Integrated Camera Web Server for Direct Live Streaming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current live image capture and transfer systems are limited by resource-intensive infrastructure, format incompatibility, and the need for intermediate networks, which restricts flexibility, scalability, and quality of high-resolution video streaming.
Innovation Solution
Integration of a control circuit apparatus with a web server onto the image capture device for direct Internet connectivity, converting data into standard formats and transferring still images to simulate video, eliminating the need for intermediate networks and proprietary software.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If video compression is used to transfer high-quality video streams over limited bandwidth networks, then data transfer efficiency is improved, but format incompatibility and complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the image capture and web server functions into a single integrated camera device, eliminating the need for separate compression servers and intermediate networks. The camera directly generates and transmits web-compatible image files, removing the complex compression/decompression chain while maintaining efficient data transfer through standard web protocols.
Solution Approach 2:
The camera device is designed to perform multiple functions: capturing images, converting them to web-compatible formats, and serving them directly through an integrated web server. This multi-functional approach eliminates the need for separate compression devices and multiple network intermediaries, reducing overall system complexity while maintaining transfer efficiency.
2Reliability
If wired networks with physical layer bottlenecks are used for camera-controller communication, then system stability is improved, but data transfer speed deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary mechanism where the camera itself acts as a web server, converting raw camera data into web-compatible image files before transmission. This intermediary function is performed at the source rather than requiring high-speed dedicated networks, allowing standard web protocols to handle the data transfer efficiently while maintaining system stability.
3Area of stationary object
If multiple controllers are deployed to manage numerous cameras, then system coverage is improved, but resource requirements and installation complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
Each camera is equipped with an integrated web server capability, allowing it to independently serve its captured images without requiring external controllers. This self-service approach eliminates the need for separate controller devices and complex controller-camera networking, reducing installation and maintenance complexity while maintaining broad system coverage.
4Reliability
If proprietary software is required for accessing camera data, then data security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The camera integrates a web server that serves images through standard web protocols, making the data accessible through any web browser without requiring proprietary software. This universal access approach maintains security through standard web authentication mechanisms while dramatically improving ease of operation for end users.
Data Source
AI summary
A live image transferring method includes the steps of capturing live image information by one or more live image devices, wherein the live image information is captured in raw format and is continuously transferred to one or more platforms in a live manner; cloning the live image information at the platform, wherein when the live image information is cloned at the platform, the live image information is converted from the raw format into a web viewable format and an embed code is generated corresponding to the live image information at the same time; and enabling one or more users to use the embed code in order to broadcast the live image information over any website. The user is able to copy-and-paste the embed code at the personal website to live stream the live image information from the live image device.