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US 9,544,499 B2Granted
System apparatus and device for facilitating network edge device backup and methods of operation thereof
AssigneeEnergy Re-Connect Ltd.
InventorRoni Herzel
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system apparatus and device for facilitating the backup of network edge devices, such as video cameras, and methods of operation thereof. A monitoring circuit(s) may detect inoperable electrical power condition(s) (IEPC) on the power-line of a network edge device. Upon detection of an IEPC a backup power source may provide electrical power to the edge device. Upon detection of a connectivity fault between the edge device and its packet sink, a packet sink emulator may emulate a packet sink of the edge device. The disclosed system apparatus and device may be implemented as a SoC (System on Chip).
Claims20
A System on Chip (SoC) for facilitating edge device backup, said SoC comprising:
- an Integrated Circuit (Chip) comprising:
- an input port to receive and connect to a Direct Current (DC) Power over Ethernet (PoE) input line originating at a PoE source;
- a PoE adapter to connect to said input port, separate power received over the PoE input line from data received over the PoE input line
- and output:
- (i) an internal power line carrying power received through the PoE power line and (ii) a data line carrying data received from the PoE source;
- a power-line monitoring circuit to detect an inoperable electrical power condition (IEPC) in the PoE input line;
- a PoE output adapter connected to said internal power line and to said data line and adapted to provide a PoE output line to the edge device, wherein the PoE output line carries data received through said data line and power received through said internal power line;
- a connection to a rechargeable backup power source to provide electrical power to the PoE output upon detection of the IEPC in the PoE input line;
- and
- a charging line connected to said internal power line and said backup power source and adapted to charge said backup power source using power from said internal power line.
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A System on Chip (SoC) for facilitating video camera backup, said SoC comprising:
- an Integrated Circuit (Chip) comprising:
- an input port to receive and connect to a Direct Current (DC) Power over Ethernet (PoE) input line originating at a PoE source;
- a PoE adapter to connect to said input port, separate power received over the PoE input line from data received over the PoE input line and output:
- (i) an internal power line carrying power received through the PoE power line and (ii) a data line carrying data received from the PoE source;
- a power-line monitoring circuit to detect an inoperable electrical power condition (IEPC) in the PoE input line;
- a PoE output adapter connected to said internal power line and to said data line and adapted to provide a PoE output line to an associated video camera, wherein the PoE output line carries data received through said data line and power received through said internal power line;
- a connection to a rechargeable backup power source to provide electrical power to the PoE output upon detection of the IEPC in the PoE input line;
- and
- a charging line connected to said internal power line and said backup power source and adapted to charge said backup power source using power from said internal power line.
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A video monitoring system comprising;
- one or more video cameras;
- a video packet sink to receive video packets from each of said one or more video cameras;
- and
- a System on Chip (SoC) for facilitating video camera backup residing between one or more of said video cameras and said video packet sink, said SOC comprising:
- an Integrated Circuit (Chip) comprising:
- an input port to receive and connect to a Direct Current (DC) Power over Ethernet (PoE) input line originating at a PoE source;
- a PoE adapter to connect to said input port and separate power received over the PoE input line from data received over the PoE input line and output:
- (i) an internal power line carrying power received through the PoE power line and (ii) a data line carrying data received from the PoE source;
- a power-line monitoring circuit to detect an inoperable electrical power condition (IEPC) in the PoE input line;
- a PoE output adapter connected to said internal power line and to said data line and adapted to provide a PoE output line to an associated video camera, wherein the PoE output line carries data received through said data line and power received through said internal power line;
- a connection to a rechargeable backup power source to provide electrical power to the PoE output upon detection of the IEPC in the PoE input line;
- and
- a charging line connected to said internal power line and said backup power source and adapted to charge said backup power source using power from said internal power line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.