SERVER NODE ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD

• US 20160036915A1
• Filed: 10/16/2015
• Published: 02/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gurulogic Microsystems Oy
• Original Assignee: Gurulogic Microsystems Oy
• Inventors: KARKKAINEN, Tuomas Mikael, HAKKARAINEN, Valtteri, KALEVO, Ossi Mikael
• Granted Patent: US 10,250,683 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/19665 Details related to the storage of video surveillance data television signal recording H04N5/76
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 7/30 Compression speech analysis-synthesis for redundancy reduction G10L19/00; for image communication H04N; Expansion; Suppression of unnecessary data, e.g. redundancy reduction
• CPC Class Codes: H03M 7/6047 Power optimization with respect to the encoder, decoder, storage or transmission
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• 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 21/2365 Multiplexing of several video streams
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4788 communicating with other users, e.g. chatting arrangements for providing for computer conferences, e.g. chat rooms, to substation in data switching networks H04L12/1813; distributed application using peer-to-peer [P2P] networks H04L67/104

Abstract

A server node arrangement includes a plurality of server nodes. The server node arrangement is coupled via communication network to a plurality of sources of input data, and to one or more output devices. The server node arrangement receives data content from the plurality of sources of input data, and processes the data content to supply to at least a subset of the output devices. The server node arrangement hosts one or more processes which process the data content into a form which is compatible to a native data rendering format of the subset of the output devices. The at least a subset of the output devices are operable to render the data content simultaneously. The server node arrangement provides a system which communicates content data in a more computationally efficient manner, which is capable of saving energy utilization.

Claims

1. A server node arrangement comprising one or more servers, the server node arrangement being coupled via a communication network to a plurality of sources of input data, and to one or more output devices, wherein the server node arrangement is operable to receive data content from the plurality of sources of input data, to process the data content for supplying to at least a subset of the one or more output devices,

wherein the server node arrangement is operable to host one or more processes which are operable to process the data content into a form which is compatible to a native data rendering format of the subset of the one or more output devices, and

wherein the at least a subset of the one or more output devices are operable to render the data content simultaneously.

2. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server node arrangement is operable to at least one of:

(a) convert data streams from the plurality of sources in real-time and to provide the data content corresponding to the data streams in native formats of the subset of the one or more output devices also in real-time, and (b) combine the data content received from the plurality of sources to generate a combined signal for supplying to the at least a subset of the one or more output devices.

3. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the subset of the one or more output devices are operable to render the data content in real-time.

4. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sources include one or more cameras, and the at least a subset of the one or more output devices are operable to render one or more images collected from the one or more cameras simultaneously.

5. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 4, wherein the one or more images are collected from a same camera, thereby showing temporal changes within a given scene.

6. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of sources include one or more audio sources, and the at least a subset of the one or more output devices are operable to render one or more audio signals collected from the one or more audio sources simultaneously.

7. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server node arrangement is operable to at least one of:

(a) implement the one or more processes as a surveillance system, (b) implement the one or more processes as a video conferencing system, (c) implement the one or more processes for TV/Video broadcasting/multicasting, and (d) implement the one or more processes for image browsing via Internet.

8. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more servers are, at least in part, implemented in the one or more output devices and/or the plurality of sources.

9. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more output devices are operable to define in a message to the server node arrangement one or more parameters which define one or more native formats in which the one or more output devices require their content data to be supplied from the server node arrangement.

10. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server node arrangement is operable to supply the processed content data to the at least a subset of one or more output devices in a manner compatible with a region-of-interest (ROI) of the subset of the at least a subset of the one or more output devices.

11. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server node arrangement is implemented, at least in part, in a cloud computing environment.

12. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server node arrangement is operable to store content data from the one or more sources of input data in its original resolution, and supply the content data to the at least a subset of the one or more output devices in a format which is compatible with a native format of the one or more output devices.

13. The server node arrangement as claimed in claim 1, wherein the server node arrangement is operable to process content data therethrough in a manner allowing for dynamically-changeable image rescaling in response to user input at the at least a subset of the one or more output devices.

14. A method of processing data in a server node arrangement comprising one or more servers, the server node arrangement being coupled via a communication network to a plurality of sources of input data, and to one or more output devices, wherein the server node arrangement is operable to receive data content from the plurality of sources of input data, to process the data content for supplying to at least a subset of the one or more output devices, the method comprising:

hosting one or more processes at the server node arrangement which are operable to process the data content into a form which is compatible to a native data rendering format of the subset of the one or more output devices; and

rendering the data content at the at least a subset of the one or more output devices simultaneously.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14, the method further comprising operating the server node arrangement (10) to at least one of:

(a) convert data streams from the plurality of sources in real-time and to provide the data content corresponding to the data streams in native formats of the output devices also in real-time, and (b) combine the data content received from the plurality of sources to generate a combined signal for supplying to the at least a subset of the one or more output devices.

16. The method as claimed in claim 14, the method further comprising operating the subset of the one or more output devices to render the data content in real-time.

17. The method as claimed in claim 14, the method further comprising rendering one or more images at the at least a subset of the one or more output devices simultaneously, wherein the one or more images are collected from one or more cameras included within the plurality of sources.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17, the method further comprising:

collecting the one or more images from a same camera; and

showing temporal changes within a given scene.

19. The method as claimed in claim 14, the method further comprising rendering one or more audio signals at the at least a subset of the one or more output devices simultaneously, wherein the one or more audio signals are collected from one or more audio sources included within the plurality of sources.

20. The method as claimed in claim 14, the method further comprising at least one of:

(a) operating the server node arrangement to implement the one or more processes as a surveillance system, (b) operating the server node arrangement to implement the one or more processes as a video conferencing system, (c) operating the server node arrangement to implement the one or more processes for TV/Video broadcasting/multicasting, and (d) operating the server node arrangement to implement the one or more processes for image browsing via Internet.

21. The method as claimed in claim 14, the method further comprising implementing the server node arrangement so as to include one or more servers, wherein the one or more servers are, at least in part, implemented in the one or more output devices and/or the plurality of sources.

22. The method as claimed in claim 14, the method further comprising operating the one or more output devices to define in a message to the server node arrangement one or more parameters which define one or more native formats in which the one or more output devices require their content data to be supplied from the server node arrangement.

23. The method as claimed in claim 14, the method further comprising operating the server node arrangement to supply the processed content data to the at least a subset of one or more output devices in a manner compatible with a region-of-interest (ROI) of the subset of the at least a subset of the one or more output devices.

24. The method as claimed in claim 14, wherein the server node arrangement is implemented, at least in part, in a cloud computing environment.

25. The method as claimed in claim 14, the method further comprising operating the server node arrangement to store content data from the one or more sources of input data in its original resolution, and supply the content data to the at least a subset of the one or more output devices in a format which is compatible with a native format of the one or more output devices.

26. The method as claimed in claim 14, the method further comprising operating the server node arrangement to process content data therethrough in a manner allowing for dynamically-changeable image rescaling in response to user input at the at least a subset of the one or more output devices.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of computer-readable instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform the steps of:

hosting one or more processes at a server node arrangement which are operable to process data content into a form which is compatible to a native data rendering format of a subset of the one or more output devices; and

rendering the data content at the at least a subset of one or more output devices simultaneously.