Video encoding system and video encoding method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11102456-B2
Application number	US-201816222658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 17, 2018
Priority date	Dec 18, 2017
Publication date	Aug 24, 2021
Grant date	Aug 24, 2021

Abstract

A camera generates a first video having visibility lower than a predetermined visibility suitable for a process using a video in a video output apparatus, encodes the generated first video, and transmits the encoded first video, and an adjustment instruction including a parameter for adjusting the visibility of the first video to be equivalent to the predetermined visibility, to the video output apparatus. The video output apparatus acquires the first video and the adjustment instruction, transmitted from the camera, adjusts the visibility of the first video to be equivalent to the predetermined visibility by using the parameter, based on the adjustment instruction, and outputs the adjusted video to an output unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A video encoding system comprising:
a camera that captures a video; and
a video recorder that outputs the video captured by the camera, the camera and the video recorder being separate devices connected by a network so as to be capable of communicating, the network being external of the camera and the video recorder,
wherein the camera:
generates first video in a first mode and generates second video in a second mode;
in the first mode, generates the first video having visibility lower than a predetermined visibility suitable for a process based on a video in the video recorder;
in the first mode, encodes the generated first video, and transmits to the video recorder via the network the encoded first video and an adjustment instruction including an image processing parameter for adjusting the visibility of the first video to be equivalent to the predetermined visibility, the encoded first video and the adjustment instruction being transmit to the video recorder via the network externally of the camera;
in the second mode, generates the second video having the predetermined visibility by using the image processing parameter, based on the video in the video recorder, and
in the second mode, encodes the generated second video, and transmits the encoded second video to the video recorder via the network without generating the adjustment instruction; and

wherein the video recorder:
acquires one of the first video and the adjustment instruction or the second video transmitted from the camera via the network; and
when the first video and the adjustment instruction are acquired, adjusts the visibility of the first video to be equivalent to the predetermined visibility by using the image processing parameter, based on the adjustment instruction.

2. The video encoding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the camera:
stores setting information indicating whether or not to perform encryption of data to be transmitted to the video recorder in a memory; and
encrypts and then encodes the first video when the setting information indicating that the encryption is to be performed is stored in the memory.

3. The video encoding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the camera:
further comprises a switch for switching to any one of the first mode for the camera to generate the first video and the second mode for the camera to generate the second video having the predetermined visibility; and
when switched to the second mode, generates the second video, encodes the generated second video, and transmits the encoded second video to the video recorder via the network.

4. The video encoding system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the camera further comprises a memory that stores information indicating whether a current mode is the first mode or the second mode.

5. The video encoding system according to claim 3 ,
wherein the camera switches the current mode to the first mode, in response to an instruction to perform an encryption of data to be transmitted to the video recorder.

6. The video encoding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein when the video recorder acquires information on the camera and the acquired information on the camera satisfies a predetermined condition, the video recorder transmits a switching instruction to the camera via the network to switch a current mode to the first mode for the camera to generate the first video to the camera; and
wherein the camera switches the current mode to the first mode, in response to the switching instruction transmitted from the video recorder.

7. The video encoding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the video recorder transmits a change instruction to change the image processing parameter such that a third video having lower visibility than the visibility of the first video is capable of being generated, to the camera via the network when the process using the adjusted first video fails; and
wherein the camera changes the image processing parameter in response to the change instruction transmitted from the video recorder, and generates the third video having lower visibility than the visibility of the first video based on the changed image processing parameter.

8. The video encoding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the video recorder transmits a change instruction to the camera via the network to change an encoding parameter used for encoding the first video to be low, to the camera when the process using the adjusted first video fails; and
wherein the camera changes the encoding parameter in response to the change instruction transmitted from the video recorder, and encodes the first video based on the changed encoding parameter.

9. The video encoding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the image processing parameter includes information on a filter coefficient in edge-element emphasis.

10. The video encoding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the camera transmits the encoded first video and the adjustment instruction to the video recorder via the network externally of the camera without the adjustment instruction being encoded.

11. The video encoding system according to claim 1 ,
wherein the camera, in the first mode, further transmits the encoded first video and the adjustment instruction to a client terminal via the network, the encoded first video and the adjustment instruction being transmit to the client terminal via the network externally of the camera.

12. A video encoding method implemented by a video encoding system having a camera and a video recorder, the video encoding method comprising:
capturing a video by the camera, the camera being separate from the video recorder and connected to the video recorder by a network so as to be capable of communicating with the video recorder, the network being external of the camera and the video recorder;
generating, by the camera, a first video in a first mode, the first mode including:
generating the first video having visibility lower than a predetermined visibility suitable for a process based on a video in the video recorder;
encoding the generated first video; and
transmitting to the video recorder via the network the encoded first video and an adjustment instruction including an image processing parameter for adjusting the visibility of the first video to be equivalent to the predetermined visibility, the encoded first video and the adjustment instruction being transmit to the video recorder via the network externally of the camera;

generating, by the camera, a second video in a second mode, the second mode including:
generating the second video having the predetermined visibility by using the image processing parameter, based on the video in the video recorder;
encoding the generated second video; and
transmitting the encoded second video to the video recorder via the network without generating the adjustment instruction;

acquiring, by the video recorder via the network, one of the first video and the adjustment instruction or the second video, transmitted from the camera; and
when the first video and the adjustment instruction are acquired, adjusting, by the video recorder, the visibility of the first video to be equivalent to the predetermined visibility by using the image processing parameter, based on the adjustment instruction,
wherein the camera and the video recorder are separate devices connected by the network so as to be capable of communicating.

Assignees

• Panasonic I Pro Sensing Solutions Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakano Satoshi
• Ikeda Jun
• Tanaka Tetsuo
• Yasuda Mari
• Higuchi Manabu

Classifications

• H04N23/667

  Camera operation mode switching, e.g. between still and video, sport and normal or high- and low-resolution modes · CPC title

• H04N21/4223

  Cameras (H04N23/00 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04N21/23418

  involving operations for analysing video streams, e.g. detecting features or characteristics (television picture signal circuitry for scene change detection H04N5/147; filtering for image enhancement G06T5/00; methods or arrangements for recognising scenes G06V20/00; arrangements characterised by components specially adapted for monitoring, identification or recognition of video in broadcast systems H04H60/59) · CPC title

• H04N21/2347

  involving video stream encryption · CPC title

• H04N7/183 Primary

  for receiving images from a single remote source · CPC title