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AssigneeAcuity Systems, Incorporated
InventorsFrancis J. Chrnega, Albert Thomas Dodrill, Glenn C. Waehner, David A. Rowe
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A video switching and control system is described that provides compatibility with conventional analog cameras while also accepting network IP type cameras. The system offers reduced control latency, improved recording efficiency, and more flexible display features with greatly improved performance and update rates. The system offers greatly reduced wiring and installation complexity thus improving reliability. The architecture is scalable and expandable in either the analog camera count or the IP camera count. The system integrates these two camera technologies so that the camera source or recorder is transparent to the user. Each user can control all video sources, analog, IP, or recorded, from one keyboard and one or more monitors at each work station. The unique all digital solution provides digital reliability and broadcast quality performance. The solution is significantly smaller and substantially lower cost the previous solutions, and offers higher monitor output capacity without the need for expensive down framing approaches currently used in the industry.
A video camera switching system that consist of a bay or bays accepting multiple modules of different types that receive, process, display, and transmit video data. The video data is digitally communicated between the installed modules through a digital back-plane or mid-plane that can pass a minimum of 32 cameras either analog or IP or a combination of IP or analog cameras and provide display outputs for a minimum of 16 monitors.
A video camera switching system that consists of a bay or bays containing multiple modules of different types that receive, process, display, and transmit video data. The video data is digitally passed through a digital back-plane or mid-plane that can handle a minimum of 32 cameras either analog or IP or a combination of IP or analog cameras and provide outputs for a minimum of 16 monitors.
In claim where video data from multiple bays is connected to one or more bays to form larger systems
Video camera switching system that consist of multiple modules of different types that receive, process, display, and transmit video data. The video data is digitally passed through a digital back-plane or mid-plane where the IP camera input card or multiple cards have separate decoders for each camera where the total number of decoders equals the number of output display channels and having a separate bus on the back-plane or mid-plane for each monitor channel, with a minimum of 16 monitors.
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