Method for transmitting video data

• US 9,117,320 B2
• Filed: 06/02/2010
• Issued: 08/25/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mobotix AG (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Mobotix AG (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Hinkel, Ralf
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr., William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Adams, Eileen
• Application Number:
  US13/376,035
• Publication Number:
  US 20120134640A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,910 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0866 the electronic data carrier being a digital video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0891 Video recorder in combination with video camera
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19647 Systems specially adapted for intrusion detection in or around a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19669 Event triggers storage or change of storage policy
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A video transmission method in which temporarily recorded video data are partially transmitted to a video data backup unit. In this case event-based identification data are concomitantly recorded during the temporary recording and only video data identified by identification data are transmitted to the video data backup unit.

Claims

1. A transmission method for video data acquired in a mobile unit over a long time and communicated to a control center only infrequently via data channels having a limited bandwidth, the method comprising:

partially transmitting temporarily recorded video data to a video data backup unit; and

concomitantly recording event-based identification data during the temporary recording and transmitting only video data identified by identification data to the video data backup unit,

wherein all video data is stored temporarily in a memory sufficient to store more video data than arise between two archiving times,

identification data used to identify video data for backup is provided at time of recording or at a later stage,

an evaluation of the identification is effected in a bandwidth-dependent manner, and

data identified is transmitted while data not transmitted is maintained in the temporary storage.

2. A transmission method according to claim 1, wherein identification data indicating a backup requirement are generated in response to the actuation of a button.

3. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the video data are recorded in a bus or train.

4. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the video data are transmitted by radio, preferably via a WLAN connection and/or a GSM or UMTS network.

5. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 4, wherein a plurality of different triggers are provided for a data identification indicating the video data backup necessity and a differentiation between different triggering reasons is made by the identification.

6. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 4, wherein a video data recording can be activated remotely by at least security forces in a police control center.

7. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 4, wherein a video data identification can be deactivated.

8. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 4, wherein upon identification of video data for the transmission, video data recorded shortly before and shortly after the beginning of an identification are also concomitantly transmitted, in particular in order to ensure complete image contents upon video data compression.

9. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the volume of video data acquired shortly before or shortly after a transmission identification is determined depending on the identification reason.

10. A video data transmission method according to claim 1, wherein video data with identification data indicating a backup requirement are recorded in response to a recording location, in particular a location determined by GPS signals, an ambient loudness, a door opening status and/or a panic or dead man'"'"'s button actuation.

11. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the video data backup unit is arranged in a control center that communicates with a plurality of units that record video data, the control center being included in at least a bus station.

12. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the video data are stored or buffer-stored for backup on a USB stick.

13. A video camera for performing a method as claimed in claim 1 comprising a temporary memory, an input for identification signals and an output for identified video data, wherein provision is made of a selection stage for the recognition of a video data identification of stored data and the selection of identified video data for the transmission.

14. A transmission method for video data acquired in a bus over a long time and communicated to a control center only infrequently, namely on a daily basis via data channels having a limited bandwidth, the method comprising:

partially transmitting temporarily recorded video data to a video data backup unit; and

concomitantly recording event-based identification data during the temporary recording and transmitting only video data identified by identification data to the video data backup unit,

wherein all video data is stored temporarily in a memory sufficient to store video data for a week and thus sufficient to store more video data than arise between two archiving times,

part of the identification data used to identify video data for backup is provided at time of recording while another part of the identification data is provided after the recording of the video data identified at a later stage,

an evaluation of the identification is effected in a bandwidth-dependent manner, and

data identified is transmitted while data not transmitted is maintained in the temporary storage.

15. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the video data are transmitted a WLAN connection.

16. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 15, wherein a plurality of different triggers are provided for a data identification indicating the video data backup necessity and a differentiation between different triggering reasons is made by the identification.

17. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the identification data provided at a later stage after the recording of the video data identified is provided by modifying a recording already effected in response to an identification of current video data.

18. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 17, wherein upon identification of video data for the transmission, video data recorded shortly before and shortly after the beginning of an identification are also concomitantly transmitted, in particular in order to ensure complete image contents upon video data compression.

19. The video data transmission method as claimed in claim 17, wherein the volume of video data acquired shortly before or shortly after a transmission identification is determined depending on the identification reason.

20. A video camera for performing a method as claimed in claim 14 comprising a temporary memory, an input for identification signals and an output for identified video data, wherein provision is made of a selection stage for the recognition of a video data identification of stored data and the selection of identified video data for the transmission.