Heterogeneous Network Routing for Incompatible Security Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional security systems face challenges in efficiently connecting and routing security-related data across networks with disparate resources, including incompatible devices and domains, which hinders effective video, audio, and control data transmission.
Innovation Solution
The method involves identifying all possible paths between source and destination devices, considering necessary transformation elements and resource compatibility, and determining the best path based on characteristics such as hops, signal quality, and resource availability to optimize data transmission across incompatible resources.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional mechanisms are used to connect disparate devices across a network, then device compatibility is improved, but cable quantity and connection complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a communication manager as an intermediary component that handles protocol translation and data format conversion between disparate devices. This mediator enables incompatible devices to communicate without requiring direct physical compatibility or complex hardwired connections, thereby reducing connection complexity while maintaining versatility
Solution Approach 2:
The communication manager provides universal connectivity by supporting multiple communication protocols and data formats simultaneously. This multi-functional approach allows a single device to interface with various types of cameras, sensors, and other security devices through standardized communication interfaces, eliminating the need for specialized cables and connections for each device type
2Reliability
If security personnel watch all cameras simultaneously, then surveillance coverage is improved, but personnel requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system employs automatic event detection and correlation algorithms that enable the surveillance system to monitor and analyze camera feeds autonomously. The system automatically identifies security events, correlates information across multiple cameras, and generates alerts without requiring constant human intervention, thereby maintaining comprehensive surveillance coverage while reducing personnel requirements
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous feedback loops where detected events trigger automated responses and real-time alerts to surveillance personnel. This feedback mechanism ensures that security events are immediately communicated to operators, maintaining effective surveillance coverage while allowing personnel to focus only on actual security incidents rather than continuously monitoring all cameras
3Adaptability or versatility
If transformation elements are added to enable cross-domain communication, then device compatibility is improved, but signal quality degradation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The communication manager performs protocol translation and data format conversion in advance, before data needs to be transmitted between incompatible devices. By pre-processing and normalizing data formats at the source, the system minimizes subsequent signal degradation and maintains higher signal quality through the communication path
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts communication parameters such as data resolution, compression levels, and transmission protocols based on the specific device pairs being communicated. This adaptive parameter adjustment optimizes signal quality for each particular communication path while maintaining compatibility across different device types
Data Source
AI summary
Effecting the transmission of video data across a network of resources that includes incompatible resources is disclosed. Information indicating a source device and a destination device is received. The source device originates the video data and the destination device is to receive the video data. A plurality of paths between the source device and the destination device is identified. Each path is defined by a set of resources, the set of resources including resources needed to transmit the video data across any incompatible resources in the path. From the plurality of paths, a best path for transmission of the video data is determined based on the set of resources for that path, a distance between the source device and the destination device along that path, and a quality of the video data maintained by that path. The transmission of the video data is then effected across the determined best path.