IP Library Granted Patent US 7,768,547
Granted Patent B2
US 7,768,547 · App. 11/260,213 · Granted Aug 3, 2010

Monitoring system and method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,768,547
App. No.
11/260,213
Granted
Aug 3, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A monitoring system including N cameras, a digital video recorder (DVR), a monitor, a remote controller, a receiver and a host is provided. N is a positive integer. The N cameras successively shoot N sceneries, and output N successive images accordingly. The DVR receives and stores the N successive images. The monitor displays a monitoring screen. The remote controller outputs a wireless remote signal. The receiver receives the wireless remote signal and outputs a wire transmit signal accordingly. The host controls the monitor to display at least the successive image in the monitoring screen. The host has an on screen display (OSD) program. When the controller receives the wire transmit signal, the host utilizes the OSD program to process the wire transmit signal to become a screen adjusting signal. The host adjusts the monitoring screen according to the screen adjusting signal.

Claims (25)

1. A monitoring system, comprising:

N cameras for successively shooting N sceneries and then outputting N successive images correspondingly, wherein N is a positive integer;

a digital video recorder (DVR) electrically connected to the N cameras for receiving and storing the N successive images;

a monitor for displaying a monitoring screen;

a remote controller for outputting a wireless remote signal;

a receiver for receiving the wireless remote signal and then outputting a wire transmit signal accordingly; and

a host including a processor having an on screen display (OSD) program and a controller electrically connected to the processor for controlling the monitor to display at least the successive image in the monitoring screen, the OSD program electrically connected to the monitor, the receiver and the DVR for controlling the monitor to display at least the successive image in the monitoring screen, wherein the processor utilizes the OSD program to process the wire transmit signal to become a screen adjusting signal when the processor receives the wire transmit signal, and then outputs the wire transmit signal, and wherein the controller receives the screen adjusting signal and then adjusts the monitoring screen according to the screen adjusting signal.

2. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is electrically connected to the receiver and the monitor, and the controller controls the monitor via the processor.

3. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is electrically connected to the receiver and the monitor, and the controller bypasses the processor so as to control the monitor directly.

4. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the host adjusts the size, brightness, contrast or color of the monitoring screen according to the wire transmit signal.

5. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the host adjusts the monitor to display another successive image in the monitoring screen according to the wire transmit signal.

6. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the host controls the monitor to display the M successive images in the monitoring screen, M is a positive integer smaller than or equal to N.

7. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , wherein the monitor can be a liquid crystal display (LCD), an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, a plasma display or an organic electroluminescent device (OELD) display.

8. The monitoring system according to claim 1 , further comprising: a keyboard and a mouse both electrically connected to the host for a user to adjust the monitoring screen.

9. A monitoring system, comprising:

N cameras for successively shooting N sceneries and then outputting N successive images correspondingly, wherein N is a positive integer;

a digital video recorder (DVR) electrically connected to the N cameras for receiving and storing the N successive images;

a monitor for displaying a monitoring screen;

a remote controller for outputting a wireless remote signal;

a receiver for receiving the wireless remote signal and then outputting a wire transmit signal accordingly; and

a host having an on screen display (OSD) program electrically connected to the monitor, the receiver and the DVR for controlling the monitor to display at least the successive image in the monitoring screen, wherein the host utilizes the OSD program to process the wire transmit signal to become a screen adjusting signal when the host receives the wire transmit signal, and then the host adjusts the monitoring screen according to the screen adjusting signal, wherein the host comprises:

a processor having the OSD program, wherein the processor utilizes the OSD program to process the wire transmit signal to become the screen adjusting signal when the processor receives the wire transmit signal, and then the processor adjusts the monitoring screen according to the wire transmit signal; and

a controller electrically connected to the processor for controlling the monitor to display at least the successive image in the monitoring screen.

10. The monitoring system according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is electrically connected to the receiver and the monitor, and the controller controls the monitor via the processor.

11. The monitoring system according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is electrically connected to the receiver and the monitor, and the controller bypasses the processor so as to control the monitor directly.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 23, 2011
From: AVERMEDIA INFORMATION, INC.
To: AVER INFORMATION INC.
Reel/Frame 027439/0087 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 5, 2008
From: AVERMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
To: AVERMEDIA INFORMATION, INC.
Reel/Frame 020605/0964 →