IP Library Patent Application 15852793
Patent Application
App. No. 15/852,793

SERVER, CAMERA AND METHOD

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App. No.
15/852,793
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a server includes a transmitter. The transmitter transmits a first image to a first electronic apparatus, if the request is received from the first electronic apparatus and if the first electronic apparatus is associated with a first identifier of the first camera. The first image is captured by the first camera when a camera identifier of the first camera is the first identifier. The transmitter transmits a second image to a second electronic apparatus, if the request is received from the second electronic apparatus and if the second electronic apparatus is associated with a second identifier of the first camera. The second image is captured by the first camera when the camera identifier of the first camera is the second identifier.

Claims (34)

1 . A server comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a request for an image captured by a first camera from an electronic apparatus; and

a transmitter configured to:

transmit a first image to a first electronic apparatus, if the request is received from the first electronic apparatus and if the first electronic apparatus is associated with a first identifier of the first camera, wherein the first image is captured by the first camera when a camera identifier of the first camera is the first identifier; and

transmit a second image to a second electronic apparatus, if the request is received from the second electronic apparatus and if the second electronic apparatus is associated with a second identifier of the first camera, wherein the second image is captured by the first camera when the camera identifier of the first camera is the second identifier.

2 . The server of claim 1 , wherein:

identifiers issued to the first camera are updated by at least one of an initialization or a default setting; and

the second identifier is obtained by initializing the first camera and updating the first identifier when the identifier of the first camera is the first identifier.

3 . The server of claim 1 , wherein:

the transmitter is further configured to transmit an authentication token to the first camera or the electronic apparatus to authenticate the first camera or the electronic apparatus; and

the identifier of the first camera comprises a value based on the authentication token.

4 . The server of claim 1 , wherein the transmitter is further configured to:

transmit the first identifier to the first camera in response to a identifier request issued at a first time point from the first camera; and

transmit the second identifier to the first camera in response to the identifier request issued at a second time point from the first camera.

5 . The server of claim 1 , further comprising a recorder configured to record a correspondence relationship between the first identifier of the first camera and an identifier of the first electronic apparatus, and a correspondence relationship between the second identifier of the first camera and an identifier of the second electronic apparatus.

6 . The server of claim 1 , further comprising a processor configured to associate the first identifier of the first camera with an identifier of a third electronic apparatus in response to an identifier request from the third electronic apparatus based on a first code from the first electronic apparatus.

7 . A camera comprising:

an imaging device;

an acquisition device configured to obtain a camera identifier; and

a transmitter configured to:

transmit a first identifier and a first image to a server if the camera identifier of the camera is the first identifier, wherein the first image is captured by the imaging device when the camera identifier of the camera is the first identifier; and

transmit a second identifier and a second image to the server if the camera identifier of the camera is the second identifier, wherein the second image is captured by the imaging device when the camera identifier of the camera is the second identifier.

8 . The camera of claim 7 , wherein:

the acquisition device is further configured to obtain an updated camera identifier of the camera in accordance with at least one of an initialization and a default setting of the camera; and

the second identifier is obtained by initializing the camera and updating the first identifier when the camera identifier of the camera is the first identifier.

9 . The camera of claim 7 , further comprising a receiver configured to receive an authentication token for causing the server to authenticate the camera from the server.

10 . A method executed by a server, the method comprising:

receiving a request for an image captured by a first camera from an electronic apparatus associated with the first camera;

transmitting a first image to a first electronic apparatus, if the request is received from the first electronic apparatus and if the first electronic apparatus is associated with a first identifier of the first camera, wherein the first image is captured by the first camera when a camera identifier of the first camera is the first identifier; and

transmitting a second image to a second electronic apparatus, if the request is received from the second electronic apparatus and if the second electronic apparatus is associated with a second identifier of the first camera, wherein the second image is captured by the first camera when the camera identifier of the first camera is the second identifier.

11 . A method executed by a camera with an imaging device, the method comprising:

obtaining a camera identifier;

transmitting a first identifier and a first image to a server if the camera identifier of the camera is the first identifier, wherein the first image is captured by the imaging device when the camera identifier of the camera is the first identifier; and

transmitting a second identifier and a second image to the server if the camera identifier of the camera is the second identifier, wherein the second image is captured by the imaging device when the camera identifier of the camera is the second identifier.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2018
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 045650/0084 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2017
From: OZAKI, SATOSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA VISUAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 044474/0268 →