Method and system for enrolling a camera into a video surveillance system
AssigneeGenetec Inc.
InventorFrancis Jolivet
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Abstract
Methods and systems for enrolling a camera into a video surveillance system are described herein. A display of a mobile device may be used to display visual information indicative of enrollment information for enrolling the camera into the video surveillance system. The camera reads the visual information to obtain the enrollment information. The camera transmits an enrollment request to a server of the video surveillance system based on the enrollment information. The server enrolls the camera into the video surveillance system based on the enrollment request. The methods and systems described herein may be used for enrolling any suitable networked device into a system.
Claims23
A method for enrolling a camera into a video surveillance system, the method comprising:
- obtaining, at a mobile device, an indication to enroll the camera into the video surveillance system;
- obtaining, at the mobile device, enrollment information from a server of the video surveillance system;
- displaying, on a display of the mobile device, a visual code for being read by the camera, the visual code encoding therein the enrollment information for use by the camera in requesting the enrollment into the video surveillance system based on the enrollment information;
- receiving, at the mobile device, an enrollment confirmation from the video surveillance system, the enrollment confirmation comprising camera configuration information;
- and
- generating, by the mobile device, an alert in response to receiving the enrollment confirmation, the alert comprising a first alert portion that is perceptible by a user even when the mobile device is facing the camera and a second alert portion comprising the camera configuration information.
A mobile device comprising:
- a display;
- a processing unit;
- and
- a non-transitory computer-readable memory having stored thereon program instructions executable by the processing unit for:
- obtaining an indication to enroll a camera into a video surveillance system;
- obtaining enrollment information from a server of the video surveillance system;
- displaying, via the display, a visual code for being read by the camera, the visual code encoding therein the enrollment information for use by the camera in requesting enrollment into the video surveillance system based on the enrollment information;
- receiving an enrollment confirmation from the video surveillance system, the enrollment confirmation comprising camera configuration information;
- and
- generating an alert in response to receiving the enrollment confirmation, the alert comprising a first alert portion that is perceptible by a user even when the mobile device is facing the camera and a second alert portion comprising the camera configuration information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.