| AXIS AB Patent applications |
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| 20120106937 | METHOD FOR FOCUSING - A camera and a method for selecting a focus region in a camera view have a plurality of focus regions that are defined in the camera view. A focus distance of the camera is repeatedly set to focus at different distances by setting a lens distance of the camera to different lens distance values. A focus value is determined for each focus region at the set lens distance value. A function for a plurality of focus regions is estimated based on a plurality of determined focus value and lens distance value pairs. A local maximum point of the function is calculated for each focus region for which a function has been estimated, where the local maximum point has a lens distance value. Focus regions are grouped, rated and selected based on the lens distance value of the local maximum point of the focus regions and spatial distances between the focus regions. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120016985 | MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING A MONITORING DEVICE TO A SERVICE SERVER - A method for connecting a monitoring device to a service server includes retrieving an address relating to a control server from a memory of the monitoring device and, sending a connection message from the monitoring device to the address relating to a control server in response to a connecting event. At the control server, an identifier is extracted from the communication between the monitoring device and the control server, a service server associated with the extracted identifier is identified and an address relating to the identified service server is sent from the control server to the monitoring device. A connection message from the monitoring device is sent to the identified service server in response to the receipt of the address related to the identified service server. A service connection is established between the monitoring device and the identified server. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120014659 | METHOD FOR EVENT INITIATED VIDEO CAPTURING AND A VIDEO CAMERA FOR CAPTURE EVENT INITIATED VIDEO - A method and a video camera for recording an event initiated video sequence includes storing captured video frames in a video buffer, detecting a first event, and in response, initiating a video sequence recording session for recording of a video sequence in a non-volatile memory. Pre-event video frames and post-event video frames related to the first event are recorded, where the post-event time period starts at the detection of the first event. A first event delay time period is started in response to the expiration of the post-event time period. The video sequence recording session is closed if a delay period expires and no other event process is in progress. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20110216504 | HOUSING FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A housing for an electronic device. The housing includes a first shell at least partly enclosing the electronic device, a second shell, and at least a first fan. The first shell is arranged to allow a gaseous fluid to surround the electronic device. The second shell at least partly encloses the first shell, and is arranged in relation to the first shell such that the gaseous fluid may be present between the shells. The at least first fan is arranged in an opening of the first shell such that it is capable of providing a flow of the gaseous fluid through the opening in the first shell of the gaseous fluid to the second shell and thereby provide heat transport from the electronic device to the second shell. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110197241 | DEVICE FOR SENDING IMAGE DATA FROM CAMERA TO CCTV NETWORK - An integrated Internet camera includes, as embedded components contained within the camera body and controlled by a microcontroller, at least a network interface device for connecting to the Internet, a transport control device for packetizing according to Internet protocols, a file transfer device for communicating with a destination user directory on the Internet, and a transmission initiating device for initiating the connection and transfer operations of the file transfer device and transport control device. The network interface device may be a modem, network adapter, or adapter for connection to the Internet. Upon capturing the digital image, the camera initiates a connection to the Internet, connects to the destination user directory, and uploads the digital images. Thereafter, the digital images are available to authorized (or any) user having access to the Internet. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110194851 | CALIBRATION OF A LENS DEVICE - The invention relates to a calibration method in a camera with a P-Iris lens having an adjustable iris opening. The calibration comprise the steps of adjusting the size of the iris opening between a first opening position and a second opening position, recording a plurality of images during the adjusting, analyzing the images, and determining an iris opening, based on the analysis, that obtains a high quality image | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110016319 | METHOD FOR RESTRICTING ACCESS TO MEDIA DATA GENERATED BY A CAMERA - A method for restricting access to media data generated by a camera comprising: setting a non-public initial user key, KICU, in the camera, providing a user client with the initial user key, KICU, establishing an authenticated relation between the user client and the camera by sending an authentication message including information based on the initial user key, KICU, from the user client to the camera, checking if an operational user key (K | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110007740 | NETWORK OFFLOADING WITH REDUCED PACKET LOSS - The invention relates to a method of transmitting a first segment of data via a data network from a transmitting unit having a first data transmission rate to a first destination having a first data reception rate. Where the first data transmission rate is larger than the first data reception rate, the method comprising: effectively reducing the first transmission rate from the transmitting unit to the first destination by switching between transmitting at least a part of the first segment as one or more data packets to the first destination in a direction only from the transmitting unit to the first destination, and transmitting at least a part of second segment as one or more data packets to one or more additional destinations in a direction only from the transmitting unit to the one or more additional destinations, the switching being repeated until said first segment and/or at least said second segment has been transmitted. In this way, the packet rate to a client is reduced while the total packet rate for the transmitting system is maintained whereby a decreased probability of packet loss and/or of router buffer exhaustion is achieved since data to relatively slower client will not be transmitted at full rate. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20100119221 | CAMERA ASSEMBLY - A camera assembly includes a camera arranged to be panable and tiltable, and a transparent view port cover. The transparent view port cover includes a first part and a second part arranged together to present different angles of view to the camera, the second part having a lens. | 05-13-2010 |
| 20100082949 | APPARATUS, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR VIDEO ANALYTICS - A processor and associated methodology employ a SIMD architecture and instruction set to efficiently perform video analytics operation on images. The processor contains a group of SIMD instructions used by the method to implement video analytic filters that avoid bit expansion of the pixels to be filtered. The filters hold the number of bits representing a pixel constant throughout the entire operation, conserving processor capacity and throughput when performing video analytics. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100080483 | VIDEO ANALYTICS SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT, AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR EFFICIENTLY USING SIMD OPERATIONS - A video analytics system and associated methodology for performing low-level video analytics processing divides the processing into three phases in order to efficiently use SIMD instructions of many modern data processors. In the first phase, pixels of interest are gathered using a predetermined mask and placed into a pixel matrix. In the second phase, video analytics processing is performed on the pixel matrix, and in the third phase the pixels are scattered using the same predetermined mask. This allows many pixels to be processed simultaneously, increasing overall performance. A DMA unit may also be used to offload the processor during the gathering and scattering of pixels, further increasing performance. A network camera integrates the video analytics system to reduce network traffic. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100080477 | SYSTEM, COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR VIDEO MOTION DETECTION USING SPATIO-TEMPORAL SLICE PROCESSING - A system, computer program product and associated methodology for video motion detection combines a series of images of a video sequence into an image volume having vertices of X, Y and t. The image volume is sliced in either the (X,t) or (Y,t) planes, filtered with a spatio-temporal filter and thresholded to reduce the amount of information. Then a search algorithm searches along search lines in a subset of the video sequence to locate motion. Motion can be detected by identifying lines that are not parallel to any of the vertices. Stationary subjects and lighting changes appear as lines parallel to one of the vertices. Thus, true motion can be distinguished from lighting changes. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100064029 | NETWORK CONNECTOR DEVICE - A network connector device and a method for making image information sent through a first digital network accessible by a second digital network. A first and a second network connector are arranged to pass on digital network traffic, a network traffic buffer buffers the digital network traffic, an image session identifier identifies a network session from the buffered digital network traffic, containing image information. An image session tracker tracks the identified network session containing image information, an image extractor extracts image information from the identified network session containing image information, and an image information buffer buffers the extracted image information. An image information arranger arranges the image information from the image information buffer into at least one image sequence of related images, and a server makes accessible the at least one image sequence via a third network connector. | 03-11-2010 |
| 20100007750 | VIDEO OVER ETHERNET - The present invention relates to a network enabled digital video camera arranged to be connected to a digital network. The network enabled digital video camera includes a digital network module arranged to transmit and receive digital signals, an input/output port being an electrical connector and being connected to the digital network module, and an analog video generator arranged to output an analog video signal. The input/output port connected to the digital network module is also connected to the analog video generator. The present invention also relates to an adaptor used to connect the network enabled digital video camera to an off-the-shelf video preview device. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20090259747 | INFORMATION COLLECTING SYSTEM - A method for connecting a storage device to an information generating device includes transferring an identifying message from the storage device to a control server via a computer network. The identifying message includes a unique identifier uniquely identifying the storage device, matching a registered information generating system to the unique identifier, and identifying at least one information generating device included in the matched information generating system. A configuration message is transferred from the control server to the storage device, and the configuration message includes an address to the identified at least one information generating device and instructions of interaction. The instructions of interaction are arranged to define how the transfer of generated information is to be performed. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090141143 | NETWORK CAMERA - The invention relates to a network camera comprising an image acquisition part, an image processing part, a flat cable connecting the image acquisition part with a first end of the image processing part, and an inlet for an external data cable arranged at a second end of the image processing part. The image acquisition part is tiltable around a first axis in relation to the image processing part, the image processing part and the image acquisition part in combination are rotatable around a second axis, and the first and second axes are essentially perpendicular to each other. | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090091941 | PANEL COMPONENT HOLDER - The invention relates to a panel component holder arranged to be attached to a panel element. The panel component holder comprises at least one supporting means and a casing including a brim and at least one retainer. The at least one supporting means comprises an attached end being attached to the casing, an elastic means and a free end. Said at least one retainer is arranged to prevent outwardly movement of the at least one supporting means from said casing in a plane coinciding with the centre axis of the casing, wherein the outwardly movement of the supporting means is induced by the elastic means. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20080259159 | SUPPORTING CONTINUOUS PAN ROTATION IN A PAN-TILT CAMERA - The invention relates to a method for moving a maneuverable part of a pan-tilt camera from a first pan-tilt position, having a first pan coordinate and a first tilt coordinate, to a second pan-tilt position, having a second pan coordinate and a second tilt coordinate. The maneuverable part is moved by inverting the maneuverable part of the camera and panning to the second pan coordinate. The first pan coordinate is part of a pan-tilt coordinate system and the second pan coordinate is part of a complementary pan-tilt coordinate system, which represents positions of the inverted maneuverable part. The maneuverable part is moved from the first tilt coordinate to the second tilt coordinate. The first tilt coordinate is part of the pan-tilt coordinate system and the second tilt coordinate is part of the complementary pan-tilt coordinate system. The invention also relates to a corresponding device and a corresponding computer program. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080204560 | METHOD FOR COMPENSATING HARDWARE MISALIGNMENTS IN A CAMERA - A method for compensating hardware misalignments in a camera is presented. The camera includes a maneuverable part and a fixed part, and the maneuverable part is controlled by a steering motor system. In a first step of the method mechanical coordinates from the steering motor system is received, wherein the mechanical coordinates correspond to a pan and tilt position, the pan and tilt position having a complementary pan and tilt position. Next, pre-determined calibration data corresponding to the received mechanical coordinates is read from a memory wherein the pre-determined calibration data describes a relationship between a pan and tilt position and a complementry pan and tilt position, and then compensated coordinates are determined based upon the received mechanical coordinates and the pre-determined calibration data. | 08-28-2008 |
| 20080198268 | PRE-ALARM VIDEO BUFFER - The invention relates to a method for buffering a video sequence. The method comprises the acts of:
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| 20080198178 | PROVIDING AREA ZOOM FUNCTIONALITY FOR A CAMERA - The invention relates to a method for adjusting a digital camera. The invention also relates to a corresponding device and a corresponding computer program. An original image recorded by the camera is received. The original image has an original aspect ratio. A first user input defining a center point of an area of interest within the original image is received. A second user input defining a perimeter for the area of interest of the original image is received. The perimeter for the area of interest has the same aspect ratio as the original aspect ratio. The camera view is adjusted based on the first user input and the second user input to provide a zoomed image of the defined area of interest. The zoomed image is centered on the center point defined by the first user input. Finally, the zoomed image is displayed to the user on a display screen. | 08-21-2008 |
