TWI253851B - Method for displaying remote images - Google Patents

Abstract

A web camera is installed for monitoring a place, and the web camera is connected to Internet or Intranet. A browser is utilized for accessing the web camera to monitor the place. The browser reads a series of video images captured by the web camera and respectively displays these video images in different areas according to instructions embedded in a homepage. Oldest images are replaced with new coming images. Even with low data rate in the net, users are still able to monitor the place easily and clearly.

Description

1253851 V. INSTRUCTION DESCRIPTION (1) [Technical Field of the Invention] The present invention relates to a method and system for presenting a far-end video image and in particular to reading a far-end video presentation of a far-end video #s device image through a network METHODS AND SYSTEMS 〇[Prior Art] Thanks to advances in electronics and networking technology, many different applications can be implemented through a simple electronic device network and computer. For example, a low-cost network camera is used to install TCP. /IP's Ethernet can be used to read remote video via a computer> personal digital assistant (PDA) or mobile device. Such a remote video system can have many different applications, for example. The office building of the office of the company is located in the home of the company. In addition, such a far-end video system can also be used to provide the short-distance or multi-directional communication of the auxiliary telephone, and can be used for video conferencing, etc.; 5 video data often requires a relatively large amount of data. Since each facet itself requires a large amount of information to record negative information, and in order to use the principle of visual persistence 5, it is necessary to allocate a lot of facets in a short period of time to present the effect of the action. Although many well-known techniques have been developed to reduce the storage and throughput of video data, these efforts still lack certain limits and many of the techniques for reducing the compression of video data sacrifice video quality or damage. Sexual compression such as the conventional PEG PEG specification〇

1253851 V. INSTRUCTIONS (2) Also, in the application of far-end video, the problem of processing video data. Because if you go through the Internet or telecommunications network, go to J = critical bandwidth restrictions or irregular network congestion, and these <^ strict bit time can pass the number of pictures. - 曰 &amp; impact single if it can be in the existing network; 5 batches &amp; two ^ ^, thinking way to solve this Hu% w new kind ^, J 1U ask the field, will push for the far-end video * 4 the desired impact.赝 赝 赝 【 发 【 【 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 赝 , , Another convenient video of the present invention is furthermore. The other object of the present invention is to provide a remote image, and the method further includes reading the media number according to the road. The invention is a work for the computer to continue the image. The implementation of the present invention takes a continuous monitoring screen or various images of the image to occupy the purpose of the present invention. image. The area of the device, for example, the &amp; JOTL system provides a far-end video Li g. In order to provide a video processing device, the captured video is provided. Providing a system for presenting a plurality of consecutive images provides a computer program, which is executed and executed to achieve a processing method for monitoring the image display images, which are separately and traversed through different display areas of the network. The new cleverness is presented in sequence. Therefore, even if the network frequency = image coverage, there are restrictions or

1253851 V. Invention Description (3) It is network congestion. Users still do not want to update the screen in order to generate video effects. Instead, they can clearly monitor the venue. A remote video system according to an embodiment of the present invention has at least one video capture device, at least one screen, and a video processing device. The video capture device captures a series of images in a time sequence and transmits the series of images to the video processing device over the network. The video processing device divides the total display area of the screen into a predetermined number of individual display areas. Further, when the video processing device receives the images from the video processing device, the images are presented in different individual display regions in a certain order. Due to the limited number of individual display areas, the new image overlay replaces the oldest image presented in the individual display areas. In addition, the video processing device provides an operation interface through which the user can determine the number of individual display areas, use the plurality of individual display areas described above, or continuously play back images in a single area in a continuous mode. In addition, the user can also specify the video capture device to be connected through the operation interface. In view of the above, the present invention does provide an efficient solution for remote video systems. The invention can be implemented flexibly in a variety of different architectures. Moreover, the present invention provides a video presentation interface for the user to observe and monitor. In particular, the performance of the present invention will become more apparent when the network is congested or the bandwidth is insufficient. [Embodiment] FIG. 1 illustrates an embodiment of a far-end video system 10. The remote video system 1 〇 has more than one video capture device 1 2 1,1 2 2, video processing device

1253851 V. Invention description (4) ~~~ 1 4, and screen 16. The video processing device 4 and the video capture devices 121, 122 are connected via a network 17 for exchanging data. The network can be an Internet, an intranet, or various wired wireless networks. The video #member picking device 1 2 1,1 2 2 is used to capture a continuous image 1 5 . In this example, the images are chronologically labeled as the Arabic numerals „ 1 &quot;, &quot; 2 ”, π 3π,... π 8π. Among them, examples of the video capturing device i 2 ii 2 2 include a photographic device made by CCD or CMOS technology. In addition, the video capture device also includes a device that is combined with a general computer by a general video camera such as V8. At this time, the face taken by V 8 is input to the computer through the a v terminal. After the video capture device 1 2 1, 1 2 2 captures the image, it is transmitted to the video processing device through the network 17 7 in an active or passive manner. The so-called active mode means that the video capture device 1 2 1, 1 2 2 directly transmits the read data directly to the video processing device 14 through a predetermined transmission protocol, such as unicast, multicast ( Multicast) or broadcast type. In addition, the so-called passive mode means that the video capture device 1 2, I" responds to the request after receiving the request of the video processing device, and transmits the captured image to the requested video processing device via the network. 1 4, meaning client-server architecture. Video processing device 1 is an electronic device, such as a computer with a working system and a special application, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a mobile phone or other guest. Customized electronic devices, etc., and the video processing device 14 utilizes the screen 16 to present images captured from the video capture devices 1 2 1, 1 2 2. In addition, when presenting these images, video Processing device 14 performs at least

1253851 V. INSTRUCTIONS (5) The following two steps. First, the total display area 161 of the screen 16 is divided into a predetermined number of individual display areas 162. Next, the video processing device 14 sequentially images the chronological images in different individual display areas 162. For example, the total display surface 161 of the screen 16 in FIG. 1 is divided into eight. The individual display areas 1 6 2 are used to present images of different times. Of course, since the number of individual display areas 162 that can be divided by the screen 16 is limited, when the number of images exceeds the number of individual display areas 162 of the screen 16, the newly received image is presented on the screen 16. The individual display areas used in the oldest image at that time were 1 6 2 . That is, if the video processing device 14 receives the image of the number π 9 π, the image of the number π 9 π is overlaid with the image originally indicated by π 1π. Moreover, in order to let the user know which individual display area 162 is the latest image, a visual mechanism may be added, for example, the individual display area 1 6 2 that presents the latest image is added with a red square, or an arrow is added. Provide flash marks and other methods. Next, the following further provides a further practical description of the architecture of the video capture device 1 2 1, 1 2 2 and the video processing device 14. First, FIG. 2 illustrates an example of a video capture device 1 21 . The video capture device 1 2 1 has an image sensing circuit 1 2 1 2, a control circuit 1 2 1 4, and a network interface 1 2 1 6 . The image sensing circuit 1 2 1 2 successively takes a series of images and transmits the images to the control circuit 1 2 1 4 . The control circuit 1 2 1 4 transmits the images to the network 17 via the network interface 1 2 1 6 for further transmission to the video processing device 14.

1253851 V. INSTRUCTIONS (6) Cheng Yucheng and Dang are presented to the user, and the video processing device 14 needs to drive the screen through the circuit or the logic to complete the work. However, the program code H f is stored in the video processing device 14 in advance. For example, describe ϋσ σ (Script), such as jaVa Script, VB Script, or a program that can be executed in a browser environment, such as a Java Applet, where there is a remote device, when needed, via The network port 7 is executed on the download processing device 14. In the case of f &amp;, this code can even be stored in the control circuit. For example, 'we can implement a web server in the control circuit 1 2 1 4 by hardware, software or human body hardware. The website server has a file providing interface, such as HTTp, and a web page containing the f code. In this case, a general computer having a browser can be used as the video processing device described above. When the computer is connected to the network, and the browser enters the domain name of the video capture device 121, such as http:// cameral.placeA.com·^ or the Ip address, such as http: //192.^68.1 14 , you can download the page and the code contained in it. Then, by using the code in the display area of the browser on the general computer, the scene is presented in chronological order in the above manner. Of course, the code can also be stored on the device other than the video capture device 121. For example, please refer to Fig. 3, which illustrates another method of practicing the invention. In this method, the video processing device 14 reads, via the network 17, the web server 18 to include the web page of the web page, and the video processing device 14 facilitates the web page. After downloading the =, #1 M β ^, the code is used to communicate with the video capture device 121 and the image data is obtained in the above manner. 1253851 V. INSTRUCTIONS (7) Figure 4 shows the general computer architecture. With this type of computer architecture, the above-mentioned video processing device can be implemented. The video processing device 14 has a processor 14 memory 142, a hard disk 143, and an input/output interface 144, and these elements exchange data through the bus bar 145. The input interface 1 4 4 is provided and connected to the aforementioned screen 16 and network 17. Fig. 5 shows a software diagram of the video processing device 14 which is normally stored on the hard disk 1 4 3, and the processor 14 1 loads the required data into the memory 1 4 2 to perform related operations. At the bottom of the system is a driver 5 2 to provide basic capabilities for communicating with the network 17 and the screen 16. Further, the processing program 56 for providing the above image presentation passes through the call interface of the operating system 54 to achieve the related work. Further, although the above is an example of the output of a single screen, the present invention is not limited to the application of a single screen. As long as the operating system provides multi-screen output support, the above-described individual display areas can of course be arranged on a plurality of screens. Even if the operating system does not provide direct support, the processing program 56 can also drive the screen of another computer through the network 17 to display the desired picture. This solves the limitation of the size of the area that can be presented on a single screen. In addition, the implementation of the video processing device 14 is of course not limited to the above-described architecture, and the associated code or circuit logic can be implemented in various conventional manners. Therefore, the present invention can also be summarized as a method for explanation. Figure 6 is a flow chart illustrating a method in accordance with the present invention. First, a new image is received from the network (step 6 0 2 ). Next, find an individual display area that can be used (step 6 0 4), such as the individual display area where the oldest side was originally stored. Then, present this new image to the individual display areas that can be used here.

1253851 V. INSTRUCTIONS (8) (Step 6 0 6). In order to make it easy for the user to distinguish which individual display area is presenting the latest image, a visual mark is added to the individual display area where the latest image is presented (step 608). Figures 7(a) and 7(b) illustrate an example of implementing a video processing device using a browser and a descriptive language JavaScript. Referring to Figure 7 (a), the user enters the URL (1 9 2 · 1 6 8 . 1 · 1 5) with the included code page in the browser's address bar 7 〇 2 . The browser analyzes the code and retrieves a series of images based on the code. Then, according to the code, the browser sequentially presents the images in different individual display areas 7 〇 4 1~7 0 4 6 . The outer frame of the individual display area γ 〇 4 2 is added with a visual mark to indicate that the picture F 7 is the latest picture. Further, after receiving the next image ρ 8 , the scene &gt; image F 8 is overlaid on the oldest image j? 2, and the visual marker is moved. Furthermore, in this case, the operating interfaces 7 〇 6 and 7 0 8 are also provided. The user can determine through the operation interface 70 8 how many screens are to be divided into display areas. In addition, the user can also refer to different video capture devices through the operation interface 7〇6. 2 The above-mentioned implementation methods provided by the individual ί ί 2 ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ For example, when the time is ', the single area is used to present the continuous painting, and the multiple areas are presented at different times.

Page 13 1253851 V. Video of the invention (9). In summary, the present invention can skillfully combine and utilize existing hardware architectures to provide a far-end video system with an efficient and flexible solution. Moreover, the present invention has at least the following advantages. First, the present invention can be designed using the above-described browser architecture, and in this case, it is only necessary to write a descriptive language or rewrite a web page to achieve the features of the present invention without requiring a lot of human development. Secondly, the present invention can also use the above-mentioned manual or automatic adjustment mechanism to display images in a multi-display area when the network is jammed, and use a single area to continuously display images when the network is smooth, which has considerable flexibility. . Further, with the screen presentation method of the present invention, a clear picture can be seen even in a slow network environment. Users can compare the subtle differences between two consecutive frames, which is more prominent than the existing stoppage problem. While the present invention has been described above by way of a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the invention, and the invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of protection is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application attached.

Page 14 1253851 Brief Description of the Drawings FIG. 1 is a system architecture diagram according to an embodiment of the present invention; FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing the implementation structure of the video capture device; FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the implementation of the video processing device; FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing the implementation of the video processing device; FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the method according to the present invention; Flowchart; Fig. 7(a) shows a practical example; and Fig. 7(b) shows another state of Fig. 7(a). [Simple description of component symbol] 1 2 1 video capture device 1 2 1 2 image sensing circuit 1 2 1 6 network interface 1 4 1 processor 1 4 3 hard disk 1 4 5 bus bar 16 screen 1 6 2 individual Display area 1 8 web server 54 operating system 7 0 2 operation interface 7 0 42 individual display area 7 〇 4 4 individual display area 7 0 4 6 individual display area 1 2 2 video capture device 1 2 1 4 control circuit 1 4 Video processing device 1 4 2 memory 144 input and output interface 1 5 image 1 6 1 total display area 1 7 network 5 2 driver 5 6 application program 7 0 4 1 individual display area 7 0 4 3 individual display area 7 0 4 5 individual display area 7 0 6 operation interface 7 0 8 operation interface

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Claims (1)

i 土金 i#,) is replacing 1 _ case number 93104993_年月日日__ VI. Patent application scope 1. A method for presenting a remote monitoring screen, comprising: sequentially reading a plurality of consecutive remote monitoring images, At least part of the images of the surveillance images are sequentially recorded in a time sequence for the same location; dividing a total display area of one display into a plurality of individual display areas; and sequentially displaying the consecutive monitoring images in the individual Display area. The method of claim 1, wherein the reading step reads the remote monitoring images from a video capture device via a network based on an instruction code stored in a web page. 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the newly received image overlay replaces the oldest image. A remote video system is installed on a network, the system includes: at least one video capture device, the at least one video capture device is connected to the network, and the video capture device sequentially captures a plurality of images of the same location; at least one screen to provide a total display area; and a video processing device that receives the plurality of images via the network, and the video processing device divides the total display area into a predetermined The individual display areas of the number, and the corresponding plurality of images are respectively presented in the different individual display areas according to the time sequence. Page 16 1253851 Case No. 93104993 Λ_Ά 修正 Amendment 6. Scope of Application Patent 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the newly received image overlay replaces the oldest image. 6. The system of claim 4, wherein the video capture device comprises a file providing interface, the video processing device receives an instruction via the file providing interface, and the video processing device is based on the content of the command And dividing the total display area and presenting the plurality of images to the individual display areas. 7. The system of claim 6, wherein the file providing interface of the video capture device is an HTTP protocol. 8. The system of claim 4, further comprising a file server connected to the network, the video processing device reading an instruction from the file server, and the video processing device is responsive to the content of the instruction And dividing the total display area and presenting the plurality of images to the individual display areas. 9. The system of claim 8, wherein the file server is a web server. The system of claim 4, wherein the video processing device comprises an operating system and a processing program, the operating system provides a multi-screen 1EH page 17 K53851 a HfOi [9T Λ_L· 曰 correction six And applying for a patent range display function, the processing program receives the plurality of images, and calls the operating system to present the plurality of images to the individual regions according to the chronological order. 1 1. The system of claim 4, wherein the video processing device uses a visual mechanism to indicate which of the individual display regions is the closest to the image at the time. The system of claim 4, wherein the user, through an operation interface, designates a video capture device to present the plurality of images captured by the video capture device. The system of claim 12, wherein the video processing device further provides a continuous mode through which the user selects to switch to the continuous mode, wherein in the continuous mode, the video processing The device continuously presents the plurality of images in one of the individual display areas of the screen. 1 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the video processing device further provides an automatic switching mechanism, and when the speed of the plurality of images of the network is lower than a predetermined value, the individual displays are used. The region presents the complex image separately, and conversely, the complex image is presented using the continuous mode described above. The system of claim 4, wherein the user sets the total display area into the individual display areas through an operation interface. Page 18 1253851 Case No. 93104993 修正 Amendment 6. Patent application scope The predetermined number. The system of claim 4, wherein the network is an Internet. 1 7. The system of claim 4, wherein the network is an intranet. The system of claim 4, wherein the network is a wireless network. A video processing device, the video processing device is connected to at least one video capture device through a network, and the at least one video capture device sequentially captures a plurality of images of the same location in a time sequence, the video processing device comprising: At least one screen having a total display area; a network interface connected to the network; a processing unit; and a storage unit storing an operating system and a video processing program, wherein the processing unit reads and executes the video Processing the program, and the video processing program receives the complex image via the operating system and the network interface, divides the total display area into a plurality of individual display areas, and presents the corresponding plurality of images to different ones according to the time sequence These individual display areas. Computer Department 20. A computer readable medium for storing a computer program Page 19 1253851 Case No. 93104 points 93 曰 Amendment 6. The patent application scope reads the computer program from the computer readable medium, and at least performs the following steps: The agricultural sequence reads the complex image from a network, wherein the plural The image is captured by the at least one video capture device in the same time sequence, and the video capture device is connected to the network; the total display area of the at least one screen is divided into a plurality of individual display areas; The corresponding plurality of images are sequentially presented in different individual display regions. 2 1. The computer readable medium according to claim 20, wherein when a new image is received, the new image is presented on the screen at the time of the oldest image. The individual display area. 2 2. The computer readable medium according to claim 20, wherein the computer program is a description program, and the description program is executed in a browser environment. 2 3. The computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein the video processing device uses a visual mechanism to indicate which of the individual display regions is the closest to the image at the time. 2 4. The computer readable medium according to item 20 of the patent application scope further provides an operation interface, and uses the operation interface to designate one of the video frames. Page 20 Page 21