IP CAMERA CONTROL METHOD

• US 20140022400A1
• Filed: 06/27/2013
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: LU, PO-HUI, YU, CHUN-NAN, LU, SHU-LING
• Application Number:
  US13/928,804
• Publication Number:
  US 20140022400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/207.11
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/62 Control of parameters via user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/631 Graphical user interfaces [GUI] specially adapted for controlling image capture or setting capture parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

In an IP camera control method, a web server transmits a show page, on which a control panel is displayed, to an electronic terminal, and then an IP camera is controlled according to a touch operation on the control panel of the electronic terminal.

Claims

1. An IP camera control method being performed by execution of computerized codes by at least one processor of a web server, the method comprising:

transmitting a show page, on which a control panel is displayed, to an electronic terminal; and

controlling an IP camera according to a touch operation on the control panel of the electronic terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein before transmitting of the show page, the method further comprises:

receiving a video address from the electronic terminal to locate the IP camera, wherein the video address comprises an IP address of the IP camera, a user name of the electronic terminal, and an identifier for controlling the IP camera.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the control panel comprises a rotation control range and a zoom control range.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the rotation control range comprises a leftward rotation key, a rightward rotation key, an upward rotation key, a downward rotation key, a top-leftward rotation key, a top-rightward rotation key, a bottom-leftward rotation key, and a bottom-rightward rotation key, and wherein the zoom control range comprises keys of a zoom-in key and a zoom-out key.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein the controlling step comprising:

detecting a touch point of the touch operation on the control panel of the electronic terminal; and

computing a movement vector of the touch point according to a movement track of the touch point, and controlling the IP camera to rotate according to the movement vector when the touch point is located within the rotation control range;

or

controlling the IP camera to zoom in or zoom out when the touch point is located within the zoom control range.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the movement vector comprises a direction, a distance, and a speed of the movement track of the touch point.

7. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

redrawing the show page on the electronic terminal to indicate that of the keys in the control panel having been pressed.

8. A web server, comprising:

a control device;

a storage device storing one or more programs which when executed by the control device, causes the control device to;

transmit a show page, on which a control panel is displayed, to an electronic terminal; and

control an IP camera according to a touch operation on the control panel of the electronic terminal.

9. The web server according to claim 8, wherein before transmitting the show page, the control device further:

receive a video address from the electronic terminal to locate the IP camera, wherein the video address comprises an IP address of the IP camera, a user name of the electronic terminal, and an identifier for controlling the IP camera.

10. The web server according to claim 8, wherein the control panel comprises a rotation control range and a zoom control range.

11. The web server according to claim 10, wherein the rotation control range comprises a leftward rotation key, a rightward rotation key, an upward rotation key, a downward rotation key, a top-leftward rotation key, a top-rightward rotation key, a bottom-leftward rotation key, and a bottom-rightward rotation key, wherein the zoom control range comprises keys of a zoom-in key and a zoom-out key.

12. The web server according to claim 10, wherein the controlling step comprising:

detecting a touch point of the touch operation on the control panel of the electronic terminal; and

computing a movement vector of the touch point according to a movement track of the touch point, and controlling the IP camera to rotate according to the movement vector when the touch point is located within the rotation control range;

or

controlling the IP camera to zoom in or zoom out when the touch point is located within the zoom control range.

13. The web server according to claim 12, wherein the movement vector comprises a direction, a distance, and a speed of the movement track of the touch point.

14. The web server according to claim 10, wherein the control device is further to:

redraw the show page on the electronic terminal to indicate that one of the keys in the control panel having been pressed.

15. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of a web server, causes the processor to perform an IP camera control method, the method comprising:

transmitting a show page, on which a control panel is displayed, to an electronic terminal; and

controlling an IP camera according to a touch operation on the control panel of the electronic terminal.

16. The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein before transmitting a show page the method further comprises:

receiving a video address from the electronic terminal to locate the IP camera, wherein the video address comprises an IP address of the IP camera, a user name of the electronic terminal, and an identifier for controlling the IP camera.

17. The storage medium according to claim 15, wherein the control panel comprises a rotation control range and a zoom control range.

18. The storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the controlling step comprises:

detecting a touch point of the touch operation on the control panel of the electronic terminal; and

computing a movement vector of the touch point according to a movement track of the touch point, and controlling the IP camera to rotate according to the movement vector when the touch point is located within the rotation control range;

or

controlling the IP camera to zoom in or zoom out when the touch point is located within the zoom control range.

19. The storage medium according to claim 18, wherein the movement vector comprises a direction, a distance, and a speed of the movement track of the touch point.

20. The storage medium according to claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

redrawing the show page on the electronic terminal to indicate that one of the keys in the control panel having been pressed.