VIDEO MONITORING METHODS AND DEVICES

• US 20160198127A1
• Filed: 12/14/2015
• Published: 07/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Xiaomi Inc. (Xiaomi Corp.)
• Inventors: ZHANG, Pengfei, XIA, Yongfeng, QU, Heng, LIU, Tiejun
• Application Number:
  US14/968,261
• Publication Number:
  US 20160198127A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/196 using television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19636 pertaining to the camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/008 Alarm setting and unsetting, i.e. arming or disarming of the security system
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A video monitoring method includes: receiving a wireless signal sent from an external device; detecting whether a device identification carried in the wireless signal is the same as that of a bound wearable device; and stopping video monitoring if the device identification is the same as that of the wearable device. The present disclosure solves the problem that as long as the monitoring device is turned on it will continuously upload videos recorded to a server even though users are at home (thus leading to disclosure of user privacy), and achieves the effect of protecting user privacy by automatically stopping video monitoring when the monitoring device detects that a bound wearable device is nearby.

Claims

1. A video monitoring device, comprising:

a camera configured to capturing video images;

a storage medium comprising a set of instructions for operating the camera; and

a processor in communication with the camera and the storage medium, wherein when executing the set of instructions, the processor is directed to;

receive a wireless signal sent from an external device, the wireless signal carrying an identification of the external device;

determine that the external device is a target device based on the identification of the external device; and

switch the camera from a first operation to a second operation when the wireless signal matches the identification of the target device.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the target device is a wearable smart electronic device bound with the video monitoring device.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the first operation comprises a video monitoring operation;

and

the second operation comprises stopping the video monitoring operation.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein the first operation comprises stopping a video monitoring operation;

and

the second operation comprises the video monitoring operation.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further directed to:

determine that the external device is the target device when the identification of the external device matches an identification of the target device and when an intensity of the wireless signal is greater than a threshold value;

conduct the first operation when the identification in the wireless signal does not match the identification of the target device; and

conduct the first operation when the intensity of the wireless signal is smaller than the threshold value.

6. The device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further directed to establish a binding relationship between the target device and the video monitoring device, including:

receiving binding information sent from a mobile terminal, the binding information including the identification of the target device; and

storing the identification of the target device as the device identification of the bound device.

7. The device of claim 5, wherein the processor is further directed to:

send an identification of the video monitoring device to a server, the server being configured to obtain an identification of a device bound to the video monitoring device according to the identification of the monitoring device;

receive the identification of the bound device from the server; and

store the identification of the bound device as the identification of the target device.

8. A method for operating a video monitoring device, comprising:

receiving, by a video monitoring device, a wireless signal sent from an external device, the wireless signal carrying an identification of the external device;

determining, by the video monitoring device, that the external device is a target device based on the identification of the external device; and

switching the video monitoring device from a first operation to a second operation when the wireless signal matches the identification of the target device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the target device is a wearable smart electronic device bound with the video monitoring device.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the first operation comprises a video monitoring operation;

and

the second operation comprises stopping the video monitoring operation.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the first operation comprises stopping a video monitoring operation;

and

the second operation comprises the video monitoring operation.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

determining, by the video monitoring device, that the external device is the target device when the identification of the external device matches an identification of the target device and when an intensity of the wireless signal is greater than a threshold value;

conducting, by the video monitoring device, the first operation when the identification in the wireless signal does not match the identification of the target device; and

conducting, by the video monitoring device, the first operation when the intensity of the wireless signal is smaller than the threshold value.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising establishing a binding relationship between the target device and the video monitoring device, including:

receiving, by the video monitoring device, binding information sent from a mobile terminal, the binding information including the identification of the target device; and

storing, by the video monitoring device, the identification of the target device as the device identification of the bound device.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

sending, by the video monitoring device, an identification of the video monitoring device to a server, the server being configured to obtain an identification of a device bound to the video monitoring device according to the identification of the monitoring device;

receiving, by the video monitoring device, the identification of the bound device from the server; and

storing, by the video monitoring device, the identification of the bound device as the identification of the target device.

15. A non-transitory processor-readable storage medium,

comprising a set of instructions for operating a video monitoring device, wherein when executed by a processor of a video monitoring device, the set of instructions direct the processor to perform acts of:

receiving a wireless signal sent from an external device, the wireless signal carrying an identification of the external device;

determining that the external device is a target device based on the identification of the external device; and

switching the video monitoring device from a first operation to a second operation when the wireless signal matches the identification of the target device.

16. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first operation comprises a video monitoring operation;

and

the second operation comprises stopping the video monitoring operation.

17. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first operation comprises stopping a video monitoring operation;

and

the second operation comprises the video monitoring operation.

18. The storage medium of claim 15, wherein the set of instructions further directs the processor to perform acts of:

determining that the external device is the target device when the identification of the external device matches an identification of the target device and when an intensity of the wireless signal is greater than a threshold value;

conducting the first operation when the identification in the wireless signal does not match the identification of the target device; and

conducting the first operation when the intensity of the wireless signal is smaller than the threshold value.

19. The storage medium of claim 18, wherein the set of instructions further directs the processor to perform acts of establishing a binding relationship between the target device and the video monitoring device, including:

receiving binding information sent from a mobile terminal, the binding information including the identification of the target device; and

storing the identification of the target device as the device identification of the bound device.

20. The storage medium of claim 18, wherein the set of instructions further directs the processor to perform acts of:

sending an identification of the video monitoring device to a server, the server being configured to obtain an identification of a device bound to the video monitoring device according to the identification of the monitoring device;

receiving the identification of the bound device from the server; and

storing the identification of the bound device as the identification of the target device.