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US 11,962,880 B2Granted
Systems and methods for enhanced performance of camera devices
AssigneeComcast Cable Communications, LLC
InventorChristopher Stone
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Abstract
A camera device's exposure to sunlight may be monitored. The sun exposure may be used to predict a solar event associated with the camera device, such as a critical temperature, a brightness level, or an angle of sunlight. Prior to occurrence of the solar event, one or more functions of the camera device may be enabled or disabled. For example, a cooling function of the camera device may be enabled or a characteristic of video streamed by the camera device may be modified. The function may be re-enabled or re-disabled after the solar event.
Claims27
A method comprising:
- monitoring exposure to sunlight associated with a camera device;
- predicting, based on the monitoring the exposure to sunlight, a solar event associated the camera device;
- causing, prior to occurrence of the solar event, a resolution associated with image data captured by the camera device to be reduced;
- determining that the solar event has ended;
- and
- causing, based on the determining that the solar event has ended, the resolution associated with the image data captured by the camera device to be increased.
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A method comprising:
- monitoring exposure to sunlight associated with a camera device;
- predicting, based on the monitoring the exposure to sunlight, a solar event associated the camera device;
- causing, prior to occurrence of the solar event, enablement of a fan of the camera device;
- determining that the solar event has ended;
- and
- causing, based on the determining that the solar event has ended, disablement of the fan of the camera device.
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A method comprising:
- monitoring exposure to sunlight associated with a camera device;
- predicting, based on the monitoring the exposure to sunlight, a solar event associated the camera device;
- causing, prior to occurrence of the solar event, a frame rate associated with image data captured by the camera device to be reduced;
- determining that the solar event has ended;
- and
- causing, based on the determining that the solar event has ended, the frame rate associated with the image data captured by the camera device to be increased.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.