Automatic configuration of a replacement camera
AssigneeAxis AB
InventorMikael Ranbro
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Abstract
There is provided a method for configuration of a camera which is a replacement for one of a plurality of cameras in a network. The method comprises inter alia detecting that a new camera has connected to the network; determining that the new camera is a replacement for a particular camera among one or more candidate cameras if property data of the new camera matches property data of the particular camera; and configuring the new camera based on configuration settings corresponding to the particular camera.
Claims13
A method for configuration of a camera which is a replacement for one of a plurality of cameras in a network, comprising:
- detecting that a new camera has connected to the network;
- receiving property data of the new camera;
- accessing, from the network, property data of one or more candidate cameras among the plurality of cameras;
- determining that the new camera is a replacement for a particular camera among the one or more candidate cameras if the property data of the new camera matches the property data of the particular camera;
- accessing configuration settings corresponding to the particular camera, of which the new camera is a replacement, from the network, the configuration settings being settings for controlling the operation of the camera;
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- configuring the new camera based on the configuration settings corresponding to the particular camera,
- wherein the property data of an camera comprises at least one from the list of:
- a coordinate of a geographical position of the camera, a camera model, a camera type, and a camera capability.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon which, when executed by at least on processor, will cause the at least one processor to perform a method for configuration of a camera which is a replacement for one of a plurality of cameras in a network, the method comprising:
- detecting that a new camera has connected to the network;
- receiving property data of the new camera;
- accessing, from the network, property data of one or more candidate cameras among the plurality of cameras;
- determining that the new camera is a replacement for a particular camera among the one or more candidate cameras if the property data of the new camera matches the property data of the particular camera;
- accessing configuration settings corresponding to the particular camera, of which the new camera is a replacement, from the network, the configuration settings being settings for controlling the operation of the camera;
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- configuring the new camera based on the configuration settings corresponding to the particular camera,
- wherein the property data of a camera comprises at least one from the list of:
- a coordinate of a geographical position of the camera, a camera model, a camera type, and a camera capability.
An arrangement for configuration of a camera which is a replacement for one of a plurality of cameras in a network, comprising:
- a camera detection component configured to detect that a new camera has connected to the network;
- a receiving component configured to receive property data of the new camera;
- a data accessing component configured to access, from the network, property data of one or more candidate cameras among the plurality of cameras;
- a camera matching component configured to determine that the new camera is a replacement for a particular camera among the one or more candidate cameras if the property data of the new camera matches the property data of the particular camera;
- the data accessing component being further configured to access configuration settings corresponding to the particular camera of which the new camera is a replacement, from the network, the configuration settings being settings for controlling the operation of the camera;
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- a configuration component arranged to configure the new camera based on the configuration settings corresponding to the particular camera,
- wherein the property data comprises at least one from the list of:
- a coordinate of a geographical position of the camera, a camera model, a camera type, and a camera capability.
A camera network comprising:
- a plurality of cameras which are inter-connected;
- a data storage connected to the plurality of cameras and configured to store backup copies of property data and configuration settings of the plurality of cameras;
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- an arrangement for configuration of a camera which is a replacement for one of the plurality of cameras in the camera network comprising:
- a camera detection component configured to detect that a new camera has connected to the network;
- a receiving component configured to receive property data of the new camera;
- a data accessing component configured to access, from the network, property data of one or more candidate cameras among the plurality of cameras;
- a camera matching component configured to determine that the new camera is a replacement for a particular camera among the one or more candidate cameras if the property data of the new camera matches the property data of the particular camera;
- the data accessing component being further configured to access configuration settings corresponding to the particular camera of which the new camera is a replacement, from the network, the configuration settings being settings for controlling the operation of the camera;
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- a configuration component arranged to configure the new camera based on the configuration settings corresponding to the particular camera,
- wherein the property data comprises at least one from the list of:
- a coordinate of a geographical position of the camera, a camera model, a camera type, and a camera capability.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.