Wireless network camera systems
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a base station comprising a first receiver configured to receive information in a first wireless network and a second transmitter configured to transmit information in a second wireless network;
a remote node comprising a first transmitter configured to transmit information in the first wireless network and a second receiver configured to receive information in the second wireless network;
wherein the second transmitter is further configured to transmit control information from the base station to the remote node via the second wireless network and the first transmitter is further configured to transmit compressed video information from the remote node to the base station via the first wireless network; and
wherein the second receiver in the remote node is further configured to operate continuously for periods of time exceeding 5 hours while drawing less than 10 mW in average power.
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems and techniques associated with battery powered wireless camera systems. One aspect of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a system that includes a battery powered wireless camera including an internal battery to provide energy and a burst transmission unit to transmit information during burst periods. The system includes a base station, separated from the battery powered wireless camera, in wireless communication with the battery powered wireless camera to receive information from the battery powered wireless camera. The base station is configured to process the received information and includes a web server to transmit the processed information to a client. Other embodiments of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.
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18 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a base station comprising a first receiver configured to receive information in a first wireless network and a second transmitter configured to transmit information in a second wireless network; a remote node comprising a first transmitter configured to transmit information in the first wireless network and a second receiver configured to receive information in the second wireless network; wherein the second transmitter is further configured to transmit control information from the base station to the remote node via the second wireless network and the first transmitter is further configured to transmit compressed video information from the remote node to the base station via the first wireless network; and wherein the second receiver in the remote node is further configured to operate continuously for periods of time exceeding 5 hours while drawing less than 10 mW in average power. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A wireless camera system comprising:
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one or more battery powered wireless cameras, each of the one or more battery powered wireless cameras including an internal battery to provide energy and a burst transmission unit to transmit information during burst periods; a base station, separated from the one or more battery powered wireless cameras, in wireless communication with the one or more battery powered wireless camera and configured to receive the information from the one or more battery powered wireless camera, the base station configured to process the received information and including a web server to transmit the processed information to a client; a first wireless network configured to communicate between the one or more wireless cameras and the base station via one or more high-bandwidth channels; and a second wireless network configured to communicate between the one or more wireless cameras and the base station via one or more low-bandwidth channels; wherein the second wireless network is configured to be more reliable than the first wireless network; and wherein the base station comprises a transmitter configured to transmit via the second wireless network a command to flush information and data stored on each of the one or more wireless camera through the first wireless network.
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15. A wireless camera system comprising:
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one or more battery powered wireless cameras, each of the one or more battery powered wireless cameras including an internal battery to provide energy and a burst transmission unit to transmit information during burst periods; a base station, separated from the one or more battery powered wireless cameras, in wireless communication with the one or more battery powered wireless camera and configured to receive the information from the one or more battery powered wireless camera, the base station configured to process the received information and including a web server to transmit the processed information to a client; a first wireless network configured to communicate between the one or more wireless cameras and the base station via one or more high-bandwidth channels; and a second wireless network configured to communicate between the one or more wireless cameras and the base station via one or more low-bandwidth channels; wherein the second wireless network is configured to be more reliable than the first wireless network; and wherein each of the one or more battery powered wireless cameras includes a high-bandwidth transceiver and a low-bandwidth transceiver, wherein the high-bandwidth transceiver is configured to receive information via the first wireless network and the low-bandwidth transceiver is configured to receive information via the second wireless network. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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