A SYSTEM FOR GRABBING IMAGES FROM AN IP CAMERA

1 . A system for grabbing images from an IP Camera, comprising:

at least one IP Camera; and

an IP Camera Module for sending a HTTP instruction to an embedded website of the IP Camera to request data,

wherein the embedded website of the IP Camera receives the HTTP instruction and responds by sending a JPEG image file to the IP Camera Module.

2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a network device, wherein the IP Camera Module sends a HTTP instruction to a website of the network device to request the data, and the website of the network device receives the HTTP instruction, and responds by sending a JPEG image file to the IP Camera Module.

3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the network device includes a web server or a video server.

4 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a Digital Video Recorder (DVR) processing the image data that is received by the IP Camera Module.

5 . A method for grabbing images from an IP Camera, comprising steps of:

inputting an IP address of an IP Camera by a interface;

sending the IP address to an IP Camera Module;

sending a HTTP instruction to an IP Camera of the IP address by the IP Camera Module;

receiving the HTTP instruction and then sending a response to the IP Camera Module by the IP camera at the IP address; and

receiving the response sent by the IP Camera by the IP Camera Module.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the interface can be a web page or a window agent.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the step of receiving the response made by the IP Camera by the IP Camera Module further comprises the step of:

determining whether the response contains a JPEG image file; and

the JPEG image will be sent to the Digital Video Recorder if there is a JPEG image, or an error response will be sent to the Digital Video Recorder to report an error if there is no JPEG image.