor.

15. The storage medium of claim 11, wherein the switch mode comprises a periodical switch mode and a manual switch mode, wherein the periodical switch mode switches the current surveillance video to the predetermined next surveillance video by means of an automatic cycle over a period of time, and wherein the manual switch mode switches the current surveillance video to the predetermined next surveillance video by manual operation.