MONITORING SYSTEM
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1. A monitoring camera system comprising:
- a monitoring camera that includes a microphone, a speaker, an imager, and a DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) compliant communicator; and
a DECT master device that, in operation, performs wireless communication with the monitoring camera according to a DECT communications protocol, performs wireless communication with one or more DECT cordless handsets according to the DECT communications protocol, and is connected to a fixed telephone network to communicate with other fixed telephones;
wherein the DECT master device, in operation, receives image data captured by the imager from the monitoring camera and forwards the received image data, via a wireless router, to a smartphone that is connectable to a mobile phone network to communicate with other mobile telephones, for display on the smartphone; and
the DECT master device, when receiving a call request via the wireless router from the smartphone, receives audio data captured by the microphone from the monitoring camera according to the DECT communication protocol, forwards the received audio data via the wireless router to the smartphone, receives smartphone audio data via the wireless router from the smartphone, and forwards the received smartphone audio data to the monitoring camera according to the DECT communication protocol, to establish a call between the monitoring camera and the smartphone.
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Abstract
A master device sends image data transmitted from a monitoring camera to a mobile phone terminal, the mobile phone terminal sends a request signal for starting a call to the monitoring camera when receiving an operation on a predetermined icon displayed on a display/input unit in a state in which the image data is displayed on the display/input unit, and the master device transmits the request signal for starting the call to the monitoring camera from the mobile phone terminal.
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1. A monitoring camera system comprising:
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a monitoring camera that includes a microphone, a speaker, an imager, and a DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) compliant communicator; and a DECT master device that, in operation, performs wireless communication with the monitoring camera according to a DECT communications protocol, performs wireless communication with one or more DECT cordless handsets according to the DECT communications protocol, and is connected to a fixed telephone network to communicate with other fixed telephones; wherein the DECT master device, in operation, receives image data captured by the imager from the monitoring camera and forwards the received image data, via a wireless router, to a smartphone that is connectable to a mobile phone network to communicate with other mobile telephones, for display on the smartphone; and the DECT master device, when receiving a call request via the wireless router from the smartphone, receives audio data captured by the microphone from the monitoring camera according to the DECT communication protocol, forwards the received audio data via the wireless router to the smartphone, receives smartphone audio data via the wireless router from the smartphone, and forwards the received smartphone audio data to the monitoring camera according to the DECT communication protocol, to establish a call between the monitoring camera and the smartphone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A monitoring method based on a monitoring camera system, the monitoring camera system comprising:
- (a) a monitoring camera that includes a microphone, a speaker, an imager, and a DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) compliant communicator; and
(b) a DECT master device that, in operation, performs wireless communication with the monitoring camera according to a DECT communications protocol, performs wireless communication with one or more DECT cordless handsets according to the DECT communications protocol, and is connected to a fixed telephone network to communicate with other fixed telephones;
the monitoring method comprising;receiving, at the DECT master device, image data captured by the imager from monitoring camera and forwarding, from the DECT master device, the received image data, via a wireless router, to a smartphone that is connectable to a mobile phone network to communicate with other mobile telephones, for display on the smartphone; and receiving, at the DECT master device that has received a call request via the wireless router from the smartphone, audio data captured by the microphone from the monitoring camera according to the DECT communication protocol;
forwarding, from the DECT master device, the received audio data via the wireless router to the smartphone;
receiving, at the DECT master device, smartphone audio data via the wireless router from the smartphone; and
forwarding, from the DECT master device, the received smartphone audio data to the monitoring camera according to the DECT communication protocol, to establish a call between the monitoring camera and the smartphone. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
- (a) a monitoring camera that includes a microphone, a speaker, an imager, and a DECT (Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications) compliant communicator; and
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