CN201585047U - Network camera - Google Patents
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The utility model provides a camera with a network interface; the network camera comprises an image sensing unit used for capturing image information, a digital image processing unit used for converting and compressing the image information into a digital image signal, a series data coding unit used for coding the digital image signal so as to generate a data signal meeting an operating system software interface, and a network control unit used for converting the data signal into a serial network signal packet; therefore, a user can connect the network camera of the utility model with a computer or the embedded system devices of other network interfaces. Compared with the current network camera limited by the connection length of USB, the network camera can greatly increase the distance between the network camera and the computer and improve the convenience and diversity of use.
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Technical field
The utility model refers to have the network camera of socket with transmitting audio-video signal especially about a kind of network camera.
Background technology
Network camera (WebCam) is to produce video signal stream after the signal digitlization of self imaging transducer in the future, and with video signal stream by the usb data transmission line to computer, and the user only can watch this network camera institute picked image by the computer of video camera connection therewith, by the web application in the computer, the video camera image is sent to another specific computer installation again.
Above-mentioned external mounted network camera is to be connected with computer by the USB transmission line, and some high-order mobile computer is to adopt built-in mode that network camera is installed in computer-internal.Yet, no matter be built-in or external mounted network camera, all face identical problem, i.e. limited the and unit list inconvenience that causes in the use because of distance.With the built-in network camera machine is example, because the visual angle is fixed, the user must move the image that whole mobile computer could capture different azimuth, therefore causes the inconvenience in the use.Even if adopt the circumscribed network camera, still can be subjected to the influence of USB length of transmission line.The USB transmission line can only be accomplished 5 meters at present, if there is transmission range to surpass 5 meters application scenario, can't use, so all be very limited regardless of the putting position or the application mode that are network camera.
In order to address the above problem, industrial circle proposes a kind of network camera that is called IP Cam, it adopts the RJ-45 network interface of standard to connect video camera, can directly utilize network or the internet Internet remote image of watching or record a video, the long-distance user can watch the IP position that utilizes web browser to import this IP-Cam video camera of only need surfing the Net, and supports as multiple network frameworks such as ADSL, Internet, LAN, WLAN.Owing to have the IP position in the IP Cam, be fit to very much carry out functions such as Remote Network Monitoring and video recording
Yet, IP Cam is because function is polynary so must integrate multiple high-order chip, for example image compression chip, network control chip and internal memory etc., its manufacturing cost improves relatively, therefore its price still can't be accepted by masses, no matter and institute possesses function or requiredly when installing possess network of relation knowledge, all considerably beyond general user's requirement.
Therefore, how to create a kind of socket can suit user's demand again with transmitting audio-video signal network camera that has, with the problem that the expensive and difficult installation of not convenient or IP Cam that solves the current network video camera is set up, will be that the utility model desires actively to disclose part.
Summary of the invention
Because the shortcoming of above-mentioned current control device, it does not reach perfection creator's thoughts, exhausts the concentrated research of its intelligence then and overcomes, and is engaged in this industry with it and accumulates experience for many years, and then develop a kind of network camera, in the hope of solving the weak point of network camera in the current techniques.
The main purpose of the utility model is providing a kind of video camera with socket with transmitting audio-video signal, it can compress video-audio signal and encode, transmit this video-audio signal with network communication protocol again, therefore can link computer or data processing equipment automatically by the grid line and the existing network facilities, and then solve the problem that the use of current network video camera is not convenient or the expensive and difficult installation of IP Cam is set up.
For reaching above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides a kind of video camera of LAN use, and it comprises: an image sensing unit is used for pick-up image information; One digitized video processing unit is used for this image information being changed and being compressed to become the digital image signal data; The serial datum coding unit, being used for these digital image signal data are encoded is compatible with the serial image data signal flow of operating system interface standard with generation; And a network control unit, be used for this serial image data signal flow is converted to serial network signal package, for Network Transmission.
In a preferred aspect, above-mentioned network camera more comprises an audio frequency sensing cell, is used to capture audio-frequency information; An and digital audio processing unit, be used for this audio-frequency information being changed and being compressed to become the digital audio and video signals data, wherein this serial data coding unit is encoded to produce serial video-audio signal stream to these digital image signal data and digital audio and video signals data, and this network control unit is changed to this serial video-audio signal circulation can be for the audio-visual network signal package of serial of Network Transmission.
The network camera of the utility model can be converted to the digital audio-video data video-audio data of network package specification, makes the webcam function by the network delivery video-audio data, improves the convenience that uses.Though and the network camera of the utility model adopts as the IP communications protocol among the IP CAM, its network capacity of limit makes it only can use in internal network, and it is easier that the production cost that therefore reduces network camera greatly also makes installation set up.
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Fig. 1 is the basic framework figure of the network camera of the utility model.
Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram of specific embodiment of the network camera of the utility model.
Fig. 3 is applied to the Organization Chart of Intranet for the network camera of the utility model.
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Be fully to understand purpose, feature and the effect of the utility model,, and cooperate appended graphicly, the utility model is described in detail now by following concrete embodiment, illustrate as after:
Fig. 1 is the basic framework figure of the network camera of the utility model.As shown in the figure, the network camera 1 of the utility model comprises following member.
Digitized video processing unit 11 electrically connects image sensing unit 10, is used for this image sensing unit 10 obtained image informations being changed and being compressed to become digital image signal.Wherein, digitized video processing unit 11 can be a little process chip of image with analog digital translation function, can be digital image signal with the analog image information translation, compresses also or with signal of video signal or changes its transmission standard.
Serial data coding unit 12, electrically connect digitized video processing unit 11, be used for this digital image signal is encoded to produce the serial data signal stream of the reference format that operating system can support, make ancillary equipment need not be when on-line computer other installation of drive software, therefore can increase the convenience of transfer of data.The present invention's serial data coding unit 12 is integrated in the driver collection of this data processing equipment of compatibility in this serial data signal stream, so the drive software of this network camera need not be installed when network camera is connected with computer in addition.
During concrete enforcement, at first, utilize lens set 14 to make image sensing unit 10 acquisition external image information, then, make digitized video processing unit 11 that this image information is converted to digital image signal and compress, moreover, encode to produce serial image data signal flow with 12 pairs of these digital image signals of serial data coding unit, at last, make network control unit 13 this serial image data signal flow is converted to the network signal of package form.
In a preferred aspect, the network camera of the utility model more comprises and is used to capture the audio frequency sensing cell of audio-frequency information and is used for the conversion of this audio-frequency information and compression to become the digital audio processing unit of digital audio and video signals, wherein 12 pairs of these digital image signals of this serial data coding unit and digital audio and video signals are encoded to produce serial video-audio data signal flow, make this network control unit 13 this serial video-audio data signal flow is converted to the audio-visual network signal stream of package form again, therefore, when the user holds computer that package is deciphered, can obtain the image data and the voice data of network camera end.
In another preferred aspect, above-mentioned network control unit 13 can pass through cable network or at least one data processing equipment of wireless network link, and wherein this data processing equipment can be computer, mobile phone, PDA(Personal Digital Assistant) or other has the device of data processing and network on-line function.
See also Fig. 2, be the schematic diagram of the specific embodiment of the network camera of the utility model.As shown in the figure, comprise image sensor 20, frequency induction device 21, little process chip 22, network signal control chip 23 and lens set 24 with the network camera 2 of network system 3 bindings, wherein little process chip 22 more comprises digital signal converting unit 220 and serial data coding unit 221.
By the way, the user holds computer to connect this network camera 2 by network system 3, the grid line connected network video camera 2 of numbering RJ45 for example is provided, and collocation can significantly increase the distance of network camera 2 and computer as bridging devices such as hub or routers again.With company's internal network (IntraNet) is example, even is not problem every several buildings.
In a preferred aspect, network signal control chip 23 can pass through cable network or at least one data processing equipment of wireless network link, and wherein this data processing equipment can initiatively link this network control unit to capture the network signal of this video camera output by an application software.
In another preferred aspect, above-mentioned serial data coding unit 221 should be encoded the data of back to network signal control chip 23 by universal serial bus.
See also Fig. 3, be applied to the Organization Chart of Intranet for the network camera of the utility model.As shown in the figure, network camera 2A, the 2B of the utility model links by Intranet 3` and user's computer 4, and wherein this user's computer 4 has an on-line program 41.
During concrete enforcement, earlier by user's computer 4 opening application programs 41, application program 41 search automatically (also can be LAN) among the Intranet 3` whether have can be online network camera, then, with the network camera 2A that searches, user's operation-interface that 2B is shown in its software.And user's computer 4 initiatively links selected network camera by Intranet 3`, and captures its video-audio data package.Then, by user's computer 4 the video-audio data package is deciphered to obtain the data data, at last, carry out these data data are shown long-range (being the network camera end) by the output device (screen or loudspeaker) of user's computer 4 image data and voice data by application program 41.
The network camera of the utility model utilizes the method for above-mentioned conversion of signals with match operation system standard serial form for the network signal of package form, make network camera institute picked image signal and audio signal can transfer to the computer equipment of user end, therefore can improve the convenience of network camera when setting up and when using greatly by network system.Moreover the network camera of the utility model is not the framework that uses current IP CAM, so need not use price high processing chip, therefore can reduce the cost of manufacture of network camera.
As mentioned above, the utility model meets patent three important documents fully: the utilizability on novelty, progressive and the industry.With novelty and progressive, the utility model can reduce the cost of network camera and the convenience that raising is used in conjunction with the technology of serial code technology and operating system standard serial signal specification commentaries on classics network specification; With regard to the utilizability on the industry, the network camera and the Related product that utilize the utility model to derive are when the demand that can fully satisfy existing market.
The utility model discloses with preferred embodiment hereinbefore, so has the knack of this operator and it should be understood that this embodiment only is used to describe the utility model, and should not be read as the scope that limits the utility model.It should be noted, with the variation and the displacement of this embodiment equivalence, all should be made as in the category that is covered by the utility model such as.Therefore, the protection range of the utility model when with hereinafter claim the person of being defined be as the criterion.
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1. a network camera is characterized in that, comprises:
One image sensing unit is used for pick-up image information;
One digitized video processing unit is used for this image information is converted to digital image signal;
The serial datum coding unit is used for this digital image signal is encoded to produce serial image data signal flow; And
One network control unit is used for this serial image data signal flow is converted to serial network signal package.
2. network camera as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, more comprises:
One audio frequency sensing cell is used to capture audio-frequency information; And
One digital audio processing unit, be used for this audio-frequency information is converted to digital audio and video signals, wherein this serial data coding unit is encoded to produce serial video-audio signal stream to this digital image signal and digital audio and video signals, makes this network control unit that this serial video-audio signal circulation is changed to the audio-visual network signal package of serial.
3. network camera as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this digitized video processing unit compresses to produce this digital image signal this image information.
4. network camera as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this network control unit is by cable network or at least one data processing equipment of wireless network link.
5. network camera as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, this data processing equipment is computer, mobile phone or personal digital assistant PDA.
6. network camera as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, this serial data coding unit is integrated in this serial data signal with the driver collection of this data processing equipment of compatibility.
7. network camera as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that this cable network or wireless network architecture are in Intranet IntraNet.
8. network camera as claimed in claim 4 is characterized in that, this data processing equipment initiatively links this network control unit to capture this serial network signal package by an on-line software.
9. network camera as claimed in claim 1 is characterized in that, this serial data coding unit transfers to this network control unit by serial data bus with this serial image data signal flow.
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