Camera registering apparatus and method

A camera registering apparatus comprising:

• a power over Ethernet (PoE) port configured to receive a first camera registration request from a first camera forming a first network;
• a network port configured to receive a second camera registration request from a second camera forming a second network different from the first network;
• a processor configured to, when an allocable channel exists, register the first camera or the second camera in the allocable channel according to an order of receiving the first camera registration request and the second camera registration request;
• and
• a viewer port configured to receive certain channel identification information indicating a certain channel from a client terminal, transmit a camera detail information input request corresponding to the certain channel to the client terminal, and receive first camera detail information about the first camera or second camera detail information about the second camera from the client terminal,
• wherein the processor is further configured to register the first camera or the second camera in the certain channel according to the certain channel identification information and the first camera detail information, or the certain channel identification information and the second camera detail information.

A camera registering method performed by a camera registration apparatus comprising a processor, a power over Ethernet (PoE) port, and a network port, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the POE port, a first camera registration request from a first camera forming a first network;
• receiving, by the network port, a second camera registration request from a second camera forming a second network different from the first network;
• and
• when an allocable channel exists, registering, by the processor, the first camera or the second camera in the allocable channel according to an order of receiving the first camera registration request and the second camera registration request,
• wherein the first camera registration request comprises first channel identification information indicating a first channel, and
• wherein the method further comprises:
• in response to receiving the second camera registration request prior to the first camera registration request, registering, by the processor, the second camera in the first channel,
• transmitting, by a viewer port provided in the camera registering apparatus, a registration confirmation request regarding the first channel for the first camera to a client terminal,
• receiving, by the viewer port, a registration affirmation response regarding the first channel for the first camera from the client terminal;
• and
• deregistering, by the processor, the second camera from the first channel and registering the first camera in the first channel.

A camera registering method performed by a camera registration apparatus comprising a processor, a power over Ethernet (PoE) port, and a network port, the method comprising:

• receiving, at the POE port, a first camera registration request from a first camera forming a first network;
• receiving, by the network port, a second camera registration request from a second camera forming a second network different from the first network;
• and
• when an allocable channel exists, registering, by the processor, the first camera or the second camera in the allocable channel according to an order of receiving the first camera registration request and the second camera registration request;
• receiving, by a viewer port provided in the camera registering apparatus, certain channel identification information indicating a certain channel, from a client terminal;
• transmitting, by the viewer port, a camera detail information input request corresponding to the certain channel to the client terminal;
• receiving, by the viewer port, camera detail information about a certain camera corresponding to the certain channel from the client terminal;
• and
• registering, by the processor, the certain camera in the certain channel,
• wherein the certain camera is the first camera or the second camera.