System and method for remotely monitoring and/or viewing images from a camera or video device

• US 9,247,110 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2014
• Issued: 01/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm Atheros Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm Atheros Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Julia, Luc, Serghine, Makhlouf, Le Nerriec, Yohan
• Primary Examiner(s): Tabatabai, Abolfazl
• Application Number:
  US14/268,889
• Publication Number:
  US 20140240524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 634 Days
• Field of Search: 382/103, 382/107, 382/236, 348/143, 348/169, 348/170, 348/171, 348/172, 348/352
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/196 using television cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/147 Scene change detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

A system and method are provided for remotely monitoring images from an image capturing device. Image data from an image capturing component is received where image data represents images of a scene in a field of view of the image capturing component. The image data may be analyzed to determine that the scene has changed. A determination may be made that the scene has changed. In response to this determination being made, a communication may be transmitted to a designated device, recipient or network location. The communication may be informative that a scene change or event occurred. The communication may be in the form of a notification or an actual image or series of images of the scene after the change or event.

Claims

1. A method for operating a computing device of a user, the method being implemented using one or more processors and comprising:

receiving image data from an image capturing component, wherein the image data represents one or more images of a monitored scene;

providing a link to a target device;

detecting selection of the link on the target device;

in response to detecting selection of the link, configuring the received image data for the target device, and streaming the configured image data from the computing device to the target device over one or more networks.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the image data includes reducing a resolution of the image data received from the image capturing device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the image data includes reducing a frame rate of a video received from the image capturing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein configuring the image data includes converting a video received from the image capturing device to one or more still images.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein providing a link to a target device includes generating a message for the target device, and including the link in the message.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing the image data received from the image capturing device in order to determine when the scene changes, and wherein providing the link to the target device includes generating a communication that includes the link in response to determining that the scene has changed.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein streaming the configured image data to the target device is performed while the computing device receives the image data from the image capturing device.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the link to the target device is performed in response to a request communicated from the target device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the target device is external to a personal network that includes the computing device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the target device is a roaming device.

11. A computer system comprising:

a memory that stores a set of instructions;

one or more processors that execute the instructions to;

receive image data from an image capturing component, wherein the image data represents one or more images of a monitored scene;

provide a link to a target device;

detect selection of the link on the target device;

in response to detecting selection of the link, configure the image data for the target device, and stream the configured image data from the computing device to the target device over one or more networks.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors configure the image data by reducing a resolution of the image data received from the image capturing device.

13. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors configure the image data by reducing a frame rate of a video received from the image capturing device.

14. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors configure the image data by converting a video received from the image capturing device to one or more still images.

15. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors provide the link to the target device by generating a message for the target device that includes the link.

16. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors execute instructions from the set of instructions to analyze the image data received from the image capturing device in order to determine when the scene changes, and wherein the one or more processors provide the link to the target device by generating a communication that includes the link in response to determining that the scene has changed.

17. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors stream the configured image data to the target device while the computer system receives the image data from the image capturing device.

18. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the one or more processors provide the link to the target device in response to a request communicated from the target device.

19. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the target device is external to a personal network that includes the computer system.

20. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the target device is a roaming device.

21. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, that when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, causes the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving image data from an image capturing component, wherein the image data represents one or more images of a monitored scene;

providing a link to a target device;

detecting selection of the link on the target device;

in response to detecting selection of the link, configuring the image data for the target device, and streaming the configured image data from the computing device to the target device over one or more networks.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein configuring the image data includes reducing a resolution of the image data received from the image capturing device.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein configuring the image data includes reducing a frame rate of a video received from the image capturing device.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein configuring the image data includes converting a video received from the image capturing device to one or more still images.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein providing a link to a target device includes generating a message for the target device, and including the link in the message.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the computing device to perform operations that comprise:

analyzing the image data received from the image capturing device in order to determine when the scene changes, and

wherein providing the link to the target device includes generating a communication that includes the link in response to determining that the scene has changed.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein streaming the configured image data to the target device is performed while the computing device receives the image data from the image capturing device.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein providing the link to the target device is performed in response to a request communicated from the target device.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the target device is external to a personal network that includes the computing device.

30. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 21, wherein the target device is a roaming device.