Surveillance system with intelligently interchangeable cameras
First Claim
1. A surveillance system, comprising:
- a plurality of bases having associated therewith respective base identifiers, each base being in a respective location;
a plurality of interchangeable cameras configured to be coupled to any of the plurality of bases, and a given camera configured to learn a respective base identifier while in proximity with a given base and to automatically employ a stored camera configuration corresponding to the respective base identifier, the employed stored camera configuration causing the given camera to be configured based upon the location of the given base; and
a surveillance system controller having access to stored camera configuration information, the stored camera configuration information including stored camera configurations being based on the respective locations of the bases and associated with the respective base identifiers, the surveillance system controller being communicatively coupled to the plurality of interchangeable cameras to automatically provide the stored camera configuration information to any of the plurality of interchangeable cameras.
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Abstract
An embodiment of the invention provides a surveillance system with intelligently interchangeable cameras. The system includes multiple bases, each with a respective base identifier, and multiple cameras configured to learn the respective base identifiers while in proximity with a respective base. The cameras in the system are configured to employ a camera configuration corresponding with the respective learned base identifier. Each camera in the system employs the appropriate camera configuration for its placement in the system because each camera employs the camera configuration associated with the base identifier learned by the camera. This allows the cameras to be easily replaced, swapped, and moved throughout the surveillance system.
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24 Claims
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1. A surveillance system, comprising:
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a plurality of bases having associated therewith respective base identifiers, each base being in a respective location; a plurality of interchangeable cameras configured to be coupled to any of the plurality of bases, and a given camera configured to learn a respective base identifier while in proximity with a given base and to automatically employ a stored camera configuration corresponding to the respective base identifier, the employed stored camera configuration causing the given camera to be configured based upon the location of the given base; and a surveillance system controller having access to stored camera configuration information, the stored camera configuration information including stored camera configurations being based on the respective locations of the bases and associated with the respective base identifiers, the surveillance system controller being communicatively coupled to the plurality of interchangeable cameras to automatically provide the stored camera configuration information to any of the plurality of interchangeable cameras. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for providing a surveillance system, the method comprising:
by a given camera, among a plurality of interchangeable cameras configured to be coupled toe any of the plurality of bases, each base being in a respective location; learning a respective base identifier associated with a respective base while in proximity with the respective base; receiving stored camera configuration from a surveillance system controller, the stored camera configuration being associated with the respective base identifier and corresponding to the location of the respective base, the surveillance system controller being communicatively coupled to the plurality of interchangeable cameras to automatically provide stored camera configuration information to any of the plurality of interchangeable cameras; and employing the stored camera configuration associated with the respective base identifier, the employed stored camera configuration causing the given camera to be configured based upon the respective location of the base. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon a sequence of instructions which, when loaded and executed by a processor coupled to a given camera, causes the given camera to:
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learn a respective base identifier associated with a respective base while in proximity with the respective base, each base being in a respective location; receive a stored camera configuration from a surveillance system controller, the stored camera configuration being associated with the respective base identifier and corresponding to the location of the respective base, the surveillance system controller being communicatively coupled to a plurality of interchangeable cameras to automatically provide the stored camera configuration information to any of the plurality of interchangeable cameras; and employ the stored camera configuration associated with the respective base identifier, the employed stored camera configuration causing the given camera to be configured based upon the location of the respective base.
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