Video monitoring application, device architectures, and system architecture

• US 20060085534A1
• Filed: 10/13/2005
• Published: 04/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Straight Path IP Group, Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Droplet Technology Incorporated
• Inventors: Saunders, Steven E., Kolarov, Krasimir D., Ralston, John D.
• Granted Patent: US 7,679,649 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 7/40 Conversion to or from variable length codes, e.g. Shannon-Fano code, Huffman code, Morse code
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 7/4006 Conversion to or from arithmetic code
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/00 Methods or arrangements for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/115 Selection of the code volume for a coding unit prior to coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/12 Selection from among a plurality of transforms or standards, e.g. selection between discrete cosine transform [DCT] and sub-band transform or selection between H.263 and H.264
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/124 Quantisation
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/136 Incoming video signal characteristics or properties
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/176 the region being a block, e.g. a macroblock
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/18 the unit being a set of transform coefficients
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/187 the unit being a scalable video layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/1887 the unit being a variable length codeword
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/20 using video object coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/30 using hierarchical techniques, e.g. scalability H04N19/63 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/60 using transform coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/61 in combination with predictive coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/645 by grouping of coefficients into blocks after the transform
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/90 using coding techniques not provided for in groups H04N19/10-H04N19/85, e.g. fractals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 19/91 Entropy coding, e.g. variable length coding [VLC] or arithmetic coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/234309 by transcoding between formats or standards, e.g. from MPEG-2 to MPEG-4 or from Quicktime to Realvideo conversion of standards in analog television systems H04N7/01
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 : Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4408 : involving video stream encryption, e.g. re-encrypting a decrypted video stream for redistribution in a home network
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 : Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/765 : Interface circuits between an apparatus for recording and another apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/77 : between a recording apparatus and a television camera
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/775 : between a recording apparatus and a television receiver
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/781 : on disks or drums
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/907 : using static stores, e.g. storage tubes or semiconductor memories H04N5/91 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/173 : with two-way working, e.g. subscriber sending a programme selection signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/185 : from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/7921 : for more than one processing mode
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8042 : involving data reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8047 : using transform coding
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 : involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8227 : the additional signal being at least another television signal

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided for compressing and decompressing still image and video image data in mobile devices and monitoring applications. Corresponding mobile device and camera architectures, and service platform architectures for transmitting, storing, editing and transcoding still images and video images over wireless and wired networks and viewing them on display-enabled devices are also provided.

Claims

1. A method of deploying an imaging service platform comprising the steps of:

providing a transcoder application on a download server connected to a network;

signaling the network that the transcoder application is available for deployment; and

deploying the transcoder application over the network from the download server to a video gateway located on the network.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of automatically installing the deployed transcoder application on the video gateway.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of automatically configuring the installed transcoder application on the video gateway.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of manually installing the deployed transcoder application on the video gateway.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of manually configuring the installed transcoder application on the video gateway.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of signaling the network comprises an indication that the transcoder application available for deployment is an updated version.

7. A method of deploying an imaging service platform comprising the steps of:

providing a mobile video imaging application on a download server connected to a network;

signaling a video-enabled device connected to the network that the mobile video imaging application is available for deployment; and

deploying the mobile video imaging application over the network from the download server to the video-enabled device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the video-enable device is a telephone handset.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the handset communicates with the network wirelessly.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the video-enable device is a digital monitoring camera.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the camera communicates with the network wirelessly.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of signaling a video-enabled device comprises signaling a user of the device that the mobile video imaging application is available for deployment.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the step of signaling a video-enabled device comprises signaling only the device and not a user of the device.

14. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of installing the deployed mobile video imaging application on the video-enabled device.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising the step of configuring the installed mobile video imaging application on the video-enabled device.

16. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of sending a signal from the video-enabled device to the network that the deployment is complete.

17. A method of deploying an imaging service platform comprising the steps of:

providing a transcoder application on a first download server area connected to a network;

signaling the network that the transcoder application is available for deployment; and

deploying the transcoder application over the network from the download server to a video gateway located on the network.

providing a mobile video imaging application on a second download server area connected to a network;

signaling a video-enabled device connected to the network that the mobile video imaging application is available for deployment; and

deploying the mobile video imaging application over the network from the download server to the video-enabled device.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the first and second download server areas are located on the same server.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the first and second download server areas are located on different servers.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein the video-enable device communicates with the network wirelessly.