CN220108099U - Intelligent camera and intelligent camera system - Google Patents

Abstract

The utility model relates to an intelligent camera and an intelligent camera system, wherein the intelligent camera comprises: the intelligent camera module is used for acquiring image data; the input end of the interface intercommunication module is connected with the output end of the intelligent camera module; and the output end of the interface intercommunication module is connected with the input end of the AI algorithm module. According to the intelligent camera, the interface intercommunication module is arranged, the interface protocol converter is utilized to convert the data sent by cameras of different manufacturers into the unified interface protocol, so that the equipment intercommunication requirements of different manufacturers can be met, the technical investment and the technical threshold of the whole machine manufacturer can be greatly reduced, the requirement that equipment production needs to be customized due to different related industry specifications of different industries is avoided, and the production cost of manufacturers is reduced.

Description

Intelligent camera and intelligent camera system

Technical Field

The utility model belongs to the technical field of intelligent cameras, and particularly relates to an intelligent camera and an intelligent camera system.

Background

With the advent of the worldwide interconnection age and the popularization of wireless networks, the number of devices at the network edge and the data volume generated by the devices are rapidly increased, the cloud computing and storage gradually cannot meet the requirements of real-time performance, bandwidth and the like of terminal devices, at the moment, an edge computing gateway is generated, and the edge computing gateway pulls down a part of cloud computing and storage work to an edge end for processing, so that the pressure of the cloud is relieved, and meanwhile, the requirement of high real-time performance of the terminal devices is met.

However, with the continuous development of AI application, the demand for image recognition is increasing, many cameras relying on edge computing gateways need to provide GPU computing power to meet the requirement of the cameras for fast recognition of faces and objects, and at this time, conventional edge computing gateways cannot meet the requirement, so that only a small server with GPU can be used as an edge computing gateway to meet the demand, which not only consumes high power, but also has a significant increase in cost compared with conventional schemes.

However, at present, AI mobile cameras and AI chip manufacturers have a plurality of interfaces, and the interfaces are not uniform, so that the technical investment and the technical threshold of the AI algorithm module operating system are high. Secondly, the AI intelligent camera has high reliability requirement, and in equipment with various industry standard specifications, the protection is carried out by using a hardware encryption card, so that the customization requirement of equipment production is brought, and the production cost is higher. In addition, the intercommunication requirement between different manufacturer devices cannot be realized.

Disclosure of Invention

In order to solve the problems in the prior art, the utility model provides an intelligent camera and an intelligent camera system. The technical problems to be solved by the utility model are realized by the following technical scheme:

the utility model provides an intelligent camera, comprising: the intelligent camera module, the interface intercommunication module and the AI algorithm module, wherein,

the intelligent camera module acquires image data;

the input end of the interface intercommunication module is connected with the output end of the intelligent camera module;

and the output end of the interface intercommunication module is connected with the input end of the AI algorithm module.

In one embodiment of the present utility model, the interface interworking module includes a receiving port, an interface protocol converter, and an output port; wherein,

the image data conforming to a first interface protocol is transmitted to the interface protocol converter through the receiving port;

the interface protocol converter outputs the image data conforming to a second interface protocol through the output port.

In one embodiment of the utility model, the interface protocol converter comprises: a converter for converting a network port into an SPI serial port, a converter for converting MIPI into HDMI, a converter for converting MIPI into MHL, a converter for converting LVDS into TTL, a converter for converting a network port into RJ45, a converter for converting HDMI into SDI or a converter for converting a serial port into a network port.

In one embodiment of the utility model, the smart camera module comprises a smart camera and a communication module, wherein,

the intelligent camera acquires the image data;

and the image data is transmitted to the interface intercommunication module through the communication module.

In one embodiment of the utility model, the communication module comprises: WIFI module, 4G module, 5G module, ad hoc network module, zigbee module or Lora module.

The utility model also provides an intelligent camera system, which comprises a plurality of intelligent cameras according to any of the above embodiments.

Compared with the prior art, the utility model has the beneficial effects that:

1. according to the intelligent camera, the interface intercommunication module is arranged, and the interface protocol converter is utilized to convert data sent by intelligent cameras of different manufacturers into a unified interface protocol, so that the equipment intercommunication requirements of different manufacturers can be met, and the technical investment and technical threshold of the manufacturers of the whole camera can be greatly reduced;

2. the intelligent camera provided by the utility model can be used for avoiding the requirement of customizing equipment production due to different related industry specifications of different industries and reducing the production cost of manufacturers.

The foregoing description is only an overview of the present utility model, and is intended to be implemented in accordance with the teachings of the present utility model, as well as the preferred embodiments thereof, together with the following detailed description of the utility model, given by way of illustration only, together with the accompanying drawings.

Drawings

Fig. 1 is a block diagram of an intelligent camera according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an interface interworking module according to an embodiment of the present utility model;

fig. 3 is a block diagram of an intelligent camera system according to an embodiment of the present utility model.

Icon: 10-an intelligent camera module; 20-an interface intercommunication module; a 30-AI algorithm module; 201-a receiving port; 202-interface protocol converter; 203-output port.

Detailed Description

In a first aspect, referring to fig. 1, fig. 1 is a block diagram of an intelligent camera according to an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 1, the intelligent camera of the present embodiment includes: the intelligent camera module 10, the interface intercommunication module 20 and the AI algorithm module 30; wherein the intelligent camera module 10 acquires image data; the input end of the interface intercommunication module 20 is connected with the output end of the intelligent camera module 10; the output of the interface interworking module 20 is connected to the input of the AI algorithm module 30.

Referring to fig. 2 in combination with a block diagram of an interface interworking module according to an embodiment of the present utility model, as shown in fig. 2, the interface interworking module 20 of the present embodiment includes a receiving port 201, an interface protocol converter 202, and an output port 203; wherein, the image data conforming to the first interface protocol (i.e. the output port protocol of the smart camera module 10) is transmitted to the interface protocol converter 202 through the receiving port 201; the interface protocol converter 202 outputs image data conforming to a second interface protocol (i.e., the input port protocol of the AI algorithm module 30) through an output port 203.

Alternatively, the interface protocol converter 202 may be a converter for converting a network port to an SPI serial port, such as a CH392F chip, or a converter for converting an MIPI to an HDMI, or a converter for converting an MIPI to an MHL, such as an LT8912B chip, or a converter for converting an LVDS to a TTL, such as an MS90C386B chip, or a converter for converting a network port to an RJ45, such as a DB9 (male/female) -RJ45 converter, or a converter for converting an HDMI to an SDI, such as an HDCNO024M1 converter, or a converter for converting a serial port to a network port, such as a USR-TCP232-306-C7 converter.

It should be noted that the interface protocol converter 202 may be selected according to practical application requirements, and is not limited herein.

In an alternative embodiment, the smart camera module 10 includes a smart camera and a communication module, wherein the smart camera acquires image data; the image data is transmitted to the interface interworking module 20 through the communication module.

Alternatively, the image data may be encrypted image data.

Optionally, the communication module includes: WIFI module, 4G module, 5G module, ad hoc network module, zigbee module or Lora module.

In this embodiment, the interface interworking module 20 receives the image data sent from the smart camera module 10 by using the receiving port 201, the interface protocol converter 202 performs protocol conversion on the interface protocol of the image data, converts the interface protocol into a unified interface protocol, and the output port 203 sends the data to the AI algorithm module 30 according to the unified interface protocol. Optionally, the AI algorithm module 30 includes a decryption module and an operating system to decrypt and AI calculate the received image data.

In this embodiment, the AI algorithm module 30 is used to perform AI computation on the image data collected by the smart camera module 10. Because the interface protocols are different, different intelligent camera modules 10 need to customize different AI algorithm modules 30, and different interface protocols can be converted into a uniform interface protocol through the interface intercommunication module 20, so that the subsequent AI calculation of data by using the uniform AI algorithm modules 30 is convenient. By adding the interface intercommunication module 20 to carry out interface intercommunication on the modules with different interfaces, the unified AI algorithm module 30 can be used for different intelligent camera modules 10 without customization.

Secondly, the provided interface intercommunication module 20 of the intelligent camera of the embodiment converts the data sent by the intelligent cameras of different manufacturers into a unified interface protocol by using the interface protocol converter 202, which can meet the intercommunication requirements of the equipment of different manufacturers and can greatly reduce the technical investment and the technical threshold of the manufacturers of the whole machine.

In addition, in the intelligent camera of the embodiment, the AI algorithm module 30 is set to enable the intelligent camera to have stronger AI computing capability, and the interface intercommunication module 20 performs interface protocol conversion on different intelligent camera modules 10 to be converted into a unified interface protocol, so that the requirement that equipment production needs customization due to different related industry specifications of different industries can be avoided, and the production cost of manufacturers is reduced.

In a second aspect, the present embodiment further provides an intelligent camera system, please refer to fig. 3 in combination, and fig. 3 is a block diagram of an intelligent camera system according to an embodiment of the present utility model. As shown in fig. 3, the smart camera system of the present embodiment includes a plurality of smart cameras as provided in the first aspect described above.

Optionally, in the intelligent camera system, each intelligent camera may perform processing of corresponding image data by using a corresponding AI algorithm module 30, or the intelligent camera modules 10 of multiple intelligent cameras may convert collected image data into a unified interface protocol by using the interface intercommunication module 20 and then transmit the unified interface protocol to one AI algorithm module 30 for subsequent AI computation, so as to improve data processing speed, or may group multiple intelligent cameras, where multiple intelligent cameras of each group perform data processing by using one AI algorithm module 30.

It should be noted that in this document relational terms such as first and second, and the like are used solely to distinguish one entity or action from another entity or action without necessarily requiring or implying any actual such relationship or order between such entities or actions. Moreover, the terms "comprises," "comprising," or any other variation thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion, such that an article or apparatus that comprises a list of elements does not include only those elements but may include other elements not expressly listed. Without further limitation, an element defined by the phrase "comprising one … …" does not exclude the presence of other like elements in an article or apparatus that comprises the element. The terms "connected" or "connected," and the like, are not limited to physical or mechanical connections, but may include electrical connections, whether direct or indirect. The orientation or positional relationship indicated by "upper", "lower", "left", "right", etc. is based on the orientation or positional relationship shown in the drawings, and is merely for convenience of description and to simplify the description, and is not indicative or implying that the apparatus or elements referred to must have a specific orientation, be constructed and operated in a specific orientation, and therefore should not be construed as limiting the utility model.

The foregoing is a further detailed description of the utility model in connection with the preferred embodiments, and it is not intended that the utility model be limited to the specific embodiments described. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that several simple deductions or substitutions may be made without departing from the spirit of the utility model, and these should be considered to be within the scope of the utility model.

Claims (5)

1. An intelligent camera, characterized by comprising: the intelligent camera module, the interface intercommunication module and the AI algorithm module, wherein,

the intelligent camera module acquires image data;

the input end of the interface intercommunication module is connected with the output end of the intelligent camera module;

the output end of the interface intercommunication module is connected with the input end of the AI algorithm module;

the interface intercommunication module comprises a receiving port, an interface protocol converter and an output port; wherein,

the image data conforming to a first interface protocol is transmitted to the interface protocol converter through the receiving port;

the interface protocol converter outputs the image data conforming to a second interface protocol through the output port.

2. The intelligent camera according to claim 1, wherein,

the interface protocol converter includes: a converter for converting a network port into an SPI serial port, a converter for converting MIPI into HDMI, a converter for converting MIPI into MHL, a converter for converting LVDS into TTL, a converter for converting a network port into RJ45, a converter for converting HDMI into SDI or a converter for converting a serial port into a network port.

3. The intelligent camera according to claim 1, wherein the intelligent camera module comprises an intelligent camera and a communication module, wherein,

the intelligent camera acquires the image data;

and the image data is transmitted to the interface intercommunication module through the communication module.

4. A smart camera according to claim 3, wherein the communication module comprises: WIFI module, 4G module, 5G module, ad hoc network module, zigbee module or Lora module.

5. A smart camera system comprising a plurality of smart cameras as claimed in any of claims 1-4.