Method and apparatus for controlling a camera by using Bluetooth communication in a wireless communication system

• US 9,930,240 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2015
• Issued: 03/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Song, Jonghun
• Primary Examiner(s): Spinks, Antoinette
• Application Number:
  US14/974,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20160182803A1
• Time in Patent Office: 830 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00209 Transmitting or receiving image data, e.g. facsimile data, via a computer, e.g. using e-mail, a computer network, the internet, I-fax
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/661 Transmitting camera control signals through networks, e.g. control via the Internet

Abstract

In a method for controlling a camera by using Bluetooth communication in a wireless communication system, a method performed by a first device comprises transmitting to the camera a command message including camera control information for controlling a specific function of the camera; transmitting to the camera a configuration message for setting a trigger point of the camera, where the trigger point is a condition by which specific information is received from the camera; and receiving a notification message including the specific information from the camera.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a camera by using Bluetooth communication in a wireless communication system, the method performed by a first device, the method comprising:

receiving an advertising message from the camera, wherein the advertising message includes at least one of the camera-related information or connection information related to the camera connection;

transmitting a connection request message for establishing a Bluetooth connection to the camera;

transmitting to the camera a command message including camera control information for controlling a specific function of the camera through the Bluetooth communication,

wherein the command message includes an automatic content move command for instructing to automatically move the content of the camera and a Wi-Fi connection information used for the automatic content move;

receiving from the camera a contents move start message indicating start of movement of contents of the camera through the Bluetooth communication;

establishing a Wi-Fi connection with the camera based on the Wi-Fi connection information;

receiving contents of the camera from the camera through the Wi-Fi communication;

transmitting to the camera a configuration message for setting a trigger point of the camera through the Bluetooth communication, wherein the trigger point is a condition by which specific information can be received from the camera and the trigger point includes a memory alarm threshold representing a threshold value indicating that the camera memory is near full; and

receiving a notification message including the specific information from the camera through the Bluetooth communication.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving from the camera a contents move end message indicating end of movement of contents of the camera.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the camera control information includes surveillance mode information representing a surveillance feature supported by the camera.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific information further comprises security alert notification information, and the security alert notification information includes camera number information corresponding to a camera which has caused a security alert.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising

forwarding the specific information to a second device;

receiving from the second device an image capture message commanding a camera corresponding to the camera number information to capture an image related to a security alert notification;

forwarding the received image capture message to a camera corresponding to the camera number information;

receiving an image from the camera corresponding to the camera number information; and

transmitting the received image to the second device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the camera refers to a plurality of cameras, and the method further comprises establishing a Bluetooth connection to the plurality of cameras simultaneously;

and

transmitting an empty packet to each camera to check the Bluetooth connection.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising transmitting and receiving data to and from the plurality of cameras respectively by using different data channels simultaneously.

8. A first device for controlling a camera by using Bluetooth communication in a wireless communication system, the first device, comprising:

a communication unit; and

a processor functionally connected to the communication unit,

wherein the processor is configured to;

control the communication unit to receive an advertising message from the camera, wherein the advertising message includes at least one of the camera-related information or connection information related to the camera connection,

control the communication unit to transmit a connection request message for establishing a Bluetooth connection to the camera,

control the communication unit to transmit to the camera a command message including camera control information for controlling a specific function of the camera through the Bluetooth communication,

wherein the command message includes an automatic content move command for instructing to automatically move the content of the camera and a Wi-Fi connection information used for the automatic content move;

control the communication unit to receive from the camera a contents move start message indicating start of movement of contents of the camera through the Bluetooth communication,

establish a Wi-Fi connection with the camera based on the Wi-Fi connection information,

control the communication unit to receive contents of the camera from the camera through the Wi-Fi communication,

control the communication unit to transmit to the camera a configuration message for setting a trigger point of the camera through the Bluetooth communication, where the trigger point is a condition by which specific information is received from the camera and the trigger point includes a memory alarm threshold representing a threshold value indicating that the camera memory is near full, and

control the communication unit to receive a notification message including the specific information from the camera through the Bluetooth communication.