Embedding multiple videos into a video stream
View Patent ↗A method for security and/or automation systems is described. In one embodiment, the method may include streaming a first view of a camera in a video stream, embedding a second view of the camera in the video stream, and transmitting the video stream to at least one of a first display device and a second display device.
1. A method for improving video streaming at a camera, comprising:
capturing, using the camera, one or more images of a first view of the camera;
capturing, using the camera, one or more images of a second view of the camera simultaneously with the one or more images of the first view of the camera, wherein the second view comprises a subsection of the first view;
streaming the first view of the camera in a video stream;
embedding the second view of the camera in the video stream; and
transmitting the video stream to a first display device and a second display device, wherein the second view is synchronized across the first display device and the second display device based at least in part on embedding the second view of the camera in the video stream.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first view includes a field of view without digital panning, digital tilting, or digital zooming.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein a field of view of the second view includes a portion of the field of view of the first view.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second view includes a field of view with at least one of digital panning, digital tilting, and digital zooming, or a combination thereof.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein, upon receiving the video stream, the first display device or the second display device, or both, select between the first view and the second view and display the selected view.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the video stream is transmitted based at least in part on one or more video protocols.
7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the one or more video protocols include at least one of an H.264 protocol, a moving pictures expert group (MPEG) protocol, a motion join photographic experts (MJPEG) protocol, real time transfer protocol (RTP), real time streaming protocol (RTSP), real time control protocol (RTCP), secure real-time transport protocol (SRTP), secure real-time transport control protocol (SRTCP), web real time communications (WebRTC), hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), secure HTTP (HTTPS), user datagram protocol (UDP), transfer control protocol (TCP), or any combination thereof.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the camera includes at least one of an optical zoom and a digital zoom.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the camera is an electronic pan tilt zoom (ePTZ) camera.
10. An apparatus for security and/or automation systems, comprising:
a processor;
memory in electronic communication with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
capture, using a camera, one or more images of a first view of the camera;
capture, using the camera, one or more images of a second view of the camera simultaneously with the one or more images of the first view of the camera, wherein the second view comprises a subsection of the first view;
stream the first view of the camera in a video stream;
embed the second view of the camera in the video stream; and
transmit the video stream to a first display device and a second display device, wherein the second view is synchronized across the first display device and the second display device based at least in part on embedding the second view of the camera in the video stream.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first view includes a field of view without digital panning, digital tilting, or digital zooming.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a field of view of the second view includes a portion of the field of view of the first view.
13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second view includes a field of view with at least one of digital panning, digital tilting, and digital zooming, or a combination thereof.
14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein, upon receiving the video stream, the first display device or the second display device, or both, select between the first view and the second view and display the selected view.
15. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the video stream is transmitted based at least in part on one or more video protocols.
16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the one or more video protocols include at least one of an H.264 protocol, a moving pictures expert group (MPEG) protocol, a motion join photographic experts (MJPEG) protocol, real time transfer protocol (RTP), real time streaming protocol (RTSP), real time control protocol (RTCP), secure real-time transport protocol (SRTP), secure real-time transport control protocol (SRTCP), web real time communications (WebRTC), hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP), secure HTTP (HTTPS), user datagram protocol (UDP), transfer control protocol (TCP), or any combination thereof.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code, the code executable by a processor to:
capture, using a camera, one or more images of a first view of the camera;
capture, using the camera, one or more images of a second view of the camera simultaneously with the one or more images of the first view of the camera, wherein the second view comprises a subsection of the first view;
stream the first view of the camera in a video stream;
embed the second view of the camera in the video stream; and
transmit the video stream to a first display device and a second display device, wherein the second view is synchronized across the first display device and the second display device based at least in part on embedding the second view of the camera in the video stream.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the first view includes a field of view without digital panning, digital tilting, or digital zooming.