Cloud-Mediated Surveillance Network for Dynamic Instruction Display

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional surveillance systems lack efficient integration of surveillance devices with display devices for real-time dynamic instructions, particularly in remote monitoring scenarios, leading to high costs, complex hardware designs, and inefficient bandwidth usage.

Innovation Solution

A network communication system comprising a surveillance device, display devices, and a cloud server that enables simultaneous connection and communication through a network, allowing real-time image transmission and dynamic instruction display with low costs, simple hardware, and flexible deployment.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If conventional surveillance systems are used for remote monitoring, then monitoring capability is provided, but system cost and device complexity are high

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemonitoring capabilityVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent introduces a cloud server as an intermediary component that mediates between surveillance devices and display devices. The cloud server stores connection information and enables dynamic connection establishment, replacing complex direct peer-to-peer connections and reducing overall system complexity while maintaining reliable remote monitoring capability

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The cloud server serves multiple functions: storing connection information, managing device binding, enabling connections, and facilitating image transmission. This multi-functional approach consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate systems, reducing device complexity while maintaining comprehensive monitoring capabilities

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

2Productivity

If surveillance devices are integrated with display devices for real-time instructions, then operational efficiency is improved, but bandwidth consumption increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveoperational efficiencyVSAvoidbandwidth consumption
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of energy

Solution Approach 1:

The patent enables display devices to receive and display specific images locally without requiring continuous transmission of all surveillance footage. Only relevant images are transmitted to specific display devices, optimizing bandwidth usage while maintaining high operational efficiency for real-time instruction display

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

Instead of transmitting all surveillance data to all devices, the system transmits only the necessary partial information (specific images) to the relevant display devices. This selective transmission approach maintains operational efficiency while significantly reducing bandwidth consumption compared to full-data transmission

Inventive Principle:
Principle #16Partial or excessive action

3Adaptability or versatility

If multiple display devices are connected to a surveillance device, then system versatility is improved, but connection management complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedevice integration capabilityVSAvoidconnection management complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The cloud server acts as a central intermediary that manages all connections between surveillance devices and multiple display devices. It stores and manages connection information, handles binding relationships, and coordinates connections, thereby enabling high system versatility while keeping connection management simple for end users

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Solution Approach 2:

The system implements binding relationships where display devices are bound to specific surveillance devices through the cloud server. This binding mechanism provides feedback control for connection management, allowing the system to track and manage which display devices are connected to which surveillance devices, simplifying multi-device management while maintaining versatility

Inventive Principle:
Principle #23Feedback

Data Source

PatentUS10165229B2Network communication system and method thereof
Publication Date: 2018.12.25 VIVOTEK INC
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AI summary

A network communication system includes a surveillance device, one or more display devices, a cloud server, and an electronic device. The surveillance device is for capturing an environmental image of an environment. The cloud server stores connection information of the surveillance device and connection information of the display device bound to the surveillance device. When the electronic device sends a connection request requesting to be connected to and communicate with the surveillance device to the cloud server, the cloud server enables the electronic device to be simultaneously connected to and communicate with the surveillance device and the display device bound to the surveillance device according to the connection request and the connection information such that the electronic device receives the environmental image from the surveillance device and transmits one or more specific images to the display device.