CN107734608B - Camera device and method for reducing power consumption of camera device - Google Patents
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Abstract
The application discloses a camera device and a method for reducing power consumption of the camera device. The first communication module and the second communication module are used for performing data interaction with a communication opposite terminal in a default mode under the first communication requirement and the second communication requirement respectively; the power consumption of the first communication module is less than that of the second communication module, and the first communication requirement is lower than the second communication requirement; and the first processor is used for using/switching to the first communication module when the signal strength between the first communication module and the communication opposite end is greater than or equal to a threshold value, so that the first communication module performs data interaction with the communication opposite end under the communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement. By means of the mode, the power consumption of the camera device can be effectively reduced, and the use experience of a user is improved.
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Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to the field of monitoring devices, and in particular, to an image capturing apparatus and a method for reducing power consumption of the image capturing apparatus.
Background
With the continuous development of scientific technology and the improvement of the quality of life of people, the requirements of people on equipment in the field of security monitoring are higher and higher. In order to facilitate installation and use, the monitoring equipment is used for replacing a wired mode with a wireless mode, and the mobile power supply is free of the constraint of a power socket.
Because the user is supported to check the real-time monitoring picture at any time, the WiFi module of the camera device needs to keep communicating with the wireless gateway of the opposite communication terminal all the time, and the power consumption of the camera device is large due to the large power consumption of the WiFi module, so that the power consumption of the camera device is large, and the user experience is poor.
Disclosure of Invention
The technical problem mainly solved by the application is to provide an image pickup device and a method for reducing power consumption of the image pickup device, which can solve the problem of large power consumption of the existing image pickup equipment.
In order to solve the technical problem, the application adopts a technical scheme that: a camera device is provided, which comprises a first communication module, a second communication module and a first processor. The first communication module and the second communication module are used for performing data interaction with a communication opposite terminal in a default mode under the first communication requirement and the second communication requirement respectively; the power consumption of the first communication module is smaller than that of the second communication module, and the first communication requirement is lower than the second communication requirement. The first processor is used for using/switching to the first communication module when the signal strength of the connection between the first communication module and the correspondent node is greater than or equal to a threshold value, so that the first communication module performs data interaction with the correspondent node under a communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement.
In order to solve the above technical problem, another technical solution adopted by the present application is: provided is a method for reducing power consumption of an image pickup apparatus, including: the camera device judges whether the signal intensity between the first communication module and the communication opposite terminal is larger than or equal to a threshold value.
And when the signal strength between the first communication module and the opposite communication terminal is judged to be greater than or equal to a threshold value, the first communication module is used or the second communication module is switched to the first communication module, so that the first communication module and the opposite communication terminal perform data interaction under the communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement. The power consumption of the first communication module is smaller than that of the second communication module.
The beneficial effect of this application is: through first communication module with when the signal strength that the communication opposite end is connected is less than the threshold value, use/switch to than second communication module consumption low first communication module makes first communication module be higher than under the first communication requirement with the communication opposite end carries out data interaction, can not only guarantee the speed of data interaction, and has improved traditional camera device and can only use second communication module and communication opposite end to carry out the big scheduling problem of power consumption that data interaction brought, can effectively reduce camera device's consumption.
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FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an embodiment of the image capturing apparatus of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is another schematic diagram of an embodiment of the image capturing device of the present invention;
FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the image capturing device of the present invention;
FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of another embodiment of the camera device of the present invention;
FIG. 5 is a schematic flow chart of the embodiment of the image capturing apparatus provided in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is another schematic flow diagram of the embodiment of the camera device provided in FIG. 1;
FIG. 7 is a schematic flow chart of an embodiment of the camera device provided in FIG. 3;
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a method for reducing power consumption of an image capturing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention;
fig. 9 is another schematic flow chart of an embodiment of the method for reducing power consumption of the image capturing apparatus according to the present invention.
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Referring to fig. 1 to 3, the camera device according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a first communication module 11, a second communication module 12, and a first processor 13.
Generally, the imaging device 10 has a function of capturing and recording an image or video. The first communication module 11 and the second communication module 12 can be communicatively connected to a correspondent node 20, such as a base station host, and further such as a router, for transmitting or receiving data. The first processor 13 is a Main Control Unit (MCU) of the image pickup apparatus 10, and controls the operation of the image pickup apparatus 10. In practical use, the correspondent node 20 is typically connected to the internet or an internal lan to facilitate data transmission from the camera 10 to a third-party device, such as a mobile phone. In this embodiment, the first communication module 11 and the second communication module 12 perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 by default under the first communication requirement and the second communication requirement, respectively. That is, in a default state, the first communication module 11 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the first communication requirement; the second communication module 12 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement. In this embodiment, the general image capturing apparatus 10 may store key information, pairing information, authentication information, and the like for establishing communication connection with the correspondent node 20 corresponding to the first communication module 11 and the second communication module 12, and may also acquire the key information, the pairing information, the authentication information, and the like at a later stage to perform pairing, the image capturing apparatus 10 may perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 through one of the first communication module 11 and the second communication module 12, and the image capturing apparatus 10 may also perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 through both the first communication module 11 and the second communication module 12. Wherein, the power consumption of the first communication module 11 is less than the power consumption of the second communication module 12. The first communication requirement is lower than the second communication requirement. In the embodiment, the correspondent node 20 includes a connection port corresponding to the first communication module 11 and a connection port corresponding to the second communication module 12, so as to establish communication connection with the first communication module 11 and the second communication module 12 respectively.
In this embodiment, the communication requirement refers to the capability of the first communication module 11 or the second communication module 12 to transmit or receive data, for example, the speed of transmitting or receiving data. The first communication requirement is lower than the second communication requirement, which means that the capability of the image pickup apparatus 10 for data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement is greater than the capability for data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the first communication requirement, for example, the transmission rate of the first communication module 11 is 2000kbps at the maximum under the first communication requirement, while the transmission rate of the first communication module 11 is 4000kbps at the maximum under the second communication requirement, and the minimum rate is 2001 kbps. The transmission speed of the second communication module 12 under the second communication requirement is greater than 2001kbps, and the maximum transmission rate is greater than 4000kbps, for example, the transmission speed range of the second communication module 12 under the second communication requirement is 3400kbps to 8000 kbps. In the embodiment, the data interaction between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 under the first communication requirement and the second communication requirement is lower than the power consumption generated by using the second communication module 12, and further, the power consumption of the first communication module 11 under the first communication requirement is lower than that under the second communication requirement.
Referring to fig. 4, the first processor 13 is configured to use/switch to the first communication module 11 when the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to the threshold value, so that the first communication module 11 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under a communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement, for example, a second communication requirement.
Specifically, when the camera device 10 does not perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 through the first communication module 11 and the second communication module 12, or when the camera device 10 is currently performing data interaction with the correspondent node 20 by using the first communication module 11, when the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the camera device starts or continues to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 by using the first communication module 11 under the communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement. When the camera device 10 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 through the second communication module 12, when the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to the threshold, the second communication module 12 is switched to the first communication module 11 to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement.
Specifically, the first processor 13 determines the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20. No matter whether the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 establish a communication connection, the first processor 13 can detect the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20, and then determine whether the signal strength is greater than or equal to the threshold, and when the signal strength is greater than the threshold, control the first communication module 11 and the second communication module 12 to use/switch to the first communication module 11 and perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20.
In this embodiment, optionally, the threshold of the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 may be converted into another threshold of the signal strength between the second communication module 12 and the correspondent node 20 according to the relationship between the communication capabilities of the first communication module 11 and the second communication module 12, so that the first processor 13 may determine whether the signal strength between the second communication module 12 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to the another threshold, and if so, use/switch to the first communication module 11 to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 at a communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement.
In this embodiment, the data related to the data interaction with the correspondent node 20 may include images or video data acquired by the image capturing device 10, and current state information of the image capturing device 10, such as shooting parameters of the image capturing device 10, time information of the image capturing device 10, battery data if the image capturing device 10 includes a battery, and software and hardware upgrade or update data packets of the image capturing device 10, and certainly include an instruction sent by a third-party device between the image capturing device 10 and the correspondent node 20.
In order to solve the problem of high power consumption of the camera device caused by the fact that the camera device 10 performs data interaction through a communication module with high power consumption in the prior art, in the embodiment, when the signal intensity between the first communication module 11 and the communication opposite terminal 20 is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the first communication module 11 is used or the second communication module 12 is switched to the first communication module 11 to perform data interaction with the communication opposite terminal 20 through the first processor 13, so that the problem of high power consumption caused by the fact that the data interaction is performed only through a communication module with high power in the prior art is solved, and the power consumption of the camera device 10 is effectively reduced.
With continued reference to fig. 2 and fig. 3, optionally, the camera device 10 further includes a battery assembly 16 for supplying power to the camera device 10, specifically, for supplying power to components in the camera device 10, such as the first processor 13, the first communication module 11, the second communication module 12, and the camera assembly 14. Specifically, for example, the battery pack 16 includes a battery 161 and a battery management circuit 162, and the battery 161 supplies power to the image pickup apparatus 10 through the battery management circuit 162. In the present embodiment, the battery management circuit 162 is used for management and protection of the battery 161, such as power saving management and low power protection. For example, in the low power state, a low power signal is sent to the first processor 13, and the first processor 13 uses/switches to the first communication module 11 to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the first communication requirement, so as to reduce power consumption. The battery management circuit 162 includes, for example, an overcurrent protection circuit, an overcharge protection circuit, and an overvoltage protection circuit, and can protect the image pickup apparatus 10 and the battery 161 from damage due to overcurrent or overvoltage when the image pickup apparatus 10 is in operation.
In this embodiment, optionally, the first communication module 11 is a wireless communication module with a radio frequency lower than 2.4GHz, for example, any one of Zigbee, Z-WAVE, and Sub-1G is adopted. For example, the first communication module 11 is a Sub-1G communication module, specifically, the first communication module 11 may adopt a TI Sub-1G series, for example, Sub-1G CC1310 in the Sub-1G series, and the typical working current of the Sub-1G CC1310 is TX (TX: transmit) at +10 dBm: 13.4 mA. The Sub-1G CC1310 operating current 13.4mA is one third to one half of the operating current of a general WiFi component, for example, a WiFi component with a wireless frequency band of 2.4GHz, so the power consumption of the first communication module 11 is lower than that of the second communication module 12. Also, the wireless frequency band of the second communication module 12 is greater than the wireless frequency band of the first communication module 11, so that when the signals of the two are strong, the two are connected through the first communication module 11 to reduce power consumption. In this embodiment, the maximum supportable rate of the Sub-1G module is 4000kbps, for example, the second communication requirement of the Sub-1G module is 2001kbps to 4000 kbps. The second communication module 12 is a WiFi communication module, for example, a WiFi module with a wireless frequency band of 2.4GHz or a WiFi module with a wireless frequency band of 5 GHz.
In the present embodiment, the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to a threshold value, for example, the threshold value is-70 dbm, and if the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is-50 dbm > -70dbm, the first processor 13 uses/switches to the first communication module 11 to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20. Of course, in other embodiments, when the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to the threshold, the first processor 13 may also use/switch the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement.
Optionally, the first processor 13 is further configured to use/switch to the first communication module 11 when the signal strength of the connection between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is less than a threshold value, so that the first communication module 11 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the first communication requirement, or use/switch to the second communication module 12, so that the second communication module 12 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement. In other embodiments, when the signal strength of the connection between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is equal to the threshold, the first communication module 11 may also be used/switched to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the first communication requirement, or the second communication module 12 may also be used/switched to perform data interaction under the second communication requirement.
Specifically, for example, the first processor 13 may be further configured to determine a size of data to be interacted, if the data amount is small (certainly, a certain threshold may be set for comparison), and when the signal strength of the connection between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is smaller than the threshold, the first processor 13 uses/switches to the first communication module 11, so that the first communication module 11 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the first communication requirement. If the data amount is large, for example, high-definition images or videos that need to be transmitted in real time, and when the signal strength of the connection between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is smaller than the threshold value, the first processor 13 uses/switches to the second communication module 12, so that the second communication module 12 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement. For example, the data threshold is 500MB, and the first processor 13 determines that the data amount to be interacted is greater than the data threshold, for example, 700MB >500MB, then the first processor 13 uses/switches to the second communication module 12 to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement.
Referring to fig. 4, the functions of the first processor 13 defined in fig. 1 to 3 above may be replaced by a processor built in the first communication module 11 or the second communication module 12. That is, the function of the first processor 13 may be replaced by a processor (not shown) built in the first communication module 11, and the function of the first processor 13 is embedded in the processor built in the first communication module 11, but in other implementations, the function of the first processor 13 may be replaced by a processor (not shown) built in the second communication module 12, and the function of the first processor 13 is embedded in the processor built in the second communication module 11.
Referring to fig. 1 and 5, the following steps can be implemented by using the image capturing apparatus 10 shown in fig. 1:
s51: the first processor 13 determines whether the signal strength of the connection between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to a threshold.
If the determination result at step S51 is yes, step S52 is executed, and if the determination result at step S51 is no, step S53 is executed.
S52: and performing data interaction with the correspondent node 20 through the first communication module 11 at a communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement.
S53: and performing data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the first communication requirement through the first communication module 11 or switching to the second communication module 12 to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement.
Optionally, the first processor 13 is specifically configured to use/switch to the second communication module 12 when the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is smaller than the threshold and when a first instruction for switching to use the second communication requirement for data interaction is received from the correspondent node 20, so that the second communication module 12 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement. Of course, in other embodiments, when the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is less than the threshold, or when a first instruction for switching to use the second communication requirement for data interaction is received from the correspondent node 20, the first processor 13 uses/switches to the second communication module 12 for data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement. In the embodiment, when the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is less than the threshold and the first instruction for switching to use the second communication requirement for data interaction is received from the correspondent node 20, the first processor 13 uses/switches to the second communication module 12 for data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement. In this embodiment, the first instruction for switching to data interaction using the second communication requirement from the correspondent node 20 specifically includes: a third-party device such as the mobile terminal 30 connected to the correspondent 20 via the internet or an intranet: the mobile phone, the computer, the tablet and the like send a first instruction through the communication peer 20, and the camera device 10 is required to work according to a second communication requirement, for example, a user sends a first instruction that the user wants to view high-definition image data through the mobile phone, and the first processor 13 receives the first instruction and uses/switches to the second communication module 12 to perform data interaction with the communication peer 20 under the second communication requirement, so that the transmission rate of data can be ensured, and the user is supported to view images in real time.
With continued reference to fig. 2, the camera device 10 optionally further includes a sensor 15 coupled to the first processor 13 and a camera assembly 14. The sensor 15 is used to detect the presence of organisms in the environment. The camera assembly 14 is used to acquire, for example, captured or recorded image data. The imagery data may include video, images, and other ancillary data.
Referring to fig. 1 and 6, the following steps can be implemented by using the image capturing apparatus 10 shown in fig. 1:
s61: the first processor 13 receives a first instruction for switching to use the second communication requirement for data interaction, which is sent by the correspondent node 20.
S62: the first processor 13 determines whether the signal strength of the connection between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to a threshold value.
If the determination result at step S62 is yes, step S63 is executed, and if the determination result at step S62 is no, step S64 is executed.
S63: and performing data interaction with the correspondent node 20 through the first communication module 11 at a communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement.
S64: and the use/switch-to second communication module 12 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement.
Referring to fig. 3 and 7, the following steps can be implemented by using the camera device 10 shown in fig. 3:
s71: the sensor 15 detects the presence of a biological body in the environment.
If the determination result at step S71 is yes, step S72 is executed, and if the determination result at step S71 is no, step S73 is executed.
S72: the first processor 13 sends a fourth instruction to the second processor 142, starts the camera 141 to acquire image data, processes the image data, and sends the processed image data to the opposite communication terminal through the first communication module 11 or the second communication module 12.
S73: the first processor 13 sends a fifth instruction to the second processor 142 to close the camera 141, and interacts data with the correspondent node 20 through the first communication module 11.
Optionally, the following steps may be further implemented by using the image capturing apparatus 10 shown in fig. 3:
s74: the first processor 13 receives a second instruction for calling the monitoring picture sent by the correspondent node 20.
Specifically, the second instruction for invoking the monitoring picture may be that the camera assembly 14 directly invokes the monitoring picture in an open state, for example, image data, or that the second instruction triggers the camera assembly 14 to open first and then invokes the monitoring picture in a closed state of the camera assembly 14, for example, when the camera assembly 14 is in the closed state, the first processor starts the camera assembly 14 after receiving the second instruction for invoking the monitoring picture, and then invokes the monitoring picture.
S75: the first processor 13 receives a third instruction sent by the correspondent 20 to turn off the camera assembly 14.
Wherein, step S72 is executed after step S74, and step S73 is executed after step S75.
The first processor 13 is configured to enable the camera assembly 14 and send image data acquired by the camera assembly 14 to the correspondent node 20 under a second communication request when the sensor 15 detects that an organism appears in the environment or receives a second instruction for calling a monitoring picture sent by the correspondent node 20.
With continued reference to fig. 3, in the present embodiment, the sensor 15 is, for example, an infrared sensor 151, such as a pyroelectric infrared sensor (PIR), for detecting infrared radiation of an organism in the environment, but may also be infrared radiation of other objects. For example, when the infrared sensor 151 detects infrared radiation of an organism in the environment, the first processor 13 enables the camera assembly 14 to acquire image data, when the signal intensity between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to a threshold value, the first communication module 11 is used/switched to send the image data to the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement, and when the signal intensity between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is less than the threshold value, the second communication module 12 is used/switched to send the image data to the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement.
In this embodiment, when the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the second communication module 12 is used/switched to send the image data to the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement when the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is less than the threshold value. The monitoring screen may be image data recorded in real time, or may be image data that has been recorded in the imaging device 10, for example, image data of the previous day. Specifically, for example, the image capturing apparatus 10 further includes a storage device (not shown) such as a hard disk, which is used for storing the recorded or currently recorded image data, for example, the image data may be stored for 30 days, and deleted before 30 days, and when receiving a second instruction sent by a third-party device, the first processor 13 sends real-time image data or completed and stored image data according to the instruction requirement.
Optionally, the first processor 13 is further configured to, when the sensor 15 detects that the living organism in the environment disappears, or receives a third instruction sent by the correspondent node 20 to turn off the camera assembly, turn off the camera assembly 14, and stop interacting data with the correspondent node 20 under the first communication requirement.
In other embodiments, if the first processor 13 receives a third instruction sent by the correspondent node 20 to turn off the camera assembly 14, but the sensor 15 still detects the presence of an organism in the environment, the camera assembly 14 may not be turned off and the first communication module 11 or the second communication module 12 may be used/switched to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the second communication requirement according to whether the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to the threshold value. Of course, if the first processor 13 receives the third instruction for turning off the camera assembly 14 sent by the communication peer 20, but the sensor 15 still detects the presence of the living body in the environment, the camera assembly 14 may be turned off.
Specifically, for example, when the sensor 15 detects that a living body in the environment disappears, or receives a third instruction sent by the correspondent node 20 to close the camera assembly 14, the camera device 10 enters a standby state, and the first processor 13 uses/switches to the first communication module 11 to perform data interaction with the correspondent node 20 under the first communication requirement. Of course, in other embodiments, when the image pickup apparatus 10 enters the standby state, the communication connection between the first communication module 11 and/or the second communication module 12 and the correspondent node 20 may be disconnected. When the sensor 15 detects a biological body in the environment, the first processor 13 may enable the first communication module 11 to establish a communication connection with the correspondent node 20.
With continued reference to fig. 3 and 7, optionally, camera assembly 14 includes a camera 141 and a second processor 142. The camera 141 is used for acquiring image data. The second processor 142 is configured to, when receiving the fourth instruction sent by the first processor 13, turn on the camera 141 to obtain image data, process the obtained image data, and send the processed image data to the correspondent node 20 through the first communication module 11 or the second communication module 12, or, when receiving the fifth instruction sent by the first processor 13, turn off the camera 141. In this embodiment, the second processor 142 of the camera assembly 14 may be a Central Processing Unit (CPU), and the image sensor of the camera 141 is a CCD sensor or a CMOS sensor. Optionally, the resolution of the camera is one of 640 × 480-3840 × 2160. Optionally, the camera 141 includes an infrared emitting device (not shown) for emitting infrared rays to be projected onto the object to obtain image data when the light is dark. The infrared emitting device may be a combination of a plurality of infrared lamps, for example a combination of 9 infrared lamps of 940nm, each having a large-sized light emitting unit of 14 um. Further optionally, the camera 141 includes a photosensitive sensor for detecting light of the external environment to switch the daytime operation mode or the nighttime operation mode. Optionally, the camera 141 further includes a microphone (not shown) for synchronously acquiring audio data when acquiring image data. The second processor 142 processes the audio data and the image data to form processed image data with audio.
The fourth instruction is sent by the first processor 13 to the second processor 142 when the sensor 15 detects that a living body appears in the environment, or the second instruction for calling the monitoring picture sent by the correspondent node 20 is received, and the fifth instruction is sent by the first processor 13 to the second processor 142 when the sensor 15 detects that the living body in the environment disappears, or the third instruction for turning off the camera assembly 14 sent by the correspondent node 20 is received.
Specifically, the first processor 13 sends a fourth instruction to the second processor 142 when the sensor 15 detects that a living body appears in the environment or receives the second instruction, the second processor 142 turns on the camera 141 in response to the fourth instruction, the camera 141 acquires image data, and the second processor 142 processes influence data acquired by the camera 141, for example, marks the image data to form image data with information of time, size, position, and the like, performs denoising processing and reformatting processing on the image data, and is not limited thereto. When the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is greater than or equal to the threshold, the first processor 13 uses/switches the first communication module 11 to transmit the processed image data according to the second communication request. When the signal strength between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is smaller than the threshold, the first processor 13 uses/switches the second communication module 12 to transmit the processed image data according to the second communication requirement or the first processor 13 uses/switches the first communication module 11 to transmit the processed image data according to the first communication requirement.
In this embodiment, when the first processor 13 sends the fifth instruction to the second processor 142, the second processor 142 turns off the camera 141 after responding to the fifth instruction, and meanwhile, the second processor 142 may also turn off (the first processor 13 may instruct to turn off, or may turn off itself) or enter a sleep state, or certainly, the second processor 142 may not be turned off. When the first processor 13 sends the fourth instruction to the second processor 142, if the second processor 142 is not turned off, the second processor 142 directly responds to the fourth instruction and turns on the camera 141, and if the second processor 142 is in a sleep or off state, the first processor 13 sends the fourth instruction to wake up the second processor 142 or turns on the second processor 142, and then the second processor 142 turns on the camera 141 in response to the fourth instruction.
When the sensor 15 detects that a living body in the environment disappears or a third instruction for turning off the camera assembly 14 sent by the correspondent node 20 is received, the first processor 13 sends a fifth instruction to the second processor 142, the second processor 142 turns off the camera 141 in response to the fifth instruction, for example, the camera 10 is in a standby state, at this time, the camera 10 performs data interaction with the correspondent node 20 through the first communication module 11 or the camera 10 disconnects the communication connection between the first communication module 11 and the second communication module 12 and the correspondent node 20, and when the sensor 15 detects a living body, the first processor 13 makes the first communication module 11 perform communication connection with the correspondent node 20.
Optionally, the first processor 13 is further configured to acquire, through the first communication module 11, a service set identifier, a WiFi connection password, and channel information of WiFi connection with the communication peer 20, so that when the camera device 10 enables the WiFi communication module, a WiFi connection is formed with the communication peer 20. In other embodiments, when the camera device 10 and the correspondent node 20 are communicatively connected, connection information, such as a service set identifier, a connection key, channel information, etc., between the first communication module 11 and the correspondent node 20 is paired and stored in the camera device 10, so that the connection can be performed without pairing in a later connection. Similarly, the connection information between the second communication module 12 and the communication peer 20 is also paired and stored in the image pickup device 10, and then the connection can be performed without performing the re-pairing in the subsequent connection.
Referring to fig. 8 and 9, an embodiment of the method for reducing power consumption of an image capturing apparatus according to the present invention includes:
s81: the camera device judges whether the signal intensity between the first communication module and the communication opposite terminal is larger than or equal to a threshold value.
S82: and when the signal strength between the first communication module and the communication opposite terminal is judged to be larger than or equal to the threshold value, the first communication module is used or the second communication module is switched to the first communication module, so that the first communication module and the communication opposite terminal perform data interaction under the communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement.
And the power consumption of the first communication module is less than that of the second communication module.
With continued reference to fig. 9, an embodiment of the method for reducing power consumption of an image capturing apparatus according to the present invention further includes:
s91: detecting the presence of the organism in the environment.
S92: when an organism appears in the environment or a second instruction for calling the monitoring picture sent by the opposite communication terminal is received, starting a camera assembly of the camera device and sending image data acquired by the camera assembly to the opposite communication terminal under the requirement of second communication; and
s93: and when the disappearance of the organism in the environment is detected or a third instruction for closing the camera assembly sent by the communication opposite end is received, closing the camera assembly, and stopping data interaction with the communication opposite end under the first communication requirement.
For the method embodiment of reducing the power consumption of the image pickup apparatus, reference may be made to the description of the embodiment of the image pickup apparatus of the present invention, and details are not described herein again.
In summary, in the embodiment, when the signal strength between the first communication module and the communication peer is greater than or equal to the threshold value, the first communication module is used or the second communication module is switched to the first communication module to perform data interaction with the communication peer through the first processor, so that the problems of high power consumption and the like caused by the fact that a communication module with higher power is used for data interaction in the prior art are solved, and the power consumption of the camera device is effectively reduced.
The above description is only an example of the present application and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application, and all modifications of equivalent structures and equivalent processes, which are made by the contents of the specification and the drawings, or which are directly or indirectly applied to other related technical fields, are intended to be included within the scope of the present application.
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1. An image pickup apparatus, comprising:
the first communication module and the second communication module are used for performing data interaction with a communication opposite terminal under the first communication requirement and the second communication requirement respectively by default; wherein the power consumption of the first communication module is less than the power consumption of the second communication module, and the first communication requirement is lower than the second communication requirement;
and the first processor is used for using/switching to the first communication module when the signal strength between the first communication module and the communication opposite end is greater than or equal to a threshold value, so that the first communication module performs data interaction with the communication opposite end under the communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement.
2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,
the first processor is further configured to use/switch to the first communication module when the signal strength of the connection between the first communication module and the correspondent node is less than a threshold value, so that the first communication module performs data interaction with the correspondent node under the first communication requirement, or use/switch to the second communication module, so that the second communication module performs data interaction with the correspondent node under the second communication requirement.
3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 2,
the first processor is specifically configured to, when the signal strength between the first communication module and the correspondent node is smaller than a threshold and a first instruction for switching to use the second communication requirement for data interaction is received from the correspondent node, use/switch to the second communication module, so that the second communication module performs data interaction with the correspondent node under the second communication requirement.
4. The image pickup apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3,
the camera device also comprises a sensor and a camera assembly which are connected with the first processor;
the sensor is used for detecting whether organisms appear in the environment;
the camera assembly is used for acquiring image data;
the first processor is used for starting the camera assembly and sending the image data acquired by the camera assembly to the opposite communication terminal under the second communication requirement when the sensor detects that an organism appears in the environment or receives a second instruction which is sent by the opposite communication terminal and used for calling a monitoring picture.
5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 4,
the first processor is further used for turning off the camera assembly when the sensor detects that the organism in the environment disappears or receives a third instruction which is sent by the communication opposite end and used for turning off the camera assembly, and stopping data interaction with the communication opposite end under the first communication requirement.
6. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 5,
the camera assembly comprises a camera and a second processor;
the camera is used for acquiring image data;
the second processor is used for starting the camera to acquire the image data and process the image data when receiving a fourth instruction sent by the first processor, and sending the processed image data to the opposite communication terminal through the first communication module or the second communication module, or
When a fifth instruction sent by the first processor is received, the camera is closed;
the fourth instruction is sent to the second processor by the first processor when the sensor detects that a biological body appears in the environment or receives a second instruction sent by the opposite communication terminal for calling a monitoring picture, and the fifth instruction is sent to the second processor by the first processor when the sensor detects that the biological body in the environment disappears or receives the third instruction sent by the opposite communication terminal for closing the camera assembly.
7. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 4,
the first communication module adopts any one communication scheme of Zigbee, Z-WAVE or Sub-1G; the second communication module is a WiFi communication module; and/or
The sensor is an infrared sensor for detecting infrared radiation of organisms in the environment.
8. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 7,
the first processor is further used for acquiring a service set identifier, a WiFi connection password and channel information which are connected with the WiFi of the communication opposite terminal through the first communication module, so that when the camera device starts the WiFi communication module, WiFi connection is formed between the camera device and the communication opposite terminal.
9. A method of reducing power consumption of an imaging device, comprising:
the camera device judges whether the signal intensity between the first communication module and the communication opposite terminal is greater than or equal to a threshold value;
when the signal intensity between the first communication module and the opposite communication terminal is judged to be larger than or equal to the threshold value, the first communication module is used or the second communication module is switched to the first communication module, so that the first communication module and the opposite communication terminal perform data interaction under the communication requirement higher than the first communication requirement;
the power consumption of the first communication module is smaller than that of the second communication module, the first communication module and the second communication module are defaulted to perform data interaction with a communication opposite terminal under a first communication requirement and a second communication requirement respectively, and the first communication requirement is lower than the second communication requirement.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:
detecting whether an organism appears in the environment;
when an organism appears in an environment or a second instruction for calling a monitoring picture sent by the opposite communication terminal is received, starting a camera assembly of the camera device and sending image data acquired by the camera assembly to the opposite communication terminal under the second communication requirement; and
and when the disappearance of the organism in the environment is detected or a third instruction for closing the camera assembly sent by the communication opposite end is received, closing the camera assembly, and stopping data interaction with the communication opposite end under the first communication requirement.
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