# US 2021/0243405 A1 · Digital video recorders and methods of use thereof > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0243405 A1 - Document ID: US20210243405A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/233,606 - Filed: 2021-04-19 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-19 - Assignees: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Xin YE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210243405A1 ## CPC - H04N 5/775: between a recording apparatus and a television receiver - H04N 7/185: {from a mobile camera, e.g. for remote control} - G06F 1/189: {Power distribution} - H04N 5/77: between a recording apparatus and a television camera - H04N 7/183: {for receiving images from a single remote source} - H04N 23/65: Control of camera operation in relation to power supply - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A Digital Video Recorder (DVR) for storing video data received from an imaging device and a method thereof are provided in the present disclosure. The DVR includes a communication port configured to connect to the imaging device. The DVR also includes a processing module configured to determine whether the DVR receives video data from the imaging device through the communication port and a detection module configured to acquire an operating voltage of the imaging device. The DVR further includes a power supply switch configured to turn on or off a power supply to the imaging device based on a determination by the processing module and the operating voltage of the image device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A digital video recorder (DVR) for storing video data received from an imaging device, comprising: a communication port configured to connect to the imaging device; a processor configured to determine whether the DVR receives video data from the imaging device through the communication port; acquire an operating voltage of the imaging device; and a power supply switch configured to turn on or off a power supply to the imaging device based on a determination by the processor and the operating voltage of the imaging device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The DVR of claim 1, wherein the communication port connects to the imaging device via a coaxial cable or a wireless network. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The DVR of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to switch the DVR to a power supply mode or a non-power supply mode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The DVR of claim 3, wherein the processor includes a processing module configured to determine whether the DVR receives video data from the imaging device through the communication port, the processing module including an A/D conversion unit configured to convert analog video data to digital video data. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The DVR of claim 3, wherein the processor includes a processing module, the processing module comprising a main control unit (MCU) and a single chip microcomputer (SCM), the MCU being configured to determine whether the DVR receives the video data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The DVR of claim 5, the MCU further configured to process the video data. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The DVR of claim 6, the SCM configured to control the power supply switch to reset to turn off in response to that the MCU determines that the DVR fails to receive the video data. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The DVR of claim 7, the SCM configured to control the the DVR to reset to the non-power supply mode. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The DVR of claim 5, wherein the processor includes a detection module, and the SCM is configured to control the detection module to acquire the voltage of the imaging device in response to that the MCU determines that the DVR fails to receive the video data and determine whether the voltage of the imaging device is within the predetermined voltage range. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The DVR of claim 9, the SCM configured to control the power supply switch to turn on if the SCM determines that the voltage of the imaging device is within the predetermined voltage range. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The DVR of claim 10, the SCM configured to control the DVR to switch to the power supply mode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The DVR of claim 9, wherein the detection module includes a metal oxide semi-conductor field effect transistor (MOS FET), a first resistor, a diode, a capacitor, and a first power source, and wherein a gate of the MOS FET connects to the processing module; a source of the MOS FET connects to the first power source; a drain of the MOS FET connects to a first end of the first resistor; a second end of the first resistor connects to an anode of the diode; a cathode of the diode connects to a first connection node between the communication port and the capacitor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The DVR of claim 12, wherein the processor includes a mode switch module configured to switch the DVR to the power supply mode or the non-power supply mode, and the mode switch module includes a second resistor, a first triode, a third resistor, a fourth resistor, a second triode, a fifth resistor, a third triode, a sixth resistor, and a second power source, and wherein a first end of the second resistor connects to the first connection node; a second end of the second resistor connects to a collector of the first triode; an emitter of the first triode is grounded; a base of the first triode connects to a first end of the third resistor; a second end of the third resistor connects to a first end of the fourth resistor; a second connection node between the third resistor and the fourth resistor connects to the processing module; a second end of the fourth resistor connects to a base of the second triode; an emitter of the second triode is grounded; a collector of the second triode connects to a first end of the fifth resistor; a second end of the fifth resistor connects to the second power source; a third connection node between the collector of the second triode and the fifth resistor connects to a base of the third triode; an emitter of the third triode is grounded; a collector of the third triode connects to a first end of the sixth resistor; a second end of the sixth resistor connects to a fourth connection node between the processing module and the capacitor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The DVR of claim 13, wherein the non-power supply mode includes that ground the video data at the first connection node via the second resistor; the power supply mode includes that ground the video data at the fourth connection node via the sixth resistor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The DVR of claim 14, wherein a first resistance of the second resistor is the same with a second resistance of the sixth resistor. ### Claim 16 A method implemented on a digital video recorder (DVR) including a processor, comprising: determining, by the processor, whether the DVR receives video data from an imaging device connected to the DVR; acquiring, by the processor, an operating voltage of the imaging device in response to determining that the DVR fails to receive the video data; determining, by the processor, that the operating voltage of the imaging device is within a predetermined voltage range; and controlling, by the processor, the DVR to provide power supply to the imaging device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: resetting, by the processor, the DVR to not provide power supply to the imaging device when the DVR is powered on or in response to determining that the DVR fails to receive the video data. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: controlling, by the processor, the DVR to switch to a power supply mode, wherein the power supply mode includes that ground the video data at a connection node between the processor and a communication port of the DVR via a resistor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the communication port of the DVR is configured to connect to the imaging device via a coaxial cable or a wireless network. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: resetting, by the processor, the DVR to switch to a non-power supply mode when the DVR is powered on or in response to determining that the DVR fails to receive the video data.