Electronic device and switching method for the same
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorsHOU-HSIEN LEE, CHANG-JUNG LEE, CHIH-PING LO
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Abstract
A method for switching a monitored location of a plurality of image capture devices using an electronic device obtains a current direction of the electronic device, and determines a current image capture device corresponding to the current direction of the electronic device from the plurality of image capture devices. The method further sends a switch command to the current image capture device, receives captured images from the current image capture device, and displays the received captured images on a display screen of the electronic device.
Claims16
A method for switching a monitored location of a plurality of image capture devices using an electronic device, the monitored location being monitored by the image captured devices, the method comprising:
- setting a reference direction of the electronic device and a corresponding reference image capture device of the plurality of image capture devices;
- obtaining a current direction of the electronic device detected by an electronic compass chip of the electronic device;
- determining a current image capture device corresponding to the current direction of the electronic device from the plurality of image capture devices;
- and
- receiving captured images from the current image capture device, and displaying the received captured images on a display screen of the electronic device.
An electronic device in communication with a plurality of image capture devices, comprising:
- a display screen;
- a storage device;
- an electronic compass chip;
- at least one processor;
- and
- one or more modules that are stored in the storage device and are executed by the at least one processor, the one or more modules comprising instructions:
- to set a reference direction of the electronic device and a corresponding reference image capture device of the plurality of image capture devices;
- to obtain a current direction of the electronic device detected by the electronic compass chip;
- to determine a current image capture device corresponding to the current direction of the electronic device from the plurality of image capture devices;
- and
- to receive captured images from the current image capture device, and display the received captured images on a display screen of the electronic device.
A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed by a processor of an electronic device, causes the processor to perform a method for switching a monitored location of a plurality of image capture devices using the electronic device, the monitored location being monitored by the image captured devices, the method comprising:
- setting a reference direction of the electronic device and a corresponding reference image capture device of the plurality of image capture devices;
- obtaining a current direction of the electronic device detected by an electronic compass chip of the electronic device;
- determining a current image capture device corresponding to the current direction of the electronic device from the plurality of image capture devices;
- sending a switch command to the current image capture device;
- and
- receiving captured images from the current image capture device, and displaying the received captured images on a display screen of the electronic device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.