Monitoring system
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1. A monitoring camera system comprising:
- a monitoring camera;
a sensor; and
a master device that, in operation, performs wireless communication with the monitoring camera and the sensor;
wherein the master device,in response to receiving a detection signal from the sensor, receives image data captured by the monitoring camera and starts recording the image data in a storage device, and transmits, via a wireless router to a smartphone that is connected to a mobile phone network, an instruction to display a first icon indicating that the image data is being recorded and an instruction to display a second icon to stop recording of the image data;
in response to receiving, via the wireless router, a request for the image data from the smartphone, transmits the image data via the wireless router to the smartphone for display on the smartphone; and
in response to receiving, via the wireless router, user selection of the second icon on the smartphone, stops recording the image data in the storage device.
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Abstract
A master device stores audio data and image data transmitted from an outdoor monitoring camera in an image memory and transmits the data to a mobile phone terminal, the mobile phone terminal includes a display/input unit, displays the image data and a predetermined icon on the display/input unit, and transmits a request signal for stopping the storage operation performed by the master device to the master device when a predetermined operation is performed on the predetermined icon, and the master device stops storing the audio data and the image data in the image memory.
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1. A monitoring camera system comprising:
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a monitoring camera; a sensor; and a master device that, in operation, performs wireless communication with the monitoring camera and the sensor; wherein the master device, in response to receiving a detection signal from the sensor, receives image data captured by the monitoring camera and starts recording the image data in a storage device, and transmits, via a wireless router to a smartphone that is connected to a mobile phone network, an instruction to display a first icon indicating that the image data is being recorded and an instruction to display a second icon to stop recording of the image data; in response to receiving, via the wireless router, a request for the image data from the smartphone, transmits the image data via the wireless router to the smartphone for display on the smartphone; and in response to receiving, via the wireless router, user selection of the second icon on the smartphone, stops recording the image data in the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A monitoring method based on a monitoring camera system, the monitoring camera system comprising:
- (a) a monitoring camera;
(b) a sensor; and
(c) a master device that, in operation, performs wireless communication with the monitoring camera and the sensor;
the monitoring method comprising;in response to receiving, at the master device, a detection signal from the sensor, the master device receiving image data captured by the monitoring camera;
starting recording the image data in a storage device;
transmitting, via a wireless router to a smartphone that is connected to a mobile phone network, an instruction to display a first icon indicating that the image data is being recorded and an instruction to display a second icon to stop recording of the image data;in response to receiving, via the wireless router, a request for the image data from the smartphone, the master device transmitting the image data via the wireless router to the smartphone for display on the smartphone; and in response to receiving, via the wireless router, user selection of the second icon on the smartphone, the master device stopping recording the image data in the storage device. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
- (a) a monitoring camera;
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