IMAGE MONITORING SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

• US 20150256798A1
• Filed: 12/29/2014
• Published: 09/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SigmaStar Technology Corp. (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Alpha Imaging Technology Corp. (MediaTek, Inc.)
• Inventors: CHEN, Tsung-Liang, YEN, Chih-Chan
• Application Number:
  US14/584,328
• Publication Number:
  US 20150256798A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/0383 Remote input, i.e. interface arrangements in which the signals generated by a pointing device are transmitted to a PC at a remote location, e.g. to a PC in a LAN
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

An image monitoring system includes a first control interface, a second control interface, a recording module, a storage device, and a control circuit. The recording module generates an image monitoring data. The storage device stores the image monitoring data. The control circuit is controlled by the first control interface and the second control interface. The control circuit performs a system operation in respect of the image monitoring data according to a first trigger signal when the first control interface receives the first trigger signal and performs the system operation in respect of the image monitoring data according to a second trigger signal when the second control interface receives the second trigger signal. The first control interface is different from the second control interface, and the first trigger signal is different from the second trigger signal.

Claims

1. An image monitoring system, comprising:

a first control interface;

a second control interface;

a recording module for generating an image monitoring data;

a storage device for storing the image monitoring data; and

a control circuit, controlled by the first control interface and the second control interface,

wherein the control circuit performs a system operation in respect of the image monitoring data according to a first trigger signal when the first control interface receives the first trigger signal,

the control circuit performs the system operation according to a second trigger signal when the second control interface receives the second trigger signal,

the first control interface is different from the second control interface, and

the first trigger signal is different from the second trigger signal.

2. The image monitoring system according to 1, wherein the first control interface and the second control interface are selected from a group including a key group, a network module and a man-machine interface.

3. The image monitoring system according to 2, wherein the system operation controls the network module to link to a wireless base station or a mobile communication device, and when the first control interface is the network module and the network module transmits the image monitoring data, the control circuit controls the network module to link to the wireless base station or the mobile communication device according to the second trigger signal.

4. The image monitoring system according to 1, wherein the man-machine interface is a voice control interface or a hand gesture control interface.

5. The image monitoring system according to 1, wherein the system operation controls a network module to link to a wireless base station or a mobile communication device.

6. The image monitoring system according to 1, wherein the system operation controls the recording module to perform a cyclic recording operation.

7. The image monitoring system according to 1, wherein the system operation controls the recording module to perform an event-triggered recording operation.

8. The image monitoring system according to 7, wherein the recording module marks the image monitoring data generated from the event-triggered recording operation as a read-only file, and copies the read-only file to a cloud storage space.

9. The image monitoring system according to 1, wherein

the recording module judges whether the storage device is full;

if the storage space is not full, the recording module creates a new file and writes the image monitoring data to the new file;

if the storage space is full, then the recording module judges whether the storage space has a non-read-only file; and

if the storage space has the non-read-only file, then the recording module copies the image monitoring data to the non-read-only file.

10. The image monitoring system according to 9, wherein if the storage space does not have the non-read-only file, then the recording module copies an oldest file in the storage space to a cloud storage space and copies the image monitoring data to the oldest file.

11. A control method of an image monitoring system, comprising:

providing a first control interface;

providing a second control interface;

performing a system operation in respect of an image monitoring data according to a first trigger signal when the first control interface receives the first trigger signal; and

performing the system operation according to a second trigger signal when the second control interface receives the second trigger signal, wherein the first control interface is different from the second control interface, and the first trigger signal is different from the second trigger signal.

12. The control method according to 11, wherein the first control interface and the second control interface are selected from a group including a key group, a network module and a man-machine interface.

13. The control method according to 12, wherein the system operation controls a network module to link to a wireless base station or a mobile communication device, and when the first control interface is the network module and the network module transmits the image monitoring data, the network module is controlled to link to the wireless base station or the mobile communication device according to the second trigger signal.

14. The control method according to 11, wherein the man-machine interface is a voice control interface or a hand gesture control interface.

15. The control method according to 11, wherein the system operation controls a network module to link to a wireless base station or a mobile communication device.

16. The control method according to 11, wherein the system operation controls a recording module to perform a cyclic recording operation.

17. The control method according to 11, wherein the system operation controls a recording module to perform an event-triggered recording operation.

18. The control method according to 17, wherein the image monitoring data generated from the event-triggered recording operation is marked as a read-only file, and the read-only file is copied to a cloud storage space.

19. The control method according to 11, further comprising:

judging whether a storage space is full;

creating a new file and writing the image monitoring data to the new file if the storage space is not full;

judging whether the storage space has a non-read-only file if the storage space is full; and

copying the image monitoring data to the non-read-only file if the storage space has the non-read-only file.

20. The control method according to 19, wherein if the storage space does not have the non-read-only file, then an oldest file of the storage space is copied to a cloud storage space, and the image monitoring data is copied to the oldest file.