TWM604522U - Monitor protection cover with network communcation function and camera system - Google Patents

Abstract

A monitor protection cover is applied to a monitoring camera to form a camera system. The monitor protection cover includes a casing, a network communication unit and a control unit. The casing is used to accommodate at least one electronic unit. The network communication unit is disposed inside the casing. The control unit is electrically connected to the at least one electronic unit, the network communication unit and the monitoring camera. The control unit can acquire status information of the at least one electronic unit and transmit the status information to an external host via the network communication unit, and further can receive an operation command from the external host via the network communication unit to control the at least one electronic unit and the monitoring camera.

Description

Monitor protective cover with network communication function and its camera system

This creation provides a monitor protective cover, especially a monitor protective cover with network communication function and its camera system.

The network monitor is usually installed outdoors, so it will be equipped with a protective cover. The protective cover is used to accommodate cooling fans, thermometers and hygrometers, heaters, infrared fill light, wipers and water tanks, and provides functions such as dust and water resistance. However, the traditional monitor protection cover is a passive control design, and users cannot remotely monitor and control the electronic equipment inside the monitor protection cover. If the network monitor is abnormal, the user needs to open the monitor protective cover at the location of the network monitor to find out whether the network monitor is overheated because the cooling fan stops working, or the heater fails to turn on. Either the fill light is broken and the monitoring quality is affected, or the wiper is broken or the water tank has no water and cannot be cleaned.

This creation is to provide a monitor protective cover with network communication function and its camera system to solve the above problems.

The scope of patent application for this creation is to disclose a monitor protective cover applied to a surveillance camera. The monitor protective cover includes a casing, a network communication unit and a control unit. The shell is used for accommodating at least one electronic unit. The network communication unit is arranged in the casing. The control unit is electrically connected to the at least one electronic unit, the network communication unit and the surveillance camera. The control unit obtains the status information of the at least one electronic unit and transmits it to an external host through the network communication unit, and can receive an operation command from the external host to control the at least one electronic unit and the surveillance camera.

This creation is to install a network communication unit in the monitor protective cover, so that the electronic unit in the monitor protective cover has the network function. The control unit can not only transmit the status information of the electronic unit to the external host and display to facilitate remote monitoring by the user, but also can receive the operating instructions output by the external host to remotely control the electronic unit. The control unit can not only be used to remotely monitor and remotely control the electronic unit, but it can also transmit the surveillance image of the surveillance camera to the host, and control the surveillance camera according to the operation instructions output by the external host, which means that the surveillance camera without a network card only needs to be combined The monitor protective cover of this creation can have the remote monitoring and control function of the network camera.

Please refer to Figures 1 and 2. Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the monitor protective cover 10 of the creative embodiment, and Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the internal components of the monitor protective cover 10 of the creative embodiment. The monitor protective cover 10 can be connected with one or more surveillance cameras 12 to form a camera system 100. The monitor protective cover 10 provides a specific space for accommodating various electronic units 14 that are matched with the monitoring camera 12. For example, the electronic unit 14 may be selected from one and a combination of a cooling fan 14A, a heater 14B, a temperature and humidity meter 14C, a fill light 14D, a lightning protector 14E, a wiper motor 14F, and a water tank 14G. The type and placement position of the electronic unit 14 are not limited to the embodiment shown in FIG. 2, and it depends on design requirements.

The feature of this embodiment is that the monitor protective cover 10 may include a housing 16, a network communication unit 18 and a control unit 20. The casing 16 is used to house a plurality of electronic units 14 to provide a covering protection function. The housing 16 has a door panel 22 that can be opened and closed, so that the user can open the door panel 22 to replace and/or repair the electronic unit 14 in the housing 16. The joints of the panels of the shell 16 (using the bottom plate, side panels and top panels, not marked in the figure) are preferably waterproof. Therefore, when the surveillance camera 12 is placed outdoors, the monitor protective cover 10 can prevent the electronic unit 14 Damaged by damp due to wind and rain.

In addition, the housing 16 may optionally have a vent 24 for dissipating waste heat generated during the operation of the electronic unit 14. The vent 24 has an exhaust mechanism 26 and is electrically connected to the control unit 20. The exhaust mechanism 26 may have fan blades or similar mechanical parts, and the fan blades can be switched between different positions by means of rotation, movement or sliding. The exhaust mechanism 26 changes the position of the fan blades to cover or open the vent 24 according to the status information detected by the electronic unit 14. The housing 16 may further have a hole 28. The surveillance camera 12 is installed in the hole 28 so that the wire of the surveillance camera 12 can enter the housing 16 through the hole 28 and be connected to the control unit 20.

A power supply unit 30 can also be accommodated in the housing 16 and electrically connected to the control unit 20. The power supply unit 30 can provide power to all components in the housing 16, such as the electronic unit 14 and the exhaust mechanism 26. The power supply unit 30 can be selected from one and a combination of an Ethernet power supply unit, a solar power generation unit, a power storage unit, and an AC power receiving unit.

The network communication unit 18 provides remote message transmission and reception functions, and is provided on the main circuit board of the housing 16 (not shown in the drawing). The control unit 20 is electrically connected to the electronic unit 14, the network communication unit 18 and the surveillance camera 12. Please refer to Figures 3 and 4. Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the monitor protective cover 10 of the creative embodiment with the monitoring camera 12, the external host 32 and the display 34, and Figure 4 is the display 34 and the display of the creative embodiment. The schematic diagram of the graphical user interface 36. The control unit 20 can establish a communication channel with the external host 32 through the network communication unit 18, and the external host 32 can be equipped with a display 34.

In normal use, the control unit 20 can obtain the status information of the electronic unit 14 at any time, use the network communication unit 18 to transmit the status information to the external host 32, and use the graphic logo 38 of the graphical user interface 36 to indicate each electronic unit 14 status information and operation menu. In this way, the user does not need to go to the location of the monitor protective cover 10 and the monitoring camera 12, and stay in the computer room to remotely monitor the status information of the electronic unit 14 in real time. If the state of the electronic unit 14 needs to be adjusted, such as turning on or off the cooling fan 14A, the heater 14B, the fill light 14D and the wiper 14F, the user only needs to click on the operation menu of the graphical user interface 36 (meaning Fig. 4 The opening and closing patterns shown), the control unit 20 can use the network communication unit 18 to obtain the operation instructions generated by the graphical user interface 36 to control the surveillance camera 12 and the electronic unit 14, or respond according to the status information of the electronic unit 14. Control the surveillance camera 12.

The network communication unit 18 can be a network card or a user identification card, providing a dedicated Internet protocol address. If the monitoring camera 12 is a network camera, the monitoring camera 12 may have another set of exclusive Internet protocol addresses; if the monitoring camera 12 does not have a network communication function, the monitor protective cover 10 can use the network communication unit 18 to receive external The host 32 gives operating instructions to the surveillance camera 12 and transmits the surveillance images of the surveillance camera 12 to the external host 32 for display on the display 34.

To sum up, this creation is to install a network communication unit in the monitor protective cover, so that the electronic unit in the monitor protective cover can be connected to the Internet. The control unit can not only transmit the status information of the electronic unit to the external host and display to facilitate remote monitoring by the user, but also can receive the operation instructions output by the external host to remotely control the electronic unit. The control unit can not only be used for remote monitoring and remote control of the electronic unit, but also can transmit the monitoring image of the monitoring camera to the host, and control the monitoring camera according to the operation instructions output by the external host. The monitor protective cover of this creation has the functions of remote monitoring and control of the network camera.

100: Camera system 10: Monitor protective cover 12: Surveillance camera 14: Electronic unit 14A: cooling fan 14B: heater 14C: Thermometer 14D: Fill light 14E: Lightning protector 14F: Wiper motor 14G: water tank 16: shell 18: Network communication unit 20: control unit 22: Door panel 24: Vent 26: Exhaust mechanism 28: hole 30: power supply unit 32: external host 34: display 36: Graphical user interface 38: Graphic signs

Figure 1 is a schematic diagram of the appearance of the monitor protective cover of the creative embodiment. Figure 2 is a schematic diagram of the internal components of the monitor protective cover of the creative embodiment. Figure 3 is a schematic diagram of the monitor protective cover of the creative embodiment with a surveillance camera, an external host and a display. Figure 4 is a schematic diagram of the display and its graphical user interface of the creative embodiment.

10: Monitor protective cover

12: Surveillance camera

14: Electronic unit

14A: cooling fan

14B: heater

14C: Thermohygrometer

14D: Fill light

14E: Lightning protector

14F: Wiper motor

14G: water tank

16: shell

18: Network communication unit

20: control unit

22: Door panel

24: Vent

26: Exhaust mechanism

28: hole

30: power supply unit

Claims (10)

A monitor protective cover applied to a surveillance camera. The monitor protective cover includes: A housing for accommodating at least one electronic unit; A network communication unit arranged in the housing; and A control unit is electrically connected to the at least one electronic unit and the network communication unit. The control unit obtains the status information of the at least one electronic unit and transmits it to an external host through the network communication unit, and can receive from the external The host has an operation command to control the at least one electronic unit. The monitor protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is electrically connected to the monitoring camera, so as to transmit a monitoring image of the monitoring camera to the external host through the network communication unit, and can receive from the The operation command from the external host is used to control the surveillance camera. The monitor protective cover according to claim 2, wherein the control unit activates or deactivates the surveillance camera according to the status information of the at least one electronic unit. The monitor protection cover according to claim 1, wherein the external host is connected to a display, and the control unit obtains the operation command generated by a graphical user interface of the display through the network communication unit. The monitor protective cover according to claim 4, wherein the graphical user interface has at least one graphical logo for indicating the status information and/or operation menu of the at least one electronic unit. The monitor protection cover of claim 1, wherein the housing is further used to house a power supply unit selected from an Ethernet power supply unit, a solar power generation unit, a power storage unit and an AC power receiving unit One of the units and their combination. The monitor protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the at least one electronic unit is selected from the group consisting of a cooling fan, a heater, a thermometer and hygrometer, a fill light, a lightning protector, a wiper and a water tank One of them and their combination. The monitor protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the casing has an exhaust mechanism electrically connected to the control unit, and the control unit adjusts the exhaust mechanism according to the state information of the at least one electronic unit. The monitor protective cover according to claim 1, wherein the monitoring camera is installed in a hole of the casing, and the wire of the monitoring camera is connected to the control unit through the hole. A camera system, which includes: A surveillance camera, used to obtain a surveillance image, is set in the monitor protective cover as described in one of claims 1 to 9 or a combination thereof.

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